Four basketball games and one outdoor hockey game make Stump the Stiffs this week.
The Winter Classic is a showcase game for the NHL. A sport that has to compete with the NBA, NFL and NCAA Football and Basketball, hockey can sometimes get lost in the fold. One of the ways the NHL has tried to drum up some more interest is by going nostalgic, having a game played outdoors on New Years Day and dubbing it the Winter Classic. This year's game pits two original NHL franchises, the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens, against one another to double down on the nostalgia.