It’s been over a decade since the first NHL Winter Classic, and somehow the State of Hockey has yet to host the greatest outdoor game in hockey.
That will change in 2021.
The NHL announced Wednesday the Minnesota Wild will host the 2021 Bridgestone Winter Classic at Target Field. Inexplicably, the Winter Classic will be just the second outdoor game in Wild history. The first came in 2016 — a 6-1 walloping of the Chicago Blackhawks in their Stadium Series tilt at TCF Bank Stadium.
The Wild will become the 10th team (and the fourth from the Western Conference) to host a Winter Classic.