NEW YORK (March 9, 2016) – The Pittsburgh Penguins® will play host to the Philadelphia Flyers® outdoors at Heinz Field, home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, as part of the 2017 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™, the National Hockey League (NHL®) announced today.
This regular-season outdoor matchup will celebrate the 50th anniversary of both the Penguins and Flyers, who were introduced to the NHL as part of the six-team 1967 NHL Expansion. As intrastate foes, the rivalry between these two clubs was natural and immediate, beginning with their first meeting in October 1967, which also was the first NHL game ever played at Philadelphia’s famed Spectrum.