January seems a long, long way away right now, but the NHL held its annual late-summer press event to promote the forthcoming Winter Classic. The 2017 event, which will take place Jan. 2 at Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, will feature the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks.
There's usually not a ton of news that we didn't already know that comes out of these events, but we now know the rink configuration for Busch, which isn't much different from previous Winter Classics at a baseball venue. The end boards will stretch from first to third, with the St.