Outdoor National Hockey League game in St. Louis, Missouri
The 2017 NHL Winter Classic (officially the 2017 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic)[1] was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 2, 2017, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The ninth edition of the Winter Classic, it matched the St. Louis Blues against the Chicago Blackhawks; the Blues won, 4−1. The game was announced on March 9, 2016, after news of the matchup had been leaked on February 7 before the details had been finalized,[2] and was one of four outdoor regular season games during the 2016–17 NHL season.