A budding Rocky Mountain hockey rivalry is headed outdoors.
The Avalanche will play in the 2027 NHL Winter Classic against Utah at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Utah, the league announced on Wednesday.
It will be the 18th iteration of the Winter Classic, and first appearance for the Avs. Colorado has previously played in two editions of the NHL’s Stadium Series: against the Red Wings at the Rockies’ Coors Field in 2016, and against the Kings at Air Force’s Falcon Stadium in 2020.
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