Outdoor hockey is officially coming to Colorado.
On Saturday at the NHL's All-Star weekend, the league announced that Coors Field will play host to the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche on February 27th, 2016. The will be part of the NHL Stadium Series, an annual slate of outdoor games that will also include the Minnesota Wild hosting the Chicago Blackhawks on February 21st , 2016, at TCF Bank Stadium (home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers).
While this is the first outdoor for the Avalanche in team history, Detroit has played two outdoor games in the past six seasons, both games being part of the NHL Winter Classic held on New Year's Day each year.
The NHL's release also stated that much of the additional information concerning tickets and other events relating to the game will be released at a later date.
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