The 2014 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 1, 2014, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The sixth edition of the Winter Classic, it matched the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Detroit Red Wings; the Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings, 3–2, in a shootout to move past the Red Wings in the Atlantic Division. The game was televised nationally in Canada on CBC and nationally in the United States on NBC. The game set an NHL attendance record of 105,491, surpassing the previous record set during the 2008 NHL Winter Classic.
Niklas Kronwall and Henrik Zetterberg at Comerica Park during the announcement for the Winter Class, February 2012
The 2014 NHL Winter Classic before the opening face-off
Stanley Cup on display during the Hockeytown Winter Festival, December 2013.
The National Hockey League (NHL) first held a regular season outdoor ice hockey game in 2003, and since 2008 the league has scheduled at least one per year.
The 2012 Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia
The inaugural Winter Classic was played at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York
The 2019 NHL Stadium Series was held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The 2019 Heritage Classic at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, was the first Heritage Classic held outside the locales the participants are based in