The 13 best photos of the chilly, gorgeous 2022 NHL Winter Classic in Minnesota
The Winter Classic aesthetic is everything.
The 2022 NHL Winter Classic may be the coldest outdoor game in league history, but the views certainly were something else.
The Minnesota Wild played host to the St. Louis Blues — who showed up to the game looking ready for a beach party instead of a hockey game — on Saturday at Target Field in the NHL’s annual New Year’s Day event. Nearly 40,000 fans braved the frigid temperatures to watch the league’s latest outdoor game since the Lake Tahoe event in February 2021, but the first Winter Classic since 2020.
Though you may find the NHL’s overuse of outdoor games trite by now, you have to admit the atmosphere and scenery are always gorgeous. Saturday’s game especially looked fantastic between the snowy landscape, the product on the ice, and the mass of fans decked out in appropriate winter gear.
Here are the 13 best photos of the 2022 NHL Winter Classic in Minnesota.