NHL hockey coming to The Shoe
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The gridiron of Ohio Stadium will give way to the ice of the NHL for one game next year.
The NHL and the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Saturday that the league's Stadium Series is headed to Columbus, with the Blue Jackets taking on the Detroit Red Wings outdoors on March 1, 2025.
This will be the Blue Jackets' first time playing in the Stadium Series (or any outdoor hockey for that matter) as well as the first time the game has been held in Columbus. For the Red Wings, the game will mark the team's fifth appearance in the series.
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“This is an event our fans have been extremely excited about, and the Blue Jackets could not be happier to take on the NHL’s team from that state up north next season in one of the world’s most iconic sports venues,” Blue Jackets President and Alternate Governor Mike Priest said in a statement. “We’d like to thank the NHL and everyone at The Ohio State University, as well as the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, who has worked very hard with our staff to make this game at historic Ohio Stadium a reality.”
The announcement came during the Stadium Series game Saturday night between the Philadelphia Flyers and New Jersey Devils at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Stadium Series began with a game between the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25, 2014. Since then, there have been 13 games, with two more taking place this weekend at MetLife Stadium.