Hockey players are absolutely insane.
On Saturday night, the St Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild will play outdoors in freezing weather at Target Field for this year’s Winter Classic.
The forecast calls for -6 degrees with a wind chill of -23 degrees.
NHL is hosting their annual “Winter Classic”. A tradition that started several years back of playing a hockey game outside on New Years Day.
Tonight’s game at 6:00pm will be St Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild at Target Field!
Current weather: -7F with wind chill of -23F
🥶🥶🥶
— Jonathan Bragwell (@VoiceABSTrojans) January 1, 2022
It’s so cold in Minnesota that the NHL is heating up the ice inside the stadium to make things bearable for fans, workers, and players.
It will be so cold at the Winter Classic that the NHL will have to heat the ice. Yes, the ice. That's just part of the extensive preparations for the weather to help fans, workers and players. https://t.co/qF3uYhu9Kb via @NHLdotcom
— Nick Cotsonika (@cotsonika) December 30, 2021
St. Louis Blues players don’t seem too worried about the freezing weather considering they showed up to Target Field wearing beach clothes.
This weather's a beach. #stlblues #WinterClassic pic.twitter.com/FDTJ56iesP
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 1, 2022
You call this cold?! #WinterClassic pic.twitter.com/NXWH5ys00u
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) January 1, 2022
The definition of what "arrive in style" means. 😎
See the @StLouisBlues *in their hockey uniforms* at the 2022 @Discover #WinterClassic at 7p ET on @NHL_On_TNT and @Sportsnet. pic.twitter.com/X2SLReKWld
— NHL (@NHL) January 1, 2022