Is Lake Tahoe Sharks territory?
Not next month, anyway.
The NHL is planning to hold two outdoor games at Lake Tahoe in February, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet in Canada, and the San Jose Sharks — the closest team to the Tahoe area in terms of geography — will reportedly not
Boston Bruins among NHL teams that could play outdoor game at Lake Tahoe Share Updated: 5:50 PM EST Jan 1, 2021 Ganley Images An aerial photo of Lake Tahoe and nearby towns of South Lake Tahoe, California and Stateline, Nevada SOURCE: Ganley Images Share Updated: 5:50 PM EST Jan 1, 2021 The Boston Bruins schedule doesn t have them traveling west of Pittsburgh or south of Washington, D.C.However, they could be in for a cross-country plane ride if the NHL s plans to have a set of outdoor games in Lake Tahoe in February becomes a reality.The Las Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers will each play games in a two-day event hosted by Edgewood Tahoe Resort, league sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday.The resort is located in Nevada, mere feet away the California state line and South Lake Tahoe. The Avalanche are scheduled to play the Golden Knights on Feb. 20 and the Bruin
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While NBC will feature more regular-season NHL games on their broadcast network than ever before this year, even with a shortened 56-game season, they are missing out on a few typical event games. There’s no All-Star Game this year (it had originally been scheduled for Sunrise, Florida), there’s no Winter Classic outdoor game (scheduled for Minneapolis), and there’s no other previously-planned outdoor game (one had been set for Raleigh). But, as Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Friday, the league is looking to play two games on Feb. 20 and 21 on a specially-built outdoor arena at Edgewood Lake Tahoe Resort in Stateline, Nevada (a photo Friedman included in his piece of the approximate planned location is seen above), and those games (Vegas Golden Knights-Colorado Avalanche and Philadelphia Flyers-Boston Bruins) are going to be featured on broadcast NBC:
The NHL is planning to have a set of outdoor games in Lake Tahoe in February.
The Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers will each play games in a two-day event hosted by Edgewood Tahoe Resort, league sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday.
Sportsnet was the first to report about the event.
Fans won t be allowed in attendance. Instead, the league is hoping the series will serve as a broadcast spectacle and engage fans during an already unusual season. The NHL canceled the Winter Classic (Minneapolis), outdoor game (Raleigh, North Carolina) and All-Star Weekend (Sunrise, Florida) this year to accommodate a condensed 56-game season with temporary divisional realignment.