By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The National Hockey League has been playing outdoor regular-season games since 2003 but on Saturday will get as close as .
Marc-Andre Fleury, the most impactful player in the short history of the Vegas Golden Knights, this weekend will start the highest-profile regular-season game they have played.
Tahoe backdrop is mic drop moment for outdoor NHL games
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STATELINE, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 19: The Colorado Avalanche practice prior to the NHL Outdoors At Lake Tahoe at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort on February 19, 2021 in Stateline, Nevada. On Saturday, February 20, the Colorado Avalanche will take on the Vegas
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STATELINE, Vev. - Some players snapped pictures of Lake Tahoe and the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains as they came out for their first look at the picturesque outdoor rink that will host a pair of NHL games this weekend.
Others just soaked in the environment before taking the ice for a practice that took them back to their childhood, when many got started playing hockey on frozen ponds and lakes.
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They had seen pictures and digital renderings of what an ice rink on a golf course just off the south shore of Lake Tahoe would look like, but the Colorado Avalanche players finally got to view the setup themselves and soak it in for the first time."Hard to describe really," said Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog. "It s a really cool feeling. Obviously the surroundings kind of speak for themselves, you see that in pictures, but it really doesn t do it justice."