The NHL begins every calendar year with a tradition: to play the winter classic. Another city organizes an outdoor hockey game every year. This year the Seattle Kraken Vegas took place in the T-Mobile Park (home of the Mariners).
Forty-seven thousand three hundred thirteen fans experienced the first NHL game outdoors in the history of the Emerald City. Despite the failure of the Seahawks that he had won a playoff spot just 24 hours earlier, there was still a lot to celebrate from this game.
The good
There were many who went right in this game. At the beginning, mother nature felt generous to fall the puck to 2024. Without rain or snow in the forecast, the stadium roof was open and presented an international audience a beautiful view of the mountains with a view of Seattle.
The weather also gave the fans the opportunity to go to the city center early and to record a free concert by Seattle’s The Head and The Heart in Hutback on the other side of the T-Mobile Park. From there, tens of thousands of fans made their way to the stadium.
The fans were entertained – outside the ice, the Seattle Kraken entered the stadium with fishing equipment, as if they had just come from the boats in Ballard.
Your entrance to the ice to start the game was something to see: the local music legend Sir Mix-A-Lot carried out a special reproduction of “jump-on it” with text in Seattle. In the meantime, the Seattle octopus players went through an arched salmon onto the ice, which flew through the air through the air caused by the Fish-Yeters of Pike Place Market.
Then there was the music. Between the performance of the national anthem in the style of Jimmy Hendrix, Seattle Rock Legends Heart, who was provided the first break under the entertainment and the entertainment after the game of Fitz the tantrums, there is no shortage of musical memories.
The fans had a lot to cheer on the ice. A certain name is noticeable: Joey Daccord. A sold-out baseball stadium that sang “Jo-Ey, Jo-Ey, Jo-Ey”, recovered through the T-Mobile Park when the octopus came out with a 3-0 win.
The shutout marked the second of Daccord’s young career – and the first in winter classic history. The 36-Save performance was good enough to make it the MVP of this game. He was rewarded with a unique trophy that resembled a cup of coffee.
