NHL Announces Ohio Stadium 2025 Stadium Series, according to a report.

Ohio State will host the National Hockey League. Ohio Stadium, the home of Buckeyes football, will host the NHL’s annual Stadium Series game, according to a report published by The Athletic on Thursday. The source for The Athletic also revealed information on the game, stating that the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets will play. The article states that March 1, 2025, has been selected as the contest date.

There have long been rumors that Ohio Stadium will host an NHL outdoor game. Gene Smith, the athletic director of the Buckeyes, and league commissioner Gary Bettman have been in talks for the past few years.

Following rumors that he had spoken with Bettman on campus earlier that day, Smith was questioned about the possibility of Ohio Stadium hosting a Stadium Series game. With his hilarious remark, the departing AD thrilled supporters of both the Buckeyes and the Blue Jackets. Smith remarked, “We got a chance.” “Now we just have to put the puck in the net.”

It should be noted that neither Bettman nor anybody else in the NHL has officially confirmed the rumors of a game at Ohio Stadium. But according to sources, a formal announcement will be made this Saturday, February 17, at 2024 Stadium in the NHL. The Philadelphia Flyers versus the New Jersey Devils in the series. If the game is played, it will be Ohio State’s involvement with professional hockey for the second time in the last three years.

The Buckeyes men’s hockey team hosted the Michigan Wolverines on February 16, 2023, in “Faceoff on the Lake” in FirstEnergy Stadium, which is currently known as “Cleveland Browns Stadium,” in Cleveland, Ohio. The game was a part of a weekend of competitions that ended with a game between the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Copyright ABG-SI LLC. All rights reserved. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC.

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