"Minnesota can expect an NHL Winter Classic outdoors game sometime, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday.
Probably.
The commissioner, in town to hand out the Lester Patrick Award to four people for contributions to American hockey Wednesday evening at St. Paul's RiverCentre, said the annual midwinter game seems likely to make it to the Twin Cities.
"There's no shortage of demand," Bettman said, "but clearly, ultimately, this is one of the places that we'll probably get to, if for no other reason than the climate and the interest." "
