AND Red wings’ Practice experience looked drastically differently this week. The NHL franchise of Detroit slid around the temporary skating rink in the middle of Ohio stadium, the home of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
Dylan Larkin, who rose into a hockey star with Michigan WolverinesHe was critical of the aesthetics of the football stadium.
“It’s probably the ugliest stadium I’ve ever been to,” Larkin said.
The Red Wings were on Friday in Columbus, Ohio, at training on the eve of Saturday’s game of the Stadium series against Blue Jackets.
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Dylan Larkin of Red Wings in Detroit during training before the NHL Stadium series in 2025 against Columbus Blue Jackets at Ohio Stadium on February 28. 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. (Brian Babineau/Nhli via Getty Images)
“It’s great to play hockey outside,” Lark’s reporters told. “There’s a lot of excitement with the guys and ((that’s) it’s pretty cool just to do something different.”
Red wings and blue jackets enter the Saturday game in a neckline for one of Wild card of the Eastern Conference Spots.
Cannon Columbus Blue Jackets arrives at the Ohio Stadium before the game of the NHL Stadium of the series between Detroit Red Wings and Blue Jackets on February 28. 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. (Ben Jackson/Nhli via Getty Images)
The forecasts require temperatures in the 20s when it falls. Winds of wind could also create some problems for players.
Detroit’s Patrick Kane, who played in several hockey games outdoors, spoke of time.
Ohio State Marching Band performs outside Ohio stadium before the game of the NHL stadium of the series between Blue Jackets Columbus and Detroit Red Wings at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, March 1, 2025. (Samantha Madar/USA Today Network via Imagings Images)
“I’m sure the ice will be a little better (tonight), colder,” Kane said. “Sometimes I noticed it a little today. Rising to the wind, and then, conversely, you slide with the wind on your back. It could be something that enters the game where they might switch sides with a 10 -minute remaining (third) period.”
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Stadium 2025 series will give Red Wings opportunity to revenge for Thursday 5-2 losses for Blue jackets in Detroit.
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