(Salt Lake City, UT) — Next year, the National Hockey League will play the popular Winter Classic in Salt Lake City. The Utah Mammoth will host the Colorado Avalanche. The game will be played outdoors, as is the tradition with the Winter Classic. Center ice will be set up on center field, with a hockey rink built in the middle of Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah. A specific date has not yet been set, but the game is usually played in January.