buffalo sabres has played in the most outdoor nhl games.
who has played in the most outdoor nhl games?
buffalo sabres
on may 1, 2013, the nhl announced that the chicago blackhawks would host the pittsburgh penguins at soldier field in chicago on march 1, 2014, as part of a new series of outdoor games called the nhl stadium series. by the end of may 2013, the nhl had scheduled a record six outdoor nhl games for the 2013–14 season: one winter classic, one heritage classic, and four stadium series games.
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minnesota did end up picking bellows, who went on to become a star in the nhl, with 485 goals and 1022 points over nearly 1200 nhl games. nylund was drafted by the toronto maple leafs and ended his career with 608 nhl games under his belt. other notable nhl players drafted after kluzak include scott stevens (5th, 1635 nhl games played), phil housley (6th, 1495 nhl games played), dave andreychuk (16th, 1639 nhl games played), tomas sandstrom (36th, 983 nhl games played), pat verbeek (43rd, 1434 nhl games played), and doug gilmour (134th, 1474 nhl games played). kluzak, on the other hand was out of hockey at the age of 27 - felled by knee injuries, after playing in only 299 nhl games. he managed to avoid knee injuries for his first two nhl seasons. however, on oct. 7, 1984, kluzak tore ligaments in his left knee when he collided in mid-ice with new jersey devils defenceman dave lewis. this required major reconstructive surgery and forced kluzak to miss the entire 1984–85 regular season and 1985 playoffs. he would re-injure the knee again in september 1986 and miss another season.
gord kluzak