The “Road To The NHL Winter Classic” TV documentary series will return next month, chronicling the run-up to the league’s signature event, which will feature the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues meeting at Wrigley Field on New Year’s Eve. The first of four episodes will debut on Dec. 4 on TNT in the United States and Dec. 5 on Sportsnet in Canada, with the final episode airing before the game itself on Dec. 31. Episodes also will be available to stream on Max.
The docuseries, originally aired on HBO, premiered in 2010 ahead of the 2011 Winter Classic in Pittsburgh. Cameras follow the players of both teams on the ice, in the dressing rooms and away from the rink. It’ll also offer a glimpse at how the league transforms an iconic baseball stadium into a hockey venue, as it did in 2009. This year’s “Road to the NHL Winter Classic” comes on the heels of Amazon’s “Faceoff: Inside the NHL,” a six-episode series that focused on stars such as Connor McDavid and Matthew Tkachuk during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The league didn’t have many details about the upcoming series, but it’s a safe bet that Chicago’s 19-year-old superstar Connor Bedard will be featured prominently. Bedard was originally expected to be one of the players featured in the Amazon series, but he told The Athletic that he never had a camera crew attached to him.
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