{"id":378350,"date":"2025-12-29T14:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/378350\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:36:08","slug":"marchand-recalls-outdoor-memories-ahead-of-winter-classic-with-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/378350\/","title":{"rendered":"Marchand recalls outdoor memories ahead of Winter Classic with Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/brad-marchand-8473419\" title=\"Brad Marchand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Marchand<\/a> gets what makes NHL outdoor games so special. Of the 1,136 regular-season games he has played in the League, three have been outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re the games you remember,\u201d the 37-year-old forward said. \u201cI\u2019ve played a lot of games in this league, and they all kind of bunch together. The years bunch together. I probably couldn\u2019t tell you what happened in many games in the regular season. But I could go on and on about the moments that happen in these outdoor games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the thing: Until NHL.com told him, Marchand didn\u2019t realize he had four points (one goal, three assists) in three outdoor games. He didn\u2019t even realize he was 3-0-0. He said he\u2019d never thought about that.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, what sticks with you most is the unique spectacle and experience &#8212; the sights, the sounds, the feeling of playing in the cold.<\/p>\n<p>Or, in this case, the warmth.<\/p>\n<p>Marchand\u2019s fourth NHL outdoor game will be the first in the Sunshine State. The Florida Panthers will host the New York Rangers at loanDepot park in Miami on Jan. 2 (8 p.m. ET; HBO Max, truTV, TNT, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think any of us ever thought this would be a possibility,\u201d Marchand said. \u201cJust to see the game grow to the point where it has in Florida, where we\u2019re having outdoor games here, is pretty incredible. But yeah, to play in the heat, seeing everybody in shorts and T-shirts, will be pretty remarkable. It\u2019s pretty special what they\u2019re doing, creating this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. &#8212; Brad Marchand gets what makes NHL outdoor games so special. Of the 1,136 regular-season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-378350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}