Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na Machị 15, 2017, Arthur Staple nke "Newsday" kọrọ na e nyela egwuregwu ahụ na New York Rangers. Ndị Rangers zubere na mbụ igwu egwu na Blaik Field na Michie Stadium na ogige United States Military Academy na West Point, New York mana ha enweghị ike ịbịakwute nkwekọrịta iji ụlọ ọrụ ahụ n'oge. Yankee Stadium, nke kwadoro egwuregwu Rangers na 2014 NHL Stadium Series, ka ewepụrụ maka Winter Classic n'ihi na ọ na-akwado Pinstripe Bowl nke kọleji football otu izu tupu ihe omume ahụ. Kama nke ahụ, ndị Rangers kwuru na ha bịarutere nkwekọrịta na Citi Field, ụlọ nke ndị otu bọọlụ baseball New York Mets, iji nọrọ n'ụlọ mmemme ahụ. Otu edemede ahụ kwuru na Buffalo Sabres bụ ndị na-emegide ndị Rangers. Ndị Sabres nọkwa na mkparịta ụka iji kwado ihe omume ahụ, ma n'ihi na ọ na-egosi afọ iri kemgbe mmalite Oge Ochie Oge Ochie na n'ihi na 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship
enweelarị usoro egwuregwu n'èzí na New Era Field maka ngwụcha Disemba 2017, nke gaara ekwe ka e jiri elu ice n'èzí mee ihe maka nke ahụ na Winter Classic. Onye osote onye isi oche nke Njikọ ahụ Bill Daly rụrụ ụka na inwe egwuregwu abụọ dị n'èzí n'otu ụlọ ọrụ dị nso ga-agbatị akụnụba nke Pegula Sports na Ntụrụndụ dị oke mkpa, ya mere New York City ka a họọrọ dị ka ebe nnabata. A họpụtara ndị Sabres dị ka ndị na-emegide ya na ngosipụta ekele site na NBC na NHL maka itinye ihe egwu na Winter Classic mbụ na 2008, na arụmọrụ dara ogbenye nke otu ahụ na mbelata nke igwe onyonyo (n'oge ebe ọkwa nke Winter Classic na-ebelata) emetụtaghị NBC.