At the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic, players were introduced at loanDepot Park, home of Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins, as four-time Latin Grammy Award winner Luis Fonsi belted out his hit "Despacito," joined by the Florida Panthers Ice Crew.

The NHL Winter Classic, the league’s premiere outdoor hockey event, heads to south Florida, where a state better known for its warm winters has emerged as a hockey hotbed in recent years.

Hockey is officially heading somewhere it has never been before. The NHL pulled back the curtain on its boldest outdoor experiment yet, offering a first look at the Winter Classic rink taking shape inside loanDepot Park in Miami.

In the past 24 hours, Jones reached the 900-game milestone in the NHL, played in the League’s signature outdoor game and was informed he had been selected to represent the United States in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

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The Florida Panthers host the New York Rangers for the 2026 Winter Classic at loanDepot park, home of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.

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