The Red Wings practice experience was radically different this week. The Detroit franchise in the NHL has patinated around a temporary skating rink in the middle of the Ohio stadium, the house of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
Dylan Larkin, who has become the celebrity of hockey with the Wolverines of Michigan, criticized the aesthetics of the football stadium.
“This is probably the ugliest stadium in which I have ever been,” said Larkin.
The Red Wings were in Columbus, Ohio, Friday for training before the match of the series on Saturday stadium against the Blue Jackets.
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Dylan Larkin of Detroit Red Wings during training before a match of the NHL Stadium series in 2025 against Columbus Blue Jackets at Ohio Stadium on February 28, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (Brian Babineau / NHLI via Getty Images)
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“It’s cool to play hockey outside,” Larkin told journalists. “There is a lot of excitement with guys and (it’s) pretty cool to do something different.”
The Red Wings and the Blue Jackets enter the match on Saturday in equality for one of the places of Joker of the Eastern Conference.
The Columbus Blue Jackets cannon arrives at the Ohio stadium before a NHL stadium series match between the Detroit Red Wings and the Blue Jackets on February 28, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (Ben Jackson / NHLI via Getty Images)
Forecasts require temperatures in the 1920s when the washer dropped. Wind gusts could also create problems for players.
Patrick Kane de Detroit, who has played in several outdoor hockey games, spoke of the weather.
The Ohio State fanfare occurs in front of the Ohio Stadium before a match of the NHL Stadium series between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Detroit Red Wings at the Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on March 1, 2025. (Samantha Madar / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
“I’m sure the ice will be a little better (tonight), being colder,” said Kane. “Sometimes, today, I noticed it a little. You are skating in the wind, then, in the other direction, you are sweating with the wind behind your back. It could be something that comes into play where they could perhaps change the sides with 10 minutes on the left (the third) period.”
The 2025 Stadium series will give the Red Wings a chance to take revenge for the defeat of 5-2 on Thursday against the Blue Jackets in Detroit.
