Welcome to 2021! Although everyone is used to waking up on New Years Day and getting ready to watch the Winter Classic, this year/season will be different. But don't worry, it appears that outdoor NHL games are on the horizon.

According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the NHL is planning to step outdoors in a unique setting. The location that has been chosen is Lake Tahoe, which is located on the boarder of California and Nevada. These games will be played on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe around the 16th, 17th, and 18th holes of the Eaglewood Tahoe Resort.

There will be two-games over the course of one weekend, the first game will be Vegas vs Colorado on February 20th, and the second will be Philadelphia vs Boston on February 21st.

There was a few oddities in the NHL's schedule, as well as NBC's broadcast schedule that Friedman found, and his sources told him that those two games (mentioned above) will be outdoors in Lake Tahoe.

"When the NHL on NBC broadcast schedule was released last week, one game stood out as an oddity: Colorado at Vegas on Feb. 20. It is the network's lone Saturday telecast before April 17.

The next day, there's a Philadelphia-Boston matchup that's also a bit strange. For the Bruins, it's their only game in six days; for the Flyers it's their only one in five. In the travel-friendly East Division, that's unusual." Friedman said.

Before deciding on Lake Tahoe, the NHL went and surveyed other potential locations such as, Lake Louise in Alberta, as well as Park City, Utah.

This is exciting news for hockey fans, although no one will be able to attend these games, it will make for must-see TV.

Source: Elliotte Friedman/Sportsnet

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