It was the end of the KISS concert at Dodger Stadium in 2014, when the group hit the final bombastic notes of "Rock and Roll All Nite" and the pyrotechnics illuminated the palm trees near the hockey rink. That was the moment I fell in love with the bizarre, audacious spectacle that is the NHL Stadium Series.
Picture the Winter Classic as the nicest wedding you've ever attended. The Stadium Series is the after-party. Picture the Winter Classic as a Norman Rockwell painting. The Stadium Series is a black light poster with a flying saucer on it.
"The Winter Classic is more traditional, historic.