The Blackhawks Will Be Playing At Wrigley Field

It's been a few months since the talk started that the Blackhawks were possibly going to be playing a game outdoors next season, whether it was at Wrigley or Soldier Field, and today there's news that it's just about official.

The Blackhawks will be facing off against the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field next season.

The Blackhawks are expected to play the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field in January in the NHL's Winter Classic, Comcast SportsNet reported Wednesday night, with an official announcement perhaps coming this week.

Hawks president John McDonough has been pushing for an outdoor game after the success of this season's Winter Classic on New Year's Day at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium. A league-record 71,217 fans saw the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Sabres 2-1 in a shootout.

Though I preferred that the game be played at Soldier Field, as more tickets would be available for the game, increasing my chances of actually attending it, this is still awesome news.

The announcement comes at a good time for the Hawks as well, because after spending the winter slowly starting to wrestle attention away from the Bulls, they've been thrown on the back burner again since the Bulls landed the #1 pick in the draft and continued their coaching search that finally ended at Doug Collins.

It's still too early to make concrete plans, as the game hasn't even been officially announced yet, but I think this game would be a good place to hold some kind of Foul Balls gathering. Details possibly to come!