2014 NHL outdoor games . The National Hockey League is planning to have six outdoor games for the 2013 - 2014 season January 1 , 2014 Detroit Red Wings vs . Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium , in Ann Arbor , MI ( planned to be called the 2014 Winter Classic ) January 25 , 2014 Los Angeles Kings vs . Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium January 26 , 2014 New Jersey Devils vs . New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium January 29 , 2014 New York Islanders vs . New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium March 1 , 2014 Chicago Blackhawks vs . Pittsburgh Penguins at Soldier Field . March 2 , 2013 Vancouver Canucks vs . Ottawa Senators at BC Place ( planned to be the Heritage Classic ) source : http : / / espn . go . com / nhl / story / _ / id / 9180372 / nhl - plans - 6 - outdoor - games - 2014 - including - los - angeles - new - york - chicago - vancouver - sources - say 2014 NHL All - Star Game . There probably won ' t be a 2014 NHL All - Star Game due to the XXII Winter Olympics being held in Sochi , Russia from February 7th to 23rd , 2014 . The NHL , the NHLPA , and the IIHF have yet to finalize the participation of NHL players in the Olympics . XXII Winter Olympics . The XXII Winter Olympics are being held from February 7th to 23rd , 2014 in Sochi , Russia . The following nations have qualified for the Men ' s tournament : . Canada , Czech Republic , Finland , Russia , Norway , Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland , United States all qualified based on their 2012 IIHF World Ranking . Austria , Latvia , and Slovenia qualified at the final qualifying tournament held February 7 - 10 , 2013 held in Germany , Latvia , and Denmark respectively . The following nations have qualified for the Women ' s tournament : . Russia qualified at host nation . Canada , United States , Finland , Switzerland , and Sweden all qualified based on their 2012 IIHF World Ranking . Japan and Germany qualified at the final qualifying tournament February 7 - 10 , 2013 held in Slovakia and Germany respectively . Frozen Four . The 2014 NCAA Men ' s Frozen Four , was scheduled for April 10 & 12 , in Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center . The host was ECAC Hockey . The Regionals was held in : 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was held on December 26th , 2013 through January 5th , 2014 in Malmo , Sweden . The two venues are Malmo Arena and Malmo Isstadion . Ten teams were qualified for the tournament . Group A played at the Malmo Isstadion and consisted of the following teams : the United States , Canada , Czech Republic , Slovakia , and Germany . Group B played at Malmo Arena and consist of the following teams : Sweden , Russia , Switzerland , Finland , and Norway . 2014 Mastercard Memorial Cup . The London Knights and the city of London , Ontario hosted the 2014 Mastercard Memorial Cup late in May . 2014 IIHF World Championship . The 2014 IIHK Men ' s World Championship was held May 9th through 25th , 2014 at two arenas ( Minsk Arena and Chizhovka - Arena ) in Minsk , Belarus . The following nations have qualified for the tournament : Belarus ( Group B ) qualified as host nation Kazakhstan ( Group B ) and Italy ( Group A ) qualified via promotion from Division I at the 2013 championship tournament . Sweden , Czech Republic , Sweden , Norway , Denmark , France ( all in Group A ) and Finland , russia , United States , Switzerland , Germany , Latvia , ( all in Group B ) all qualified based upon having a top 14 finish at the 2013 IIHF World Championship