Outdoor hockey may be losing its novelty for NHL fans.The league's annual Winter Classic hit a record low in Nielsen ratings on New Year's Day as the Seattle Kraken shut out the visiting Vegas Golden Knights at the Mariners' T-Mobile Park.The game was sold out, more or less, and boasted the reigning Stanley Cup champions in the Golden Knights, but without well-established fan bases such as the Toronto Maple Leafs' or Boston Bruins', the 2024 Winter Classic garnered an average of only 1.1 million viewers.
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