We’re just about set to turn the page from 2024 to 2025, and with the new year, we find ourselves in a new pattern. It’s a colder one and it looks like it will get colder and possibly more wintry.

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With 1,415 NHL games in the books since New Year’s Day 2024, only 13 remain before the calendar turns as the last day of the year includes the Discover NHL Winter Classic, resumption of The Gr8 ...