Why can't there be a Canadian NHL All-star game played outdoors in Yellowknife?

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I think there should be a hockey All-star game played once a year....in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, under the spell of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis)
(The Northern Lights would shine down on the rink, plus fireworks.) It would be a nature/man-made show combined when they would do the Hockey Line Up. It would be a really cool effect.
(Eastern Canada VS. Western Canada).

In American football there's something called the Pro-Bowl and it is an All-star match NFC VS AFC teams. The game is played once a year in Honolulu, Hawaii.

So for Canada, I say this...why not make something like that for hockey, and put it up in Yellowknife? Let the Territories get a piece of the action.
Edit: For the same reason there's a Pro-ball football game played in Honolulu.

You would have people from all over Canada coming to Yellowknife for the event.

I don't understand why not. Iceland has less than a million people and they have an Airwaves Fest every October under the Northern Lights. Canada can make it happen
 
Why should there be an NHL game in the middle of nowhere?
 
It's an awesome idea, but most of the NHL boys have never played on natural ice. They are accustomed to indoor ice, and a perfectly smooth surface - something that is difficult to achieve outdoors.
Perhaps it could be done outside of the NHL venue, as a separate and very special event.
 
Great Idea. What Canadian NHL star from the Prairies hasn't ever played 'pond hockey' on the surface of a frozen lake, river or slough near the family farm as a kid? I'm sure Gordie Howe did, in Saskatchewan. Even the Sutter brothers, in Alberta.

However, the National Hockey League wants to hold its outdoor 'legacy' hockey games in major urban centres where they can put ice surfaces in major stadiums. The whole process started in Edmonton, where they held a game between Edmonton Oilers alumni and Montreal Canadiens alumni, followed by a regular season game between Edmonton and Montreal. They managed to attract 45 000 fans into an outdoor Canadian Football stadium to watch the game in -25C weather conditions. But I think Edmonton is going to be the furthest north, geography wise, they're ever gonna go.

I don't think you could build an outdoor stadium big enough on the surface of Great Bear Lake to hold at least 20 000 people who are willing to brave -45C temperatures and extreme wind chills to watch a hockey game.

it's an interesting idea, though. Imagine clearing enough snow off the Lake to make an ice surface, say 5 miles long by 2 miles wide. Drop the puck, and you'd have one heck of a game of shinny. It would be as much a test of endurance as it would be a game of skill. Wow.
 
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