Morning Bag Skate: Blackhawks visit Blues for 2017 Winter Classic

The Chicago Blackhawks open the 2017 calendar year against the St. Louis Blues in the Winter Classic on Monday at Busch Stadium.

HAWKS

**Kruger out 2-3 weeks; Hossa to miss Winter Classic (SCH)

**Gretzky: Toews, Kane are ‘hall of famers’ (SCH)

**Rain could delay Winter Classic between Hawks-Blues (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Subban placed on IR, will be re-evaluated in 2-3 weeks (On The Forecheck)

**Relevance of Winter Classic for St. Louis (St. Louis GameTime)

NHL

**RECAP: Matthews, Leafs beat Red Wings in Centennial Classic (Pension Plan Puppets)

**RECAP: Chorney gives Capitals win over Sens (Japers’ Rink)

**RECAP: Gibson, Kesler steal one from Flyers (Anaheim Calling)

**Coyotes’ DeAngelo suspended 3 games for abusing official (Five For Howling)

**Ducks send Theordore to minors - again (PHT)

HOCKEY WORLD

**Finland fires coach Rautakorpi after letdown at World Juniors (PHT)

**No. 12 Notre Dame sweeps Alaska (ND Insider)