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The NHL hosted the first ‘Big City Greens Classic’ last night when the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers met on the ice. Now if you’re wondering what Big City Greens means, have no fear. A recent Google search told me that Big City Greens is a popular animated Disney show. In turn, NHL fans were gifted with their first animated game, where the goalies looked like characters from The Simpsons.
Tonight, Disney is airing an animated, alternate broadcast of the Caps-Rangers game — the "NHL Big City Greens Classic."
It's using live, real-time animations of players modeled after Disney's show, "Big City Greens". pic.twitter.com/tRhaAJwuAY
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) March 14, 2023
The Big City Greens Classic was absolutely beautiful. Everything about the broadcast is exactly what sports are meant to be. Fun. The NFL has given us games on Nickelodeon, and the NHL has now found its perfect companion with the Big City Greens Classic.
Learn how ESPN Creative Studio & ESPN EDGE are turning ESPN #NHL commentators @Drewdle25 & @KevinWeekes into @Disney cartoons for the inaugural 'NHL Big City Greens Classic'
🔗 https://t.co/Xsv7VzHnsj pic.twitter.com/vnJG7A5nj3
— ESPN Front Row (@ESPNFrontRow) March 14, 2023
The NHL Big City Greens Classic features a penalty box monitored by a hulking body guard named Vasquez. pic.twitter.com/M8AuYw0inE
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) March 14, 2023
Seriously, if you were hating on this last night, you need to re-evaluate your life. I’m blessed not to be saddled with a toddler, but I would imagine if I were, I could trick them into watching a sporting event if they were on display like the Big City Greens Classic. The goal for every major sport is to get a younger audience involved in their respective sport. The NHL hit a home run with this one. Or is it a goal? Anyway, more of this, please.
