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NHL announces Benson Boone as Winter Classic intermission headliner

The singer will perform on New Year’s Eve when the Utah Mammoth host the Colorado Avalanche in Salt Lake City.

Benson Boone will perform during the first intermission of the NHL Winter Classic, the league announced Wednesday. The Utah Mammoth will host the Colorado Avalanche at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Dec. 31.

Puck drop is scheduled for 4 p.m. MT (6 p.m. ET). TNT, HBO Max and truTV will carry the game in the United States, with Sportsnet and TVA Sports broadcasting it in Canada.

Boone earned a 2025 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. His breakthrough single was ‘Beautiful Things.’

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