Report: NHL considering outdoor game at West Point

The U.S. Military Academy could host a future NHL outdoor game.

The league has already done an initial survey of Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y., Larry Brooks of the New York Post reports.

Based on proximity, the New York Rangers would likely play at the 38,000-seat football facility, but they'd have to be the visiting team because of a tax exemption agreement with New York City that regulates games hosted by the club outside Madison Square Garden.

Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman first raised the possibility in Sunday's edition of "30 Thoughts," adding that both the Florida Panthers and the Las Vegas expansion franchise would presumably be interested given the military ties in their respective ownership groups.

The Panthers played the New Jersey Devils at Tate Rink on the West Point campus in preseason action Saturday night.