Derek King stood in the snow, framed by trees, in front of the mountains and the water. As NHL senior manager of facilities operations, he's in charge of building a hockey rink on the golf course at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Stateline, Nevada, for one of the most spectacular events in League history: the NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe.
NHL Lake Tahoe event presents unique challenges for crew building rink
Creating infrastructure for outdoor games Feb. 20-21 where 'there's really nothing here'

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King on transforming Lake Tahoe for outdoor hockey

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2021 NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe time-lapse

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