2016 NHL Winter Classic

2016 NHL Winter Classic
123 Total
Montreal Canadiens 122 5
Boston Bruins 001 1
DateJanuary 1, 2016
VenueGillette Stadium
CityFoxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance67,246
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The 2016 NHL Winter Classic (officially the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic)[1] was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 1, 2016, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The eighth edition of the Winter Classic, it matched the Montreal Canadiens against the Boston Bruins; the Canadiens won, 5–1, a significant event in one of the NHL's best-known rivalries. A Bruins and Canadiens alumni game was also played on December 31, 2015.[2] The Boston Pride women's professional hockey team played before the alumni game against Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League to a 1–1 tie in the first 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic (officially the Outdoor Women's Classic presented by Scotiabank).[3]

  1. ^ NHL Public Relations. "Bridgestone returns as title sponsor of NHL Winter Classic in five-year partnership renewal with NHL" (Press release). NHL. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bruins, Canadiens alumni rosters revealed for 2016 NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game". The Boston Globe. November 24, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "NHL to host first-ever Outdoor Women's Classic presented by Scotiabank". NHL. December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.