Boston to face Montreal in Outdoor Women’s Classic on New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Boston Pride will meet Les Canadiennes de Montreal in the first-ever Outdoor Women’s Classic at Gillette Stadium on New Year’s Eve, the NHL announced Monday.
The abbreviated exhibition game will be played on the outdoor rink before the alumni game that afternoon. On New Year’s Day, the Boston Bruins will host the Montreal Canadiens in the 2016 Winter Classic.
“Two days with three Boston-Montreal rival matchups is a great way to celebrate hockey,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a release. “A new year signifies a new chapter and we look forward to sharing the ice for the first time with two professional women’s teams on the league’s biggest stage.”
The Pride play in the National Women’s Hockey League while Les Canadiennes play in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Montreal is led by Canadian women’s team star forward Marie-Philip Poulin.
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