The Montreal Canadiens will be playing a Winter Classic New Year’s Day, 2016, against arch-rivals, the Boston Bruins. This will be the first time the Habs will participate in a Winter Classic, and it is Boston’s second.
The match will take place at Gillette Stadium (home to the New England Patriots), and it marks the first time in over 900 games in their combined history that they will meet in an outdoor venue – probably the one thing left for these two teams to achieve.
Bruins’ owner, Jeremy Jacobs, released this statement:
This Winter Classic brings to Gillette an Original Six rivalry that dates back to 1924.