2016 Outdoor Women's Classic
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| Date | December 31, 2015 | ||||||||||||
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| Venue | Gillette Stadium | ||||||||||||
| City | Foxborough, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
The 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic presented by Scotiabank was an ice hockey game played on December 31, 2015, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, between the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League and Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. It was the first outdoor ice hockey game between professional women's teams; it ended in a 1–1 tie.[1] The game was played one day before the 2016 NHL Winter Classic, between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens.
Announcement
[edit]Publicity around the game was kept to a minimum after a report surfaced on December 5 that there would be a game between the two teams. On December 28, the game was officially announced, although players felt that it was overshadowed by other game-day events, including an NHL alumni game that followed the women's game.[2]
Game
[edit]The game was played in two 15-minute periods, with running time.[3] Montreal's Kim Deschenes scored the first goal of the game at 3:15 of the first period, while Blake Bolden registered the game-tying goal for Boston late in the second period.[1]
Injury
[edit]During the game, Pride player Denna Laing stepped on a stick and crashed into the boards head first. Removed from the ice on a stretcher, she was taken to the hospital.[4] On January 8, 2016, Laing's family announced that she had suffered a severe spinal cord injury and that she had limited movement of her arms and no feeling in her legs.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lane, Jon (January 1, 2016). "Women's hockey happy for Winter Classic showcase". NHL.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ Berkman, Seth (December 31, 2015). "Ice Problems and Injury Plague Women's Debut at the Winter Classic". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
- ^ "Women's teams skate on Winter Classic ice". The Philadelphia Inquirer. AP. January 1, 2016. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Springer, Shira (January 6, 2016). "Hockey player Denna Laing remains hospitalized". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ^ "NWHL's Denna Laing suffered spinal cord injury at Women's Winter Classic". cbssports.com. January 8, 2016. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- "Outdoor Women's Classic Highlights". NWHL. January 2, 2016 – via YouTube.