2010 NHL Winter Classic

2010 NHL Winter Classic
123OTTotal
Philadelphia Flyers 01001
Boston Bruins 00112
DateJanuary 1, 2010
VenueFenway Park
CityBoston
Attendance38,112
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The 2010 NHL Winter Classic (known via corporate sponsorship as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic presented by Bridgestone) was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 1, 2010, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. The third edition of the Winter Classic, it matched the Boston Bruins (the home team) against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Bruins won the game, 2–1, in overtime. With the victory, the Bruins became the first home team to win a Winter Classic. After the game, the roster of the United States men's hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics was released, which included Bruins' goaltender Tim Thomas.

The New York Rangers had previously also been considered as an opponent for the Bruins.[1] The game was telecast on NBC in the United States; in Canada, CBC televised the game in English, and RDS held the French language rights, while ESPN America televised the contest in Europe. Radio rights nationally were held by Sirius XM Radio, while WBZ-FM in Boston and WIP in Philadelphia used their local announcers. Additionally, there was pre-and-post game coverage on the NHL Network in the USA and Canada. The game garnered a 2.6 national rating and 3.7 million viewers, down slightly from the 2009 Classic. In Boston, the game captured a 14.4 rating and a 29 share.

Since there was no NHL All-Star Game in the 2009–10 season due to the 2010 Winter Olympics, which were held in Vancouver, in February, the Winter Classic served as the league's biggest showcase game of the season. The NHL was in negotiations with the Calgary Flames to host a second outdoor game on New Year's Day at McMahon Stadium, likely against another Canadian opponent.[2] That game was instead played in February 2011.

Site selection

Early reports indicated six possible venues for the 2010 game: the Las Vegas Strip, Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, either Nationals Park or Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, D.C., Comerica Park in Detroit and Fenway Park.[3] The Rose Bowl stadium was eliminated as they host the Rose Bowl Game and the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman visited Yankee Stadium on February 12, 2009, to take a tour of the new facility with New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, where the trio discussed the possibility of having the game in the Bronx.[4]

Panorama of the park prior to the game

Uniforms

For this game, the Flyers wore a reverse of their current home uniform, a white replica of their 1973–74 home jersey, but with a black nameplate with white lettering. The Bruins wore a uniform designed by former great Cam Neely in dark yellow with brown pants with dark yellow socks with brown and white striping and a different "B" in their famous "Hub" logo introduced in 1948–49 on their 1955–57 uniforms; brown and gold were the Bruins' colors when they entered the NHL for its 1924–25 regular season. Both jerseys are on Reebok's NHL Edge Uniform template.

Pre-game

Bobby Orr and Bobby Clarke get set for the ceremonial faceoff

The ceremonial faceoff was conducted between Hall of Fame members representing the respective teams: Bobby Orr for Boston and Philadelphia's Bobby Clarke. The national anthems were performed by Daniel Powter ("O Canada") and James Taylor ("The Star-Spangled Banner").

Pre-game entertainment was provided by a marching band dressed in colonial-era attire, followed by Boston-based Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, who performed their song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston".[5]

Game summary

Jan 1, 2010 Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 OT Boston Bruins Fenway Park Recap

During the scoreless first period, the first fight in a Winter Classic occurred as Shawn Thornton and Daniel Carcillo engaged each other, with Carcillo getting the takedown. At 4:42 in the second period, Danny Syvret scored his first career NHL goal with a shot from the blueline as the distracted Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas shoved Philadelphia's Scott Hartnell from his front. Over the course of the game, especially toward the end of each period, the ice became noticeably choppy, resulting in several odd man rushes. After Kimmo Timonen took a tripping penalty on Zdeno Chara, the Bruins tied the game on the powerplay with Mark Recchi tipping in a Derek Morris slap-pass with 2:18 left in the game. During overtime, Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas made a flurry of huge saves to keep the Bruins in the game, including stopping a 2 on 1 against Daniel Briere and Mike Richards. On the Bruins' following counter-attack up the ice, Marco Sturm tipped a Patrice Bergeron pass past Flyers goaltender Michael Leighton to win the game.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st None
2nd PHI Danny Syvret (1) Scott Hartnell (16) and Jeff Carter (19) 04:42 1–0 PHI
3rd BOS Mark Recchi (8) Derek Morris (15) and David Krejci (13) 17:42 1–1
OT BOS Marco Sturm (14) Patrice Bergeron (20) and Zdeno Chara (22) 01:57 2–1 BOS
Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st BOS Shawn Thornton Fighting – major 12:01 5:00
PHI Daniel Carcillo Fighting – major 12:01 5:00
PHI Oskars Bartulis Cross-checking 15:22 2:00
BOS David Krejci Cross-checking 15:22 2:00
2nd BOS Zdeno Chara Tripping 10:16 2:00
3rd BOS Johnny Boychuk Hooking 01:30 2:00
PHI Daniel Carcillo Hooking 4:45 2:00
PHI Kimmo Timonen Tripping 16:08 2:00
PHI Daniel Briere Tripping 19:14 2:00
Overtime None
Three star selections
Team Player Statistics
1stBOSMarco SturmGame Winning Goal
2ndPHIMichael Leighton24 Saves (.923)
3rdBOSTim Thomas24 Saves (.960)

Team rosters

^ Tuukka Rask dressed for the Boston Bruins as the back-up goalie and did not enter the game.
^ Brian Boucher dressed for the Philadelphia Flyers as the back-up goalie and did not enter the game.

Scratches

Officials

Aftermath

Four months later, the Flyers and Bruins would meet in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, marking the second-straight year that the two teams that faced each other in the Winter Classic met in the postseason. The Flyers defeated the Bruins in dramatic fashion rallying from a 3–0 deficit to win the series, becoming the third team in NHL history and the fourth in the history of North American professional sports to accomplish this feat. The previous three teams to do so were the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942, the New York Islanders in 1975, and the Boston Red Sox in 2004. The Flyers also won the final game of the series after being down 3-0. The series win advanced the Flyers to the Eastern Conference Finals. There, they defeated the Montreal Canadiens, advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals, which was won by the Chicago Blackhawks in six games. The following year, the Bruins and Flyers again met in the playoffs’ second round. The Bruins won the series in four games. In the next round, the Bruins defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, which they won in seven games over the Vancouver Canucks.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Winter Classic to be Played at Fenway Park". TSN. April 9, 2009. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Talks underway to bring NHL Winter Classic game to Calgary". Calgary Herald. June 19, 2009. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Rose Bowl among candidates for 2010 Winter Classic". TSN. January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
  4. ↑ Obernauer, Michael (February 13, 2009). "NHL gives Yankee Stadium a look-see". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Pre-game ceremonies set the tone at Fenway". Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
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