2016 Outdoor Women's Classic

July 2020 true 2016 Women's Winter Classic 2016 Outdoor Womens Classic logo.png Les Canadiennes (CWHL) Boston Pride (NWHL) 1 1 1 0 0 1 December 31, 2015 Gillette Stadium 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.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=795354 Women's hockey happy for Winter Classic showcase Jon Lane NHL.com 2016-01-01 2016-01-06 January 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160102191029/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=795354 dead The game was played one day before the 2016 NHL Winter Classic, between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. Announcement 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.Berkman Seth Ice Problems and Injury Plague Women's Debut at the Winter Classic https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/sports/hockey/winter-classic-boston-pride-les-canadiennes.html 9 January 2016 The New York Times 31 December 2015 December 22, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053632/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/sports/hockey/winter-classic-boston-pride-les-canadiennes.html live Game The game was played in two 15-minute periods, with running time.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15908054/womens_teams_skate_on_winter_classic/ Women's teams skate on Winter Classic ice AP The Philadelphia Inquirer January 1, 2016 December 21, 2017 newspapers.com December 22, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052828/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15908054/womens_teams_skate_on_winter_classic/ live 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. Injury 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.Shira Springer https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/01/06/hockey-player-denna-laing-remains-hospitalized/0n948wQqKqY4ULlJiwHI8N/story.html Hockey player Denna Laing remains hospitalized The Boston Globe 2016-01-06 2016-01-07 January 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160109180014/http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/01/06/hockey-player-denna-laing-remains-hospitalized/0n948wQqKqY4ULlJiwHI8N/story.html live 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.https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/nwhls-denna-laing-suffered-spinal-cord-injury-at-womens-winter-classic/ NWHL's Denna Laing suffered spinal cord injury at Women's Winter Classic cbssports.com 2016-01-08 2016-01-08 February 22, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200222154703/https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/nwhls-denna-laing-suffered-spinal-cord-injury-at-womens-winter-classic/ live References 30em Further reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6PAc9ZuaZY Outdoor Women's Classic Highlights NWHL January 2, 2016 YouTube Women's Winter Classic Category:2015–16 CWHL season Category:2015–16 NWHL season Category:Boston Pride Outdoor Women's Classic Category:Ice hockey competitions in Massachusetts Category:Les Canadiennes de Montreal Category:Outdoor ice hockey games Category:Sports competitions in Foxborough, Massachusetts Category:Women's sports in Massachusetts