2016 Outdoor Women's Classic

2016 Women's Winter Classic

1 Total Les Canadiennes (CWHL) 1 1 Boston Pride (NWHL) 1 1
Date	December 31, 2015
Arena	Gillette Stadium
City	Foxborough, Massachusetts
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The 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic was a hockey game on December 31, 2015 in Gillette Stadium between the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League and Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League that ended in a 1-1 tie. It occurred one day before the 2016 NHL Winter Classic, which occurred between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. It was the first outdoor professional women's hockey game.^[1]

Announcement

Publicity around the game was kept to a minimum after a report surfaced on December 5th 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 events that day, including the alumni game which followed the women's game.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

References

1. "Women’s hockey happy for Winter Classic showcase". nhl.com. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
2. Berkman, Seth (31 December 2015). "Ice Problems and Injury Plague Women’s Debut at the Winter Classic". New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
3. "Hockey player Denna Laing remains hospitalized". bostonglobe.com. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
4. "NWHL's Denna Laing suffered spinal cord injury at Women's Winter Classic". cbssports.com. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

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