The Broad Street Blog

The rumors are true as it was offi­cially announced that on Jan­u­ary 1, 2010, the Fly­ers and Bru­ins will face-off at Fen­way Park in the 2010 Win­ter Clas­sic. If the NHL was actu­ally try­ing to keep this a secret until today, they failed miserably. 

This has quickly become a major annual event for the NHL. I makes the All-Star game pretty much an after­thought. After this year’s Win­ter Clas­sic, which brought the NHL it’s high­est rat­ings in more than 30 years, there was talk of mul­ti­ple out­door games on New Year’s Day or at least mul­ti­ple out­door games dur­ing the sea­son. I’d have to dis­agree with adding any more than one out­door game a year. The fact that there is only one a year makes it unique and spe­cial. By hav­ing any more than one a year would make the con­cept bor­ing and played out.

I’ve been to Fen­way before and it has an atmos­phere all it’s own. And with the past his­tory between the Bru­ins and the Fly­ers, this game is going to be great. They haven’t announced the ticket arrange­ments yet, but that isn’t stop­ping me from book­ing a hotel room. Worst case sce­nario, if I don’t get a ticket, I can­cel the reservation.

In addi­tion to this announce­ment, the NHL also released the 2009 – 2010 sched­ule. The Fly­ers will start the year on the road in Car­olina against the Hur­ri­canes on Octo­ber 2. The home opener will be on Octo­ber 6 against the Wash­ing­ton Capitals.