2016 Outdoor Women's Classic
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.[1] During the game, Pride player Denna Laing stepped on a stick and crashed into the boards head first.[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.