NHL’s Winter Classic: Bruins and Penguins players don Red Sox and Pirates gear at Fenway Park

Baseball season continues to be three months away, however Boston’s Fenway Park was bustling on Monday because the hometown Bruins and visiting Pittsburgh Penguins arrived at the Winter Classic in classic baseball uniforms.

Led by captain Patrice Bergeron, the Bruins stunned followers gathered at the nook of Yawkey Way and Van Ness St. by exiting the staff bus sporting 1915-era Red Sox threads to commemorate the membership’s third World Series title. Several players had been seen carrying bats, gloves, and even loved a sport of catch on the sphere, the place an ice rink had already been erected in anticipation of Monday’s Winter Classic.

Not to be outdone, the Penguins stayed inside their black-and-gold motif by honoring the 1925 World Series-winning Pirates.

General Manager Don Sweeney, Brad Marchand #63, Patrice Bergeron #37 and head Coach Jim Montgomery of the Boston Bruins pose for a photograph earlier than the sport in opposition to the Pittsburgh Penguins within the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park on Monday

Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins arrives forward of the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic sport between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park 

The NHL’s Winter Classic is the league’s annual outside sport. Although the areas and groups change from 12 months to 12 months, it is often an opportunity to create a throwback environment round a regular-season sport.

This is the second time Fenway has hosted the outside extravaganza following the Bruins’ additional time win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers in 2010. The Bruins additionally hosted the Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts in 2016, when the visiting Montreal Canadiens gained 5-1.

The Bruins final performed within the Winter Classic in 2019, after they beat the Chicago Blackhawks at Notre Dame’s soccer stadium. On that event, the staff arrived at the Winter Classic sporting Peaky Blinders-style fits.

Brad Marchand #63 of the Boston Bruins stands on the sphere previous to the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic sport between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park

The Boston Bruins pose for a staff picture earlier than the sport in opposition to the Pittsburgh Penguins at the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park on January 2, 2023 in Boston

Jeremy Swayman #1 of the Boston Bruins throws a baseball previous to the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic sport between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park

A basic view of Charlie McAvoy #73 of the Boston Bruins taking part in the puck throughout observe for the NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park on Sunday in Boston

The Penguins and captain Sidney Crosby aren’t any strangers to the Winter Classic, having crushed the Buffalo Sabres within the inaugural sport at a snowy Ralph Wilson Stadium in 2008.

The first-place Bruins enter Monday’s sport with a four-point edge over the Carolina Hurricanes for the very best report in hockey. The Penguins, in the meantime, have struggled this 12 months, going 19-11-6 in 36 video games (44 factors).

On Sunday, Bruins star David ‘Pasta’ Pastrnak was honored at Fenway with a statue bearing his likeness – one which occurred to be constituted of frozen spaghetti and pasta sauce.

‘That’s wonderful,’ the Bruins winger stated in a viral video. ‘Some purple sauce in there too.

‘Actually, my favourite too,’ he added. ‘Spaghetti.’

Pastrnak entered the day tied for fifth within the NHL with 25 objectives on the season. He’s anticipated to be signing a profitable contract extension with the staff quickly, though a deal has not been finalized.

On Sunday, Bruins star David ‘Pasta’ Pastrnak (left) was honored at Fenway with a statue bearing his likeness – one which occurred to be constituted of frozen spaghetti and pasta sauce