Boston Bruins defeat Philadelphia Flyers, 2-1

Per his lifetime habit as a hockey player, Patrice Bergeron looks skyward after certain plays to watch scoreboard replays, only to check himself for his mistake.

Yesterday, naturally, all Bergeron would see was the sky over Fenway Park.

Good thing. Had there been a roof over Fenway, it would have crumbled into powder and fluttered onto the rink like so many snowflakes. At 1:57 of overtime, 38,112 fans exploded after Marco Sturm tipped a puck past Michael Leighton to giv...

Outdoors, indoors, underground or probably even if left to work out their quirks on the wide-open spaces of the Bonneville Salt Flats, the Bruins are a challenged lot when it comes to putting pucks in the net.

Now, does that harsh truth take away from all the pomp, glamour or fun on display yesterday in the third NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park? Absolutely not. The House that Ruth Left proved to be one fine hockey arena, even if some two-thirds of the 38,112 seat-hold...

It’s been easy to forget our hockey roots. In the first 10 years of this new century, New England’s culture of hockey got lost in the parades, motion pictures, and epic tomes dedicated to the championship seasons of the Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics.

But we are, and forever will be, people of ice, blades, laces, and warm breath blowing through cold air. Yesterday Boston reminded North America that the Hub of the Universe is still, at heart, a hockey town.

And what a...

Ice on Fenway. Fenway on ice.

If you freeze it, they will come.

The Bruins and Flyers skated in snow on the Fenway sheet yesterday, and NHL czars no doubt hope the hockey gods provide the same weather for today’s Winter Classic.

The Classic has taken over as the NHL’s Super Bowl. It’s where Sidney Crosby meets Bing Crosby. For casual fans and nonfans, it’s a bigger draw than the Stanley Cup playoffs. Baseball owns the Fourth of July and football has a grip on Than...