Winter Classic 2010: Fans and Players React to Bruins Overtime Victory

For almost the entire duration of the Winter Classic, Bruins fans were pretty much out of the game -- just like the Bruins players themselves. But thanks to a Mark Rechhi goal to tie it up late in the game and a Marco Sturm winner in overtime, Bruins fans are leaving Fenway Park happy.

“The Bruins played like garbage for 58 minutes,” said Phil Shields, 32, a Bruins season ticket holder, “but they pulled it off in the end.”

Travis Hughes at Broad Street Hockey has the Flyers’ reaction from the overtime loss to the Bruins, in which Philadelphia dominated the game for 57 minutes before allowing Boston to come back and eventually win the game.

Mark Recchi was at the right place at the right time as he tipped in a Derek Morris shot to tie the game up at one. Fenway Park has just come to life and the ballpark is erupting with excitement after the big goal by the hometown crowd.

It looks like this year’s Winter Classic will be precipitation-less.

According to Weather Underground, Boston will be “mostly cloudy” until a chance of snow around 7 p.m. If we’re still playing hockey at 7 p.m. then we’re going to have some issues.

In what has already become the most physical Winter Classic yet, the Flyers and Bruins are locked in a scoreless tie after a lively yet sloppy first period. The highlights at the first intermission were a brief fight and a couple of tense moments around Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas.

SB Nation’sTravis Hughes, Randy Booth and Stanley Cup of Chowder are on hand at Fenway Park today. Here’s some of their notes and information from the game:

The Flyers have had their fair share of struggles this season and with the abnormal surroundings with this regular season game, the Flyers still have to remember that this is a game to play and it still counts as two points in the standings. Travis from Broad Street Hockey has this from the Flyers:

The Flyers are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference and only two points behind the Rangers in eighth place. History is on the side of the Flyers though as the home team has never won an NHL outdoor game in three instances.

With the Winter Classic a little under three hours away, it looks like it’ll be a perfect day for hockey.

“The Good Lord couldn’t have done better for us right now.”