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Opening Day Fan Fest

Celebrate the start of the 2018-19 season with the Boston Bruins at Opening Day Fan Fest Presented by TD Bank on Monday, October 8. Join us on Canal St. before the Bruins first home game of the season for activities, games, prizes, music, and more! Fan Fest will start at 10:30 a.m. and go until 5 p.m. Admission is free and fans do not need a ticket for the game to participate in any of the festivities. Want tickets to the Opening Day game presented by TD Bank at 1 p.m. vs. the Ottawa Senators? Share your photos from Fan Fest with #BruinsFanFest for a chance to win a pair of tickets.

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About Fan Fest Tour

The Boston Bruins embarked on their second annual, seven-city Boston Bruins Fan Fest Tour from August 17-26, with the mission to grow the game of hockey throughout the region. They visited all six New England states and the winning location in Weymouth, Massachusetts for the TD Bank Fan Fest Contest.

During the tour, the Boston Bruins outfitted over 5,000 kids (ages 4-9) who signed up for Bruins Academy Learn to Play presented by Pure Hockey in new CCM hockey gear valued at $500 for a total of $2.5 million worth of youth hockey equipment. For more information on Bruins Academy Learn to Play presented by Pure Hockey, visit BostonBruins.com/LearnToPlay.

At each Fan Fest Tour stop, current Bruins players, coaches, executives and NESN personalities played games and mingled with fans, signed autographs, took photos, participate in Q&A sessions and much more. Exclusive '47 merchandise was available at all Fan Fest locations. Fans were able to participate in skills and drills, play games, and take advantage of multiple photo ops. Boston Bruins BFit was on hand to lead kid-friendly fitness activities at each stop. Kids could visit the Bruins Academy Zone for face painting, poster making, and Bruins trivia.

Gifford's Famous Ice Cream will be at each stop scooping their Bruins-themed ice cream, Power Play Fudge, for one-dollar donations to the Boston Bruins Foundation.

Admission to each tour stop is FREE and fans are welcome and encouraged to participate in all of the event's festivities.

Activations at Fan Fest Tour

  • Current Bruins players, coaches, executives, and NESN personalities Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley will play games and mingle with fans, sign autographs, take photos, and participate in Q&A sessions*
  • Synthetic ice rinks for shooting and drills
  • Locker Room photo op
  • Bruins Academy Zone
  • BFit kids-friendly fitness activities
  • Equipment fittings for Bruins Academy Learn to Play participants (Learn more at BostonBruins.com/LearnToPlay)
  • In addition to getting fitted for brand new equipment, youth hockey players will be able to participate in drill work and have the opportunity to partake in NESN virtual reality experiences.
  • TD Bank giveaways
  • Gifford's Ice Cream "Power Play Fudge" for one dollar donations to the Boston Bruins Foundation

*Personality appearances will vary at each location and are subject to change.

Participating Cities

Date Time City/State Location Address
Friday, August 17 Learn To Play: 2PM
General Public 3-7PM		 Portland, ME Hadlock Field 271 Park Ave, Portland, ME 04102
Saturday, August 18 11-4PM Manchester, NH Arms Park 10 Arms St, Manchester, NH 03101
Sunday, August 19 11-3PM Burlington, VT Gutterson Rink Lot 147 Spear St, Burlington, VT 05405
Monday, August 20 12-4PM Springfield, MA Forest Park 200 Trafton Rd, Springfield, MA 01108
Friday, August 24 12-4PM Weymouth, MA Weymouth High School 1 Wildcat Way, South Weymouth, MA 02190
Saturday, August 25 12-4PM Hartford, CT Connecticut State Capitol 210 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06106
Sunday, August 26 12-4PM Providence, RI ALEX AND ANI City Center 2 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903
Monday, October 8 10:30AM-5PM Boston, MA   Canal St., Boston, MA

TD Bank Fan Fest Contest

Bring the Bruins to your hometown by entering the TD Bank Fan Fest Contest. Tell us why the Bruins should come visit as part of the second annual 2018 Fan Fest Tour using #BruinsTour.