The Winter Classic is around the corner and so too is the yearly Alumni Game.
The Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins‘ alumni rosters were announced Tuesday, complete with a number of legends and a few more who had a cup of coffee with these storied franchises.
The Bruins will welcome back notables such as Cam Neely, Ray Bourque, Mark Recchi, Terry O’Reilly, Brian Leetch (who played 61 games with Boston in 2005-06) as well as colour analyst Bob Beers. The Habs will see Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau, Eric Desjardins, Steve Shutt, senior Vice President of Player Safety Stephane Quintal and Jose Theodore who played in the 2003 Heritage Classic in Edmonton.
Here are the full rosters:
| Boston Bruins | Montreal Canadiens |
|---|---|
| PJ Axelsson | Donald Audette |
| Bob Beers | Christian Bordeleau |
| Ray Bourque | Francis Bouillon |
| Rob DiMaio | Benoit Brunet |
| Tom Fergus | Patrice Brisebois |
| Hal Gill | Guy Carbonneau |
| Steve Heinze | Lucien Deblois |
| Al Iafrate | Gilbert Delorme |
| Brian Leetch | Eric Desjardins |
| Reggie Lemelin | Normand Dupont |
| Ken Linseman | Gaston Gingras |
| Rick Middleton | Rick Green |
| Jay Miller | Mike Keane |
| Cam Neely | Alex Kovalev |
| Terry O’Reilly | Sergio Momesso |
| Andrew Raycroft | Mats Naslund |
| Mark Recchi | Chris Nilan |
| Sergei Samsonov | Lyle Odelein |
| Marco Sturm | Oleg Petrov |
| Bob Sweeney | Stephane Quintal |
| Don Sweeney | Stephane Richer |
| Tim Sweeney | Larry Robinson |
| Glen Wesley | Richard Sevigny |
| Steve Shutt | |
| Jose Theodore |
Don Cherry, Derek Sanderson and Mike Milbury will be part of the coaching staff on the Bruins’ side while Jacques Demers and Guy Lafleur will man the bench for Montreal.
The Alumni Game is set to take place on the afternoon of Dec. 31 and the rosters are subject to change.
