"I had the best seat in the house, probably," Rask said. "They had the heaters going."
When the Bruins play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jan. 2 in the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic (2 p.m. ET; TNT, SN, TVAS), Rask will again be a spectator for the outdoor game -- this time from further away, after retiring from the NHL on Feb. 9.
"Nowadays, there's a lot of American guys with the Bruins, a lot of Boston guys," Rask said. "When we played here, I don't think we had a lot of Boston guys. So it'll be a special moment for a bunch of those guys who either played college here or are from here. They're going to love it."
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There was no one from the Boston area on the Bruins roster for that 2010 Winter Classic. Now, the Bruins boast Massachusetts natives Matt Grzelcyk (Charlestown) and Charlie Coyle (East Weymouth). Defenseman Charlie McAvoy went to college at Boston University (as did Grzelcyk).
Rask took in the sights and sounds of Fenway Park on Wednesday, getting a tour from a Fenway Park tour guide alongside his six-year-old daughter Adelie. They walked through the stands, around the now-covered infield and over to the Green Monster, where they got to pop into the Wall.
"I love this ballpark," he said. "We come for baseball games and concerts a lot. The Red Sox are always so good to me and my family. But it's nice to see a hockey rink out there."
Asked if he is a Red Sox fan, Rask smiled and joked, "Do we have a choice? Not really."
Adelie just finally started to fit into a Mookie Betts shirt they bought years ago when the then-Red Sox outfielder lived in Rask's neighborhood. And over the years, Rask has gotten a chance to take the field at Fenway, including batting practice about 10 years ago, when he hit a shot off the Green Monster.