Bruins to Play Two Games in Munich for 2027 NHL Global Series Germany

The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and National Hockey League (NHL) introduced in the present day that the Boston Bruins will journey to Munich, Germany, as a part of the 2027 NHL Global Series through the 2027-28 NHL season. The Bruins will play two common season video games at SAP Garden in Munich, marking the primary time the town has hosted NHL regular-season competitors.

“The 2027 NHL Global Series games in Germany present an incredible opportunity for the Bruins organization to build on our longstanding connection with fans around the world,” mentioned Boston Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs. “We look forward to representing the Bruins and the city of Boston at one of the National Hockey League’s marquee events and engaging with our passionate fanbase in Munich, across Germany and beyond.”

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The Global Series will mark the Bruins’ second journey to Europe for normal season video games. Boston beforehand traveled to Prague, Czechia to open the 2010-11 season with two video games towards the Phoenix Coyotes. 

The Bruins most just lately performed internationally in 2018, once they competed towards the Calgary Flames in two preseason video games in Shenzhen and Beijing, China. The group’s worldwide historical past additionally features a 23-game European exhibition tour towards the New York Rangers in 1959, with stops in England, Switzerland, France, Belgium, West Germany and Austria. A whole historical past of the Bruins’ worldwide play outdoors North America could be discovered right here.

The Bruins have sturdy ties to Germany, highlighted by Munich native JJ Peterka, fellow German-born ahead Lukas Reichel and head coach Marco Sturm, the NHL’s first German head coach and first German-born participant in Bruins historical past.

Sturm, a local of Dingolfing, Germany, served as head coach and common supervisor of the German Men’s National Team from 2015-18, main Germany to a silver medal on the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. The historic run marked the nation’s first look in an Olympic gold-medal recreation and its first Olympic hockey medal since 1976. Sturm’s teaching tenure with Germany was moreover highlighted by a Deutschland Cup title in 2015 and back-to-back quarterfinal appearances (2016, 2017) on the IIHF Men’s World Championship, the very best last placement for Germany since 2011.

Sturm holds the report for probably the most NHL video games performed by a German-born participant (938) and ranks second amongst German-born gamers in profession targets (242) and factors (487). Internationally, he represented Germany at three Olympic Winter Games (1998, 2002, 2010), 4 IIHF Men’s World Championships (1997, 2001, 2004, 2008) and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Bruins ahead and Munich native JJ Peterka has reached the 20-goal mark in three of his 4 full NHL seasons, together with a 25-goal marketing campaign with the Utah Mammoth in 2025-26. The 6-foot, 189-pound ahead has appeared in 320 profession NHL video games with Utah and Buffalo, recording 92 targets and 105 assists for 197 factors. Peterka ranks among the many prime 10 German-born gamers in NHL historical past in targets, assists and factors.

Peterka represented Germany on the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, tallying one objective and three assists in 5 video games. He has additionally represented Germany at three IIHF World Championships (2021, 2023, 2024) and two IIHF World Junior Championships (2020, 2021). At the 2023 IIHF World Championship, Peterka was named the match’s Best Forward and was chosen to the All-Star Team after serving to Germany seize the silver medal.

Reichel, a local of Nürnberg, Germany, appeared in 10 video games with the Bruins through the 2025-26 season and has skated in 198 profession NHL video games with Chicago, Vancouver and Boston. He represented Germany on the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, recording three factors in 5 video games. Reichel has additionally represented Germany at 5 IIHF World Championships (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026) and the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship.