Bruins to play two video games in Munich, Germany in 2027-28

Boston Bruins

Marco Sturm, JJ Peterka, and Lukas Reichel all hail from Germany.

By Conor Ryan

August 20, 2026 | 10:35 AM

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The Boston Bruins are heading abroad through the 2027-28 season. 

The NHL and NHLPA announced Thursday morning that the Bruins will journey to Munich, Germany, as a part of the 2027 NHL Global Series through the 2027-28 NHL season. 

As a part of the occasion, the Bruins will play two regular-season video games at SAP Garden in Munich — with the two-game set marking the primary time that town has hosted a regular-season NHL recreation. Additional particulars and tickets will likely be introduced at a later date.

“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,” Boston Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs stated in a staff launch. “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.”

Boston’s trek to Munich will stand as a homecoming for a number of gamers and coaches on the Bruins’ roster — led by head coach Marco Sturm.

Sturm — the NHL’s first German head coach and first German-born participant in Bruins historical past — is a local of Dingolfing, which is roughly 65 miles away from Munich. The 47-year-old bench boss has performed extra NHL video games (938) than any German-born participant in NHL historical past — rating behind solely Leon Draisaitl in profession targets (242) and factors (487). 

A 3-time Olympic participant for Germany, Sturm additionally served as the pinnacle coach and basic supervisor of Germany’s nationwide staff from 2015-18 — teaching his nation to a silver medal through the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.

The Bruins even have two German gamers on their roster in JJ Peterka and Lukas Reichel. Peterka — acquired by Boston in an offseason commerce with Utah — hails from Munich, whereas Reichel grew up in Nurnberg, Germany. 

This stands as Boston’s first worldwide journey since 2018, when the Bruins took on the Calgary Flames in two preseason video games in Shenzhen and Beijing, China. 

This would be the second time the Bruins have performed regular-season video games in Europe, as Boston traveled to Prague, Czechia, to open its eventual Stanley Cup championship marketing campaign in 2010-11 with two video games in opposition to the Phoenix Coyotes. 

 

Conor Ryan is a employees author masking the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a job he has held since 2023.