The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>'s first United States-based franchise, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Bruins" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a>, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews_Arena" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Matthews Arena">Boston Arena</a> indoor hockey facility.<sup about="#mwt55" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_1#cite_note-10" id="mwpQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwpg">[10]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"><cite about="#mwt52" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCAM"><a class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-hockey-came-to-the-u-s-on-dec-1-1924/c-395417" id="mwCAQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"NHL hockey came to the U.S. on Dec. 1, 1924"</a>. <i id="mwCAU">nhl.com</i>. National Hockey League. December 1, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCAY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCAc">December 4,</span> 2016</span>. <q id="mwCAg">The National Hockey League celebrates another historic anniversary...remembering the first NHL game played in the United States, as the Boston Bruins hosted the Montreal Maroons, both expansion teams, at the Boston Arena on Dec. 1, 1924.</q></cite><span about="#mwt52" class="Z3988" id="mwCAk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=nhl.com&amp;rft.atitle=NHL+hockey+came+to+the+U.S.+on+Dec.+1%2C+1924&amp;rft.date=2008-12-01&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhl.com%2Fnews%2Fnhl-hockey-came-to-the-u-s-on-dec-1-1924%2Fc-395417&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+1"></span></span>