
The city of Boston is taking extra precautions, as it prepares for possible Stanley Cup celebrations.
The Boston Bruins are in Vancouver on Wednesday to take the Canucks in the seventh and deciding game of the NHL’s championship series.
Although the team is on the road, police are deploying hundreds extra officers to patrol the streets around the TD Garden and Fenway Park, neighborhoods with dozens of sports bars where fans tend to congregate.
The city is also prohibiting parking in those same areas.
The Bruins also decided against holding a fans viewing party in the TD Garden because of potential problems.
NFL, NBA and World Series championship celebrations in the city over the past seven years has resulted in three deaths and widespread vandalism.