New Bruins head coach Marco Sturm is just a few weeks away from opening up his first training camp as Boston’s bench boss.

But the first-year head coach made the switch from the rink to the gridiron on Wednesday, as Sturm was a guest of Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel during New England’s practice at Gillette Stadium.

Marco in the building 🤝 @NHLBruins | #NEPats pic.twitter.com/uRyY4oAEwL — New England Patriots (@Patriots) August 27, 2025

“It’s been great. It’s been a long time,” Sturm said of making the trek to Foxborough . “I think the last time I’ve been here, I was a player with the Bruins — so over 20 years ago. Things are definitely nicer, bigger.

“But, yeah, it’s just nice for me to see — you can see already that it’s getting a little bit more intense now. The season

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