Boston Bruins Legend Patrice Bergeron Inducted Into Hockey Hall Of Fame

Monday, June 22, 2026


 The Boston Bruins' Patrice Bergeron is a Stanley Cup champion, six-time Selke Trophy winner, King Clancy award winner, and Mark Messier Leadership award winner. Bergeron announced his retirement from the NHL at the end of  2023.

Since then, we've not heard much from Bergeron's camp, other than a rare public appearance of that sort. The team 

With a slew of hardware to his name, the Bruins superstar made it into the Hockey Hall of Fame during the first year of his nomination. 

Rightfully so, as the former Bruins' forward played 1,294 games in the NHL and all of them wearing the spoked-B. The Bruins fans were spoiled to see such a superstar develop in their ranks over the years, and in 2011, he led them to the promised land in a Stanley Cup win against the Vancouver Canucks. 

Bruins President of Hockey Operations Cam Neely commemorated the induction with a heartfelt speech of his own regarding the former Bruins captain:

“We were fortunate in Boston to have a front-row seat to Patrice Bergeron’s remarkable 20-year career, watching him grow from an 18-year-old kid learning a new language into one of the world’s elite players,” Bruins President Cam Neely said in a release. “As he accumulated a stellar list of accolades – which includes a record six Selke Trophies, two Olympic gold medals, and, of course, the 2011 Stanley Cup – Patrice also became one of hockey’s most respected leaders, representing our organization with dignity and class in everything that he did.


“Patrice’s election to the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2026 is a more than worthy honor and I am proud to now call him a fellow Hall of Famer.”

The Bruins plan to hoist no. 37 to the rafters this upcoming 2026-27 season, soon after his induction into the Hall. The Quebec-born forward scored 1,040 points (427 goals, 613 assists) with a plus-289 rating. 

“Patrice was the kind of rare, generational talent that every team wanted," said Bruins Owner and Governor, Jeremy M. Jacobs in the official press release. "He was a deftly skilled playmaker and the undeniable greatest defensive forward in the NHL’s history. But it was the leadership he provided on the ice and in the locker room that made him truly stand apart and an all-time legend of the Boston Bruins.”

Not bad for a second-round pick in 2003 who established himself as one of the best two-way forwards in the game.  


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