Zdeno Chara presents Patrice Bergeron’s Hall of Fame plaque
Bergeron thanked the teammates who helped him get to Toronto, and Charlie McAvoy recalled how the two Bruins leaders welcomed him to Boston.
Zdeno Chara handed longtime Bruins teammate Patrice Bergeron his Hockey Hall of Fame plaque Monday night in Toronto. Chara was inducted a year earlier. The two won the Stanley Cup together with Boston in 2011.
“I wouldn’t be here receiving this plaque today without my teammates,” Bergeron said in his induction speech. He thanked Boston fans for standing behind him throughout his NHL career.
Charlie McAvoy, who attended the ceremony alongside David Pastrnak, told the Bruins he was so in awe of Bergeron and Chara when he joined Boston during the 2017 playoffs that he called them both “Mr.” They quickly told him to use their first names. McAvoy said he still tries to extend the same welcome to others.
Bergeron played all 19 of his NHL seasons with Boston. He recorded 1,040 points in 1,294 regular-season games and won the Selke Trophy six times.
