Sunday Hockey Notes: Patrice Bergeron’s journey from obscurity to sure Hall of Famer - The Boston Globe
There is precious little that Patrice Bergeron hasn’t won in his career, including his gold medal, and MVP award, playing with Team Canada at the World Junior Championship in 2005.
The rest of Bergy’s Big Haul includes the Stanley Cup in 2011, another gold medal with Team Canada at the World Championship (2004), two Olympic gold medals (2010, ’14), and another gold with Canada in the 2016 World Cup.
Only the Memorial Cup, junior hockey’s equivalent of the Stanley Cup, eluded the superlative Bruins pivot, something that was prominent in Bergeron’s mind when Acadie-Bathurst, his junior team in the Quebec League, pocketed its first Memorial Cup two weeks ago with a victory over the Regina (Saskatchewan) Pats.
“I’ve always kept an eye on them and how they were doing,” Bergeron said the other day, following his morning workout in Brighton. “They’ve had some tough years in the past, but they’ve had a really good team now the past couple of years — so I’ve kept a close eye on them. It brought back a lot of memories, really, seeing them win. Really, really happy for them.”
There is precious little that Patrice Bergeron hasn’t won in his career, including his gold medal, and MVP award, playing with Team Canada at the World Junior Championship in 2005.
The rest of Bergy’s Big Haul includes the Stanley Cup in 2011, another gold medal with Team Canada at the World Championship (2004), two Olympic gold medals (2010, ’14), and another gold with Canada in the 2016 World Cup.
Only the Memorial Cup, junior hockey’s equivalent of the Stanley Cup, eluded the superlative Bruins pivot, something that was prominent in Bergeron’s mind when Acadie-Bathurst, his junior team in the Quebec League, pocketed its first Memorial Cup two weeks ago with a victory over the Regina (Saskatchewan) Pats.
“I’ve always kept an eye on them and how they were doing,” Bergeron said the other day, following his morning workout in Brighton. “They’ve had some tough years in the past, but they’ve had a really good team now the past couple of years — so I’ve kept a close eye on them. It brought back a lot of memories, really, seeing them win. Really, really happy for them.”
