{"id":3060,"date":"2026-06-19T06:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2026-06-19T06:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:03:58","slug":"letting-patrice-bergeron-know-his-no-37-is-being-retired-was-a-team-effort-by-the-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3060","title":{"rendered":"Letting Patrice Bergeron know his No. 37 is being retired was a team effort by the Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zdeno Chara was the first through the door Monday at Patrice Bergeron\u2019s home in the Boston suburbs. Big Z called ahead, Friday in fact, under the guise of setting up a brief promotional video with his old pal for an exhibition game they\u2019re playing in this summer in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah, sure,\u201d Bergeron was quick to tell his fellow former Bruins captain. \u201cOf course, no problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon after Chara arrived, John Bucyk rolled up the driveway. Always good to see Chief, thought Bergeron, but he began to grow curious about the expanding guest list, particularly with Bucyk arriving with a Garden banner under his arm from the club\u2019s successful 2011 Stanley Cup run. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat confused me a little,\u201d acknowledged Bergeron. <\/span><\/p>\n

In short order, Cam Neely, Charlie Jacobs, Terry O\u2019Reilly, Rick Middleton, and a smattering of other familiar faces from the organization arrived in the not-so-impromptu tour de celebration. They all gathered to inform Bergeron, 40, of what he described as a surprise \u201cbig reveal\u201d \u2014 the franchise\u2019s decision to retire his No. 37. <\/span><\/p>\n

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