Patrice Bergeron played junior hockey with the Acadie–Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for one full season before being selected 45th overall by the Bruins in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
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36 Facts About Patrice Bergeron
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Internationally, Patrice Bergeron competes for Canada and has won gold medals at the 2004 World Championships, 2005 World Junior Championships, 2010 Winter Olympics, 2012 Spengler Cup and 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Patrice Bergeron is a member of the Triple Gold Club after winning the Stanley Cup with Boston in 2011.
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Patrice Bergeron scored two goals, including the Stanley Cup-winning goal, in Game 7 away against the Vancouver Canucks.
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Patrice Bergeron is regarded as one of the premier two-way forwards in the history of the NHL.
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Patrice Bergeron grew up in his hometown of L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, and was a Quebec Nordiques fan in his youth.
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Patrice Bergeron was mostly an A and AA player throughout his minor hockey days.
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Patrice Bergeron played in the 1998 and 1999 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City.
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Patrice Bergeron was drafted 45th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins.
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Patrice Bergeron finished his rookie season with 39 points in 71 games.
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Patrice Bergeron played the majority of the season with linemates Brad Boyes and newcomer Marco Sturm, who had been acquired in a trade that sent captain Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks in November 2005.
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Patrice Bergeron again played alongside Sturm and Boyes until the latter was traded late in the season.
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Patrice Bergeron was hampered the majority of the season by a nagging shoulder injury.
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Patrice Bergeron lay motionless on the ice for several minutes before being wheeled off on a stretcher and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a broken nose and a grade-three concussion.
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In March 2008, Patrice Bergeron started preliminary on-ice practice with Bruins goaltender Manny Fernandez, who was himself recovering from knee surgery.
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In June 2008, Patrice Bergeron was reported as being symptom-free during off-season training.
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Patrice Bergeron participated in the Bruins' summer development camp with Fernandez, before joining the Bruins' main training camp.
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Patrice Bergeron lay face down on the ice while being attended to by team trainers and eventually left the ice under his own power.
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Patrice Bergeron was released from the hospital the day after the collision and placed on injured reserve.
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Patrice Bergeron was named the NHL's First Star of the Month and was twice named First Star of the Week in January 2011.
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Patrice Bergeron scored two goals in Game 7 of the championship series against the Vancouver Canucks, including the game winner.
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Patrice Bergeron became renowned in the hockey world for displaying his toughness when, in the Stanley Cup Finals, he played through a punctured lung, separated shoulder, broken rib and a broken nose.
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Patrice Bergeron was named as the cover athlete for the NHL 15 video game in the same ceremony.
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Patrice Bergeron, who has played his entire NHL career as a member of the Bruins since they drafted him in 2003, became the 17th player in franchise history to score 200 or more career goals for the club.
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Patrice Bergeron ruled out playing for any other team, saying he would either re-sign or retire.
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Patrice Bergeron scored one goal in his international debut and won his first gold medal with Canada.
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Patrice Bergeron was lent to the team from the Providence Bruins of the AHL, where he was playing due to the NHL lockout.
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Patrice Bergeron was eligible for the World Juniors the previous year as well, but was not lent to the national team because he was playing in the NHL.
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Patrice Bergeron finished the tournament with 5 goals and 8 assists totalling 13 points over 6 games while playing on a line with Sidney Crosby and Corey Perry.
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Patrice Bergeron finished the tournament as the leading scorer to earn MVP and All-Star team honours.
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Patrice Bergeron made his second appearance at the World Championships in 2006 and was reunited on a line with World Junior teammate Sidney Crosby, to whom he finished second in tournament scoring with 14 points.
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Patrice Bergeron was invited to play for Canada in the 2007 World Championships.
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Patrice Bergeron declined, citing he wanted to recover from injuries suffered during the NHL season.
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Patrice Bergeron played primarily on the penalty kill and in defensive-zone faceoffs.
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Patrice Bergeron won his second gold medal with Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics and was a member of Canada's championship team at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, reunited on both occasions on a line with Sidney Crosby.
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Patrice Bergeron is of both French-Canadian and Irish descent, by way of his father, Gerard Cleary.
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