On Thursday, Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney announced the team’s new captain: Winger Brad Marchand.
Then they got serious, and Marchand handed the captaincy to Patrice Bergeron — the team’s 35-year-old veteran centre.
“I’m really looking forward to taking this next step, but I think we all know who the real captain is,” Marchand said, as his teammates burst into applause. “Congrats to Bergy.”
Bergeron shook hands with Sweeney and Bruins president Cam Neely, then accepted his new jersey bearing a “C” in the upper left-hand corner.
“Can’t see, but I’m smiling right now,” Bergeron told his teammates from behind a mask.