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Johnny Bucyk and Pete Frates got the Bruins crowd ready for playoff hockey

Before the Bruins got their 2018 Stanley Cup playoff series against the Maple Leafs underway, a pair of local legends got the TD Garden crowd pumped up.

Johnny Bucyk, the Bruins’ all-time leading goal scorer, and former Boston College baseball star Pete Frates served as co-banner captains before the puck dropped:

Co-Fan Banner captains Johnny ‘Chief’ Bucyk and @PeteFrates3 helped kick things off tonight before Game 1 against Toronto.

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