Patrice Bergeron and Ray Bourque might have never shared the same dressing room on Causeway Street.
But both hockey legends found themselves cut from a similar cloth when it comes to their path to Boston.
Both Quebecois products.
Both with little knowledge of the spoked-B and the culture that they’d further foster over four decades in Boston.
And while Bergeron grew up in the suburbs outside of Quebec City and was raised as a Nordiques fan, Bourque’s early allegiance was to Boston’s most hated rival.
“I was a big Montreal Canadiens fan,” Bourque admitted Sunday morning.