The Bruins paid homage to Celtics legend John Havlicek Saturday night in a manner befitting the man.
It was all class.
Before Game 2 of their Stanley Cup playoff series with the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Bruins requested a moment not of silence but applause for Havlicek, who died Thursday at age 79.
A moment of celebration pregame for @celtics legend John Havlicek. pic.twitter.com/BWFidhkP5x
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) April 28, 2019
A video tribute followed the cheers. It included the clip and Johnny Most’s famous call of his series-clinching steal in Game 7 of the 1965 Eastern Conference Finals against the Sixers, several highlights featuring his picturesque shot (with a couple of bank shots mixed in), and a soundbite of Red Auerbach saying that if he had a son, he’d want him to be just like Havlicek.