The Biggest Baddest Bruin: Patrice Bergeron
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by user Josh Q. Public
Josh Q. Public: Hey hotshot, you’re a one man band. The Don on the block with a glock in your hand.
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Ok, here we go! Rink rats rejoice! All anyone can talk about these days is Sidney Crosby. All anyone can talk about these days is Alexander Ovechkin. All anyone can talk about these days is Evgeni Malkin. And well they should. Those are all some pretty sharp shooters. But I’m here to tell you, there’s a new young gun in town. Patrice Bergeron. The man that made Joe Thornton expendable. A man on fire. En flambe! Scalding. Torrid. You want to know how hot? OK. I’ll tell you. Patrice is riding a streak of at least one point in ten straight games. In fact, so far this season, Patrice’s biggest pointless streak is 1 game. That’s right folks, one game. During this current streak he has seventeen points. Six goals and eleven assists. Had another goal last night. Another goal that turned out to be the game winner. Back in November, Patrice had three game winners in three straight games. Goodness gracious. But this kid isn’t just a goal scorer, he’s a playmaker. The other night against Ottawa, he had five assists. Five. Count’em. 1…2…3…4…5, senses working overtime. Over the last four weeks, only Sydney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Jarome Iginla and Vincent Lecavalier have more points. That’s it. Pretty heady company. Hedy Lamarr. But this should come as no surprise.
Hockey Krishnas knew. Bruins fans knew. The Public knew. For those un-initiated out there, let me educate. Let me pontificate, communicate, demonstrate, illustrate, orate, inculate, indoctrinate. Let me fill your plate. From Vancouver to the Green Mountain State. Patrice Bergeron. At the ripe old age of nineteen, Mr. Bergeron was drafted with the 45th pick by the Boston Bruins. A draft that featured Marc-Andre Fleury, Eric Staal, Thomas Vanek, Ryan Getzlaf and Zach Parise. Patrice made the Rookie All-Star Team. At the end of that season, he played for the Canadian Senior Men’s team in Prague at the World Championships. Helped his squad take home the gold. During the lock-out, Bergeron headed to North Dakota to play for the Canadian Under-20 team at the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He finished the tournament with five goals and eight assists. For you math majors out there, that’s thirteen points. Thirteen points over six games. He scored a goal in Canada’s 6-1 Gold Medal victory over Russia. He finished the tournament as its leading scorer. He finished the tournament as the MVP. A tournament that featured Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf, Alexander Ovechkin and Dan Phaneuf. He became the first player to ever win a Senior Men’s Gold Medal before winning a Junior one. Last year, in only his second season, only 20 years-old, he finished leading the Bruins with 31 goals, 42 assists and 73 points. Following the season, he again played for Canada at the Senior Men’s World Championships. This time he finished 2nd to teammate Sidney Crosby in tournament scoring with 14 points. No shame in that game. Patrice is now the Captain of the Bruins. The resurgent Bruins. The juggernaut Bruins. The Big Bad Bruins. And he is the biggest and baddest of them all.
Peace out homies. Six Two and Even! josh q. public
