"He's been willing to give everything to his team for years. "Just goes to show you the commitment and dedication this guy had for the game, for his team and for the organization. "The one thing that I always said sticks out to me is 2013 when we played Game 6 in Boston and he played with a broken rib," said Julien, who coached Bergeron for 10 seasons, including 2010-11 when they won the Stanley Cup. And even though they wouldn't win the game, even though two goals in 17 seconds - including the game-winner with 76 seconds left in regulation - ended the season and the series, the game would cement Bergeron's place in Bruins and hockey lore.īecause that broken rib turned into a punctured lung, to go along with torn rib cartilage and a separated right shoulder, a lung that eventually collapsed, resulting in a three-day hospital stay. The Bruins were down 3-2 in the best-of-7 series, which was why Bergeron took the ice. "And the first thing the doctors came in and said, 'he wants to give it a go. "We were basically, as a coaching staff, preparing to go into the game without him," former coach Claude Julien said. Because who could play Stanley Cup Playoffs-level hockey with a broken rib?
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