Andrew Ference Andrew James Stewart Ference ( born March 17 , 1979 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . An alternate captain for the Bruins during home games , Ference has also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames . Playing career . WHL and Pittsburgh Penguins . Ference began his hockey career in the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) with the Portland Winter Hawks . After two full seasons with the team , he was selected 208th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft . Ference played two more seasons with Portland and had a brief stint in the International Hockey League ( IHL ) with the Kansas City Blades before joining Pittsburgh in 1999 . After making his NHL debut on October 1 , 1999 , in a game against the Dallas Stars , Ference scored his first NHL goal a month later against the Nashville Predators on November 13 , 1999 . He split his rookie season between Pittsburgh and their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate , the Wilkes - Barre / Scranton Penguins , finishing with 6 points ( 2 goals , 4 assists ) in 30 NHL games and 28 points ( 8 goals , 20 assists ) in 44 AHL games . The next season , Ference continued to share time between both Penguins teams . Ference played in his first NHL playoffs with Pittsburgh in 2001 , playing 18 games and scoring 3 goals and 10 points before the Penguins were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils . In his third NHL season , Ference established himself as a full - time NHLer , scoring 11 points in 75 games . Calgary Flames and NHL Lockout . On February 9 , 2003 , in the middle of the 2002 – 03 season , Ference was traded to the Calgary Flames for future considerations . He posted 4 assists in 16 games during the remainder of the season with Calgary . The next season , he registered 16 points with 4 goals and 12 assists in 72 games for Calgary and also played 26 playoff games posting 3 assists . Calgary reached the Stanley Cup Finals , where they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning . With the 2004 – 05 NHL season suspended due to a lockout , Ference played in the Czech Republic for HC Ceske Budejovice . Ference returned to the Flames when the NHL re - started the next season . He played all 82 games of the season for the first time in his career , scoring a career high 4 goals , 27 assists and 31 points . Boston Bruins . The following season , on February 10 , 2007 , he was traded , along with teammate Chuck Kobasew , to the Boston Bruins for defenceman Brad Stuart and center Wayne Primeau . Ference scored 1 goal , along with 15 assists , during the 2008 - 09 NHL season . On March 23 , 2010 , he agreed on a three - year contract extension with the Bruins worth an annual average salary of $ 2 . 25 million . On April 22 , 2011 , Ference was fined $ 2 , 500 for an obscene gesture to the crowd at the Bell Centre in game four of The Stanley Cup Playoffs first round series against the Montreal Canadiens , although Ference ' s comments after the incident make it unclear whether or not the gesture was intentional . In the Bruins 4 - 3 game 7 victory over the Montreal of the same series , Ference drew much ire for a questionable collision to the head of Canadiens ' Jeff Halpern , but upon a disciplinary hearing it was ruled that the hit did not warrant any sort of disciplinary action . On June 15 , 2011 , Ference and the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4 - 0 in game 7 of the Finals to win the Stanley Cup . Personal life . Family . Ference and Krista Bradford married in 2002 . They have two daughters : Ava Tye , born in June 2005 , and Stella , born in March 2009 . Environmentalism . Ference ' s association with environmentalist David Suzuki while in Calgary led him to create a carbon - neutral program for the NHL , which now includes over 500 players who purchase carbon offset credits to counteract the negative environmental impact of professional sports . Stanley Cup Parade . On September 5 , 2011 following the Bruins Stanley Cup championship , Ference organized and led a parade and flash mob in Boston ' s North End , which is the area where he resides during the NHL season . After bringing the cup to and from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on a bike trailer , Ference brought the cup to an area of the North End outside the TD Garden . There , the cup was hoisted up on a platform carried by friends and family , and paraded through the North End , with many stops at local shops along the way . Ference and the other cup - carriers were accompanied by a marching band , members of The Boston Bruins Ice Girls , and the Boston Bruins mascot ' Blades . ' Hundreds of fans also joined them for the parade , which was concluded with a dancing flash mob . External links . < br >