Patrice Bergeron Patrice Bergeron ( born Patrice Bergeron - Cleary ; July 24 , 1985 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He played junior with the Acadie - Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) for one full season before being selected 45th overall by the Bruins in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft . He made the immediate jump from junior to the NHL after his draft and joined the Bruins in 2003 – 04 . Internationally , Bergeron competes for Team Canada and has won gold medals at the 2004 World Championships , 2005 World Junior Championships and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . Bergeron is the most recent member of the Triple Gold Club after he won the Stanley Cup with Boston on June 15 , 2011 . Bergeron scored two goals included the Stanley Cup winning goal during the game at 14 : 37 of the first . Minor hockey . Bergeron grew up in his hometown of Ancienne - Lorette , Quebec and was mostly an A and AA player throughout his minor hockey days . He was drafted in the 5th round of the 2001 QMJHL Draft out of AA Bantam hockey with the R - Nord Bantam AA club . The following year he played AAA hockey for the Ste . Francois Blizzard before reporting to the Acadie - Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL . Playing career . Bergeron was drafted in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins 45th overall . During his rookie season , Bergeron was selected for the NHL YoungStars Game in Minnesota as part of the 2004 All - Star weekend . He finished his rookie season with 39 points in 71 games . Due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , Bergeron played for Boston ' s minor league affiliate , the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) ; he tallied 61 points in 68 games . As the NHL resumed the following season , Bergeron led the Bruins with a career - high 31 goals and 73 points . He played the majority of the season with linemates Brad Boyes and newcomer Marco Sturm , who had been acquired from the San Jose Sharks . At the end of the year , Bergeron was selected by the Bruins to receive the team ' s 7th Player Award as the player most deemed to have exceeded expectations . Playing under a defensive system employed by new head coach Dave Lewis , he recorded his second consecutive 70 - point campaign in 2006 – 07 with 22 goals and 48 assists . He was hampered the majority of the season by a nagging shoulder injury . After recording 3 goals and 4 assists in the first 10 games of the 2007 – 08 season , Bergeron suffered a season - ending head injury during a game on October 27 , 2007 . Checked from behind by Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Randy Jones , Bergeron hit his head on the end - boards , knocking him unconscious . He lay motionless on the ice for several minutes before being wheeled off on a stretcher and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital , where he was diagnosed with a broken nose and a grade - three concussion . Jones received a two - game suspension from the NHL . Bergeron made his first public statements regarding the injury on November 8 , saying that he would not take any legal action and that Jones had tried to contact him to apologize . On January 19 , 2008 , the " Boston Globe " reported that he had been sent on a vacation by Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli and that he would likely sit out for the remainder of the season as his recovery had regressed . In March 2008 , he started preliminary on - ice practice with Bruins goaltender Manny Fernandez , who was himself recovering from knee surgery . He steadily progressed into full - contact practices in early - April , aiming for a playoff return against the Montreal Canadiens in the opening round ; he was held back by team doctors . In June 2008 , Bergeron was reported as being symptom - free during off - season training . He participated in the Bruins ' summer development camp ( typically for Bruins prospects ) with Fernandez , before joining the Bruins ' main training camp . He returned to action with the Bruins for the team ' s pre - season opening game on September 22 , 2008 , against the Montreal Canadiens , an 8 – 3 victory played in Halifax , Nova Scotia . After the 2008 – 09 season began , Bergeron scored his first goal since his concussion on October 23 , 2008 , in a 4 - 2 home game loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs . Two months later , in a game against the Carolina Hurricanes on December 20 , 2008 , Bergeron collided with opposing defenceman , and future Bruin Dennis Seidenberg , suffering another concussion . He lay face down on the ice while being attended to by team trainers and eventually left the ice under his own power . He was released from the hospital the day after the collision and placed on injured reserve . ( Seidenberg and Bergeron later became teammates on the Bruins after a trade for Byron Bitz to the Florida Panthers in 2010 to get Seidenberg . ) Bergeron returned after being sidelined for a month and completed the season with 39 points in 64 games . In 2009 – 10 , Bergeron scored 52 points while playing on a line with winger Mark Recchi . During the 2010 playoffs , he scored 4 goals and added 7 assists for 11 points in 14 games . The following season , Bergeron scored his first career NHL hat trick in a Bruins victory over the Ottawa Senators on January 11 , 2011 . Bergeron was named the NHL ' s first star of the month and was twice named first star of the week in January 2011 . Bergeron was once again concussed after a hit from Claude Giroux on May 6 , 2011 , in game 4 of the second round in the 2011 playoffs . It is believed to be a mild concussion that kept him out of the beginning of the 3rd round of the playoffs . On June 1 , 2011 with the Boston Bruins , Alex Burrows bit Bergeron ' s finger . No penalty was called . Bergeron became the 25th member of Triple Gold Club on June 15 , 2011 , with the Bruins when they won the Stanley Cup . International play . Following his rookie season in the NHL , Bergeron was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2004 World Championships in Prague , Czech Republic . He notched one goal in his international debut and won his first gold medal with Canada . The following year , Bergeron was chosen to the Canadian national junior team for the 2005 World Junior Championships in North Dakota . He was lent to the team from the Providence Bruins of the AHL , where he was playing due to the NHL lockout . Bergeron was eligible for the World Juniors the previous year , as well , but was not lent to the national team because he was playing in the NHL . He finished the tournament with five goals and eight assists totalling 13 points over six games , while playing on a line with Sidney Crosby . He scored a goal in Canada ' s 6 – 1 gold medal victory over Russia . Bergeron finished the tournament as the leading scorer to earn MVP and All - Star team honours . By helping Canada win gold at the tournament , he became the first player to win a men ' s gold medal before winning at the junior level . Bergeron made his second appearance at the World Championships in 2006 and was reunited on a line with World Junior teammate Sidney Crosby , to whom he finished second in tournament scoring with 14 points . Bergeron was once again invited to play for Canada in the 2007 World Championships . He declined , citing that he wanted to recover from injuries suffered during the NHL season . On December 30 , 2009 , Bergeron was selected to play for Team Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . He was the only player selected who did not receive an invitation to the selection camp earlier in the summer . Many commentators predicted Bergeron would play on a line with Crosby due to his previous experience with him at the World Juniors and World Championships but he ended up as the 13th forward due to a groin injury obtained in Canada ' s first game . He played primarily on the penalty kill and in defensive - zone faceoffs .