BOSTON – Boston Bruins Basic Supervisor Don Sweeney introduced at present, August 8, that the staff has signed ahead Patrice Bergeron to a one-year contract by the 2022-23 season value $2.5 million, plus an extra $2.5 million in performance-based incentives.  

Bergeron, 37, is getting into his 19th NHL season, all with the Bruins. The L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec native ranks third in Bruins historical past in video games performed (1,216) and game-winning objectives (74), fourth in objectives (400), assists (582) and factors (982). The 6-foot-1, 195-pound centerman additionally ranks second in Bruins historical past in playoff video games performed (167), playoff factors (127), third in playoff assists (78) and tied for third in playoff objectives (49). 

Amongst lively NHL gamers, Bergeron ranks third in plus/minus (plus-254), ninth in factors and video games performed, 10^th in assists and 12^th in objectives. Bergeron additionally ranks seventh amongst lively gamers in playoff factors and playoff assists, eighth in playoff video games performed and tied for eighth in playoff objectives.

In 2021-22, the Bruins captain appeared in 73 video games, tallying 25 objectives and 40 assists for 65 factors with a plus-16 ranking. In seven playoff video games, Bergeron recorded three objectives and 4 assists for seven factors.

Following the season, Bergeron was named the winner of the 2022 Frank J. Selke Trophy, given yearly to the ahead who finest excels within the defensive elements of the sport as judged by the Skilled Hockey Writers’ Affiliation. It was the fifth time in his profession that Bergeron has received the Selke Trophy, probably the most ever by a participant in NHL historical past. Bergeron beforehand received the award in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Bergeron was initially chosen by Boston within the second spherical (45^th total) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.