- Boston announced Thursday it will retire Patrice Bergeron’s No. 37 during the 2026-27 season
- Bergeron becomes the 14th number retired in Bruins history after 19 years and six Selke Trophies
- Read below for the Zdeno Chara prank that set up the reveal
Patrice Bergeron is headed to the rafters.
The Bruins announced Thursday that they will retire Bergeron’s No. 37 during the 2026-27 season, making the longtime captain the 14th player in franchise history to get his number raised to the TD Garden ceiling.
No date is set yet. The NHL hasn’t released next season’s schedule, so the ceremony details come later. Bergeron will join Eddie Shore, Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque, Cam Neely and the rest of the spoked-B legends already hanging up top.
Owner Jeremy Jacobs didn’t hold back on what Bergeron meant to the organization in the team’s release:
“Patrice was the kind of rare, generational talent that every team wanted. He was a deftly skilled playmaker and the undeniable greatest defensive forward in the NHL’s history. But it was the leadership he provided on the ice and in the locker room that made him truly stand apart and an all-time legend of the Boston Bruins.”
His resume backs it up. Bergeron won a record six Selke Trophies as the league’s top defensive forward and put up 1,040 points in 1,294 regular-season games, all in Boston. He captained the 2011 Stanley Cup team and added 20 points in 23 games that spring.
He retired after the 2022-23 season and never wore another jersey. Nineteen years, one franchise.
There was a twist to the reveal. Bergeron thought he was sitting down to record a video favor for Zdeno Chara’s farewell game in Slovakia. The Chara call was a setup, and the Bruins used it to spring the news that 37 was going up.
Look back at the career that earned it:
Number 37 goes to the rafters next season, right where Boston always knew it belonged.
