The sellout crowd of 17,565 at TD Garden for the Bruins-Canucks game Saturday basked a little more in the Patriots’ Super Bowl LI victory when a contingent of Patriots took the ice for the ceremonial faceoff.
Running back James White did the honors, dropping the biscuit between Boston captain Zdeno Chara and his Canucks counterpart, Henrik Sedin.
White was joined by teammates David Andrews, Joe Cardona, James Develin, Geneo Grissom, Matthew Slater, Nate Solder, and Sebastian Vollmer.
The Patriots also flooded the zone with a half dozen coaches: Moses Cabrera, Joe Judge, Matt Patricia, Jerry Schuplinski, Steve Belichick, and Josh Boyer.
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Once the puck was dropped, Chara handed it back to White as a keepsake. Both Chara and Sedin made a point of shaking hands with each of the Patriots.
#Patriots intros at @tdgarden before the @NHLBruins game: pic.twitter.com/WmBHss2IPt
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) February 11, 2017
Congrats again, @Patriots! pic.twitter.com/CM372Sq5RT
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) February 11, 2017
Nice job, @SweetFeet_White 👏 pic.twitter.com/HIaw750ftK
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) February 11, 2017
Crowd gives the @Patriots a send-off after @SweetFeet_White dropped the puck! pic.twitter.com/5ZN5D3pkQN
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) February 11, 2017
Thanks @NHLBruins for having us at the green today @SweetFeet_White pic.twitter.com/U3Iw2JXEQZ
— Sebastian Vollmer (@SebVollmer) February 11, 2017
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