Happy 29th Birthday, Patrice Bergeron-Cleary!

By Cornelius Hardenbergh@HBAdventure Jul 24, 2014, 10:00am EDT

It's Patrice Bergeron-Cleary's 29th Birthday, and nothing else is going on, so let's celebrate!

Here are some season stats, from hockey-reference.com:

			Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	Awards
2003-04	18	71	16	23	39	15	5	22	9	7	0	2	15	8	0	133	12.0	1161	16:21	Calder-8
2005-06	20	81	31	42	73	28	3	22	18	12	1	6	24	17	1	310	10.0	1668	20:36	Byng-11
2006-07	21	77	22	48	70	25	-28	26	8	14	0	6	22	24	2	224	9.8	1603	20:49	Byng-30
2007-08	22	10	3	4	7	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	24	12.5	182	18:10
2008-09	23	64	8	31	39	13	2	16	6	1	1	1	16	13	2	155	5.2	1151	17:59
2009-10	24	73	19	33	52	19	6	28	18	0	1	4	24	8	1	184	10.3	1380	18:54	Byng-20,Selke-5
2010-11	25	80	22	35	57	21	20	26	17	3	2	4	26	8	1	211	10.4	1431	17:53	Byng-16,Selke-4
2011-12	26	81	22	42	64	24	36	20	15	5	2	3	32	9	1	191	11.5	1505	18:35	AS-7,Byng-13,Hart-18,Selke-1
2012-13	27	42	10	22	32	11	24	18	8	2	0	3	19	2	1	125	8.0	810	19:18	AS-11,Byng-12,Clancy-1,Hart-17,Selke-2
2013-14	28	80	30	32	62	25	38	43	22	7	1	7	25	4	3	243	12.3	1439	17:59	AS-4,Byng-13,Hart-5,Selke-1
Career		659	183	312	495	183	108	223	122	53	8	36	206	94	12	1800	10.2	12330	18:42

Here are some other personal favorite career highlights of his:

4/18/2009: "Concuss That!"

Bergeron had come back from a really bad concussion suffered early the previous season, and is goaded into a fight by Josh Gorges. Naturally, Patrice excels and drops Josh as the Bruins drop the habs unceremoniously (for once in their centennial year, something is unceremonious)

4/10/2010: "Hooooooo...and Bergeron...saves it off the line!"

Carolina takes a penalty and the Bruins pull the goalie. Bergeron comes on as the extra attacker but has to fly back to his own net to stop the puck before an errant pass puts it in for Carolina. Obviously, it's a success.

6/15/2011: "Score! Patrice Bergeron in the slot, set up by Marchand!"

Perfect placement in the slot, perfect pass from Marchand, perfect one-timer by Bergeron. The Stanley Cup Winning Goal, technically. Bergeron would also score the 3rd goal of the day. First goal is like 1:00 into the youtube.

5/13/13: "Hearts of lions!"

Thanks to an earlier Matt Bartkowski goal, the Bruins are only down by 3 after giving up 4 to Toronto. Horton and Lucic make it 4-3, and then the Bergeron Show takes over. Game Tying Goal at 13:46, Game (and Series) Winner at 20:50:

These are just a few of my personal favorites. What are yours?