Patrice Bergeron apologized for the noise in the background, a kids’ playground.
It’s just part of his daily routine as Dad, along with drop-offs and pickups for so many activities and appointments. He has become a chauffeur, and that’s absolutely fine, he said with a laugh.
“Now I’m adjusting to my family’s schedule rather than them adjusting to mine,” the 38-year-old former Boston Bruins star captain told The Athletic early this week as he described his new peaceful existence after 19 seasons in the NHL.
The Bergeron kids can fill out a penalty-killing unit — four kids in all: an 8-year-old, 6-year-old, 4-year-old and 4-month-old. Busy household, indeed, with wife Stephanie.
Could Bergeron, who has remained in Boston post-retirement, fit in a marathon at some point with his old pal Zdeno Chara?
“That’s funny, I went for lunch with Z the other day and he was asking for me to go run the Boston Marathon with him,” Bergeron said with another laugh. “I was like, ‘I don’t think I can do that right now.’ I don’t know how he does it. So I guess my answer was that it’s not in the cards right now, but maybe down the road I’ll need a challenge and I might join in and make that call to Big Z.
“But for now I’m just cheering him on from the sidelines….
