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Bruins honour Super Bowl champion Patriots before game

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Boston Bruins\' Zdeno Chara, of Slovakia, foreground left, and Vancouver Canucks\' Henrik Sedin, of Sweden, foreground right, wait for the ceremonial puck drop from New England Patriots running back James White, center left, before an NHL hockey game in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. Standing with White are teammates, from left, defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, wide receiver Matthew Slater, tackle Nate Solder and tackle Sebastian Vollmer. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

BOSTON – The Bruins have honoured the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots before Boston’s game Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks.

Fourteen members of the NFL championship team walked onto centre ice wearing Bruins jerseys with their names and numbers on the back.

Running back James White — who scored three touchdowns in New England’s 34-28 comeback win over Atlanta last Sunday, including the game winner in the first Super Bowl to ever go into overtime — dropped the ceremonial first puck.

Special teams captain Matthew Slater and linemen Nate Solder and Sebastian Vollmer were a few of the notable players who participated.

There was a video package of highlights of the game played on the Jumbotron before they entered.

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