For the first time in 39 years, the Boston Bruins raised a Stanley Cup banner to the rafters celebrating their Cup win last June. The packed house at TD Garden was rocking from start to finish during the ceremony that lasted approximately 30 minutes, culminating with Bruins players, coaches, management and alumni (including Bobby Orr and Milt Schmidt) raising the 2011 Stanley Cup banner to the rafters. The festivities began with a video montage of the Bruins' cup run on a 360-degree Kabuki screen under the HDX scoreboard and screen. During the video, fans passed a black Stanley Cup banner around the stands. Then, as the video ended, the Kabuki screen was lowered with the new 2011 banner hanging from the HDX scoreboard as the crowd roared. The building shook even more with cheers when the team was introduced and captain Zdeno Chara led his teammates out with the Cup raised high above him. With the Bruins, and in uniform, were the retired Mark Recchi and Shane Hnidy. The players all had banner patches on their jerseys that they wore throughout the game. All of the players took turns hoisting the Cup and skating around as they did when they won it. Read more: http://espn.go.com/boston/nhl/story/_/id/7068615/boston-bruins-raise-banner-2011-stanley-cup-title
