One of the cooler things in American sports is when championship teams (college and professional) get to visit the White House sometime in the next year after they win their respective title.
It was announced today that the Boston Bruins will visit Barack Obama at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on January 23. As you would expect, they'll be in town already since they play the Washington Capitals the next night in DC. It'll be a busy couple days since they play in Philadelphia the day before the ceremony.
Teams usually give the President a personalized jersey (wonder what they do with all of them?) and Obama is expected to talk about the Boston Bruins Foundation which has raised and donated more than $7 million to various charities across the six New England states.
Hopefully NESN or the NHL Network will do some behind the scenes feature on this trip since it should be a memorable one for the Black & Gold. I'm not even sure if it was the custom back in 1972 (the last time the Bruins won a Cup) to visit the White House afterwards. Regardless, it's been a long time coming for them.
Can somebody please make sure that Tyler Seguin isn't late to it and that Brad Marchand is wearing a suit rather than going shirtless or wearing an Affliction shirt? Thanks in advance.
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