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===Team captains===
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* [[Sprague Cleghorn]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sprague Cleghorn selected as coach of Boston Bruins|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bH0uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6708,478148&dq=cleghorn+boston&hl=en|work=The Gazette|location=Montreal|via=Google News Archive Search|date=November 3, 1927|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814043944/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bH0uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6708,478148&dq=cleghorn+boston&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> 1925–1928
* [[Lionel Hitchman]], 1928–1931
* [[George Owen (ice hockey)|George Owen]], 1931–1932
* [[Dit Clapper]], 1932–1933; 1939–1944
* [[Marty Barry]], 1933–34
* [[Nels Stewart]], 1934–35
* [[Eddie Shore]], 1935–36
* [[Red Beattie]], 1936–37
* [[Cooney Weiland]], 1937–1939
* [[Bill Cowley]], 1944–1945
* [[Jack Crawford (ice hockey)|Jack Crawford]], 1945–1946
* [[Bobby Bauer]], 1946–1947
* [[Milt Schmidt]], 1947–1954
* [[Ed Sandford]], 1954–1955
* [[Fernie Flaman]], 1955–1961
* [[Don McKenney]], 1961–1963
* [[Leo Boivin]], 1963–1966
* [[Johnny Bucyk]], 1966–1967; 1973–1977
* [[Wayne Cashman]], 1977–1983
* [[Terry O'Reilly]], 1983–1985
* [[Ray Bourque]] and [[Rick Middleton]], 1985–1988 (co-captains)
* Ray Bourque, 1988–2000
* [[Jason Allison]], 2000–2001
* [[Joe Thornton]], 2002–2005
* [[Zdeno Chára|Zdeno Chara]], 2006–2020
* [[Patrice Bergeron]], 2021–2023
* [[Brad Marchand]], 2023–2025
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There is evidence from contemporary newspaper accounts and photographs that Bruins manager [[Art Ross]] appointed captains on an annual basis in the 1930s and 1940s, and generally for a single season only.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=October 17, 1946 |title=Bauer Appointed Bruins Captain |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bauer-cap.jpg |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto, ON |page= |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044446/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bauer-cap.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> These include [[Marty Barry]] in 1933–34,<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=November 7, 1933 |title=Barry Captain of the Bruins |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_mon__nov_6__1933_-1.jpg |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |page= |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323033124/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_mon__nov_6__1933_-1.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nels Stewart]] in 1934–35,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 25, 1934 |title=Nelson Stewart is Bruins' Captain |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_tue__nov_5__1935_.jpg |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |page= |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215165432/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_tue__nov_5__1935_.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Eddie Shore]] in 1935–36,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=November 5, 1935 |title=Eddie Shore Appointed Captain of Bruins for Season |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_thu__oct_25__1934_.jpg |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |page=20 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323032739/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/the_boston_globe_thu__oct_25__1934_.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Red Beattie]] in 1936–37, [[Bill Cowley]] in 1944–45<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Stephen |date=November 4, 2014 |title=Puckstruck: Distracted, Delighted and Distressed by Canada's Hockey Obsession |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Greystone Books |isbn=978-1771640480}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Vautour |first=Kevin |date=October 1, 1997 |title=The Bruins Book, 1997 98: A Statistical & Photographic History of the Boston Bruins |location= |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=1550223348}}</ref> and [[Bobby Bauer]] in 1946–47.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=October 17, 1946 |title=Bauer Appointed Bruins Captain |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bauer-cap.jpg |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto, ON |page= |access-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044446/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bauer-cap.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/3.15.47.jpg |title=Referee's Report of Match, Boston vs Toronto |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 15, 1947 |website= |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=March 22, 2022 |quote= |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323033659/https://puckstruck.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/3.15.47.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref> These captaincies had not been acknowledged by the Bruins' organization for many years, which had declined comment on the question. On September 20, 2023, the team confirmed these captaincies, stating there have been 27 captains in franchise history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruins Name Brad Marchand 27th Captain in Team History |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/topic/press-release/bruins-name-brad-marchand-27th-captain-in-team-history |access-date=September 20, 2023 |website=NHL.com |date=September 20, 2023}}</ref>