Editing Boston Bruins (section)

===Retired numbers===
[[File:Banners at the Garden.jpg|thumb|Banners of the Bruins' retired numbers hang at the [[TD Garden|Garden]].]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="background:#FFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid;"|Boston Bruins retired numbers
|-
! style="width:40px;"|No.
! style="width:150px;"|Player
! style="width:60px;"|Position
! style="width:100px;"|Career
! style="width:160px;"|No. retirement
|-
| '''2''' || [[Eddie Shore]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1926–1940 || January 1, 1947
|-
| '''3''' || [[Lionel Hitchman]] <sup>1</sup> || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1925–1934 || February 22, 1934
|-
| '''4''' || [[Bobby Orr]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1966–1976 || January 9, 1979
|-
| '''5''' || [[Dit Clapper|Aubrey "Dit" Clapper]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]], [[Defenceman|D]] || 1927–1947 || February 12, 1947
|-
| '''7''' || [[Phil Esposito]] || [[Center (ice hockey)|C]] || 1967–1975 || December 3, 1987
|-
| '''8''' || [[Cam Neely]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1986–1996 || January 12, 2004
|-
| '''9''' || [[Johnny Bucyk]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1957–1978 || March 13, 1980
|-
| '''15''' || [[Milt Schmidt]] || [[Center (ice hockey)|C]] || 1936–1955 || March 13, 1980<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carignan |first1=Dave |title=This Week In Bruins History: Bruins Retire Milt Schmidt's 15 |url=https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2012/3/14/2869449/this-week-in-bruins-history-bruins-retire-milt-schmidts-15 |website=SB Nation |date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205013159/https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2012/3/14/2869449/this-week-in-bruins-history-bruins-retire-milt-schmidts-15 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''16''' || [[Rick Middleton]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1976–1988 || November 29, 2018
|-
| '''22''' || [[Willie O'Ree]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1957–1958, 1960–1961 || January 18, 2022
|-
| '''24''' || [[Terry O'Reilly]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1972–1985 || October 24, 2002
|-
| '''77''' ||[[Ray Bourque]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1979–2000 || October 4, 2001
|}
'''Notes:'''
*<sup>1</sup> Hitchman was the first player to have his number retired by the Bruins, and the second in [[List of National Hockey League retired numbers|both the NHL]], and [[Ace Bailey|in all of North American professional sports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep197502.shtml|title=Legends of Hockey – Spotlight – One on One with Ace Bailey|website=hhof.com|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628175235/http://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep197502.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The NHL retired [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s number 99 for all of its member teams at the [[50th National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000 NHL All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game |publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated. Associated Press |date=February 6, 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |access-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112022319/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
* The Bruins are the only Original Six team that have not retired the uniform number 1.