The Stanley Cup is carried into the Boston Garden prior to the opening-night game between the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 6.
Members Boston's 1972 Stanley Cup championship team, top, and the current Bruins team, bottom, carry the 2011 Stanley Cup banner across the ice of the Boston Garden.
The Stanley Cup banner is hoisted to the rafters prior to Boston's opening-night game against Philadelphia.
Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas kisses the Stanley Cup as teammates watch prior their game against the Flyers on Oct. 6.
Keepers of the Cup Howie Borrow, left, and Mike Bolt carry the trophy to the Boston Harbor Hotel, where the Bruins are to receive their championship rings.
Bruins captain Zdeno Chara arrives at the hotel with his wife, Tatiana.
Patrice Bergeron shows off his Stanley Cup ring after the Bruins received them at a private dinner. All told, Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs purchased and distributed 505 rings.
A closeup of Tyler Seguin's ring. In addition to diamonds in the "B" logo, there are six diamonds on the crest to mark the Bruins' six titles. The years of those titles - '72, '70, '41, '39 and '29 - surround the Cup on one side. The Bruins' alternate bear logo and the players' name and jersey number are on the other. Engraved inside the ring are the logos of the Bruins' four playoff opponents and the series scores.
Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas parades the Stanley Cup on Sept. 3 in Burlington, Vt., where he played college hockey with the University of Vermont. He thanked the National Guard and communities for helping with the recovery from Tropical Storm Irene.
The enthusiastic Burlington, Vt., crowd lined up to take photos of Tim Thomas and the Cup.
Goaltender Tim Thomas carries the Cup to Davison High School's stadium near Flint, Mich., on Aug. 24. He was a 1992 graduate of the school.
He brought along the Vezina Trophy and the Conn Smythe Trophy, which he also won last season.
Sherman Farm in East Conway, N.H., also got on the Tim Thomas bandwagon with this corn maze depicting the Bruins goalie lifting the Cup. The maze, which twists and turns for three miles in a 12-acre cornfield, is scheduled to open to the public on Sept. 17.
Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara carries the NHL Stanley Cup as he arrives to show it to journalists in Bratislava on July 22 in Slovakia.
Patrice Bergeron poses with a family in his hometown of Quebec on Aug. 7.
Rookie Brad Marchand at an Aug. 29 parade in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In a photo provided by Caesars Entertainment, defenseman Dennis Seidenberg drinks from the Cup at Caesars Atlantic City on Aug. 9.
Defenseman Steven Kampfer had his celebration Aug. 25 in Jackson, Mich.
Boston's Brad Marchand, left, and Shane Hnidy sit at a table with the Stanley Cup at Tia's Restaurant in Boston on June 16, one day after the Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7.
Boston Bruins' Tyler Seguin, left, holds up the Stanley Cup with waitresses Kristen Wright, middle, and Kelsey Barrasso at Tia's.
Patrice Bergeron, right, shows NBC "Today" television program co-host Ann Curry, and Lester Holt the team's place on the Stanley Cup, during their appearance, in New York on June 17.
Bruins captain Zdeno Chara hoists up the Stanley Cup as goalie Tim Thomas holds onto the Conn Smythe Trophy during a rally at TD Garden on June 18.
The parade was done on duck boats. Zdeno Chara carries the Stanley Cup off a boat for the fans to view.
Zdeno Chara carries the Stanley Cup as fans reach to touch the trophy.
The crowd was dozens deep on the route.
Milan Lucic waves to the crowd on the route.
Lucic had his own cheering section.
Bruins coach Claude Julien waves to the crowd while holding the Prince of Wales trophy.
The duck boats wound through downtown Boston.
Fans brought their own replicas of the Stanley Cup.
Fans cheered from above the route.
Marc Savard, who missed most of the season with concussion problems, was part of the celebration.
As was Nathan Horton, who was knocked out of the Stanley Cup Final in Game 3.
The rally ended at Copley Square, where a Bruins flag flew over the old John Hancock building.
Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs walks past the Stanley Cup and the Prince of Wales trophy.
The Bruins brought the Cup next to Fenway Park, where a fan held up a sign thanking the Bruins owner.
Bruins captain Zdeno Chara shows the trophy to Red Sox fans.
Bruins goalie Tim Thomas was finally ready to lose his playoff beard, for charity.
Bruins goalie Tim Thomas gets a shave for charity at Gillette headquarters in Boston.