Boston Bruins legend Patrice Bergeron, in many ways, epitomizes the term "Hall of Famer."

He was one of the best all-around hockey players of his generation. He was a tremendous leader. He was a great teammate. He played through pain and sacrificed for the good of the team. He made a strong impact in the community.

In every fact of the sport, both on and off the ice, Bergeron ranked among the very best. It's why this weekend in Toronto, Bergeron will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class -- a well-deserved honor for one of the greatest players in Bruins history.

No matter what level he played at, or whichever team he played for, one thing was constant with Bergeron: He won.

Hockey is a team sport. One player is not going to carry his team to greatness by himself. And yet, it's hard to ignore the fact that Bergeron won wherever he played.

Let's start with his NHL accomplishments.

Bergeron made his Bruins debut in the 2003-04 season. At that time, the Bruins had one playoff series win since 1994. Over the next 19 years with Bergeron playing a leading role, the Bruins won 96 playoff games (third-most of any team in that span) and 16 playoff series, reached the Stanley Cup Final three times and secured one championship. Boston's 834 regular season victories during Bergeron's career are the most of any team during that stretch.

Bergeron had his share of clutch moments in the biggest games for the Bruins.

The team that scored first won every game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final between the B's and Vancouver Canucks. Bergeron got his team on the board first in Game 7 on the road with a first-period tally. He later gave the Bruins a 3-0 lead with an amazing effort on a shorthanded goal. Boston ultimately won 4-0 to end its 39-year title drought.

Bergeron also played the role of hero in Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2013 playoffs.

The B's trailed 4-1 about halfway through the third period but miraculously forced overtime with two goals in the final two minutes of regulation, the second of which was scored by Bergeron on a shot from the point. Bergeron scored again in OT as Boston completed one of the greatest comebacks in playoff history.

Bergeron tallied 11 points in 14 career Game 7s. Only five players have more Game 7 points than him. Only two players have scored more Game 7 goals than Bergeron's six.

He won plenty of individual awards/honors, too, most notably a record six Selke Trophies, the Mark Messier Leadership Award, the King Clancy Memorial Award, three All-Star Game selections and a spot on the NHL 2010s All-Decade Second Team.

Bergeron helped make the Bruins an annual contender, but they weren't the only team he elevated.

The two-way center also played a prominent role for Team Canada during international competition. His list of medals playing for his country is impressive.

• 2004: World Championship gold
• 2005: World Junior Championship gold
• 2010: Olympic gold
• 2012: Spengler Cup gold
• 2014: Olympic gold
• 2016: World Cup of Hockey gold

Bergeron tallied 30 points (12 goals, 18 assists) in 41 games playing for the Canadian national team (senior level). Canada won six of the seven tournaments he played in (including 2005 WJC).

Bergeron is one of 30 players in the history of the sport to join the Triple Gold Club -- consisting of a Stanley Cup title, an Olympic gold medal and a World Championship gold medal.

No matter the team. No matter the place. No matter the league. Bergeron found a way to help his team win.

“Every time you hang out with him, you win," former Canada head coach and current Edmonton Oilers head coach Mike Babcock told reporters last month.

"So in '04 at the Worlds, 2010 at the Olympics, 2014 at the Olympics, 2016 at the World Cup. I got a sweater with his name on it, all signed with all those things on it. Pretty cool. But when he arrived at the '04 World Championships, I didn't really know who he was. He was a kid. Well, the next thing you know, he's penalty killing, playing on the power play, playing, knowing what to do.

"And the other thing I loved about him when he played, like, my whole theory when you play with the best players in the world, you have two centres on each line, and there's two guys that can play down low, and they're smarter than everybody. And that's what he was. He made the players around him better, and he's a great, great man, and I'm proud to know him.”

Nothing is guaranteed in sports. Bergeron's Bruins teams didn't always win. But they always had a fighting chance. And you knew, no matter what, even through injury and tremendous adversity, Bergeron was going to play with maximum effort and make the right play.

Bergeron played the game the way you'd think a Hall of Famer would play it. And on Saturday night, he'll take his rightful place among the sport's greatest.

He won just about everything there is to win. That didn't happen by coincidence.