Bruins' Bergeron celebrates birth of son with goal, assist vs. Flyers

Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron created a new type of hat trick on Wednesday by scoring a goal, notching an assist and becoming a father.

It was a pretty hectic day for Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron. 

The morning started with the birth of his first child, a baby boy named Zack. 

Hours later, the team confirmed he'd be in the lineup for Wednesday's game again the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden, despite having just one hour of sleep.

• PREWITT: Jack Eichel's father helping Sabres super rookie keep it real

That's all he needed, however, scoring what is quickly becoming known as the "Patrice Bergeron hat trick." In addition to his newborn child, the Bruins center assisted on Brett Connolly's first period goal, and then added his own tally in the second on a power play, his third man-advantage goal in two games. 

Papa Bergeron adds another power play goal for the B's pic.twitter.com/sxk33fzO4a

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) October 22, 2015

>Just a little bit longer and Bergeron can celebrate his monumental day with his first "dad nap." Oh, and baby Zack? He's already building a memorabilia collection:

Patrice Bergeron telling us he's playing on an hour of sleep. Saving puck from goal for new son Zack.

— Dave Goucher (@DavidCGoucher) October 22, 2015

-- Beth Maiman