The Prodigal Son has returned! Tonight with the Boston Bruins in Quebec City for a pre-season game against the Los Angeles Kings, former Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron was on hand to drop the ceremonial face-off.

A prospective owner of a Quebec City NHL club likely would be eager to bring Bergeron aboard as the face of the franchise — be it as team president or other key front office position.

The Bruins didn’t go back to Quebec City while Patrice Bergeron was still playing. So even though the longtime Boston captain is starting his second year retired, the city took the opportunity to honor him with a short pregame ceremony before the exhibition game between the Bruins and the Kings in the provincial capital on Thursday.