'Fist Bump Kid' serves as Bruins banner captain

When facing an elimination game, you need all the fist bumps you can get. So the Boston Bruins called in the expert.

Liam Fitzgerald, the young cancer survivor who became a viral sensation when he was captured fist-bumping the team at a game in 2014, was the Bruins banner captain before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden on Sunday.

Fitzgerald, 11, was born with Down Syndrome, also beat leukemia as a 7-year-old and was named 2014 Sports Fan of the Year by USA Today. Before the game, he hyped up the crowd as part of Boston's pre-Stanley Cup Playoff game ritual.

Unfortunately for Fitzgerald, the Bruins were eliminated in overtime, but fist bumps can be consolitory as well.