Young Cancer Patient Drops Ceremonial First Puck Before Bruins-Flyers (Video)

The Boston Bruins treated 5-year-old cancer patient Max Mitchell to a special day at TD Garden on Wednesday.

Mitchell, who was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in Feb., 2015, dropped the ceremonial first puck before Boston hosted the Philadelphia Flyers. It was also his first ever Bruins game.

Mitchell was one of the patients featured during the 2015 WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon. You can learn more about his story by clicking here.