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Watch: Bergeron sets up Marchand to open World Cup final scoring

Dan Hamilton / USA TODAY Sports

From zero to hero in under three minutes.

That was the Brad Marchand story early in Game 1 of the World Cup final after the winger - who took a penalty 20 seconds into the first period - opened the scoring shortly after being released from the penalty box.

The goal - deposited straight up into the roof of the net - was set up beautifully off a rush with Patrice Bergeron, an all too familiar sight for Boston Bruins fans.

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