Steve Bernier Quotations

Most of the time the puck doesn't come to you. This time I was lucky.

For me right now, it's a dream come true. So if I want to play, I have to play good. My confidence is high right now.

He's played like that the last 20 games of the season. We have only good things to say about him.

He's played incredible hockey since I got here. He's totally the leader of this team. He's the guy that everybody looks up to. Everybody looks at his example and follows him.

I still have to work really hard and improve on my conditioning. Right now I trained hard last summer to get to this point. I ran a lot. Since I am a big guy, I am not going to be very slim so I have to be careful of what I am eating, but I am going in the right direction.

That was big goal for us. I just kept firing off shots for us tonight hoping one would get in.

Everybody knew I had to work on my skating and get my confidence. Playing in the American league is good because you get a lot of ice time and you can improve easily that way. Now I feel more confident, I feel better, but I still have a lot to improve. I can't keep the puck as much as I did in the American league, but I think that will come with time.

That was a cheap shot. That was a knee-to-knee. We know Milan had problems and missed one year because of his knee.

It's a simple thing, we dumped the puck and tried to work their defense down low. I tried to bring the puck to the front of the net and Patty did a great job to take his rebound and score a nice goal.

I tried something new. It worked. I'm going to take this one. I don't think I'm going to try that often. Maybe another time later in the year. It was a lucky goal.

It's something I don't plan or try very often.

He's the captain, he's the veteran, and when you see him play like he's playing right now, you just have to follow him.

I didn't know the puck was in. That was an important to get a goal at the end of a period like that.

I couldn't ask for a better center my first year. He makes sure I'm always ready, he makes me improve my speed a lot because in practice, I always have to keep up with him.