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.
Steve Bernier
That was big goal for us. I just kept firing off shots for us tonight hoping one would get in.
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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.
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That was a cheap shot. That was a knee-to-knee. We know Milan had problems and missed one year because of his knee.
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It's something I don't plan or try very often.
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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.
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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.
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Most of the time the puck doesn't come to you. This time I was lucky.
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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.
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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.
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