Martin Biron
Martin Biron
Martin Gaston Bironis a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 August 1977
ahead minutes thinking time year
I think that's the first time this year that for 60 minutes I was always thinking ahead a step.
anytime finds good hard spots willing work
He's got good hands, he finds the spots to get open. Anytime you've got that and you're willing to work hard like he is, you're going to make things happen.
coming intention top welcome whoever
I don't care. I want it. I welcome it. Whoever comes out on top is going to be the better for it. And I have all the intention that I'm going to be coming out on top of everything.
high move puck
He made the move to his forehand really quick, and got the puck up just high enough to get it over my pad. He executed it pretty well.
asked bigger certain changes detroit guys halfway ideal knew maybe meeting needed pads pieces tried trust worked
I was in a meeting in Detroit where they asked about certain pieces of equipment, about certain changes that they wanted to make, and they listened. Making the nets bigger wasn't really an ideal situation, we all knew it. Going drastically down to like 10-inch pads was dangerous. Guys tried 'em. It was not right. With all the additions and all the new rules, you needed maybe to go just halfway and really trust one another that it was going to work. And it does. It's worked well.
chance definitely feels good pipes
It feels great. I got a chance to play, and it was definitely good to be back in the pipes and good to play the way we did.
ready saves three tough
I was ready to go. It's not easy. Shootouts are never easy. It's three saves for a win. You just have to tough it out.
dig expect hole ready
I was ready to go, but it was just one of those nights. You can't dig yourself a hole like that and expect to come out.
adversity dressing dry faced few group knew leadership main major maturity objective people putting respond room seasons spell surprised three weeks
Our main objective as a group was to respond to any adversity that we faced all year. That's where I think our major accomplishment was, we battled injuries, we battled people putting us down, we battled a dry spell a few weeks ago. So it may have surprised other people but we knew in our dressing room that we had character, leadership - a lot more maturity than we had two, three seasons ago.
credit gone guys
Give these guys credit. They could have just gone through the motions, mailed it in. We haven't done that all year.
discipline game playoffs score shut teams three
You do have to play better. In the playoffs it's going to be a different game; you're only going to score two or three a game because teams are going to shut it down. Discipline will be at a different level, so you won't get as many power-play opportunities, so we have to be better.
advantage board knew mentioned rule start year
We didn't really use that as bulletin board material. We mentioned it once at the start of the year but we knew what we had. We wanted to use the new rule interpretations to our advantage and we did that.
crashing game good kept marty played road saves
We played a very good road game for two periods. We were all over them. Marty made some big saves that kept them in the game. If we play like that on the road, defensively and crashing the net, we'll be OK.
bit care legs practice shaking welcome
I didn't care one bit if my legs were shaking at the end of practice. I want it; I welcome it. That's how we're going to get better.