Patrice Bergeron Quotations

Obviously, I'm coming in and want to help the team as much as I can. I want to have a good training camp and be ready for the season. It is the younger guys' turn and you just have to take your chance.

It felt great just to get that goal to give the team the lead. It's always nice to have the ice open up in front of me and when you can catch the defense flat-footed because you're going with so much speed, it's tough for them to defend.

I think I had him (guessing) whether I was going to pass or shoot so I think I surprised him a little bit, got him moving. I'm pretty happy about it. Its a huge win for us.

I think he'll be a factor again this time.

I wasn't really worried about that. The main focus tonight was to get those ugly goals, go to the front of the net and get those rebounds, and I think we did. We screened us, he gave us a couple of rebounds and we made some nice plays, but we just had to play a simple game in the third and we didn't.

We all believed in ourselves. It was a matter of confidence and that creates a fine line between winning and losing.

It's the biggest win of the year. We played great for 60 minutes against an especially great team in our division.

Oh, man, he is such a motivator. That's what he is all about. He is so intense. He is a great coach. He was so good for me.

After the trade ... we knew we had to regroup as a team and move on. Joe was a friend and a big part of the team, but we told ourselves we have to start playing because we might lose somebody else.

He's really fast, he's really strong on his skates, and he loves to shoot.

Anything coach Babcock needs me to do, I'll do it and if it's face-off well, I'm willing and ready to do that obviously.

You want to make the most of those opportunities. I got a great pass and got Burke sliding.