Martin Biron
Martin Biron
Martin Gaston Bironis a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 August 1977
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.
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.
knew questions
I knew questions were going to be asked.
good inside knew played stress
I hadn't played in a while, and getting down, 2-0, is not a very good way to start, but I didn't stress too much about it. I knew we had something inside of us.
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.
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.
game reason team
We can't use that as an excuse. We're a much better team than what we showed. That's not the reason why the game went the way it did. We all know that and that's all that's got to be said for that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
controlled fresh guys players running three time zone
We rotate a lot of players in those positions. The guys go out there 20, 25 seconds. The first time it's out of the zone we get a change, get some fresh legs. That allows us to get a lot of pressure, and it's a controlled pressure. When one guys goes, the other three know how to respond. It's not a free-for-all, running around.