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About This Page: This is a discussion on LA Kings Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Bernier is getting hot at the right time...again.
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BOUCHERVILLE, Monday, March 10, 2008 – Drummondville Voltigeurs forward Garrett Peters and Lewiston MAINEiacs goaltender
BOUCHERVILLE, Monday, March 10, 2008 – Drummondville Voltigeurs forward Garrett Peters and Lewiston MAINEiacs goaltender Jonathan Bernier today were named the TELUS offensive and defensive players of the week for the period extending from March 3 to 9.
News flash for anyone who hasn't noticed: Bernier's numbers in his most recent six games blow those away. Despite having two losses in his last six games, he has a GAA of 1.65 and a save percentage of .942. In no game during this stretch has he allowed more than two goals, and in no game has his save percentage been below .917.
That's sick.
Bernier is more than ready for the playoffs. It appears as though, if the team in front of him can reach the three-goal mark each game, it will win.
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I've been waiting to hear this news for weeks now... certainly a great sign of a goalie that's learned a LOT over the last year and dealt with a lot of adversity. (I can't imagine what the feeling must have been for him to go from playing for the Kings to riding a bus around the northeast playing for a junior team.) It takes a hell of a lot to bounce back from a letdown like that. Glad to see it's happened.
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"He emerged from the locker room, and asked if I could wait a minute before I talked to him. He walked slowly to the rack of barbells, grabbed a pair and balanced them on the front of an exercise bike.
He strapped his feet into the bike's pedals, and started talking.
"We have to start right off from the bat, from the first faceoff," Bernier said. "We were a little bit sloppy until the second half of the second (period). In the playoffs, we have to start when the faceoff drops. That's what we have to do."
Sounds simple enough, right? When the puck drops, play.
Bernier would know. He was part of a deceiving start to the season for the Los Angeles Kings, who sit at the bottom of the NHL's Western Conference standings.
But, with Bernier in net, the Kings won the season-opener in London back in October, 4-1. In that game, he made 26 saves and was the second star.In the post-game press conference, the Ducks, to a man, said that they didn't play a full 60 minutes, that they started slowly.
On this night, Bernier was on the winning end of a game in which one of the teams didn't show up. He's seen, at the highest level, what an underdog team, an inferior team, can do to a favorite that doesn't show up. And I am willing to bet he's said that in the locker room once or twice since returning to the Maineiacs."
Great read.
- T
__________________ "As painful as it is to go through the valley, we will not look back. The days of making excuses are over. I hate losing but I understand that's what we have to do for two years. We were trying to cover gaps and mistakes with our checkbook, and those days are over." - Tim Leiweke
Last edited by TonySCV; March 11th, 2008 at 10:49 AM.
What is honestly amazing is that he isnow 3rd in GAA and 5th in Sav % in the league (taking out the goalies with less than 3 games played). I looked up his stats in Dec and he was around 18th in both catagories.
Jonathan Bernier named QMJHL Player of the Week 
Mr. Irreverent
