Patrice Bergeron back into training with Boston Bruins
Patrice Bergeron is back on track for the Boston Bruins after he sustained a concussion 10 days ago. Although, it was thought that he would be out of action for quite some time, his recovery has been speedy.
Bergeron was totally out of the Bruins team when it came to ice time, whether it is competitive or practice time. However, this Monday (May 16, 2011) the player showed signs of recovery as he took part in his first training session at the TD Garden, home
of the Boston Bruins.
The day also marks the first time in three straight days that he finally joined the team to take part in drills. He was witnessed skating on Saturday (May 14, 2011), as the Bruins lost the first game of the Conference Finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning. He
has been consistently working with team assistance to become fully fit and is in playing condition for the Bruins.
The question as to whether or not he would be able to play in game two still has no answer as coach of the Bruins, Claude Julien, didn’t answer the question at first but later said that he doesn’t know whether he will be playing or not.
Even though Bergeron has started to put up ice time, whether it is in practice, he still needs to pass the fitness test so as to be declared fully fit to play.
"As I said the other day, we're going through the protocol of what he has to go through and there's not much more to update you guys on, except that I think when he is ready to go, you guys will know it", the coach said. "It's just something that you can't
predict how quickly or how slow it's going to be. It's just one of those situations where right now you see him going through what you saw him going through today, skating”.
Bergeron’s teammates are hopeful that he will return soon and have extra confidence even though they still aren’t sure, as to when he would return to the team. Bergeron has always been a part of the Bruins team and with the performances that he has come
up with recently, he leads the team with most points and is one of the key players that is responsible to lead the forward line in offence.
No wonder the Bruins are so eagerly waiting for this player to return to the team and start producing performances that would take them to the Stanley Cup Finals.
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