"It was a bit questionable if he was even going to play tonight. Just before warmup, he was saying he wasn't feeling right. He went through warmup, and he still wasn't quite feeling it, but he felt good enough to the point where he was going to stay in uniform. We didn't have any others in uniform tonight. The only other eligible player was Brodie, who we were giving a mental day away to anyhow. We decided to stick with Bert. He wanted some time when the game was going, getting out there with the noise and all of the things that go on in the chaos of the game just to make sure he was good. Once we got through the first TV timeout, he went out for a little skate and thought he was good to go. We put him in the mix."
