Craig Berube Reveals Bench Message That Sparked Pacioretty's Clutch Goal for the Leafs

Max Pacioretty broke a 2-2 tiebreaker in Game 6 against the Ottawa Senators, the eventual game winning goal that eliminated the Senators and put the Toronto Maple Leafs into the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Moving up the Leafs depth chart for Game 6 to the team's second line, Pacioretty was given a major chance after missing the Leafs first two playoff games due to injury, and came through in a big way thanks to the trust of Berube.

Berube revealed the message he heard that shortly after led to Pacioretty's game winner after David Perron tied the match up at two each.

The Toronto Maple Leafs refusal to give in to pressure after blowing a 2-0 lead in the game, nearly failing to silence the same questions in years past over the Leafs clutch ability in the postseason.

Now having upheld their confidence and coming back to win the game, and ultimately the series, the Leafs have the mental momentum to keep things going as they face the reigning Stanley Cup Champions, the Florida Panthers.

Toronto will be tasked with facing two big challenges in the past few years, a strong Panthers team that has had their number, and a common Leafs killer in Brad Marchand, now with Florida.

What is beneficial for the Toronto Maple Leafs is the players not giving up, and inspiring themselves to win and not needing words from Craig Berube to do so, able to speak success to themselves.

Now, the Toronto Maple Leafs will have to take on the positivity of defeating their rivals Ottawa into besting a team that has given them challenge in Florida.