John Tortorella tells a story about Martin St-Louis' impressive strength of character
When the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004, John Tortorella's men did not have the expected start to the season. However, the situation changed following a discussion between Martin St-Louis and John Tortorella, who was the team's head coach at the time.
Following a team meeting, the former Lightning number 26 followed his coach into an Ottawa hotel and questioned his decisions:
"You want us to be able to be game-breakers so give us game-breaking minutes." - Martin St-Louis to John Tortorella
Following this discussion, John Tortorella gave St-Louis his chance and the Lightning had a great second half of the season to finally win the Stanley Cup. The small forward scored the winning goal in the second overtime period of Game 6 of the Finals against the Flames. That goal is still the most important goal in the history of the franchise.
He challenged me. He asked me to give him a chance and we never looked back after that. He wanted to prove to everyone that he was the man for the job." - John Tortorella
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