Success Quote by Peter Forsberg

Forsberg’s line is the kind of modest understatement athletes use when a night feels charmed but you’re trying not to sound like you’re claiming the universe as your personal hype man. “It’s always good to get a goal on your first shift” nods to the obvious: early scoring settles nerves, tilts the bench’s energy, and tells the other team you’re not easing into anything. But he immediately downshifts from individual credit into something bigger and safer: “this was a game it seemed everything was going in.”

That phrasing matters. “Seemed” keeps him from tempting fate, and “everything” spreads the glow across the whole group. It’s locker-room diplomacy: praise the moment without singling out teammates, don’t embarrass the goalie who’s getting shelled, don’t turn a hot streak into a personal mythology. It also sidesteps the more uncomfortable truth that hockey is a sport of percentages and chaos; some nights you do the same things and the puck refuses to cooperate. By calling it one of those games where “everything” goes in, Forsberg acknowledges luck without cheapening skill, framing dominance as a shared rhythm rather than a lone hero’s performance.

The subtext is confidence with plausible deniability. He’s telling you they were driving play so hard the net felt bigger, while performing the cultural script of the elite athlete: stay even-keeled, credit the team, treat a spectacular night like an ordinary shift at the office.