Jonathan Bernier is in midst of a career resurgence with the Anaheim Ducks. 

The 28-year-old owns a 7-2-1 record while starting 10 of the Anaheim Ducks’ past 11 games and is enjoying the opportunity to own a starter’s role again, at least temporarily.

Bernier, 15-7-3 on the season, has been carrying the load for the Ducks as John Gibson recovers from consecutive lower-body injuries. 

“This is my seventh year,” Bernier told the Los Angeles Daily News. “It’s been a nice stretch just to play a lot of games and feel good about yourself and the work that you put in, that you get rewarded. Just to play a lot like this.

“Even in Toronto, I don’t think I had a stretch where I played back-to-backs and played nine or 10 games almost in a row. It is nice to feel that, I guess, you still got it.”

Over his past 10 starts, Bernier’s posted a 1.78 goals against average and a .943 save percentage. His goals against average now sits at 2.49 on the year, while his save percentage sits at .918 – Gibson owns a 2.28 GAA and a .921 save percentage.

The Laval, QC. native posted a career-worst 2.88 GAA average and .908 save percentage in 38 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs last season. He finished the year with a 12-21-3 record as the Leafs finished last in the NHL.

The Maple Leafs acquired Frederick Andersen from the Ducks on June 20, 2016, but Bernier says he planned to remain with the team, despite having lost his starting role.

“You know what?” Bernier said when asked if he wanted to leave Toronto. “I’ve always been a battler. It was not something that I was wishing for, to get out. I wanted to actually find my way again even if there was some ups and downs and tough circumstances.

“I just wanted to actually find my game again. But you can’t control if you’re going to play there two, three, four or five years. When they got Freddie, that obviously got to me a little bit. I was like, ‘Well, I think they’ll probably end up trading me.’ But I didn’t really hope for that. … I felt like I could battle through this and actually become a better player again, a better person. And I’d be in a good spot.”

The Leafs traded Bernier to the Ducks less than a month later, on July 8, for a conditional draft pick.

Bernier is set to become an unrestricted free-agent this summer. He told L.A. Daily News “hopefully” he’ll return to the Ducks next season.