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Andre Tourigny 10-27-26 - Postgame · ESPN 700 & 92.1 FM | Utah's #1 Sports Talk

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  Speaker 1: Obviously, I think the big story for me is the
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  Speaker 1: number of penalties we got. I think we got in
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  Speaker 1: the box. And it's not, first of all, you get
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  Speaker 1: in the box seven times against that kind of a
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  Speaker 1: power play, you'll get hurt. But it's more, or it's
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  Speaker 1: as well, the momentum we lost in our rotation. And
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  Speaker 1: from the end of the first period until the third period,
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  Speaker 1: we did not have one time we could go our
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  Speaker 1: four lines right after the other one. That was a
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  Speaker 1: lot of guys who could not get their rhythm, could
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  Speaker 1: get our physicality, our pace, our forecheck going. We played
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  Speaker 1: better in the third period where we had the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to get going and have some rhythm. We need to
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  Speaker 1: learn on that discipline as well. I think Veg played
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  Speaker 1: really good. I'm happy he's back at back on track. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: that's what I think. Logan was discussing how you guys
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  Speaker 1: really weren't giving them much when it was even strength.
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  Speaker 1: What were you seeing on the defensive end? Yeah, that's, that's,
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  Speaker 1: that's exactly that. I think we, we got a clean
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  Speaker 1: five or six score and changed up five on five.
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  Speaker 1: So that's pretty elite to be honest against a great
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  Speaker 1: team like that. But yeah, that's, that's a positive part
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  Speaker 1: of it. Obviously, um, We had a great chance where
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  Speaker 1: we could not bury, we could not close the deal.
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  Speaker 1: But the big thing is you play against an elite
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  Speaker 1: team like that, you cannot have any part of your
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  Speaker 1: game fall apart like our discipline did. We know there's
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  Speaker 1: a healthy balance of emotion in games like this, but
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  Speaker 1: what did you think of the team as a whole
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  Speaker 1: and the emotion category? Honestly, I think it was all right.
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  Speaker 1: It was tough to save and kill. But I think
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  Speaker 1: we stay focused for the long part. Like I said,
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  Speaker 1: it's really tough. It's a lot of adversity when you
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  Speaker 1: get that many penalties to stay in the game. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you guys like H-Line, who's been really good, at some
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  Speaker 1: point they could not play. They've been sitting on there
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  Speaker 1: for a while, for a long time, and other guys
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  Speaker 1: who play only PK for most of the second period.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't play much at five on five, maybe one
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  Speaker 1: or two shifts. It's tough when you don't have the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to get in the rhythm of the game, and
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  Speaker 1: that's self-inflicted. I'm not deflecting. We take responsibility on that,
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  Speaker 1: and we need to learn from it. You mentioned Veg. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: I know the score wasn't probably what he would have wanted,
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  Speaker 1: but how important is a game like that if he
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  Speaker 1: wasn't in the groove to have for him? Absolutely. Give
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  Speaker 1: us a chance for a long time. I think they
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  Speaker 1: beat him... really, really good play, you know, it's, and
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  Speaker 1: our PK was solid, you'll tell me, give two goals, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they had to take a perfect shot to score their
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  Speaker 1: first goal, and the second goal, we blew it, blew
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  Speaker 1: a tire, and that's the kind of thing, it's unfortunate,
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  Speaker 1: but it was not a structured thing, and it's just,
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  Speaker 1: just really, really unfortunate, because we were right there where
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  Speaker 1: it went shut away. What's the conversation like when your
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  Speaker 1: captain takes an extra penalty like that, and it costs
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  Speaker 1: the team a goal? Yeah, I think you need to
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  Speaker 1: look at the circumstance. Were you emotional up there? Did
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  Speaker 1: you think everything was going well? And did you agree
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  Speaker 1: with everything was happening? I didn't think that was a
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  Speaker 1: soft call. Apparently Kel stopped the same. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: at some point, you want... Surely I want him to
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  Speaker 1: control his emotion, and I don't want that penalty. But
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  Speaker 1: if you look at... All the circumstances that lead to that,
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  Speaker 1: I think we were all frustrated. So I was standing
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  Speaker 1: up on the bench. There was a level of frustration.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned that practice today, that Liam O'Brien would really
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  Speaker 1: hype your team up and start your team up. Do
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  Speaker 1: you think he accomplished that today? Yeah, he had a
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  Speaker 1: good fight. He was put in an extremely tough situation,
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  Speaker 1: I think. At the beginning of the game, we needed
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of spark. We didn't have the momentum early.
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  Speaker 1: He had a good fight. He did what he had
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  Speaker 1: to do. But then after, he was a victim of
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  Speaker 1: the circumstance. He didn't play for a full period. To
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  Speaker 1: my knowledge, I think it's the first time it happened
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  Speaker 1: to me behind the bench where he did not have
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  Speaker 1: one full rotation where he got caught in the crossfire
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  Speaker 1: and didn't get one shift in the second. So, just
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  Speaker 1: the way it happened with the power play penalty on
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  Speaker 1: both sides and the power play PK, so that's unfortunate.
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  Speaker 1: It's tough. You don't play for 12 games. You get in,
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  Speaker 1: you get a good fight, and then after you sit
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  Speaker 1: for 25, 26 minutes. It's tough. I'm just curious as
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  Speaker 1: a coach, what goes through your mind when you see
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  Speaker 1: three of your guys fight in a single game? I
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  Speaker 1: like that. I like that a ton. I think it
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  Speaker 1: showed our pride. It showed... We said it. Many of
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  Speaker 1: the physical team were... There's a level of physicality, frustration
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  Speaker 1: when you play against them. When I say frustration, I
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  Speaker 1: should not say frustration. I should say it's emotional. You're
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  Speaker 1: into it. You're competing hard. So there's a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of bad blood at times. So stuff happens. And I
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  Speaker 1: think the fact we hold our ground, we stood right there,
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  Speaker 1: and we pushed back, I like that a lot. Thanks, Coach.