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Episode 39: Paige Oukes & Maddie Greenwood | University of Georgia Women's Hockey · College Hockey Mouth

• College Hockey South: And welcome back, everybody, to episode thirty-nine of College Hockey Mouth, a College Hockey South podcast. This is your first time watching, thank you. And if you're joining us again, thank you as well. we've got a couple of brand well, not brand new hosts, one making his season debut, Aaron Blank, and a debutante himself. Is that is is that a correct term for a man, or is that just a Wes Moore: I think so. I'm not a hundred percent sure. College Hockey South: There this is open to the floor. Is that is that correct or not? I've no clue. Okay. Wes Moore: A great question. Paige Oukes: Can I College Hockey South: All right, but Wes is a debutante and we're glad he's here. Aaron, you're famous in CHS circles for multiple reasons. we'll get into that in a little bit. My name's Danny Baum. Aaron, you went wire to wire calling the Columbus Classic, had some legendary calls. Man, you're a big fan of South Carolina. but how have you been, man? Aaron Blank: it's been going good. Definitely letting the vocal cords recover after what was a busy weekend in Columbus, but it was lot of fun. but haven't been up to much since, I've been trying to pay attention to sports. You know, obviously big college football weekend coming up. I've been all over that, but College Hockey South: That's right. Aaron Blank: but yeah, so you know, cheering on the dogs. What do you know? College Hockey South: God. Well, we're gonna have to get to that eventually. And there actually, as of right now, we're recording this Tuesday at eight o'clock. The first college football playoff ranking is about to be released, which is fun, even though there's a bunch of games left to play in it, so it doesn't really matter. But yeah, unfortunately we're gonna have to talk about Georgia, which is very annoying, believe me. I'm I'm just kidding, guys. Aaron Blank: What's so bad about that? College Hockey South: What's so bad about that? I've lived in Georgia for half my life now, over half my life now, and never been a fan. So that that's why. but enough about Georgia. we'll talk about them plenty. Wes, making your debut on the podcast. How are you, my friend? First of all, where are you from? Where do you go? You know, what what are you looking to do in in the sport of hockey? Wes Moore: so my name's Wes. I'm from I go to Florida Atlantic University. I'm from Tampa. I'm the play by play commentator for the Florida Atlantic men's ice hockey team, both division two and division three. and it's been an absolute privilege, been awesome following them this entire season so far. and yeah, that's what I'm trying to do with my career as far as sports in general. I'm also a part of FAU Owl Radio. Give them a quick little shout out here. But I'm yeah, I get to speak into college football. Two of the top group of six football teams, Florida Atlantic and UTSA are playing on Thursday. and I get to call that game live up in the booth on our radio. So it's gonna be great. It's an awesome, awesome week for all things Florida Atlantic. College Hockey South: Okay, as we step out of the echo chamber, Aaron, have you heard about Florida Atlantic football once this year? Wes Moore: come on. we have the fifth we have Aaron Blank: I will I will admit I College Hockey South: I'm saying like Aaron Blank: I I some I scroll through scores, throughout every Saturday. I see them. I see them there. they have a t I did College Hockey South: They have a team. That that I know. Aaron Blank: know they had a team. They get Wes Moore: Our quarterback our quarterback has the fourth most passing yards in the country and our wide receiver has the fifth most or something like that. It's we have a fantastic offense Aaron Blank: I don't know. I don't know what you said. Wes Moore: but horrible defense. Aaron Blank: I forgot exactly how you described them, what you said, what are the best group of six teams in the country? I don't know about that, but they're definitely one of the group of six teams in the country for sure. College Hockey South: they're definitely one of the teams in the country. But anyways, Wes, you brought Aaron Blank: They are they're one of them. College Hockey South: up you brought Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. College Hockey South: up exciting offense and we have a couple of very, very exciting offensive players that are gonna be joining us here tonight. From the University of Georgia, first of all, royalty within the division, the all time leading scorer in the division, the captain of Georgia, Paige Okus, and the leading scorer in the women's division this year. Maddie Mad Dog Greenwood. Mad Maddie. Wes Moore: That dog. College Hockey South: Mad dog. All right, guys. thank thank you for thank you for coming on. How you guys doing? Madeleine Greenwood: Good. Yeah, thank Paige Oukes: We're doing good, thanks for having us. Madeleine Greenwood: you. College Hockey South: Yes, sorry Maddie, I've i during my my research I found that you'd been referred to as the mad dog more than few times. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah, pretty much since second grade. I mean a lot of my teachers even call me mad dog. my parents College Hockey South: Really? Madeleine Greenwood: call me mad dog. It's like, yeah. Don't apologize. College Hockey South: Is it j is it Yeah. Wes Moore: Where did that come about? Madeleine Greenwood: Okay, this is actually pretty fought over between my coach and my friends. it was second grade, it was like Ducksbury Youth Hockey, that's my town. I don't even know, it was just like one day. It was my first season, my first year that I lived in that town. I started playing hockey and my coach likes to say that he gave me the name and then I have two friends who they like to say that they gave me the name. No one really knows. I don't really remember. I don't even think I was cognitive at that time, but yeah, it was it was dawned on me pretty early and it just stuck. College Hockey South: Yeah. so I've gotta say this begrudgingly is my first question. who's that coming down the track? Madeleine Greenwood: It's a mean machine in red and black. Paige Oukes: Rush in red College Hockey South: Well Paige Oukes: and black. College Hockey South: okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Aaron, you didn't Aaron Blank: He's picking it up, College Hockey South: participate. Aaron Blank: she's picking it up, she's picking it up. College Hockey South: Yeah, Aaron Blank, by the way, a a University of Georgia grad. if if we didn't mention that. And I'm definitely not a University of Georgia grad, even though I've lived in the state. I've you know, I'm South Carolina alum. but you know, I just have Aaron Blank: Yeah, but he cheers he cheers for a team in Bird Orange. So which makes no sense. College Hockey South: Okay, well your simple mind can't comprehend that, which isn't my problem. but anyways, you guys are at kind of at at tail ends of your journeys in club hockey. but I want to start with Paige, because you know, you have your birthplace li listed as Timmins, Ontario. how long did you live in Canada before you moved to the States? Paige Oukes: eleven years. So we're yeah, so we've College Hockey South: Eleven years. Okay. Paige Oukes: been down here almost as long. Next summer'll be even between the states and Canada. College Hockey South: Okay. so during the Olympics last year in Four Nations were you claiming Canada or well you're half and half now. Paige Oukes: still Canadian, still got Canadian blood and citizenship, so I still gotta go with Canada even when overtime doesn't go our way. We were actually on the ice, the morning that the men won, I think it was, trying to watch it like through the glass through a door at the ice forum in Duluth when it happened College Hockey South: huh. Paige Oukes: and some one of the parents in the stands like yelled what happened and we all went and tried to watch it. But everyone else had a much different reaction than I did. Everyone else was pretty excited. I was not a fan. College Hockey South: Well you have at least you have at least one fellow Canadian on the team, yeah? Paige Oukes: Yeah we got a couple. Got a couple Taylors, Canadian, but then we have a couple teammates with dual citizenship or Canadian parents, so there's some solidarity College Hockey South: Look that. Paige Oukes: there. College Hockey South: Okay, so you moved you moved down to Georgia, yes, from Gelder. Paige Oukes: We moved we went to Louisiana. I was in Louisiana for a couple of years and then Georgia for high school and then college. College Hockey South: Okay, so what was the the hockey journey like? Obviously completely different markets. you know, going from Ontario, you know, I think it goes without saying how hockey crazed that, that place is to Louisiana and Georgia. Georgia's, you know, growing a little bit more in in terms of hockey competition, but what was that like for you? Paige Oukes: Night and day. It was it was pretty much the only sense of Our normal that we had moving from Canada to Louisiana, so my parents let us keep playing and did the hour and a half each way drive that LSU's team would do to the rink from Baton Rouge to Lafayette every time you wanted to go. so I'm grateful for that. But that was definitely just ice touches versus competitive hockey. So then once we were in Georgia, we found a team in Nashville. So did the Nashville trek lots of weekends throughout high school before finally Finally having a rank right on campus here is great. Like I've never been this close to a rank before. It's been a while, so it's it's good, but it's definitely different. College Hockey South: Yeah, Er. Yeah, I can imagine. Aaron, as as someone who has worked at that rink, you know, it also a little fun fact for you, which is the most unique twist I think between co host and guest. Aaron and Paige have actually worked on the same project together. I don't know if you guys knew that, but how'd that project go, guys? Paige Oukes: I think it went well. I got an A in the class, so Aaron Blank: Yeah, that class could was a fever dream here and there. definitely some interesting assignments in that class and some interesting people in that class as well. but that's kind of just how sports management at UGA is. There's a lot of very big personalities and both faculty and students. And so, going through some of those projects and through one of them working directly with the rock lobsters at some points was was definitely an interesting l little thing we did. Wes Moore: Who carried the project? Was it Aaron or Paige? Aaron Blank: no, it was definitely her. It was definitely Wes Moore: Ha ha ha. Aaron Blank: her. College Hockey South: listen, it would have been really funny if you decided now and after all this time to completely dog her and like completely lay into her for her Aaron Blank: No, I couldn't do that. No. College Hockey South: effort on the project. Aaron Blank: No, I couldn't. she worked hard and yeah, we did well. So she she can take the credit for that one. Paige Oukes: team effort. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. College Hockey South: Team effort like always. All right, Aaron, you jump in. I don't want to ask all the questions here. Madeleine Greenwood: Mm. Aaron Blank: Well yeah. So you talked a little bit about moving down to the States, going through youth hockey and finding your team with the junior preds. Can you talk a little bit about that and what that organization was like? Paige Oukes: That organization was great, I could not have asked for a better high school youth hockey experience. our coach Callie was really big on culture and that's something that I've kind of tried to bring into our team now that getting to be student run and getting to have such so much of an impact. Her kind of life motto and coaching motto is culture supersedes strategy. And I think that was a really big factor on our team. We didn't always have the most talent or, the most practices when we play against these girls who've been playing together since They were four years old, and we were kids who lived in Huntsville and Georgia and Nashville and a couple random Kentucky, whatever, who'd come together and practice once a month. so even that just is very different. But the junior preds were great. Can't say enough about enough good things about them. We actually have three junior preds alumni on our team currently, so the pathway is strong. Aaron Blank: And that's somewhere you guys are looking as you recruit year over year, just 'cause you know that the players that come out of there are, they have the intangibles that you're looking for. Paige Oukes: They do, you see you can see those yellow helmets in our prospect's gate pictures for sure. Wes Moore: Yeah. College Hockey South: Yeah, they they they really stick out. Speaking of yellow helmets, I don't mean to barge in West, but Maddie, you're from Massachusetts. Are you a Bruins fan? Okay, Madeleine Greenwood: Of course. Of course. College Hockey South: so th this is gonna be s a source of contention, I'm sure. so th those hometown remix uniforms just dropped yesterday for all thirty two NHL teams. I actually didn't hate the Bruins one. Until I saw the yellow helmets and then I was out immediately. Madeleine Greenwood: It's so funny. yeah, I'm I'm looking it up right now to see. I like the brown. College Hockey South: The brown's fine. if you're gonna pull if you're gonna pull off brown and yellow, it's gonna be difficult. They did it until the yellow helmets. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. Yeah. College Hockey South: And it's just it's gonna be rough. But Madeleine Greenwood: It's just that's not like a bee's move. n we've never worn yellow helmets. doesn't really look like the Boston Bruins. College Hockey South: No, no, definitely definitely not. but yeah, anyways, well, sorry to barge in there. Wes Moore: yeah, I was just gonna after saying that, I was like, you gotta look at Tampa's then because Tampa's jerseys are Madeleine Greenwood: Mm-hmm. Wes Moore: fantastic. But that regardless, I'll stop glazing my own team. but Paige, you've been playing for your school since your freshman year, 2023. And it was actually the inaugural season of the College Hockey South Women's Division. just can you tell me a little bit how it was playing your freshman year in that first season and then watching College Hockey South Women's Division grow as a Conference as a whole. Paige Oukes: Yeah, that first game I vividly remember we got slated to play Tampa game one of the Columbus Classic, my freshman year, eighteen nothing. So that was Wes Moore: Phew. Paige Oukes: a that was a start. so I think leaps and bounds since then. I was excited, hoping really hoping to play Tampa again in the Columbus Classic. Mother Nature wasn't College Hockey South: Mm. Paige Oukes: a fan, didn't work out, so that was I was hoping to full circle it, but that's all right. But even last year in the final versus to this year, I think our team Alone has grown tremendously, especially with the recruiting and the getting the word out that women's hockey is alive and well in the South. I think every team has seen it just with how competitive this year, especially, has gotten with teams that you'd never think would be competitive from last year to this year. the Columbus Classic was back and forth between College Hockey South: Mm. Paige Oukes: who did we think was gonna win this game? I know South Carolina and Wesleyan, they go into overtime shootout, I think was it. And then we got to play. both of them over the course of the weekend. I think everyone's pretty pretty evenly matched in the growth, like those big 18-0 scores, I think, are a thing of the past. With, every you have a game here and there where it's a blowout, but I think the league as a whole is really competitive and that makes it so much more fun. But getting to see the growth is great and all the little girls who are still in the stands and the the kids who were in high school are now like, I can stay and still play. It's really good to see. College Hockey South: Yeah, exactly. And, speaking of the recruiting, big time recruit for you guys and who's been, the biggest contributor in the the division so far, Maddie. your journey's been a little bit, a little bit more linear, I would say, than Paige's. you're from Massachusetts, played high school hockey, prep school hockey in Massachusetts, won a couple of state championships at the Garden in Boston, which is, you awesome. take us through your journey in Massachusetts playing and then ultimately, deciding to come down to Georgia to play. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. yeah, I definitely did not make a big move from Canada to Louisiana like page, but College Hockey South: Yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: I started I was originally from Falmouth and so that's where I started to play it. I started skating like two, maybe three, and then I don't really remember like when whatever, but I just know quickly like it stuck and I quickly picked up a stick and it was kind of history after that. And then going into second grade we moved to Ducksbury and that's where I played that's where I stayed my whole life and then so I played youth hockey in my second year at Ducksbury, like in third grade. My the youth hockey coach, Dan Negerian, he's the high school coach, the girls high school coach now, he was running a breakers team because his daughter was my age. So he was running the club base state breakers team and he like, we need to get her playing club and my mom was like, Okay, like My dad's from England and my mom doesn't know anything about hockey really, so it was not like College Hockey South: Interesting. Madeleine Greenwood: not a huge pusher. I think the biggest thing was my mom had four older brothers and they all played hockey, but so they were kind of I think maybe the the the factor that got me on ice. But so I started playing breakers and youth hockey and then and then I got to high school, played for Duxbury High School. And like I said before, Dan Najaran, he was the Breakers coach and then he was the high school coach. And he's like an awesome coach. I think you can ask so many people. and he's done a lot for Breakers, Duxbury, other other club, other high school teams. And so I really one, I knew that he was a coach I could trust, so I was keen to play for him again. and also like just growing up in Ducksbury, the community around hockey is really strong. Around sports in general is really strong. And just like the the the relationship between the youth hockey and the high school hockey is like super, super tangible. Like there's always events going on between the high school players, like volunteering, learn to skates and that was always like the most fun. so I knew coming into high school that I wanted to stay and play for my high school, play for my town for for as long as possible. just because like for with club especially in Massachusetts, everyone is making those transitions. when I was going into freshman year, I think I might have been one of two, maybe three girls that didn't go to prep. so everyone was kind of like eighth grade, like going to boarding school right away. College Hockey South: Mm-hmm. Madeleine Greenwood: but like I knew I wanted to stay. So I stayed at Duxbury for three years. My sophomore year we won state championship. My junior year we also won state championship. And my junior year we played Falmouth in the state championship. So that was a really full circle moment. And like Yeah. College Hockey South: Full circle. Yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: My best friend, her dad was my first hockey coach. We had the first face off, which was crazy. There's a really cool picture of us like on the B facing off. so I love that. And yeah, and then after my junior year it kinda just felt like a natural progression. I mean Duckspray gave me so much, like I have so much to thank for them. And then I I kinda just I was weighing it, you know, everything's a trade off and I was like, if I go to boarding school I get two more years to just develop hockey and life and whereas like if I stayed I would only have one more year. So for me that was kind of like the final push. I was like, I'm really gonna gain so much more through this transition. I mean it was really hard to leave Duxbury of course, but so yeah, so I went to Phillips Phillips Academy, Andover. I repeated junior years, I did my junior and senior year there. and it was awesome that I s will say like die on this hill. It was the best decision of my life. in hockey, I also play lacrosse. so hockey College Hockey South: Mm-hmm. Madeleine Greenwood: and lacrosse were two very competitive sports there. great coaches, great teammates. It was definitely a life changing experience. And yeah, and I to this day it led me to my transition to Georgia as well because the difference between the public school and boarding school is large and it at first it was challenging to kind of be in a environment So my boarding school was twelve hundred and my public school was nine hundred. So it was bigger. obviously I was living away from home, a lot more, just everything going on. I didn't really know anybody. so I think just having that transition that was challenging in so many ways, also made it like so much more fulfilling. And when I looked towards college, I really wanted to like hone in on a similar transition. And yeah, so it was an academic it was choice backed by like my academic goals. So like I knew I wanted to be kind of at a bigger institution, that's incredibly academically strong. and I really didn't know where I wanted to go. So I applied to a bunch of schools and I toured them and literally with Georgia I just like I fell in love. All the pieces came fell into place. and I think a big part of that too was I got on campus and I got to meet a ton of the girls on the team and it was like instantaneously I had a community here and I already had a home. So it just made it so much easier to say yes. I was like I was down to my final two schools and I was like there's really not a choice. I'm just you know, going through the motions to make sure I check all the boxes and make the right decision. But yeah, it was definitely a natural progression and I I couldn't be happier where I am. College Hockey South: got on campus and saw all the three hundred year old buildings. just it it it Madeleine Greenwood: Very College Hockey South: looks like a s a stiff breeze could knock over some of those buildings. Come on guys. let's remodel a little bit. Aaron Blank: those things are strong, man. Madeleine Greenwood: I I kinda Aaron Blank: Those things are strong. Madeleine Greenwood: I kinda I kinda like that old architecture. Reminds me of New England, the campus is very pretty and I think the first tour that I took I didn't really take it in. I came back in the spring because I was like I was like, how am I supposed to decide? and that really just like set it apart so much because I like really walked the campus and 'Cause when you come on the tours it's a little hard because the campus is so big, they're trying to show you everything. You don't really understand the depth of, I don't know, the campus, the architecture, downtown. it is really a really cool place, so Wes Moore: You gotta love the historic all the historic colleges with so much history behind UF, Georgia, those it's so cool. College Hockey South: South Carolina. Wes Moore: So stop okay, throw that in there too. but yeah, it's always so sick. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. College Hockey South: Go ahead, Erin. Aaron Blank: Yeah, would just one of the things you talked a lot about playing hockey up in Massachusetts of all the different places you played and there are a lot of What have you noticed is the big difference about what it's like to play hockey up there versus down here in college hockey south? what have you noticed about playing in this conference that you like and just things just overall your observations? Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. good great question. I mean, it's hard to compare almost just 'cause like one, I'm like literally moved across the country. and also it's like I'm i I'm in college now, so I'm playing like at the collegiate level and I think that's very different just 'cause like when you're younger and when you're in high school a lot of like your time is consumed by your sports. especially like playing club sports and everything and I think coming to college it's definitely even when I went to boarding school it was a lot more not a lot more balance. I wouldn't say it was any less sports, but a lot more balance, you know, more academics, more activities. And the same thing with college, even more. a lot more academics, a lot more activities that so it's really cool because it's a really good balance between them all. And I was surprised 'cause I really had no idea what to expect coming down here. it was on my radar pretty quickly just because, Jason reached out to me and, you know, he was telling me about it and everything seemed awesome and when I came down here I was like, Yeah, this is awesome. so I think like the biggest difference is just that obviously in Massachusetts the hockey infrastructure is insane. Like there's a rink five minutes away from the last one. and like it's just like I think it's just numbers. And like I don't know, obviously like the supply is picking up, you know, Georgia is like building ice strengths, building teams, like Paige was saying, like hockey is alive in the South and I think it's rapidly advancing as well. so I I think that's probably the biggest thing. It's just like that infrastructure has been in Massachusetts and has just like been a huge part. it's probably one of the biggest sports. particularly on the South Shore where I'm from. It is one of the biggest sports. and I mean both have been great experiences. I mean every every team I'm been on is similar. You know, you have your teammates, you have your coaches, they're your support systems, the culture, like Paige was talking about earlier, culture is a huge thing. So I think that is, you know, a continuity that is like the most critical is you have your sport system, you have your group of people and we get to play these great games and it is a little challenging 'cause we do have to travel to these universities, but like we'd be traveling anyways because we're not there's not like universities. Even though like there's not as many rinks, it's not like there's universities around that we'd be playing. So we'd be traveling anyways. but I honestly I love traveling on the buses because it's just fun and I actually like doing work on the bus 'cause I'm like, well I can't go anywhere have to be productive. so yeah. College Hockey South: I feel like Paige Oukes: And she got she got her first bucky stop, last We Madeleine Greenwood: Yes. Yes. Yeah, that was huge. College Hockey South: god, Wes Moore: is College Hockey South: God. Paige Oukes: got College Hockey South: It was huge. Yeah, right. Madeleine Greenwood: It was. College Hockey South: It's it's a gas station, dude. It's a gas Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. College Hockey South: station with patio furniture. Wes Moore: It's hu it's awesome. Bucky's is Madeleine Greenwood: An art in the bathroom. Aaron Blank: It's more Paige Oukes: There's nothing Aaron Blank: than a gas station, Paige Oukes: better. Aaron Blank: buddy. Wes Moore: There is nothing better than Bucky's in this world. I I will stand on that man. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. And the College Hockey South: All Madeleine Greenwood: gas is College Hockey South: right, well. Madeleine Greenwood: so cheap too. Wes Moore: yeah. Everything. It College Hockey South: Well you wanna you you wanna run that by me again? I I paid for I paid for gas less than a week ago in the same state. And it it is not it is not cheap. Madeleine Greenwood: Maybe relative then. Wes Moore: I'll still stand on Buckeys. But Maddie, your nickname Mad Dog. it I'm wondering how much of that kind of correlates in your on ice play as well. because you're first in goals in the CHS, you're second in assists, but you're also third in penalty minutes as well. So I'm kinda run me through that a little bit. College Hockey South: Come on, mad dog. Jeez, mad dogs. Try and rant it in a little bit. She's a she's a Bruins fan. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah Yeah, so Wes Moore: then yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, this was an issue in of my high school public high school career and in youth hockey. I think generally I am a bigger body than a lot of girls on the ice. So I don't think that helps me in penalties. And I mean I'm not placing blame on that, but I think I've definitely had some penalties, some real penalties. but also just the way I play, like it is totally mad dog style. it's like College Hockey South: Hell yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: on my Wes Moore: There we go. Madeleine Greenwood: Teams at home, like I was like, like I was a grinder, like that's just kind of what I did. Like I got in the corners, I was disruptive, like I was kind of the player that like people didn't want to play against. That's kind of my style and so it definitely turned quickly into penalties, but I'm starting to, work around that, I think. I haven't gotten a penalty in a couple of games, I don't think. So maybe we're on the up. Wes Moore: There College Hockey South: we can check that very we could check that very very very easily. Wes Moore: we go. He's gonna stat Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah, yeah, maybe maybe Wes Moore: check that. so the mad dog style. Madeleine Greenwood: maybe we should. Yeah. Aaron Blank: Wanna I wanna know who you who you think your College Hockey South: A no. Aaron Blank: your NHL comp is. Madeleine Greenwood: I don't know. that's so hard. I mean, okay, this is this okay I mean I okay, I'm gonna say Brad Marshawn, just because one Bruins, I he's on the Panthers, but it'll always be a Bruin. he has always been my favorite player. Like when I when I don't know, two thousand fourteen, two thousand fifteen, I think, maybe two thousand sixteen, we played like the in between the periods or something and before their game, like Brad came in And he all t and he talked to us for so long and I was it was just a great experience. I was so grateful he took the time you know, to talk to whatever twenty eight-year-old girls. It really meant the world to us. And I just think his play is so admirable. Like he is without a doubt the player nobody wants to play against. and I think that's definitely something I'd try and hone in just because it's like you can't control everything on the ice. And I'm definitely like a control what you can person. And I think that is your hustle, your effort, just like your position, the little things. So that's really what I take pride in and I see him doing that. And not saying that we're the same player at all, but that's definitely the kind of play I admire to get to. Wes Moore: Yeah, that mad College Hockey South: Es ist. Wes Moore: dog style definitely got you a Columbus classic MVP. So it's working. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. College Hockey South: Is his is his nose as big and versum? Wes Moore: That's crazy. Madeleine Greenwood: I like Loki, yeah. College Hockey South: Yeah, okay, yeah, that that's that was the answer I was hoping to hear. Wes Moore: Yeah. Aaron Blank: we know. Madeleine Greenwood: also twenty sixteen it might not have been as broken as it is now. So it might have been a little smaller then, but no, not bad. It was good. College Hockey South: Yeah. yeah, Paige, s since you've been there, you know, from the beginning, like you mentioned, you played that first game against Tampa and it's been kinda like a a slow build to where you guys are at this year. you're off to your best start in team history and had a tough loss against South Carolina, but still a great showing and you guys are definitely a force to be reckoned with. you know, it's gotta be fulfilling. you always hear, and it's a cliche, but leave the the team or the program better than you found it. and I think you're definitely doing that. How rewarding is it to, you know, be where you are now as opposed to at the beginning? Paige Oukes: It's really rewarding. Even just getting to go to every game we play and walking in, looking around the locker room and being like, No one will do this individually. it's definitely a team effort versus in the past some games become more of one player shining, everyone else is just they're doing their job but like now we have stars on every line doing their thing and so it's a real team effort and it's a very cohesive group I think. And so it's great to get to watch. I can't wait. I can't wait to come back next year and get to get to watch. Hopefully I'll get to make it to the Columbus Classic as in the stands and watch them win one. Aaron Blank: As someone who's who's College Hockey South: Hell hell yeah. Aaron Blank: who's watched the, the UGA women's hockey program grow, I've taken a front seat to that over the last few years. I've definitely like the stuff you've done for that program is really remarkable. And yeah, you should be proud of of that program and they're only going, to get better and better every year. And I'm really excited to see, what they can do in the coming, seasons, especially moving towards getting better players and, really becoming a force in College Hockey South that I think that they can be. College Hockey South: Yeah. speaking of growth, one thing that I picked up at Columbus (Classic) is that there's a lot more barking on the bench this year. who's the the the biggest culprit of of the barking? can you shout them out? Paige Oukes: I would have to say that it's Gabby. One of our one of Madeleine Greenwood: yeah. Paige Oukes: our sophomore goalie, Gabby Sidman. I would have to say that she's the used to bark from her crease and now that we have three goalies, she spends College Hockey South: jeez. Paige Oukes: about double the time with us on the bench and I think it's spreading. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. She's from Massachusetts, by the way, shout out. Paige Oukes: Yes. The Massachusetts pipeline is also we have three Massachusetts players, so Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah, she's from the two towns over from me. We played each other in the MIAA. So that was super funny when I came down here. Wes Moore: if y'all would have said Maddie was the biggest barker on the bench, I would have I would have been cooked after Mad Dog. College Hockey South: that tracks, yeah, mad dog, but I don't know. Madeleine Greenwood: I do like to bark, but I feel like on during the game it's more consolidated to in between periods. Maybe Paige Oukes: I don't think I've ever barked. I'm not a barker. When they do I College Hockey South: Yeah. Aaron Blank: else. Paige Oukes: just play, I'm like, boy. But it's definitely Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah, you're right, Paige Oukes: spreading. Aaron Blank: You gotta make a point the rest of the season, College Hockey South: You you've played all Aaron Blank: you gotta you gotta bark more. It you gotta be a dog. Paige Oukes: I'm a dog through and through but I think that's the one thing that I just can't get behind. Madeleine Greenwood: some dogs get their vocal cords removed or something. Paige Oukes: There we go. Wes Moore: But don't that's not a good thing. Madeleine Greenwood: it's okay. College Hockey South: Yeah, that's something this Columbus classic more than anything. And I think it was because you guys were winning more than anything. I d I don't think the bench is gonna be real loud with the barking if you guys are down down a few, but Paige Oukes: There's not much barking happening when it's eighteen nothing, that's for sure. College Hockey South: No, no, no. I c I can imagine you think you'd be mad at a teammate if they if they were barking down eighteen nothing? Paige Oukes: if there's a reason to bark. I I'm all for celebrating the small moments, even little things build the big, but Aaron Blank: There's one thing I College Hockey South: Okay. Aaron Blank: learned. I learned at Georgia, any occasion to parking occasion. Keep coming. Whistle to whistle, baby. College Hockey South: God. Madeleine Greenwood: Ha. College Hockey South: Well Wes Moore: Yeah, College Hockey South: that that's honestly the most embarrassing thing I've heard in the last thirty minutes. Wes Moore: Yeah, that was that was bad. That was bad. Aaron Blank: Nope. Nope. Keep on parking. Madeleine Greenwood: No, don't listen to that was that was perfectly set. College Hockey South: Okay. And you you mentioned th this might not make it into the episode. I just want to see if you'll remember Maddie. I think was it one of the years you won state championship, you your team only lost one game? Madeleine Greenwood: Yes yes, I think College Hockey South: Do you do you remember who you lost to? Madeleine Greenwood: was it Malden Catholic? Or were Bishop? College Hockey South: I think I Madeleine Greenwood: Or hang No. Molling. College Hockey South: I think who I I actually don't know the name of the team, but who whatever team it was, the current captain of Tampa was on that team. Madeleine Greenwood: Really? College Hockey South: Yep. Yep. Wes Moore: Ooh. College Hockey South: So it whenever you guys play Tampa again, it'll be a a get back game in multiple ways. Madeleine Greenwood: Wow, wait, that's actually a good stuff. Paige Oukes: Who's Tampa's captain right now? College Hockey South: Molly Braga. Paige Oukes: It is Molly? College Hockey South: Yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: Where is she from? College Hockey South: She is from somewhere in Massachusetts, I don't know. their entire team is from Massachusetts. Like Wes Moore: Yeah. College Hockey South: Yeah, so I've got a whole bunch of Aaron Blank: I was creating my spotting board for them and it was just going down the list of hometowns like MA, A A s one after another. College Hockey South: Yeah, absolutely. Anyways, I don't know if that'll make it I don't know if that's interesting enough to make it in the episode, but I thought it was worth a shout. Anyways, who's Madeleine Greenwood: I'm curious now. Paige Oukes: I'll say I was just looking at her. She's in this jersey says bishop something. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: Bishop Fien? Is it green and yellow? That's what I said. Bishop Fien. We lost it on four College Hockey South: Okay, then there Paige Oukes: There you go. Madeleine Greenwood: we lost to them four to four to two and then we played them two days later and we won. Four nine. College Hockey South: well Molly Molly didn't say that. Yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: Okay, wait, maybe I'm wrong though. Maybe I'm I might be wrong. Paige Oukes: You were pretty confident in that. I feel like you couldn't have pulled that out. Madeleine Greenwood: Okay, wait. Wes Moore: Yeah. Madeleine Greenwood: Now I have to look it up. College Hockey South: Yeah, I I it when I saw you were from Massachusetts, I immediately started asking all the massive which is basically just a bunch of Tampa players, like, what what do you know about about this team, that team? And Molly was like, Yeah, I think we beat them actually. I was like, Okay. Juicy little detail. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. I I was the captain my junior year at Duxbury, so I take I take that one to heart. it was definitely a tough one. College Hockey South: Hey, well well that that's a little bit of motivation for you. Speaking of motivation, you know, You guys have a big series coming up this weekend. haven't haven't beat Bama and in your team's history yet. And you're also gonna be our game of the week for this upcoming week. You against Bama, big time Akins Ford Arena. you know, what are the vibes going in? It it is Akins, right? Or Akins? Is Akins? Aaron Blank: Yeah. Paige Oukes: Aken. Madeleine Greenwood: Akens, yeah. I said I said Atkins College Hockey South: I hate that. Madeleine Greenwood: and got corrected by a local, so doesn't College Hockey South: Yeah, I hate I hate that it's Akens. It looks like Akins. Aaron Blank: The the guy the the Madeleine Greenwood: Wait. Aaron Blank: Akins has told me personally it's Akins. Madeleine Greenwood: Wait, Atkins? Wait, College Hockey South: well fair enough. Sorry. Sorry, Mr. Akins, but Madeleine Greenwood: now I'm confused. Now I can't remember which Aaron Blank: Brad Madeleine Greenwood: one it is. Aaron Blank: Akins, the Ford guy. Paige Oukes: Akens. Akens. College Hockey South: Well there you go guys. from Madeleine Greenwood: can see this is now. I couldn't tell you. College Hockey South: Well, all that matters is you're gonna be playing on a sheet of ice that's two hundred feet long and yeah, you're gonna be playing against Alabama. So so what are the vibes heading into this series? Paige Oukes: The vibes are good. we have hopefully big turnouts. We have Make-A-Wish Night, trying to get some donations and send some money back their way, support some charities on Saturday. And then we're having the Girl Scouts out on Sunday. So we're hoping for stands full of little girls hoping to be us one day is the the goal and the vibes are good. I think everyone's excited to play and I mean all we've done this season is beat teams we haven't before. South Carolina's still on the list, but other than that we've been working checking them off so we're hoping to check off. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. No, Paige's right. It's definitely vibes are high. we got another practice tomorrow night. we should be good. and I yeah, I think everyone's focused, everyone's ready. whatever the result, I know we're all gonna try our best and try our hardest and have our best effort and I think that's kind of all you can ask for and that's definitely something we've prided ourselves on, the whole season, so College Hockey South: Yeah, absolutely. well it it's been a blast talking to you talking to you guys. really appreciate you both taking time out of your very busy schedules, still active students. didn't mention this, but you know, we I asked Paige what she was majoring in and, you know, she put down her majors and minors and I think it would have been an easier question to ask what isn't she minoring in because she's got like five Madeleine Greenwood: Ha ha ha. College Hockey South: You must not like free time, I guess. Paige Oukes: I don't know what that is. Aaron Blank: While while we were working on that project, she was studying for the LSATs at the same time. So I'm like, I don't even know how she does it. College Hockey South: God. Wes Moore: Jesus Christ. Aaron Blank: I don't even know how she does it. Paige Oukes: Hey, maybe catch me on the ice in the fall if I get into UGA. Up I applied on Sunday, so law school. We'll see. College Hockey South: Hey, well yeah, we'll definitely Aaron Blank: Awesome. College Hockey South: rooting for you there. and since, you know, guys are ACHA now, you can play forever, apparently. Yeah, yeah, you were Wes Moore: Dude till you're forty. Paige Oukes: Yeah. Eligibility reset, new College Hockey South: playing AAU before, so now just keep keep on going. that's a topic for Paige Oukes: There we go. College Hockey South: another day. But yeah, guys, thanks for coming on. Wish you luck. and yeah, we're looking forward to watching you guys you know, continue on this season. Madeleine Greenwood: Yeah. Thanks for having us. This was this Paige Oukes: Thank you. Thanks for having us. Madeleine Greenwood: is awesome. College Hockey South: Of course. And we want to thank Maddie Greenwood and Paige Okus. Saying that last name correctly now, Aaron. Paige Okus. they were awesome to talk to. and once again, thank you for taking time out of their schedule. the Georgia Ice Dogs have have been fantastic to start this year, best start in program history. but now joining because we just couldn't have this many this many dogs in the studio at one time. Gugs, it's nice of you to join as well. you know and and Avery Gugliotta: Terrible segue. College Hockey South: Yeah, well I'm doing my best here. well over the weekend you did something really nice. you were helping out the senior citizens. you went to a a local establishment with some older people and you even posed for some pictures there. Avery Gugliotta: I found the karate kid out this Halloween. It was a good time. for the fans who know the movie or familiar with the movie Dodgeball, I was White Goodman for Halloween, mustache on Wes Moore: No way. Avery Gugliotta: and everything. And yeah, you know, it was a it was a fun weekend for sure. College Hockey South: Yeah, she was gonna for further backstory, she was gonna be the dude from Club Gl Globo Gym before earlier in the week, sent a picture of her in in the costume, and I said, Did you miss you miss Upper Body Day? and then suddenly she switched Avery Gugliotta: So College Hockey South: she switched to a different costume. I think she that destroyed her confidence. Avery Gugliotta: That's messed up. Messed up. College Hockey South: But anyways. Avery Gugliotta: Danny, I'll I'll meet you in the gym. I don't want to hear it. Let's get let's get College Hockey South: No, that's Avery Gugliotta: to the rest of this podcast. College Hockey South: No, no. Okay. we'll get to the free space later on. but yeah, we had a another week. It was a little bit of a quieter week in terms of not having as many games, a little bit more out of conference matchups, but let's start with our in conference matchups, some surprising ones. Aaron, we were on scene in Columbus to watch you know, the Columbus Classic. notoriously called every single second of that tournament. Did a fantastic job. had, you know, the greatest call of the season so far. great call though. but seriously, you did a really, really good job and we watched, these two teams play, three games over the course of that weekend. And I think going into this weekend, if you would have told us that Auburn was gonna beat Wesleyan twice, we would have laughed at you. What do you think? Aaron Blank: Yeah. Wesleyan looked really good that weekend and as a newcomer to Kala Talkee South, you don't really always know what to expect. But especially with a team as small as theirs, they definitely do not have the largest team as far as quantity goes in the conference. And so they play hard and they were really impressive over those three games. And from Auburn they definitely left a little bit to be desired, those three games. They have shown that, Stephanie Junba and goal is a force she can keep them in any game. And I guess that's what happens here. they've got players. Auburn has players. I think I mentioned it a lot on the broadcast. their captain, Gabby Donato, just all over the ice. It feels like she has the puck like half the game. And when you have players like that, like even if you're going against a team that people think may be a little bit stronger than you, these kind of results can happen. And good on Auburn for getting the series sweep at home. reclaiming that Home Life's territory in front of a lot of traveling Wesleyan fans and that'll be something for them College Hockey South: Hmm. Aaron Blank: to build off of. College Hockey South: Yeah, and something we saw in over the course of that weekend with Wesleyan, and it, manifested itself here, is that Wesleyan, while they controlled a lot of the play, I mean they controlled the play against every team they played against, right? they never put teams away. It was always close. And even though there was a pretty decent disparity in the shots on goal here. across both games. Auburn was hanging around, hanging around, hanging around. And in the first game, that this one's gonna sting a while for Wesley. And they were up four to two going into the third period. Gave up a five spot. Ugly one, ugly one. five unanswered to lose seven to four. Emma Jordan with two goals in the third period. and then Wesley and the flip side of the coin in game two they were trailing three to one late in that game, scored a couple of goals in the span of two minutes to to tie it a three and then, gave one up, 70 seconds later, ended up losing five to three on an empty netter. That was the one that, a team like Stephanie Jumba saved the day. Forty saves on 43 shots. and this is a very, very young Wesleyan team. and it's gonna be interesting to see how they rebound from this because it's easy when when things are going well to keep the momentum high, but you know, when you face a little bit of adversity and you kind of doubt yourself, this is when you're gonna learn about Wesleyan. And I've no doubts that their head coach and this team will respond in earnest. another or the the second in conference series was USF and Embry Riddle, another upset here. USF was undefeated. at M3 before this weekend or last weekend. And Embry Riddle took him down. Bob Joyce hockey baby. Bob Joyce, former Boston Bruin, sent that video to Guggs recently. It still doesn't seem real that he fought Chris Chelios, but it's a hundred percent true. And the guy's tough as nails. Played against Wayne Gretzky in the Stanley Cup final. I think that's kind of cool, if you ask me. Anyways, about about the game. Ember Riddle stormed out, 3 0 lead. USF made it interesting, couldn't overcome the deficit. Grant Dietz, scoreless in game one. What? What the hell? D Grant Dietz Wes Moore: Yeah. Well one of the things I've noticed in following USF hockey, also one of my good friends, Logan, is their play by play. And yeah, the the team kinda goes as Grant Deeds goes. So if he's scoreless, they don't really play as well. But even if he just gets one goal on, it's almost as if they're a completely different team. It it's really that's the thing with USF I feel this year. They're really dangerous when Deeds gets going. College Hockey South: Yeah, and as you mentioned, in game two, Deets did get on the board. but it was still more of a grit and grind, nip and tuck type of game, more of an embrydle style. you know, tied at two deep into the third, but then USF did a USF thing and they exploded for four straight goals, one six to two. and that's the thing about USF this year that they didn't really have an abundance of in years past with Grant Deets, is they've got secondary scoring. And I think that's a very scary proposition for other three teams. Is if USF can supplement the unbelievable torrent pace of Grant Deetz with other guys in their lineup, I think that creates a dynamic sort of similar to what Middle Tennessee State had last year. And speaking of them, man, they had a doozy, a doozy with Indiana over the weekend. The Hoosiers. they've this is good going back bunch years in a row now they've had this intra conference series. in game one, Guggs, we had this conversation last week, when Jordan said he didn't believe that you that that you Michiganed against Florida State. He was like a defenseman scoring a Michigan. no chance that happens. And then we see a defenseman score a Michigan on camera this time. So sorry, the Justin Beachler stole your thunder. Avery Gugliotta: This one actually counts. College Hockey South: Yeah, Justin Beatriller with a Michigan. this is back and forth game, multiple players thrown out. Super, super emotional affair between these two in this in this series. And Tommy Chonchikov, our man. Tommy Chonchikov scored the shootout winner four to three MTSU. game two, more of the same. Middle Tennessee State fell behind three times. including giving up a goal with fifty-nine seconds left. It was short handed. But they came right back. Well, not really right back, but fifty seconds later, with nine seconds left in regulation. And then our man Chunch. Our man chunch. score Wes Moore: Clutch Chikov. College Hockey South: Yeah, that that's our man. Tommy Chunchikov and congratulations. he and his wife are are expecting their first child later on this year. Wes Moore: Awesome. College Hockey South: and that that's a perfect segue because We get into the the series which I decreed the the Cade Buckley Memorial very interesting and we'll hear from Wes on this one. Florida Atlantic against one Towson. kinda like a sorta a men's division one team, Towson, kinda sorry. Wes Moore: Yeah, they're yeah, I mean FAU, don't get me wrong, M2 is fantastic. They're an awesome program. They'll compete again in regionals and the probably go to the national championship tournament again. But I'm also FAU broadcaster, so maybe a little biased in there. but this, I mean, it's a just a full-on performance of what M2 can do and what they can be this season. They're quick. they play a very Florida brand of hockey, which is very fast, physical, just whole all around speed. but it worked. I mean, it started fairly close. It was one to one for a little bit in the game, but then it FAU took over. I mean, they just kept scoring and scoring and scoring on at the end of game one, Ronan Keenan, he there's like 10 seconds left in the game and they're winning 10 to 1 at this point. And Ronan just goes goes length the ice and scores it with three seconds left. And it's just goals look to be coming easy against an M1 program. and then game two, it was really honestly kind of the same exact thing. Started close and then FAU just took over. but the big thing that happened in the series was all the fights that happened. in game one, Shake Eating just basically he took a hit or something. It was a little cheap. he didn't like it and he just starts absolutely wailing on one of the other players for Townsend, just full straight punches. Like it was crazy. And then game two, Blaze Pepe, he took a slash against one of the Townsend players and he didn't like it. So he starts throwing hands. he gets thrown out, I'm pretty sure. And then after that, I forget exactly when in the game, but Christian Cuccia took another cheap shot, just a bad hit or something. And he just starts throwing hands. so it was just a lot of a lot of fireworks, that game, that series in many different ways. College Hockey South: Yep, and we've seen it a a good bit in the early goings here of the college hockey south season. Teams aren't afraid to stick up for their teammates. And yeah, we've seen a lot of penalty minutes, but more importantly, Florida Atlantic getting on the right track here, 'cause they've got a big old series, a big old series coming up, and we'll talk about that in a little bit. Wes Moore: F GCU Who College Hockey South: Yeah. next This would have been a really good football game, well, at least on paper. I think Miami would would smoke UCLA in football in actuality, but Miami hosted UCLA. That was a big shake of the head from Aaron Blank there. We're not gonna talk about football right now. Aaron Blank: I don't think so. College Hockey South: We're not gonna do it. yeah, allegedly men's division two UCLA, at least that's what it says on the ACHA website. but we're not really sure. because their results don't get posted and they don't really post much on the in their Instagram unless their goalie is fighting, which it we we did talk up a bunch last week. there was some a lot of penalties here, but no goalie fights. that would have been sweet. but anyways, it was a typical Miami series, a little bit of good, a little bit of bad. in game one, Miami was up three to nothing, four to one and six to three. But they gave up three straight in the last thirteen minutes of the game and it ended up going to overtime. Ellian istoolen ended up winning it in overtime. and then a game two reverse. Miami came from two nothing down and then one five to four. A couple of barn burners, let's schedule this series again for, twenty twenty seven, maybe in Los Angeles. And speaking of that, I thought it was a cool note that UCLA and in city rival. USC will be playing at Staple Center. Well it's called something different now, but we're gonna call it the Staple Center they're gonna be playing there. I think it's after a Kings game. which is interesting. I'd like to see that happen a little bit more in College Hockey South, considering all the teams we have close to the South Florida area and Fort Lauderdale and also in The Tampa area. No, Avery is has played at the Lightnings Arena. yeah, let's campaign for more of those. last but not least, but maybe least, because we've got the least amount of information on this, because the streams were not good and or they did not post the stats online. So Wes Moore: Little bit of both. College Hockey South: FAU traveled up north, play Delaware and then Penn State Harrisburg. FAU, which you know has has struggled the past year and change now at this level. they won game one against a pretty decent Delaware team, three to two, and then kind of fell off the rails in the second game, seven to one. and then lost a really close game against Penn State Harrisburg. Love to dive into that game a little bit more since it was two to one, but like we mentioned, there's no information, no stats. take your Wes Moore: Yeah. the College Hockey South: best guess. Wes Moore: Yeah, and the thing with FAU three as well is they are very, very talented as a team. I've seen them play. I've seen them practice it. They they are very, very good. they just added Samson Asks too, who's put in a bunch of points for the team as well. but it's just like third period, they're a very different team in third period than they are in the first two periods. So It's if they can just get that consistency of playing great the entire game, it's gonna be a lot more close games and a lot more FAU wins and they'll turn their season around. College Hockey South: Avery, you were at a prison. How'd that go? Avery Gugliotta: it was pretty fun. I'm a criminal justice minor. So I'm in a corrections class and we got to go to the Hillsborough County Jail. It was sick. They had us like in the main area where all the inmates were. So I'm just like sitting there. They were like, we're business casual. So I'm sitting there in my like little outfit and like these prisoners are walking by me in their jumpsuits, like some of them have like tats on their face. I'm like, okay, like. I don't know, don't know if I should look at people, if I shouldn't. But we were safe. It was fine. College Hockey South: Probably not. Avery Gugliotta: Dude, I didn't know this either. They all had iPads. Not even kidding. All of them had an iPad and they were like doom scrolling. And they were like, Yeah, they get to watch Wes Moore: They were doom scrolling. Avery Gugliotta: TV and their iPads call their family. Crazy. It's not like the movies, but pretty, pretty cool to see. College Hockey South: it's two thousand twenty six. I Wes Moore: Yeah. College Hockey South: I told you earlier I thought some the guards would look at you and and and throw your ass in a cell because I think I would too. Avery Gugliotta: know, I was glad I didn't wear orange. I was like, I might be cooked if I was in some orange today. I might be like, that she's out. Put her back in solitary, but got out, good. College Hockey South: Yeah, l let's let's play it safe. Let's play it safe and not allow her back into society. I I think they would Avery Gugliotta: Right. College Hockey South: Anyways, speaking of society and getting back into it, we have weak Week nine, I believe this is week nine of the college hockey south season. and yes, what a week it is. It's gonna be very, very full. teams I believe are, you know, getting over their collective hangovers from Hollow Weekend. Tampa and and Avery. Well, you guys were originally scheduled now let's talk about this, Avery, because this as recently as a few days ago, was on the schedule on the website on the app. you guys were scheduled to play Maryland and Virginia Tech. what can you tell us about that now? Avery Gugliotta: Just happened to be scheduling conflicts. we were looking for games after Columbus since we couldn't go. we were able to schedule those games with them. They'd reached out. However, there was just issues with our team. we had a lot of people who weren't gonna be able to travel. So last minute. but not to fret, because we will actually be playing those teams come February. So we will be traveling up north and we're looking at, I think, one more team in there. I'm not sure off the top of my head what school it is, but we're gonna be traveling up north playing some teams. and I think it's honestly gonna be better for us playing in February, like closer to playoffs and stuff, just to get that little extra bit of competition, heading into playoffs. College Hockey South: Yeah, I think it's a interesting look at the the behind the scenes of the look who calls. Look who calls. Wes Moore: He's back. College Hockey South: There he is. Avery Gugliotta: He's back. College Hockey South: Anyways, it's an interesting look at the behind the scenes, 'cause these are things you don't really consider when you're talking about varsity sports, but when it's a student run organization, and you're the student part of student athlete comes first and there's various vacations or whatever going on, it can be really difficult to coordinate these schedules and to try and put things together at the last minute. So it's good to hear that you guys still have those games scheduled and you'll make them up because your team is is definitely trying to make your bid for regionals and nationals. So yeah we'll be keeping a close eye on that. speaking of keeping a close eye. Man, I'm just dynamite with these transitions today. Our game of the week, as previously mentioned, Georgia playing host to Alabama. Whew. That that that's a that that's a heck of a matchup. This is on the women's side, by the way. Alabama's only played twice so far this year, and it was a couple of losses to Wesleyan, which makes this even more interesting because Georgia's split with Wesleyan thus far. And Alabama's kind of been a thorn in the side of the Georgia program since they joined on and have haven't beaten the frozen tide yet. so this will be a very interesting one at Aikens Ford Arena. I don't know if you guys knew but that's how you pronounce that. Akens Ford Arena on Saturday and Sunday. Aaron, do you know if is Georgia playing this weekend? Aaron Blank: Georgia is playing, but they're in Oxford. they're College Hockey South: Ooh, okay. Aaron Blank: going to Ole Miss. So big game. College Hockey South: Going to all miss. Aaron Blank: Yep. College Hockey South: Is is that gonna be a night game? D do we know yet? Aaron Blank: It'll be a night game. It'll be a night game, yeah. So big weekend in College Hockey South: Okay. Well the the the Aaron Blank: Athens. College Hockey South: Yes, the Ice Dogs will be able to watch they the Saturday game, our game of the week will be at two PM Eastern. and they'll be able to wrap that up, maybe get a win, and then maybe see another win. elsewhere around the conference, we've got a tag team match player, basically. both M3 and M2 Florida Atlantic teams are headed to Hertz Arena to take on M3 Florida Golf Coast and M2 Florida Gulf Coast, not at the same time, which would be interesting. However, they're gonna be playing at at at sep separate start times. Florida Gulf Coast and Florida Atlantic. On the three side, they're gonna be playing at six PM and then at eight thirty PM or whenever the first game ends. two Florida Atlantic off of that sweep over Towson, playing against Florida Gulf Coast, the defending national champions. and they're coming off of a really like a helter skelter type of sweep against Tampa. that's the one common opponent that they have. And, both teams were swept by Tampa. So That'll be a very, very interesting one for sure. let's see, where do we go next? Where do we go next? Here we go. Up next, another big M2 matchup. Tampa traveling to St. Louis, and we send our deepest apologies to Tampa for having to travel to St. Louis. but they're traveling out to St. Louis. Take on Lindenwood, really the consensus number one team in the country for all of last season, shocked in regionals and didn't make it the nationals, but really a heck of a program. they've dropped some games early this year though. and one thing that has become a little bit of a a constant in these games with Tampa against the higher quality teams at M2. Is that there are gonna be a ton of penalties, a lot of nasty stuff, and that's been the case against Lindenwood. They've played three games in the last two years and they average a combined like sixty penalty minutes. I know back at the beginning of the season at the you know, the Acha so showcase in Lake Pl Lake Placid, is that what it is? Yeah. That game was particularly heated and the referees didn't want to let them go through the handshake line. They ultimately did. but expect more penalties and but you know what? More than anything, a good hockey series because these are two really good hockey teams. we have Kennesaw State and Middle Tennessee State playing a pair up in Antioch. Middle Tennessee State's been rolling recently. Looks like they're getting back to their form from last year after a slow start. got South Florida. Women's they've got their and this is a a common up common opponent for Gugs here. South Florida playing Florida State, that's gonna be their home opener. Whoa, interesting out of conference women's series. The Hawks, Arkansas traveling to Columbus to take on Auburn. Auburn's got some momentum after sweeping Wesleyan. And then Tennessee traveling to the Tar Heel State to take on those Tar Heels from North Carolina. pair games on Saturday and Sunday. who else is here, guys? What what else do you want to mention that's on the the docket? Avery Gugliotta: Another, you know, out-of-conference game. We have Emory Riddle playing Northern Arizona. Very that'll Wes Moore: That'll be a good one. Avery Gugliotta: be a good matchup. I don't know much about Northern Arizona, but you know, I'm loving these out-of-conference matchups between teams lately. It's it's fun to see, all of these teams in every division getting to play teams that we're not typically seeing. It's just like a new level of competition that I've noticed a lot in CHS this year. I don't know about you guys. I find it pretty darn exciting. College Hockey South: Yeah, most definitely. I think the fact that, all of our teams are now ACHA adds a adds that element of you're more incentivized to go and play these teams within your same division. considering the fact that the the rankings are computerized and these they're gonna be weighted by these results and it definitely benefits you to go out outside of your conference and to travel and to play different teams if you can. and yeah, as you mentioned, it's definitely very interesting. we'll see how Embry Riddle, they've been one of the stories of the early part of this season. They're traveling and out to Arizona to take on northern Arizona. I don't know much about them other than they're in the northern part of Arizona. other than that, your guess is as good as mine. Let's see where else Wes Moore: Guess we'll find out. College Hockey South: I guess we will find out. We certainly will, but we're rooting for our IC goals. Bob Joyce hockey baby. Lynn in Central Florida. That's an interesting one. UCF is Wes Moore: that'll be a good one. College Hockey South: UCF has had a had a really strong start. Lynn is coming off of a series win in Chicago against Northwestern. their strength of schedule hasn't been the highest, but they've, won more than they've lost. that's intra conference. Wes Moore: Lynn looks Lynn looks way better. They look really good this year actually. And the games that they won, even though they haven't played against direct schedule, isn't that high, but they still look good. College Hockey South: They look good. All right. Well you heard it here from Westmore. you know bad Wes Moore: They beat us four in a row, so College Hockey South: Yeah, I I I think the four of us here could probably beat three Florida Atlantic. Wes Moore: Lord. College Hockey South: Av Avery's actually part of a a a a really good team. So I I I think she's gonna be our she's she's gonna be our horse. Wes Moore: Yeah Take us home, take us home. Aaron Blank: I was gonna say, I was gonna say don't don't count on me. I was sucking wind in the second half of my rec game on Friday night, so don't expect much from Wes Moore: Who Aaron Blank: me. College Hockey South: you're talking about. You guys are gonna be our horses. you're leading the team in time on ice. I probably should have said this before the previews. but our three stars of the week for week eight. Tristan Barassa. Right? Yes, Tristan Barassa from Florida Atlantic. He went one and He made a good handful of stops, plenty more. but only gave it one goal against Towson. but the most notable thing about him in that game, he had three goddamn assists. Okay, I Wes Moore: Three apples. College Hockey South: I don't know if the referee was just was just feeling, if he was feeling generous because as someone who's been at the scorers table before, they'll just ask the players in the ice who wants an assist. So Wes Moore: I messaged him once I saw it, I'm like, Did you really have three assists in that game? I wasn't there. And he was like, Yeah, yeah. yeah, I did. One, three, and four. And I'm like, well, he knows the exact goals he got him on. So I'm sure he probably did have those three assists. College Hockey South: All right. Well, we don't want to denigrate the great name of Tristan Barassa, our first star Wes Moore: Ha ha. College Hockey South: of the week. second star of the week, Jason Duraesh from Miami. Four goals, two assists, six points in that wild series against UCLA. And our third star, Ellian istulin. Man, he's just been the face of Miami hockey for a while now. Three goals, three assists, six points. But hey, that was the end of October. on on Saturday, we had halloween. so three we have to give our three stars of the month, and Avery's definitely not one of for that performance on Halloween. Avery definitely ha you had a goal in in the month of October, so shout out shout out you. Avery Gugliotta: Shout out. Shout out. Wes Moore: Avery's not saying hey Avery's not saying anything too. That's how you know. Avery Gugliotta: realize that the best the best method when Danny Bomb's chirping you is just the silence because he'll just eventually start to laugh College Hockey South: Exactly. Avery Gugliotta: and it'll just die down and he'll get awkward. College Hockey South: Exactly. Don't don't respond and it'll it'll slowly die. but yeah, we need to get to our three stars of the month for October. and where else do would we start but who we had on today? Maddie Greenwood, back to back stars of the month, first star of the month, sixteen goals, seven assists, twenty three points in six games. What in God's green earth is going on there? Yeah, she dominated. She Wes Moore: Jesus. College Hockey South: She dominated in Columbus. Aaron can speak to it for sure. along with our second star of October, Grace Seaman. she had two separate seven point games. Friend of the podcast, Grace Seaman. yeah, just just ridiculous. and led South Carolina to a Columbus Classic Championship. And then, sort of a friend of the podcast, kinda had her on, Molly Braga. Ten goals, seven assists, seventeen points in four games played. And we mentioned this last episode, but I can actually confirm this. She's now the all time leading scorer for Tampa and in team history. Wes Moore: Really. College Hockey South: So shout out to Molly. She's our third star of October. Avery Gugliotta: Shout out Molly. Wes Moore: That's awesome. Avery Gugliotta: I'm probably not even in the top hundred scores and I don't even think we've had a hundred girls on the team. College Hockey South: you're definitely in the top twenty. you had points your first year. I don't know what's happened recently, but Avery Gugliotta: Maybe for penalty minutes, but anyways. College Hockey South: Anyways, we're gonna get to men's division two. Tristan Barassa from Florida Atlantic, man, he had a heck of a month. he's our first star for men's division two. He went three and one with a two and a half goals against average, nine thirty six save percentage, a shutout, and of course the three assists that we mentioned before. Second star of the month, Brady Beijer for Florida Atlantic, six goals, eight assists, fourteen points in eight games played. And then the big goofball, third star, Ronan Keenan, five goals, seven assists. For twelve points and eight games played, Ronan takes our third star in Wes Moore: he sent a he sent a College Hockey South: What's up? Wes Moore: puck at my face? he sent a puck at my face during the Townsend game? College Hockey South: men's division three, our three stars. First star, who else but Grant Deets? even though he didn't have a point in the final game of October against Embry Riddle, he still had twenty three points in seven games, nine goals, fourteen assists. His teammate Chase Cannings mark, similar numbers, nine goals, thirteen assists for twenty two points and seven games played, and then BJ Riccardi, who was just absolutely outstanding. in the battle at the beach tournament. he went five and three with a nine thirty nine save percentage, two point one seven goals against and two shutouts, all while getting very, very little goal support. and if I I think if Florida Gulf Coast is scores three goals every game, I think his record is would have been I think six and two at the very least. So yeah. I I think there's an argument for BJ Ricardi to be even higher on that stars list, but nevertheless, AC D C Cole Wyden from Florida Southern had eleven goals, nine assists, twenty points in six games played. Heck of a October for Cole. Kevin Tompikov, hope I'm saying that last name correctly, five goals, three assists, eight points in four games played, for that ice bull of the AC D C variety. And then Ryan Miller. Not Brian Miller, the former NHL or but maybe since let's listen to these numbers. He went 100-1. I think that's a shootout loss with a 935 save percentage and a 2.21 goals against average. Shout out to our three stars of the month in October. And of course, Chloe. Chloe tuna subvalente. Chloe Star kissed tuna valente. She always eats tuna fish before before her games. that's the backstory behind Aaron Blank: Huh. College Hockey South: okay. Now what I've guys we've gone we've gone long enough, but I'm I'm giving you guys some space here. Do we want to talk about the the hometown, hockey remix, whatever they were called, or do we have a different topic of conversation for the free space here as we wrap up episode thirty nine? The the floor is open to to you guys. Wes Moore: Yeah, nothing. Aaron Blank: What's you g what you what do you guys think's gonna happen with Kucherov? Where do you think he's going? Wes Moore: no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, not Boston. Stay, please. I beg, stay. I am on my knees. I am on my knees begging. Avery Gugliotta: Boston, Boston, Austin. Him imposta would be insane. Aaron Blank: Yeah. Wes Moore: No. College Hockey South: I I Avery Gugliotta: Yes. College Hockey South: I I'm just I would just be wary of that because of what the Bruins would have to give up to get Kucherov. I really, really like Hagens and Minton. and they're probably gonna have to give up one of those two guys to get him, plus a whole host of o other stuff. And I I I Wes Moore: Load of text. College Hockey South: don't I don't like the other I don't like the sound of that. I've also heard stuff about them and Dylan Larkin, which Wes Moore: I want yes, yes. We want Dylan Larkin. That is who we want. We're targeting him. Please, if it's not Kucherov, at least Larkin. College Hockey South: we won't have Kucharov, but let's take Dylan Larkin. Okay. Yeah, go ahead. but yeah, for the Bruins. Wes Moore: It the he's been great. College Hockey South: Yeah, Aaron, you know what, actually l let's talk about the hometown remix jerseys, whatever they're called. the Vancouver one I've seen get mixed reviews. I personally hate it. what do you think of Vancouver? Aaron Blank: It's interesting. I would have loved to see some green in it. but overall it is definitely not the worst jersey they've ever had recently. Like if you remember the Sprite the Sprite Can jersey from a couple years ago, Wes Moore: my god. Aaron Blank: it's better than that. College Hockey South: Gradient. Aaron Blank: So yeah, the gradient was that was something, but it honestly it looks a lot like Tampa's. just blue and black. I think the idea is that's supposed to be Wes Moore: Ours is fantastic though. Aaron Blank: I think the idea is supposed to be like the killer whale is in night kill mode or something, which is a real thing like that forcas into and I guess that has to do with it. It's like the Vancouver night or something, but in any case, it's a little bit different from the team. College Hockey South: If it requires if it requires that much of an explanation, I I just want to see a uniform and enjoy Aaron Blank: Yeah, yeah. College Hockey South: it. Aaron Blank: Yeah, it doesn't look terrible in the merch. I've seen the merch like the not the jerseys but just hoodies and stuff and that's not terrible. So, it could have been worse is my opinion on that. College Hockey South: Yeah, the Bruins nearly pulled off the poo poo PP uniforms. but they they they went with the matte yellow helmets, which was definitely a choice. I actually don't know what color gloves they're gonna be wearing, but I would assume it's gonna be some kind of Avery Gugliotta: Brown, they've brown gloves. College Hockey South: brown. All right, well, at least it's not yellow. but yeah they're Wes Moore: facts. College Hockey South: Yeah. Other than that, Florida took a real swing at it. Gotta gotta respect that. LA took a big swing. I really like Seattles. But if really any ugly, ugly Aaron Blank: Feels like the undisputed the the undisputed favorite, it seems like from everybody is Washington. The light blue and white ones. Yes, the ducksy. College Hockey South: I think the Ducks I see more people liking the Ducks. Wes Moore: the the ducks. The ducks was awesome. College Hockey South: The Ducks is fantastic. Absolutely. Washingtons is great. No no doubt about it. I'm trying to think of like the ugly the ugly ones. Aaron Blank: What you think about the the Pittsburgh one, the Avery Gugliotta: It was good. Aaron Blank: Pop Art? The Pittsburgh one, the pop art one. It's like light blue in in navy. College Hockey South: Yuck, yuck, yuck, Wes Moore: This doesn't work with College Hockey South: yuck. Wes Moore: Pittsburgh. Aaron Blank: It's supposed to be College Hockey South: yeah. Aaron Blank: there's an artist in Pittsburgh that's known for that art style. I think that's the story. Wes Moore: See, I just hate the Panthers. So I think theirs is terrible and it's horrible and it's awful and it just did not work. So Aaron Blank: I dig it. I dig I like the pink. College Hockey South: yeah. To be honest, when they're aware I hope a lot of this gets cut out because the episode's gonna be liter it's literally gonna be an hour twenty minutes long. If Wes Moore: It's gonna be five hours long. Aaron Blank: Yeah. College Hockey South: I might as well just record the outro so we can just talk about this without taking up recording time. But when they were out on the ice, it really just looked orange to me. I don't know. But anyways. Man, I hope we we see some more uniform roll outs. but on the on the club hockey side, Avery, your team debuted some new uniforms. I you guys are waiting for new or for your new players to get the Gasparilla uniform so that you guys can roll back out. which is awesome because, that obviously fantastic uniform. You guys won won a national championship and a conference championship with them. Hope to see those again 'cause they were fantastic. Well, and that's gonna just about do it for for us here on episode thirty-nine with Paige Ocas and Maddie Greenwood. Wanna thank them again for coming on. A couple of fantastic players with the Georgia women's team. and yeah, that that's gonna do it here here for us. for Wes Moore, Aaron Blank, Avery Gugliata, I'm Danny Baum. Thanks for joining us.