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Seg 3 - MHOC Show w Coach Cav Nov 25 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Inside Bears Smoke House Barbecue here in downtown Hartford, alongside
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  Speaker 1: head coach Mike Cavnot Adam Giardino with you thanks to
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  Speaker 1: Christian Antonio, alongside and Andrew Allison. Back in the studio,
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  Speaker 1: we dove into the two wins Boston College. You master well.
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  Speaker 1: Then on Saturday we dipped our toes into what was
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  Speaker 1: a one nothing defeat. After a game like that where
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  Speaker 1: it's one that, like you said, you played well, you
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  Speaker 1: probably thought you could have won that one. What do
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  Speaker 1: you say to your team after that kind of a performance.
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  Speaker 2: It's disappointing. It's a game that you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: that we played well enough to win, but we didn't
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  Speaker 2: find a way to win it. So you try to
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  Speaker 2: let them know. You know, it's disappointing to come out
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  Speaker 2: of there without the points, because there was points to
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  Speaker 2: be had. However, we have to stay focused still on
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  Speaker 2: the process, and we have to stay focused on you know,
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  Speaker 2: how are our special teams. We lost that game one nothing,
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  Speaker 2: and face offs are pretty good. We didn't give up
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  Speaker 2: any odd man rushes, We were pretty good getting pucks
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  Speaker 2: to the net, and you know, we didn't take any
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  Speaker 2: undisciplined penalties. So in a lot of areas we were good,
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  Speaker 2: but there's a lot of good teams in our league
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  Speaker 2: and you've got to be As the season goes on,
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  Speaker 2: I think you'll see that you have to keep building
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  Speaker 2: and understanding that we're going to be in a lot
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  Speaker 2: of tight games and you have to do the little
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  Speaker 2: things and find ways to have that just slight edge
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  Speaker 2: that gives you the advantage at the end. And we
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  Speaker 2: probably didn't do that as enough.
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  Speaker 1: On Saturday, after you lose a couple of games to Merrimack,
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  Speaker 1: you said, okay, the team, you could see that switch flip.
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  Speaker 1: Do you see when you lose, you win the next
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  Speaker 1: two games and then you lose to UMass Lowel on Saturday?
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  Speaker 1: Is there a different posture to the team after that
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  Speaker 1: kind of a loss of you know, okay, yes we lost,
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  Speaker 1: but we know where to go from here, versus maybe
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  Speaker 1: a loss earlier in the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's such a long season. I think that you
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  Speaker 2: can't let one loss derail your club. You have to
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  Speaker 2: be very pragmatic with your thinking. I believe and as
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  Speaker 2: a club we have to be a team that sees
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  Speaker 2: the bigger picture and not get paralyzed by one loss. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was disappointing, and that could be a loss type
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  Speaker 2: of game that you play in the playoffs that ends
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  Speaker 2: your season. And those are the things that you have
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  Speaker 2: to relay to your team and make sure that they understand.
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  Speaker 2: So if we have to play Lowell in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 2: which might happen, you know, and they're a very defensive team,
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  Speaker 2: and we understand that you're not going to get as
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  Speaker 2: many chances as you might against some other teams. You
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  Speaker 2: got to make your chances count and you have to
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  Speaker 2: have second and third chances, and those are the things
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  Speaker 2: that we have to learn, so, you know, and it's
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  Speaker 2: not you know, with this team here when I look
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  Speaker 2: back on our past teams, it's not you know, indigenous
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  Speaker 2: to this team here. It's something that for years in
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  Speaker 2: Hockey East. You have to have a bigger picture and
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  Speaker 2: look at the bigger picture and understand that if you
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  Speaker 2: keep playing well and you keep improving, and your power
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  Speaker 2: play keeps getting better and your penalty kill keeps getting
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  Speaker 2: better and your five on five play, you're possessing the
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  Speaker 2: puck and the offensive zone more than the other team,
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  Speaker 2: and you're not taking on disciplined penalties and you're not
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  Speaker 2: giving up odd man Russia's. If you stay with that
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  Speaker 2: and make that your focus, you'll be pretty good down
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  Speaker 2: the stretch.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up here in the show, we're going to talk
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  Speaker 1: to a couple of freshmen, and Kayden Shahan and Kai
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  Speaker 1: Jan Veria. We're going to talk to kay first. I'll
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  Speaker 1: ask you about him first, What if what has impressed
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  Speaker 1: you most about his play since he's arrived and you've
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  Speaker 1: gotten to see him for length in person.
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  Speaker 2: Well, with Kai, there is no fear. I mean you
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  Speaker 2: look at a player of his stature and there's never
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  Speaker 2: any fear in him. He goes back for pucks and
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  Speaker 2: he plays with It's funny because he's not reckless, but
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  Speaker 2: he plays the game on his toes and he's not
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  Speaker 2: afraid to make mistakes, and he plays with such confidence
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  Speaker 2: that it's one thing it's really hard to teach, and
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  Speaker 2: he has that Now. There's things areas of his game
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  Speaker 2: that certainly can improve, and he's a student of the
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  Speaker 2: game and he wants to continue to get better. And
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  Speaker 2: I love his energy that he brings to practice. And
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  Speaker 2: Chasey does the same thing. He's another one who you know,
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  Speaker 2: his game's built on speed and shooting the puck. But
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  Speaker 2: what he doesn't get enough credit for is how tenacious
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  Speaker 2: he is off the puck hill battle and you know,
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  Speaker 2: like does little things like slash across the icy ce.
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  Speaker 2: He's the one who has the most. He has a
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  Speaker 2: great feel of when to leave the zone and try
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  Speaker 2: to get a breakaway. He has probably our most breakaways
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  Speaker 2: this year because he knows when to take off and
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't compromise or his defensive responsibilities for offense. He
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  Speaker 2: does it at the right time. So he's a kid.
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  Speaker 2: I think it too that is just scratching the surface
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  Speaker 2: on how good he can be.
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  Speaker 1: And then for yeah, Kayden Shahan, I think earlier in
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  Speaker 1: the year you said he knows where to go with
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  Speaker 1: the puck before he has it. Is that that was
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  Speaker 1: your initial impression of him. Has that been pretty consistent
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  Speaker 1: from him throughout?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if that's necessarily his best strength.
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  Speaker 2: I think his is you know, Gardula is one of
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  Speaker 2: those kids who knows where he wants to go with
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  Speaker 2: it before. Trey Scott is a kid that has a
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  Speaker 2: great feel of where he wants to go with it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, our best is probably Jake Richard. He sees
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  Speaker 2: the game so quickly. But I think Shazy is a
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  Speaker 2: kid that he definitely understands the game and he's got
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  Speaker 2: a high hockey IQ, but he's just a he's a
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  Speaker 2: goal scorer and he's driven to get shots on net
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  Speaker 2: and score goals. And as he gets stronger and gets
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  Speaker 2: more comfortable with playing hockey east and just understands. You
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  Speaker 2: got to remember when you're a freshman and you're coming
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  Speaker 2: in and you've never ever played a game at Walter
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  Speaker 2: Brown or I'm sorry not Walter Brown at Aganis I'm
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  Speaker 2: dating myself there, or at alphond or Loler Arena. It's new.
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  Speaker 2: But once you have that under your belt, and that's
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  Speaker 2: why you see like Muldowney playing so well on Tattle Playing.
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  Speaker 2: They know what to expect when they go to those arenas.
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  Speaker 2: They know what to expect when they go to Lowell.
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  Speaker 2: They know what kind of team Lowell is, so it's
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  Speaker 2: very familiar for them. They're not surprised by so that
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  Speaker 2: I think will only benefit these guys as they go forward.
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  Speaker 1: Kai Jamboree is up next, Kayden Shae Hans to follow,
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll wrap things up with Mike Kavanaugh here
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  Speaker 1: from Hartford. You're listening to the Yukon Men's ice Hockey
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