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Episode 1: Welcome to College Hockey Mouth! · College Hockey Mouth

• speaker-0: Hello everybody and welcome to College Hockey South's newest podcast series, College Hockey Mouth. My name is Devin Sarah, alongside me, Danny Baum and Lizzie Pinogen for the pilot episode of this new series where we're gonna talk all things hockey down under in the newest conference, part of the ACHA this coming season. We've got a lot to talk about on this first episode, and you're gonna hear about the best across. The Southernmost Conference with news, interviews, results, standings, and discussion and promotion of the players, teams, staff, events, media, and much, much more as we get rolling with this twenty-five-twenty six campaign. So let's bring in our guests. First we're gonna start with Danny Baum. Danny, welcome to the podcast. How are you tonight? speaker-1: Devin, I rushed home from work to be here and I'm just I overjoyed. It was a long day of work, but talking to you about college hockey south, I just couldn't be any better. Great podcast name, by the way. Top marks, whoever can came up with the podcast names, clearly just a higher level of intellect. speaker-2: What a genius. speaker-0: I couldn't do any better myself. I think it was a very democratic process, but it came down to the wire. We were back and forth about this, but we needed a executive overruling. We landed on College Hockey Mouth. It obviously rhymes. College hockey south, college hockey mouth. ⁓ There's gonna be some harsh discussion and debate about it for our listeners. But hey, it's what we landed on. It's what we're gonna roll with for now. Regardless of the name. speaker-2: No, really? speaker-0: This podcast is going to cover all four of the newest divisions for College Hockey South, ACHA men's division two, men's division three, the ACHA's newest development conference, and the women's division that's expanded this year. And to start things off, let's talk to one of the players from South Florida's Division II women's team, Lizzie Pinogen. Welcome in, Lizzie, a College Hockey South All-Star this past season. You sort of are pinch hitting for us tonight. Emergency backup. We were gonna have Savannah Prefontaine, the woman's assistant commissioner for the league, but unfortunately she could not make it tonight. So you're up, Lizzie. How are you doing? speaker-2: Good. It was short notice. I was a little stressed, but I'm not gonna lie, I'm a lot more relaxed now that the whole thing started. I'm very excited to be here. I'm excited to be College Hockey Mouth. What a what a great name podcast. Sorry, I think we just have to go back to how incredible that is. And again, such a democratic process to vote for that, you know. speaker-1: I think we should just give give props to whoever thought of the name. speaker-0: You were one of the first people in the group chat to shout out that you liked it. But there was another name that you liked even more that nobody's ever gonna hear the light of day on. So the conversation ends there I guess, right? Yeah. Well, Lizzie, great to have you on. First in South Florida. You were one of the best players on that team last year. speaker-2: Yeah, that's true. Being on USF is so great. I have such a fun time every time and I thought that I actually thought that this week we were supposed to start the semester, which means that next week we were supposed to have our first practice and it kinda threw me into a little sad spike 'cause I realized I wasn't gonna see like my girls until like two weeks from now. Which I'm super excited. This will be my third season with the team, second season doing social media. But we'll have a lot of change because our founder And president again, another shout out to Bella Buintempo, who's now working for PWHL Seattle. She founded the USF Women's Hockey Club when she just was like, Hey, why isn't there one here in South Florida? Just 'cause it's Florida doesn't mean that you can't play hockey, as was evident by the men's team that were already there. So she founded the women's team. Huge shout out to her, 'cause without that, I wouldn't have like a big family just to kind of rely on because everybody there is so sweet and they're we're just really close and it's it's nice. It's kind of just like you get there and you just have an automatic group of like twenty friends and everybody's like having a grand old time out in the ice. Like we're skating hard, we're practicing hard, we're trying to benefit ourselves. I mean in the end it's just all for fun. speaker-0: U USF, a program that did a whole entire 180 in the past two years, and we're gonna get to your coaching staff and those awards a little bit, but tell me just about Coach T Tim O'Leary, who was named the coach of the year this year in Women's Division Two. This is someone that took your guys' program from pretty much just another shoe into the conference to being one of the best in it. Can you kind of explain what Tim's role has been for you as a player and your team as a whole? speaker-2: I mean, Tim honestly, he is like our foundation. Completely tore the whole team down, not even in like a negative way. He just tore us down and then started building us up. We all had like a pretty decent like skating foundation. So he worked on like skill sets from then and really gelling all the girls together because we had some new ⁓ freshmen who came in and he worked he just worked on collecting the team as a whole. He worked us all as a whole. Like all of the drills, you had to have at least like one other partner and you were working with each other and it was just constant like movement. I mean, he's done so much for the team. I don't even know where to start besides him just pretty much fixing everything. And he he's just an excellent coach overall and nothing we did or accomplished last season, how far we went compared to the previous ones. It would have never happened without him. So eternally grateful for that. I'm so glad that we'll be having him coming back this year too. 'Cause he's so fun to work with. He's just great. We loved him. speaker-0: What's a game from last year that stands out to you the most? speaker-2: The one g the first game that I think of is actually one where we were losing and I think we ended up with a losing score. We started getting like stressed, like breaking apart from our teamwork. And at the end he kind of just told us to remember how it felt because we just stopped listening to what he had taught us. We stopped working with each other and that's the really just the foundation of why we lost. And he didn't get mad at us, he just told us to think about it. And I think that worked for a lot of the girls, because a lot of the girls who I talked to, myself included and my sister included. We just kinda thought about it and we realized that there's nothing we can do. There's we can't help ourselves if we don't help each other first. So it's really down to the gelling. He really gelled the team together and a lot of the things he said were just so like simple, like they weren't overly complicated, but they just meant so much. And it helped us build a huge foundation. I think from then on, after we all kind of thought about how we were playing for ourselves and not for our team and not for each other, that's when we realized that we need to to fix this and we needed to continue on and help each other and play it as a team. And I think that was kind of the defining point. I think that was like the first or s not the first. I think that was the second or third game. But from then on we all kinda went uphill, which I'm really happy with. speaker-1: As someone from the Atlanta area, Lizzie, how did you you and your sister get into hockey? Because it's not a hockey rich area. speaker-2: No, not at all. I mean it was when the gladiators were well, even when they were around it still wasn't like incredibly hockey rich. But basically my sister and I were in like third grade and my dad was like, ⁓ my god, you guys need a hobby 'cause we had nothing to do. So we took us to a hobby shop and on the way there we j my sister s was like, Hey, look, a rink and we drove into the parking lot and it was the grand opening of Center Ice Arena, which is was in Sandy Springs, and then we started figure skating. And about a year later, this random guy was saw my sister and I skating backwards just at a public skate session and was like, You can skate backwards. Do you want to play hockey? And we were like, ⁓ sure. That turned out to be one of I guess now my second greatest coach, because Tim's coming to the picture. But he really started off. That was Adam Gora and he helped bring about a lot of good from Yeah, shout out to Adam. I'm just sending out all the shout outs today. Yeah. Just a lot of recognition 'cause there's so much good in the hockey community, but From then on, we just really kept playing. We joined the Lady Thrashers. We eventually moved down here because there's a lot of hockey. There's a lot of great opportunities, especially in college. And the main reason my sister and I decided on going to USF was because of Jack Hammer, the coach at Auburn Women's, because he went down and we were still playing for the Lady Thrashers. Him and forgive me, I can't remember her name. I just remember it starts with sure her first name is Jenna, but she was a coach, I wanna say for Michigan or something, Michigan Women's, and they just talked to us. And they were like, hey, we have all these openings with CHS, Auburn's women's division. We have University of South Florida, University of Tampa, and stuff like that. And I was like, ⁓ that's awesome. South Florida, that's by like the Lightning, by the way. Love Tampa Bay Lightning, go both. Anybody who says anything else or supports any other team over them is wrong. ⁓ nope, nope, nope, we're leaving that in. Thank you, Danny. Just for marking that. Anyways, basically Jack really speaker-1: Cut it out, cut it out, move on. speaker-2: kinda highlighted this area for us. My family just knew that we wanted to move to Florida. So him coming in and speaking actually fully convinced us to come and play hockey in the South and for a CHS because we heard such good things about the division actually before we did the school. So we just kinda knew that we wanted to play for this for the division actually. So speaker-0: Before we talk about Danny and his role within College Hockey South, we want to kind of explain a little bit more about the premise and what the show is going to be about. For this year, we're going to be focusing with a rotating group of co-hosts about the conference standings, the conference games. We're going to highlight great events happening around the conference. One of the things that I think was so exciting about the premise of this idea when we were talking about it starting, I think it was a month ago, Danny, was the process of highlighting one of the Premier Leagues across club hockey and its resurgence into well, there's a bunch of southern teams that were part of this other league years ago and now they're part of this. We're talking about the SCCHL, the movement of all of it. But it's grown into its own product and the media that this conference has put out routinely. over the last couple of years has been some of the best on social media. From the videos about nationals to the social graphics. I think everybody knows what College Hockey South is because of its media members. And that's what makes it so important. I think that's what we're gonna try and highlight throughout this entire year. With that said, we'll love your suggestions. We'll love the good, the bad and the ugly. We'll make bulletin board material for you and your teams and hopefully we have a lot of fun doing it throughout the campaign. Danny, I wanna ask you about your role within Kalachaki South. Welcome by the way. And if you wanna know anything about Kalachaki South, from the recent history to the long history to the inside and get a cool story, maybe not always a pleasant story, but he's got ⁓ Danny's your guy. speaker-1: It of births, addresses, social security. I'll I'll start ⁓ by saying this this is my third year with ⁓ Collegehockey South and really fortunate to still be involved and ⁓ valued enough by Kyle Nell, our ⁓ commissioner. Shout out to Kyle, another shout out. I don't think it's gonna be the last one this episode, but I I started back in the first season just as a writer from year one to year two. He'd made me the ⁓ You know, the head editor and everything that went on the website went through me first. And then my role kinda increased over the course of year two to where, you know, I was helping out with the broadcast stuff and social stuff by the end of the year. My title is director of communications, which sounds fancy and scary, but you know, I'm still getting used to it. But yeah, just overseeing a lot of different departments. Broadcast, social media, the graphics team, photography, writing. And it's awesome because we get to you know, flesh out a lot of different ideas I've had for the conference, ⁓ including this, which I think is, you know, awesome that we're gonna have ⁓ you know, th this podcast to really dive into some interesting stories and talk more about the hockey this year. And you know, surreptitiously it was just like out of the blue, Devin texted me and wanted to know if I wanted to start a podcast with him. I was like, believe it or not, we're thinking about starting one ourselves. So it was perfect. But yeah, I'm involved in just about everything. But also not at the same time, because I'm just an overseer. Well, speaker-0: The fusion of the mind, I think it was predestined that we were gonna start this deal. And I'm grateful that I got to meet you at the conference tournament last February. We were covering men's division two and men's three out at the Panthers Ice Den in Coral Springs, Florida. And what a tournament that was. We'll talk about that coming up in the show. I want to briefly mention that it's been so awesome to get to meet a lot of the great staff. You talked about Kyle Nell, who was so gracious to allow me to join the fray in January I started calling games with Florida Atlantic and then found myself helping out with the tournament later on in a broadcasting role on air. And coming from an ACHA background, I covered Central Michigan for four years in my university undergrad. I think what's been so awesome is to see the diversity of what there is across club hockey. Obviously AACHA is an abundant league with hundreds of teams, pretty much almost doubled in size now, but It's been awesome to get to know the players, the staff, the families down here, because right now where I am in South Florida, hockey is a hotbed. And it's like that in Georgia. It's like that in Tennessee. It's like that in Alabama. Hockey is on the rise here and it's not gonna be too much longer until we're talking about serious conversation about NCAA and higher media coverage. Our job here today is to briefly talk about what happened. with those teams in this league. Before we get to all of the craziness of the off season and everything that's happened with the ACHA move, let's talk about our conference champions, our national champions from last season and some of those award spotlights. Twenty four twenty five season wrapped up with the college hockey south tournament in February across men's division one and women's, which happened over in Georgia. Tampa became the three time reigning College hockey South champions. Pretty impressive run for them. Of course, going on to win the national championship out in Jacksonville. Danny, this Tampa team has been the talk in perhaps the most notable College Hockey South program the last couple of years against some really powerful division one teams in AAU. Georgia we're talking about, Tennessee we're talking about, but they were the ones that outlasted everybody. They had one heck of a run winning in their championship game five to two over Farmingdale State. speaker-1: Tampa just seems to be the standard. ⁓ they've kind of become the standard for club hockey. And it's and it's really crazy getting involved with college hockey south. I didn't know much or anything about the University of Tampa, but across all their teams, you look at last year, their division one team won the national championship, division two was a national semifinalist, and then their women's team was a national runner up for the second straight year. I mean, that's in a a crazy amount of depth. But the interesting thing about Tampa They've made it their third straight conference championship back in February. But they've had some issues getting over the hump at Nationals. You know, going in is a high seed. They've been upset a few times and, you know, didn't reach the ultimate goal. So even coming off the conference championship in Athens, it was still kind of like, Well, can they get it done? Like if you want to use an analogy like, will the Maple Leafs get over the hump or the Capitals pre twenty eighteen? Sorry, I had to draw that analogy. Sorry, Leaf fans. Will they will the Leafs ever get over the hump? Probably not. So was super, super impressive. I think over the course of their postseason playoffs and then nationals, I think they trailed for like seven minutes. Other than that, they were in control and they were super, super impressive. Tampa would be super interesting going into these new divisions this year. speaker-0: And you look at the job that head coach Nick Kuzlik has done in his last five years now. He has been a pulsating presence. I think without Nick, that program doesn't find the recruitment they do. The sacrifice that he's made to make Tampa what it is is impressive for a program that now has a story history. And as we see this transition, I think a lot of people have them circled across the ACHA. To see what they're gonna do in what some would argue is a higher league and what is gonna be a very competitive men's division two field. It always is every year. A hands down, one of the best efforts we've seen in club hockey from Tampa this past season. Speaking of one of the best efforts we've seen from a team, Florida Atlantic in Division Two finally broke through and won their first national championship out in Jacksonville. They did it writing one of the best records. Across the league, across the conference. Only one regular season loss there in high point, at least in division two ranks. And in the national tournament, they outscored their opponents thirty-five to five. Now, this was a team on a mission, Danny. Last year they lost to Florida where FAU was the talk of the town going into that tournament. Florida somewhat of an upset. I for FAU to get over the hump last year was incredible for that program and all their people. speaker-1: Yeah. And another team that had to overcome that feeling of, you know, can we actually do this thing? They're struggled to go past just nationals. Back to back years as a top seed in the CHS playoffs, they lost in the first round. Kind of inexplicably out of nowhere to all miss. They surrendered a late lead, ended up losing in overtime. It was a very, very shocking loss. And then the year before they lost to Clemson with it was a very good Clemson team, but still and FAU f they did not show any signs of nerves or like they were doubting themselves. Much like Tampa and the third team we're gonna talk about, who won the national championship from CHS, they were really, really impressive. speaker-0: An FAU staff led by Christian Long there. They are now looking at an ACHA field like Tampa that we're gonna have a lot of talk about when they play each other. We're gonna have a lot of talk about when they're in the same division as Florida this coming season. And we'll get to all of them in a moment. But South Carolina, you just mentioned in division three, woof. Joey Broshu led that group and they were dominant defensively, especially. You saw in that conference tournament, beat Florida. Went on to nationals, steamrolled their way through D three. They're gonna be a division three men's program that in a big field in the conference is gonna make a name for themselves. What a job by that crew. speaker-1: Yeah, especially considering that they were a first year team. This was Joey Brochou's first year as head coach at South Carolina. He does not have a loss yet. They went, I forget their final record, but I think it was up there like twenty five one. They tied their first game against Charlotte, UNC Charlotte, and then went on to win their last twenty five straight games. But it's the eye test more than anything else. You see the numbers and it's like, okay, well, they don't give up many goals, but you have to see The way this team rallies together defensively. The coaching staff was able to get these kids who were playing together for the first time the first year to just buy in. And they really bought in. And, you know, there were a lot of really potent offensive teams in that division three nationals field. ⁓ one of the most incredible stat lines I've ever seen, completely absurd, Brandon Abazov. I wish I could remember the the numbers off the top of my head, but it it was something like a hundred and thirty points in twenty four games. I swear, I swear he had a hundred points in twenty four games. It was ridiculous. They shut him down. They completely shut him down. I speaker-0: Obviously, Joey Brochie won coach of the year in a heck of an effort. They're going to be exciting to talk about. ⁓ Speaking of exciting things, they may never lose. They have it going on and it's not going to stop. But this women's division was one of the most competitive we've seen in past years. Alabama won the conference in only their second season in formation last year. Savannah Prefontaine, who will have on at some point in this show. was instrumental in the development of that group. Lizzie, bringing you into the conversation here, you guys saw these team. You know kind of the stories about ⁓ They had all of the practice jerseys playing against Auburn last year and then went on to win a conference championship. Tell us about what you saw in that group and what kind of your thoughts are on the women's division as a whole. speaker-2: I mean honestly, every game against Bama was just a very physical game. ⁓ they were all really well disciplined and every game we played was fun. It but it was very difficult and they know what they're doing with their physicality. They're very conscious with all of that. I really do commend them because I think they did a great job. I watched a couple of the games ⁓ in the Nationals. Bama was speaker-1: It's so hard to say something positive about them. speaker-0: We we appreciate your insight. Danny, former head coach Calvin Mansfield was very predominant in helping this program get to where it was. What's your reaction to a team's I guess we'll call it a turnaround, but I don't think that's the word to describe it. I think it's an explosion because they have put themselves on the map, I'd say nationally. Yep. speaker-1: Again, huge shout out. Big ups to Savannah and the ⁓ the founding members of Alabama because I hadn't seen them play at all going into the Columbus Classic last year. And a first year team, you you know, at this level, you you never know what you're you might, you know, stumble upon. They could be a pretty short bench. The uniforms may not be the cleanest. They they rolled in and I and I my jaw hit the floor. They they were an entire team. Their uniforms were clean and really nice. I I I messed with their their white jerseys. And they played like a team. Play it looked like they had been playing together for a while. So I'm not sure how they did it, but hats off. We should have Lizzie talk about Alabama more. speaker-0: I think that'd be a great idea. speaker-2: I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but that's giving me a migraine, so I'm not gonna worry about it. I don't know. I just get salty every time I got knocked on my ass and it would piss me off beyond belief, so speaker-0: Lizzie, what is your role with USF? Are you the glue teammate? Are you the hype person? speaker-2: Let's see. I feel like speaker-0: Your personality gives off, you get up in the middle of the room and get this team cracked up whatever hype music you need. speaker-2: Yeah, I know. We just play Freebird over and over again until we're locked in. Actually that's never happened, but I feel like that would work, especially since the Four Nations happened, with that being USA's goal song. Like yeah, that hiking it speaker-0: With my next choice to suggest, don't worry. speaker-2: Yeah. but I don't know, I feel like I kinda go back and forth, especially when we like at the beginning of the seasons, I like to go in with all of like the new girls and kinda make sure that they're not by themselves or they're not like excluded by the team. 'Cause I know like when I used to join teams when I was younger I'd struggle a lot with like trying to get in and fit in, especially if it was already an established team and the girls have been playing for a while. So like beginning of the season I'm kinda more focused on like the new girls and trying to say like hi, what's up? I'm Lizzie. This is USF. Welcome. ⁓ speaker-0: Recruiting specialist, Lizzie Pennaginier. speaker-2: Yeah, well, not entirely. I kinda I work closely with recruitment for USF. Our recruitment manager Summer, she's kinda that she's that gal this year. Last year we had Emily. She's also another graduate. But I don't know, I I kinda just like to be a friendly face. I'm okay with kind of being further in the back. ⁓ 'cause I think that a lot of people, like our captain this year, Jules, who was directly trained by Bella, are more fit to like run things up front. But I just kinda like to be social, hence the social media manager. role that I kinda picked up last year. ⁓ kind of like the middle of the season. I don't think I have a set role. If I do, someone let me know. But I just kinda st in the locker room. I asked for clear tape a lot. That's kind of my role. I'm like, hey, does anybody have clear? 'Cause I refuse to buy it. I steal a lot of clear tape. That's probably my best role. speaker-0: I think from what we can tell, Danny, she's a glue teammate. She's the she's the mold. Thank you. But very important. As is your sister, Lauren Pennogen. Hopefully we can get her on the pod at some point as well. Hey, this is what every show does in the pilot. They try out things, they throw it at a wall, and most of it doesn't stick. So So for the next part of this segment, we're gonna go over some of the player and coach awards in College Hockey South this past season. Starting with men's division one, the MVP was named John Riggins of Bethpage, New York. Ford from South Carolina had 44 points this year, 22 goals, 22 assists. Former National Championship MVP led all Division I skaters in goals and points and was pretty much the backbone of an explosive South Carolina four track. Goaltender of the year was named Ryan Tostino from Ackworth, Georgia. Had a.926 save percentage, going ten one and three with a two point zero nine goals against average. Coach of the year was Tennessee's Drew King, and the Ice Fools won nine of twelve conference games in twenty-four or twenty-five, finishing second in the conference. Turning things over to men's division two, the MVP was Grant Dietz, South Florida person. Lizzie, I know you're familiar with Grant's. He had one heck of a college hockey south tournament. He definitely looked like the best player on the ice most of the time, and he's only a freshman. Tell us about Grants as a player. speaker-2: Helped a lot with the broadcasting last season for the home games and I did the camera work and it was just so fun. It was so fun watching him. He's just a really great player to wa I don't like know any other words than to just say that because it was awesome. He had such good chemistry with his line mates, anybody else that he was thrown out on the ice with. He was quick. He would always put the wheels on. ⁓ my god. Every single time he was out there, he he's just not a lazy player. He doesn't have a lazy bone in his body. He'd get out there, he'd do what he he'd do more than what he could. And he really helped that team out immensely. Alongside the coach of the year for men's D two, which I believe was Joe Rhodes. speaker-0: I think that segue is perfect and it's ironic that we brought you in in the emergency backup situation. We just happen to be talking about South Florida a bunch this episode. Joe Rhodes turned around a South Florida team that absolutely struggled last year. I think they went five and sixteen. We talked about Grant Dietz's amazing freshman sea season, but this person has a lot to do with them turning a corner, being a front runner for the conference and national tournament last year. Heck of a job by South Florida. It's gonna be exciting to see what that program becomes in men's division three this year in the ACHA. Speaking of men's division three, the MVP of the conference last year was Christian Cuccia, the Flemington, New Jersey forward for Florida Atlantic, had one of the craziest stat lines that I've heard in a while. In only 20 games, 25 goals, 42 assists, 67 points. He all but cleared everybody by More than double. Danny sounds like a guy that is gonna be prominent for that FAU program going forward. But when you look at a sideline like this, it it can't help but jump off the stat sheet. speaker-1: Devin and I were working the division three side of the playoffs, ⁓ down in Coral Springs back in February. And man, he those stats don't lie. He he is a a player that absolutely jumps off, you know, the ice. Your eyes are drawn to him. And they ended up losing in the semifinal to Florida. And Florida was playing a really good team defensive game and looked like they were just squeezing the life out of FAU. But, you know, Cooch Kucha found found a way. You know, through all the great defense and struggles he had in the early stages, he f he found a way and t I still think he had two points. So goes to show the kind of offensive horse he is. speaker-0: Christian Coochia had some big goals throughout that tournament. And had it not been for some Florida heroics right at the end of that semifinal, I think we would have been talking about a South Carolina, Florida Atlantic College Hockey South D three final, but Florida ended up getting the upset in that one. Turning things over, goaltender of the year was Matthew Silliman from Florida State. Speaking of playoff performances, this guy was nuts. Whites out in the regular season, point nine one four save percentage, did a heavy load. Fourteen of seventeen Florida State sculpt games he played in last year, and he led division three in wins. speaker-1: Absolutely studly. Saw him in at All Stars in Nashville a few months after the playoffs. The the All Star teams were comprised of division one, two, and three. So division three goalie, maybe you look around and say, Yeah, maybe he's not up to the level of the other guys. But no, he he shined. He is a dude for sure. So Matthew Silliman, look out for him this year. Brick wall. Totally. He's a brick wall and also just like ⁓ he's a very kind person. He was very nice to me. speaker-0: Awesome to see I know head coach Ryan Smith pride himself on guys with character at Florida State. I think for Ryan Smith and that program, they've got some real great things to look forward to. They'll be part of the ACDC conference this coming season. I can't believe we skipped over this guy in division two. Rocco Bruno, back to back, goaltender of the year, unanimously, by the way. He had a goal in the Battle at Beach tournament also in the regular s early part of the regular season, Rocco was spotted a couple I think it was a week ago, taking one on ones against the Detroit Red Wings Patrick Kane, one of the greatest American born players ever. As a Red Wings fan, that brought a lot of joy to my heart. What do you mean? speaker-1: Yeah, he was getting stopped. speaker-2: Yeah, he was Bruno Straps. speaker-0: True. Very true. Rocco put on the fight. I you saw on social media, the hockey house, college hockey buzz, a lot of people reposted that clip. Awesome to see Kaner in that role. And Rocco, I think we're talking about a guy that can go three peat for goaltender of the year. We'll see kind of how the voting committee goes through. I know there's a limited amount of teams in division two, but if he stands on his head, we're talking about national recognition here. speaker-1: Well, he's he's got some competition for sure. Even even though it is three teams in that division two, there's some really good goaltending talent. So he's up against it, even though the field's smaller. speaker-0: So our final division to highlight from last year was the women's. Claire Carson, a freshman from the University of Alabama, had a lights out season at thirteen games, twenty six goals, fifteen assists, forty one points. Lizzie's grinning over there that we're still talking about Alabama, but of course we are. speaker-2: No, cause it's a winning score, especially for being a freshman. Like you're joking, forty one points in a brand new team? That's awesome. Like that's so speaker-1: Because you're you're you're a defenseman. You see you and you guys played Alabama a couple times last year. You see fourteen coming down the ice at you with the puck. What are you thinking? Or or are you thinking anything? Are you just like you don't see numbers or people out there? You're just a machine. speaker-2: I see the puck and I I want it a wing from the blue line really bad. I just yeah. I just kinda go for it. I speaker-0: You're gonna say I'm gonna steamroll her, but ⁓ Lizzie's got a written script. We we wrote what she should say about Alabama down. Don't worry, guys. We're gonna get our first bulletin board material of the year from Lizzie over there. Talking about Claire Carson, the Burlington, Ontario native, in an inaugural team and conference play, had I think one of the better campaigns, and it's only gonna get better, especially now that going to women's division two. We'll see what kind of speaker-2: No way. speaker-0: competitiveness Alabama has. That women's division two in ACHA I know is predominantly crowned Canadian teams with Sioux College and a Cinnabon, but you never know what player like Carson can bring. Savannah Preeb Fontaine's called Claire her little Canadian recruit turned lifelong friend. So we'll have to ask her about that when we get her on. Danny you had some thoughts on that? speaker-1: Yeah, just talking about the women's division. I th I think we're getting into a really exciting season, not just because of joining ACHA, but also kind of after it's the division is leaving its infancy and kind of going into its toddler years, if you want to use that terminology. You know, it it was a only six teams, I believe, the the first year. ⁓ and then there was a few added last year and then we're adding more this year. There there's way more attention on it now. So I I think you'll start to see a lot more parody and the talent level across the division now that more people know that hey there's there's women's hockey in the South and we can go to these big schools, you know, the Georgias, the Auburn's, the Alabamas, now Florida and Florida State, and you know, we can play competitive hockey at a pretty decent level. So I I wouldn't be surprised if this year and, you know, the years following, you know, we'll start to see a lot more. Even ⁓ talent distribution and closer races. speaker-0: Quickly going through the rest of the awards for the women's division. Goaltender of the year, Ana Jorayas out of South Florida, the third South Florida person we've mentioned. Great goaltender this year in 24-25. Won six of her first seven starts, and was another big reason for the turnaround in this South Florida program. And then coach of the year was Tim O'Leary leading the Bulls to a 10-5 record after they turned it around from a three-and-five record to last year. We're sure to hear about Tim a lot more this coming season and the Bulls are gonna look to repeat it was a great year and compete for a college hockey south title. Switching things over in the show, let's get to the big giant elephant in the room news that was College Hockey South and its 46 members teams moving to the ACHA. The return of most of these programs to a league that hosts over three hundred programs across the nation. It's the first time that we're gonna see teams back in the ACHA in a long, long time. Danny, Lizzie, a big decision by Kyle now and the conference leaders to transition over into this league. What is your first impressions of the move and what do you look forward to most in this new era? speaker-2: I mean my first impressions were yes, yes, we need I think we needed some change. It definitely came just in time. And really the the thing I'm most excited for is just more competition. I think it's gonna be so much more fun. We've got so many more teams this year than last year and the year before. So it's gonna be grand old time. Big competition and it's gonna be wicked. speaker-1: Wicked. I echo that that sentiment. I mean, Lizzie said it, it's a wider scope of competition, which is ⁓ very exciting. And you think about it from the perspective of South Carolina, Florida, Atlantic, and Tampa who just won the AAU national championship. It seems like a natural progression, right? Like you you conquer one league and you move on to the next. I'm sure it's very exciting for them and for everyone else. When when you scheduled the games against ACHA teams the past few years, what they were in actuality were glorified exhibitions, which can be very helpful and I'm sure the the players took it very seriously, but now there's tons more meeting to play these teams and man it's gonna be very exciting. Also speaker-0: What's notable is that besides the four new divisions, it's also a new era for the ACHA in the American Collegiate Development Conference, the ACDC, which is gonna host in College Hockey South this year as many as nine teams. We'll get to those guys in a moment, but let's start division by division, breaking this down what it looks like. Starting with men's division two, you've got two former AAU Division One teams. Well, what's gonna be An AAU Division One team and FAU makes up Tampa, the Owls, Florida Atlantic, and Florida. And perhaps the front runners of this conference. First reaction to this, we talked about Tampa earlier in this. They're prominence in club hockey as a whole. You hit on the nail on the head with the previous championships. These teams, however this conference looks, however their schedule looks, it seems like they're gonna be out to prove something as there's gonna be a transition period. I think the ACHA might overlook some of those Top teams in division two, the teams that are here, but we all know that there's firepower among these three rosters and they're all well supported programs, both in their coaching staffs and their volunteers, their media, they're the real deal. speaker-1: I'd have to imagine that all three of those teams and really all teams from CHS are going into ACHA with a chip on their shoulder and you know, with a lot to prove. It's some people's perspective that the ACHA has been the top league and now that ⁓ CHS is re entering it, it's ⁓ time to show ⁓ that they can hang. So we'll see. speaker-0: Certainly. And one team that comes to mind is Florida Atlantic being historically a men's division three team. They made a couple of appearances at nationals in their ACHA history dating back as far as twenty nineteen and beyond. So it'll be exciting to see that. Talking about men's division three, we've got the Mammoth Conference. Twenty teams make up men's division three this season in the likes of both Alabama and Hunts Alabama Huntsville. Austin P, Central Florida, former AAU Division II squad, Clemson, Eastern Kentucky, Embry Riddle, FAU, who was a Division III team last year in AAU was gonna jump to Division Two and will be one of the teams to watch out for in this conference. Florida Southern, Kennesaw State, Lynn, Miami, Middle Tennessee, the Division Two Conference Champions from last year, beating South Florida in that championship game, which by the way, we didn't touch on that earlier, but A split division two championship game. We had ice issues on the main rink out at the ice stand, rank one, and everybody from players, media, fans staff had to rush over to the other rank and finish tournament game. I don't think I've ever seen anything like that in my life. speaker-1: Yeah, sidebar. It was the very last game of the weekend. We had we had pulled off most of the playoffs that weekend in Coral Springs without a hitch. And we had gotten to the second to last intermission of the entire playoffs. And you know, we're we were talking to some of the people that were running the tournament, like, hey, this is going pretty smooth. All of a sudden someone comes running over, like the Sam Boni just broke down in the ice. And now that was that was part one. And then part two, whoever was operating It yeah, it it broke down on the ice and then the guy who was driving to Zan Boni left the water on. So he melted a giant hole in the ice. So when he finally moved to Zamboni, the ice was unplayable. So we sat around for like, I don't know, probably an hour, maybe more, and then a beer league game got cancelled because the goalie didn't show up and we all had to shuffle over to I think it's the figure skating rink and the ice den. Yeah. So that was the most club hockey thing I I think I experienced last year. One of the speaker-0: More tricky situations, but Colin out everyone handled it gracefully. Middle Tennessee led that whole game and ended up ⁓ showing off a little bit at the end there. Big celebration. Congrats to the Blue Raiders on their championship in Division Two. Moving on, Ole Miss, South Carolina, the reigning national champions in Division Three from AAU. Still undefeated, by the way. As you mentioned earlier, Danny, led by Joey Brochue and that crew. South Florida, Tampa. Tennessee and Vanderbilt. So you've got a huge plethora of teams. Most of these are in their probationary statement, most of them won't be eligible for nationals. But this conference will have perhaps the most to talk about of anybody in terms of who's gonna be able to knock off South Carolina. speaker-2: Devin, I think we missed out one thing we have to announce and that's that ⁓ there's a mystery team joining the league. So that'll be announced soon. speaker-0: Side note for the edit, the team that was announced is Florida Gulf Coast joining College Hockey South in Division three, a historically prominent ACHA program, multiple time nationalist appearances. We're very excited to see the Eagles join College Hockey South this year in Division Three. speaker-1: Yeah, but anyways, division three, big, big division, a lot of teams. I'm sure it's gonna be very difficult for those teams to navigate 'cause up until a few weeks ago it was a lot less teams that they were gonna have to, you know, compete with ⁓ in the standings. Now it's ⁓ really good from a player's perspective, Lizzie, do you think you'd rather have a division that has fewer teams, but also fewer playoff spots or more teams and maybe a little bit more playoff spots? speaker-2: I think starting out that was kind of the case with the women's division. I'm glad we started out I started out at least with like a s like a smaller league. ⁓ but now that we're growing, I think that it's way more fun to have way more competition and having how many teams did you say? What thir you said thirty? Twenty? Okay, 'cause I was like, thirty sounds insane. No, twenty teams, I think that's well enough for me personally, but ⁓ I don't know. I kinda like it. I like having big leagues 'cause then you get to speaker-0: Twenty teams. speaker-2: Kinda I don't know. I don't know. I like bigger leagues. I think that it's more fun. It's more competition. It's more open to whatever. You don't get too comfortable in those settings 'cause when you have smaller teams and you play against them like multiple times, like four times a season, then you kinda know what's up. I kinda like being thrown in and not knowing what's going on. So I just think it's more entertaining. speaker-1: There you go, the the the chaos the chaos league. speaker-2: Yeah, the chaos league. I can't wait for that. I'm gonna watch every game, bro. speaker-0: Our second biggest league next to the size of Division II is women's division two. A lot of good names in this division. We started with ten teams and we've got four new additions. Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Miami, Oklahoma, South Carolina, USF, Tampa, and Tennessee, with four new additions to the conference this year. Florida. Florida State, Kennesaw State, and Clemson. So as much as we've talked about in the early part about the growth of this conference, this is a microcosm of what's to come in women's hockey. The ACHA has already committed a lot to expanding opportunity for women's hockey. I think the talent has shown to getting better each and every year. And college hockey south, one of the biggest now in the ACHA, period, in women's division two. Lot of exciting stuff. Lizzie, initial reactions to we asked you about the ACHA, so we're gonna take this in a different spin. What do you think is the competitive level that we could see from this? I think a lot of people are expecting teams like Tampa and Alabama to be the front runners, but fourteen teams is a lot and I think we could see some parity down the line. speaker-2: I mean honestly, I remember I think it was like a I can't r I think it was like a scrimmage setup between University of Tampa and University of Florida this past season. That was hosted at Amelie, actually, ⁓ which is how I figured it out. But I know that it was really, really close between them and seeing as Florida doesn't have their team like fully solidified, I think that that's gonna be an interesting matchup against really any team there. So playing against UF is gonna be a challenge, I think, this season. Guess Alab Alabama too, singing as Claire Carson was a freshman, I'm sure the rest of her team is just as good and just as strong of a player as she is. And let's see, who else? U T. UT's always been strong, but I'm not sure about Florida State, Kennesaw and Clemson, but regardless, I'm equally as excited to play against them. I think it'll be super fun. Any new opportunity is an opportunity that I'm gonna walk into with open arms. So it's gonna be a grand time. Can't wait. speaker-0: Out our discussion of the change to the ACHA is the new conference, the ACDC, the American Collegiate Development Conference, nine teams this year with Embry Riddle, Florida, who was the College Hockey South D3 tournament runners up last year, Florida State, Florida Tech, Jacksonville, Miami, Rollins College, St. Leo, and South Florida. There you go. You get a little bit of parody there, and the ACHA's role, from our understanding. They announced this only a few weeks ago that they are committed to providing programs that maybe don't have the necessary funding, the rink location, the resources to adequately keep up financially with some teams that are more, I guess, well off. Like not every school, as we're aware here in club hockey, is supported by the university. Not every team has a convenient setup for practice and equipment. Florida and Florida State have to drive. hours to go and practice and play games in Jacksonville. So that's a big hit for them. But we know predominantly Florida State, a lot of these programs are campaigning to maybe get a rink close to campus. They've got great alumni support systems. So it doesn't mean they're going to be there forever. But it's a great it's great to see the ACHA commit to supporting programs that maybe don't have immediately what they want but are building for the future. speaker-1: Yeah, absolutely. I I think that's ⁓ one unfortunate ⁓ reality of ⁓ club hockey right now is that some teams, especially in the south, don't have ranks that are in reason within the campus. So there's a pretty decent ⁓ drive time to get there. So in the future if that can become something that is cut down and it can become a lot more convenient, I think that's where we'll see more growth with these teams. speaker-2: I think it's great that they have something that's creating more platforms for hockey, like Danny said. I mean, some places in the South just aren't as accessible to have ranks open for just whoever, whatever team, no matter how committed you are, to play at, especially 'cause it's the South, you need more money to play in. God knows that I know about that. Finding more about the management aspects and women's hockey. I mean, it's difficult, but it's great. I'm sure these teams are just So grateful to have the ACDC to help him out, to rely on for this season. It's gonna be great season. Those are some great teams. I remember ⁓ from last year. I enjoyed watching those games. speaker-0: It goes without saying you've been thunderstruck. We had to do it. It's A C D C Everybody's gonna be thinking about the band. What is your guys' favorite A C D C song? speaker-2: Even waiting the hook. I'm basic. I mean you said Thunderstruck. It's gotta be. I mean I work for the lightning. I'm so used to it. I'm sure eventually I'll get tired of it. Okay, okay, Mr. Double NHL team for you said you're Bruins and what? Who else? Black Ox. Bruins and Black Ox. Pick a side, buddy. Pick a struggle, honestly. I do. No, you don't. You have two! speaker-1: Yeah. Can we get the show back on the rails? I'm sorry, well our our guest is well, I guess I'm a guest too, so speaker-2: Yeah, yeah. speaker-0: Not A C D C related, but we are going off the rails on the crazy train. Rest in peace, Rock Legends born Absolutely. God bless. By the way, what a final concert. The send off back to the beginning. speaker-1: Can you imagine being one of the other people on stage with him knowing like he's doing this, like he wants to do this because he knows he's gonna go? Like that must be like a crazy emotional thing. speaker-0: Do you guys think Ozzy Osmour knew about D A Cha? speaker-1: ⁓ you took that in a different direction than I thought. speaker-2: Yes, a hundred percent. I thought he was gonna g I thought he was gonna be like, Do you think that he knew that he was gonna die for sure? I was like, No, I yeah. Sh we can say yes. He knew all about the ACHA and he loved the ACHA. He actually was gonna come out with a song about the ACHA, but he kinda kicked the bucket before, so he couldn't release it in time. Unfortunately. speaker-0: Ozzie Osbourne was a notable Saint Louis Blues fan, so I wonder if he knew about some of the teams over there like Mizzou, Missouri State, ⁓ speaker-1: I think I think he he really was looking forward to CHS All Star Weekend, but was disappointed when Lizzie didn't make it. I think he was devastated by the speaker-0: just gotta say it briefly, TNT. TNT is probably one of the best hype songs ever made, in my opinion. But Thunderstruck's a good one. And we know there's people in college. You know what Thunderstruck means when it comes on. You gotta you gotta get it going. That's all we're gonna say about that. Some notable conference departures this year that we'd like to mention before we move forward with the show. Georgia, Tennessee, Old Miss, Auburn, Alabama Georgia Tech all will make up the return of the SECHL in the form of the ACC's Southeast Conference. A new conference in partnership with the Atlantic Coastal Conference. These teams will compete in ACHA men's division two. Some big things we've talked about. Last year's results wrapped up a lot of the talk of the offseason, which was the ACHA, introduced to what we have to look forward to. And we've got a lot on the plate for a very big year, perhaps the biggest year since College Hockey South's inception, starting with the Columbus Classic, September the nineteenth through twenty first at the Columbus Ice Rink in Columbus, Georgia. The field of teams expands this year from six to eight teams, making up the Tampa Lady Spartans, South Florida Lady Bulls, Georgia Ice Dogs, the Auburn Tigers, the South Carolina Gamecocks. The hurricanes and the Alabama frozen tide and making their debut. Tennessee Lady Ice Fools. Two-time rain defending champion of this tournament is Tampa. Pretty much have had their way with this. Now, Lizzie, you're gonna be part of this. speaker-2: will say really quickly that I'm so happy that Tennessee's in the division. I used to play with one of the coaches who I'm not sure if she's still there this year, but Emma, she played for the Thrashers a little bit. She also played, I think, up in Shattocks. So I'm really excited to see where she takes that team. Also with South Carolina, I know they've been in the division for a while, but USF has not gotten a chance to play against them. So I'm really hoping that we finally get our chance this year. I'm really hoping. So I hope to see them in Columbus. speaker-0: Next up in the major tournaments, Battle at the Beach, October 25 through 26 at the Panthers Ice Den in Coral Springs, notably, where we're going to crown our college hockey south champions. This tournament though makes up eight teams this year with Tampa, Lynn, or should we say, we're going to go through the team and their division rank. Tampa in M3, along with Lynn in men's three, FAU Division III, Florida Tech in the ACDC, FAU Men's Division II. Embury Riddle men's three, Florida's ACDC, and Florida State's ACDC team. So you've got a mixed bag here of different divisions. Danny, Florida Atlantics men's two sticks out like a sore thumb, but we know Battle at the Beach brings a lot of fun activity and usually draws a great crowd. speaker-1: Yeah, and rivalries. you know, the rivalry seem to be can be a a a great equalizer when there is a perceived advantage for one team or the other. And I I think you look directly at Lynn as a team. It's the rivalry is called the Battle for Boca. I believe the campuses are about a mile and a half apart with FAU and Lynn. So who knows what we'll see. It'll be a fun weekend regardless. I'll always look forward to that. speaker-0: The Veterans Cup will be next in November from the eighth to the ninth in Huntsville. The Huntsville Ice Sports Center in Alabama. Four teams in this one, Alabama and Alabama Huntsville, Middle Tennessee, and Tennessee. All men's division three teams. Follow it up at the start of 2026 with the Savannah Hockey Classic, January 16th to 17th, from N Market Arena in Savannah, Georgia. We presume men's division two Florida is gonna play in this tournament. Although it has not been announced yet what the tournament looks like, the four teams in that. And then moving to our ultimate tournament, the College Hockey South playoffs, February 27th to March 1st from the Panthers Ice Den in Coral Springs, Florida. Big thing to note about this tournament this year, every single division, all four, will be competing for their respective titles under one roof, under one weekend. It's gonna be a lot. It's gonna be Presumably chaos, but we know Commissioner Kyle now is excited about the opportunity. Danny, you're smirking over there about what this is gonna look like. speaker-1: just worried about the Zambonis and in the place. The last thing we need is a Zamboni to break down on one of the ⁓ ice surfaces. But no, it it's gonna be I I can't imagine what the atmosphere is gonna be like. All four divisions are having their playoff tournaments then I'm sure it's gonna be an extremely chaotic and incredibly fun weekend if you love hockey. speaker-2: That's what I was thinking. speaker-0: Hopefully we ⁓ find out exactly what those tournament times are gonna look like and I hate to be the schedule maker for that. We're all gonna be on site for that tournament and we hope that you stick with us up until the beginning of March and heading into the great beyond as we look to start a new era here in twenty five, twenty six. speaker-1: I wanna add another fun sidebar. So the first time Devin and I worked together, we were doing the division three playoffs together and there was a first game was on a Thursday night in February. I don't know exactly the night, but I'm sure most people will because it was happening the exact same time as the Four Nations championship game between US and Canada. I I think Devin was doing color commentary and I was working the camera and US and Canada went to overtime and literally I I'm working the camera with my right hand and as a professional, I'm still working the camera perfectly, by the way. You ca you guys can look it up on YouTube. Devin and I were watching the overtime on my phone pulled up and ⁓ I actually missed the OT goal. I I was following the play and then I looked down and Canada was dogpiled in the corner. But anyway, that was Fun little fun little sidebar. speaker-2: Not everybody's gonna be pissed at you, now that they know it's you. You just outed yourself, buddy. Good going. speaker-0: To be fair, he did do one heck of a job keeping his composure. I think everybody in that building was still locked into what was happening in Coral Springs, obviously, but you know, we heard the applause from afar. If from some of the Canadians, mostly a American crowd. Obviously, we know Matt and Brady Kachuk played in that one and Matthew Kachuk and the Florida Panthers went back to back second consecutive Stanley Cup. So there was a lot of favoritism there, but speaker-1: I know our producer's happy about that. Our producer's a a big time Panthers fan. speaker-0: Gavin running the sticks here. We'll give him we'll give him his thoughts here about that. speaker-2: Sorry, sorry, Gavin's a Panthers fan. speaker-0: No, I'm a I'm a lightning fan. speaker-2: That's what I thought. This is why Gavin's my dog. speaker-0: ⁓ and you know ⁓ personally, I love Matthew Tech when he's got USA on his chest, but if he's wearing a Panthers, he could end up on the IR and I'd be okay with it. speaker-1: That's the debut of producer Gavin. speaker-0: No hesitation, right on top of it. Also should mention, guys, we got the stadium series happening for both teams. Panthers are gonna play the Rangers in South Florida. The Lightning are gonna play the Bruins in Northwest Florida. What about the club teams? I mean, what is the prospect that we could get some club hockey teams out in Lone Depot Park in South Florida and James Stadium? I think we'll get some electric atmospheres going. Somebody's gonna have to pitch that to the schedule makers, the event coordinators over there for the stadium series. What would you be your guys' ideal stadium series college hockey south matchup? speaker-2: I think I'd want FAU in there purely 'cause they won last year. It'd have to be FAU. I don't know, that's a good question. speaker-1: See, I'm I'm gonna give a a biased answer and I I should state this out front. South Carolina alum. But I I'd think South Carolina against Clemson, Williams Bryce Stadium, and Columbia, South Carolina would just be tremendous. I think that'd be an incredible atmosphere. Maybe someday. speaker-2: If you're lucky, not me, not my dream. But whatever. Sorry, that was kinda s No, please, guys. No, I love Danny. Danny's speaker-0: Yeah, two and left in. You've said too many things to not have something. Lizzie, what's your ideal stadium series matchup? speaker-2: ⁓ I mean again I said I said it it's gotta be FAU 'cause I was really invested into FAU. Well FAU and US F. I mean honestly I I'd have to. I love US F with all my heart, but FAU was just so every game they played I was so invested in. Like I wouldn't let people talk to me and be so like locked in on it. So I think it'd have to be FAU and US F at Raymond Jane's 'cause it's close here. speaker-1: What about Tampa against USF Gasparilla Weekend? Lizzie, as as someone who has experienced it, explain to the people who what Gasparilla Weekend is like. speaker-2: Gasparilla weekend is just a big excuse for a bunch of grown adults to get on pirate ships and have a stilly goofy time by walking around the streets of Tampa. I don't know what it's massive. It's huge. Every like everybody does that. They have kids gasparilla too. and it's just like bunch of it's just a parade after parade after parade, blah blah blah. Lots of beads, lots of water, lots of pirates. speaker-1: ⁓ Right. speaker-2: Lots of people. It's just crammed. That's all it is. And it's great. It's awesome. Although s it's kind of like a tradition, I guess, for like South Florida hockey and Tampa hockey to always have a tournament, Gasparilla Weekend, which I think is one of the decisions of all time. But I still love Gaspy Weekend 'cause it has the Gaspy tournaments. So speaker-1: That's another good segue, Devin. It's not a CHS ⁓ hosted event, but there is the Gasparilla tournament on Gasparilla weekend, obviously hosted by USF and Tampa. Yeah. speaker-0: Where runs deep, it's bitter in college hockey south. I think that's one of the most underrated. Absolutely. You're right. Hasn't I wouldn't say hasn't gotten talked about. I think College Hockey South has covered Gasparilla to the fullest extent. But anybody that's from Southwest Florida knows that anytime you step on the ice battling for the pirate ship, it's a big event. Uh-huh. I would say my ideal stadium series matchup, maybe a bit of one that if you're a recent American conference fan from NCAA football, I would have to say UCF and USF in Raymond James Stadium. Central Florida and USF. I remember being in high school watching UCF and USF battle it out for and I think that would probably be the spectacle that would get thousands of people out. Certainly some good picks here though. I definitely like Denny's idea with South Carolina, but maybe we'll some of these ideas go to air. Lizzie would like it if she was playing in it. I think that I think we can make that happen. speaker-2: Say it. I don't Well, here's the thing. I'd like to play in it, but I've thought about the logistics. It's like February in Florida in a stadium outdoors. So I feel like I'd I'd be so immensely overheated, it would be outrageous. I think I'd just have to lay on the ice the whole time 'cause it's just speaker-1: That's when the Bruins and Lightning game is. It's in I'm pretty sure it's in February. speaker-2: No, I think it's February first. It's insane. I I feel so bad for them, but also like publicity, it's it's gonna be fun. But it's I I don't know how they're gonna run that. I don't know how the logistics of that whole thing's gonna be. I've thought about it a lot, c considering that I'm ice crew, but like I just have no idea how they're gonna how they're gonna handle that. It'll be interesting to find out though. I I hope they like release something on exactly how they like controlled the temperatures. speaker-0: We understand that this episode has been heavily about the move to ACHA, the conference results from last year. As we continue on with the podcast in the future, you're gonna hear a lot more about school traditions. Some of these programs have done a phenomenal job marketing with their social media staffs and bringing out students across the college hockey south. You're gonna hear a lot about that this season. You're gonna hear from other players. We're gonna have a lot more news for you, not just about the big standings and the I guess bulletin board material of Kalachaki South. So a lot more to come. This was a wild episode. We were all over the place. But I'm grateful to get started. Thank you to Danny and Lizzie for coming on the podcast. Guys, any final thoughts as we wrap up this ⁓ plane ride that nearly nosedived into the Atlantic Ocean? speaker-2: Wanna say thank you for having me on, even though it was super short notice. Thank you for giving me the eBug status. Really quick shout out to the McKenna Way nonprofit here in Florida. Some of us USF girls came and joined for McKenna Brown's ⁓ third celebration of life a couple weeks ago. And it's a great program down here in Florida and they're really involved with ⁓ us here at USF. So I just want to say thank you to McKenna and her family, Miss Cheryl, for just being so involved with us. And again thank you to Devon for having me on here and giving me this opportunity. speaker-0: The offseason is wrapping up. The season is just around the corner. We are less than a month away from playing college hockey. Club hockey is college hockey, and we're happy to follow it as we go on. We'll have some more cool things that happen this summer around College Hockey South. But Danny, we hope to see you on here again soon if you want to come back. speaker-1: That's my final thoughts. speaker-0: Your final thoughts. No, they're not a lot. You're gonna be writing a lot, you're gonna be talking about this a lot. What are you looking forward to most this upcoming season? speaker-1: Love to see and hear new names and and faces. So breakthrough players across every single division. The new teams excited to see how they do. ⁓ and something I I'll ⁓ change topics a little bit to what you said. This is ⁓ this is the pilot episode and we just wanna we wanted to make it informational and to fill everyone in on the changes there were this offseason. ⁓ and I believe the the tone will be a little bit different going forward, so it won't be as information heavy will be a lot lighter. So give us a chance, we'll provide ⁓ something good for you here. speaker-0: Yeah, they're gonna have a headache from hearing us talk so formally by the end of the But you need a notebook to follow along in this one. But we promise it's gonna be speaker-2: Pick a notebook. speaker-0: A lot more fun and talking about tradition that is around College Hockey South. As we welcome in the newest league to the ACHA. It's gonna be a wonderful season, guys. Thank you for listening to episode one of College Hockey Mouth, a College Hockey South podcast.