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Bulldogs & Greyhounds sit atop the OHL + chat w/ Generals voice Jack Moore - The OHL in 60 Podcast · The Armchair GM's Sports Network

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to the Armchair GM Sports Network.
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  Speaker 1: we always want to hear. your thoughts and opinions on
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  Speaker 1: the week. So we appreciate your support as always. Brandon
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  Speaker 1: Caputo and Colin Ward are with you to break down
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  Speaker 1: week three of the OHL season, 20, 26, 27. One
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  Speaker 1: team remains undefeated and got some top dogs pun intended, uh,
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  Speaker 1: top the East and the Western conference. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: welcome on as well. Oshawa generals voice, the Jack Moore
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  Speaker 1: a little bit later on today in segment two, give
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  Speaker 1: us a chat about a young Oshawa generals team that
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  Speaker 1: three and three right now, and they've been competitive, coming
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  Speaker 1: off of obviously a tough season last year and having
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  Speaker 1: the first overall pick in Kane Cloutier. So with all
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  Speaker 1: that said, Colin, we're in the month of October. The
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  Speaker 1: Halloween candy is already in full effect. It's football season.
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  Speaker 1: Baseball playoffs are underway. The NHL season is now underway.
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  Speaker 1: But week three of the OHL is what we're here
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  Speaker 1: to talk about today.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's underway. Week four is underway soon. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the season has flown by. It's wild. This is a
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  Speaker 3: month into the season this week. The thing to that,
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  Speaker 3: how fast that's went is crazy. I mean, I always
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  Speaker 3: say this. I was talking to my girlfriend, Liza, after
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  Speaker 3: the home opener, driving home and over opening night. And
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  Speaker 3: I said, like, you know, it's wild. It's going to
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  Speaker 3: feel like next week is Christmas. It's all the first
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  Speaker 3: half of the season always flies by. Like if it's
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  Speaker 3: the opposite jerseys at home, whatever it is, it feels
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  Speaker 3: like it just flies by. And it's been quite the
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  Speaker 3: run here on the show as well to start things off. Brandon,
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  Speaker 3: three great guests to start the season. Can't ask for
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  Speaker 3: much more than that. And a lot of feedback from
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  Speaker 3: Mike Stubbs, the voice of London Knights last week, joining
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  Speaker 3: the program. So that was nice to see a lot
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  Speaker 3: of feedback from that interview. We enjoyed it. Brandon and
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  Speaker 3: I enjoyed it just as much as, as you, the listeners.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what a blast and what an insight, you know, like,
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  Speaker 3: and I can't wait for tonight with Jack, another great interview,
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  Speaker 3: another great person to have a conversation with around arenas. No,
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  Speaker 3: with the being with the Bulldogs, you see them six
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  Speaker 3: to eight times a year in Oshawa.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: So, This should be a fun one tonight, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I'll try to facilitate as the referee here for an
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  Speaker 1: East battle, Bulldogs and Generals here.
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  Speaker 3: I'd get in trouble from Reed Duffy for not asking
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  Speaker 3: Jack Moore any college football landscape questions.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to ask him about his Buffalo Bills,
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  Speaker 1: because I know that was a tough one yesterday. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's a big football guy, you know, former
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  Speaker 1: Laurier Golden Hawk as well. So we don't want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about Western here. He'll probably leave the show, so.
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  Speaker 3: And we don't want to talk about that this week either.
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  Speaker 3: Queens came into town.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yikes. So let's quickly give a rundown here for the
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  Speaker 1: listeners and viewers here for today's show. As we mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: OHL headlines is going to kick us off. We've got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of headlines to go over, usually do at
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of the season. We'll see how far that
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  Speaker 1: takes us. And we'll get to the Sudbury Wolves being
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  Speaker 1: the last team in the 68-0 race and the Brantford
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  Speaker 1: Bulldogs and Sioux Greyhounds as the top dogs right now.
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  Speaker 1: I'll talk a little bit about them. We'll go over
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  Speaker 1: the performers of the week from the OHL as well.
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  Speaker 1: Colin and myself will give our stick tap of the
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  Speaker 1: week as well for player that we want to give
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  Speaker 1: a shout out to. As we mentioned, Oshawa General's voice,
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  Speaker 1: Jack Moore is going to join us and we'll finish
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  Speaker 1: off with power rankings as always. And our Friday night
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  Speaker 1: face off prediction and Colin, we got to get redemption
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  Speaker 1: after last week.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I messed up accountability. I will own it.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not going to shy away from that. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the dogs come barking when you fail, right? And they're
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  Speaker 3: the first ones to let you know. It's like that meme.
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  Speaker 3: you know, the meme that you get on social media
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  Speaker 3: when you're, when, you know, like when unfortunately something happens,
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  Speaker 3: you get like zero texts, but when your sports team loses,
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  Speaker 3: you get like 350 and your phone just blows up. Um, well,
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  Speaker 3: that's a Denver Bronco fan, but yeah, that, uh, that's, um,
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  Speaker 3: that's how it went this week. And, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: deserve it. The dog should be out barking. Um, it
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  Speaker 3: wasn't good enough and that's accountable ability. I'm not going
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  Speaker 3: to do a Dylan Larkin and request a trade, but I'm,
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  Speaker 3: I'm there, you know, I'm here. And, uh, It's on
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  Speaker 3: to this week. It's on to this week. And I'm
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  Speaker 3: confident with this week. I'm confident with this week. We're
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  Speaker 3: going back to the hammer. That's how confident I am.
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  Speaker 1: Yep. It's going to be an interesting one in the
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  Speaker 1: Midwest division. We'll finish off with that on today's show.
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  Speaker 1: So let's get going here with the headlines. We got
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  Speaker 1: about a thousand to go over, but obviously a big
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  Speaker 1: one here for a coach that you'll both you and
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  Speaker 1: I respect a lot here. Ryan Ulihan of the North
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  Speaker 1: Bay battalion has been named the head coach of team
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  Speaker 1: CHL for the CHL USA prospect challenge. coming up in November,
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  Speaker 1: taking place in the queue this season. Really exciting for him.
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  Speaker 1: He was an assistant when it was back here in
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  Speaker 1: London a few years ago, but obviously Ryan Ulihan has
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  Speaker 1: aspirations of becoming a coach in the professional ranks as well.
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  Speaker 1: He's probably next. Right now he's continuing to lead the
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  Speaker 1: North Bay Battalion. I know they're off to a rocky
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  Speaker 1: start a little bit, but obviously this is well-deserved for
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Ulihan.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, this is absolutely well-deserved, and it's funny. The
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  Speaker 3: two teams I saw in person this year are kind
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  Speaker 3: of off the rock. He starts in Brampton and North Bay.
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  Speaker 3: So it'll be interesting if we touch in a little
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  Speaker 3: bit on that. But North Bay, North Bay, like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: for Ryan Ulihan in particular, he's probably the next up-and-coming
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  Speaker 3: coach to the pro level, right? Like, we saw you
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  Speaker 3: say a hocus. We saw Jay McKee. And by the way, congrats, Cheese,
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  Speaker 3: on your first AHL win on Friday evening against the
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  Speaker 3: Belleville Senators, Andrew Campbell, Matt Turk, and the Gangs of...
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  Speaker 3: that was definitely a fun one for him. I sent
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  Speaker 3: him a couple of messages about it. If there was
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  Speaker 3: any gentlemen's bats or something on the game, but yeah, no, that's,
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  Speaker 3: that's cool for Ryan with a hand. They'd be in
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  Speaker 3: that conversation to go to the next level. These are
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  Speaker 3: the types of games. You kind of got to put
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  Speaker 3: your name in the hat, right. Name the draw for
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  Speaker 3: get the job. And you got to prove yourself at
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  Speaker 3: these events, right on the big stage. This will be
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  Speaker 3: the center stage. It'll be the big event at the time.
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  Speaker 3: And I think for him to get that opportunity, you're
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  Speaker 3: going to showcase the, your skillset as a coach. And
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  Speaker 3: that's a first and foremost to get that opportunity to
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  Speaker 3: move up. And I think that the only time, like Brandon,
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  Speaker 3: if we were to say last year, Ryan, I got
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  Speaker 3: a pro job too, with that, with the other two,
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  Speaker 3: when Jay McKee and you say, Oh, cause would we
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  Speaker 3: be surprised? No. So right on the hands right there
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  Speaker 3: on the cusp. And we saw Jay McKee joined the
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  Speaker 3: staff last year. Maybe Ryan, a little hand follows suit
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  Speaker 3: this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I know you're a big fan going back to
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  Speaker 1: his grand Rapids Griffin days as a player.
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  Speaker 3: So probably still play for the Red Wings.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe he should suit up because they definitely need it.
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  Speaker 1: But I promise you I wouldn't bring up the Red
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  Speaker 1: Wings on the show for your mental health this year.
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  Speaker 2: It's okay.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, accountability. I'm not going to run from it. I'm
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  Speaker 3: not going to run from it.
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  Speaker 2: You're a good captain.
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  Speaker 3: What are people going to do? Kick us when we're down? Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Now I know what Buffalo went through, Brandon.
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  Speaker 2: And you know what?
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for kicking us when we're down. We're just going
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  Speaker 3: to pick fourth anyway. Like if someone says about the
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  Speaker 3: draft lottery, here, I'll one-up you. We're not going to
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  Speaker 3: pick first. We'll pick fourth. The Red Wings don't win lotteries. There,
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  Speaker 3: I'm already on the wagon for picking fourth, and it
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  Speaker 3: is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll move on here to Cornwall, everybody's favorite topic.
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  Speaker 1: We've got the games coming up next week where the
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  Speaker 1: Steelheads are going to be facing the Frontenacs and the
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  Speaker 1: Ottawa 67s. But actually, Kingston comes to Brampton this week
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  Speaker 1: to play them. Here are the jerseys that the Steelheads
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  Speaker 1: are going to be wearing for the two games that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be playing in Cornwall. Colin, what do
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  Speaker 1: you think of the jerseys A and B? I know
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  Speaker 1: you're a little bit concerned about possibly, you know, what's
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  Speaker 1: going on with the ticket sales there in Cornwall.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that's first and foremost. I think it was
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  Speaker 3: like 36 bucks a ticket for the games. So it's
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  Speaker 3: a little bit on the higher side for the Ontario
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  Speaker 3: Hockey League. I would like to see it about 10
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  Speaker 3: bucks less. You know, you put it to 28, 26 bucks.
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  Speaker 3: You get a chance to get everybody there, pack the building.
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  Speaker 3: You want everybody to experience it, not break the bank, right?
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  Speaker 3: For two tickets, you're looking at 45 bucks after tax.
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  Speaker 3: So to go to a game, for, uh, 80 bucks,
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  Speaker 3: 90 bucks for two tickets like that. That's, that's too
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  Speaker 3: much in my opinion, going to an OHL game. Um,
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  Speaker 3: I think that you gotta, we gotta remember here is
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  Speaker 3: no HL. You want to grow the game. You want
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  Speaker 3: people to go dream to play for, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: Brampton steelheads that grew up in Brampton. You grow, you
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  Speaker 3: want to dream. You want kids to dream, to play
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  Speaker 3: for that team. Right? Like, so I feel like you're
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  Speaker 3: kind of taking that away. I know there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of tough, uh, tough crowd so far in the year.
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  Speaker 3: I know it's early in the season. There's a lot
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  Speaker 3: going on yet. It's still nice weather. People don't want
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  Speaker 3: to be indoors in the arena. If you can stay
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  Speaker 3: outside a little longer and have an extra campfire, I
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  Speaker 3: don't disagree with you. So maybe that's a little bit too,
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  Speaker 3: but for Cornwall's sake, I hope. And like you say,
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  Speaker 3: this is still a week and a half away from
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  Speaker 3: the actual event. So when this happens, when this happens,
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  Speaker 3: like maybe next week at this time, it's sold out, right?
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  Speaker 3: And it's an OHL and 60 effect. But I feel
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  Speaker 3: like I feel like it, I'm not going to be
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  Speaker 3: panic on the panicking on this a week from now,
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  Speaker 3: but for Cornwall, I love the jerseys. Remind me a
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  Speaker 3: lot of Saginaw. So that's interesting. I think at first,
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  Speaker 3: if you didn't have Royals on it, you think it's
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  Speaker 3: a Saginaw spirit alternate with the stars and the blue,
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  Speaker 3: red and white trim. You would think it's Saginaw, but
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  Speaker 3: I love the, I love the Royals logo. I think
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  Speaker 3: it's a great way to brand the game. And I
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  Speaker 3: hope it's a sellout.
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  Speaker 2: I hope it is.
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  Speaker 3: Because it would be very unfortunate if it wasn't, right?
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  Speaker 3: So I hope it's a sellout from a league standpoint.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not saying Brampton's moving. I'm not saying that. But
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  Speaker 3: you took the lowest attendance and you put them there.
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  Speaker 3: We already touched on that last season. That's old news.
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  Speaker 3: But it's got to work. There's got to be an
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  Speaker 3: OHL team that works in the GTA.
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  Speaker 2: Um, where is it?
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  Speaker 3: That's, that's the question mark. I'm a fan of, you
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  Speaker 3: know what, put the, put a team in Cornwall. If
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  Speaker 3: it sells, put a team in Chatham, boom, it's easy
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  Speaker 3: on each side of the market. If you can sell
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  Speaker 3: it out and Chatham, right? Like that, that's an extra market.
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  Speaker 3: You're going to, I'd rather get 3000 seats full in
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  Speaker 3: a Chatham than only getting a thousand in a, the
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  Speaker 3: Toronto area. So that's the way I look at it
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  Speaker 3: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think we can have a deeper dive on that
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  Speaker 1: in a week where maybe we don't have a lot
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  Speaker 1: going on. Cause I think it is a, it is
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  Speaker 1: an interesting discussion about, you know, the, the, the league
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  Speaker 1: really wants teams to succeed in the GTA because it's centralized.
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  Speaker 1: And I understand that, but yeah, well, I guess we'll,
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  Speaker 1: we'll have a debate about that later in the year.
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  Speaker 1: So that there's a little, a little forecast for you
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  Speaker 1: guys about a topic to expect you're going for. We
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  Speaker 1: got way too many headlines to go over today. Coming
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  Speaker 1: up to in a couple of weeks. Oh, those are
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  Speaker 1: always fun, too. That's that's a great segment we bring
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  Speaker 1: around the Halloween time. We'll probably have some Halloween candy
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  Speaker 1: for that. I quickly want to go through a couple
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  Speaker 1: of alumni stuff here, Colin. I'm just going to quickly
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  Speaker 1: whiz through this and then we'll we'll keep going here.
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  Speaker 1: Evan Bouchard, obviously former London Knight, continues to impress with
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  Speaker 1: the regular season score sheet with a three point night
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  Speaker 1: against the Canucks, became the 11th player in the past
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  Speaker 1: 80 years and the first defenseman ever to record at
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  Speaker 1: least eight points through his first team defense. team's first
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  Speaker 1: two games of a season. So great there for obviously
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  Speaker 1: a London night.
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  Speaker 2: Great.
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  Speaker 1: And playing with, with Connor McDavid, another OHL.
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  Speaker 2: Great.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's taken him a few years to get
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  Speaker 1: going here, but one of, if not the best offensively
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  Speaker 1: gifted defenseman in the NHL.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Brandon. Absolutely. He's the best offensive defenseman I have
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  Speaker 3: saw in my lifetime watching London night games. So 28 years,
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  Speaker 3: he's the best defenseman offensively that I've saw as a
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  Speaker 3: London night. He, everything he does, he controls, he controlled
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  Speaker 3: the game in a rocking chair. And I, I think
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  Speaker 3: that's the thing about Evan Bouchard that kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 3: even with the Oilers, you get, you see the criticism because, Oh,
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  Speaker 3: maybe he's a little bit too slow reacting to pucks,
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  Speaker 3: but that's just the way he plays the game. And
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  Speaker 3: the NHL is a lot faster. And obviously you're putting
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  Speaker 3: up points like that, but he's so good with the puck.
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  Speaker 3: You never see him lose pucks much. He's so sure handed.
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  Speaker 3: So I think Evan, I think the sky's the limit
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  Speaker 3: for Evan Bouchard. I think it's a blast to see
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  Speaker 3: him have the success. with the Edmonton Oilers and the
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  Speaker 3: National Hockey League because he's been so good since junior.
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  Speaker 3: And I mean, the world juniors, like everywhere he's been,
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  Speaker 3: he's been an elite contributor offensively and he's been respectable
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  Speaker 3: defensively as well.
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  Speaker 1: For sure. He's going to have another great year, maybe
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  Speaker 1: a hundred point season with the Oilers. We'll have to
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  Speaker 1: wait and see their OHL alumni on AHL opening night rosters.
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  Speaker 1: There are 170 former OHLers are on the opening night
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  Speaker 1: roster in the American Hockey League. So really good stuff there.
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  Speaker 1: And if you guys are centralized and you want to
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  Speaker 1: go see, you know, the newest AHL team in Hamilton,
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  Speaker 1: Keishon Aitchison, Isaiah George are going to be there. So
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  Speaker 1: Liam Foody and Liam Foody as well. So there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of OHL connection there with that team going to Hamilton.
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  Speaker 1: And we know the story history with the Bulldogs that
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  Speaker 1: they had in Hamilton as well. So they continued their
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  Speaker 1: ties in the OHL.
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  Speaker 3: I just give a shout out Owen Burnell. He never
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  Speaker 3: got it. He never got the post introduction post. He
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  Speaker 3: never got, he never got the acknowledgement with the new gigs,
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  Speaker 3: but new he's a video coach at Hamilton hammers as well.
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  Speaker 3: Spent a lot of time at the Brantford Bulldogs, Hamilton Bulldogs.
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  Speaker 3: I've gotten to know him pretty closely, so I want
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  Speaker 3: to make sure he gets his credit as well. The
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  Speaker 3: new video coach of the Hamilton Hammers. I know, Brandon,
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  Speaker 3: you've met Owen before. Great dude. So it's really cool
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  Speaker 3: to see him get the job with Hamilton along with
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  Speaker 3: Vince Lace and Jay McKee.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the ties there are deep. From the former Hamilton
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  Speaker 1: Bulldogs franchise now to the Hamilton Hammers. So, yeah, congratulations
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  Speaker 1: to Owen on that. And then lastly, for alumni today,
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  Speaker 1: we've got Kevin He making history, the first Chinese born
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  Speaker 1: player to play in the American Hockey League. He was
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  Speaker 1: the first ever Chinese born player, highest drafted Chinese born
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  Speaker 1: player into the National Hockey League. And he continues to
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  Speaker 1: break down barriers there. And he'll most likely be the
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  Speaker 1: first ever to play, be on the NHL opening lineup
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  Speaker 1: one day with the with the Winnipeg Jets, given his
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  Speaker 1: speed and everything like that. Kevin, he's a great person
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  Speaker 1: off the ice. You know, got to know him pretty
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  Speaker 1: well in my time in Niagara. You know, very, very
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  Speaker 1: smart young man, very respectful. And he's a guy that
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: you want to root for at the next level. So
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: just really happy to see this for Kevin Heat.
• 15:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, absolutely. I mean, that's really cool. I know, Brandon,
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: that's someone that you're close with. That's really cool to
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: be breaking barriers like that in a pro game.
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. So congratulations to Kevin Heat on that. Moving forward here,
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: another sort of return. Obviously, it made big news. We
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: knew that at some point it was going to happen,
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: just had to wait a little bit. Mike Farwell returns
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: as the voice of the Kitchener Rangers. Um, congratulations to
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: our colleague here at the network, Steve Clark for filling
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: in for those few games for, for Mike did a
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: standup job. And obviously Steve's going to be calling games
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: for the ice dogs, but did a fine job filling
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: in for Mike Farwell there. But, uh, just Mike Farwell
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: synonymous with the Kitchener Rangers. Hopefully we can have him
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: on as a guest going forward here, Colin, I think
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: it'd be great to pick his brain about the OHL
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: championship Memorial cup run that they had last year with
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: the Rangers. But, uh, Great to see Mike Farwell back
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: in the radio chair for the Rangers.
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's not a Rangers game without Mike calling
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: the games. No disrespect to JC and Steve. They're great
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: broadcasters in the Ontario Hockey League. Highly respected for those
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: two gentlemen. But for Mike, I mean, the Kitchener Rangers, right? Like,
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: it's Mike Farwell's call. And to see Mike back in
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: the booth, it's definitely a breath of fresh air. And
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: I think it's incredible for the league. And most importantly,
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: for the Rangers as well. Like, that's the voice of
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: the team. When you think about the Rangers, you think
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: about Mike Farwell's impact that he's had on the Rangers
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: organization and what he does off the ice as well,
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: like with the charity work that he does in the community.
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: I mean, Mike's great. And I mean, he just gets it.
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: He's a great person. And I think it's really cool
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: that he's back in the booth and it's definitely well-deserved.
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: It's going to be cool to hear him again. I
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: know there's going to be a lot of energy from
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: Mike and, you know, the excitement level for him is
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: through the roof as well.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, major congratulations to him. Good colleague, good friend, and
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: fellow podcaster as well. But when you think of the
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: Kitchener Rangers, Don Cameron and Mike Farwell. You know what
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: I mean? So you would hate to lose that. And
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: I'm glad that they were able to come to terms there, obviously,
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: with the radio station there and Mike going to be
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: calling the games going forward. So major congratulations to him
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: getting back with the Rangers where he belongs. So moving
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: forward here, Dave Drinkle calling. This is a big one here.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: He got an extension with the Saginaw Spirit. Dave Drinkel
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: obviously has been with Saginaw for quite a while now.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: I believe he came in the 2015-2016 season for the
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: Saginaw Spirit. They obviously won a Memorial Cup under his
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: leadership there. But this seems like a big one for
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: the stability of the Spirit going forward with one of
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: the better and well-respected managers in all the OHL.
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, absolutely. You nailed it on the head, Brandon. Stability, right?
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: Coaching staff moving on like that. With Chris Lazzari moving on,
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: I think that's one thing that you need your front
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: office to have stability, and that's what you have. It
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: gets rid of some of the question marks with Dave Drinkel,
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: and I think it keeps the fans happy. And I
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: think as a fan, all you want to know is
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: the stability of your franchise, and the Saginaw Spirit definitely
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: have that right now in the front office, and it's huge.
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: I mean, Dave's track record's been incredible so far in
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: the Ontario Hockey League in his career.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you look at it there, he started
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: with the Barry Colts. as an analyst back in 2005, 2006,
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: and then worked his way up, ends up with the
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: Saginaw Spirit and obviously gets to, you know, become the
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: general manager with the team. And then the director of
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: hockey operations as well with Hockey Canada's U-17 program as well.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: So he's making waves at the international level as well.
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: So congratulations to Dave Drinkle. And that's big news for
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: the Saginaw Spirit to be able to get a guy
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: like that to obviously, you know, man the ship and
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: have a long-term outlook for the spirit, not just the
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: guy that's on a one-year contract and not really sure
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: what's going to happen there. So Dave Drinkle re-ups as
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: the general manager of the Saginaw spirit for a team
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: that Colin and I are both really high on, even
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: though they've kind of cut off to a, not a
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: great start, but expect them to be near the top
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: going forward. The Erie Otters, a couple of news.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: And notes here.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: They earned their 900th win as a franchise with a
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: 8-6 victory in Kingston against you don't see Troy man's
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: club give up eight goals a lot, Colin, but it's
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: happened twice.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Two point conversion.
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: Um, I don't know what's going on with Kingston and
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: their goals against right now, but, uh, regardless of that,
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: Erie had a, had a pretty good weekend, as you
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: mentioned last weekend, and they pick up their 900th win
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: as a franchise. Obviously some great players have come through
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: that organization.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, absolutely. For the Erie Otters. Um, and they've
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: had a lot, they have their track record with their
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: alumni is definitely impressive. Um, they've had some good players
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: come up and for the Erie Otters, uh, the organization, um,
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: great broadcasters there as well that we've gotten talked to
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: over the years, Brandon, but for the Otters 900th win,
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: that's pretty impressive. I mean, it's pretty cool to celebrate
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: these wins right next year. your pot are a couple
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: years away you're looking at a thousand which is really
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: cool um and i think for the otters the alumni
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: you look back at the history books when you tend
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: to see milestones like this you look back at the
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: history books i think it's definitely cool to see um
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: for the otters.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah absolutely the other news uh from the Ontario Hockey League,
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: from Josh Sweetland, OHL PR guy, does a great job
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: of getting us these statistics every single week here that
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: he posts on his Instagram and on X account, is
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: the Sudbury Wolves. And we're going to talk about them
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: a little bit later on here as well, Colin. They
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: make history with their first ever 5-0 start with a
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: big 7-1 victory over the Niagara Ice Dogs. At the time,
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: they joined the Brantford Bulldogs and London Knights as one
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: of the only undefeated teams left. They are now the
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: last team standing. But for the Wolves, as long as
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: the history as they've had it's their first ever five
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: and Oh start. And we heard Mike Stubbs last week
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: say the London Knights have never had a five and
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Oh start before.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, either.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: But I mean, that's for other reasons because they've usually
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: got a lot of players away at NHL camps begin
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: the year. But yeah, for Sudbury, you know, as much
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: as we, we, we gave them flack for the trade,
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: we still think they're going to have a good season
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: and they're obviously off to a good start.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I know for the wolves, this is huge, right?
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: It's huge to get people in attendance at their games.
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: It's nice to see the building get a little bit
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: more full. Hopefully it's, And it's nice to see it.
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: It's nice. Honestly, it's nice to see them have a
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: season like this to have a start to a season
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: like this. Right. Have an opportunity to continue building something
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: special here. I think they have big aspirations this season
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: as an organization, a whole. So I think that's big.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: I'm excited to see where the Wolves can head this year.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: Definitely with their start, they're feeling really good.
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: And then we've got a couple of leadership announcements to
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: make here. Again, Jack Moore, the voice of the Oshawa Journal,
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: is going to join us in about 15 minutes or so.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: We've got the Sioux Greyhounds calling, who obviously have got
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: off to a really good start in the West Division,
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: a sneaky good start for the Sioux Greyhounds. They have
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: announced their leadership group. I just have to pull up
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: the viz that I have to read. So again, the
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: Sioux Greyhounds have announced their leadership group. Travis Hayes was
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: named the hounds captain, as well as spencer evans quinn
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: mckenzie and jordan charron calum cross career also rotating alternate
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: captains what are your thoughts on that.
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah you know i like the alternate captains you get
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: more people with the opportunity to wear a letter i
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: think it's a great thing to add maturity it's a
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: skill set to be a leader in the in junior
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: hockey right it translates well you would hope and people
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: look at that scouts look at that um right away
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: you look at the captain's list you see what their
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: draft eligibility is or if they're drafted already uh it
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: just sticks out right so i think for them and
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds to have a leadership role
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: after Brady Martin last year with the job he did.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: There's a lot of pressure to take over that, so
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: I'm excited to see where the Greyhounds can go with
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: the new captaincy.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah, captains are a touchy subject on this show, but
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: let's move forward with the.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: Take your shit out.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Guelph Storm also announced their leadership group. You're going to
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: get me going, Colin.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: You're going to get me going.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to start again. So Rowan Topp has
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: been named the captain of the Guelph Storm, the 35th
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: captain in team history. Grant Spada, Tyler Hopkins, Ethan Zada,
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Ryan Robrick, and Owen Griffin talk about a star-studded alternate
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: captaincy cast there of a ton of NHL-drafted players. But
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Rowan Topp is the next captain, a 2006-born defenseman, been
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: with the Storm since he was drafted in the 2022 season.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: a priority selection in the third round, 59th overall. So
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: pretty good career for him so far as a member
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: of the Guelph Storm and a team that obviously has
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: high aspirations this year and is going to be in
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: the Memorial Cup.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah, four years in the league, right? I mean, that's value.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: And I think for the captaincy, for what Rowan brings
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: to the table, he's going to bring his lunchbox every
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: day to work, right? You know what you're going to
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: get from him. He's going to do the dirty things
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: on the back end. I think it's a no-brainer captaincy
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: for the Guelph Storm. I know, Brandon, you were there
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: last Friday night. You see the leadership that they have.
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: And definitely the guys you bring in, the Owen Griffins,
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: the Ethan Zadas, those are leaders on other teams previously
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: coming into this year. So I think that for them
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: and their captaincy, their leadership group, I mean, it's pretty
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: star-studded around the league. And a lot of character to
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: work with there in Guelph. But for Rowan Topp, I mean,
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: it's a no-brainer. Like I said, he's going to bring
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: his lunch pail to work every day. And, I mean,
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: you know what you're going to get from him. He's
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: a captain when you look at him. And I think
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: he's a guy that's going to lead the guys in
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: in the dirty waters any given night, right? You're going
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: to get his best fight.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: And unfortunate news for the Storm, Parker Snellgrove, the team
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: announced today, will undergo surgery to repair a fractured ankle. Also,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Rylan Singh was injured last week for them as well.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: So those are two tough losses for George Burnett. Again,
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: he's got the draft capital to go and make some
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: moves as well to potentially replace those two gentlemen there.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: But tough news for the Storm, losing two men. key
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: players in back-to-back weeks.
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's definitely tough. I mean, like you said,
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: rather than saying last week, this week, Parker Snellgrove, right?
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: Those are two guys that are relied upon in their
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: depth parts of their lineups. One up front, one on
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: the back end. I mean, this is tough. It's definitely,
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: if you're the storm and you get them back end
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: of the, end of the season, beginning of the playoffs, right?
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: Second round. This is definitely a second round team.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Let's be honest.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: They're a team that you expect to win one round
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: of the postseason. So if you get guys back for
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: the round two, you're in a pretty good spot. You're
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: going to get guys relatively healthy going into the deep
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: part of the playoffs, right? And if you can be
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: the healthiest team at that point in the season, you
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: got a good opportunity to win the thing. So I
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: think for them in the Guelph Storm, you hope for
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: a good recovery, a safe recovery, and you hope that, hey,
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: you're able to return this season to be a part
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: of this special run that the Guelph Storm are expecting
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: to go on, obviously, with hosting the Memorial Cup.
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: And then we only had one trade to really go
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: over this week, Colin. And it's once again, from your
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: neck of the woods, Spencer Hyman. I don't think the
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: guy ever sleeps or if he does, he's got a hammock.
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: He's got a hammock in his office probably, but the
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: Brantford Bulldogs acquire Oshawa's fifth in 2028 for Joey Banas,
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: who's been obviously up and down from the junior sabers
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: of the OJ up with the Bulldogs started the year
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: with them. What can you tell us about why this
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: move was made? And what do you think Niagara is
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: potentially getting in Joey Banas?
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: Bananas.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: No, for sure.
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Joey, I mean, this is a great deal for Joey.
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: And when you see these types of deals, right away
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: you think about the player, right? And the opportunity Joey
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: Banas is going to get with the Niagara Ice Dogs
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: is second to none. This is the best opportunity. There's
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: maybe another team in the league where he would have
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: got the same opportunity, but he still has a chance
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: to probably make the playoffs with the other team. I
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: don't think he did have a chance to make the
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: playoffs this season. So I think with Joey Banas to
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: have that opportunity here in Niagara, going to play regularly,
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: it sounds like they're going to have him in the
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: top six. From going back to Buffalo, being on an
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: AP card with the Brantford Bulldogs to being a top
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: six guy for a little bit, for at least day
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: to day, we'll say, as a top six player for
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: the Niagara Ice Dogs, I think that's cool for the player.
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: That's the beauty of it. And for the Bulldogs, you
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: get an extra fifth. They keep getting these picks back,
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: the Bulldogs. So that's huge for Spencer Hyman and staff.
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: But for Joey Bannis, first and foremost, the traits for
• 27:02
  Speaker 3: him to have an opportunity, and it's close to home
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: in Niagara. And it's a great chance for him to play.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: And I think that's so cool for him to get
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: a chance to play. Right. Maybe ice dogs move out
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: of captain this year and he gets an extra chance
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: to play as well. So no pun intended. You know,
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: I had to get that in there, Brandon, as you're dying. But,
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: you know, I had to get that in there. So
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: I think for Joey, first and foremost, it's nice to
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: see him get the opportunity. And that's the beauty of
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: this trade. You knew I had to get that in there.
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: And anyone that's been an OG listener knew I had
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: to get that in there. Maybe you'll get the call.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: Who's stockpiling more mid-round picks? Mark Hunter or Spencer Hyman?
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: Is this like a race for the two of them?
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: I feel like it is. I mean, this is interesting, right?
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: To see the Bulldogs get these picks. They're extendable, right?
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: You can move up with the multiple picks and get
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: an extra second with these types of trades that you're making, right?
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: Move multiple fourths, multiple fifths. and move up to a
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: third or a second. You can do a lot of
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: things with these picks, right? And I think for the Knights,
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: and we talked about this last week with Mike Stubbs, right,
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: about how I mentioned to him about Spencer Hyman reminds
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: me so much in a way of what Mark Hunter
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: does with a lot of Knights. And lucky enough to
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: see the Bulldogs like this, so to grow up a
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: Knights fan like that and to see what they do,
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: you can kind of see the similarities easy. And I
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: think for Spencer Hyman, it's a no-brainer to keep adding
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: these picks, and you never know who falls under your
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: lap here. as the season continues here.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and if you want to hear Colin's full thoughts
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: on the Matthew LeChar eight-game suspension, you can go listen
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: to his dog cast this week, which is up and available.
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I had Gene Steratore, Brian Smiley on, beat writer.
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: Really cool, really cool, the arena update, signing of the Steel, Brandon.
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: Brian did the VR tour, so we have a promo
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: out there on social media right now about it, but
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: We also saw the VR tour of the new arena.
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: Pretty impressive.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: So go check out the dog cast this week. We'll
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: give you a free plug there, Colin, for everything you're
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: doing there with the bulldogs. Yeah, absolutely. So we'll move
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: on to our next topic. Jack's going to join us
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: in about eight minutes or so. So the road to
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: 68 and oh, the OHL hasn't updated the graphic yet
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: at the time of recording this, but only the Sudbury
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: wolves remaining. I picked Brantford. You picked London last week, Colin.
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: So both of us were wrong. The Sudbury wolves were
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: the last team. Standing here, again, they've played two less
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: games than Brantford.
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: They only played one game.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: Since recording.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: I should have did it. It was a team on
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: a back-to-back.
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: It was a slam dunk.
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: It was a slam dunk easy one.
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: But face off was too. And now I'm on the
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: hot seat.
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: Pizza cooked. That's all I got to say about that.
• 29:47
  Speaker 3: I'm never picking the pizza again. Sorry, Peterborough.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: I love Peterborough. I love everybody in that organization and
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: their fans are great. I love the jerseys, but man,
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: they're really disappointing me right now. But with that said,
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: Sudbury wolves, last team undefeated, Colin, you know, five and
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: O on the season. Again, like I mentioned off the top,
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: we know we've talked about it at nauseam, both the trade,
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: but if this team can continue to remain competitive, despite
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: not being able to make a ton of moves, they've
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: got a really good shot at when the central division
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: this year, because I still think it's theirs to lose.
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely.
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: I think they're the, I think they're the favorites in
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: the central. I know my tone has changed in the
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: last three weeks since the trade.
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: Cool. A little bit.
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I've cooled off, but like, You know, I
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: think for Sudbury, it's a team that's playing very good
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: hockey right now. It'll be interesting to see. I don't
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: know next week if we'll have a show with Thanksgiving,
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: but the week after, it would be interesting to see
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: if we could touch on what teams in that point
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: of the year will be about 10, 15 games into
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: the season. It'd be interesting to see when we do
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: our annual segment who's established or not and to see
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: where the Wolves are because they're scoring on all cylinders.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: You look at their goals for and against. They look
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: pretty good right now. this week. Obviously, that can change
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: in a blink of an eye with the goals against,
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: but it's very interesting to see where the Wolves have
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: started this season. There's a lot of confidence they play with.
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: I like their coaching staff there. You know, it goes
• 31:14
  Speaker 3: back to last year. The Wolves, they learned a lot
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: in that first-round matchup against the Brantford Bulldogs, and they
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: gave them a tough four games. That was a tough
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: four games for the Brantford Bulldogs, and I think for Sudbury,
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: that was a big eye-opener for the rest of the
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: league to say, hey, the wolves are going to be
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: scary next year. If they continue to get better throughout
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: the summer, they've clearly done that. And here we go.
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: Like it's the sky's the limit this year. I know
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: they're going to be aggressive at the deadline. They've already,
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: if they can with the 15 picks, they gave up.
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: So maybe they'll do that again if they can, but
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: you know, that's the thing for the wolves that I
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: expect them to be super aggressive. They set a tone
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: here in the off season, beginning of the year, Tanner
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: Adams trade. I expect them to be, it's going to
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: be an aggressive year for the Sudbury wolves this season.
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they have to be with the window
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: they have in the Eastern Conference, pretty much wide open there.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: The two teams undefeated, as you can see on this,
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: or the two teams atop the East and the Western Conference,
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: the Sioux Greyhounds and the Brantford Bulldogs, two teams we
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: didn't really talk a lot about going into the season
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: or preseason rankings, didn't really have them ranked very high. Colin,
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: I know we were wondering about Brantford and all their
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: new signings, how things were going to work there. Obviously,
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: it's worked out really well so far. They just had
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: their first loss on Sunday up in Owen Sound. So again,
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: they were 7-0 before that. And the Sioux Greyhounds looking
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: good in the West Division right now atop the Western Conference,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: a team that people were wondering post-Brady Martin era what
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: that team would look like and post-Carter George. But they
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: look pretty good now with the new coaching staff and
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: everything that Sioux has done there. And Kyle Raftis has
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: done a good job of being able to get some
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: players to recruit to go there. They lost Chase Reed
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: as well. So both teams, Brantford and Sioux, definitely lost
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: out on some high end NHL talent, but have been
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: able to replenish it. And at least through the first
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: three weeks of the season, it looks like they're going
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: to be okay.
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, absolutely. I think this team and a Sue St. Marie,
• 33:09
  Speaker 3: I mean, they're going to be high flying.
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: I think it's a breath.
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: I think for Sue St. Marie, you get that opportunity, right.
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: To have a chance to contribute into the lineup on
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: a regular. I know Brady Martin, Chase Reed. Now you have,
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: you go into training camp and the first thing new
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: coach said, it's a new prove it right. You have
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: an opportunity. And I think for Sue, it's like, hey,
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: there's nobody, like the jobs are there, right? You're clearly
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: the best players are going to play. And that's what
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: you want as a player, right? You want to get
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: the opportunity. I think for Sue to go into training
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: camp like that and you want to win a top
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: six forward job, it's right there. You want to make
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: the team, it's right there. Every spot's open. And also
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: there's somebody there that they're looking for to be relied
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: upon on a regular, right? Who's going to fill in
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: for Brady Martin? Maybe it's team committee. which it has
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: been this season. So I think for the Greyhounds, it's
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: a great opportunity to see some of these guys with
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: the new chances that they're getting in the lineup. And
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: that definitely gives you a little bit of confidence. It
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: gives you a little bit of freedom to play when
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: you get an opportunity like that.
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: Drew Bannister and Michael Babcock Jr. I mean, are those
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: two guys right now, if we were to redo our
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: coach of the year, they got to be in consideration
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: through the, at least through the first three weeks for
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: what they've been able to do with those two teams.
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, absolutely. I mean, for both teams, right. A
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: lot of new roster spots. You look at Brantford. I mean,
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: it's completely new, basically. I feel like for both these teams, right.
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: For the opportunity, when you come into camp, all you
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: do early when you come into campus, Hey, let's bring
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: the energy, bring the juice guys. Whoever brings the energy,
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: brings the juice is going to play right. And your
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: top six will work its way out. Your bottom six
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: will work its way out. And that's kind of how
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: it's going to go. And for these two teams right now,
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: That's what it is, right? That's what it is. I mean,
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: for the Bulldogs, the only game they lost was on
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: a third of a 3-3. They swept the weekend before
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: in a 3-3, and then they were 2-0 going into
• 35:01
  Speaker 3: Sunday on the third of a 3-3. And there's like
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: 10 guys under the weather in Brantford right now. That
• 35:08
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• 35:09
  Speaker 1: What's going on down there?
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: Hey, I haven't caught it yet. Is that crazy or what?
• 35:14
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• 35:17
  Speaker 3: you know I'm always sick. Whenever there's a flu bug
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: that comes around, I'm definitely going to get it. And
• 35:21
  Speaker 3: that's just the way it's going to be. But for
• 35:24
  Speaker 3: it's wild because right now Liza's workplace has a lot
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: of people sick. I have a lot of people sick
• 35:30
  Speaker 3: in Brantford, but Hey, I'm not coughing. I feel fine.
• 35:36
  Speaker 3: Here we go. Here we go. You know, I don't
• 35:38
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• 37:47
  Speaker 1: We got about three minutes here before Jack joins us, Colin.
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: So I think this would be a good chance for
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: us to just whiz through the power rankings real quick
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: because we got to give a quick shout out to
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: Sarnia because they've obviously played really well. You know, third
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: place in the Western Conference right now. That's been our
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: major effect this year. We're trying to will the Sarnia
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: sting into a solid playoff spot. But going from 16
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: to 1 here, North Bay Battalion dropped three spots. Eriotters
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: at 15. Windsor Spitfires at 14, going up three spots. 13,
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: the Owen Sound attack. Number 12, the Kitchener Rangers. 11,
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: the Peterborough Peets cooked. Number 10, the Sarnia Stings stay there.
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: I feel like they maybe earned a little bit more
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: respect than being at 10, but it is what it is.
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: Kingston Frontenac's down 2 to number 9. Sarnia Sting down
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: 2 to 8. Sioux Greyhounds up 5 to number 7,
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: as we mentioned there, atop the Western Conference. Ottawa 67
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: is up to six. London Knights dropped four spots to
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: number five. The Flint Firebirds up to four. The Brantford
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: Bulldogs up to three. Sudbury Wolves two and the Gulf
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: Storm back up to one. So interesting there with the
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: power rankings. I don't know if you've got any quick
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: thoughts on that.
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, obviously, I think I'm going to have
• 39:01
  Speaker 3: to do our top five again soon, Brandon. It's almost
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: it's a month into the season. I think maybe next
• 39:06
  Speaker 3: week I might have to break it out because you
• 39:08
  Speaker 3: know what really bugs me? You're welcome, Niagara. You're welcome, Oshawa.
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: Jack's going to love this. This is a great segue
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: for Jack.
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: And he's waiting.
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: Where are they? Where are they on the power rankings?
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: I mean, the generals at three and four have definitely
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: deserved a spot in the top 16. To say the
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: generals are in the top 16? Like, come on. on
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: you can cue jack and brandon if you want but
• 39:32
  Speaker 3: there's no way there's no way the oshawa generals should
• 39:37
  Speaker 3: not be in the top 16 the power rankings and
• 39:39
  Speaker 3: i know every week there's a little bit of drama
• 39:41
  Speaker 3: about it and hey i'll i'll contribute my part to
• 39:44
  Speaker 3: the drama but the oshawa generals at three and four
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: are absolutely a top 16 team right now in the
• 39:49
  Speaker 3: OHL and you can't deny it.
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: An amazing segue there, Colin, as we welcome on the, uh,
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: Oshawa generals voice on the Oshawa generals audio broadcast, the
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: one and the only Jack Moore, Jack, appreciate you joining
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: us here for segment two. We'll give you a quick
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: thoughts to talk about the power rankings and your thoughts
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: on everything there. But, uh, you know, I know it's
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: been a gauntlet of a few weeks for you, uh,
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: with football and the OHL as well and doing your
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: CFL stuff as well. So, uh, I really appreciate you
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: taking the time here on I'm sure a Monday where
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: you'd probably like to be just relaxing and enjoying yourself.
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: It's always great to talk to you guys and see
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: you guys. So I have no issue.
• 40:26
  Speaker 6: And, you know, we got a little bit of time
• 40:28
  Speaker 6: before we watch your Falcons lose in New Orleans.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: So it's a good setup right now.
• 40:34
  Speaker 6: But as as per the the power rankings here, you know,
• 40:38
  Speaker 6: I kind of hold this when it comes to you
• 40:40
  Speaker 6: sports football power rankings and rankings in general. and the
• 40:45
  Speaker 6: OHL power rankings, they're nothing more than really it comes
• 40:49
  Speaker 6: down to like, luckily, this league, 620 playoffs, and then
• 40:53
  Speaker 6: you got to go win four rounds to be OHL champions.
• 40:56
  Speaker 6: So you just got to go out and win OUA football.
• 40:59
  Speaker 6: If you're mad, you missed seven out of 11 teams.
• 41:01
  Speaker 6: And then you got to go win either two or
• 41:03
  Speaker 6: three playoff games and semi in a national championship. So
• 41:07
  Speaker 6: it's not like rankings hold any validity on whether teams
• 41:10
  Speaker 6: are going to make the playoffs or not.
• 41:12
  Speaker 2: I do agree with it. Absolutely.
• 41:14
  Speaker 6: A top 16 team in the OHL. Am I going
• 41:17
  Speaker 6: to get hot and bothered about it? No, no, because
• 41:20
  Speaker 6: I know that part of it is just for them
• 41:23
  Speaker 6: to churn up a little bit of the drama and say,
• 41:27
  Speaker 6: you know, put somebody in a spot that's going to
• 41:29
  Speaker 6: generate talk and buzz about it, which is great.
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: And I think it's great to get thinking about the league.
• 41:33
  Speaker 6: And if you're upset by it, it means that you're
• 41:35
  Speaker 6: passionate about the, I'm never going to fall to anybody
• 41:38
  Speaker 6: about being passionate about the OHL. I'm passionate about the
• 41:41
  Speaker 6: league as well. Um, but to me, you know, I
• 41:44
  Speaker 6: kind of, and I'm from being in OU, I played
• 41:46
  Speaker 6: on a team who was projected to be four and
• 41:48
  Speaker 6: four first round exit in the playoffs. We went seven
• 41:51
  Speaker 6: and one and won a championship and got throttled by
• 41:54
  Speaker 6: LaValle in a national semifinal. But you know, we, we
• 41:57
  Speaker 6: did what nobody expected, but we, we won the games
• 42:00
  Speaker 6: on the field and that's all you can do is
• 42:02
  Speaker 6: win the games on.
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: If you do that, then you're going to be in
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: the playoffs and you have a fight. Yeah.
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: Kind of like the new England Patriots yesterday.
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: Right, Jack?
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: Hey, listen, you started it saying.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: That I'm good. I'm done. I'm done for the night.
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: I knew you were going to leave on that comment,
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: but Jack, obviously we want to talk to you about
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: the generals. And, and I mean, you've been calling the
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: games there for five years now with the generals for.
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: My sixth season with the team.
• 42:30
  Speaker 6: It's my fifth as like just me as main guys here,
• 42:35
  Speaker 6: about 50, 50 with Calamang.
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: In 21-22 sixth year with the team.
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah um and again like the generals audio broadcast you
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: travel with the team everything like that obviously they went
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: through a couple of great seasons there as back-to-back you
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: know bobby or trophy winners as eastern conference champions you
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: know what can you tell us about how special those
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: two runs you know you travel with the team i'm
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: sure a lot of fun road stories some you probably
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: can and some you probably can't tell uh on a
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: pg show but Regardless of that, how fun were those
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: two runs there? And is there anything that sticks out
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: to your mind just about those two teams and why
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: it was so special with, obviously, a franchise in Oshawa
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: that has such storied history?
• 43:14
  Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I think the first run was a
• 43:18
  Speaker 6: lot of the... Nobody really predicted when they finished first
• 43:22
  Speaker 6: Eastern Conference. It was in the Eastern Conference. Actually, it
• 43:27
  Speaker 6: was Zarnie and Windsor that really turned it around. Oshawa
• 43:29
  Speaker 6: has this weekend coming up. I remember going into that 9-12, 1-1,
• 43:36
  Speaker 6: and then finished the year with 40 wins, 19 regulation losses,
• 43:40
  Speaker 6: and then I think it was like seven or eight
• 43:42
  Speaker 6: judo losses. So the team got really down the stretch
• 43:46
  Speaker 6: of the season and just played really well. Callum Ritchie
• 43:49
  Speaker 6: came back from Connor Lockhart, came in from Peterborough right
• 43:52
  Speaker 6: around them, and he had Zach Sandu at the deadline,
• 43:55
  Speaker 6: and that changes things a lot for Oshawa.
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: So I think... you know, back to that team.
• 44:00
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: What a, like, this is incredible.
• 44:01
  Speaker 6: The team was accomplishing expectations. Like I, uh, I missed
• 44:06
  Speaker 6: our trip to Michigan, Adam Dunn for me. And he
• 44:10
  Speaker 6: did an interview with Roger Hunt right after the deadline
• 44:13
  Speaker 6: or right before the deadline. Um, and his comments were,
• 44:16
  Speaker 6: you know, we're going to tinker, but we're not going
• 44:18
  Speaker 6: to say we're going to add some You know, other
• 44:21
  Speaker 6: pieces around the roster.
• 44:23
  Speaker 2: To cut a little bit.
• 44:24
  Speaker 6: The goal is for this group who like for the
• 44:26
  Speaker 6: most part, a lot of these guys are going to
• 44:28
  Speaker 6: be back next season. Let's get a round win in
• 44:31
  Speaker 6: the playoff round two and see where the cards fall
• 44:34
  Speaker 6: from there. Oshawa had a tough time against first round
• 44:37
  Speaker 6: that year. They won, but then swept Ottawa and then
• 44:40
  Speaker 6: they won three Eastern Conference final. North Bay won three straight.
• 44:43
  Speaker 6: We went to a game and that seven I've ever
• 44:46
  Speaker 6: called was it was. You know, right at the Trinity Center,
• 44:49
  Speaker 6: Oshawa coming away with the sixth play in the game.
• 44:52
  Speaker 6: Connor Pond shift with the high end fighting to get
• 44:56
  Speaker 6: off the ice just because he blocked a shot actually
• 44:58
  Speaker 6: with that on the ice.
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: It's incredible. That was special.
• 45:02
  Speaker 6: And then going into the finals that it was going
• 45:05
  Speaker 6: to be a long shot and they got swept away
• 45:07
  Speaker 6: by london and next year it was the team kind
• 45:10
  Speaker 6: of struggled in the regular it wasn't able to find
• 45:12
  Speaker 6: their footing um and into the playoff that they were
• 45:16
  Speaker 6: a tough team to you know be a tough out
• 45:18
  Speaker 6: on and and the east was loaded that season they
• 45:21
  Speaker 6: had brampton in the first round martone uh carson rake
• 45:24
  Speaker 6: and um you know angus macton is going to be
• 45:27
  Speaker 6: the biggest x-factor in that series got hurt he was
• 45:30
  Speaker 6: hurt going into the playoffs hurt in game one or
• 45:32
  Speaker 6: game two and it really uh played a factor for
• 45:35
  Speaker 6: them obviously bram two and nick lardis going down um
• 45:39
  Speaker 6: and oshawa degrees and then played tough games against eastern
• 45:42
  Speaker 6: conference final but they got a sweep and then one
• 45:44
  Speaker 6: game one of the finals and it felt like a
• 45:47
  Speaker 6: dance and You know, played London tough a couple times,
• 45:50
  Speaker 6: but they were even better the season before, which was
• 45:53
  Speaker 6: crazy to think with how good 2024 that they are
• 45:57
  Speaker 6: in 2025.
• 45:58
  Speaker 3: Jack, you mentioned the team those years, Jacob Oster, someone
• 46:02
  Speaker 3: that had a huge impact, obviously comes over from Guelph,
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: gets that opportunity. We saw an opportunity trade today in
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: the Ontario Hockey League, and Jacob Oster gets a chance
• 46:12
  Speaker 3: in Oshawa. The impact that he had on the Generals,
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: how huge was he for the organization in a whole?
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: I mean, just everything about him was awesome.
• 46:20
  Speaker 6: Like he was this guy off the ice, hard worker on,
• 46:23
  Speaker 6: I think when he came over and he just had
• 46:25
  Speaker 6: a run like right up, he was eight, you know,
• 46:28
  Speaker 6: like you mentioned, just try to get a little bit
• 46:30
  Speaker 6: of playing and see what he could do. And I
• 46:33
  Speaker 6: think he had like three first four or five and
• 46:36
  Speaker 6: he was just playing. And then things started to fall off.
• 46:38
  Speaker 6: Oshawa wasn't the best team that year. And then they
• 46:41
  Speaker 6: get bounced in five games in the first round, but he,
• 46:45
  Speaker 6: really changed his approach in the offseason and changed a
• 46:49
  Speaker 6: lot of his training. And then he got an opportunity
• 46:53
  Speaker 6: to go to L.A. camp and he stuck around because
• 46:56
  Speaker 6: the Kings that year went and played preseason games in Australia.
• 47:00
  Speaker 6: So they took 25 guys to Australia, but they left
• 47:03
  Speaker 6: 40 guys backing. That opened up some extra roster spots
• 47:06
  Speaker 6: for guys who normally wouldn't be there. And in NHL
• 47:11
  Speaker 6: facilities around NHL guys, um, on the daily.
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: And, and I think that experience really helped him.
• 47:18
  Speaker 6: And then when he came back to Oshawa, you really
• 47:20
  Speaker 6: saw together and you could be on, like if, if
• 47:22
  Speaker 6: Oster was on, it was going to be a tough
• 47:24
  Speaker 6: night to beat him. And, and I think pension game
• 47:26
  Speaker 6: seven of the 2024 Eastern conference final, um, I think
• 47:30
  Speaker 6: North Bay shots in the 45th of the game, um,
• 47:33
  Speaker 6: blurry on that. And Oster kept out Oshawa kind of
• 47:36
  Speaker 6: ease their way into the game. And then eventually, um,
• 47:39
  Speaker 6: The generals got their legs and won it 6-1. But
• 47:41
  Speaker 6: without that start from Oster, I don't think a win
• 47:45
  Speaker 6: would go.
• 47:46
  Speaker 2: He was just a presence in that, right? He played
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: 60 games one year.
• 47:49
  Speaker 6: He was up over 50 the year after. Knew you
• 47:52
  Speaker 6: were going to get a good fighting performance that single night.
• 47:55
  Speaker 6: And he was always great with the fans. Always take photos.
• 47:58
  Speaker 6: He was always signing jerseys. I remember he got injured
• 48:02
  Speaker 6: in the season in his last year in the OHL
• 48:07
  Speaker 6: on Peterborough and he was sitting in the radio booth
• 48:09
  Speaker 6: beside and there was a couple fans who were sitting
• 48:12
  Speaker 6: in front of us and like leaning over the glass
• 48:15
  Speaker 6: during the game trying to talk to him and he
• 48:17
  Speaker 6: was talking right back I'm like guys on air right
• 48:19
  Speaker 6: now like I'm doing a show like this is great
• 48:22
  Speaker 6: but like outside and he's like no no i'm comfy
• 48:25
  Speaker 6: here i got a seat i was like oh i'm
• 48:27
  Speaker 6: glad you're having fun yeah i appreciate that um but
• 48:32
  Speaker 6: it's it's hard to talk about that because he's just
• 48:35
  Speaker 6: uh an incredible personality so um i love ozzy i
• 48:39
  Speaker 6: always love talking to him when i think i stay
• 48:41
  Speaker 6: away from the goalies i don't want but he's a
• 48:43
  Speaker 6: little bit different but he always wanted to talk and
• 48:46
  Speaker 6: i you know was happy to talk to him because
• 48:49
  Speaker 6: he was one of the best i got stewart and
• 48:51
  Speaker 6: rehabbing from an injury he had at Vermont and now
• 48:54
  Speaker 6: hopefully see him play some games, uh, for the university
• 48:57
  Speaker 6: of Vermont this season. And, um, really hoping that he
• 49:00
  Speaker 6: has a, after Oshawa was, was so impressive.
• 49:03
  Speaker 3: A hundred percent.
• 49:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, he was great.
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: Jack, we're having a little bit of issue with you.
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: I'm just going to remove you. If you can join back, uh,
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: we've got a little bit of an audio issue there.
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: We are live. So I'm just going to take you
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: off the stream. Just join back on the link. So,
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: we got more to discuss with radio voice, Jack Moore,
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: Colin of the Oshawa generals. I want to get his
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: thoughts on a little bit of the current team as well,
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: but yeah, those great stories from those two runs that
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: he had, like, you know, going to back-to-back OHL finals. Like,
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: as you mentioned, bringing up Jacob Oster and some of
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: those other, great players they had right it's just a
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: it's a fun time.
• 49:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah that roster and it's gonna be interesting to see
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: where we get into the story now with the current
• 49:38
  Speaker 3: roster right like it's i can't wait to hear about
• 49:41
  Speaker 3: some of these players that they have now that are
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: high expectations you could say this year right they've kind
• 49:46
  Speaker 3: of proven themselves jack welcome back can't include to you
• 49:49
  Speaker 3: obviously first overall pick there's a lot of pressure that
• 49:51
  Speaker 3: comes with first over with the first overall pick of
• 49:54
  Speaker 3: the in the ontario hockey league how has he handled
• 49:56
  Speaker 3: that pressure here a month into the season training camp
• 49:59
  Speaker 3: i mean the kids now that come into the league
• 50:00
  Speaker 3: it feels like they're pros already But how has he
• 50:03
  Speaker 3: handled that pressure in your opinion so far? What's he
• 50:05
  Speaker 3: been like to work with here on a daily?
• 50:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's an incredible player.
• 50:09
  Speaker 6: He just oozes it and he oozes the confidence. Last night,
• 50:13
  Speaker 6: he led the generals in time on ice as a
• 50:15
  Speaker 6: forward in the game. He's just so calm and collected
• 50:20
  Speaker 6: with the puck. He's a really great young man. And
• 50:23
  Speaker 6: when you talk to him, he seems a little bit
• 50:25
  Speaker 6: shy and a little bit quiet.
• 50:27
  Speaker 2: And he's full of speed. And he's also mixed it
• 50:30
  Speaker 2: up a couple times.
• 50:32
  Speaker 6: You know, with his size, you see it there, six foot,
• 50:34
  Speaker 6: 100 pounds, you don't really expect it. Not afraid to
• 50:37
  Speaker 6: get into the dirty air to the battle. Up for himself, too,
• 50:40
  Speaker 6: which is quite impressive for a 16-year-old OHL. So I've
• 50:44
  Speaker 6: been really impressed. I know he kind of came out
• 50:47
  Speaker 6: of the gate really quick with two goals and an assist.
• 50:51
  Speaker 6: Two games and that opens. But I think for him,
• 50:55
  Speaker 6: just with the skill that he has and the games
• 50:58
  Speaker 6: that he's played, Points will come, keeps going the way
• 51:00
  Speaker 6: that he's going because he's been so incredible to watch
• 51:04
  Speaker 6: right off the jump.
• 51:05
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 51:05
  Speaker 3: A lot of energy.
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: Guy I want to bring up, Jack, as we look
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: at the Oshawa Generals kind of leaders and points there.
• 51:12
  Speaker 1: Harrison Franzen, you know, he's been with the team for
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: quite a while now. He's the captain of the Oshawa
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: Generals now. He's been through it. through the ups and
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: the downs with this organization he was a later round
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: draft pick as well like a guy that's that's really
• 51:24
  Speaker 1: you know a good story as far as being a
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: former ninth round pick in the Ontario Hockey League in
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: 2022 and now in his fourth year as a general
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: like what have you seen from his growth from a
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: young man to now becoming the captain of this organization.
• 51:36
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's, it's an interesting part with person
• 51:39
  Speaker 6: because I brought it up to him a few times,
• 51:41
  Speaker 6: but the guy who was a late bloomer into the
• 51:43
  Speaker 6: OHL didn't really get his first full season until he
• 51:46
  Speaker 6: was 18. I was 17 year old. He was a
• 51:48
  Speaker 6: call up for Oshawa. And that was the first year
• 51:51
  Speaker 6: they made a run to the OHL finals. And I
• 51:53
  Speaker 6: remember he got a couple of games in, he looked
• 51:55
  Speaker 6: really good. You know, you see the two games with
• 51:57
  Speaker 6: one assist there. I think he, got an assist in
• 52:00
  Speaker 6: his OHL debut in Peterborough early on. But then all
• 52:03
  Speaker 6: of a sudden, you know, game seven, an Eastern Conference
• 52:06
  Speaker 6: final against North Carolina, the number one, Dylan Robrick and
• 52:10
  Speaker 6: Luke could see it from there and just the work ethic.
• 52:13
  Speaker 6: And I kind of put him and Luke Torrance in
• 52:16
  Speaker 6: that similar bucket where they got the work ethic, the
• 52:19
  Speaker 6: leadership on and off the ice for Harrison France. And
• 52:23
  Speaker 6: the captaincy this year was really just the culmination hard
• 52:27
  Speaker 6: work and time and dedication he put in uh over
• 52:30
  Speaker 6: the course of his career he's so fun because he
• 52:34
  Speaker 6: he just never gives up on a play never gives
• 52:36
  Speaker 6: up on a shift uh and his willingness to block
• 52:39
  Speaker 6: shots we were watching a pre-season game in niagara i
• 52:42
  Speaker 6: think on the call with me and he was getting
• 52:45
  Speaker 6: down and blocking shots on the penalty season game early
• 52:48
  Speaker 6: on and it was hey like this is you know
• 52:51
  Speaker 6: a little bit for the regular season here we don't
• 52:53
  Speaker 6: want you to foot or a hand injury early on
• 52:56
  Speaker 6: in the preseason, but he'll play the game one way. And,
• 53:00
  Speaker 6: you know, that, that the, the leader by your play.
• 53:04
  Speaker 2: On the ice.
• 53:04
  Speaker 6: And I think for him, it's, it's just kind of
• 53:06
  Speaker 6: always been that go to work mentality and story of
• 53:10
  Speaker 6: him going from a ninth round pick and not getting
• 53:12
  Speaker 6: much time in the old 16 and 17 to being
• 53:15
  Speaker 6: and part for the last years for Oshawa and now
• 53:18
  Speaker 6: the captain of the team. And even so, like after
• 53:20
  Speaker 6: Ben Danford was traded, who in Oshawa before he went
• 53:23
  Speaker 6: to Brantford, a trade Oshawa captain, but it was pretty
• 53:26
  Speaker 6: clear being around the team that Harrison Franson was the
• 53:29
  Speaker 6: lead official.
• 53:30
  Speaker 2: Jersey just wore an a throughout the rest of them.
• 53:33
  Speaker 6: And I think it's, it's just all that heart he's
• 53:35
  Speaker 6: put in.
• 53:35
  Speaker 2: Oh, then it carries over game after game.
• 53:38
  Speaker 3: Well, you know what, Jack, there's been, And it's funny,
• 53:40
  Speaker 3: we talk about on the ice, but off the ice,
• 53:43
  Speaker 3: the generals were one of those first franchises with this
• 53:45
  Speaker 3: new landscape with the NCAA agreement with the CHL were
• 53:49
  Speaker 3: one of those first franchises even before the agreement update
• 53:52
  Speaker 3: the facilities, the facilities, and obviously the big facility upgrade
• 53:55
  Speaker 3: this off season and these the next couple of years
• 53:58
  Speaker 3: to come. Jack, how, what does that mean for the
• 54:00
  Speaker 3: generals in this new age of hockey to really like
• 54:03
  Speaker 3: to be the first at the table and really set them,
• 54:05
  Speaker 3: set the tone here in this market? of what the
• 54:07
  Speaker 3: new landscape is into what are the new digs like?
• 54:10
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's in Joshua because they made a
• 54:12
  Speaker 6: whole changes in the off season and getting to go
• 54:15
  Speaker 6: through the room. Now it's pretty incredible to watch and
• 54:18
  Speaker 6: see how it's changed over the course of the last year.
• 54:21
  Speaker 6: And some of the stuff asked and you're.
• 54:23
  Speaker 2: Like, did we really need this?
• 54:24
  Speaker 6: Is this, you know, I know it's an upgrade and
• 54:26
  Speaker 6: it's nice to have, but we're already talking about a
• 54:30
  Speaker 6: team who had arguably the best facility.
• 54:32
  Speaker 2: In the Ontario hockey league.
• 54:34
  Speaker 6: And then adding to it like this new facility, um,
• 54:37
  Speaker 6: happy pool that they have is just incredible. There's a
• 54:39
  Speaker 6: treadmill in there. You can swim against the waves. They
• 54:42
  Speaker 6: have a bike into it. Guys can do some kind
• 54:46
  Speaker 6: of recovery in the pool, but then you can also
• 54:48
  Speaker 6: use it in a variety of different ways. They, they
• 54:50
  Speaker 6: changed losses for, um, the coach or a big, nice
• 54:54
  Speaker 6: upgrade in there. And then the family lounge that comes in, um,
• 54:57
  Speaker 6: you know, in the dressing room, they didn't much except
• 55:00
  Speaker 6: the low above the middle of the dressing room. But
• 55:03
  Speaker 6: then around the new turf that's in there, the walls,
• 55:07
  Speaker 6: the gym has been expanded. So it got shifted down
• 55:11
  Speaker 6: and they got more space.
• 55:12
  Speaker 2: They still have the rapid shot shooting machine.
• 55:14
  Speaker 6: So you see guys working on shots before and after
• 55:17
  Speaker 6: games and all that stuff. You know, at their fingertips
• 55:22
  Speaker 6: to make themselves better is so impressive. And I think
• 55:25
  Speaker 6: it takes those guys who didn't start in Oshawa to
• 55:29
  Speaker 6: Oshawa to say like, hey, you guys– better appreciate all
• 55:33
  Speaker 6: this stuff that you have here because not everybody has
• 55:36
  Speaker 6: a level of facilities. So to see them not get complacent,
• 55:40
  Speaker 6: I think is the most impressive thing is that it's like, Hey,
• 55:43
  Speaker 6: we already have the best facilities in the OHL. We're
• 55:45
  Speaker 6: going to wait until somebody else adds in something. It's no,
• 55:49
  Speaker 6: we're going to keep envelope here. And, You know, over
• 55:52
  Speaker 6: the course next year and a half, we're going to
• 55:54
  Speaker 6: see some that's going to be more fan team store
• 55:58
  Speaker 6: at the back of the concourse, which is incredible. So
• 56:00
  Speaker 6: the store is just a custom place for the second period.
• 56:03
  Speaker 6: It'll be ready to go game a new team store
• 56:07
  Speaker 6: where the Hall of Fame used to be. That's bigger
• 56:09
  Speaker 6: and brighter and has all the bells and whistles and
• 56:12
  Speaker 6: all the gear that you can imagine.
• 56:14
  Speaker 2: It's very impressive.
• 56:16
  Speaker 6: Um, and then there's going to be a new waiting area,
• 56:18
  Speaker 6: be an indoor facility.
• 56:20
  Speaker 2: That's where the sports hall of fame is.
• 56:22
  Speaker 6: Uh, so people in the winter won't have in front
• 56:25
  Speaker 6: of gate one, the area, uh, coming into the game.
• 56:28
  Speaker 6: And it's a little bit more accessible for the Oshawa
• 56:31
  Speaker 6: sports hall of fame to have more focused stuff in
• 56:35
  Speaker 6: to go and search for it. Um, and then some
• 56:38
  Speaker 6: of the, the months that are going to happen as well.
• 56:40
  Speaker 6: And then the addition of seats, uh, is going to
• 56:43
  Speaker 6: be impressive. So just that mindset of, of not be
• 56:46
  Speaker 6: some are put a million dollars and then to the
• 56:49
  Speaker 6: facility over the next couple of years, I really have
• 56:51
  Speaker 6: to give a ton of credit to the city of
• 56:54
  Speaker 6: to OVG that runs the rank and then to Rocco
• 56:57
  Speaker 6: Tulio and the general thought process in, but the executed
• 57:02
  Speaker 6: is quite impressed.
• 57:03
  Speaker 3: A hundred percent. I mean, Jack, the black and gold
• 57:05
  Speaker 3: game this weekend, you mentioned the hall of fame in Oshawa,
• 57:07
  Speaker 3: the black and gold game this weekend, How cool is
• 57:10
  Speaker 3: that to be able to be the voice here of
• 57:11
  Speaker 3: the generals and have that historic organization that the generals
• 57:15
  Speaker 3: do and to be able to broadcast game on black
• 57:17
  Speaker 3: and gold night, it's gotta be pretty special for yourself
• 57:20
  Speaker 3: and the tradition of the generals. How important is that
• 57:22
  Speaker 3: to continue the tradition with this renovation?
• 57:24
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I think, I think that's a really hard to
• 57:27
  Speaker 6: get this nice new facility.
• 57:29
  Speaker 2: That's so impressive.
• 57:30
  Speaker 6: And, and, and, but you're reminded of, of all that
• 57:34
  Speaker 6: comes with this team and, why the team is named
• 57:37
  Speaker 6: the way that it is. And it's, it's all for,
• 57:39
  Speaker 6: you know, this in the workers and the people who
• 57:42
  Speaker 6: built and general motors for having the facility and all
• 57:45
  Speaker 6: the jobs that came with it and living in and
• 57:47
  Speaker 6: making Oshawa.
• 57:48
  Speaker 2: Able city that it is.
• 57:51
  Speaker 6: It's really impressive, but it's also, I know to ownership
• 57:55
  Speaker 6: and to the generals to, you know, not forget what
• 57:58
  Speaker 6: what's come before. And it's easy to see when you rank,
• 58:01
  Speaker 6: I mean, you know, the band with Oshawa and, you know,
• 58:04
  Speaker 6: I agree with is there's only three types of banners
• 58:08
  Speaker 6: that get raised to the rafters at the Tribute Community Center.
• 58:11
  Speaker 2: And that's J.
• 58:11
  Speaker 6: Ross Robertson Cups and retired jerseys. There's no championship banners
• 58:17
  Speaker 6: hanging up. There's no conference banner. There's really, you know,
• 58:21
  Speaker 6: two that the team will and really have to and.
• 58:25
  Speaker 2: Forward faithfully for Oshawa.
• 58:26
  Speaker 6: There is so much history that quite a bit of
• 58:29
  Speaker 6: players and guys who did wear the black and gold
• 58:31
  Speaker 6: jerseys who didn't, who were before it's incredible line of
• 58:35
  Speaker 6: history of the organization impressive but to have and probably
• 58:39
  Speaker 6: the most um recognizable in the history of the Oshawa
• 58:42
  Speaker 6: Jazz Bobby Orr and wear those jerseys and and see
• 58:46
  Speaker 6: a different brand I know everybody's bought into it we've
• 58:48
  Speaker 6: already gotten some gear uh showing up with that line
• 58:53
  Speaker 6: um to see the new black and gold stuff and
• 58:55
  Speaker 6: it just gives a different feel and um it's kind
• 58:58
  Speaker 6: of this nice balance of Having that back and forth.
• 59:02
  Speaker 6: One of the things that I'm so impressed with is
• 59:04
  Speaker 6: one of our stats He was actually the guy, while
• 59:08
  Speaker 6: he was a teacher, who was responsible for Bobby Orr
• 59:10
  Speaker 6: billeted in Oshawa. He let him play games on the
• 59:14
  Speaker 6: generals because they didn't want him to miss school. And
• 59:16
  Speaker 6: Gary was the traveling secretary and he was a teacher
• 59:20
  Speaker 6: in Oshawa. So he set up all the bills for
• 59:22
  Speaker 6: Bobby Orr and got him to live full to make
• 59:25
  Speaker 6: sure he wasn't missing any days of school.
• 59:27
  Speaker 2: And his parents finally signed up.
• 59:29
  Speaker 6: He could live in Oshawa and not miss any games
• 59:31
  Speaker 6: or any Friday night games that were a little too
• 59:34
  Speaker 6: far away from Perry Sound because Bobby had to be
• 59:37
  Speaker 6: in school.
• 59:38
  Speaker 2: So to still be able to tell those.
• 59:40
  Speaker 6: Stories from those days and then now to see he's
• 59:44
  Speaker 6: on the ice finds you of work and is in
• 59:47
  Speaker 6: Oshawa about the it really is an honor. It's every
• 59:51
  Speaker 6: once in a while during the season, I just start
• 59:53
  Speaker 6: to look around at all the stuff, almost like a
• 59:56
  Speaker 6: pinch me moment of, like this is that I get
• 59:58
  Speaker 6: to call games for and it's, it's my hometown team,
• 1:00:01
  Speaker 6: which is cool, but the organization and in reality, um, it,
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 6: it's really quite impressive and it's never, um, you know,
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 6: how lucky I am to call games for, for this organ.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, obviously that's a great accomplishment and walking across that
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: catwalk every, every game as well, I'm sure is a,
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: is a treat. Uh, I don't know if I could
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: do it every single game as a terrified Heights as
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: I am, but I'm sure it's just second nature to
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: you now and you can do it with your eyes closed. But, uh,
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: My last question for you, Jack, is that, you know,
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: the generals have going off of Colin's point with the
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: renovations and the landscape changing in junior hockey, the generals
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 1: have had the stability in the front office with Mike
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: Kelly and Roger Hunt over the years. And I know
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: they've turned over some head coaches, but in the right reasons,
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 1: you know, Brad Malone moving on, you know, getting a
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: pro gig, Derek Laxtal getting an AHL gig, now Mario
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: Pooley out there. So the generals, you know, they're losing coaches,
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 1: but it's because they're graduating onto the pro level. Like
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: what are you seeing from the front office, the coaching
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 1: staff and getting, you know, the players to commit, to stay.
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 1: Brooks Rogowski being one of them, obviously with the Michigan
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 1: State commit, he decides to come back to Oshawa for
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 1: another year and getting those free agents and just how,
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 1: I guess, Oshawa is still a destination more so than ever,
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 1: you know, up there with teams like London to be
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: able to get players to commit, stay with your program
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: and want to develop, you know, in the OHL before
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 1: they go on to whatever their next level is.
• 1:01:19
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I always use London as a reference, obviously, because
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 6: of where they've been the Hunter's ownership there. You look
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 6: at them and the head coach and the owner are
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 6: on the same page there, which is quite impressive. Now
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 6: the head might not necessarily be on the same page,
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 6: but the head owner, because it's the same guy. And,
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 6: you know, for Mark Hunter and Dale to build the
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 6: program that they've built there is impressive. But that continuity,
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 6: you're getting the same time. And I think that's what's important.
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 6: You're getting the same level of coaching. You're getting the
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 6: same mentorship. And I think Oshawa is really impressed with
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 6: what the coach has gone through is you're getting guys
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 6: with pro experience. You're getting guys who have been there
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 6: at the junior hockey level. My general, Derek Laxtal, as
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 6: that first head coach, we full-time in the OHL, and
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 6: he does as well as he does in Oshawa and
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 6: gets a job in the American Hockey League. He had
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 6: been on an NHL bench. Steve O'Rourke took over after that.
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 6: He had access in junior hockey and found a long time,
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 6: and then Brad Malone got a playing career professional playing career,
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 6: but he was in some really good coaches and Mario
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 6: that season and then American Hockey League and Mario takes
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 6: over and he had won back-to-back memorial different teams, which
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 6: is quite impressive to accomplish. So to get those guys
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 6: to pedigree in that background knowledge, it really buy-in that
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 6: the players and that the message is the same. One
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 6: of the most impressive Roger Kelly is they go in
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 6: with skill and they know they have skill, And what
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 6: we do early in there is let's teach you how
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 6: to play the game. We want you to play defensive-minded hockey.
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 6: We want you to play a full 200-foot game. When
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 6: you're 19, the offense is going to come. But when
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 6: you're 16, if you want to play in this lineup,
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 6: you're going to be on the third and fourth line,
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 6: and you're going to have to kill penalties. You're going
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 6: to have to work in the defensive zone. And I
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 6: think that was one of the things that was really
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 6: impressive about Owen Griff's season was despite the fact he
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 6: only had five or six penalties, one goal regular season.
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 6: He turned himself into one of the best defensive centermen
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 6: in the Ontario Hockey League that year. He really pops
• 1:03:27
  Speaker 6: off in his 17-year-old incredible playoff run that year. He
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 6: was a point per game last year on a team
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 6: who really produced off.
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 2: We know what he could do.
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 6: We saw that when he was playing U16, but his
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 6: buying being a defensive-minded at 16 years old really paid.
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 2: Dividends in his defense.
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 6: To be a 100-foot player by the time he was
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 6: in last year for Oshawa and now for Guelph. You know,
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 6: he's one of the guys you don't want to go against,
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 6: and Roebrick obviously has that incredible shot. But with Owen
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 6: Griffin being as good as he is offensively and defensively,
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 6: He's just a mirror for other teams. And, you know,
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 6: it's a conversation with Tom Ritchie when he was in there.
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 6: He said he didn't like the mindset of only focusing
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 6: on getting points. He's like, it doesn't make sense that
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 6: that's guys only mind. Junior learning to play the back end.
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 6: How is that you go to the NACU league? And
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 6: obviously we Cal play now a full season for the
• 1:04:20
  Speaker 6: Islanders and he's back with them. And obviously he had
• 1:04:23
  Speaker 6: all that talent previously. But his ability to play defensively
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 6: was what helped him get to the next level. And
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 6: something that helped Beckett Seneca get into the NHL last season,
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 6: his ability to learn 16 and you go back early
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 6: games when he was 16 and his wasn't all there.
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 2: But then by the end.
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 6: Of his 18, he turned into a completely different player. Now,
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 6: a lot of that goes from five foot ten to
• 1:04:47
  Speaker 6: six foot four. in the space years and about 50
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 6: pounds in that stretch as well but his ability to
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 6: play at both ends of the ice be on the
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 6: penalty and we've even seen that with anaheim they're not
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 6: afraid to throw penalty kill and be a threat because
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 6: he can guys by himself that is what impressive when
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 6: you look at the track record of front office for
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 6: oshawa is is the guy for the nhl perennially They
• 1:05:13
  Speaker 6: are producers, but at least some of the best.
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 3: And Jack, I always enjoy our conversations and the Bulldogs
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 3: and generals get together the six to eight times a year.
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 3: It's always a blast to be able to chat with you.
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 3: My last one for you. Obviously, a lot of people
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 3: look up to your career and the respect I have
• 1:05:28
  Speaker 3: for you in general. It's to the roof. I really
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 3: respect what you do. I enjoy your calls. It's always
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 3: a treat to be able to have a conversation with
• 1:05:35
  Speaker 3: you and the Bulldogs and generals square off. But what's
• 1:05:38
  Speaker 3: your biggest piece of advice that you would give a
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 3: young broadcaster?
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 2: That's good.
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 6: I think I would just tell them, you know, like
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 6: if you want to do it, whether it is if
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 6: you want a reporter, if you want to do podcasting,
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 6: if you want to do whatever the case is, just
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 6: try and find your rep somewhere. And there's always been
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 6: four words to speak from a play-by-play sense. Colleges and
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 6: youths have a time, whether it's hockey, basketball, volleyball, football,
• 1:06:03
  Speaker 6: that go on every season. They want all those streamed
• 1:06:06
  Speaker 6: and on their service. So the opera tall games are there.
• 1:06:11
  Speaker 6: And you just have to go out and knock on
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 6: doors to try and find those opportunities. If it's through podcasting,
• 1:06:17
  Speaker 6: you know, start a podcast. Just get your reps on air.
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 6: And the only way you can get better at this
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 6: is by doing it time and time again. And that's
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 6: the one thing I've noticed is I look back at
• 1:06:29
  Speaker 6: when I first called the game in 2016, a women's
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 6: hockey game for Laurier when I went there, to now,
• 1:06:36
  Speaker 6: I completely changed as a play-by-play broad. I approached to it,
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 6: my preparation for it. has completely changed. My sound changed.
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 6: All of it has changed over time and it's constantly reevaluating.
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 6: One thing I would say is give yourself critique. So
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 6: go listen and watch the games that you've done and
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 6: try and remove from like, I'm great.
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 2: I sound awesome. It's cool to do this.
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 6: And you know, analyze and do it like you're playing
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 6: watching film is how can I get better at this
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 6: and and then part of that is is you know
• 1:07:08
  Speaker 6: what they do do it and put on a hockey
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 6: game or a football game or a football game and what.
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 2: Does that guy do so effectively that.
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 6: Got him in that role and um thing I always
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 6: do I I watch a ton of sports in my
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 6: office I write down notes about like that you know, I, I,
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 6: I didn't love that he tried and it just get
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 6: flowed right for, um, you know, maybe not my style
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 6: kind of thing. And, um, just always self critiquing and
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 6: then do the preparation. That's, that's the biggest thing, uh,
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 6: for me is the more you prepare, you have, um,
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 6: the more ready you are for any type of, it's
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 6: going to help you out, uh, at any given because
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 6: really cool to go on the air. But if all
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 6: you're given is in total stats for a season, um,
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 6: you know, those quiet, maybe, um, as easy to fill
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 6: if you don't put in the hours and that goes
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 6: in calling a game and thing that important. If you work,
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 6: it's going to make your, your podcast sound even better.
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 1: Jack Moore, the Oshawa generals voice on the Oshawa generals
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: audio broadcast. Jack really appreciate the time tonight. Obviously again,
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: you got to get some rest. You've been on a
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 1: quite the gauntlet the last two weeks with football and,
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: and calling the generals on a three and three, and then,
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 1: you know, a busy weekend this weekend as well. So
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: we appreciate the time. I'm a frequent listener to your
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 1: broadcast and the generals generals audio broadcast. So I'm a
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 1: big fan. Obviously Colin's a big fan, even though the
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 1: generals and Bulldogs go to go to war eight times
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 1: a year, but it's.
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 3: Always great conversation.
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 1: It's all in good love. It's all in, in, in,
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 1: in good spirits. But again, we're, we're, we respect you
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 1: a lot and just really appreciate you taking the time tonight.
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 6: You guys haven't the way it went last year, the
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 6: first game, this much of a, of a fight from us. So,
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 6: I can turn that around, but always look forward to
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 6: seeing you guys around at the ranks. It's always a bet.
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 6: So anytime I can help out, I'm happy. I love
• 1:08:53
  Speaker 6: the podcast. Love what you guys are doing. I just
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 6: love the fact OHL hockey on the regular and I'm happy.
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 6: to show up as often as I can because you
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 6: guys do a really great job and put out a
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 6: lot of great info for people to listen to and
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 6: to talk about, because it's important for this league that.
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 6: that people just keep talking about it. People keep showing
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 6: up to the games, tuning in on TV. And so
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 6: there's local radio guests keep supporting it and this league up.
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 6: Cause we have a truly here in Ontario.
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Jack, we'll talk to you soon. Go bills and
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 1: look forward to having you on later in the year.
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 1: Hopefully the generals continue to surprise some teams later in
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: the year.
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 2: Always great to guys. Thank you. So I am, I
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 2: am happy if he does well.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 1: Thanks man. Appreciate that. There was Jack Moore, the, obviously
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: great radio voice of the Oshawa generals and the Oshawa
• 1:09:41
  Speaker 1: generals audio broadcast again, apologies there a little bit of,
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: of some audio there with Jack, but always great insight
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 1: from him. And again, every game home and away, you
• 1:09:51
  Speaker 1: can listen on the generals audio broadcast and obviously, you know,
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: a storied franchise and for Jack to be able to,
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: to have the call for the Oshawa generals. I know,
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 1: as he mentioned there, it's a surreal moment for him.
• 1:10:02
  Speaker 1: And it's always great insight, especially for a team that has,
• 1:10:05
  Speaker 1: you know, some, some pretty good young players and potentially more,
• 1:10:08
  Speaker 1: more optimism than maybe some people thought going into the
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 1: year coming off of what was, you know, rebuilding year
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 1: last year.
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, absolutely. I mean, for the generals in the
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 3: expectations every year in that franchise, right? Like it's always,
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 3: it's always high. It's always an expectation to develop in
• 1:10:24
  Speaker 3: certain roles. And I mean, like I say, Bulldogs and
• 1:10:26
  Speaker 3: generals play each other all the time, right? So there's
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 3: a lot of respect that I have for the generals.
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 3: It's always, it's always a tight game. It's all, he's
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 3: a tough one. It's always physical and, And I mean,
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 3: I have a lot of respect for the generals organization,
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 3: what Rocco Tulio was built there in that organization and
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 3: the career that Jack has built is incredible. I mean,
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 3: he's such a good person. Like I say, it's always
• 1:10:46
  Speaker 3: great to have a conversation with Jack Moore. It's, it's
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 3: always good. He's a beauty.
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Gave us a lot of good insight there
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 1: on that generals team on and off the ice. So Colin,
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 1: we got a few minutes left here. Let's go through
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 1: our performers of the week and then we'll give our
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 1: stick taps before we, get the Friday night faceoff prediction
• 1:11:04
  Speaker 1: and wrap it up for the week. So let's start
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: off here with the player of the week. And that
• 1:11:09
  Speaker 1: comes from your neck of the woods in Brantford, Jason Moussa,
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: three games played, four goals to two assists, six points
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 1: plus two on the week or sorry, he's the rookie
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 1: of the week, excuse me, but great stuff there for
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: Jason Moussa. You know, what can you tell us about
• 1:11:25
  Speaker 1: this young man? Cause he's a, he's turned a lot
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 1: of heads so far.
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 3: He's a lot of, uh, Adam, but not Nick Lardis mix.
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 3: I know that's a lot of pressure, but you look
• 1:11:32
  Speaker 3: at the goals for already this year, the pace he's on,
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 3: I know it's early. He's on the pay. He's on
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 3: the Nick Lardis pace, but not 70 goals. But I mean,
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 3: he's on a pace to score 40 goals easily this year.
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 3: And I mean, what Jason does, I mean, he contributes
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 3: a lot to the offense. You look at him the
• 1:11:46
  Speaker 3: way he goes to the net with a stick on
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 3: the ice. It's very similar to what Nick Lardis brought
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 3: to the table and the, the way he is with
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 3: the puck. He's a lot like Adam, but not, it's
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 3: a little bit of both. Um, it's very, it's very
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 3: impressive to watch. I highly, I highly suggest you watch
• 1:12:00
  Speaker 3: Jason Musa play this year in person means, wow, he
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 3: plays a lot of energy. He brings it.
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 1: Was he the player of the week this week? And they, yeah,
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: he was okay. It says, it says rookie of the
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 1: week on the graphics. So it was confusing me, but
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 1: I think he, he was named player of the week.
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 1: So that's why it messed me up there. But again,
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 1: it happens, but yeah. So Jason Musa from the, Brantford
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 1: Bulldogs player of the week, you know, just, uh, I
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: think he's near the top or at the top of the, uh,
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 1: the OHL point standings as well. So a really good
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 1: start for him. And one of the reasons Brantford sitting
• 1:12:31
  Speaker 1: atop the Eastern conference right now. So a really great
• 1:12:33
  Speaker 1: week from him. And you can hear more about him, uh,
• 1:12:35
  Speaker 1: with Colin on the dog cast. So moving on here,
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 1: we've got goaltender of the week and it comes from
• 1:12:40
  Speaker 1: the Ottawa 67s calling a guy that you were really
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 1: high on going into the year, looking to take a
• 1:12:45
  Speaker 1: big step and get out of the shadow, obviously of
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 1: a goaltender of the year. Ryder Federoff, who graduated on
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 1: to play at the NCAA level. Jaden Nelson, two games played, 2-0, 1.00
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 1: goals against average, and 963 save percentage, 52 saves. Ottawa
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 1: and Dave Cameron got back in the win column this week, and,
• 1:13:04
  Speaker 1: you know, what we would typically expect from the Ottawa 67s,
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: but really good opportunity for Jaden Nelson, and he took
• 1:13:09
  Speaker 1: advantage of it this week.
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I mean, he's a veteran goaltender now, right?
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 3: Ryder Federoff, days are over, and I mean, now you're
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 3: going to be relied upon for some big wins in net, right?
• 1:13:18
  Speaker 3: You got to perform well If you're Jaden Nelson, he
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 3: definitely did that this week, right? 2-0. Look at the
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 3: goals against. Look at the save percentage this week. 52
• 1:13:24
  Speaker 3: saves in the two games. Definitely well-deserving for your goal
• 1:13:27
  Speaker 3: turn of the week this week.
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 2: In the OHL.
• 1:13:30
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And we'll move on here to the rookie of
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 1: the week, and that comes from the Windsor Spitfires, Bogdan Jakoszewski.
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: Three games played, three goals, one assist, plus four on
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 1: the week for Windsor Spitfires team. Good to see for him, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: as I believe an import player. So good to see
• 1:13:52
  Speaker 1: for the Windsor Spitfires, because obviously, you know, coming off
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 1: of the run they had last year, didn't go necessarily
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 1: the way they wanted to losing in the West final.
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: But they still have some some good players on that team.
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: And obviously they're going to have to sort of replenish
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 1: the young talent there. And they got a good one here.
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, they did. Absolutely.
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 3: I mean, for Windsor, it's about being patient.
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 1:14:11
  Speaker 3: And continuing this new wave. they definitely got that right
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 3: now and you got to see who develops in their opportunities.
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 3: And for right now for, uh, yeah, I mean, he
• 1:14:20
  Speaker 3: definitely has performed well in those new opportunities for him.
• 1:14:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. First round pick in the import draft by Windsor. So, uh,
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 1: comes over, uh, from, uh, obviously from overseas and, and
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: playing in his first season of, uh, North American hockey.
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: Good to see there. Good start for him, uh, in
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 1: his first season there as a 2000 and, nine born players.
• 1:14:44
  Speaker 1: So look for him to continue to be a player
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 1: for Windsor if they want to compete in that West division.
• 1:14:51
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  Speaker 3: He's on Robinson, 59 yarder, Brandon seven, nothing Falcons.
• 1:15:22
  Speaker 2: Nice.
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 3: I've intact to Chanko, goaltender, Sarnia sting, shut out Sunday
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 3: night against the Oswald generals. I think honestly, for the
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 3: Sarnia sting to be successfully gaining goaltender and to see
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 3: Ivan come out and have a performance like that. He's
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 3: your import player. Draft pick, fifth-round pick from the Utah Mammoth.
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's a big opportunity this year. And I
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 3: think for Ivan to have that chance to be the
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 3: guy and to step up and perform like that, like
• 1:15:49
  Speaker 3: he did on Sunday night, need those performances to be
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 3: a playoff team. So the Sting goaltending got to go hand-in-hand.
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 3: They had that last time they made the playoffs with
• 1:15:58
  Speaker 3: Benjamin Goudreau. Ivan, my stick tap of the week brought
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  Speaker 2: That's huge.
• 1:16:08
  Speaker 1: And the Sarnia Sting, Colin, we both can give them
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 1: one as well.
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 3: I'll be there in a month. I'll be there in
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 3: a month.
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: The 6th.
• 1:16:15
  Speaker 3: Literally, the 6th. So, yeah, a month.
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 2: November 6th.
• 1:16:19
  Speaker 1: My stick tap of the week is going– and I
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: had to ask Brad Cochamiglio, obviously a great beat writer
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 1: up in the Sioux, about the pronunciation. I want to
• 1:16:28
  Speaker 1: make sure I got the young man's name right. So,
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: it is Ryan Kaczynski. Ryan Kaczynski is my stick tap
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 1: of the week. You can see there, you know, a
• 1:16:39
  Speaker 1: hat trick performance, a goal. He's up upwards of eight
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: goals on the season, I believe, for the Sioux Greyhounds.
• 1:16:45
  Speaker 1: And one of the reasons why they are where they are,
• 1:16:48
  Speaker 1: he's a first round pick of the Sioux Greyhounds in 2025.
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: He's a New York native, 2009 year born player, winger there.
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: And he's off to a great start for the Sioux Greyhounds.
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 1: So he's going to be my stick tap of the
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 1: week because I think he's deserving of it. you know,
• 1:17:06
  Speaker 1: it continues to be an offensive catalyst there for the
• 1:17:10
  Speaker 1: Sioux Greyhounds. So I had to pick somebody from Sioux
• 1:17:12
  Speaker 1: because they're sitting atop the Western Conference right now, Colin.
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 3: No, absolutely. I mean, the Sioux Greyhounds, they're kind of
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 3: falling under the radar for their start, right? You're talking
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 3: about the big three, the last undefeated teams, but then
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 3: you look at the Sioux Greyhounds, you're right there leading
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 3: the Western Conference.
• 1:17:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely.
• 1:17:28
  Speaker 1: So you can see the player standings for the top
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 1: point getters in the Ontario Hockey League there. Aiden Kelly,
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 1: you know, Jason Moussa, you know them well. Colin Brady-Wastland's
• 1:17:39
  Speaker 1: up there. Dima Zilkin. But in goals, you know, Kaczynski
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 1: is obviously up there as well. So I wanted to
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 1: give him a shout-out with his seven goals so far
• 1:17:49
  Speaker 1: through the first three weeks. And then the Sioux Greyhounds
• 1:17:51
  Speaker 1: coming up with some big performances so far. We saw
• 1:17:54
  Speaker 1: Noah Laus on opening night with the hat trick and
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 1: obviously now with Kaczynski. So great stuff to see there.
• 1:18:00
  Speaker 1: And before we wrap up, we're going to do our
• 1:18:02
  Speaker 1: Friday night face-off preview, Colin. We got to get back
• 1:18:05
  Speaker 1: in the win column this week. The Peterborough Peets cooked
• 1:18:09
  Speaker 1: us last week, and now I'm down to one and
• 1:18:11
  Speaker 1: two on the season. Got to get back in the
• 1:18:14
  Speaker 1: win column here. So this week's Friday night face-off is
• 1:18:18
  Speaker 1: a matchup between the Owen Sound Attack and the Guelph
• 1:18:21
  Speaker 1: Storm in a Midwest Division Showdown. Owen Sound traveling to
• 1:18:25
  Speaker 1: Guelph to face the Mallrats. Colin, what are you thinking
• 1:18:28
  Speaker 1: from this matchup? Do you think we have to really
• 1:18:30
  Speaker 1: look too hard on this one?
• 1:18:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I know you got your boys in Guelph.
• 1:18:34
  Speaker 3: You got your guys in Guelph. Ryerson Leaners coming off
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 3: of a shutout Sunday against his former team in Brantford.
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 3: There's going to be a lot of momentum for the
• 1:18:43
  Speaker 3: Owen Sound Attack coming into this game. If there's a
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 3: time to pick the Owen Sound Attack, you would think, hey,
• 1:18:47
  Speaker 3: we're going to pick the Owen Sound Attack coming off
• 1:18:49
  Speaker 3: a shutout. Are they back in the wind? They're back
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 3: in the wind column, but they're not going to beat
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 3: the Guelph storm. Guelph storm. They win the game. They
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 3: continue this hot streak. And I don't think we overlook it. Brandon,
• 1:19:01
  Speaker 3: you got your boys there in Guelph, Zada, Robrick. They,
• 1:19:05
  Speaker 3: they both get some points in the game. They win
• 1:19:07
  Speaker 3: the game. They know BC's got the pick. He's got
• 1:19:10
  Speaker 3: his boys back. Gwalt Storm, they win the game. We're
• 1:19:15
  Speaker 3: not overlooking it. We're not overlooking it.
• 1:19:18
  Speaker 1: Your Red Tilson prediction in Owen Griffin, too.
• 1:19:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know. I was going to mention that to Jack.
• 1:19:24
  Speaker 3: All those times he was winning face-offs against the Bulldogs,
• 1:19:27
  Speaker 3: they got to watch him pretty good. So it's pretty
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 3: successful to see it's an automatic pick for me and
• 1:19:32
  Speaker 3: Owen Griffin. His development has been incredible in the OHL.
• 1:19:36
  Speaker 3: He's been amazing to watch.
• 1:19:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and we obviously saw the Guelph Storm go through
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: a losing streak at the beginning of the year because
• 1:19:42
  Speaker 1: they had upwards of 13 players out of the lineup
• 1:19:44
  Speaker 1: that had NHL affiliation. And now, you know, they're really
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 1: humming on all cylinders here. Gone 4-0 since then. So
• 1:19:51
  Speaker 1: really good stretch for them. And as you mentioned, all
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 1: those guys that are back as catalysts, you know, Tyler
• 1:19:56
  Speaker 1: Hopkins had a good week as well. To mention the Roebricks,
• 1:19:59
  Speaker 1: the Zadas, the Owen Griffins, Vlad Drovecki. Um, and obviously
• 1:20:03
  Speaker 1: Ben Harabic and the net is doing great stuff there.
• 1:20:05
  Speaker 1: So Corey Stillman's got himself a squad, uh, and I'm
• 1:20:08
  Speaker 1: picking the Guelph storm, uh, no contest in this one, unfortunately,
• 1:20:11
  Speaker 1: and the own sound attack and use this as billboard material.
• 1:20:14
  Speaker 1: And I hope they do because, you know, maybe they
• 1:20:16
  Speaker 1: come up with a big upset here, kind of like,
• 1:20:19
  Speaker 1: you know, leanders with that nice performance against his old
• 1:20:21
  Speaker 1: Bulldogs team. But I just think I w I would
• 1:20:24
  Speaker 1: pick the Guelph storm against anybody right now in the
• 1:20:26
  Speaker 1: Ontario hockey league. And that's just kind of the way
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 1: it is. I know Sue and Brantford are on top
• 1:20:29
  Speaker 1: and the Sudbury wolves are undefeated, but technically the Guelph
• 1:20:32
  Speaker 1: storm are undefeated since having their squad, their full squad
• 1:20:35
  Speaker 1: available to them. So I'm going with the Guelph storm
• 1:20:38
  Speaker 1: all day long and hopefully get back to two and
• 1:20:40
  Speaker 1: two on the season because we were really disappointed last
• 1:20:43
  Speaker 1: week in that toss up between Peterborough and Kingston.
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's, it's disappointing. You know, we started off
• 1:20:48
  Speaker 3: so hot with the hammer, the, with the hammer sagging
• 1:20:51
  Speaker 3: on had momentum going and nothing worse had momentum going
• 1:20:56
  Speaker 3: in the Pete's man. Thursday night with that performance they
• 1:21:00
  Speaker 3: had against Erie, and I'm thinking, maybe we got something here.
• 1:21:05
  Speaker 2: And then, whoo, the Oakland A's.
• 1:21:10
  Speaker 3: There's 50 feet of, you know what, and then there's
• 1:21:12
  Speaker 3: the A's.
• 1:21:13
  Speaker 2: That was my pick, so I apologize.
• 1:21:16
  Speaker 1: It was Matthew Kapowski's first game with the Peterborough Peets.
• 1:21:20
  Speaker 1: We forgot to mention that trade, but I mean, hopefully
• 1:21:22
  Speaker 1: he can kind of get things settled in because we
• 1:21:23
  Speaker 1: thought that's a good trade for Peterborough to be able
• 1:21:26
  Speaker 1: to get some goaltending, right? Because, you know, losing Easton
• 1:21:29
  Speaker 1: Rye ends up being a bigger loss than maybe even
• 1:21:31
  Speaker 1: they had expected.
• 1:21:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, and a chance to play, right? Like you
• 1:21:34
  Speaker 3: get that chance to play, be the guy. It's the
• 1:21:36
  Speaker 3: first time he's going to have a chance to be
• 1:21:38
  Speaker 3: the guy in his OHL career. And I think that's
• 1:21:41
  Speaker 3: huge for him. I think it's huge for Matthew Kapowski.
• 1:21:43
  Speaker 3: He's an OHL caliber goaltender.
• 1:21:46
  Speaker 1: All right, Colin, we're going to wrap this up. But
• 1:21:47
  Speaker 1: before we go, since it's Thanksgiving next week, we're not
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 1: sure if we're going to be on a recording. If not,
• 1:21:53
  Speaker 1: we'll be back the following week, just given the holiday
• 1:21:56
  Speaker 1: Monday and things like that. But if we are not
• 1:21:59
  Speaker 1: back before, we won't be back before Thanksgiving. Colin, what's
• 1:22:01
  Speaker 1: your favorite, I guess, dish on Thanksgiving?
• 1:22:06
  Speaker 3: Desserts, pumpkin pie, automatic. Probably like main course. I got
• 1:22:14
  Speaker 3: to go stuffing. I love stuffing. It's so good. Like
• 1:22:18
  Speaker 3: if you can't tell by looking at me, you can
• 1:22:19
  Speaker 3: tell I love stuffing. Um, but I, uh, I love it. Um,
• 1:22:23
  Speaker 3: it's so good.
• 1:22:24
  Speaker 1: My dad's a stuffing guy. I'm not a big stuffing
• 1:22:26
  Speaker 1: guy myself. I'm more of a, a turnip and give
• 1:22:30
  Speaker 1: me the like wing and drumstick on the Turkey with
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 1: some gravy.
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 2: And I'm set.
• 1:22:34
  Speaker 3: Uh, Thanksgiving, uh, true docking.
• 1:22:38
  Speaker 2: Yep. Absolutely.
• 1:22:39
  Speaker 1: For those, uh, Americans out there with theirs being in November, but, uh, Yeah,
• 1:22:43
  Speaker 1: so that's going to be it, Colin. I mean, it's
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 1: a good start through three weeks, but Sudbury, we put
• 1:22:49
  Speaker 1: up a poll. I guess we forgot to get to that,
• 1:22:52
  Speaker 1: but the poll was saying that they weren't going to lose.
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 1: And can Brampton get in the win column?
• 1:22:57
  Speaker 3: Brampton's going to win. Brampton's going to win a game.
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 3: It might be this weekend, but Brampton's going to win
• 1:23:01
  Speaker 3: a game. Brampton looked really good on Friday night. Brampton
• 1:23:04
  Speaker 3: was a better team against the Bramford Bulldogs. I mean,
• 1:23:06
  Speaker 3: I thought the Bulldogs were going to lose their first
• 1:23:07
  Speaker 3: game of the year on Friday night against Brampton. Brampton
• 1:23:10
  Speaker 3: plays hard. They're going to be maybe it's similar to
• 1:23:14
  Speaker 3: last year, but they don't have the skill set, but
• 1:23:16
  Speaker 3: they work their butts off, Brandon. And I'm telling you,
• 1:23:19
  Speaker 3: they're going to be a team that's not going to
• 1:23:21
  Speaker 3: be this bad throughout the year. They're going to go
• 1:23:23
  Speaker 3: through a stretch right now, unfortunately, where results aren't going
• 1:23:26
  Speaker 3: their way, but they're going to go through a stretch
• 1:23:28
  Speaker 3: where results start to go their way a little bit.
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 3: I don't know where they are. I don't think they're
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 3: a top in the conference by any means, but I
• 1:23:35
  Speaker 3: think they are a team that's going to compete for the,
• 1:23:38
  Speaker 3: for the eighth spot in the Eastern conference this year,
• 1:23:41
  Speaker 3: where it's wide open. I really like the way Brampton plays.
• 1:23:45
  Speaker 3: And I truly believe with those picks they got for
• 1:23:47
  Speaker 3: Tanner Adams, if they could pick up, like I said
• 1:23:49
  Speaker 3: last week, if they could pick up players for the future,
• 1:23:52
  Speaker 3: like they can have term for this year and next
• 1:23:55
  Speaker 3: year and possibly the year after that, if they could
• 1:23:58
  Speaker 3: do that, watch this team go on a little bit
• 1:24:01
  Speaker 3: of a run because they work their butts off, man.
• 1:24:03
  Speaker 3: If they can find the right pieces to fit in
• 1:24:05
  Speaker 3: that James Richmond system, they could be a tough team
• 1:24:08
  Speaker 3: to beat in the Eastern Conference. Not a championship contender.
• 1:24:12
  Speaker 3: but they're not a last-place team if they can pick
• 1:24:16
  Speaker 3: up the right pieces for that James Richman system.
• 1:24:20
  Speaker 1: Yep, and they've got a few good years ahead of
• 1:24:21
  Speaker 1: them with that draft cupboard that's going to be overflowing
• 1:24:25
  Speaker 1: for a few seasons, and we'll see how James Richman
• 1:24:28
  Speaker 1: decides to use those to his advantage going forward. That's
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