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One is enough for Northeastern, Rivalry Series musings and No. 1 vs. No. 2 · The PodKaz: USCHO Women's Hockey

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Speaker 1: Uscho dot com. Hi everyone, welcome back to the podcast
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Speaker 1: u s Cho's weekly look at women's college hockey. I'm
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Speaker 1: Todd Maluski here with Nicole Hasey. Nicole a lighter week
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Speaker 1: of NCAA games last week. We will talk about what
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Speaker 1: happened in the rivalry series between the US Canada. Coming up,
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Speaker 1: we will also preview a number one versus Number two
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Speaker 1: matchup that's coming this weekend. But let's look back at
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Speaker 1: what we had last weekend, and the one that stood
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Speaker 1: out to me was is Northeastern gonna win a bunch
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Speaker 1: of one nothing games this season? Is that the because
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Speaker 1: we saw the Huskies get two of them over the weekend,
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Speaker 1: both against Yukon.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to be careful, they're both Huskies.
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Speaker 1: You're right, Yeah, the Northeastern Huskies beating the Yukon Huskies
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Speaker 1: won nothing both nights last week. That is a heck
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Speaker 1: of her performance from Lisa Johnson. Twenty four saves the
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Speaker 1: first game on Friday, it was thirty seven, I believe
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Speaker 1: in the second game Saturday. And you noticed something else
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Speaker 1: too on Saturday.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty two blocks in front of her as well.
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Speaker 2: So first of all, UKN and way to get pucks
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Speaker 2: to the net. But yeah, great performance from Northeastern. I thought,
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Speaker 2: interestingly too one Friday was one with a late goal,
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Speaker 2: but Saturday was an early goal and then they held on.
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Speaker 2: So sort of two different ways about going about that
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Speaker 2: and getting those two wins, which I mean, I think
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Speaker 2: will serve them well, you know, as the season wears on.
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Speaker 2: But I just generally Northeastern is we don't often talk
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Speaker 2: about their defense, right, like they've been this offensive juggernaut.
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Speaker 2: So so good for their girls for getting in front
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Speaker 2: of those pucks. And interesting that they went with Johnson
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Speaker 2: in both of those two games. The Swedish freshman is
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Speaker 2: six feet tall and covers a lot of ground, so
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Speaker 2: she played well, you know, earned her first two shutouts
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Speaker 2: in her career. And yeah, that's the Northeastern we know
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Speaker 2: they're capable of being. I don't you know, as you
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Speaker 2: mentioned the one on wins, and they've had plenty of
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Speaker 2: one goal games, so those margins are a razor thin.
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Speaker 2: But they they pulled them both out, and I think,
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Speaker 2: like I said, I think it's just really important that
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Speaker 2: they sort of did it two different ways, that they
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Speaker 2: were able to got out a game and get the
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Speaker 2: win in regulation, we'll come back to that in terms
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Speaker 2: of some other teams and then also sort of hold
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Speaker 2: on to that lead from from the opening minutes of
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Speaker 2: the first So I feel like we could be looking
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Speaker 2: back at this weekend later in the season and kind
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Speaker 2: of pointed out as a turning point. But it definitely
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Speaker 2: it turned things a little around and hockey standings real
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Speaker 2: early to be talking about standings and looking at that,
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Speaker 2: but way to go. Be you right atop the hockey
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Speaker 2: standings right now, and it's yeah, it's just an it's
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Speaker 2: a more interesting up for grabs conference, and I think
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Speaker 2: we maybe thought it would be just start the season.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was looking at that earlier today, and there's
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Speaker 1: some some differences in the number of games played, so
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Speaker 1: it's hard to compare a lot of it. Be you
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Speaker 1: and Northeastern both to play nine conference games, You twenty
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Speaker 1: three points, Northeastern seventeen. BC is right there with fifteen
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Speaker 1: points from six games played, so they've got a few
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Speaker 1: to make up. They've got a five to one record,
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Speaker 1: so really only three points loss. That's the you know
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Speaker 1: how you the better way to compare things when they're
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Speaker 1: on even number of games played and there's more points
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Speaker 1: loss for the teams ahead of them right now in
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Speaker 1: the standing. So yeah, that's gonna be fascinating to watch
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Speaker 1: where that shakes out. Yukon is down right now in
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Speaker 1: fourth in the conference with fourteen points from seven games played,
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Speaker 1: So some work to be done there for Yukon to
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Speaker 1: climb back up and make sure they're in a good
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Speaker 1: position as they get moving towards that. Really now into
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Speaker 1: the second I guess, the second period of the seas
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Speaker 1: and if you want to look at it that way,
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Speaker 1: on the second third of where we're at here before
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Speaker 1: we get into the holiday break.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of screws with my head to think about, like, oh,
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Speaker 2: we're in we're in mid November. Most teams finished games
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Speaker 2: mid December, so we're only talking a couple more weeks
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Speaker 2: before we're sort of at that winter break what we
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Speaker 2: call the midpoint. So definitely weird to talk about and
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Speaker 2: think about the season being part way over in terms
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Speaker 2: of that.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, full complement of games in ECAC last weekend, a
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Speaker 1: couple of them jumping out to me Quinnipiac getting an
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Speaker 1: overtime win against Dartmouth on the road, Clarkson getting an
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Speaker 1: overtime win against Union, at home RPI and Saint Lawrence
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Speaker 1: tying over another overtime game, Colgate winning in overtime against Brown.
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Speaker 1: I'm sensing a theme here. This was kind of the
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Speaker 1: way that the weekend went. There was some extra time
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Speaker 1: played on Friday in ecac not I was just looking
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Speaker 1: at nothing went the overtime on Saturday. But that's that
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Speaker 1: tells you that there's some some pretty good competition there
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Speaker 1: in those games going. Uh, you know, even though they
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Speaker 1: might not have been the teams that are right next
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Speaker 1: to each other and standings, they're still a lot of
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Speaker 1: competition for for those those points in those games, for sure.
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Speaker 2: And for me, there's sort of two ways to come
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Speaker 2: at this, which is like it's awesome to see these
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Speaker 2: sort of non traditionally not as highly ranked, not as
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Speaker 2: highly don't finish as high in the conference teams really
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Speaker 2: pushing these ranked teams, but sort of just as we
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Speaker 2: were talking about in Hockey East in terms of like
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Speaker 2: points dropped and points left on the table, and you know,
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Speaker 2: when we're trying to figure out who's gonna come out
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Speaker 2: on top, and every single one of these higher ranked,
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Speaker 2: nationally ranked teams, you know, these are games they should
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Speaker 2: be winning. That they should be taking a full complement
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Speaker 2: of points away from So on the one hand, like
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Speaker 2: I'm all excited for for Brown, Union, RPI, Dartmouth. I Like,
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Speaker 2: it's just it's so amazing to see these programs that, like,
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Speaker 2: I mean, some of these programs are not that far
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Speaker 2: removed from zero or one to win seasons, and so
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Speaker 2: from a fan perspective and from those teams perspective, like
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Speaker 2: amazing weekend, really exciting. But yeah, if you want to
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Speaker 2: sort of start drilling down on it, like these are
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Speaker 2: teams that can't be leaving those points out there, Like
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Speaker 2: you got to be getting these regulation wins. There just
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Speaker 2: should be sort of no excuse when you're you know,
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Speaker 2: the five, six, seven, eight teams in the country. It
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Speaker 2: was funny I went to, you know, to like do
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Speaker 2: my poll, and I'm like, okay, well the four top
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Speaker 2: four teams didn't play and the next five all drop points.
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Speaker 2: Like I guess I'm just voting the same way I
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Speaker 2: did last week. I don't know, just in terms of
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Speaker 2: like you try and to look and see who's making
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Speaker 2: moves and winning the games they should and not losing
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Speaker 2: games they shouldn't. So yeah, for me, that was just
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Speaker 2: an interesting stretch of huh, why aren't these teams, you know,
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Speaker 2: sort of getting their full complement of conference points that
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Speaker 2: they should be getting.
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Speaker 1: You mentioned the poll, and you weren't the only one
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Speaker 1: that didn't change much from week to week. It looked
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Speaker 1: like the top seven are the same, slight change, sink
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Speaker 1: cloud going backhead of Saint Lawrence, Boston College jumping up
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Speaker 1: to eleven from thirteen, Cornell going from eleven to ten,
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Speaker 1: and so there's just little moves here and there. And
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Speaker 1: because there's you know, there's always going to be a
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Speaker 1: couple of losses for teams in the top fifteen, you're
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Speaker 1: gonna have to probably slide someone around here and there.
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Speaker 1: And we did see Brown take its first couple of
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Speaker 1: losses of the season last week the Friday game I
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Speaker 1: am believing was the one in over and then lost
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Speaker 1: to Cornell on Saturday and another one goal game. So
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Speaker 1: they're again it's the real thin margines right now.
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Speaker 2: And that's yeah, and you're not punishing them too much
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Speaker 2: for one goal overtime losses to teams above them in
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Speaker 2: the rankings, right.
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Speaker 1: So that's I mean, now we get to see where,
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Speaker 1: you know, where they kind of turn We've talked about
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Speaker 1: them a few times now in terms of, you know,
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Speaker 1: being a surprise this season. I don't know. I think
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Speaker 1: they have to sit on that for a little while.
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Speaker 1: Here I'm looking at the schedule. I don't Well, they
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Speaker 1: do have a Saturday game at Yale this week, uh,
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Speaker 1: and uh Sunday at home against Yale, so it's uh,
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Speaker 1: they do get a chance to to kind of get
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Speaker 1: some of that taste out of their mouth of suffering
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Speaker 1: those first defeats of the season. But we'll see if
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Speaker 1: that is a quick bounce back, I guess for Brown.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I just don't want to harp on
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Speaker 2: it too much, but yeah, I just I find it
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Speaker 2: really interesting and I think, you know, teams like col
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Speaker 2: Gate and Cornell and Clarkson are leaving the door open
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Speaker 2: for teams like Brown and Quinnipiac and Union's up there
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Speaker 2: in the standings. I just think that the way ECC
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Speaker 2: shakes out, if the first few weeks or any indication,
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Speaker 2: is going to be incredibly fascinating, just because I think
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Speaker 2: that it's going to be difficult for any one team
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Speaker 2: to really kind of pull away at this point. And
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Speaker 2: I think this is kind of why I'm harping on
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Speaker 2: those those overtime games because I just think that you
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Speaker 2: got to be getting those points and they're just going
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Speaker 2: to be so crucial. And you know, we've talked about
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Speaker 2: it a few times before, but Quinnipiac thinks that basically
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Speaker 2: like one goal kept them out of the postseason, out
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Speaker 2: of the NCAA tournament this year, just there's gonna be
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Speaker 2: some really thin margins in terms of who gets to
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Speaker 2: be a tournament team and who doesn't. And so the
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Speaker 2: nature of NPI and how those you know, repeating calculations
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Speaker 2: work mean that that, particularly when you're losing or losing
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Speaker 2: points to teams that are gonna end up lower in
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Speaker 2: the scenes, you're going to have more losses than wins.
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Speaker 2: Like that's that's gonna compound against you in the NPI.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, it's it just really struck me when I
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Speaker 2: looked at like when we get the pulling email, you
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Speaker 2: sort of get like, this is what number one did,
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Speaker 2: this is what number two did, and so like to
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Speaker 2: see five through eight in that order of just like
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Speaker 2: each one of them overtime, overtime, overtime was just really
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Speaker 2: like kind of to me like, oh, you got to
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Speaker 2: be Yeah, if you want to be one of those.
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Speaker 2: That's that's kind of like what separates those elite teams
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Speaker 2: is being able to pull out those sorts of situations.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's you.
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Speaker 3: Were mentioning the the repeating calculations, and it got me
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Speaker 3: in my head of like, Okay, we're starting to get
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Speaker 3: to that point of the season where the NPI and
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Speaker 3: the pair wiser, we're going to be able to start
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Speaker 3: talking about them.
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Speaker 1: They don't mean much right now, they just don't, but
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Speaker 1: it's it comes comes up quick when when they do
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Speaker 1: start to mean something, and you can kind of maybe
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Speaker 1: take a look at where the margins are in terms of,
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Speaker 1: you know, a team being a pretty good lock for
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Speaker 1: being in the tournament, for being a pretty good lock
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Speaker 1: of hosting, and then having a lot of work to
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Speaker 1: do to to make either of those happen. So that's
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Speaker 1: where the fun is going to come in, and it'll
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Speaker 1: be here sooner rather than later. I try not to
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Speaker 1: look much at that before the start of the new
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Speaker 1: year because there's just so much.
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Speaker 2: Requires a lot of data for it to be a useful.
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Speaker 1: Tool, right and it really, you know, I've said this
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Speaker 1: a lot, it's meant to be used one day of
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Speaker 1: the year, and that's what the games are played, and
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Speaker 1: so anything before that is a little bit of a
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Speaker 1: it bounces around, so a lot to be done there
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Speaker 1: before we move on take a break. Anything else that
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Speaker 1: stood out to you from last weekend in terms of
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Speaker 1: what we saw on the iceer, I guess maybe anything
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Speaker 1: else that took place in college the college hockey world.
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Speaker 2: I thought, well, Franklin Pierce got their two wins over Oh,
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Franklin Pierce in stone Hill split a pair
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Speaker 2: of games this weekend, and that was sort of a
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Speaker 2: rematch of last year's New Tournament championship, and so I
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Speaker 2: thought that was just kind of shows that Franklin Pierce
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Speaker 2: is where, you know, we we've said that they've been right,
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Speaker 2: like they've took taken this step forward. They lost two
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Speaker 2: to one and one three two, and so I think
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Speaker 2: the top of New haw is going to be a
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Speaker 2: much more interesting fight than maybe we've seen in the
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Speaker 2: last couple of years where the top teams kind of,
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Speaker 2: you know, take it a step past everybody else. But
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Speaker 2: I think Franklin Pierce has got to be pretty happy
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Speaker 2: with that split and kind of showing that like, Okay,
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Speaker 2: this this is where we belong. We are, you know,
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Speaker 2: we are with the top teams in this conference and
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Speaker 2: and we're going to be pushing for that regular season title.
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Speaker 2: So I one of the things that this weekend afforded
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Speaker 2: was the ability to watch a few more games than
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Speaker 2: maybe you might. You know, like if you only focus
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Speaker 2: on on the right teams, you can still fill your weekend.
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Speaker 2: And so I thought it was it was fun to
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Speaker 2: be able to check in on that. And yeah, the
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Speaker 2: that fight is going to be I think more interesting
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Speaker 2: than it has been in the last few years.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, looking at the standings right now, Sacred Heart Franklin
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Speaker 1: Pierce tied to the top of the New how with
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Speaker 1: eighteen points from eight games. Long Island just two points back,
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Speaker 1: same number of games, sixteen points, Saint Anselm there and
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Speaker 1: fourth at thirteen points. So it's it's that is the
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Speaker 1: league where everyone has played the same number of games
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Speaker 1: right now, so you can take a look at and
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Speaker 1: see kind of where things are shaking out a little
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Speaker 1: cleaner right now. And you're right, it's Sacred Heart and
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Speaker 1: Franklin Pierce that are going to be right there battling
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Speaker 1: for it. But don't don't sleep on l I U for,
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Speaker 1: you know, having some some some say and what goes
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Speaker 1: on there. Even though they only have a five to
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Speaker 1: five and one overall record, they've done fairly well in
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Speaker 1: conference so far. So keep an eye on the Sharks.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think to the the Sharks kind of
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Speaker 2: they went out of the conference tournament early last year
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Speaker 2: after kind of running away with the regular season. So
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Speaker 2: I think there's a there's a little bit of a
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Speaker 2: chip on the shoulder there, right, and a little bit
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Speaker 2: of we got to prove ourselves and that's a it's
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Speaker 2: hard to underestimate what that can do sort of to
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Speaker 2: motivate a team. I expect there's a lot of feeling
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Speaker 2: like they have.
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Speaker 1: Something to prove well. So when we come back, we
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Speaker 1: will talk about the rivalry series. So stay with us
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Speaker 1: on the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast. Todd Molski
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Speaker 1: here with Nicole Hasey, and let's talk a little bit
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Speaker 1: about the rivalry series US and Canada that was played
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Speaker 1: last week in California, Utah and Idaho. US won the
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Speaker 1: first game seven to two with a five goal first
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Speaker 1: period that was pretty eye popping. I thought Canada came
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Speaker 1: back to win a shootout in the second game five
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Speaker 1: to four. That result, and then Canada won Game three
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Speaker 1: four to one. This series resumes with two games in February,
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Speaker 1: but that will look different, as we've talked about before,
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Speaker 1: because we won't get any college player current college players
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Speaker 1: in that mix. It will be a purely PWHL. I
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Speaker 1: would imagine alignment for those couple of games in Canada.
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Speaker 1: But when you're looking back on these three games called
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Speaker 1: what did you see? That maybe caught your attention as
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Speaker 1: something that you know, Okay, we need to remember this
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Speaker 1: for maybe we're talking about February, or maybe we're talking
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Speaker 1: about World Championships, uh later in the year.
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Speaker 2: The progression of the three games was fascinating, Right like
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Speaker 2: the broadcast obviously we get a Canada based broadcast, but
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Speaker 2: they really obviously the the US roster full of collegians
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Speaker 2: means that they've they're in season, they're they're already, you know,
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Speaker 2: they don't have any thing to step up to need
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Speaker 2: to do like they're they're you know, sort of in
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Speaker 2: shape and ready to move. And Canada sure came out
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Speaker 2: looking like it had been their first game since the
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Speaker 2: World Earth, since the PWHL finals. Right on the one hand,
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Speaker 2: they get it that first game. On the other like
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Speaker 2: they've been in camp for a week and this is Canada,
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Speaker 2: and like, if I were, you know, a fan, I'd
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Speaker 2: be a little concerned about how fat Canada came out
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Speaker 2: in that first game. That being said, they obviously showed
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Speaker 2: up in games two and three and got up to
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Speaker 2: speed quickly. That second game I think was fascinating. Was
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Speaker 2: really cool to see the US come back. You know,
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Speaker 2: it's three goals in four minutes or whatever it was,
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Speaker 2: and probably one of the best goals that we've ever
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Speaker 2: seen from Gray Sumwinkel. From a collegiate note, it was
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Speaker 2: very cool to see Chloe Promborano have such an amazing
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Speaker 2: shootout gold to you know, to win it for her team,
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Speaker 2: and the way that her the team reacted on the
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Speaker 2: bench and or as excited for as if they had
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Speaker 2: just scored it. I thought that was, you know, just
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Speaker 2: good for her, good opportunities for her. But yeah, the
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Speaker 2: US looked flat on Sunday, and so I don't know,
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Speaker 2: I'm not sure. I'm not sure what we make of this.
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Speaker 2: I do think, you know, you and I set off camera,
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Speaker 2: like the US uses this as a way to see players,
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Speaker 2: to use it as development, particularly under Robeleski, like he's
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Speaker 2: taking advantage of the fact that like I mean he does,
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Speaker 2: he does have a younger team. We know that his
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Speaker 2: World CHAMPIONSHIEP team will skew younger, but it won't be
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Speaker 2: like this wur there will be most of the roster
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Speaker 2: I think is collegiate. So it's different with the different
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Speaker 2: approaches that the two you know, federations used that that
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Speaker 2: I do think the US is looking at like you know,
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Speaker 2: testing Leila defense and getting Casey O'Brien opportunities, which I
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Speaker 2: thought she probably of the collegience made the best of
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Speaker 2: that opportunity. I mean she I'm not even don't even
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Speaker 2: know if she got on the score sheet, but she
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Speaker 2: just was everywhere she was. She was screening, she was blocking,
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Speaker 2: she was you heard her name a lot during the broadcast,
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Speaker 2: and so as sort of one of the collegians that's
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Speaker 2: that's been on the outskirts of the senior national team.
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Speaker 2: I thought she did herself well. Like she just I
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Speaker 2: think she really proved herself improved that she belongs in
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Speaker 2: this conversation and is in the pool and maybe getting
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Speaker 2: a few more looks. But yeah, I you know, I'm
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Speaker 2: not sure what she could take away from these three games,
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Speaker 2: and they were all so different. But I do think
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Speaker 2: that it's just fascinating knowing that there are no collegians
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Speaker 2: will be in those February games, that Canada really just
17:55
Speaker 2: didn't want to bring along some of those teams. Now
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Speaker 2: that being said, part of the reason it's only a
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Speaker 2: five game series is they're going to do that. I
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Speaker 2: think it's five Nations as part of the European Hockey
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Speaker 2: Tour this year, and that's going to be essentially U
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Speaker 2: twenty three U twenty two's and so maybe that's when
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Speaker 2: Canada thought they'll do the development with their collegians. But
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Speaker 2: there's sort of no replacement for playing in these US
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Speaker 2: Canada games, and so I think it makes sense to
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Speaker 2: bring in your younger players and really give them that opportunity.
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Speaker 2: And I think it's a shame that it was only
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Speaker 2: prim Urano that got that chance this time around for Canada.
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Speaker 1: This was one of the things I was talking with
18:30
Speaker 1: some people about in terms of what you use these
18:33
Speaker 1: games for, and especially in the context of Leila Edwards
18:36
Speaker 1: playing defense for the US when she's been a, you know,
18:40
Speaker 1: a forward and a very high scoring forward, for Wisconsin,
18:44
Speaker 1: that USA Hockey understood that this was you know, a
18:48
Speaker 1: potential for you know, having some really tough moments for
18:53
Speaker 1: Leila Edwards, you know, her first opportunities to play in
18:57
Speaker 1: a real game as you know, senior level game on
19:00
Speaker 1: defenses and you know who's going to be on the
19:03
Speaker 1: other side MPP. I mean it's you know, it's tough
19:06
Speaker 1: to prepare for that when you have to get thrown
19:09
Speaker 1: into that kind of situation. But sometimes you jump into
19:13
Speaker 1: the deep end and you learn how to swim, right.
19:15
Speaker 1: So that's I think where you were getting some of
19:18
Speaker 1: the development there. And you know, with with Edwards, it
19:21
Speaker 1: was I thought sometimes even on the same shift or
19:25
Speaker 1: within a couple of seconds of each other, there are
19:26
Speaker 1: really good moments there was really like you moments and
19:29
Speaker 1: so but I don't know that any of that was unexpected.
19:34
Speaker 1: I think everyone understands that there's a lot of talent
19:38
Speaker 1: there and a lot of potential, but it's it needs
19:41
Speaker 1: to be you know, coached and needs to be developed
19:46
Speaker 1: into a finished product, and we're definitely not there yet.
19:52
Speaker 1: And I think you could probably say the same thing
19:56
Speaker 1: about her as a forward too. She I mean, she's
19:57
Speaker 1: really young, she's twenty years old. I it's it's it's
20:02
Speaker 1: it's it's still a long way away from being the
20:06
Speaker 1: kind of player that is going to you know, dominate
20:11
Speaker 1: at that level, if that's even a possibility. But this
20:15
Speaker 1: is someone who has shown every step of the way that, Okay,
20:21
Speaker 1: if you're going to challenge me with it, I'm going
20:22
Speaker 1: to be there and and and give it pretty much
20:25
Speaker 1: everything I have to, uh, and it usually turns out
20:29
Speaker 1: to be okay. So that's one of the things I
20:31
Speaker 1: thought about that. But with Casey O'Brien, her Wisconsin teammate,
20:34
Speaker 1: another thing I was heard from people is that you
20:37
Speaker 1: just have to be ready for your opportunities. Because she
20:39
Speaker 1: wasn't on the original roster, she went in because of
20:42
Speaker 1: an injury, and and to be able to take advantage
20:46
Speaker 1: of that at almost the last minute, is I mean,
20:48
Speaker 1: how valuable his head ended up being for her, uh,
20:52
Speaker 1: you know, maybe getting the next call up. And we're
20:54
Speaker 1: talking about that in April. So yeah, really important things
20:58
Speaker 1: happened for on the side, even though they only come
21:02
Speaker 1: out with one win the three games and just a
21:06
Speaker 1: lot a lot of tape that they now have to
21:08
Speaker 1: use for a while to as a coaching staff to
21:11
Speaker 1: and an administrative side to kind of study where, well,
21:15
Speaker 1: where's next, where do we push next? What are the
21:17
Speaker 1: next things for individual players?
21:20
Speaker 2: So whether that's yeah, and there's just no replicating this, right,
21:23
Speaker 2: you're yeah, Like they can put Layla in practice and
21:27
Speaker 2: run drills and things like that, but you're never going
21:29
Speaker 2: to replicate that. So now she knows it's not just
21:31
Speaker 2: having made the mistake, you know, against one of her
21:34
Speaker 2: own players, against the coaching staff, but in a game
21:37
Speaker 2: like to be able to see what led to it
21:38
Speaker 2: and what comes after it, and like have the knowledge of, like,
21:42
Speaker 2: this is what that looked like. I think it's just
21:44
Speaker 2: it's like why, that's exactly why they put her in here, right,
21:48
Speaker 2: And I just thought overall both teams, I was very
21:51
Speaker 2: happy that both coaches laid all of those like Darrel
21:54
Speaker 2: Watts got a ton of minutes, Primorano got a ton
21:56
Speaker 2: of minutes. O'Brien was on the ice LABELA was on
21:59
Speaker 2: defense special teams, and so a lot of times sometimes
22:02
Speaker 2: you'll see these players come in that haven't been regularly
22:06
Speaker 2: on the roster and not get a lot of playing time.
22:08
Speaker 2: And I was just really happy to see from both
22:11
Speaker 2: coaches that they really put those players out there and
22:13
Speaker 2: we really got to see quite a bit from them.
22:16
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean in the end that they're exhibition games.
22:19
Speaker 2: It's the start of the season for most of the
22:21
Speaker 2: senior players, so I'm not too bothered by any of
22:26
Speaker 2: these results. I thought, you know, we could say like
22:29
Speaker 2: it was a rough go for Soupy, for Kristin Campbell
22:32
Speaker 2: and Nette. I thought Emirn Smashmayer played out of her
22:34
Speaker 2: head on Sunday and that was probably the best game
22:38
Speaker 2: we've seen from Embrans in several years, and so I
22:40
Speaker 2: thought she did herself quite a bit of a favor
22:43
Speaker 2: in playing so well and maybe pushed herself into getting
22:47
Speaker 2: a few more starts. So there's definitely valuable stuff from it.
22:49
Speaker 2: But overall, I'm not too pressed on any of the outcomes.
22:52
Speaker 1: The Canadian goal has been a a not a revolving door,
22:59
Speaker 1: but there has been opportunities there to grab the number
23:04
Speaker 1: one or one a spot however you want to look
23:07
Speaker 1: at it. And I think that was a really important,
23:10
Speaker 1: like like you said that for that was an important
23:12
Speaker 1: step to show you can do this in a situation
23:16
Speaker 1: like like that, because yeah, it was you know, everyone
23:20
Speaker 1: knows it's you know, there's Krison, Campbell's and Rene Davin
23:23
Speaker 1: and then you know, if mash Americ can can be
23:29
Speaker 1: climbing that ladder to get to the top of that,
23:32
Speaker 1: that's a pretty significant step for Canada to to solidify that.
23:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, sure has felt like you know, maybe Ann has
23:38
Speaker 2: had the edge and then the other two have sort
23:40
Speaker 2: of been been fighting for that other spot, and you
23:43
Speaker 2: know they've been rotating spots between and and one other goalie,
23:47
Speaker 2: but not two others, right, But Yeah, I just truly thought, like,
23:51
Speaker 2: much like you said with Casey, like you have to
23:53
Speaker 2: show it on your opportunities. And I thought Emerates went
23:55
Speaker 2: out there and looked like the best goalie all weekend
23:58
Speaker 2: of anybody that hit the eye. So kudos to her
24:01
Speaker 2: on Sunday because I just she played a heck of
24:03
Speaker 2: a game and just looked us goalies in general right
24:08
Speaker 2: now are sort of chaotic goalies there. They move quite
24:11
Speaker 2: a bit, they're they're very mobile and sort of out
24:14
Speaker 2: there making and everyon's just looked so calm and so
24:19
Speaker 2: sort of poised in that I just thought was really interesting.
24:22
Speaker 2: It was a really cool sort of like dichotomy to
24:25
Speaker 2: see the two different approaches because and to and not
24:27
Speaker 2: quite as chaotic, but obviously moves around quite a bit.
24:31
Speaker 2: And so yeah, to just sort of see this, this
24:33
Speaker 2: calm presence fact there was I think would have been
24:36
Speaker 2: interesting on its own, but in comparison to all the
24:38
Speaker 2: other goaltending we saw this weekend was particularly stood out.
24:42
Speaker 1: Well, a lot of those players are coming back to
24:44
Speaker 1: college this weekend, and when we come back, we will
24:46
Speaker 1: talk about where some of them are playing in a
24:49
Speaker 1: really important series. So stay with us on the podcast.
24:59
Speaker 1: We're back on the podcast Todd Bluski and Nicole Hasey.
25:02
Speaker 1: And Nicole want to say happy anniversary to us as
25:07
Speaker 1: a podcast. Yeah, November fourteenth of twenty three was our
25:11
Speaker 1: first published edition, so we're coming up on that. So
25:17
Speaker 1: happy one year. It's been great doing this with you.
25:19
Speaker 1: I know, I appreciate your knowledge and appreciate your commitment
25:23
Speaker 1: to the women's NCAIA hockey game, and that's I know
25:29
Speaker 1: I know our listeners do too, so but happy thank
25:32
Speaker 1: you one year and too many more here.
25:35
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, thank you so much, because if you weren't
25:38
Speaker 2: here that I'd just be talking to myself and it
25:39
Speaker 2: would be a lot less interesting. So we all really
25:42
Speaker 2: appreciate you're here too, and thank you for the compliments. Yeah,
25:45
Speaker 2: this is I never I'm glad you thought of that,
25:48
Speaker 2: and I would have never never realized that it had
25:51
Speaker 2: been here. Thank you so much to our listeners for
25:52
Speaker 2: having stuck out with us, like you said, hopefully for
25:55
Speaker 2: many many more.
25:57
Speaker 1: Well, the reason I remembered that, honestly, was because we
26:00
Speaker 1: started this when we were doing a We previewed a
26:04
Speaker 1: series between number one Wisconsin at number two Ohio State
26:08
Speaker 1: as one of our first episodes, and well, lo and behold,
26:12
Speaker 1: here we are again, Wisconsin again twelve and oero to
26:15
Speaker 1: start the season playing at Ohio State in a number
26:18
Speaker 1: one versus number two matchup Friday and Saturday at OSU
26:22
Speaker 1: ice Rink. And you know, there's there's still that well,
26:29
Speaker 1: how do you say it? The rivalry is is still there.
26:34
Speaker 1: It has grown probably another NCAA championship game between these
26:38
Speaker 1: two teams. Last year at this point it was Ohio
26:40
Speaker 1: State that had that fire burning from losing a one
26:43
Speaker 1: nothing game in the championship contest in luth And this
26:47
Speaker 1: year it's Wisconsin that's still, you know, feeling the one
26:51
Speaker 1: nothing lost to Ohio State in the championship ship game
26:55
Speaker 1: last year in Durham, and boy that it that just
27:01
Speaker 1: adds more every time these two teams play to that
27:05
Speaker 1: intrigue of how these games go because I I just
27:15
Speaker 1: never really know, you're what's gonna be good, but you
27:18
Speaker 1: never know which side's gonna come out on top.
27:22
Speaker 2: No, absolutely, right, Like they're both particularly like you said,
27:24
Speaker 2: after last year, they're both a little smug about their championships,
27:27
Speaker 2: and they're both a little sealty about the championships they lost.
27:30
Speaker 2: Like there's there's a lot driving both of the teams.
27:33
Speaker 2: And at this point they they are the top two teams,
27:35
Speaker 2: they are sort of each other's biggest rival, and you
27:38
Speaker 2: know they're they're fighting for the same recruits. A lot
27:41
Speaker 2: of players play together on UA teams and in prep
27:44
Speaker 2: and so uh yeah, there's a there's just a lot
27:47
Speaker 2: behind each game that sort of happens way before either
27:50
Speaker 2: of the teams hit the ice, right in terms of
27:53
Speaker 2: what's gonna happen, no earthly idea. I think, you know,
27:56
Speaker 2: Wisconsin's been more consistent to start this season. I think
27:59
Speaker 2: you know, Higo States had you know, a few more stumbles,
28:02
Speaker 2: particularly than we're just used to from them. Right, They've
28:05
Speaker 2: just been so such juggermaunt, particularly last year. That being said,
28:11
Speaker 2: I'm not sure any of that matters when you got
28:13
Speaker 2: one versus to Wisconsin versus Ohio State, Like there's these
28:16
Speaker 2: dates have been circled on the calendar. You know that
28:18
Speaker 2: both coaches have been hyping each other up. It's fascinating
28:21
Speaker 2: because both coaches have very different approaches to how how
28:25
Speaker 2: they are with their teams and how they they rile
28:28
Speaker 2: their teams up and get them up. And so yeah,
28:30
Speaker 2: I mean you can you can guarantee, particularly because they're
28:33
Speaker 2: at home, that that Ohio State is is real pumped
28:37
Speaker 2: for these games. They are not you know, going to
28:39
Speaker 2: take dropping any points lately. And you know, the Badger's
28:42
Speaker 2: just I think really like they have to start strong,
28:45
Speaker 2: which is something they don't always do. I don't think
28:48
Speaker 2: they can be in a position to have a slow
28:50
Speaker 2: first period on Friday. And I think goals are going
28:55
Speaker 2: to be I mean, goaltending. I think it's going to
28:56
Speaker 2: be an important part of this. I think the way
28:58
Speaker 2: that it's officiated slash special teams is going to be
29:00
Speaker 2: a huge part of it. And and I think as
29:03
Speaker 2: we saw sort of with Wisconsin, versus Minnesota a few
29:06
Speaker 2: weeks ago. I think how teams adjust is going to
29:09
Speaker 2: be maybe the biggest factor and how they come out
29:13
Speaker 2: of this weekend, because either of their game plans are
29:18
Speaker 2: going to go how they expect or want them to write, like,
29:20
Speaker 2: both teams are going to be able to really interrupt
29:23
Speaker 2: what the other team wants to do, and so it's
29:25
Speaker 2: how you adjust to that and how you handle that,
29:28
Speaker 2: and and that might be where Wisconsin comes out on top,
29:30
Speaker 2: just because they're a as a whole, their roster is
29:33
Speaker 2: a little older and we're experienced.
29:36
Speaker 1: One of the things you mentioned and there was special
29:38
Speaker 1: teams and that that's what's one kind of it's it
29:41
Speaker 1: stood out to me in the championship me the last
29:43
Speaker 1: year zero penalty or is their power plays for for
29:45
Speaker 1: either side and that so that game was played, you know,
29:49
Speaker 1: full even strength, and so we saw best on best
29:51
Speaker 1: through the whole the whole thing, and that was you know,
29:57
Speaker 1: were there are a couple of things that could have
29:58
Speaker 1: been called yeah, pro but let them go. It's a
30:02
Speaker 1: championship on the line. It's got to be something really
30:06
Speaker 1: over the top really to put somebody in the box
30:08
Speaker 1: for I don't know if it's gonna be the same
30:11
Speaker 1: kind of way this week. Obviously, it's it's November, it's
30:14
Speaker 1: not March. There's there's different feelings here. But one of
30:19
Speaker 1: the things that stands out to me too, Wisconsin has
30:22
Speaker 1: lost six straight games at Ohio State, which means there
30:25
Speaker 1: are a lot of players on that Badgers team, veteran
30:28
Speaker 1: players that have never won there. And so like Casey
30:31
Speaker 1: O'Brien was saying, I don't think we've won there since
30:33
Speaker 1: I was a freshman, and so there's there's that to
30:37
Speaker 1: fight for the Badgers. On Ohio State side, there's the
30:43
Speaker 1: kind of what I was previewing before, the Wisconsin having
30:49
Speaker 1: a little bit of a chip on his shoulder like
30:51
Speaker 1: Ohio State had last year. But I feel like both
30:55
Speaker 1: teams can can summon whatever chip they want. It's for
31:01
Speaker 1: games like this.
31:03
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it'll be interesting, just because I think
31:06
Speaker 2: I think generally Nadi musol style of coaching inspires her
31:10
Speaker 2: team to have that confidence and swagger. But when the
31:15
Speaker 2: season has had more bumps in the road, when you've
31:17
Speaker 2: had you know, like the ties and things like that,
31:20
Speaker 2: I think individually that that puts a little damper on
31:24
Speaker 2: some of that confidence and Swager, And so how does
31:27
Speaker 2: Ohio State come into this game feeling like, actually, we
31:30
Speaker 2: can just take down this unbeaten number one team in
31:32
Speaker 2: the country, like truly believe it in themselves individually as
31:36
Speaker 2: a squad, and know that like it doesn't matter what
31:39
Speaker 2: happened in those other games. And you know, like you said,
31:42
Speaker 2: I think they'll really sort of summon up that chip
31:46
Speaker 2: on their shoulder and feeling like, hey, we're the underdogs.
31:48
Speaker 2: It's it's something that Ohio State does well to motivate themselves.
31:51
Speaker 2: And also that that's sixteen win streak. Man, it's hard
31:54
Speaker 2: to not look at that and be like, this is
31:56
Speaker 2: our place and you're not coming in here. It's just interesting.
31:59
Speaker 2: I think I kudos to Ohio State for turning that
32:03
Speaker 2: rink into an advantage for themselves. We have, you know,
32:07
Speaker 2: I have feelings about that rink. I think most anybody
32:10
Speaker 2: in college hockey does women's college hockey does, and Ohio
32:13
Speaker 2: State loves it because they've they've been able to turn
32:16
Speaker 2: it into a positive for themselves. And it's so small,
32:19
Speaker 2: they're able to fill it and make it really loud,
32:21
Speaker 2: and so I appreciate that they've been able to make
32:24
Speaker 2: the best of that situation. I don't think that excuses
32:27
Speaker 2: that rink in any way, shape or form. It Still
32:29
Speaker 2: they still deserve a much better home, but but kudos
32:32
Speaker 2: to them for turning that into an advantage.
32:35
Speaker 1: Wisconsin has one twelve in a row going in this series.
32:39
Speaker 1: But this that's never been a problem for Ohio State
32:43
Speaker 1: ending Wisconsin winning streak. Going back to last season, Wisconsin
32:46
Speaker 1: had won fifteen in a row before Ohio State won,
32:48
Speaker 1: and of course the next day Wisconsin ended Ohio State's
32:51
Speaker 1: winning streak because they were both on our run going
32:54
Speaker 1: into that and then before the at this point last year,
33:01
Speaker 1: Wisconsin with twelve and oh and before Ohio State then
33:03
Speaker 1: swept that series, Wisconsin had won seven and a errow
33:06
Speaker 1: goin in the championship game last season. So yeah, it's
33:09
Speaker 1: it's some of the other numbers here. Wisconsin is thirty
33:13
Speaker 1: one and oh this season. In twenty twenty four, sorry,
33:16
Speaker 1: in the calendar year twenty twenty four, thirty one and
33:18
Speaker 1: oh against teams not named Ohio State and two and
33:20
Speaker 1: two against Ohio State.
33:22
Speaker 2: So it's like you could flip a coin, right, no.
33:26
Speaker 1: Doubt in my mind, we're seeing the two best teams
33:29
Speaker 1: in the country. At this point and really over the
33:33
Speaker 1: last twenty two months. I can't think in my head
33:39
Speaker 1: how long we're thinking here, but the two best teams
33:43
Speaker 1: in the country getting on the ice against each other
33:47
Speaker 1: this weekend.
33:48
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a shame to me that these are these
33:50
Speaker 2: are two games that are just going to stream and
33:53
Speaker 2: you know, be sort of a paid behind the paywall
33:56
Speaker 2: on btm plus because I just this is great hockey
33:59
Speaker 2: and I'm really excited that, you know, I wish more
34:03
Speaker 2: people could see it. I'm excited they're the teams that'll
34:05
Speaker 2: be you know, playing at Frozen Confines and that they'll
34:08
Speaker 2: be on Big ten Network. But for now, I wish
34:10
Speaker 2: these games were we're a little more accessible to people,
34:13
Speaker 2: because it's going to be they're going to be amazing games,
34:17
Speaker 2: and you know, whoever wins or loses, that's like kind
34:21
Speaker 2: of superfluous to to what we're going to get to
34:23
Speaker 2: see in the ice. And like, you know, like Wisconsin
34:25
Speaker 2: isn't going to stay undefeated. They're not, you know, like
34:28
Speaker 2: we've had that one fluke of a season with I
34:30
Speaker 2: don't think that's ever happening again, and so you know,
34:33
Speaker 2: like I you know, I can't I'm guessing we're gonna
34:38
Speaker 2: see a weekend split, but yeah, it's uh, it's just
34:42
Speaker 2: going to be, you know, fast paced. It's going to
34:45
Speaker 2: be a lot of tree. These are two teams that
34:46
Speaker 2: love to play fast transition. You know. Ohio State's sort
34:50
Speaker 2: of keyword is relentless, Like they're they're gonna put pressure
34:53
Speaker 2: on Wisconsin. Wisconsin has to be smarter with the puck
34:56
Speaker 2: than they were to start their season. They have gotten better,
34:59
Speaker 2: but they're that's going to be a massive part of
35:02
Speaker 2: whether or not they can be successful here in Ohio
35:05
Speaker 2: State's just got to, i think, kind of be more
35:07
Speaker 2: connected as a team. They just haven't. They've grown into
35:10
Speaker 2: it in the past few weeks, but just the way
35:13
Speaker 2: that we have seen them play in years past, I
35:15
Speaker 2: think it's taken them a little bit longer to get
35:17
Speaker 2: to that point.
35:18
Speaker 1: This season should be a couple of good ones, but
35:21
Speaker 1: not the only couple of good ones wha are around
35:24
Speaker 1: the country this league. We've also got number three Minnesota
35:27
Speaker 1: playing number four Minnesota Duluth, and that's worthy of adding
35:32
Speaker 1: to this discussion because I mean, think about that number
35:36
Speaker 1: one and number two are playing, Number three and number
35:38
Speaker 1: four are playing. They're all in the same conference. It's
35:40
Speaker 1: a little bit of a showcase for the WHA this weekend.
35:45
Speaker 1: I wonder I want to say that Duluth has more
35:50
Speaker 1: on the line in that series, but I also feel
35:53
Speaker 1: like Minnesota is still after the way that the series
35:59
Speaker 1: against Wisconsin ended earlier this season and really a series
36:03
Speaker 1: against Ohio State, maybe they're on par with each other
36:07
Speaker 1: for trying to find you know, who's that that third
36:12
Speaker 1: spot in the w c h A right now, and
36:16
Speaker 1: let's find out. Really that's the exciting part. Let's let's
36:19
Speaker 1: have them play this weekend find out.
36:21
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I think probably in a national conversation, Minnesota
36:25
Speaker 2: Duluth has more that they need to show. But I
36:28
Speaker 2: mean Minnesota is in desperate need of w CCHA points
36:32
Speaker 2: right like they're at five hundred in conference right now,
36:35
Speaker 2: they're five points behind Duluth with the same number of
36:38
Speaker 2: games played like they it was early couple of games
36:42
Speaker 2: and the w SHA and not getting all those points
36:44
Speaker 2: really made a difference for the Gophers. And so yeah,
36:48
Speaker 2: I think that's what's on the line for them, is
36:50
Speaker 2: that they just really need to prove within the conference
36:52
Speaker 2: that they they they're taking that step and they need
36:54
Speaker 2: to make that make up some ground on Minnesota Dluth
36:58
Speaker 2: and the standings.
36:59
Speaker 1: Right, that's a six o'clock Central start on Friday and
37:06
Speaker 1: a three o'clock start on Saturday. I should say that
37:10
Speaker 1: the Friday game at Ohio State is six eastern. They're
37:16
Speaker 1: a little offset, yeah, a little bit, and then the
37:19
Speaker 1: Saturday game between the Badgers and the Buckeyes three eastern.
37:23
Speaker 2: So you know, we ranted about that last night. But yeah,
37:29
Speaker 2: we have.
37:29
Speaker 1: All the streams going, and we really just need to
37:32
Speaker 1: get Nicole some more TVs or some more like split
37:36
Speaker 1: screen to show all everything.
37:40
Speaker 2: At once listeners, in case you didn't know, I already
37:42
Speaker 2: have two TVs in my living room, particularly to watch this,
37:47
Speaker 2: and then there's also usually a game on my tablet.
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Speaker 2: So that's enough.
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Speaker 1: So we've got Wisconsin, Minnesota, We've got Minnesota, Minnesota with
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Speaker 1: great rivalries or is there too b U b C.
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Speaker 1: Also this weekend.
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Speaker 2: We talked about those standings.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, especially in the context of those standings, gonna be
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Speaker 1: really good. Be you hosts the Friday game, b C
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Speaker 1: host the Saturday game. Of the Saturday game is on
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Speaker 1: Nessen four thirty eastern, so that's available on TV. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I I that that is one that I didn't necessarily
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Speaker 1: think was going to be two teams that were ranked
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Speaker 1: you know, maybe four or five weeks ago. I wouldn't
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Speaker 1: have thought that. But b C you number eleven, BU
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Speaker 1: number fourteen. So let's uh, let's let's let's let that
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Speaker 1: rivalry play out here and and see what we get
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Speaker 1: out of it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, that'll be a home and home too, So
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Speaker 2: just could be interesting to see how playing on the
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Speaker 2: different rinks. And we you know, we talked earlier when
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Speaker 2: we talked to Tara that that BU is playing, you know,
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Speaker 2: in their mentoring two. So just interesting all along. There's
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Speaker 2: just some little outside stuff that could play into that. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: and then that other rivalry. It's not conference, but Clerk's
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Speaker 2: in St. Lawrence that Route eleven rivalry. Aren't they something
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Speaker 2: like eleven mile I don't know, they're very close to
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Speaker 2: you ten miles apart. So they are also playing a
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Speaker 2: home and home series. So even though that's a non conference,
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Speaker 2: that's a huge just sort of rivalry that exists anyway.
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Speaker 2: But it also helps that they're six and nine in
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Speaker 2: the national rankings as well. So yeah, maybe intentional or
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Speaker 2: not a rivalry weekend on the calendar this year.
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Speaker 1: Had Rivalry Series last weekend and Rivalry Weekend in college hockey,
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Speaker 1: I guess which is is pretty cool and I hope
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Speaker 1: everyone's able to enjoy some of it. You know, make
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Speaker 1: sure if you can't get to a game, check out
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Speaker 1: one that's that's on TV or streaming or however you're
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Speaker 1: able to do it radio. A lot of places have
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Speaker 1: audio feeds if you want to check those out too.
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Speaker 2: Be the I'm sorry Minnesota to loose. Minnesota games are
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Speaker 2: on MY nine in the Minnesota Greater Minnesota area too.
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Speaker 2: On television. Minnesota usually has free radio, and the other
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Speaker 2: the Boston and Upstate New York games should all be
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Speaker 2: on ESPN Plus, which is at least a reasonably priced
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Speaker 2: wait to watch women's college hockey.
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Speaker 1: If you're in the Twin Cities. I believe I saw
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Speaker 1: something on social media about a watch party going on
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Speaker 1: at a bar of out there. Sorry, so check out
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Speaker 1: their website or socials for those opportunities. That would be
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Speaker 1: pretty cool too.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's exciting to see more and more of that
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Speaker 2: stuff happening. So yeah, find some friends, get them excited.
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Speaker 2: You're not going to watch better hockey in the early
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Speaker 2: part of the season. Then you'll see this weekend.
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Speaker 1: I think awesome. Well, enjoy it everyone, Thank you again
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