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R-Town Worked Hardest: Kitchener is Kelowna Bound for the Memorial Cup - 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 2: Welcome to another live edition of the Ohl and sixty
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  Speaker 2: podcast with Colin Ward. I'm resed to Maane before we
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  Speaker 2: get started. I'm on camera, look at us go man.
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  Speaker 2: We're off to a nice start here. The last two
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  Speaker 2: live shows, that's been kind of rough on my end
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  Speaker 2: in terms of videos. So glad to have you along
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  Speaker 2: with us b C of course, but behind the clouds,
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  Speaker 2: I'm reased Tomani along with Colin Ward our OHL Finals
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  Speaker 2: recap slash look ahead to the Memorial Cup. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: necessarily call this our season finale. I think we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: do another show where we kind of recap the year
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  Speaker 2: that was and and look back at some of the
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  Speaker 2: good times, maybe some of the bad times. There were
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  Speaker 2: a few moments of those during the season, but all
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  Speaker 2: in all, got a ton of headlines to get to
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  Speaker 2: and then yeah, we're gonna look back at the Kitchen
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  Speaker 2: Rangers sweeping away with the Barry Colts and looking ahead
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  Speaker 2: to the Memorial Cup out in Colona that gets underway
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  Speaker 2: on Friday with the host Colona Rockets taking on the
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  Speaker 2: OHL champion Kitchener Rangers. So headlines to get to Dave
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  Speaker 2: Cameron has an extension. Colin Ward is about to give
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  Speaker 2: a lesson on social media regarding that the Barry Colts
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  Speaker 2: sold going to be sold soon. Potentially we'll see Twitter
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  Speaker 2: was on it or x was on it, so we'll
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  Speaker 2: chat about that. Matthew Schaffer takes on the Calder Trophy
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  Speaker 2: as the best rookie in the National Hockey League. Some
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  Speaker 2: scholar awards we're handed out as well to some OHL players.
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  Speaker 2: A little removed from the World Junior Summer Showcase announcement
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  Speaker 2: that's going to take place in Windsor ahead of the
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  Speaker 2: two thousand and twenty six twenty twenty seven OHL season.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be awesome at the WFC Center. Manny
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  Speaker 2: Peva giving us the announcement the other day that Canada, USA, Finland,
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  Speaker 2: Sweden going to be a part of that mini tournament.
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  Speaker 2: You could say at the WFCU Center, are all excited
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  Speaker 2: about that? That one is is gonna be really awesome
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  Speaker 2: Windsor Pizza. What's that they get?
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  Speaker 1: They gets to have some winsor pizza. Maybe that went
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  Speaker 1: into them too.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I mean Swedes and Fins need to uh need
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  Speaker 2: to experience that.
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  Speaker 1: They're not gonna know what hit them.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, they're gonna be talking about it all the way
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  Speaker 2: back to Helsinki and Stockholm, even though half of the
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  Speaker 2: players probably aren't from those two cities. Those are just
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  Speaker 2: two you know, capital cities. Obviously, after that, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of stuff's going on. And Owen Sound they've got new owners.
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  Speaker 2: They have made a coaching change, although not officially naming
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  Speaker 2: their new bench boss, but Jeff Merrick is all over it.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll chat about that, and then new GM in
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  Speaker 2: Owen Sound. Rumors swirling around that Dale de Gray is
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  Speaker 2: off to Niagara instead of sticking around the Bay Shore.
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  Speaker 2: So we've had that discussion at lengths in in previous episodes,
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  Speaker 2: so we're gonna we're gonna chat about that. And then
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  Speaker 2: of course the Kitchen Rangers are OHL champions. They sweep
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  Speaker 2: away the Barry Colts in four games. Sam O'Reilly taking
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  Speaker 2: home playoff MVP, also double dipping because he took home
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  Speaker 2: regular season MVP, which we chatted about on the previous episode.
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  Speaker 2: And then we're not gonna pretend like we're experts on
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  Speaker 2: the w h L and on the q M j hl.
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  Speaker 1: B.
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  Speaker 2: We just haven't followed the Everett Silver Tips very very much.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't followed the Colonna Rockets very much. We haven't
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  Speaker 2: followed the Q Champs that I'm gonna botch their name
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  Speaker 2: every single time SCU to me, Uh, we're not experts
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  Speaker 2: on any of those teams. I like to think we
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  Speaker 2: know quite a bit about the Kitchen Rangers and what
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna bring to the Memorial Cup. But we're not
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  Speaker 2: gonna try and you know, pretend we're w h L
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  Speaker 2: or q m j HL insiders. That's just not what
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  Speaker 2: we are. So we're gonna we're gonna provide a lot
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  Speaker 2: of input on the Kitchen Rangers and what we feel
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  Speaker 2: like they will bring to the table to uh to
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  Speaker 2: the Memorial Cup this year and hopefully keep it in
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  Speaker 2: the Ontario Hockey League. It would be uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: following in the footsteps of the Saga how spirit in
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  Speaker 2: the London Nights. So colin Ward having some audio troubles.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully he can hear me again. He's kind of in
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  Speaker 2: a Tornado territory right now, and in Woodstock. He was
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  Speaker 2: underground for probably twenty minutes or so, and then we
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  Speaker 2: got the text message saying he was coming back up
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  Speaker 2: top to the surface and and back to the apartment,
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  Speaker 2: So hopefully we've got Wardy uh coming up here. Hopefully
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  Speaker 2: I did see him now, his screens black.
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  Speaker 1: I think his mike was connected. I think he' got
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  Speaker 1: a way for his mic. But where we get started.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's not Ohl related, but Monkton's owner passed
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  Speaker 1: away as well. Tough, tough for them obviously losing in
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  Speaker 1: the Q final and then their owner obviously passing away.
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  Speaker 1: So condolences to the Monk and Wildcats community of for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, that's that's uh, that's well said Brandon.
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  Speaker 2: We we love the Canadian Hockey League obviously Ohl specifically,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, that's tough, especially, you know, an unfortunate end
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  Speaker 2: to the Monked and Wildcats season. But you know they
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  Speaker 2: did hit take home a championship recently, so which also,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, has sort of sparked the conversation for
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  Speaker 2: Gardner McDougall and and whether or not he should be
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  Speaker 2: getting an opportunity at the professional level. Obviously we know
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  Speaker 2: how well he coached at the at the college level
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  Speaker 2: here and in the U sports. It's still a stupid name,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, and obviously having immediate immediate success in
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  Speaker 2: Moncton's so that that's interesting that conversation has been started.
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  Speaker 2: Some people are swirling around him being the Leafs head coach.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's kind of a hype dream, to be
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  Speaker 2: honest with you, who would want to coach there right now?
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  Speaker 2: Just my personal opinion, But yeah, I think we get
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  Speaker 2: started b CAP or BC geez just reverted about it.
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  Speaker 1: I think if McDougal wanted a job, he could probably
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  Speaker 1: have whatever one he wanted. But I think he likes
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  Speaker 1: it O East.
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  Speaker 2: I don't blame him. I've only been there once and
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  Speaker 2: it was to Halifax and I'm a big fan of
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  Speaker 2: their Boardwalk Beer Garden big man.
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  Speaker 1: And he got the coach with Dale Hunter for a team.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, Canadas World Junior team too, so great point?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely so without without further ado, let's let's get
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  Speaker 2: into it.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Dave Cameron has signed an extension, a multi year extension
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  Speaker 2: to remain the head coach of the Ottawa sixty sevens.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really hoping Colin Ward can jump in here and
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  Speaker 2: uh and give us a lesson on some some social
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  Speaker 2: media and you know, some sixty seven's history. I should
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  Speaker 2: add as well, calling his back on screen. Can you
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  Speaker 2: hear me?
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  Speaker 4: Wardy, Nope, Woodstock, It's all good.
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  Speaker 2: It's all good. Well, we'll keep going. I know, this
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  Speaker 2: is kind of how I felt there, Like when my
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  Speaker 2: screen kept cutting out, it was rough' That's how I felt.
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  Speaker 2: You're kind of helpless because technology sucks. Even though it's
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. You think we'd have this stuff figured out.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm gonna you know, it is what it is.
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  Speaker 2: But Dave Cameron, Yeah, he signs his extension through the
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  Speaker 2: twenty seven to twenty eight season with the sixty sevens
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  Speaker 2: sixty seven general manager quote tweeted or quoted in the
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  Speaker 2: article on the Ottawa sixty seven's website, Dave is an
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  Speaker 2: exceptional coach. His mentality, passion, and commitment to the sixty
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  Speaker 2: sevens give our group the platform to grow and develop
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  Speaker 2: on and off the ice. If you want to read
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  Speaker 2: that full article again, it's on the ottaw at sixty
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  Speaker 2: seven's website. No, he's been a part of the team
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  Speaker 2: since twenty twenty one two twenty two. You know, the
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  Speaker 2: Ottawa sixty sevens a franchise record fifty one wins in
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  Speaker 2: the twenty twenty two twenty twenty three season, winning OHL
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  Speaker 2: Coach of the Year CHL Coach of the Year and
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  Speaker 2: part of the OHL first All Star team as the
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  Speaker 2: bench boss. And we know how how well the sixty
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  Speaker 2: sevens did this year. Myself included had them outside the
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  Speaker 2: postseason this year, but obviously we saw what they did.
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  Speaker 2: They were competing for a division title right along with
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  Speaker 2: the Bulldogs up until probably the last month of the season.
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  Speaker 2: But but you still get over the one hundred point mark.
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  Speaker 2: You get into the second round against a tough Colts
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  Speaker 2: team and you know, if if a if a puck
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  Speaker 2: ends up in the empty four by six, who the
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  Speaker 2: heck knows what happens with the Ottawa sixty Sevens in
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  Speaker 2: that second round series against the Barry Colts. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: congratulations to him. You know he earned this. He is
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  Speaker 2: the you know, he was in that conversation all season
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  Speaker 2: long for for Coach of the Year. I know we
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  Speaker 2: haven't commented too much on it and we're going to
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  Speaker 2: keep it that way, but yeah, congratulations to him on
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  Speaker 2: getting that extension. And he's near the top in sixty
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  Speaker 2: seven's history. Brian Kilray legendary name, but Dave Cameron trying
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  Speaker 2: to bring himself back up, not back up up to
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  Speaker 2: that level with Brian Kilray, so congratulations to him and.
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  Speaker 1: Even what Andre Tournier was able to do with the
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  Speaker 1: Ottawa Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Great point. Yeah, you think of that run in the
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  Speaker 2: late twenty tens in the in the eighteen nineteen season,
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  Speaker 2: I know a lot of people were looking at, say,
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  Speaker 2: the Niagara Ice Dogs in the Eastern Conference. Oshauwa had
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  Speaker 2: a solid team despite kind of selling. I think I
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  Speaker 2: think they sold, but then they bought because they sent
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  Speaker 2: Stadnika and Brossard to Niagara. They ended up getting mattin
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  Speaker 2: in and I'm drawing a blank Brandon Stagent from the
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  Speaker 2: Hamilton Bulldogs and we'll beat the Ice Dogs in round
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  Speaker 2: number two. So uh yeah, Tournier definitely wanted to to
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  Speaker 2: remember Dpietro obviously a big, big addition at the deadline
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  Speaker 2: there for the sixty seven. So yeah, there's there's, there's
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  Speaker 2: names for for the Ottawa sixty sevens. It's a pretty
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  Speaker 2: pretty healthy list in the nation's capital. So uh to
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  Speaker 2: the Barry Colts and not about them losing in the
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  Speaker 2: Ohl Championship Series. Jeff Merrick tweeting out on May ninth,
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  Speaker 2: kind of funny how he put it. Okay, Comma, there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot to talk about a Barry Colts sale. Here's
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  Speaker 2: what I know. There's a deal in principle to sell
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  Speaker 2: the Colts to a group led by John Carreri, who
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  Speaker 2: owns the Toronto Patriots of the OJHL as well as
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  Speaker 2: Everest Academy. Well, a dude that owns teams or has
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  Speaker 2: owned team owned teams in the past does make a
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  Speaker 2: lot of sense. And I'll actually give a shout out
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  Speaker 2: to correspond to Gene Pereira uh bringing up the topic
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  Speaker 2: on social media on Monday about you know you can
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  Speaker 2: renovate renovate the sad Lone Arena. Of course, don't don't
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  Speaker 2: get me wrong. I love the restaurant in there press boxes, Eh,
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  Speaker 2: but uh, it is what it is. It's a it's
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  Speaker 2: a loud barn. But uh, he brought up the idea,
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  Speaker 2: would it be better to build a new one. Now,
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  Speaker 2: in terms of location, pretty easy to like that location,
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  Speaker 2: especially considering where the Berry Baycats Stadium is. It's you know,
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  Speaker 2: in terms of well now professional sports for for the
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  Speaker 2: Barry Baycats and the CBL, it is past Barry, whereas
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  Speaker 2: sad Lone Arena. As soon as you head up to
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  Speaker 2: four hundred, you see that Barry sign. Well, there it is.
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  Speaker 2: It's right off the highway. There are a few restaurants
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  Speaker 2: around there, of course, including the one in the building.
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  Speaker 2: But but this is really interesting to hear Jeff Merrick
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  Speaker 2: tweeting this out. And you know, as the news about
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  Speaker 2: the own sound attack sale was swirling around and this
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  Speaker 2: is why the Barry Colts were still in the playoffs
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  Speaker 2: and and competing for an OHL championship against the Kitchener Rangers,
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  Speaker 2: that this news comes out. So uh, I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to say I'm surprised, because I don't think that's something
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  Speaker 2: that you really surprised about. I think it's just it's
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  Speaker 2: what the OHL is, you know, starting to turn into
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  Speaker 2: and and we're gonna get into into Owen Sound in
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  Speaker 2: just a second here or a few minutes here. But
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  Speaker 2: you're you're starting to see sort of the you know,
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  Speaker 2: passing the torch to the next generation of whether it
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  Speaker 2: be OHL owners, governor's presidents, general managers, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: new wave of head coaches are coming through as well.
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  Speaker 2: Throughout the league. It just changes from top to bottom. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: the new landscape with the n C Double A has
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  Speaker 2: changed a lot, and maybe that's where some parties are
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  Speaker 2: seeing the potential in Hey, you know I've been in
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  Speaker 2: it for a while. I'm I'm not sure I agree
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  Speaker 2: with what the future could be. So oh, I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna be interested in looking to potentially sell and
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  Speaker 2: whether that was the case with Barry or own sound,
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  Speaker 2: I have no idea. Again, I'm not an insider. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not gonna pretend i am. But this is this is
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  Speaker 2: big news at least in the Eastern Conference. Having the
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  Speaker 2: sale confirmed for the Owen sound attack and now the
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  Speaker 2: rumors about the Barry Colts.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, no, no better time to sell than I guess
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  Speaker 1: when you've just become Eastern Conference champions. I mean that
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  Speaker 1: helps you can say that their value has never been higher.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you did, and you know not to you
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  Speaker 2: can say you took you can take credit for that.
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  Speaker 2: Of course they put in their own work, obviously, but
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  Speaker 2: Colbo Dwen a hell of a story. Kayshawn Ahison, He's
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  Speaker 2: going to be close to us, Brandon about half hour
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  Speaker 2: forty five minutes away at at TD Coliseum. Potentially obviously
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  Speaker 2: very good opportunity to make the New York Islanders next year,
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  Speaker 2: but if not, it would be a trip to Hamilton
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  Speaker 2: and at TD Coliseum, which we're still waiting for the
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  Speaker 2: name for for for the Hamilton Ahl team. But just
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  Speaker 2: some more ownership news, this time for the Barry Colts.
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  Speaker 2: And again we're gonna get to uh the the own
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  Speaker 2: sound attack change. And in just a moment, Ben Reese
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  Speaker 2: de mani flying solo here colin Ward with some audio issues.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Again he's in sort of tornado alley, uh in Woodstock
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe not the greatest internet connection at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no, it's a it's it's a little tough,
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  Speaker 2: but we're all right, we'll we'll, we'll keep going. Matthew
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  Speaker 2: Schaeffer and and it was sort of it was it
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  Speaker 2: was really cool the way that that it was announced.
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  Speaker 2: And do I watch morning talk shows? No, I don't
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  Speaker 2: really have a ton of interest in watching all that stuff.
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  Speaker 2: But I think when you look at Matthew Schaeffer and
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  Speaker 2: kind of what you know he is, uh, he's accomplished
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  Speaker 2: in his short NHL career, you know. We it's bucks
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  Speaker 2: that we only got what maybe less than a year
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  Speaker 2: of playing time, maybe about a year of playing time
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  Speaker 2: with Matthew Schaeffer being a member of the Erie Otters,
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  Speaker 2: which really sucked. But also to see him thrive in
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  Speaker 2: the NHL despite all the injury trouble that he had
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  Speaker 2: in the Ontario Hockey League, I think is something to
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  Speaker 2: celebrate on its own. So, you know, he played eighty
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  Speaker 2: two games, scored twenty three goals, thirty six assists for
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  Speaker 2: fifty nine points. This is as unanimous as it gets BC.
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  Speaker 2: And and for Schaeffer. You know again, I know his brother, well,
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  Speaker 2: Johnny from his days in Niagara, you know, covering the
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  Speaker 2: ice dugs for yourself, I'm sure you've heard a ton
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  Speaker 2: of stories about Johnny Schaffer and and the Shaeffer family,
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  Speaker 2: and Matthew just was on another level this season for
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  Speaker 2: the New York Islanders. It was impressive. It was very
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  Speaker 2: impressive for you know, a non playoff team, albeit close.
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  Speaker 2: A plus thirteen was just a impressive as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, what else can you say about this guy?
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  Speaker 1: He was an incredible He could have been in the
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  Speaker 1: OHL for two more seasons when you really look at it. First, overall,
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  Speaker 1: pick all the things he's done off the ice as well,
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  Speaker 1: for the hospitals in the Long Island area. Just an
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  Speaker 1: incredible human being on and off the ice and the
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  Speaker 1: Islanders are lucky to have a guy like that as
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  Speaker 1: the face of their franchise already at only eighteen years old.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm curious how quickly, and not that they're here
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  Speaker 2: to push out captains by any means, but to send
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  Speaker 2: to see his way and just make it official because
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  Speaker 2: it's probably gonna happen eventually, it's just a matter of time.
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  Speaker 2: So congratulations to him. That's one heck of an accomplishment.
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  Speaker 2: It's just going to continue to get better and better.
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  Speaker 2: So if you're on the island, enjoy it. You've got
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  Speaker 2: a nice brand new barn and a nice brand new
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  Speaker 2: number one defenseman of the future. So Matthew Schaeffer taking
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  Speaker 2: home the Calder Trophy. This season in the National Hockey League,
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  Speaker 2: a few more awards were handed out as well, in
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  Speaker 2: this time in the scholastic department, the Ivan Tenant Memorial Award,
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  Speaker 2: Mark Pape taking home the trophy the Ivon Tenant Memorial Award,
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  Speaker 2: presented annually to the league's top academic high school student
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  Speaker 2: in his Grade ten studies. These are numbers that are
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  Speaker 2: way out of my atmosphere.
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  Speaker 1: Grasp come, Marichey, weren't a scholar in high school?
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  Speaker 3: Hey?
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  Speaker 2: Hey, grade twelve. I don't know how I did it,
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  Speaker 2: but I was an Ontario scholar and everyone who graduation
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  Speaker 2: heard it, So I don't know how I did it.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe it's because of some of the bird classes I
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: took peer tutoring, which was I'm not sure why that's
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  Speaker 2: a class, but I don't care because I'm pretty sure
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  Speaker 2: I got high nineties in it. But for this young man,
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: ninety eight point eight percent average, including one hundred percent
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  Speaker 2: in pre calculus slash trigonometry, US History, I wish I
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: learned US history, fitness and UH and sport management. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know a lot of people can't say
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  Speaker 2: they've had a high nineties average, But when you look
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  Speaker 2: at pre calculus, trigonometry, US history, like fitness, sports man,
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  Speaker 2: like what.
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  Speaker 1: Can you even spell that?
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  Speaker 2: I can't count that high?
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Like you count the nine for baseball, that's all you need?
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: What's that you can count the nine for baseball nine?
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: That's debatable, but I mean that that's impressive. So congratulations
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: to him. You obviously we're cheering for a long national
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: and professional UH career, but I think he's gonna do
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: all right if he goes to school route and and
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: goes for a degree, so congratulations to him. And then
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: bradguard takes home the Roger Nielsen Memorial Award. Of course
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: that is a post secondary achievement, so you know that's
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: again it did end at the end of April. Obviously,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: that's sort of when the national University studies usually tend
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: to end. But Brad Gardner doing this while going on
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: a long, deep playoff run and sustaining the grades, so
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: congratulations to to him. And uh yeah, I totally just
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: lost my train of thought, Brandon.
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: But Brad Gardner, I mean, you know, what a what
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: a final season he had. Not another guy that came
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: from the Ottawa program, Dave Cameron, and was obviously a
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Dallas draft pick but not signed, so hopefully he'll be
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: able to earn something going forward. But you know, just
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: one of the last of those five year I feel
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: like elite players in the Ontario Hockey League with the
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: new landscape, so yeah, the last of his kind.
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: Well, and and I we've had this conversation numerous times
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: where you know, yes, n C double A, n I
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: L it's all fine, and Jim Dandy and you know,
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: we all I think it's it's great hockey wise, But again,
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: a lot of it has to do with do you
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: have the grades? And I think that's still one thing.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: Maybe not so much in football or basketball, but but
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: student athletes still means a whole hell of a lot
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: in the States, I feel like, and you know, for
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: for these students, you can see all the commitments you want,
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: you know, but at the end of the day, if
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: you don't have the grades, well you're not going there
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: to play hockey. So I think that's something to look
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: at as well as sure they might be extremely talented individuals,
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: but without the grades, good luck, you might have to
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: stay close to home unfortunately. So that's still a big
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: part of it. And that's why I think it's still
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: awesome that the OHL is investing so much in off
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: the ice and studies and everything like that, so you know,
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: knowing firsthand that some of the scholarship funds do translate
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: over to the States. Albeit if you're Canadian you're paying
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: international rates, but still it does help contribute. So that's
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: pretty awesome. Okay, final headline to get to the Windsor
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: spitfires to host or I should say the city of Windsor.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: Along with the Windsor Spitfires at the WFCU Center will
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: host the twenty twenty six World Junior's Summer Showcase. And
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: obviously the WAFTCU Center has hosted a number of big
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: events international events. They still have their massive hockey tournament
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: in the middle of winter that takes place there, but
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: his Summer Showcase will take place July twenty sixth through
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: August first. This summer includes ten games. World Junior hopefuls
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: from Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States will participate,
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: so it's it's a non tournament format used by each
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: federation as the first evaluation period ahead of the double
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: IHF World Junior Hockey Championships. Obviously includes players from the
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Canadian Hockey League potentially guys in the National Hockey League.
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: You know, all the scouts are going to have full,
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: full availability to this, so I'm I'm pumped for this.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: I think this is going to be awesome. Tickets are
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: on sale already to go see this event. You can
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: obviously get a ten game full event package starting in
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty four bucks or three team Canada
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: games at one hundred and twenty nine. I mean, I'm
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: no financial expert by any means, but I feel like
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: to get seven more games for less than sixty bucks,
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: I think that might be worth it.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: I think so.
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And individual tickets go on sale June eighth at
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: at eleven am with prices starting at eighteen dollars. So
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: that's kind of the rundown. It was a great press conference,
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Manny Peva hosting that a lot of people were curious
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: what was going on. We saw the news about Ethan
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: Belchets and Michigan State University and we were wondering if
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: it had something to do with that, but obviously it
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: was about the World Junior Summer Showcase. So I'm pumped forward.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: I think that'll be a that'll be a lot of fun. Again,
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: this is just step one really to making Team Canada
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: for the World Junior, something that most Canadian kids dream
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: of playing in that tournament. So that's gonna be awesome.
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: Okay to some more of the bigger news, and of
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: course we're still still having some audio issues with with
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: colin Ward. We're still chugging along though, however, here on
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: the HL and sixty podcast my self Free Stumanian NBC
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: live on YouTube on the Armchair GM Sports Network. Following
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: the Ontario Hockey League Championship series and ahead of the
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six Memorial Cup in Kelowna.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: Hang on, Oh, you might have him joining right now? Oh,
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: all right, this time he has he has a microphone.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: Think I think I started it too early. That's embarrassing,
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: pretty bad.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: It looks like he's loading in but I can't see
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: him at the moment yet.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Oh that's all right, no worries. Uh kick things off anyways. Yeah,
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: the OHL Board of Governors has approved the transfer of
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: ownership of the Owen Sound Attack Hockey Club. And this
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: is sort of a big deal because they're also hosting
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: a top prospects game this year, uh in the OHL,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: which is which is going to be exciting for a
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: new ownership.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: Hey Ward, are you the.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Props to you guys? I was completely normal all of
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: a us sudden we went live and I don't know
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: what happened. Like I was chatting before we went on air.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, and again that's how I felt when my
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: screen didn't work those first few times. I'm like, oh, crapo, crapo, crapo,
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: crap But yeah, like what oh man, we're glad to
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: have you. We're glad to have you here.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: I took a holiday for twenty seven minutes. Come back
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: and I see, uh, I see things are good, So
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: I'm good. No, wow, I no, thanks for covering me. Boys.
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: That was tech. I don't know what happened there. Like
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: I said, I was talking to you guys before we
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: went on the air. It's just we went live.
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: Calling out.
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: I don't know what happened there. Tried everything I could,
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: but yep, got the boot Internet. Some days you can't
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: beat it, some days you can. Today I just couldn't,
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: but ended up getting the upper handed overtime, So that's
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: all that. That's all that mattered. But yeah, no, what
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: do I miss? What did I miss?
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: BC? Too soon? Overtime?
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: Soon?
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: Definitely?
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: Hey, you know what, this is the year. This is
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: the year of the better teams not winning. This is
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: the year of that. Shout out to the Buffalo Sabers
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Bulldogs head coach Jay McKee. What like the Buffalo Sabers,
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: I mean, for any Buffalo fans listening to the show.
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: Incredible run, incredible run. That was Game seven. They were
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: the better team. They were the better team, and it's
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: unfortunate when you lose a Game seven, you're the better team.
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: The Olympics was like that for Canada. Turned out Monday
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: night was the exact same way for the Buffalo Sabers,
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: And it's unfortunate to be on the other end. But
• 27:42
  Speaker 3: the Carolina Hurricanes will have fun with a bunch of
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: Allcadians in the third round. I guarantee that.
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: But as Colin Ward's going to explain, he is not
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: the goat because the goat was legit, your former head coach.
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: And yeah, Brian kil Ray, not rank, not coasted the
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: Autawa sixty sevens.
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and check yourself.
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought. You know, hey, I understand it. You're excited.
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: You guys love working with Dave Cameron. And that's good.
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: That's good. I'm glad that the Autawa sixty seven's organization,
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: people on staff like working with Dave Cameron. That's huge,
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: that's great. It's nice to hear that relationship. But the
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: one thing is you can't be post and he's the
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: goat when Brian Kilray was in your organization, you can't
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: be doing that.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: That's too.
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: So yeah, well you wait for that. Yeah, I mean
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: you think about that new facility that London did. Chuck
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: to josh On Tuesday afternoon. How are we doing, Ncuba,
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: Come on down. Yeah, I think with that, I just
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: think it's a little premature calling him the goat. I mean,
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: as you want a championship behind the bench, I mean,
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: Brian Kilray has an impressive resume. When you just hockey
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: dB it e leap prospects at whatever you want to use.
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's not hard research. But yeah, I think
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: that that's a tough one. It's great two more years
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: Dave Cameron. I mean, what he did this year, he
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: absolutely deserves an extension. But without a doubt, I mean
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: that's a little premature be calling him the goat, and
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: Brian Kilray was in that organization. I think that's a
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: little bit of disrespect toward mister Kilray and everything he
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: brought to the sixty seventh in the Entario Hockey League
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: for that matter, throughout his time in the league. Wins
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: her winds here, that's cool, Winds here, that's cool. They
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: get the Summer Showcase. It makes sense and seeing it
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: over in the States for all those years in the
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: US with USA Hockey having the Prospects Challenge, I think
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: that's cool. With Plymouth hosting it, winsor getting the opportunity
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: sens to see it in Canada and Barry, did you say.
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Barry sale. But as anything on that well rumored, probably.
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah, probably, yeah. I think from what I've heard, I
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: think July will be. I think July first is when
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: that would become official if it does. I mean, you
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: see what Owen Sound went for. I mean automatic, the
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: league's going to round at the end of the year.
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: You see the end of the season and is it
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: time to sell? Is it time to stay in? Is
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: it not your time to sell? When Sound made the decision,
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: as we're gonna talk about here in a few minutes,
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: and then Barry obviously, I believe it's very close to
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: that too. I believe July first, I think that the
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: name was released, right Jeff Merrick tronop Pats Trump Patriots,
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: oh JHL owner John Kahari is the rumored candidate to
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: be buying the very cults. So July first, I expect
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: that to be the day. But we'll see.
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: But July first, Yeah, we're getting there. Toronto Patriots, by
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: the way, just going on a nice run to the
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: Centennial Cup at the at the junior A level in Canada,
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: So congrats to them on that. I know they did
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: lose out in the semifinals, but but that's a pretty
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: cool run if you can transfer over from that to
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: the Ontario Hockey League. Pretty good, uh, pretty good summer
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: stretch there.
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, absolutely absolutely, I mean that's cool. I mean
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: it's nice, right, we get that stepping stone right, So
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: that's not my multiple sources telling us that too. So
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: I believe that's a candidate for the Arry Colts great
• 31:05
  Speaker 3: spot too. I mean, Barry, after seeing what dealing sound
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: price was, you got to take that. You know, hey,
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: if I get the right off or why not?
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly, maybe there'll be a media room.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: Hey, it makes sense. So hey, it makes sense. So
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: at the trade deadline, you go back to the trade
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: deadline with the very cults selling it kind of makes
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: sense now to see this, Hey, you know what, we
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: don't want to sell. We want to get that second
• 31:29
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• 31:33
  Speaker 3: got that, So now that all makes sense with their
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: decision to do what they did at the trade deadline.
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• 33:41
  Speaker 2: The OHL Board of Governors has approved the transfer of
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: ownership of the own Sound Attack Hockey Club. Of course,
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: this was following a meeting of the OHL Board of
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: Governors the sale to Ecological Dynamic Sports Partners or EDSP,
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: which is way easier to say, led by Tyler Noer
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: and Donald McClure. Of course, there was a press conference
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: held on Friday the fifteenth at the Bay Shore. Biggest
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: news out of the press conference is the fries Nobody
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: gives a rats ass about anything else. That was the
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: big thing that I took away from that. I wasn't
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: really listening to anything else.
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: Really good, but well, the one that not no questions
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: was interesting. After Commissioner Brian Crawford talked speaking about that
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: about the league was very frowned upon. Obviously, no one
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: cares work harder instant, so hey pre asked questions, which
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: is unfair to the Owen Sound media, but I think
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: they got their answers. Greg Cowen did a heck of
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: a job, drove the whole thing on x so for
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: those on Twitter, go on there and follow Greg Cowen.
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: Great comedy and also all you need to know one
• 34:49
  Speaker 3: Sound Attack.
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, So essentially, let's read a little bit
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: of a snippet and if you're watching us on YouTube,
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: well obviously you're watching us on YouTube. We're live, so
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: good good one Reese. So the way it kind of
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: shakes down this whole ownership group and sort of positions
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: and everything. No there. Momorial Cup Champ with the windsor
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: Spitfires was part of the NHLPA as a Certified Player Agent.
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: He will assume the role of president and governor of
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: the Attack focused on all aspects of the club's hockey strategy,
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: player development, and competitive direction. Donald McClure is the managing
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: partner and president of EDSP. It's got over twenty years
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: of experience as a founder, CEO and entrepreneur to the
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: Attacks ownership teams.
• 35:41
  Speaker 3: So your business.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, you not to say that the Owen Sound
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: Attack had any issues with engagement in the community. However,
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: this seems like a nice breath of fresh air at
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: the base or in Owen Sound.
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, this is great. I mean, Tyler now they're leaving,
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: leaving Newport Sports his agency at twenty eight years old,
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: to run the Owen Soun Attack on the day to
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: day as president is impressive. I mean, he's been around,
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: He's been a lot of good teams. He's mentioned with
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: the Windsors, Fiffires with a lot of Nights for multiple years.
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: Funny Tyler Another, he was on those teams and you
• 36:14
  Speaker 3: got to hear the great Mike Stubbs calls on those
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: London Night playoff runs. So as in high school when
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: Tyler Nother made his debut with the Night So that's
• 36:23
  Speaker 3: kind of cool to see him back in the league.
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: Really cool, really me He's one of those guys growing
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: up London Knights. That was sweet to see and a
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: tough guy. He didn't enforcer. I think Greg Cowen had
• 36:34
  Speaker 3: the tweet on x having him in a fight with
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: an O Sound Attack player was quite the That would
• 36:40
  Speaker 3: have been quite the headline post. Nevertheless, to see another
• 36:44
  Speaker 3: headlined with the Knights, but it's also interesting. Nineteen twenty
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: a season on Queens for those watching on YouTube, for
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: those listening the following day on wherever you listen to
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: your podcast. Queen's University played two games at Queen's. But
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: it's interesting because he ran into time with Keenan Reynolds
• 37:03
  Speaker 3: played a lot of time in the Ontario Hockey League
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: Flint Firebirds. He just bet the last season Erie. He's coached.
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: He's coached Harry Nancy in the past in Napanee, He's
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: coached obviously Royston this season in Erie for the short time.
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: It's interesting with the higher there as we get into
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: the head coaching, it all makes sense. I want to
• 37:23
  Speaker 3: mention that when we saw Queens here for another that's
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: very interesting to see that you know that time at
• 37:29
  Speaker 3: Queens and obviously the education package doing what it does
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: in the Ohl for the alumni. So that's a very
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: interesting to see that higher because it moves back to
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: U Sports and comes right back to the oh after
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: all that.
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean speaking of of hockey operations and
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: changes and potential new GMS coaches, whatever the case might be,
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: the Owen Sound Attack have announced that they've parted ways
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: with Scott Ray and Regan o great. Of course, Scott
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: Ray was was head coach of the Attack, with O'Grady
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: serving as an assistant. That's where the conversation about Keenan
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: Reynolds has has popped up about being the new own
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: Sound Attack bench Boughts and you know, essentially the quote
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: that had really sums up the entire article. And of course,
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: you know, if you want to read the whole press release,
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: Owen Sound Attack website has got it for you. But
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: the one line I wanted to read off after careful consideration,
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: the organization believes that a new voice is needed to
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: guide the group and support its development. And unfortunately, there
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: were some things that came out throughout the season and
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: and you know after the playoff run or during the
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: playoff run part of it, the four game run that
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: the Owen Sound Attack had, Yeah, I would agree with that.
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: They you know, not saying they're going to overhaul a
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: roster by any means. They very well could if they
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: wanted to. It might be rough or tough sledding for
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: for the own sound Attack over the next couple of years.
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: If they did. However, Uh, it sounds like the direction. Uh.
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: The change of direction was very much needed, as we
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: saw throughout the throughout the season.
• 39:12
  Speaker 3: Calling man, there's gonna be a lot of There's gonna
• 39:14
  Speaker 3: be a lot of changes at the Bay Shore in general,
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: in the business ops. I mean game day, there's gonna
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: be a lot of changes. I don't know if that's
• 39:21
  Speaker 3: I'm obviously not gonna get into staffing, but I'm gonna
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: get into the game day experience is going to be
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: different at the Bay Shore. For the fans, I believe
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: there's gonna be a lot more going on with this ownership.
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: I believe it's gonna be more engaging in the fan
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: base and that that community there is the most engaging
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: fan base community with the team there is in the HL.
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: I mean, you go to the local Tim Hortons and
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: you see Owen Sound Attack donuts, you see the Owen
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: Sound Attack people working there, that fans working.
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: There, you know, and you got the mini schedules on
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: the counter, yeah, talking.
• 39:53
  Speaker 3: About the team, and I thought that was really cool.
• 39:55
  Speaker 3: I think that's really neat about Owen Sound. I think
• 39:57
  Speaker 3: Owen Sound does a really good job with that. You
• 40:00
  Speaker 3: really get that they are this talk of the town
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: and they play to with their population. Is they play
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: to the market, and I think it works greatly in
• 40:08
  Speaker 3: Owen Sound. I love it. I truly believe that the
• 40:12
  Speaker 3: game day experience in the community is going to be
• 40:15
  Speaker 3: better than what it is and I think that's a
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: huge advance for the fans. Cauz. I believe when you
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: see these types of changes, you're gonna see a rebuild
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: here and that's what you have to do with the roster,
• 40:26
  Speaker 3: and it's gonna take time. I don't know how much time,
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: due to the fact that you do have now more
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: eligibility to sign free agents. I think this group with
• 40:36
  Speaker 3: and let's not forget Tyler or other just was that
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: Newport Sports and the sports agency. He was just there
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: like a month ago. He was working there day to day.
• 40:47
  Speaker 3: So I truly believe that it's one of those situations
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: or another where you have the CUSP. You have the players,
• 40:52
  Speaker 3: you know the player relations well, I believe. I don't
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: know if he's gonna be the general answer. I don't know,
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: but it definitely helps having ownersh that can work with
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: the NC double A, that can relate with ownership. I
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: look at the Barry Colts if that's the move with Carhari,
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: You look at the Toronto thought, you look at the OJ.
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: The OJ notoriously has been known for players to go
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: to the NC DOUBLEA after the difference between the g
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: O and the OJ was well, the g O was
• 41:19
  Speaker 3: kind of a feeding ground to the OHL. OJ was
• 41:22
  Speaker 3: kind of these eighteen year old they're going to bolt
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: to college that weren't gonna play in the OHL. That's
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: kind of the difference that I always thought of off
• 41:29
  Speaker 3: the top of my head. And I think with this
• 41:30
  Speaker 3: move or Barry, it makes sense to the modern day
• 41:33
  Speaker 3: landscape of the OHL and the CHL And I truly
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: believe that the Owens own attack. The one way that
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: can speed up a rebuild one thousand percent would be
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: if you have that ability to sign NC DOUBLEA free agents.
• 41:45
  Speaker 3: And I think that's what this does now with the
• 41:48
  Speaker 3: with the purchasing with Utter or with Mutter McClure, and
• 41:53
  Speaker 3: I think mccluar's great for the I think that is
• 41:55
  Speaker 3: great for the business side of things. I think that
• 41:57
  Speaker 3: is huge. Hearing what you mentioned. Reason that release is
• 42:01
  Speaker 3: big on its own. They get hey, they did everything right.
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: They don't want to change the good. They just want
• 42:06
  Speaker 3: to add things that they can think that they think
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: they can make things better, and I think that's huge.
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: As long as they have a good staff, things will
• 42:13
  Speaker 3: be fine. You have to be able to take opinions
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: from other people who have been in the organization, who
• 42:18
  Speaker 3: have put their times in, the people that have been
• 42:20
  Speaker 3: in OW and Sound for a long time. You got
• 42:23
  Speaker 3: to get their opinion. Those opinions are valued more than
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: anything else. The season ticket holders, the people that pay
• 42:29
  Speaker 3: their hard earned money day in and day out, are
• 42:31
  Speaker 3: the ones that matter to this new group and they
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: have to They have to value their opinions more than anything.
• 42:37
  Speaker 3: They have to be heard if this is gonna work.
• 42:40
  Speaker 3: Like any ownership, right, you sit on your screen on YouTube,
• 42:43
  Speaker 3: but loo get into it in a second. You look at.
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: Niagara, I knew you were going there.
• 42:47
  Speaker 3: What's ownership? What's ownership? Think of them? You know, what's
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: the fan basic of ownership. You look at the empty
• 42:52
  Speaker 3: seats while it shows.
• 42:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And again if you're listening afterwards and you can't
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: see the tweet because well you're listening. Greg Cowan tweeting
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: out that I expect GM Dale de Gray will be
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: let go, with sources saying he'll likely become the next
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: GM in Niagara. How long a year? Year and a half,
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: two years?
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: I mean, captains, come on now.
• 43:20
  Speaker 2: No, it's interesting to think of because you know, we
• 43:25
  Speaker 2: don't really know what Niagara is, and and JM is
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: usually like to they usually like to have their guys.
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: Does that mean BArch is back? Who knows any of
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: the well obviously not all of the assistants, but like also,
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: and this is no knock at Dale de Gray. I've
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: never met the man personally. I just go based off
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: of his hockey decisions and some of the things he
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: said at trade deadlines, like is this just a higher
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: because de Gray has been in the LEA sure you
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: can't argue with that. He's has experience in the Ontario
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: Hockey League. Don't get me wrong, I don't know if
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: this would benefit Niagara that much, to be honest with you,
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: And again that's no personal shot at Dale de Gray.
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: I'm basing it off of hockey decisions made over the
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: last two three seasons.
• 44:19
  Speaker 3: You know what this is gonna be. This is what
• 44:21
  Speaker 3: thouted doubt and from past experiences, from past sources. This
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: is one of those moves where ownership for Niagara is
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: desperate to be a five hundred little bit above five
• 44:32
  Speaker 3: hundred team. How many wins would take to get five
• 44:35
  Speaker 3: hundred while just win thirty games? You win thirty games
• 44:38
  Speaker 3: with one sound attack doing Dale de grace experience in
• 44:42
  Speaker 3: his time win thirty games. I truly believe this is
• 44:46
  Speaker 3: Niagara Ice Dog's ownership saying well, hey we gotta get
• 44:50
  Speaker 3: winning here. We gotta do something. Dale de Gray's won
• 44:53
  Speaker 3: thirty games every year. The iisce dogs have won thirty
• 44:56
  Speaker 3: thirty games? Is what once or twice over the last
• 44:59
  Speaker 3: seven years, Like this is them? This is this is
• 45:04
  Speaker 3: that ice Dog's ownership saying, hey we can get some consistency.
• 45:08
  Speaker 3: Maybe that's a little better. So it's trending in a
• 45:11
  Speaker 3: positive manner, believe it or not, for over the last
• 45:13
  Speaker 3: few seasons. But I don't I don't know. I this
• 45:18
  Speaker 3: is gonna go up or down. But like you said Reese.
• 45:21
  Speaker 3: The past trade deadlines, you set the market two years
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: ago with the first trade of the deadline, and then
• 45:27
  Speaker 3: you say the market was too high, but you set it.
• 45:30
  Speaker 3: If you're gonna do that in Niagara, well this is
• 45:32
  Speaker 3: gonna be a one and done, one and done into
• 45:34
  Speaker 3: the NBA or into can Kun Welcome to our can
• 45:37
  Speaker 3: kuon segment next year. This time, I don't like this
• 45:42
  Speaker 3: is either gonna go one way. It's either gonna go
• 45:44
  Speaker 3: like that, or it's gonna be a success. I have
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: no clue. I think it's one of those moves you're
• 45:49
  Speaker 3: trying to be mid, But those moves, I don't think
• 45:53
  Speaker 3: this is the move. You know what this move is.
• 45:56
  Speaker 3: This is the move where you acquire a backup goalie
• 45:58
  Speaker 3: to be your number one and he stole oars and
• 46:01
  Speaker 3: it doesn't work out. That's what that's that's my can
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: that's my thing. That's my expectations with this. Vesa Tosco.
• 46:09
  Speaker 3: He was good a leaf fans. It's all from center ice.
• 46:12
  Speaker 3: Holy mackinawm.
• 46:14
  Speaker 2: I just think generous center ice.
• 46:16
  Speaker 3: He was from the other end. It was from the
• 46:18
  Speaker 3: other goal line ball.
• 46:24
  Speaker 2: I just looked like Scottie Scheffler. At the Masters a
• 46:26
  Speaker 2: few years ago.
• 46:28
  Speaker 3: Two. I just think that. I just think it's either
• 46:32
  Speaker 3: gonna go one or two ways, and I one of
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: two ways. And I believe this is gonna be a
• 46:36
  Speaker 3: mid move. I hope I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong.
• 46:40
  Speaker 3: But what is the past showed us? What is the
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: past showing us with those moves? I mean, you look
• 46:47
  Speaker 3: at owen sound, you look at the ice Dog's path past,
• 46:52
  Speaker 3: you look at what I own's sound about how they quit.
• 46:55
  Speaker 3: I mean, we were in a movie theater two years ago.
• 46:58
  Speaker 3: But I I I don't know. I hope it works
• 47:01
  Speaker 3: for the ice Dogs. I do, Like I said, the
• 47:03
  Speaker 3: fan base gotta have something to cheer about. They gotta
• 47:07
  Speaker 3: get something to cheer about. But at the end of
• 47:09
  Speaker 3: the day, let's see what happens. We'll see what happens.
• 47:11
  Speaker 3: And I I don't know, but like I said, I
• 47:14
  Speaker 3: have the feeling it's like hiring a backup goaltender to
• 47:17
  Speaker 3: be your number one. It doesn't always work when they
• 47:20
  Speaker 3: got to play forty games instead of just the twenty.
• 47:23
  Speaker 3: So I'll just leave it at that.
• 47:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, all right? To uh the champions, the Kitchener Rangers
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: Ontario Hockey League champions for the first time since two thousand.
• 47:36
  Speaker 3: That's a good year.
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: Red Wings won the Stanley Cup that year. That was awesome.
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: Also the year can break the Memorial Cup.
• 47:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, hey, I hope that happens. What's the odds that
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: happens in Cologna the Rangers. You're back at the memcalp.
• 47:49
  Speaker 2: Oh man, it breaks then, I think it's I think
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: it's just a curse on the Kitchener Rangers. Whenever they're
• 47:55
  Speaker 2: around the Memorial Cup. It breaks in our town, get
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: that thing. I mean, it's tough to say anything like
• 48:03
  Speaker 2: and it didn't really break, but the j Ross Robertson Cup.
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: The lid did pop off last year when the London
• 48:09
  Speaker 2: Nights were celebrating. Again, different than breaking. Yeah, but that
• 48:12
  Speaker 2: was a hashtag too though, Brandon and if you're still on?
• 48:16
  Speaker 2: That was like the league played that up to, like
• 48:19
  Speaker 2: off goes the top.
• 48:20
  Speaker 3: I know this detached, but like they always said, like
• 48:23
  Speaker 3: when you hoist it, when the lid comes off, it's
• 48:25
  Speaker 3: always go Obviously this wasn't the case. But yeah, no,
• 48:29
  Speaker 3: very very interesting. I love that when that happens. Other
• 48:32
  Speaker 3: on the misplace.
• 48:33
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, it's just it's it's it's just funny,
• 48:35
  Speaker 2: like it's it's no shot at anyone, it's just it's
• 48:38
  Speaker 2: really funny. But yeah, if you're watching us on YouTube live,
• 48:42
  Speaker 2: if you're if you're listening to us, I mean, just
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: a great photo of the kitchen Rangers celebrating at OHL
• 48:47
  Speaker 2: Championship Series, uh victory at Center Ice at Sadlant Arena.
• 48:54
  Speaker 2: I mean what a team. Uh they were. They were
• 48:57
  Speaker 2: phenomenal in the playoffs. Yeah, that was It would have
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: been a massive hill if the Barry Colts would have
• 49:06
  Speaker 2: got to the top first, based on Kitchener resting and
• 49:10
  Speaker 2: the Colts going through a very tough seven game series
• 49:16
  Speaker 2: against the Branford Bulldogs. But it was a five to
• 49:18
  Speaker 2: two winning Game one for Kitchener, a four to three
• 49:20
  Speaker 2: overtime winning Game two, a four to three double overtime
• 49:23
  Speaker 2: winning Game three. And I mean that that's that's that's
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: the game that hurt Game three, Yeah, that was one
• 49:30
  Speaker 2: that in game four, Yeah.
• 49:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that was the one that hurt the Colts. I
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: mean you think about it, Showy the cole Bode win too.
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: By the way, he played with the torno or he
• 49:37
  Speaker 3: didn't play, but he had a tornob leakue twenty nine. Yeah,
• 49:42
  Speaker 3: for the rest of that, for the rest of that
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: round three, Yeah yeah. Col Bode went twenty nine points
• 49:47
  Speaker 3: in the postseason, I mean the limited games. That's incredible.
• 49:50
  Speaker 3: Twenty nine points. He had won a run that was
• 49:54
  Speaker 3: you look at those sam O'Reilly MVP twenty eight points
• 49:57
  Speaker 3: in the postseason that game three when you look back
• 50:00
  Speaker 3: on it on the colt So that's a different direction.
• 50:02
  Speaker 3: You lose a game on home ice or you win
• 50:03
  Speaker 3: that first game on home ice, huge difference in the series.
• 50:06
  Speaker 3: They always say you're not out of a game. You're
• 50:08
  Speaker 3: not out of a series until you lose at home.
• 50:11
  Speaker 3: That's a tough one. You drop a double ot. But
• 50:12
  Speaker 3: the Rangers just came in waves. And I mean that
• 50:15
  Speaker 3: line when you see Oiley, Pridam and Edwards, I mean,
• 50:19
  Speaker 3: how about Edwards? How about that Dylan with the with
• 50:23
  Speaker 3: the Christian kersh stick to the head, the the towel
• 50:28
  Speaker 3: around the head like the bandana with the blood leaking out. Iconic, iconic.
• 50:34
  Speaker 3: I cannot wait to show.
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: One day. You know that Jersey's got to hang up there.
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: You know.
• 50:41
  Speaker 3: The first thing I tell my kid one day is
• 50:43
  Speaker 3: if they can't play like that, don't play too. First thing,
• 50:47
  Speaker 3: I tell my grandkids that if you can't play like that,
• 50:50
  Speaker 3: don't play. That's gonna be the Ward family motto.
• 50:54
  Speaker 2: You're gonna get that.
• 50:57
  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I wish that six on the back was
• 50:59
  Speaker 3: a four team. That was unbelievable. That was so cool.
• 51:03
  Speaker 3: And I mean Dylan Edwards plays. I mean, hey, GM
• 51:07
  Speaker 3: of the Year. How is Mike McKenzie.
• 51:12
  Speaker 2: Not in that? Yeah?
• 51:15
  Speaker 3: Like yeah, all and Sam O'Reilly the biggest trade of
• 51:18
  Speaker 3: the year.
• 51:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. On Mike McKenzie's name currently swirling around as
• 51:25
  Speaker 2: not a front runner, but but a potential candidate to
• 51:28
  Speaker 2: be the AGM in Boston. It's gotta be all over
• 51:31
  Speaker 2: the He's he's he's made his mark, He's gotten to
• 51:35
  Speaker 2: the top. He got to the championship, which is what
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: he was looking for at the end of the day.
• 51:39
  Speaker 2: And he got the job accomplished by saying, Okay, he
• 51:42
  Speaker 2: didn't want to give us the Memorial Cup, all right,
• 51:44
  Speaker 2: bleep you We're just gonna go win it and then
• 51:46
  Speaker 2: win the Men Cup out West this year.
• 51:48
  Speaker 3: So yeah, I know, absolutely, I mean, and then you
• 51:51
  Speaker 3: look at it on YouTube. You see Samue O'Reilly on
• 51:54
  Speaker 3: your screen accepting his ninety nine Award for Playoff MVP.
• 51:57
  Speaker 3: You know what's interesting about Sam O'Reilly that was so
• 52:00
  Speaker 3: that was so big with him is he's been now
• 52:03
  Speaker 3: to the MEM Cup three seasons in a row, winning
• 52:06
  Speaker 3: four years in a row in the OHL Finals, winning
• 52:08
  Speaker 3: the OHL Championship now three years in a row. I
• 52:11
  Speaker 3: mean incredible runs. If there's a player and here we go, Brandon,
• 52:17
  Speaker 3: you can clip it because this is in the thing
• 52:20
  Speaker 3: all year and probably fans other outside of Kitchener and
• 52:23
  Speaker 3: lundon a I I think I'm absolutely crazy. But if
• 52:26
  Speaker 3: there's a player who's deserving to go in the Hockey
• 52:29
  Speaker 3: Hall of Fame before even playing a game in the NHL,
• 52:32
  Speaker 3: juster than what they've done with team success in the
• 52:36
  Speaker 3: in the OHL at Sam o'reiley four years in a
• 52:39
  Speaker 3: row to the OHL Finals, in the OHL. Part of
• 52:42
  Speaker 3: the Hockey Hall of Fame, that stat has to be
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: in there, not obviously not the player in the Hockey
• 52:49
  Speaker 3: Hall of Fame, but that stat has to be in
• 52:51
  Speaker 3: the Hockey Hall of Fame because it is the Hockey
• 52:53
  Speaker 3: Hall of Fame, not the NHL Hall of Fame. And
• 52:55
  Speaker 3: that is a heck of a hockey stat. First three
• 52:58
  Speaker 3: seasons in the league in the OHL Finals, two years
• 53:02
  Speaker 3: in the mem Cup. This year it goes to Kitchener
• 53:04
  Speaker 3: Mem Cup OHL Championship. I mean, I've never saw this
• 53:09
  Speaker 3: in my lifetime a player do this, So I think
• 53:11
  Speaker 3: this is really cool. I think it's really cool. Sam
• 53:14
  Speaker 3: o'reiley took us a lot, took us along for the ride.
• 53:17
  Speaker 3: Being able to see this is really special, and I
• 53:21
  Speaker 3: don't and I know there's gonna be a lot of
• 53:22
  Speaker 3: people that aren't gonna see this again. With the new
• 53:24
  Speaker 3: landscape and everything in the Hockey HL, this is probably
• 53:28
  Speaker 3: not gonna happen again for a very long time. So
• 53:31
  Speaker 3: it's really cool to be able to see in Sam o'reiley.
• 53:33
  Speaker 3: I mean, like I said, I might be crazy, but
• 53:36
  Speaker 3: that stat's got to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
• 53:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah one, And you said it perfectly. It's a hockey
• 53:41
  Speaker 2: Hall of Fame. It's not the NHL Hall of Fame.
• 53:43
  Speaker 2: The NHL has not had success in Toronto in way
• 53:46
  Speaker 2: more than fifty years. Well, obviously they've got the Stanley Cup,
• 53:50
  Speaker 2: but you know, it's been a few years since the
• 53:53
  Speaker 2: team in Toronto has had it. So no, I'm with you, Like,
• 53:56
  Speaker 2: if you've got your Ohl section set up, and it
• 53:59
  Speaker 2: does not include Sam O'Reilly with four straight OHL Championship appearances,
• 54:03
  Speaker 2: three straight championships. He's gonna go for his second Memorial
• 54:06
  Speaker 2: Cup championship if he wins it. That's another that's another
• 54:12
  Speaker 2: feather in his cap.
• 54:13
  Speaker 3: Like that's that's gotta be automatics.
• 54:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Like again, you're getting into the territory of the Halls,
• 54:23
  Speaker 2: the hen Reeks, the Ellis's, you know, know, the Harry
• 54:28
  Speaker 2: Young being a captain for a championship and winsor like
• 54:30
  Speaker 2: you think of some of the teams that have won
• 54:33
  Speaker 2: back to back or two and three, like obviously the
• 54:35
  Speaker 2: London Knights jump out and some of the runs they've
• 54:38
  Speaker 2: had twenty twelve, twenty thirteen, you know, spitfires in the
• 54:43
  Speaker 2: late two thousands, early twenty tens. You know, it's just
• 54:48
  Speaker 2: he's on that level. And and yes he yeah, he
• 54:52
  Speaker 2: won two championships with London. Now he's got one with Kitchener.
• 54:55
  Speaker 2: But it doesn't make a difference. You know, it wouldn't
• 54:59
  Speaker 2: surprise me if the conversation has had where where Sam
• 55:02
  Speaker 2: O'Reilly's number heads to the rafters in London. And again
• 55:06
  Speaker 2: I understand that some are based off of how well
• 55:10
  Speaker 2: they do in the NHL. I I get that, But
• 55:13
  Speaker 2: if you're talking London Night's success, Sam O'Reilly goes up there.
• 55:18
  Speaker 2: Uh he has to.
• 55:20
  Speaker 3: He's been on three teams that have won it. Yeah,
• 55:22
  Speaker 3: he's been on three teams that have won it, you know.
• 55:24
  Speaker 3: And and just in London, I mean or not want
• 55:27
  Speaker 3: it London and London the year they hosted the mem Cup,
• 55:31
  Speaker 3: I mean they were a mem Cup host. They didn't
• 55:33
  Speaker 3: win their way there. They lost to GWELF and GWELF
• 55:36
  Speaker 3: was the better team that year by far. Those teams.
• 55:40
  Speaker 3: You look at the guys like Max Domi, the impact
• 55:43
  Speaker 3: they had on the London Nights when they were there.
• 55:46
  Speaker 3: Sam o'illy over to them with the impact he's had
• 55:49
  Speaker 3: with the winning pedigree, without a doubt, and also with
• 55:54
  Speaker 3: the way for how long it's been since the Rangers
• 55:57
  Speaker 3: have been in there. How about Kitchener, Yeah, I mean
• 56:02
  Speaker 3: that's the biggest trade in franchise history over well, no,
• 56:05
  Speaker 3: you're not franchise history. They've had a historic franchise, but
• 56:08
  Speaker 3: over the last twenty seasons, man, since two thousand and eight,
• 56:12
  Speaker 3: that's the biggest trade. Yeah, yep, that's incredible.
• 56:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean, you saw it up there, the
• 56:18
  Speaker 2: dominance from the Midwest Division in the Ontario Hockey League.
• 56:22
  Speaker 2: Obviously Kitchener winning it this year, London's won at the
• 56:25
  Speaker 2: last two. You talked about the Gulf Storm winning in
• 56:28
  Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, the Otters winning in twenty seventeen. Just really,
• 56:36
  Speaker 2: we know how good this division is. It could be
• 56:38
  Speaker 2: the toughest division in the Canadian Hockey League to play in. Now.
• 56:41
  Speaker 2: I you know, I understand the Western Hockey League they
• 56:45
  Speaker 2: travel quite a bit, so that can obviously be very,
• 56:48
  Speaker 2: very tough. But when you look at franchise history, those
• 56:55
  Speaker 2: four teams stand out immediately, you know it. It's hard
• 57:01
  Speaker 2: to say that there's a tougher division for sure in
• 57:04
  Speaker 2: the OHL, and it's up there for for the Canadian
• 57:08
  Speaker 2: Hockey League. It's just it's not even close. And we
• 57:10
  Speaker 2: talk about it all the time, Colin. Obviously people know
• 57:12
  Speaker 2: we we cover the Bulldogs fairly closely, just about how
• 57:17
  Speaker 2: different and how much tougher it is to play in
• 57:19
  Speaker 2: the Midwest Division compared to the East Division or the
• 57:23
  Speaker 2: Central Division. And that's no knock at those two divisions whatsoever,
• 57:27
  Speaker 2: But the Midwest Division is it's it's on another it's
• 57:32
  Speaker 2: on another Central is the best. Yeah, okay, Brandon, Right,
• 57:36
  Speaker 2: So you know it's it's it's hard to compete.
• 57:40
  Speaker 3: It's hard to compete with West. Yeah no, I I
• 57:45
  Speaker 3: truly believe. But you look at you look at this division,
• 57:48
  Speaker 3: I think, and man, we got to get rid of
• 57:50
  Speaker 3: the mid part. Nothing min about this.
• 57:52
  Speaker 2: It's the top West division.
• 57:55
  Speaker 3: It's yeah, no, the big dogs eat, you know, and
• 57:58
  Speaker 3: every year for us to be better than parody in
• 58:00
  Speaker 3: that division is strong. You look at you look at
• 58:04
  Speaker 3: teams that had rough years this year in that Midwest. Right,
• 58:06
  Speaker 3: if you don't bring it, if you don't bring it,
• 58:08
  Speaker 3: you're gonna have a long year. And every year it
• 58:10
  Speaker 3: feels like there's a team year He's went through there,
• 58:13
  Speaker 3: went through their dog days. GWELF has went through their
• 58:16
  Speaker 3: dog days. Next year, I'm sure they're going to be
• 58:18
  Speaker 3: the team with what they bring to the table hosting
• 58:21
  Speaker 3: the mem Cup. You look at the Rangers have gone
• 58:23
  Speaker 3: to go through and obviously a lot of Knights, I
• 58:25
  Speaker 3: mean it's kind of a lot of Night Division and
• 58:28
  Speaker 3: Owen Sound for that matter too. They've had those strong teams.
• 58:31
  Speaker 3: You look at Suzuki era, the Phillups on those teams.
• 58:34
  Speaker 3: I mean those teams you look at, you look at
• 58:36
  Speaker 3: what they bring to the table and Owen Sound, I
• 58:38
  Speaker 3: mean they play a hard nosed game. Every year there's
• 58:41
  Speaker 3: at least three out of five competitive teams, and you
• 58:44
  Speaker 3: can argue this year was at least competitive out of
• 58:45
  Speaker 3: the next with a lot of Knights end up finishing
• 58:48
  Speaker 3: fourth in the conference. I mean, you can argue this
• 58:51
  Speaker 3: was the least competitive out of the Midwest the season.
• 58:53
  Speaker 3: They still found a way with the Rangers. I think
• 58:56
  Speaker 3: that every year this division is just so talented. It's uh,
• 58:59
  Speaker 3: it's cool. I mean you always see a player highly
• 59:02
  Speaker 3: ranked on the draft rankings, and every year you see
• 59:06
  Speaker 3: something new, right and like like you say, like you know,
• 59:10
  Speaker 3: Gall's gonna be going for it next year with the
• 59:11
  Speaker 3: men Coop, Like it's just going to continue.
• 59:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. And I mean you even look back at
• 59:17
  Speaker 2: the Own Sound Attack. Sure they're not included on this graphic,
• 59:19
  Speaker 2: but they've got a championship in the last two decades.
• 59:22
  Speaker 2: It's not like it's we're talking the nineteen fifties. The
• 59:25
  Speaker 2: last time Owned Sound won a championship. They knew they
• 59:28
  Speaker 2: had an automatic end to the Memorial Cup that was
• 59:31
  Speaker 2: being hosted in Mississauga. You know, they went out and
• 59:33
  Speaker 2: wanted anyways in that building. So so that says a
• 59:36
  Speaker 2: lot about the Midwest Division because you know, not to
• 59:39
  Speaker 2: forget Owen Sound, but it hasn't been that long, not
• 59:43
  Speaker 2: Toronto Maple leafs long since the Owen Sound Attack last
• 59:46
  Speaker 2: won a championship, so worth mentioning as well. We head
• 59:50
  Speaker 2: to the Memorial Cup this coming Friday, May twenty second
• 59:53
  Speaker 2: is when things kick off, and it's always nice to
• 59:55
  Speaker 2: see the OHL champion get things started. It's the Kitchener
• 59:59
  Speaker 2: Rangers and the Kelowna Rockets on the twenty second, a
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 2: couple days off for the Rangers. After that, they won't
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 2: play Saturday the twenty third, they won't play Sunday the
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 2: twenty fourth, but they're back in action Monday the twenty
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 2: fifth against the Everett Silver Tips. That is the WHL
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 2: champion and then they get Chikuta me the next day
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 2: May twenty sixth, to round out their pre or round
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 2: robin schedule. I should say, with everything getting finished, Colonna
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 2: and Everett the two WHL representatives. On the twenty seventh.
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 2: If a tie breaker is necessary, that's May twenty eighth.
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 2: The semifinal is May twenty ninth, and the championship is
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 2: May thirty first. That is a Sunday, a four o'clock
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 2: Pacific start, so you look at a seven o'clock start
• 1:00:45
  Speaker 2: Eastern time. Colin, again, I said it off the top.
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 2: We're not WHL experts by any means. We're not QMJHL
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 2: experts by any means. If they're on, we're gonna watch
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 2: it absolutely because it's junior hockey and I still enjoy
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 2: it way more than the NHL. But in terms of
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 2: what the Kitchener Rangers bring to the table, how do
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 2: you like them in this four team tournament?
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 3: This is gonna be interesting. You know, the last month
• 1:01:14
  Speaker 3: or so, I've I've taken a deep dive in the
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 3: WHL in the queue. Actually, I think it's gonna be interesting.
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 3: I really like Everetts team. I think Evert's a good team.
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 3: Chacutimy is a defensive first team. They don't get out
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 3: of the position. You even look at the queue, or
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 3: you go to the CHL and you look at the
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 3: top scorers in the CHL playoffs, you look for Checunity players.
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 3: Where are they?
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 5: You know?
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 3: And they got some talent there for sure, Checutity, there's hard,
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 3: system oriented team, great defensive team. I think it's gonna
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 3: be interesting for Checuity. I think that's gonna be an
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 3: interesting matchup with how the Rangers match up against them.
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 3: They're a strong, defensive, heavy team, great goaltending with the
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 3: Ottawa Senders. Second round pick in goal for Chacuti me,
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 3: I think that is interesting to see what happens in
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 3: that matchup. For for Kitchener, I truly believe Everett's going
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 3: to be the toughest matchup. Game one to me is interesting.
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 3: You get the host team. And I was talking about
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 3: this earlier on Tuesday afternoon, and I was talking about
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 3: Kelowna and how they're going to look how they had
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 3: all this time off getting out in round two. But
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 3: you think about it, Everett, you're looking at ten days rest, Kitchener,
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 3: you're looking at two weeks rest.
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, great point that kind of goes out the window.
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 3: OB mean, Bruce is heel in fourteen days? Bruises heel,
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 3: broken bones do not. But hey, all of a sudden
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 3: a week goes by. I'm getting up a lot easier, right,
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 3: He's got these eighteen year old it's a heal a
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 3: lot quicker. Two weeks is a big difference. I believe
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 3: the Kitchener Rangers matchup great with the Colona Rockets. It'll
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 3: be interesting to see that top line for Colonna. You
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 3: look at Teach again, the guys like that in the
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 3: Rocket lineup. They're strong, obviously impact players. You saw what
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 3: Teach again, looking do He's going to be that showcase
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 3: player for the Clona Rockets. Monday night, May twenty fifth
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 3: is the game I believe with the round robin where
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 3: we will see if the Rangers win, they control their
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 3: destiny the following night against Shakutamy to have that buy
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 3: right to the finals. I truly believe that they should
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 3: beat Kelowna and I believe they should beat Shakutam. The
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 3: one game to me is that Everett game. I'm very
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 3: interested with Julius manettin Seattle second round pick, fourteen goals
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 3: in the postseason. Forever you look at Matthias Vahanen another year,
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 3: twelve goals. They're getting strong import play. And I didn't
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 3: even mention Landon due point. Young top defenseman coming up
• 1:03:41
  Speaker 3: this year. Carter bann first round picked by the Red Wings,
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 3: and I didn't even mention him and that's the crazy
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 3: part of the depth that Everett has. They have a
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 3: big defensive cores. I think Everett is the prototypical Western
• 1:03:54
  Speaker 3: Hockey League team that we think of. They have these
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 3: skilled guys on their top lines in their third and
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 3: fourth They fight, they grind, they hit, their physical, they're feisty,
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 3: and that's whatever. It is very intriguing to me as
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 3: we go in a tournament. You saw it last year
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 3: with the London Knights, who gave the London Knights to
• 1:04:13
  Speaker 3: struggling the Memon Cup last year, right the Medicine Hat Tigers,
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 3: Western Hockey League Hockey, and I truly believe this is
• 1:04:20
  Speaker 3: the situation where if you play, that's gonna be the test.
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 3: That is gonna be the test. That's why you got
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 3: a Anovski back. That's why you trade it for Jared
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 3: Wooley and Mike McKenzie. This is where those trades are
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 3: going to be beneficial for the Rangers because that's the matchup.
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 3: To me, Monday night, May twenty fifth is the matchup.
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 3: If everything goes away, I think it should go That's
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 3: going to be the game Monday evening, May twenty fifth
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 3: in Kelowna. I mean Ohl that's gonna be the main stage.
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 3: There's gonna be nothing better on TV than that. For
• 1:04:54
  Speaker 3: any hockey fan, that's going to be the game. In
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 3: my opinion, that should be the championship matchup. On paper,
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 3: that's what I have. I'm excited to see that. I
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 3: can't believe it. You mentioned Everett's roster and you think
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 3: about me at and all these other talents, and then
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 3: you get the Carter Mayre and you're thinking, well, that's
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 3: the third fourth guy on the team. Yeah, you see
• 1:05:15
  Speaker 3: the ever average Silver Tips being the toughest team. I
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 3: also think in this year's Men Cup, I really think
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 3: it's really cool for the game. Check you here to me,
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 3: it's it been thirty five years since your last title.
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 3: Everett has never been has never won a championship in
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 3: the Western hockeygue before to the mem Cup. Gets your
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 3: Rangers since two thousand and eight. That is, this is
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 3: the first time Rockets as the host. Yeah, Coon of
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 3: Rockets as the host. I think I think this is
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 3: for And you look at the markets, chakud to me,
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 3: bigger marketing Quebec just on the outskirts of Quebec city.
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 3: You look at Kelowna, I mean what a beautiful city,
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 3: a beautiful city you you look at as the host.
• 1:06:01
  Speaker 3: I mean this is this reminds me a lot of
• 1:06:03
  Speaker 3: when Cambo's got it the last time through where you
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 3: look at the I mean, the graphics on TV should
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 3: be beautiful. For I can't wait for the Memorial Cup arrival.
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 3: That's one of my favorite parts, the Memorial Cup arrival
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 3: in the military. The footage should be unbelievable with the
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 3: with the breakfast and all that goes, all those festivities
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 3: there and then Everett first time, first time ever being
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 3: in the Meme Cup. I mean, we're growing the game
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 3: in multiple multiple cities here in the COCHL. This is incredible.
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 3: This Men Cup is going to be a beauty because
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 3: I think it's very interesting. Chakuda that man, that's Saturday,
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 3: May twenty third. Game two is gonna be fun too.
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 3: Chakuda me Everett if Everett plays defensive hockey, because I
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 3: don't know if you saw it or not. Monked in
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 3: Game five refereetions blue down, the play, blue down, the play,
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 3: Chakunimi will dump the puck in and they won't for check.
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 3: They'll back five guys back at the blue line and
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 3: they'll say Hey, beat us. Monkton just stood there on
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 3: the faceoff dot and the referee just blew it dead
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 3: two minutes no play. That's gonna be interesting against the
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 3: Western Hockey League style hot play with every big body
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 3: and you know, a little bruised through there. I'm very
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 3: intrigued for those matches.
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 2: Man.
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 3: I love every game. This is sick, every game in
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 3: the every game in this Memorial Cup. It's the hardest
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 3: trophy to win, and it's the hardest field. I believe
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 3: in this year's tournament, I think it's going to be good.
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 3: I think Kolowna being a host in the DUB is
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 3: different than a host in the queue with last season,
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 3: years prior years prior as well. I think kolonna is
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 3: a team that's gonna be physical, obviously not gonna get
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 3: pushed around. And I'm very intrigued to see how that
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 3: matches up in a one game. You've had five weeks off.
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 3: We'll see the difference now if that, if that makes
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 3: a factor, because this is the one tournament where there's
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 3: been a lot of time off for every team. So
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 3: we'll see what happens again.
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 2: It gets started Friday, May twenty second. Kitchener Rangers and
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 2: Kolowna Rockets at the two thousand and two twenty six
• 1:08:01
  Speaker 2: Memorial Cup. Everyone, thank you so much for tuning in throughout.
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 2: We had some audio difficulties with Wardy as we got
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 2: started in about halfway through the show, but we got
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 2: through it. We're all right. That's what we're here for.
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 2: We're a team. We get through it when audio doesn't
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 2: work or a screen or camera doesn't work, so we're good.
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 2: We'll be all right. It sucks the OHL playoffs have
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 2: come to an end, but also it's one of the
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 2: most exciting hockey tournaments on the calendar coming up, if
• 1:08:32
  Speaker 2: not the most exciting hockey tournament on the calendar. So
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 2: thank you so much for tuning into this one. It's
• 1:08:39
  Speaker 2: not our final show. We're going to put a bow
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 2: on the entire OHL season once a Memorial Cup has concluded,
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 2: just to kind of look back at the year that
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 2: was in twenty twenty five and twenty twenty six. So
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 2: for BC, for Colin Ward, I'm Reice Domani. Thanks so
• 1:08:54
  Speaker 2: much for tuning in to this edition of the Ohl
• 1:08:57
  Speaker 2: and sixty podcast. Enjoy the Memorial Cup and well let's
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 2: go Rangers. Let's keep the Memorial Cup in the Ohl
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