Latest / Classic Hitz with Hitman / Hitman talks to Joey Erickson Corpus Christi IceRays
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? It is hit Man with you,
- 0:02Speaker 1: and I've got Joey Erickson from the corpus Chrissy ice
- 0:05Speaker 1: rais in with me right now. Dude, how are you doing.
- 0:07Speaker 2: I'm doing fantastic to a pleasure to be on with you.
- 0:10Speaker 2: Just got back from Shreetport this past weekend. Had a
- 0:13Speaker 2: couple of preseason games there, so we're ready to rock
- 0:15Speaker 2: and roll now for the regular season a couple weeks and.
- 0:17Speaker 1: I heard those were actually really good games. It's just recently,
- 0:20Speaker 1: so yeah, tell me about how Tell me how was
- 0:22Speaker 1: the trip there and back?
- 0:23Speaker 3: Well, the trip is always fun.
- 0:25Speaker 2: Bus trips can be can be a thrilling as you
- 0:29Speaker 2: would imagine for seven and a half eight hours, But
- 0:33Speaker 2: it went all right. You know, Shtreetport's not a bad place,
- 0:37Speaker 2: and we got a win in one of the three games.
- 0:40Speaker 3: But yeah, the traveler could take its toll on you.
- 0:44Speaker 2: But this is just the beginning of the season, so
- 0:47Speaker 2: I just gotta I gotta suck it up because we.
- 0:49Speaker 3: Have plenty more to come.
- 0:50Speaker 1: So the one thing that everybody is talking about now,
- 0:53Speaker 1: I mean a lot of people is the home opener
- 0:55Speaker 1: that's coming up very soon at the Hilliard Center formerly
- 0:58Speaker 1: known formally known as the the American Bank Centers now
- 1:01Speaker 1: the Hilliard Center. Now we're talking about you're literally having
- 1:04Speaker 1: a street party outside before even the game even starts,
- 1:09Speaker 1: with live music from the Chain Links. They're gonna have
- 1:11Speaker 1: food trucks. We're gonna be there broadcasting live and much more.
- 1:15Speaker 1: Tell us about what else is going on for that?
- 1:17Speaker 2: Yeah, well we can't wait to have everybody out there
- 1:20Speaker 2: and just get all the Ice Rays fans hyped up
- 1:24Speaker 2: for a great season.
- 1:26Speaker 3: That's on Saturday, the twentieth. It goes from three to six.
- 1:29Speaker 2: The pregame block party inside the arena the Hilliard Center
- 1:33Speaker 2: a dollar Hot Dog Night.
- 1:34Speaker 3: It's presented by HGB.
- 1:36Speaker 2: But don't forget about Friday as well, because it's dollar
- 1:39Speaker 2: Beer Night.
- 1:40Speaker 1: Now see I've heard about that also. I was like,
- 1:43Speaker 1: wait a minute, dollar beer night on the okay, and
- 1:46Speaker 1: this is going to be on the nineteenth. So that's
- 1:48Speaker 1: on the Friday. So dollar beer Night for the corpus
- 1:51Speaker 1: Chrissy Ice Rays. That should be kind of cool. What
- 1:53Speaker 1: else is gonna be going on during that one?
- 1:54Speaker 2: Well, we're going to be giving out magnet schedules and
- 1:57Speaker 2: rally tows. So the first one thousand fans that get there.
- 2:00Speaker 2: You'll be able to get a magnet, schedule, rally towels,
- 2:03Speaker 2: and yeah, just beer night in Great Hockey. This is
- 2:06Speaker 2: a team that we had a big rivelry with last
- 2:10Speaker 2: last year. It was a lot of good fights. It's
- 2:12Speaker 2: very physical, so it's really just a great way to
- 2:15Speaker 2: kick off the season.
- 2:16Speaker 3: So it's just going to be a.
- 2:17Speaker 2: Whole party really for the entire weekend of course with
- 2:21Speaker 2: Saturday and whatnot, so we're just really looking forward to it.
- 2:23Speaker 2: We got some new jerseys too that we're gonna get
- 2:25Speaker 2: done veils, so all the fans are going to get
- 2:28Speaker 2: to see those in person for the first time. You
- 2:30Speaker 2: can check us out on socials at Ice Rays in AHL.
- 2:33Speaker 2: There's gonna be some sneak peaks of those as well.
- 2:36Speaker 1: Cool cool, and of course before even the home openers
- 2:38Speaker 1: that are gonna be happening pretty soon. People can go
- 2:41Speaker 1: to the website to buy merchandise to get ready for
- 2:45Speaker 1: the game.
- 2:45Speaker 3: Right correct.
- 2:46Speaker 2: We have a brand new online team store which is
- 2:48Speaker 2: really really cool.
- 2:49Speaker 3: They did a great job.
- 2:50Speaker 2: It's called shop ice Rays dot com, so you can
- 2:52Speaker 2: go there put that in your browsers, got T shirts, accessories,
- 2:56Speaker 2: all the good stuff there so you can gear up.
- 2:58Speaker 2: There's some really really neat stuff that we haven't had
- 3:00Speaker 2: in any years past. And we're gonna have some jerseys
- 3:03Speaker 2: for sale as well during our games at opening weekends.
- 3:05Speaker 2: Some fans that are looking to purchase some of those,
- 3:07Speaker 2: we should have replica jerseys in and you can buy
- 3:09Speaker 2: some because they're really really cool. We got the Texas
- 3:11Speaker 2: outline on one of them. That's pretty pretty dope. So
- 3:15Speaker 2: I don't want to TISA too much more, but that's
- 3:17Speaker 2: going to be really cool and we're hoping fans love it.
- 3:19Speaker 2: It's just, you know, a new era of ice race
- 3:21Speaker 2: hockey that we're hoping to kick off for the bank.
- 3:23Speaker 1: Okay, so when does the pup drop? On Friday and
- 3:26Speaker 1: Saturday seven oh five, both nights the doors will open six,
- 3:31Speaker 1: but of course you got the premium block party, so
- 3:33Speaker 1: you get there a little bit earlier, but doors will open.
- 3:35Speaker 3: At six o'clock for both of those nights as well.
- 3:37Speaker 1: And where can people get tickets besides at the venue?
- 3:40Speaker 1: Where else can they get tickets?
- 3:41Speaker 2: Yes, ticket Master that's probably the more popular choice, but
- 3:45Speaker 2: you can also reach out to us if you go
- 3:47Speaker 2: to go ice race dot com We got ticket links
- 3:49Speaker 2: in there. You can click on stuff that's his tickets.
- 3:51Speaker 2: It will take you right there. If you're interested in
- 3:53Speaker 2: season tickets as well. I really encourage you to to
- 3:55Speaker 2: reach out to our staff. We have Lorenzo Amanda their
- 3:58Speaker 2: ticket season tickets. Right now as we speak, they're on
- 4:00Speaker 2: the phone all day trying to get to some people
- 4:02Speaker 2: hooked up. So you can email us there if you're
- 4:04Speaker 2: if you want to commit to come into all the
- 4:05Speaker 2: ice Race games this year, but ticket Master for sure.
- 4:08Speaker 3: We also have student deals for those of you. That's
- 4:11Speaker 3: our high.
- 4:12Speaker 2: School students, middle school students, if you're college as well,
- 4:15Speaker 2: you get five dollar tickets. Oh, you just go to
- 4:17Speaker 2: the box office at the Hilliard Center, so you have
- 4:19Speaker 2: to show up to the arena.
- 4:19Speaker 3: But if you're going to the game, then you might
- 4:20Speaker 3: as well show up, show your ide.
- 4:22Speaker 2: Five dollar tickets you get in and yeah, if you're
- 4:24Speaker 2: of age, you can go to Friday's game with dollar
- 4:26Speaker 2: beer night.
- 4:27Speaker 3: You could have some fun timbucks.
- 4:29Speaker 1: All right. So it's happening on the nineteenth and the twentieth.
- 4:31Speaker 1: It's an opening season. The app and the pup drops.
- 4:34Speaker 1: I got to make sure I say it right. I
- 4:36Speaker 1: almost say, I almost say something else, but it's the pop.
- 4:38Speaker 1: The ball drops, the ball drops there, you go there. Yeah,
- 4:41Speaker 1: So make sure you make it on out if people
- 4:43Speaker 1: want to find out more. What's the website again, go
- 4:46Speaker 1: ice raise dot com. That's where we get all the
- 4:48Speaker 1: information you need. All right, Joey, thanks a lot for
- 4:50Speaker 1: coming in today.
- 4:51Speaker 3: Man, thank you.
- 4:52Speaker 2: All right.
- 4:52Speaker 1: On the way, we've got more class kids coming up
- 4:53Speaker 1: on Big ninety three to nine.