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Hitman talks to Joey Erickson Corpus Christi IceRays Pick a Seat and More · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  Speaker 1: Corpus Christy's Classic Kids Big ninety three to nine. What's
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  Speaker 1: going on? And Tip Man with you?
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  Speaker 2: And I've got my buddy Joey from the Corpus Christy
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  Speaker 2: Ice Raise in the studios.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, dude, what's going on?
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  Speaker 3: Nothing much, It's good to be back in South Texas.
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  Speaker 3: And I know the weather probably doesn't feel like it,
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  Speaker 3: but hockey season is right around the corner.
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  Speaker 2: That's right around the corner, man, And in fact, that's
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  Speaker 2: happening sooner than you think. And there's already a buzz
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  Speaker 2: about you guys coming back because I mean last year
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  Speaker 2: you guys were in the playoffs. Yeah, So tell us
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  Speaker 2: the latest on what's going on with the Ice Rays.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, well, we have we have training camp starting up.
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  Speaker 3: We got all the boys coming in really this week
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  Speaker 3: and then all the action starts tomorrow. The boys get
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  Speaker 3: checked in and then the boys will be in camp
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  Speaker 3: for a couple of weeks. So we actually have preseason
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  Speaker 3: games next week, which is hard to believe out in shreport.
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  Speaker 3: We got three preseason games against the Mudbugs. So next
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  Speaker 3: Thursday or no, it's yeah, Thursday, Friday and Saturday three
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  Speaker 3: games and then we'll make some cuts from here. On
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  Speaker 3: there and then eventually we'll have our roster and we
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  Speaker 3: got a couple of fun events coming up as well.
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  Speaker 3: We have our open house selected seat event, which was
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  Speaker 3: actually a huge hit last season, so we're hoping to
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  Speaker 3: build off of that, where you know, fans, just people,
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  Speaker 3: the public gets free to the public. You can come
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  Speaker 3: inside the Hilliard Center. It is September fifteenth from our
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  Speaker 3: number fifth excuse me, September fifth from eleven am to
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  Speaker 3: four and you can come just check out the Hilliard Center.
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  Speaker 4: You can meet the coaches, meet the players.
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  Speaker 3: The players will actually be doing a scrimmage from I
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  Speaker 3: believe it's from about one to three as well, so
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  Speaker 3: there's scrimmage in there. You can see the guys, see
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  Speaker 3: some hockey, and choose your seats for the season. If
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  Speaker 3: you want to become a season ticket holder, you can
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  Speaker 3: check out the seats, find the perfect spot, take an
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  Speaker 3: ice rays hockey for the season.
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  Speaker 2: So, speaking of coaches, you say that we have a
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  Speaker 2: brand new coach, we do, so tell us a little
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  Speaker 2: bit about the brand new coach.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: His name is Nick Skurlik, and he brings a winning pedigree.
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  Speaker 3: He has coached the past three seasons with the main
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  Speaker 3: Nord Deaks in the NAHL so same league.
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  Speaker 4: But he's a young guy.
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  Speaker 3: He's you know, early thirties, but he's won over one
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  Speaker 3: hundred games his last three seasons. He made the playoffs
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  Speaker 3: three straight seasons in Maine and a couple of East
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  Speaker 3: Division Finals appearances as well. So brings a winning pedigree
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  Speaker 3: and I think he's going to be great for the guys.
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  Speaker 3: He works them hard. But I think we're gonna be
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  Speaker 3: really competitive and we feel really good.
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  Speaker 4: About the group we have this season.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, Corpus Chrissy Ice Rays are going to be back.
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  Speaker 2: An accident at the Hilliard Center. Can people already start
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  Speaker 2: getting like season tickets.
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  Speaker 4: And stuff like that? Absolutely?
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  Speaker 3: Season tickets are available and single game tickets for opening
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  Speaker 3: weekend is available as well. But if you are interested
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  Speaker 3: in season tickets called three six one eight one four puck. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: three six one eight one four puck, you can talk
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  Speaker 3: to my boy Lorenzo. He's our sales executive. They'll get
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  Speaker 3: you hooked up with any and all ticket needs. Or
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  Speaker 3: if you want a big group as well, maybe you
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  Speaker 3: have a group of you know, twenty plus that I
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  Speaker 3: just want a fun night out.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe it's even a corporate event.
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  Speaker 3: You should call that number and he can get you
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  Speaker 3: hooked up and have a good time at the ice
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  Speaker 3: race game. And speaking of opening weekend, that'll be a
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  Speaker 3: huge celebration. That's September eleventh, at September twelfth, Friday Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: We always play Friday and Saturdays for the most part,
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  Speaker 3: Sunday game here here and there throughout the throughout the year,
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  Speaker 3: but Friday and Saturday, September eleventh and twelfth, that's our
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  Speaker 3: big opening weekend. Friday, the first fifteen hundred fans we'll
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  Speaker 3: get a magnet schedule. Saturday, first fifteen hundred fans get
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  Speaker 3: a nice Rays rally twe This is all presented by
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  Speaker 3: Hilliard Law, of course, the wonderful presenting sponsor, and the
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  Speaker 3: wonderful name of the building at the Hilliard Center. Puck
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  Speaker 3: drop at seven oh five for all games as well
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  Speaker 3: on Friday and Saturday at the Hilliard Center. So it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be such an exciting time and we're just
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  Speaker 3: pumped up to have hockey back. As you mentioned, there
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  Speaker 3: just seems to be a little bit more buzz oh
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  Speaker 3: yeah about hockey and Corpus Christy, which was sort of
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  Speaker 3: our plan last year. We just wanted to get the
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  Speaker 3: buzz back out there and we're hoping to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: kind of just take that momentum and we think it
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  Speaker 3: will be like the most anticipated season of hockey and
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  Speaker 3: Corpus Christie.
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  Speaker 1: And of course the merch store that's officially open.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you can get some limited merchandise items. Speaking of
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  Speaker 3: you know, merch some of the we'll have some limited
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  Speaker 3: merchant and dice items at that select a Seed event
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  Speaker 3: on September fifth, so we really encourage fans to come
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  Speaker 3: out in the public.
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  Speaker 4: There'll be a kid zone.
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  Speaker 3: I think you recall you went to a few games
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  Speaker 3: last year. We got the inflatable kids can shoot pucks.
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  Speaker 3: We just got a lot of stuff going on, and
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  Speaker 3: that's sort of how we've kind of marketed our games.
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  Speaker 3: Even if you don't know hockey, have ever watched a
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  Speaker 3: hockey game, it's not necessarily about the hockey.
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  Speaker 4: We want to get you out there and have a.
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  Speaker 3: Good, family, fun, affordable experience and then you'll fall in
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  Speaker 3: love with hockey that comes next. It's such a fun
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  Speaker 3: game and I know, I know I'm biased, but we
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  Speaker 3: think it's the best sport to watch live. There's nothing
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  Speaker 3: better than hockey with the fights and just the over
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  Speaker 3: physicality of the sport. Once you get there, enjoy the experience,
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  Speaker 3: just enjoy the party of the environment, in the atmosphere,
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  Speaker 3: and then the game.
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  Speaker 4: Will get you hooked. That's the easy part.
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  Speaker 2: Joey the voice of the corpus Chrissy Ice Rays, I
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  Speaker 2: appreciate you coming in today, dude, looking forward to to
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  Speaker 2: the first guy. Of of course, the first one you
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  Speaker 2: said is on September.
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  Speaker 3: Fifth, eleventh, September eleventh, eleventh, Yeah, September fifth, open house,
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  Speaker 3: like open house, and then September eleventh and twelfth, A
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  Speaker 3: lot of dates, a lot of numbers, but eleventh and
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  Speaker 3: twelfth the opening weekend.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get a lot of stuff on the website too.
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, all right.
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  Speaker 1: On the way, we got more classic gets coming up
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  Speaker 1: on Big ninety three to nine.