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Cyclones Secure First Sweep Of The SZN + Sean Hall Joins The Pod!! · Inside Cyclones Hockey

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• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: It's time for this week's episode of the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_01: It's season six, episode 10, and we've got a bunch of unbelievable stuff to cover with each and every one of you amazing listeners this week.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_01: We're breaking down everything from last weekend.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_01: The Cyclones get their first weekend sweep of the season, beating the Fox Cities Forge in both games.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_01: Not to mention that one of those games was the home opener for the WASA Cyclones.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_01: We're recapping it, we're talking about all of it with our director of business operations, Zach Stirway, and we're also chatting with Zach about all the exciting things we've got to look forward to for fans upcoming in the promotional schedule.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_01: We've also got an unbelievable interview with Cyclones defenseman Sean Hall.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, you heard me correctly.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_01: I said defenseman.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_01: If you're a longtime fanslash longtime listener, you might remember that Sean Hall was a forward last year.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_01: He switched positions playing at the blue line this year, which is among one of the many things that we discussed in that unbelievable interview.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_01: So a great episode.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_01: Make sure you listen.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_01: Make sure you don't miss it.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_01: And most importantly, get ready because it's time to enter the storm.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_01: We break down and talk about everything going on in the world of Wassa Cyclones Hockey.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_01: It's season six, episode 10.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_01: We are well into season six, and we're well into the 2026-27 hockey season.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_01: It's hard to believe that we're already a good handful of games in.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_01: We've already hit a lot of check marks and check boxes, including the first home game of the season, which we're obviously going to talk about in this episode.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_01: But just crazy to think that we're this far in.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_01: I almost don't even want to say this, but uh I feel like we're gonna blink and we're already gonna be halfway through the season, and then we're gonna blink again and we're gonna be approaching the playoffs.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_01: But uh we're gonna try to live in the now, we're gonna try to live in the moment and enjoy all the exciting stuff that we've got going on right here, right now, as we enjoy another amazing season of Wasa Cyclones hockey.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh to start off this episode, we're gonna be joined by our director of business operations, Zach Surway, gonna be recapping everything from last weekend, first home game of the season, as well as talking about some other upcoming stuff that Cyclones fans can't expect.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_01: Zach, welcome in.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_01: How's it going?
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_01: How are you doing?
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: I'm doing well, doing well.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_00: Excited to uh talk about how our home opener went.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_00: It was uh really a lot of fun.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: So excited to get into that.
• 4:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, me as well.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_01: Uh this is uh an interesting, interesting episode for me because uh last year I wouldn't, you know, be I wouldn't be breaking down and getting your perspective on the home opener having having not been there myself.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_01: So it's it's definitely it's definitely a different change of pace for me to um have not been there and have not gotten to experience it in person, but uh nevertheless I got to uh you know see some pictures from the arena, see some videos, as well as uh watch a little bit of the NATV broadcast as well, which was which was all great.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_01: So I guess uh just to start off, Zach, how how did everything go for the home opener?
• 5:15
  SPEAKER_01: Obviously, we we were able to come away with uh with a win, and it's our it was our second straight win as well.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_01: So that's a that's a huge positive.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_01: But just uh, you know, from your perspective, what what what what what went well and how how were things at the home opener?
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, um, I thought, believe it or not, I thought uh that was like one of the best home opens that we've ever had.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: Um like in from my position, I feel like in terms of everything running really smoothly, and then two, um, we had a a record breaking crowd for our our opener too.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_00: Um so that's always always good as well.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: So um just overall, I mean, I think we talked about it a couple weeks ago, but the opener is just always really special just for seeing everyone back in the rink um for the first time.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_00: And two, for me, I think it's just nice to see all the hard work that you put in all off season and then actually see people start to enjoy it.
• 6:12
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think that's uh a huge positive to um in my position to get to the home upper uh and obviously all the tough work that leads up to the home opener, um especially that final six weeks leading up to that is a ton of one of my busiest times of the year, obviously.
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_00: So finally getting to that finish line, if you will, to uh to see fans enjoy it.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um obviously too for the clones to pull off a a win.
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_00: Uh it was a lot of fun and you know, obviously see seeing people get excited um at the game for the different results on the ice.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: I I thought the the the energy was really kind of off the charts for um an opener uh game too.
• 6:59
  SPEAKER_00: Um I know it's kind of how the game played out itself.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_00: We the team got down a goal.
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um it wasn't looking great the first 10 minutes or so, but then they stormed back and ended up uh cruising to a pretty commanding uh 6-3 win.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_00: So uh it was a lot of fun and and looking forward to getting back to it here in a couple weeks.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's always fun, obviously, when the final score, once the clocks hit zero and your team wins, but when you when you look back and you reflect, it's always so much fun when you know you start trailing, you get to kind of be a part of the excitement uh of watching a team come back.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_01: I remember some of the uh some of the great comeback wins that the Cyclones had last year uh at home that you know we got to experience and it was uh it was just super good overall.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_01: But uh yeah, I'd say I the biggest standout thing for me, Zach, was looking at the, and you know, you mentioned it already, so I don't want to sound too much like a broken record, but uh 727.
• 8:01
  SPEAKER_01: That's a big number as far as attendance goes.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_01: It's definitely on the higher side in terms of what we've seen just throughout a season for Cyclones games.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_01: I think usually our highest attended games are those uh those Corgi races, the Wiener Dog races.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_01: It's uh that's obviously a pretty popular, pretty popular event that people want to get out and go to.
• 8:22
  SPEAKER_01: But uh nevertheless, uh 727 people at Marathon Park Ice Arena.
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_01: Pretty, pretty awesome to see that high of an attendance mark.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um so I guess just uh a big shout out and thank you to Cyclones fans.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, we get on this pod once a week and we uh we encourage and we try to get everybody as excited as possible about getting out to all these games.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_01: It's uh it's probably one of the best things to do over the weekend during this time of year in the Wassa area.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_01: And 727 of you thought it'd be a good time.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_01: And obviously you're able to not only, like I said, enjoy uh some fun hockey and enjoy friends, family, and all that kind of stuff, but also uh enjoy a win for the Cyclones, and that's two straight wins now.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_01: They were able to get an away win uh over the Fox Cities Forge.
• 9:12
  SPEAKER_01: Or yep, an away win, uh 4-2 that final score, and then uh 6-3, uh like Zach mentioned uh this last weekend at Marathon Park Ice Arena.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_01: So so so, so exciting.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_01: Uh Zach, does that mean um only 500 of those 727 fans were able to get magnet schedules?
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's correct.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so those went I know pretty well pretty quickly, as as you know from from last year, from uh the fan giveaways.
• 9:41
  SPEAKER_00: People were were lined up uh ready to roll uh early.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_00: You had a line wrapping around the building for people to get to get that giveaway.
• 9:50
  SPEAKER_00: So um as we always talk about, make sure you get to get here early, get your tickets um in advance.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_00: Um it is always cool, no matter what the giveaway is, um, to see how passionate people are about you know the cyclones and obviously the giveaways themselves too to uh to be a part of it um as well.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: So it was a it was a lot of fun.
• 10:13
  SPEAKER_00: And obviously um on Saturday, uh I don't think people necessarily mind waiting outside when you it's about uh low 70s um and the sun's still out a little bit.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_00: So uh or should say the sun was setting um on Saturday at that time.
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_00: So um so yeah, it was a cool, cool, cool weekend for sure, and and uh I was just really excited to be back um playing home games at Marathon Park.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's definitely a little different waiting in the 70-degree evening cool weather as opposed to uh the negative 40 wind chills that we'll sometimes get uh in the in the more doldrum days of the season.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_01: That's definitely not as fun of a temperature to be waiting in.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_01: So just a great, great day overall for Cyclones fans.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_01: It sounds honestly, Zach, like everything kind of went exactly as planned.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_01: The weather for waiting outside, uh giving away those magnet schedules, a great fan showing, lots of fun stuff going on at the arena, and then of course, the cherry on top is the Cyclones win.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_01: So very awesome to see, very exciting stuff.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_01: Let's uh let's talk a little bit about what is coming up in terms of some fan excitement and how fans can get involved in the next few home games.
• 11:33
  SPEAKER_01: So the next home game is uh Friday, the 16th of October, um, and then Saturday, the 17th of October.
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_01: And we've got some some promotional events coming up, Zach.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_01: Just wanted to uh give the give the floor to you to you know remind fans.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_01: We've talked about these promotions, I think, a little bit, but still just to remind fans what they can expect as uh as those days get get closer and closer.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I know some fans, you know, they're not silly paying attention as much as until we get to the season.
• 12:01
  SPEAKER_00: So I want to just remind fans about uh uh the upcoming promotions.
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, we got a couple weeks away from um Marathon Park.
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_00: The boys are back back around the road.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know the exact number.
• 12:11
  SPEAKER_00: I want to say it was somewhere around like 10 or the first 11 um are on the road.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_00: So the guys got definitely got their uh traveling legs going uh on buses.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: But um, so when we return back at Marathon Park Friday, October 16th, a really big fan favorite over the years.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_00: $2 beer night is gonna be back for the first time.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_00: Um just like with the home opener, that's the first two dollar beer night.
• 12:37
  SPEAKER_00: It's a little different.
• 12:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um first one obviously since um going back all the way to uh to late February.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_00: So um that will be as a reminder for fans for that two dollar beer night.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_00: Um in the closed zone area, those tickets are normally thirty dollars.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_00: Um for two dollar beer beer night, those are drop down to twenty-five dollars.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: So that's probably about the best um entertainment and um beer deal you're gonna get um probably across central Wisconsin um for that um clone zone for that evening.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_00: Uh the other thing I'll say too is that obviously the two dot beer night that runs from the time the door is open from 6 30 p.m.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_00: all the way through the 10 minute mark in the third period as well.
• 13:27
  SPEAKER_00: Um the product that uh two dot beer is uh encompassing is of course pushlight, mickle of ultra, bud light.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and then also this learning this year, uh Michel of Golden Ultra Um as well is in that category for this season.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_00: So um enjoy it, get rowdy, give opposing um goalie some tech.
• 13:56
  SPEAKER_00: Um and uh it'll be a lot of fun.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_00: I believe we do play Fox Cities again, so um could get uh could get in the goalie's head a little bit, um, if it's the same one that's uh that's back at the rank that we had played uh at the home over after giving up six.
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_00: So um fans do your part, obviously keep it somewhat clean, obviously.
• 14:18
  SPEAKER_00: Um and uh make sure it's a tough environment for that opposing goalie to play in.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean I it's kind of it's kind of nice how the schedule worked out.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_01: Uh the last two games, including the home opener and the first home win, were against the uh Fox Cities Forge.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_01: And the next two home games on those two days, October 16th and October 17th, are once again against the Fox Cities Forge.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_01: So it's three straight home games against that brand new franchise in the NA3HL, as well as the Central Division.
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_01: Uh and I'm on the same page as you, Zach.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, keep just really giving them the wasp away, the Marathon Park way.
• 15:00
  SPEAKER_01: We we gave them a nice 6-3 humbling.
• 15:03
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Marathon Park, welcome to the league two-game weekend sweep.
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and our next two games will be against that same team, like I said, uh, and they'll both be home.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_01: So, how about uh how about a four-game win streak against this specific team that we can start when we start getting excited for?
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_01: So let's uh let's look forward to that.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_01: But uh I always say it, I won't go too much into detail about it again.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_01: This is the best possible deal you can get at a sporting event, period, especially if you like to enjoy some beverages while you're there.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_01: $2 beer night presented by Bushlight on the 16th of October.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and then the fun continues on uh Saturday, the 17th of October, Zach.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_01: We've got the uh Halloween costume contest.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, you want to tell us a little bit more about what fans can expect for the costume contest?
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so this is something that we've been doing for um, I think every year that I've been here in Wassa.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_00: It's always a really big popular promotion for obviously this one's focused for families and then their kids coming out.
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I always mention it.
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_00: It's a great test drive for kids with their their costumes, make sure everything is fitting right, everything is uh is going well for them.
• 16:14
  SPEAKER_00: The other thing that's a benefit is here in Wisconsin, as people know a lot of times during Halloween.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_00: Um kind of the the saying or joke is that um the kids has their costume on and they have a giant winter coat over it, and that's what they're dressed up as.
• 16:29
  SPEAKER_00: Um, because it's always crazy by that time.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_00: So um here's an opportunity where it's inside.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_00: Um obviously they can um go through the the lobby and concourse area to uh trigger treat amongst um our different um ticket station, merchandise station, uh the bar area, um as well to get candy from our respective employees at those areas.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_00: Um and then two uh the costume contests that will take place uh during the first intermission of that evening's game as well.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_00: So always really cool to see um what the kids come up with in terms of their costumes.
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_00: Um and uh looking forward to that.
• 17:15
  SPEAKER_00: Again, that's this year presented by our uh our longtime friends at Goodwill uh NCW on Saturday, October 17th.
• 17:25
  SPEAKER_01: It's like you always say, what a great way to to trial out the Halloween costumes for everybody uh that's getting ready for the actual holiday that that looms close after this October 17th game.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_01: Uh so another very fun time, very fun thing to do for Wasp Cyclones fans.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_01: So one more time.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_01: That's$2 beer night on October 16th, presented by Bush Light.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_01: And October 17th, Halloween costume contest and trick-or-treat game presented by Goodwill NCW.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that's a Friday, Saturday weekend series, both games at Marathon Park.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_01: That will be the first back-to-back weekend of home games at Marathon Park.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_01: So Cyclones fans can hit up two games in the same weekend for the first time this season.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_01: You can get tickets at wastacyclones.com slash tickets.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and you can always get dialed in for all these games and everything else you need to know about Cyclones hockey at wastacyclones.com.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, we're not going to talk about these.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_01: We're not going to go into any detail about them, but just wanted to remind fans and put them out there, out there, excuse me, the following two promotions uh that come up after the Halloween costume contest and the$2 beer night.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_01: Uh on the 23rd of October, it's the Cyclones Salute to Service Hat giveaway presented by Medical College of Wisconsin.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_01: That'll be for the first 250 fans.
• 18:52
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and then the next home game following that, October, or excuse me, November 27th.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, it's Family Night presented by Festival Foods.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_01: You can save 20% off of your tickets when you come to that Wassa Cyclones hockey game on the 27th of November.
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and I'm not gonna go too much into detail on anything else following the 27th of November game, but boy, do we've got some exciting promotions coming up for fans.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, if you're oh so curious what is to come, you can go to wassacyclines.com slash schedule slash promotions, uh, and you can check out all of the different stuff that we've got planned for this coming season.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_01: But for now, for those next few games, you've got all those promotions to look forward to.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_01: Very awesome and exciting stuff.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, Zach, that's kind of everything I think we've got for today.
• 19:43
  SPEAKER_01: Anything else you want to touch on?
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_01: Anything you want to talk about before we kick it to break?
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_00: No, that's it.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_00: Um, just want to give a shout-out too.
• 19:49
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks again for all the fans that came out and support us on the Oprah and looking forward to seeing you guys here later on in October.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, just uh an unreal showing, getting uh over 700 of the uh the Wasa community and the Cyclones fans in that building.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_01: We are very appreciative.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_01: Let's keep the number around there all season long.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but thank you so much, Jack.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_01: We appreciate your time as always.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_01: No clones.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_01: All right, we're gonna kick it to break here on the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast, and we will return shortly.
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• 22:24
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back to the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast.
• 22:27
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• 22:35
  SPEAKER_01: Now we got a very special segment, very special guest joining us on this week's episode of the podcast.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_01: He's a returning player for the Cyclones this season.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_01: Last year, 40 games played.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_01: He tallied six goals and 11 assists for 17 points.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_01: And this year he's off to a hot start already as well.
• 22:53
  SPEAKER_01: One goal and two assists for three points in his eight games played.
• 22:57
  SPEAKER_01: But above all of that, he's got his hair back after a pretty rough rookie cut.
• 23:02
  SPEAKER_01: Sean Hall, welcome to the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast.
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_01: Great to have you back on the pod, man.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_01: How are you?
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_03: I'm great.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_03: Thanks for having me back.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_03: It uh feels good to be back chatting it up.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_03: Let's get let's get this going.
• 23:16
  SPEAKER_01: I uh nobody nobody listening can see you, but I can see you.
• 23:19
  SPEAKER_01: And I could also see you after you got your rookie cut last year.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, how how stoked are you to have have a full head of hair back after that one?
• 23:29
  SPEAKER_03: Feels good.
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_03: Uh head's a little heavy, not quite used to it yet, but my uh my helmet's helmet's a bit tight.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_03: So yeah.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_03: It took a little bit to get used to after the the hair grew back.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_01: Well, it's honestly it's honestly funny because um I had you blind rank like the top five best hockey hair on the whole team last year.
• 23:55
  SPEAKER_01: And you put yourself pretty high up there, and then it kind of came back and you ended up with a crazy rookie cut.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that's all that's all I'll say.
• 24:02
  SPEAKER_01: But uh, yeah, I mean, like I said, nobody nobody listening can see you, but I can see you, and it's nice to see.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_01: It's nice to see you back with a full head of hair.
• 24:10
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it feels nice to have a full head of hair.
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_03: Going from the uh number one overall pick, uh, best hair on the team, to probably dead last.
• 24:19
  SPEAKER_03: I'll put myself second to last, right above uh Brody Koontz.
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_03: His was probably the only one that was worse.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_03: Uh not a great feeling, not a great feeling at all.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_03: But you know, we bounce back, come back with uh, you know, they always say after a buzz cut, the hair grows back thicker, fresher.
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_03: I'm feeling it.
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_03: Feels good.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_01: I couldn't have said it better myself.
• 24:44
  SPEAKER_01: It's absolutely perfect.
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_01: Uh all right, man.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_01: Well, uh, before we get into uh talking about everything going on this season with the team, where you guys are at after a few games in, um how was your uh how was your offseason?
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_01: How'd you spend it?
• 25:00
  SPEAKER_01: Uh did you get some good skating in?
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_01: Did you just kind of step away from hockey for a little bit?
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_01: How was the uh how was the allotted time between the uh the first round exit last year and getting back ramped up for uh for camp in the beginning of the season?
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_03: Uh my summer went pretty well.
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_03: Off season was good.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_03: I would say going out in the first round definitely lit a fire.
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_03: And coming back and being a second-year guy, you know, you definitely have more responsibility on the team.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_03: You feel like you have a bigger leadership role and showing the rookies uh how things are done and what the standard is around here.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_03: So I definitely was thinking about that this summer, and I would say I didn't quite get on the ice as much this offseason as I did last year, but I spent a lot more time in the gym trying to put on some some weight and some muscle and hopefully so I can uh throw the body around, maybe get in a fight or two this season.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_03: But yeah, just mostly mostly in the gym this summer, not as much skating.
• 26:05
  SPEAKER_03: Definitely felt that uh during training camp.
• 26:08
  SPEAKER_03: But overall, pretty, pretty good off season.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_01: Nice dude.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_01: That's that's good to hear.
• 26:13
  SPEAKER_01: Uh it's always it's always exciting to hear when guys uh have motivation at the end of the season, you know, especially uh I you know, I wish I wish it ended better for you guys, but it you know, it was a tough way to go out.
• 26:25
  SPEAKER_01: And uh, you know, being that you were planning on returning and planning on coming back, it's cool to see that you were uh motivated to try to be in your best form uh upon the season starting.
• 26:36
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so that actually segues perfectly into what I wanted to ask you next.
• 26:40
  SPEAKER_01: Um it was obviously your rookie year last year's your first impression of playing for the Cyclones.
• 26:46
  SPEAKER_01: You had a lot of really great vets above you that were kind of teaching you the ways.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_01: Was it ever a doubt that you were gonna come back, or was it always a sure thing in your mind that you wanted to play another year in Wassa?
• 26:57
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, it was 100%.
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_03: I knew I would say after the first or second week of being here last year, I was like, this is a great place to be.
• 27:09
  SPEAKER_03: The coaching staff's amazing, the guys on the team are amazing.
• 27:12
  SPEAKER_03: We've got a a great group of guys, a lot of heart, great characters on the team.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_03: I just knew right away I was if I didn't get called up or something like that, then I knew for sure I was coming back because again, a great group of guys, great coaching staff, great owners, great billet families.
• 27:32
  SPEAKER_03: I mean, it's the place to be.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_01: Dude, it absolutely is.
• 27:37
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, the fans, the community, uh, all all the all the awesome stuff going on um around Wassa.
• 27:43
  SPEAKER_01: Uh it's a it's a it's a unique hockey experience, you know, whether you're a player, a coach in the in the community or you know, anything like that.
• 27:52
  SPEAKER_01: So that's uh that's cool to hear, man.
• 27:53
  SPEAKER_01: Damn, two weeks in and you knew you wanted to be back.
• 27:56
  SPEAKER_01: That's uh that I mean that has to feel good knowing that you just had so much assurance from the beginning that this was you know the right decision for uh for this chapter of your hockey career.
• 28:06
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, for sure.
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_03: Uh I'd say I was definitely nervous to live away from home for the first time.
• 28:13
  SPEAKER_03: I didn't really know what to expect.
• 28:15
  SPEAKER_03: You know, a lot more responsibility and kind of just being an adult.
• 28:20
  SPEAKER_03: It's definitely nice to live with a family so it's not like you're just thrown into the into the wolf's den, you could say.
• 28:27
  SPEAKER_03: There's there's the structures there, you gotta do all the chores and stuff, help the family out.
• 28:33
  SPEAKER_03: But as soon as I got here, I was like, this is gonna be great.
• 28:39
  SPEAKER_03: A great season.
• 28:40
  SPEAKER_03: I couldn't wait to meet all the guys, build a relationship with everyone, and just play some hockey.
• 28:46
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely, man.
• 28:48
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, well, so let's talk a little bit about the fact that you are back now.
• 28:51
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, you're here for for season number two.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and a lot is the same with this team.
• 28:57
  SPEAKER_01: There's some guys that return, there's there's some familiar faces, uh, but there's a lot uh that's different about this organization, uh, both from a player standpoint and from a coaching standpoint.
• 29:07
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, I want to start with the coaching standpoint.
• 29:10
  SPEAKER_01: Um, head coach of the, or I guess I should say former head coach of the Cyclones, Nathan Oystrick, uh, who is obviously a staple part of this organization.
• 29:17
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, I heard nothing but good things from all you guys, just about how much of an impact he has on and off the ice and how much he offers uh in terms of hockey IQ and learning the game and just becoming a better player, uh, he ends up taking another job.
• 29:30
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and you know, the coaching shifts around a little bit.
• 29:34
  SPEAKER_01: So you guys have uh Luke Meyer, Meisey is the head coach now uh and a new assistant coach as well.
• 29:39
  SPEAKER_01: So so as someone who was around last year, you know, around the original coaching staff and getting to learn a lot from Oisti and getting familiar with Meisy as well, uh, what do you think of this new coaching staff?
• 29:49
  SPEAKER_01: Do you think that it's the right move for this team?
• 29:51
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and how have you how have you felt that it's succeeded so far in the early days of the season?
• 29:56
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, I think it's been great.
• 29:57
  SPEAKER_03: You know, congratulations to Oisty for making it to the next level.
• 30:01
  SPEAKER_03: I think I can speak for every player on the team last year that all of us love to see that he made it to that next step.
• 30:08
  SPEAKER_03: It's where he should be.
• 30:09
  SPEAKER_03: He's a great coach and he did amazing things for this team.
• 30:13
  SPEAKER_03: But I think having Meisey here is just as amazing.
• 30:18
  SPEAKER_03: I think Meisey learned a lot from Oisty on coaching and relationship building and stuff, and I think he's doing a great job of running the team.
• 30:26
  SPEAKER_03: He's got great relationships with all the guys.
• 30:28
  SPEAKER_03: You know, he comes in, he jokes around with us in the locker room, but he also has a good balance of when we're on the ice.
• 30:35
  SPEAKER_03: Like, it's not as much of a friendship relationship.
• 30:38
  SPEAKER_03: It's like a he's our coach, we need to listen to him and do what he's saying.
• 30:43
  SPEAKER_03: So I think he's he's done a phenomenal job of that.
• 30:46
  SPEAKER_03: And I think he's done a great job of who he picked for the team.
• 30:50
  SPEAKER_03: We've got a lot of guys with a ton of heart who really want to be here and really want to make it to the next level.
• 30:56
  SPEAKER_03: So I think all around he's done a spectacular job.
• 30:59
  SPEAKER_03: And I think they made the right call with making uh Myze the head coach.
• 31:04
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, he knows all the returning guys, and I think that really helps with the people coming back.
• 31:12
  SPEAKER_03: Um, that they've got a familiar face as coach, they kind of know what to expect.
• 31:17
  SPEAKER_03: Um, so I think I think it was the right call, and I think he's doing a phenomenal job.
• 31:23
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, I I got uh I had a few chances to chat with Meisey last year, and just I I feel like his uh his understanding of the game, uh, it it flies under the radar a little bit since he's the assistant since he was the assistant coach last year.
• 31:36
  SPEAKER_01: Uh so super cool to get to see him step into that uh step into that role.
• 31:40
  SPEAKER_01: Uh and then how about uh Max Cother and the assistant coach?
• 31:43
  SPEAKER_01: How's uh how's he been settling in with the team and kind of what are your thoughts on uh on him as a as an assistant coach working under Meise?
• 31:50
  SPEAKER_03: I think he's been great.
• 31:51
  SPEAKER_03: I love him.
• 31:52
  SPEAKER_03: He's Joe, he I think he's I want to say he's the same as Mezey was last year, you know.
• 31:58
  SPEAKER_03: He comes in, he he gives us uh pointers, he tells us what we need to work on, but he does a great job of again joking around with the guys.
• 32:06
  SPEAKER_03: He's I don't think it took long for him to settle in and really build a relationship with everyone on the team.
• 32:12
  SPEAKER_03: I think everyone on the team loves him.
• 32:14
  SPEAKER_03: I think he's doing a great job, and uh he's just a he's a great guy.
• 32:20
  SPEAKER_03: You know, I I I think I definitely heard a little bit of talk around the locker room, everyone was a little nervous.
• 32:24
  SPEAKER_03: He's he's a young guy and we we didn't know what to expect, but I'm extremely happy that he was selected to be the assistant captain because he's done wonderful things.
• 32:34
  SPEAKER_03: He's he gives us nothing but amazing feedback, and I think he's doing a terrific job.
• 32:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, super awesome to see.
• 32:42
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's it's common with these kind of teams, uh, coaching roles and stuff shifts.
• 32:47
  SPEAKER_01: And it's always it's always a positive to see when it shifts, you know, for the better, especially when you deal with with circumstances like Oisty, Oisty moving on to uh a job at the next level.
• 32:56
  SPEAKER_01: So uh super super good to hear that the uh that the coaching staff is uh in a good place.
• 33:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um and then staying in the lane of some some different some different faces and just kind of a different vibe for this team overall.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_01: Um lot of new faces on the ice as well.
• 33:13
  SPEAKER_01: You know, as someone who was, you know, a rookie last year came back for another season, and you know, I'm sure you're kind of stepping into a little more of a leadership role.
• 33:20
  SPEAKER_01: You know, what are your thoughts on some of the newer guys that are around and how do you feel like this team, how where do you feel like this team is at in terms of just cohesion and getting to know each other at this point in the year?
• 33:33
  SPEAKER_03: I think the team's off to a great start.
• 33:36
  SPEAKER_03: Um, bonding and you know, we go out on days where we get done with practice early, or if we have one game on the weekend, we'll go out and do something as a team, whether it's as simple as going to Olive Garden, getting a team dinner, or going out to the EU Clair Dells and just walking around as a team.
• 33:56
  SPEAKER_03: I I think uh we've done a a great job of uh like bringing in the new guys and really showing them that you know this is like a place that you want to stay.
• 34:10
  SPEAKER_03: And I think the new guys have came in, they've they're they came in ready to work, they care a ton about the organization and the people around them.
• 34:20
  SPEAKER_03: And I think every single person on our team would go to war for the person sitting next to them in the locker room.
• 34:26
  SPEAKER_03: And I think that's a great feeling to have on a team, knowing that you know, if someone goes out and gets hit from behind, everyone on the ice is there to stick up for them and go after the guy that that made the dirty play, or even if it's just in practice, just getting on each other.
• 34:43
  SPEAKER_03: If someone's having a rough practice, it's you know, you get in their grill a little bit, but overall everyone's super uplifting, no one's harping on each other, no one's being mean to each other.
• 34:53
  SPEAKER_03: So I think we've got a a great group of guys, a great group of rookies who came in this year, and I think that we're gonna do amazing things as a team this year.
• 35:02
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, dude, it's it's cool to it's cool to kind of hear you specifically talk about how you're you know you're starting to see some of the younger guys and some of the guys that have come in for the first time, um just how they're fitting into the mold and how they're fitting into uh you know the culture that is this team.
• 35:19
  SPEAKER_01: That's uh that's that's a cool thing to hear, you know, having gotten to know you last year.
• 35:23
  SPEAKER_01: And and I kind of teased it a little bit in the way that I asked uh the last question.
• 35:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um but considering that you do have some younger guys around you and that you, you know, you were here for an entire season and you've you know you've been through the highs, you've been through the lows, and whether it's been with some of the guys that you know or some of the guys that are that are gone now, you have the experience.
• 35:43
  SPEAKER_01: Do you feel like you're taking that experience uh and do you feel like you're kind of transitioning that into you know a situation where you can be a leader on this team?
• 35:52
  SPEAKER_03: Oh a hundred percent.
• 35:53
  SPEAKER_03: I think a lot of the guys, the younger guys, don't quite realize how long the season is.
• 36:01
  SPEAKER_03: And you know, obviously at the beginning of the season as a first-year guy, the nerves are super high through the roof.
• 36:07
  SPEAKER_03: You don't know what to expect, you're moving away from home for the first time, and overall it's just kind of a nerve-wracking experience for for the new guys, and I think after have been going through that last season, I I think I can really like help the guys be like, hey, like it's okay to be nervous, but you know, even if you go out there and you have a terrible first game, the season is so long that it doesn't even matter.
• 36:37
  SPEAKER_03: No one's gonna remember.
• 36:39
  SPEAKER_03: No one's gonna be like, Oh, remember how terrible you played in the first game?
• 36:42
  SPEAKER_03: No one's ever gonna remember that at all because the season's so long.
• 36:46
  SPEAKER_03: I think that was for me, anyways, a big like concern that I had my first year was that I was so nervous when I first got there that I was like, Oh, am I gonna be playing a bunch?
• 36:57
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, where am I gonna be in the lineup?
• 36:59
  SPEAKER_03: And I think just telling the guys, like, hey, it's the first we've been here for what, four weeks, like a month.
• 37:06
  SPEAKER_03: It's the season's so long.
• 37:08
  SPEAKER_03: Like, you have so much time to improve and practice and get stronger in the gym.
• 37:14
  SPEAKER_03: The lineup changes so much, and I think I think that's a big, a big thing that I've been trying to help the newer guys with, is just keeping the nerves down.
• 37:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely, man.
• 37:26
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, that's I feel like one of the biggest takeaways that I get from chatting with all you guys, especially last year, when a lot of the guys I was talking to, not only was a good amount of them rookies like you, but it was also kind of my rookie year in a way, because it was my first time being exposed to junior hockey.
• 37:45
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and I feel like the biggest, uh, the biggest thing that I got takeaway-wise was the jump from high school hockey or you know, 16, 17, 18, um, 18U hockey that guys will be playing in before they come to juniors.
• 37:59
  SPEAKER_01: It's significant and it's nerve-wracking to be out there playing at that level, uh, just because of how physical it is, how fast paced it is, and just how much is expected of you.
• 38:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, so it's cool to it's cool to see that, you know, with a with a year of that under your belt now, you're able to uh pass some of that wisdom down uh to the guys.
• 38:16
  SPEAKER_01: And I mean, it seems like, you know, it's worked to a to an extent, you know, whether it's just you or you know, some of the other vets kind of collectively making sure that these guys are comfortable, because you know, you've got a lot of you a lot of the new faces on this team have been pretty significantly impact players so far uh to this point in the year.
• 38:35
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, for sure.
• 38:36
  SPEAKER_03: I think uh confidence is a a huge part of junior hockey, especially with how long the season is.
• 38:42
  SPEAKER_03: The sooner you can build up your confidence on the ice, the more plays you make, the more goals you score, the more assists you get.
• 38:50
  SPEAKER_03: Just overall, the better the team does.
• 38:52
  SPEAKER_03: So I think just helping people, the newer guys, boost their confidence will help us get into a rhythm as a team a lot quicker in the season, and then we can start working on systems and stuff once people really really get their uh their confidence going.
• 39:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.
• 39:09
  SPEAKER_01: Um, okay, so I I want to talk to you just about the team in terms of skill level and in terms of you know the games that you guys have had in the past and and you know what you're looking forward to um in the future.
• 39:23
  SPEAKER_01: So not the most ideal start.
• 39:25
  SPEAKER_01: Uh you guys lost five of the first six games of the season, uh, but that kind of has an asterisk next to it, in my opinion, because you know, you're settling into a new coaching staff, uh, you're settling into new systems and such.
• 39:36
  SPEAKER_01: And your training camp was cut so short because of the way that the schedule got all jumbled up and just how all that kind of worked out.
• 39:42
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and I also, you know, no cut on the Mustangs, but I don't really think people expected Peore to have uh as strong of a start as they're having, considering their campaign last year.
• 39:52
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but you know, you lose those first uh five, you lose the first five of the six games that you play, but then now you're riding a two-game win streak.
• 40:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um, just what are your thoughts on this team's skill level and their ability and just how everybody's meshing on the ice?
• 40:07
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and how have you kind of felt about these first few games and what are kind of your expectations uh as you now look ahead to the still very long season that's ahead?
• 40:16
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I think definitely it definitely wasn't the start that we were hoping for, but uh we were a little short on guys, and we had a pretty young roster at the time before we before we got some of our guys back who are at null camps and stuff like that.
• 40:34
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, I think we definitely kind of hoped for uh a better start, but I think now the guys again they're building up their confidence, everyone's starting to play better as a team.
• 40:46
  SPEAKER_03: We're getting that team chemistry up, and I I I really do have high expectations for this team this year.
• 40:53
  SPEAKER_03: I think we've got a great chance at making a run in the in the playoffs, hopefully winning a Frasier Cup.
• 41:00
  SPEAKER_03: And overall, even though we're uh a pretty young team, I would say we've got a lot of a lot of younger guys on the team.
• 41:08
  SPEAKER_03: I think this group of guys can do amazing things if we just put our heads down and go to work.
• 41:15
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.
• 41:16
  SPEAKER_01: And and like I said, uh in the question that I asked, like there's still so much hockey to be played.
• 41:22
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and sometimes it takes a little while for a team to get under their legs.
• 41:26
  SPEAKER_01: You know, you've got new guys, you've got new lines, you've got new systems, you've got new new power play units.
• 41:31
  SPEAKER_01: It can sometimes take uh a second for all that stuff to kind of click.
• 41:36
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but it seems like it's starting to click considering you are now riding a two-game win streak uh and you've got some home hockey to look forward to as well.
• 41:45
  SPEAKER_01: Uh and with that in mind, I just wanted to ask too, how was the first home game of the season?
• 41:50
  SPEAKER_01: How exciting was it to be back uh in the in the building at Marathon Park uh in front of the home fan base, uh especially in front of a uh a record home opener's uh record home opener crowd.
• 42:01
  SPEAKER_01: That was the I think according to my according to some of the people I asked, most people at a home opener in Wassa Cyclones history.
• 42:12
  SPEAKER_03: Uh I thought it was amazing.
• 42:15
  SPEAKER_03: Um I mean that yeah, the amount of people that were there, it's a smaller rink for sure, but when we have that many people there, it really feels like you're playing in an NHL rink.
• 42:27
  SPEAKER_03: I mean, they get loud.
• 42:30
  SPEAKER_03: The fans are amazing.
• 42:31
  SPEAKER_03: I mean, I think just that advantage of playing teams at home and they have to listen to our crowd and see how big and loud it is.
• 42:39
  SPEAKER_03: I think it's definitely a fear factor for the other teams, and I think that gives us a huge advantage at home.
• 42:45
  SPEAKER_03: Um super happy for the guys that we we swept our uh home opener and uh looking forward to to seeing uh more wins at home for for the fans.
• 42:59
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 43:00
  SPEAKER_01: Not only did you sweep the home opener, but you you swept the first series against uh the new team in the in the league in the division, the Fox Cities Forge.
• 43:08
  SPEAKER_01: Talk about a talk about a welcome to the NA3 moment.
• 43:10
  SPEAKER_01: I'm sure that was sure that was brutal for them.
• 43:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um but uh that's awesome.
• 43:15
  SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah, I mean I I uh I'm definitely sad to not be in the building for the games this year, but um I'm sure it was I'm sure it was uh an electric atmosphere.
• 43:25
  SPEAKER_01: Um so I know with you know, usually with these interviews, uh most of the guys, you know, it's it's always about the team.
• 43:32
  SPEAKER_01: It's always about you know what the team's gonna accomplish.
• 43:35
  SPEAKER_01: Um but I do I do want to park a little bit of time just kind of about you personally and your, you know, where you're at with your hockey journey, considering now you're in your second year of juniors.
• 43:48
  SPEAKER_01: What are your or I guess I guess I should say, have your goals for what you want juniors to do for you changed at all?
• 43:56
  SPEAKER_01: Uh where are you kind of at in terms of your own mindset, in terms of why?
• 44:00
  SPEAKER_01: What you want the cyclones to help you accomplish for your hockey career uh in the future moving forward?
• 44:05
  SPEAKER_01: Are you are you looking to go play in college?
• 44:07
  SPEAKER_01: Uh are you looking to do something else hockey-wise after juniors?
• 44:10
  SPEAKER_01: What are you what are you kind of what are you kind of hoping for uh in the next few years here, considering you're spending another year in Wassa?
• 44:17
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I think uh last year I I was big into uh yeah, I want to go play NCAA next year in two years and really just try and make that that jump to the next level.
• 44:29
  SPEAKER_03: But now I'm almost kind of more like if I make it to the null, that would be awesome.
• 44:34
  SPEAKER_03: And that's that's my dream, and that would be sweet to go play for a null team, even if it's a a bottom six guy, and you're just out there grinding and fighting and doing what you can for the team, being a glue guy.
• 44:46
  SPEAKER_03: Now I'm it's it's kind of like I just want to play hockey for fun, you know.
• 44:51
  SPEAKER_03: Not everyone gets to go play juniors.
• 44:54
  SPEAKER_03: I've I think I've made the most of my uh my hockey career, and next year, even if it's just going to play uh Acha hockey in college for fun, I'm 100% looking forward to that.
• 45:08
  SPEAKER_03: And I I think a lot of guys get really down on themselves if they don't make it to that like division one or NCAA division three level, but at the end of the day, most of the guys, like all the guys on our team, have made it significantly farther than 90% of all hockey players.
• 45:29
  SPEAKER_03: And I think that's a huge accomplishment for everyone, and everyone should be proud of themselves for that.
• 45:33
  SPEAKER_03: But even if it's just going to play Acha Acha hockey, it's it'd be awesome.
• 45:38
  SPEAKER_03: Doing classes and playing hockey on the side sounds like uh an awesome gig to me.
• 45:44
  SPEAKER_01: Awesome, man.
• 45:45
  SPEAKER_01: That's that's that's a good way to look at it.
• 45:47
  SPEAKER_01: Uh for now at least, just you're in the moment, uh, enjoying getting to play for an awesome organization with you know with a really good team and a really good coaching staff around you.
• 45:56
  SPEAKER_01: And there's a lot of there's a lot of good options for you uh regardless of you know which one you you decide to take.
• 46:03
  SPEAKER_01: Um, do you have any personal goals for yourself for this season?
• 46:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh not looking any farther ahead than whatever the last game of the year is in the postseason for the Cyclins.
• 46:13
  SPEAKER_01: Like, what are you hoping to accomplish uh in terms of your own your own personal goals this year?
• 46:19
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I actually switched to defense this year, so that's definitely a big change up for me after playing forward for six years.
• 46:30
  SPEAKER_03: So I think just you know, uh supporting the team on the back end as much as I can, trying to help out the goalies with blocking shots and keeping their save percentages high, clearing guys out in front, just little details like that, I think is my main focus for this year.
• 46:46
  SPEAKER_03: Uh making plays that need to be made, staying consistent uh is huge to me this year, you know.
• 46:54
  SPEAKER_03: After hearing everything from the guys who went up to null camps and did make it to that next level, it sounds like a big difference between the NA3 and the Null.
• 47:05
  SPEAKER_03: Obviously, they're they're more skilled at hockey, they're they're better hockey players, but it sounds like the the biggest thing is consistency.
• 47:11
  SPEAKER_03: It's can you make that right play every time the puck's on your stick?
• 47:14
  SPEAKER_03: Are you in the right spot every time you're on the ice?
• 47:18
  SPEAKER_03: And I I think that's definitely a big focus for me this year is just trying to do the right thing every time I get the puck or being in the right spot or being on the right guy in the D zone.
• 47:29
  SPEAKER_03: Just just little things like that, I think, I think make a huge difference.
• 47:35
  SPEAKER_01: That's awesome, dude.
• 47:36
  SPEAKER_01: That's uh that's a big switch to have to make uh to switch over to D.
• 47:39
  SPEAKER_01: It's a you know, it's a whole different type of play, it's a whole different style of play, it's a whole different uh mindset in terms of how you're playing the game.
• 47:46
  SPEAKER_01: Uh and that takes a you know, it takes a lot of physical and mental work.
• 47:49
  SPEAKER_01: So that's uh that's exciting.
• 47:50
  SPEAKER_01: And you know, like I mentioned at the top of the episode, you're off to a good start.
• 47:54
  SPEAKER_01: Three points in eight games uh playing at the blue line, which is uh which is definitely not something to sweep under the rug.
• 47:59
  SPEAKER_01: So uh so good for you, man.
• 48:00
  SPEAKER_01: That's super cool to see.
• 48:02
  SPEAKER_03: Awesome.
• 48:02
  SPEAKER_03: Thank you.
• 48:03
  SPEAKER_03: I appreciate it.
• 48:04
  SPEAKER_03: I just trying to make the plays where I can.
• 48:07
  SPEAKER_01: Awesome, dude.
• 48:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh well that's all the uh that's all the questions I got for you today.
• 48:11
  SPEAKER_01: Do you have uh do you have anything you wanna anything you want to say to the listeners?
• 48:14
  SPEAKER_01: Anything you want to shout out on the pod before we round things out?
• 48:17
  SPEAKER_03: Uh yeah, I mean, I'm looking forward to the season.
• 48:22
  SPEAKER_03: I think everyone should come to all the home games that they can.
• 48:25
  SPEAKER_03: We love having the fans there, you know, coming out and seeing them after after the game's finished is always a big thing that I look forward to after the games.
• 48:33
  SPEAKER_03: Um, I want to say thank you to the coaching staff and all the guys on the team, as well as my my billet family, the Burnettes.
• 48:42
  SPEAKER_03: They they do a ton to all the even all the billet families, they do a lot more than I think people realize for the guys.
• 48:49
  SPEAKER_03: And I think they're a huge part of the reason that we we can come here and and play hockey.
• 48:55
  SPEAKER_03: So just thanks to the billet families, the fans, the team, and and the coaching staff.
• 49:02
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, like we we continue to talk about it over and over and over again, but just the community around this team, whether it's the billet families, the fans, the supporters that are able to contribute financially to the organization, the fan, it's just all of it.
• 49:16
  SPEAKER_01: It's it's it's unbelievable.
• 49:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I did think of one more question, actually, I wanted to ask you.
• 49:21
  SPEAKER_01: Um, are talk Tuesdays still a thing at the talk?
• 49:26
  SPEAKER_03: Talk Tuesday is still a thing.
• 49:28
  SPEAKER_03: Uh-huh.
• 49:28
  SPEAKER_03: Um, we've been kind of slacking on it a little bit because we didn't have our ice and we were skating in Stevens Point and at Green Hex.
• 49:35
  SPEAKER_03: So it was it was tough to get the the talk in in between lifting and and skating.
• 49:41
  SPEAKER_03: But now that we're at our back at uh Marathon Park every Tuesday.
• 49:46
  SPEAKER_01: Talk Tuesday, man.
• 49:47
  SPEAKER_01: That was the best part of the year.
• 49:49
  SPEAKER_01: I missed that talker.
• 49:50
  SPEAKER_01: That was dang good food over there.
• 49:53
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, it's good.
• 49:54
  SPEAKER_03: Good eats for sure.
• 49:55
  SPEAKER_03: Absolutely.
• 49:56
  SPEAKER_01: All right, Sean.
• 49:57
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I uh I really appreciate your time hopping on and uh and chatting it up with me.
• 50:00
  SPEAKER_01: I uh I'm glad all is well.
• 50:02
  SPEAKER_01: And uh until we chat next, best of luck to to you and the guys in the in the games and the season ahead.
• 50:08
  SPEAKER_03: Awesome.
• 50:08
  SPEAKER_03: Thank you so much for having me.
• 50:10
  SPEAKER_03: We miss having you around wearing your ugly Broncos jersey at the games.
• 50:16
  SPEAKER_01: Two and one, man.
• 50:17
  SPEAKER_01: Broncos are rolling right now.
• 50:19
  SPEAKER_03: You know who's not rolling?
• 50:20
  SPEAKER_03: The Lions.
• 50:21
  SPEAKER_03: Oh awful.
• 50:22
  SPEAKER_01: It's a little it's a little brutal.
• 50:24
  SPEAKER_01: There's some there's some weird things going on in the NFL right now.
• 50:27
  SPEAKER_01: You know what else is not rolling is my fantasy football team.
• 50:31
  SPEAKER_01: I'm so I'm so unbelievably injured.
• 50:34
  SPEAKER_01: It's not cool.
• 50:35
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, that's rough.
• 50:36
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, my uh quarterback Jaden Daniels blowing up his elbow is definitely not on my fantasy football bucket list.
• 50:43
  SPEAKER_03: No, absolutely not.
• 50:46
  SPEAKER_01: All right, Sean.
• 50:46
  SPEAKER_01: We'll uh we'll thanks so much for hopping on, man.
• 50:48
  SPEAKER_01: We appreciate your time and uh we'll we'll chat we'll chat soon.
• 50:52
  SPEAKER_03: Awesome.
• 50:52
  SPEAKER_03: Thank you for having me.
• 50:54
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