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MHOC Coach Mike Cavanaugh - Zoom Oct 30 - UVM Week · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: All right coach coming off of one zero and one
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  Speaker 1: weekend against number fifteen UMass successful weekend, Jake Perceval two
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  Speaker 1: goals Saturday, til Music's Goalie of the Hockey's Goalie of
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  Speaker 1: the Week. I wan't get your thoughts coming up on
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  Speaker 1: another hockey s battle against Vermont.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was certainly. I thought the way we finished
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  Speaker 2: the weekend was you know, positive for us as a team.
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  Speaker 2: I liked again, I feel like we're getting contributions up
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  Speaker 2: and down our lineup. We got solid goaltending. I thought
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  Speaker 2: our defense moved the puck pretty well. And uh, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to have another tough opponent coming up this weekend
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  Speaker 2: in Vermont. I think, you know, they're a very physical team.
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  Speaker 2: I watched a couple of their games versus Providence and
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  Speaker 2: thought that, you know, they played really well against Providence
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  Speaker 2: and they're hard. They've got a grad goaltender from Minnesota
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  Speaker 2: State who has played pretty solid, and the defense are
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  Speaker 2: always big and physical, and they're.
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  Speaker 3: Tough, you know, in their own end.
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  Speaker 2: It's really hard to get offense, generate offense at times
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  Speaker 2: with how physical are down low. So it's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: a really good test for us.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome We'll open it up for questions and wants to
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  Speaker 1: start us off?
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  Speaker 4: Joe, go ahead, Yeah, I'm the prototypical leadoff at a
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  Speaker 4: fat slow cap.
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  Speaker 3: What do you like, You're the You're the labor toy.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, yeah, I run to the wrong base and
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  Speaker 4: I make brand base running cramp ares. So what do
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  Speaker 4: you like best about? What is or how is your
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  Speaker 4: team improve the most from the beginning of preseason till now?
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  Speaker 2: I would say, uh, you know, one of the points
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  Speaker 2: of emphasis going into this season was to generate more offense,
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  Speaker 2: and we've that was an area where I thought we
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  Speaker 2: needed to really improve upon. And I think our you know,
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  Speaker 2: both our rush offense and our OZP you know, has
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  Speaker 2: been pretty good. That second goal we scored the other
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  Speaker 2: night against you Mass might have been the best shift
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  Speaker 2: I've seen since I've been here in twelve years. It was,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're able to get a full line change,
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  Speaker 2: We're able to control the puck the whole time, have
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  Speaker 2: multiple shots, and then it eventually ended up into a
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  Speaker 2: goal because you know, the U Mass defenders were so tired.
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  Speaker 2: What makes Jake a good penalty killer? He has great
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  Speaker 2: anticipation and he has an excellent stick you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think sometimes defenders don't realize how how quick his stick
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  Speaker 2: is and how quick he gets on you. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what he did the other night. He was able to
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  Speaker 2: just strip that defender and on the power play when
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  Speaker 2: they were on the power play, he stripped him and
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  Speaker 2: he was the last line of defense and had a
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  Speaker 2: breakaway and he finished.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it's spets close to coming back.
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  Speaker 2: He practiced yesterday. He was in Red Cross. He didn't
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  Speaker 2: go through contact. But we'll see how he you know,
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  Speaker 2: it feels today, but he's probably fifty to fifty for
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  Speaker 2: the weekend.
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  Speaker 3: I would say, thanks, Kav.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm on a mean Randy will jump over to you.
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  Speaker 5: Sorry, my dad is knocking at the door right now.
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  Speaker 5: I think I think you and mom are going to vote,
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  Speaker 5: and they want to know if I'm going. Sorry, he
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  Speaker 5: literally just like comes right in the middle of meetings
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  Speaker 5: like all the time.
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  Speaker 3: I apologize. He's the best. Though.
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  Speaker 5: I was gonna ask about the physical play of Vermont
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  Speaker 5: and you know how tough they are down low and
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  Speaker 5: how that affects you know, how how you guys counter that.
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  Speaker 5: You just spoke of your greade O zone time and
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  Speaker 5: the rush this year with you being a bit faster
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  Speaker 5: of a team and maybe less heavy on the for check.
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  Speaker 5: Does that alter how you approach you know, like that
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  Speaker 5: ozone time against a big, tough, physical team like Vermont.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so, you know, I think what the
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  Speaker 2: thing is, you can't let yourself get pinned. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you can't let the puck stop moving. Once the puck
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  Speaker 2: stops moving and then there's a scrum, those are tough
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  Speaker 2: situations to get out of. So I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: our game plan would be against any team we play
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  Speaker 2: that's really big and physical down low as you just
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  Speaker 2: got to keep the puck moving, don't let it get stalled.
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  Speaker 2: When it gets stalled, it's much tougher, you know, to
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  Speaker 2: get into areas where you can score goals.
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  Speaker 5: Music winning goalie of the week and doing what he
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  Speaker 5: did this weekend. I know you had mentioned in the
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  Speaker 5: preseason that you thought his best hockey was ahead of him.
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  Speaker 5: When he has a weekend like he does, like maybe
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  Speaker 5: tell us what you you know, how he's feeling after
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  Speaker 5: and you know, like what his you know, obviously he
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  Speaker 5: came up huge, Like like how's he build off of that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I think he's a very good goaltender. He's been around
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  Speaker 2: a long time and he's a national development team goaltender,
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  Speaker 2: so he's played in a lot of big games. The
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  Speaker 2: thing I like about him, he's very composed and he's
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  Speaker 2: always trying to get better, so I don't think he's
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  Speaker 2: resting on his laurels. He practiced hard yesterday and he's
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  Speaker 2: working on different things with our goaltending coach, Vincetileetti, so
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  Speaker 2: he'll just keep trying to improve.
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  Speaker 3: Randy. That's that's all I'm trying to ask of aut
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  Speaker 3: all these players. That's it for me. Thanks, Dan, we'll
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  Speaker 3: jump over to you. Thanks.
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  Speaker 6: This is the first weekend that Phillips Satar can play.
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  Speaker 6: Just how has he looked during practice during these this
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  Speaker 6: first month where he hasn't been able to get into
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  Speaker 6: game action.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's looked very good. Now, it's still hard to tell.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be different, you know, playing in Hockey East games
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  Speaker 2: is a lot different than playing in practice, so.
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  Speaker 3: It'll be interesting. But he's a very good player. He's
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  Speaker 3: a two hundred foot player, and I think he's certainly
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  Speaker 3: going to add some depth to our lineup.
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  Speaker 6: Is it too early to know if he's going to
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  Speaker 6: be in the lineup this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't really decided that yet, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: I could see I definitely see him playing a game
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  Speaker 2: this weekend.
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  Speaker 6: It's got to be tough to find him a spot
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  Speaker 6: in the lineup because it's not like you've had any
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  Speaker 6: week week links up top. Just how happy have you
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  Speaker 6: been with the depth among among the forwards.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great problem to have. You know, I'd
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  Speaker 3: rather have too many players than too few players.
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  Speaker 2: So h and as I said, as long as we
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  Speaker 2: can keep rolling four line and I don't feel like
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  Speaker 2: there's a weak link. I think that'll be a strength
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  Speaker 2: of our team when you can, you can wear teams
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  Speaker 2: down when you're playing that way.
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  Speaker 1: Natalie will go over to you.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you, good morning, coach.
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  Speaker 3: How's it going, Good morning, Natalie, I'm great, you, I'm good.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you. Someone I wanted to ask you about, uh
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  Speaker 7: was Kaijian Veria. I feel like was that his fifth
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  Speaker 7: or sixth assist on Saturday night? I feel like he
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  Speaker 7: plays a mature game for being a first year. But
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  Speaker 7: do you see him kind of developing into it to
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  Speaker 7: a goal scorer from what he's shown you or what
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  Speaker 7: do you see from his style?
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  Speaker 2: He's very offensively gifted. I don't know if he's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a premier goalscorer for us as a defenseman,
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  Speaker 2: but he creates a lot of offense. I think the
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  Speaker 2: thing I like most about him, Natalie, is you know
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  Speaker 2: the night was it the night before? Well, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he turned to puck over for a breakaway, but he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't lose his confidence. You know, he learns from it
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  Speaker 2: and says that wasn't a very smart play, but he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't lose his confidence. And he's not afraid at that
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  Speaker 2: blue line to move the puck or cycle down low,
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  Speaker 2: d roll down the wall.
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  Speaker 3: He's just.
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  Speaker 2: Very creative offensively. He's good at getting pucks to the net.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, yeah, we're excited to have him and I'm
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to watching mature over the season.
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  Speaker 7: Is he kind of a is he kind of a
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  Speaker 7: quiet kid in the locker room or is he is
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  Speaker 7: he loud in the action with all the guys.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's not really quiet. He's very vocal.
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  Speaker 2: He's a vocal kid. He brings a ton of energy.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a bunch of you know, a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: those guys, Jake, Jake Richard is very similar. Uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: John's beest can be vocal on the ice, So there's
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  Speaker 2: we have some guys taber he slips, a very vocal guy,
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  Speaker 2: and I like it brings energy to our locker room.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, it seems like a lot of energy on the bench,
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  Speaker 7: I guess in terms of perceval. We talked to him
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  Speaker 7: after the game on Saturday, and he mentioned, you know,
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  Speaker 7: he might not have had his best game Friday night,
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  Speaker 7: but you and he met and he had a second
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  Speaker 7: chance to go out there and to make things right
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  Speaker 7: for himself, and he did. So what does that say
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  Speaker 7: about his maturity and resilience as a player.
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  Speaker 2: He says a lot, because I don't think his freshman
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  Speaker 2: year he would have been able to do that. And
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  Speaker 2: he and I did have a good meeting, you know,
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  Speaker 2: And the best part of those where I can say
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  Speaker 2: is maturation processes come a long way.
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  Speaker 3: Is when we sat down and had the meeting, he
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  Speaker 3: wasn't defensive.
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  Speaker 2: We watched things together, we agreed on different things where
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  Speaker 2: he needed to be better, and I loved how he
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  Speaker 2: implemented that into his game on Saturday night and learned
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  Speaker 2: from some of the mistakes he made Friday. So I
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  Speaker 2: think none of us are perfect. We're all going to
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  Speaker 2: make mistakes, but acknowledging them and not getting defensive about
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  Speaker 2: them is great sign of maturity.
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  Speaker 7: And in turn, he kind of commented on the facts
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  Speaker 7: that in doing so, in meeting with you and then
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  Speaker 7: having the chance to go back out, that helps them
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  Speaker 7: develop confidence as a player too, and playing for you
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  Speaker 7: and you as the coach allowing them to do these
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  Speaker 7: kinds of things and get that second chance. He said,
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  Speaker 7: it's enjoyable to play for you because you allow your
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  Speaker 7: players to have that second chance. So what does that
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  Speaker 7: What does that mean to you when players receive your
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  Speaker 7: message well and then go and perform on it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think you know, a great part of coaching
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  Speaker 2: is educating, educating, and I just try to put myself
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  Speaker 2: in their shoes when I was in college and you
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  Speaker 2: had so much to learn, and when you have coaches
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  Speaker 2: that you know will believe in you and let you
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  Speaker 2: make a mistake, it's just I don't want to see
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  Speaker 2: guys make the same mistake twice. But when that starts happening,
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  Speaker 2: then there's going to be different conversations.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: But when you're making a mistake and you're learning from
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  Speaker 2: it and then you're correcting it because again, I said,
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  Speaker 2: that's the sign of someone growing up and becoming a
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  Speaker 2: really good player.
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  Speaker 1: All right, thank you, Joe will go back to you.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks keV. How have the other transfers other than Tyler
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  Speaker 3: ingratiated themselves? Viking, Nick and Hugh?
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  Speaker 2: While starting with Viking, I think he's really been a
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  Speaker 2: stable defenseman for us back there. He does a lot
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  Speaker 2: of little things, whether it's blocking shots, breaking pucks out,
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  Speaker 2: getting a stick on a puck. He's been a great
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  Speaker 2: addition to our defensive core. And it's nice having a
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  Speaker 2: guy with six six.
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  Speaker 3: With a reach like that.
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  Speaker 2: It's you know, he's a It's a nice luxury to
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  Speaker 2: have him back there. I think Hugh Larkin brings a
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  Speaker 2: big presence to our lineup. You know, we have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys that can skate and are quick, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with Tattle and Muldowney and Shandor, but they're not the
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  Speaker 2: biggest guys with with size, and Hugh brings you know,
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  Speaker 2: that different element to our group up front. Uh And
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  Speaker 2: I thought Nick Carabin's played dynamite on defense. He might
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  Speaker 2: have had uh Saturday night might have been one of
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  Speaker 2: his best games he's played. But it's just a maturity, Joe,
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  Speaker 2: a calmness back there that uh, you know, it is
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  Speaker 2: nice to have with a defensive court. Okay, especially two
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  Speaker 2: young defensemen we have back there. So the kids are
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  Speaker 2: coming along too, I mean Pascucci. And it seems like
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  Speaker 2: Trey's playing with more confidence every game.
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  Speaker 3: The tray's tray has been dynamite since we've put him
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  Speaker 3: in the lineup.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, go ahead, Randy. One more for me.
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  Speaker 5: I we can't go a session without talking about Richard
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  Speaker 5: and Muldowney hooking up on another sweet goal. And I
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  Speaker 5: just you know, obviously we've talked a lot about their chemistry,
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  Speaker 5: but I wondered if there was a time before the
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  Speaker 5: season where like, you saw that chemistry and the potential
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  Speaker 5: of what it could be and now to see that,
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  Speaker 5: you know, it done on the ice in game action.
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  Speaker 5: Was there like a you know, a moment where you
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  Speaker 5: saw them on the ice in preseason said Wow, these
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  Speaker 5: two really have something here.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know, if it was on the ice, I
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  Speaker 3: would you know, they're both right shots, so they're typically
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  Speaker 3: both right you know, they've been right wings in the past.
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  Speaker 3: Neither one of them.
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  Speaker 2: Has played left I'd be lying if I didn't put
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  Speaker 2: them together because of how much they're together off the ice,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, they lived together, they're together quite a
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  Speaker 2: bit off the ice, and I thought it might let's
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  Speaker 2: try this, you know, they maybe they'll have some compatibility
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  Speaker 2: on the ice as well. And it's worked out between
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  Speaker 2: those two in Ethan. It seems like it's been a
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  Speaker 2: great combination.
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  Speaker 3: Great, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: We got anything else for coach, guys?
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  Speaker 3: Awesome?
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you everyone, coach.
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  Speaker 3: Good luck this weekend, all right, you guys have a
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  Speaker 3: great day. Thanks coach, Thank you.