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MHOC Coach Mike Cavanaugh Zoom Oct 15 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Coming off a bye week, started the season one in
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  Speaker 1: one out West at Colorado College home opener, a Top
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  Speaker 1: twenty matchup versus Ohio State. Just want to get your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts heading into this this weekend. One game at Siskana,
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  Speaker 1: one game at People's Bank Arena. Just want to hear
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  Speaker 1: some thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's going to be an exciting weekend
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  Speaker 2: against a very strong opponent. You know, having watched well,
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  Speaker 2: having competed against Ohio State in the past, and having
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  Speaker 2: watched them play this past weekend against Northern Michigan. They're
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  Speaker 2: extremely talented. They're quick, they have size up front. Riley Thompson,
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  Speaker 2: their top line centers a you know, six' four two
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  Speaker 2: and twenty pound kid who's tough to move in front
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  Speaker 2: of the. Net on the power, play the Transfer KURAN
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  Speaker 2: i think played really well last week for. Them burnside's
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  Speaker 2: a good player up, front and then on the back
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  Speaker 2: End sable quarterbacks their power. Play McBrayer is a really
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  Speaker 2: good defenseman And everly's AN us, goaltender so they're strong
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  Speaker 2: in all areas of the. Game they play very fast with,
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  Speaker 2: pace so we're going to have to really manage the puck.
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  Speaker 2: WELL i think this. WEEKEND i think that's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a focal point for, us because when you turn
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  Speaker 2: the puck over against them in bad, areas they're coming
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  Speaker 2: at you pretty. Quick.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome we'll open it up for.
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  Speaker 3: Questions who wants to leave us? Off we'll go, oldest first. Year,
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  Speaker 3: hey cav how are?
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  Speaker 2: You i'm? Great, joe how are?
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  Speaker 3: You i'm? Good thank?
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  Speaker 2: You?
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  Speaker 3: Overall what did you like best about the weekend In?
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  Speaker 2: COLORADO i liked our response On saturday. NIGHT i thought,
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  Speaker 2: that you, know we had a great start To friday night's.
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  Speaker 2: Game we scored on the first shift or second shift
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  Speaker 2: of the. Game sometimes that can be a kiss of
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  Speaker 2: death because you think the rest of the night's going
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  Speaker 2: to go that, way and we learned very quickly that it.
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  Speaker 2: DIDN'T i thought That Tyler muslik was strong both, games and,
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  Speaker 2: uh LIKE i, SAID i think Our WHAT i liked
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  Speaker 2: the most was our contributions from all four lines On
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  Speaker 2: saturday and when we're playing really, well that's what we.
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  Speaker 2: Get we don't rely on one line to carry. Us
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  Speaker 2: we uh thrive off of four, lines just rolling four
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  Speaker 2: lines and trying to wear down our.
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  Speaker 4: Opponent did you scramble things up On saturday a little
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  Speaker 4: bit From, FRIDAY a.
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  Speaker 2: Little, bit a little, bit we moved a couple of people. Around,
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  Speaker 2: yeah and face. Off i'm, sorry face. Off, Wise carlin
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  Speaker 2: And ethan had terrific. Weekends what is it about their
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  Speaker 2: skills that lend them to be so good in The? Dot,
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  Speaker 2: Well ethan worked on it this summer was a area
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  Speaker 2: that we told him he needed to work. On he
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  Speaker 2: was not as good as he should have been last,
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  Speaker 2: year and to his, credit he did a lot of
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  Speaker 2: work at home this summer on, faceoffs AND i paid
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  Speaker 2: off for him last. Weekend we need him to keep doing.
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  Speaker 2: That And carlin's just naturally since he's got, here he's
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  Speaker 2: been pretty good at the on the.
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  Speaker 3: Dot thank, you.
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  Speaker 2: All, Right daniel will jump over to.
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  Speaker 5: You it's a little unusual to play a game and
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  Speaker 5: then have the next weekend. Off so was is there
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  Speaker 5: anything different about practice these past ten days or so
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  Speaker 5: now that you had games in the, bank but you
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  Speaker 5: didn't have anything to work for for a little.
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  Speaker 2: Bit, ah, well we got a lot to work. On
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  Speaker 2: so UNLESS i thought it was really good BECAUSE i
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  Speaker 2: thought it allowed us to kind Of you can do
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  Speaker 2: as much as you want in, preseason but you can
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  Speaker 2: never replicate how hard an opponent's going to play or
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  Speaker 2: the pace of play in a when you're playing a
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  Speaker 2: top Tier division one college hockey. Team AND i think
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  Speaker 2: we got a taste of that when we're out In,
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  Speaker 2: colorado so we as a staff could come back and
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  Speaker 2: watch the film and understand areas where we need. Improvement
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  Speaker 2: AND i think from that, standpoint it was great because
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  Speaker 2: it gave us the ability to have eight practices before
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  Speaker 2: we play again and work on those.
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  Speaker 3: Things so.
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  Speaker 2: You, know it wasn't designed that. Way we were supposed
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  Speaker 2: to have a game Last friday, night but the game
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  Speaker 2: had to be, moved and you just make the most
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  Speaker 2: of it. Is it is what it, is and, well
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  Speaker 2: hopefully we've improved in those areas and we'll show Against Ohio.
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  Speaker 5: State have you been up TO i guess it's Now
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  Speaker 5: People's Bank arena to see the changes with.
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  Speaker 2: IT i. Haven't some of our PLAYERS i know went.
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  Speaker 2: Down but you, know when we built this, ARENA i
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  Speaker 2: thought That i've always thought that this would be a
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  Speaker 2: great way to do a, weekend especially with a team
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  Speaker 2: you're playing twice On friday And saturday night at. Home
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  Speaker 2: you know that that doesn't happen. Often in our, league
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  Speaker 2: just maybe With maine Or, vermont but to be able
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  Speaker 2: to Play friday night on campus and Then saturday afternoon,
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  Speaker 2: DOWNTOWN i think it's going to be. Interesting but from
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  Speaker 2: WHAT i, Hear friday night sold, out and UH i
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  Speaker 2: heard last night that The Lower bowl is pretty close
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  Speaker 2: to sold Out. Saturday don will jump over to, you all,
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  Speaker 2: right and can you hear?
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  Speaker 6: Me i'm im, MUTE i can hear Your, Yeah, kevin
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  Speaker 6: just kind of off maybe off the wall, question if
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  Speaker 6: you'll indulge. Me but you, know Yesterday Saint joe's announced
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  Speaker 6: they were starting up a program IN d three men's and.
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  Speaker 6: WOMEN'S i know there's been talk on and off about
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  Speaker 6: you heart doing the same. THING i just want to
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  Speaker 6: watch your take on just the growth of college hockey
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  Speaker 6: in this area at the various levels and and you
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  Speaker 6: know how you, feel, uh you, know the kind of
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  Speaker 6: the culture of hockey In connecticut is evolving since over
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  Speaker 6: the years you've been.
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  Speaker 2: Here, YEAH i Heard Jim calhoun's going to coach the. Team.
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  Speaker 6: YEAH i wouldn't rule it, out you, know but, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, NO I i think that he was at the press,
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  Speaker 2: conference Wasn't he's someone just about it last. Night, yeah
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  Speaker 2: well he's the right guy to have promoting, it that's for. Sure.
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  Speaker 2: UH i think it's great. DOM i think that there's
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  Speaker 2: more and more hockey players and now that we've opened
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  Speaker 2: up the avenue to The Canadian Hockey league, players there's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be a lot of talent that needs a place to.
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  Speaker 2: Play And DIVISION iii hockey is very very. Good. Uh you,
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  Speaker 2: KNOW i. GO i think the world OF.
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  Speaker 3: Matc.
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  Speaker 2: Greeson he does a great job At. Trinity i've gone
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  Speaker 2: and watched some of his. GAMES i went and watched
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  Speaker 2: The Trinity hobart game last year and it was a
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  Speaker 2: fabulous game and there's a lot of players you know
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  Speaker 2: who'd have trouble playing in that. Game it was a
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  Speaker 2: really really high end. Game AND i think that the
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  Speaker 2: more schools we can get to build, programs the better
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  Speaker 2: it is for the. Sport and you, KNOW i wish.
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  Speaker 2: That the only DOWNSIDE i think For Saint joe's from
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  Speaker 2: WHAT i, hear is they're going to play In. Simsbury
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  Speaker 2: like it's. Better trust, ME i know it's much better
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  Speaker 2: when it's on campus for your students to be able
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  Speaker 2: to walk over and support the. Program so if they
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  Speaker 2: could ever get a rink you know on, campus or
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  Speaker 2: a rink that you heart And Saint joe's could. Share
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  Speaker 2: that would BE i think an ideal. Situation but the
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  Speaker 2: more the more teams you, Know Albertus magnus just started
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  Speaker 2: And Kyle wallas done a really nice job down, there
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  Speaker 2: the more teams that can feel the college hockey, team the.
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  Speaker 6: Better and those are your roots, also, right you have
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  Speaker 6: roots at that, level.
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  Speaker 7: RIGHT i.
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  Speaker 2: Do, Yeah and you know it was different WHEN i was,
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  Speaker 2: playing because there weren't a lot Of division one. Options
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  Speaker 2: like you look at many of the teams that Are
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  Speaker 2: division one, today they weren't in nineteen eighty. SIX i
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  Speaker 2: Think Hockey east Had merrimack was in our. League so, Yeah, Union,
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  Speaker 2: merrimack all those schools were Playing division three at the,
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  Speaker 2: time AND i Think Hockey east only had seven teams
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  Speaker 2: and maybe THE ecac would have had THE ivs and maybe.
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  Speaker 2: Twelve so you're talking Nineteen division one teams as opposed
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  Speaker 2: to close to thirty two today in The east in The. East,
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  Speaker 2: Right Thanks.
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  Speaker 1: keV natalie will jump over to.
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  Speaker 8: You, Thanks Thanks. Colin good to see you, again. Coach
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  Speaker 8: excited to get.
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  Speaker 2: That really nice to see.
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  Speaker 1: You, yeah you.
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  Speaker 8: Too excited to get this weekend.
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  Speaker 7: STARTED i guess just to kick things off With Joey
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  Speaker 7: muldowney being selected to a team usay This Angler. Cup
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  Speaker 7: first of, all how excited was he and how well
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  Speaker 7: deserved is this opportunity for?
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  Speaker 2: Him, well he's super. EXCITED i think anytime you get
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  Speaker 2: to represent, WELL i guess it's technically not your, country
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  Speaker 2: but it's close. Enough but when you get selected for
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  Speaker 2: a team like, that it's very. EXCITING i know his
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  Speaker 2: parents are. EXCITED i think it's going to a beautiful
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  Speaker 2: place In, Davos. Switzerland AND i think he's all. DESERVED i,
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  Speaker 2: MEAN i believe he was second in the country last
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  Speaker 2: year and goals and he picked up where he left
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  Speaker 2: off out Of, colorado having a goal in each each.
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  Speaker 2: Night so he's a great player And i'm really happy for.
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  Speaker 8: HIM i didn't get a chance to look at the lines.
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  Speaker 8: Yet who do you have him playing with so?
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  Speaker 2: Far he Finished? Johnson, no, no, NO i don't, YEAH
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  Speaker 2: i don't. Care it's no secret to. Me he finished
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  Speaker 2: With Ryan taddle And Jake rashard Against.
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  Speaker 3: College.
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  Speaker 7: Awesome all, right that's a good one to, watch just
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  Speaker 7: from WHAT i was taking a look at regarding your,
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  Speaker 7: ROSTER i feel like with the Other Hockey east teams
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  Speaker 7: That i've covered so far this, year you seem to
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  Speaker 7: have more returners than some of the other teams That i've.
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  Speaker 7: Seen do you feel like that gives you a coaching
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  Speaker 7: advantage early on and do you think that helps with
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  Speaker 7: the messaging to the younger guys.
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  Speaker 2: TOO i think it allows you to not have to
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  Speaker 2: focus so much on teaching new, systems and it's allowing
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  Speaker 2: you to kind, OF i don't know if perfect is
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  Speaker 2: the right, word but to tinker with different things that
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  Speaker 2: you might want to, do as opposed to if we
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  Speaker 2: had a group of ten new, players you have to
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  Speaker 2: teach them how we do, things and sometimes that takes
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. Longer but when you only really have
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  Speaker 2: maybe two or two defensemen and two forwards that are
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  Speaker 2: having to learn the, system it is it is easier
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  Speaker 2: in the beginning of the year and you can focus
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  Speaker 2: on other, things like maybe spend more time on special
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  Speaker 2: teams than you would normally in a. Preseason so to
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  Speaker 2: answer your, question it is it's a much easier preseason
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  Speaker 2: from a coaching standpoint when you have that much experience coming.
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  Speaker 7: Back, okay and on the other side of, that with
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  Speaker 7: some of these younger players that you've had, join you,
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  Speaker 7: know what did you think about their? Debut of course
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  Speaker 7: you Had, Blaze, Carlin, Joseph Anthony. DUNFE i, mean what
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  Speaker 7: have you thought about their assimilation to the level.
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  Speaker 6: And what have you.
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  Speaker 2: SEEN i thought they all perform really. Well there's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be hiccups and there's gonna be bumps in the, road
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  Speaker 2: but that's true for any fresh in. Class AND i
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  Speaker 2: thought that they handled the pressure of playing on the
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  Speaker 2: road against in a sold out, building against a very
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  Speaker 2: very good. TEAM i think they got into the top
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  Speaker 2: twenty this. Week Colorado college is a very good. Team
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  Speaker 2: so to go all the way out there and play
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  Speaker 2: on the road your first couple of, GAMES i thought
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  Speaker 2: they acclimated themselves really well and gave us great.
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  Speaker 7: Efforts and last one for, ME i, guess how did
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  Speaker 7: you See fitzgerald come back after you, know missing last.
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  Speaker 8: Year how does he look to you right?
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  Speaker 2: NOW i thought he was. Great he added a lot
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  Speaker 2: of jump to our. DEFENSE i thought he had a
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  Speaker 2: very good Game friday night and he followed it Up.
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  Speaker 2: Saturday he's just a very steady defenseman and he might Not,
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  Speaker 2: wow you like a you, Know Cole hudson or a
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  Speaker 2: defenseman like, that or A cale. Mccarr but he is
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  Speaker 2: a very very steady defenseman for.
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  Speaker 8: Us, Awesome thanks so, much. Coach looking forward To friday.
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  Speaker 4: Show go, ahead Cav what Does alexander bring to the
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  Speaker 4: table that maybe is either a unique skill set or
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  Speaker 4: somebody with a little bit of experience in the queue
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  Speaker 4: like he.
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  Speaker 3: Has maybe he has a little bit of an. ADVANTAGE
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  Speaker 3: i don't.
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  Speaker 2: Know if he has an. ADVANTAGE i think he's just
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  Speaker 2: a really smart hockey. Player he's strong on the. Puck
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  Speaker 2: he protects pucks very well for his. Size he does
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  Speaker 2: a good job of getting his body between the man
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  Speaker 2: and the. Puck and he's a smart hockey. Player he
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  Speaker 2: makes great, plays SO i love his. Compete he scored
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  Speaker 2: a really nice goal on the power play. Shot you,
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  Speaker 2: KNOW i, didn't to be, HONEST i didn't know he
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  Speaker 2: shot the puck like. That SO i want him to
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  Speaker 2: do that more for.
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  Speaker 4: Sure and since we saw you at, Media Dave viking
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  Speaker 4: has been added to the leadership. Group what is it
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  Speaker 4: about him as a leader that you? Like especially having
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  Speaker 4: one back on the even though you've got experienced guys
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  Speaker 4: Like tommy on the back. Line what is it About
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  Speaker 4: vikings leadership that you?
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  Speaker 2: Like, well the players selected, him so it had nothing
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  Speaker 2: to do with. ME i put it up to the,
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  Speaker 2: players and he was an overwhelming. FAVORITE i think it's
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  Speaker 2: he conducts himself really well off the. Ice you, know
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  Speaker 2: we're always talking about how you do anything's how you
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  Speaker 2: do everything and goes to, class he gets good, Grades
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  Speaker 2: he comes to practice every day and elevates the compete
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  Speaker 2: level in our, practice AND i think a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the players recognize that he just does things the right
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  Speaker 2: way and he's really coming as a player. Too thank, You, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Tom go, ahead, Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Kevin you know you're in an interesting place with the. Program,
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  Speaker 6: obviously you've got the beautiful new arena on campus still relatively.
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  Speaker 6: New you've got momentum coming off last. Year so where
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  Speaker 6: does The Excel center now fit, in you, know as
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  Speaker 6: far as BEING i, mean it's obviously a way for
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  Speaker 6: you to actually build momentum now to play. There now
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  Speaker 6: people are more people are paying attention To yukon. Hockey
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  Speaker 6: where do where are these These excel games fin Or
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  Speaker 6: People's Bank arena? GAMES i should say fit into the
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  Speaker 6: momentum that you're building for your.
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  Speaker 2: Program, yeah that's an interesting. Question. Uh when we first Built,
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  Speaker 2: tuscano you, know we're all excited and we knew AND
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  Speaker 2: i wanted to play some games down In. HARTFORD i
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  Speaker 2: think that's important for our fan. Base SO i was
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  Speaker 2: not opposed to playing down In. Hartford and someone told,
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  Speaker 2: me and you guys can correct me If i'm, wrong
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  Speaker 2: Because i'm not privy to Villain ova, basketball BUT i
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  Speaker 2: Think villanova used to play a majority of their games
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  Speaker 2: on campus and they would play maybe a handful downtown In.
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  Speaker 2: Philly and what they said was people couldn't get a
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  Speaker 2: ticket on, campus and it's becoming very hard to get
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  Speaker 2: a ticket here on. Campus so when they would play,
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  Speaker 2: downtown it was an opportunity for so many of their
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  Speaker 2: fans to get to watch the team, play and they
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  Speaker 2: would bang out the. Building and that's something That i'm
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  Speaker 2: hoping happens. Here that you, know when we play, downtown
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  Speaker 2: it's an opportunity for a lot of people who have
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  Speaker 2: hard time getting tickets on campus to come watch us.
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  Speaker 2: Play and it sounds LIKE i, said whether it's true or,
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  Speaker 2: NOT i heard that The Lower bowl was almost sold,
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  Speaker 2: out which has never happened In october for a hockey.
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  Speaker 2: Game it's just with the exception of when we opened
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  Speaker 2: up AGAINST bc that first game we've. Had you, know
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  Speaker 2: if we got three thousand for a game during football,
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  Speaker 2: season that was a lot so for us to be
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  Speaker 2: able well the Lower if that is true and we
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  Speaker 2: have five, thousand six thousand people, downtown that's that's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a pretty good crowd FOR. Uh that's down there
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  Speaker 2: at The People's bank