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Episode 24: Week 17 Recap, Week 18 Preview, and January Three Stars of the Month · College Hockey Mouth

• speaker-0: Episode twenty four of College Hockey Mouth, a college speaker-1: Hockey South. Serious? speaker-0: Evan Serra joined alongside Danny Bohm, just us running this tonight. No interview for you, so we're gonna get rolling in our pre-post and recap what was a cold, winter-like Gasparilla weekend. Danny, I think for the first time in 45 years, if it didn't snow, it nearly snowed in Tampa, Florida. And ⁓ it was fitting for this Gasparilla showcase on the woman's side. speaker-2: Yeah, man, it was ⁓ I so I I was down there. I was helping ⁓ put on the Gasparilla showcase and th this is where the the hat came from. I had to get a little Tampa Memento. So I got it got myself a little cream school hat. speaker-0: You have the weirdest combination I've I've seen so far. We've seen the jerseys, we've seen your rock different memorabilia, but this is a Seattle Kraken sweatshirt with a Tampa Bay Buccaneers hat, the creamsicle hat. I even know you speaker-2: It's very pastel. It's very pastel. You know what? It it's been a long day. speaker-0: ⁓ you look like you're trying to dress like Chance the Rapper. speaker-2: Yeah, kind of. I kinda do look like hands. Well well, maybe with the way I dress. I don't know. Ma maybe we kinda look alike. Anyways. On the way back from Tampa I got a like an hour into the drive in like the Ocala area. One of my tires blew out. So it's been a l it's been a stressful couple of days. Bank accounts a little bit lighter, if not not looking great. But ⁓ it is what it is. Yeah, but it man it was cold. I heard from some people that they actually did see snowflakes in the Tampa area. Super, super windy. Like we were inside and we could hear the wind. So yeah, that was crazy. But fun weekend overall. Loves love seeing ⁓ you know, women's hockey show out that way. speaker-0: Obviously the stadium series made things fitting. You know, I think that was probably a top five outdoor game I've seen. And I know as a Bruins fan, you're a little bit hasty probably about the ending of it. Was that a was that a a penalty warranting the 'cause you guys won the game, technically. speaker-2: Look, I it was five to one, so you shouldn't have to win w win a five to one game in overtime. But ⁓ look, like at the end of the day, would you want the extra point? Yeah. But I think you're gonna look back at this for years and years and go, like, dude, that that was really, really cool. Yeah, I mean the Bruins couldn't get out of their own way, but I've been watching Bruins hockey for a long time now and that's kind of been the story. But the big bad Bruins have been. ⁓ You take a lot of penalties. But yeah, super, super cool. The only the only bad part about it was the ⁓ the uniforms. God man, were they were they not good. speaker-0: I disagree. I I had a debate with a friend on ⁓ like the second third period. Like the Bruins sweaters look better on the ice. And honestly, Tampa looked a lot better than I thought they did at first. So I am an optimist. I like the looks for the Bruins side. I'm still not a fan of Tampa overall. I think they should have done like pirate theme, made that like black and blue. But you know, I digress. It was a great time to watch and and I had fun during the Gasparilla Parade, even though It felt like I was back in in crummy, Michigan in November, where it's just sleet rain. It's twenty nine. You can you can't even keep your eyes open because there's just wind and rain blowing in your eyes. So, you know, tough, tough deal there for the city. But overall fun weekend. But you know, the hockey did go on at Nest Academy and we had some interesting women's games. I think we saw a little bit of everything. it started off on Thursday. speaker-2: I can I interject before we get started talking about the games? Off the top of your head, can you think of the coldest ranks? And I'm not talking about arenas, because you know they're arenas, whatever. They they're usually relatively warm, but ranks that you've been in, the coldest ranks you've been in. Let's say Florida. How about in Florida? speaker-0: Well, yeah, I was gonna niche it down. I would have to name something that nobody listening to this probably would would know of in Michigan. Coldest rank I think I've been in so far is Palm Beach Skate Zone, where Lynn plays. And that was because where they had us broadcasting, it was down by the glass, tucked in a corner, and we were doing a radio only brought stream. Now, if you've ever been in one of those ranks, you know that it's colder when you stand next to the glass versus when you're in a seat. The Lynn webcast, they have that little perch. So that's probably the coldest rank. But I mean, you're litting into this. Was Ness just like a frozen ⁓ you know, locker over there? speaker-2: Dude, you know, the last day I actually wore sweatpants underneath my cargo pants. You know, obviously I had a keen eye. No, not at all. I'm a warm person. Like I don't get cold very easily. That that was ridiculous. Like there were a couple of ranks in Europe that were pretty cold and you know, I was I was standing still. I'm just operating a camera, so I got colder easily. But this one was unbelievable. And you know, I've got a keen eye for fashion, Deb, and as you can see, I'm you know, I'm dripped out to the nines here. Okay, I don't like wearing sweatpants underneath my cargoes. No, but seriously, like people were coming in and it was unbelievable. It was like we were at the ice bowl. It looked like people were watching a like a Green Bay game in in January, the way they were dressed in the crowd. Seriously, like yeah, it it was ⁓ a little difficult to shoot those those those goals from from the glass. speaker-0: So knowing that this rink is primarily for teaching young players, there's nothing more character building than when you wake up at six in the morning to go and put your skates on, put your gear on, and then you just walk into a freezing cold meat locker. I mean Auburn and Clemson played at eight forty five AM. I don't know about you, but that's about the time I woke up this morning. And they had a speaker-1: ⁓ for work and a real ⁓ speaker-0: Chippy game at times, but one that Alvin ran away with. We're going to get to that in just a moment here. Yeah. Started off with USF and Tampa. Tampa just doing what they do all weekend. I mean, a nine to two win. They beat the breaks off Clemson the next night. I don't know if anybody can stop this Spartan team because Ali Braga led the way two goals and an assist against the Bulls. And then, you know, they followed that up with some more depth scoring. It was pretty much their weekend all season. Or ⁓ it's been all their pretty much their season, but this especially was their their premier time to show off. And then, you know, we had in between this a lot of great games. I mean, the Auburn Clemson game was probably one of the best that we've seen all year from the woman's side. So, you know, I I wanna hone in on that a little bit quicker since we had ⁓ you know, our game of the week sort of go one way. Give us your first impressions just of of that Auburn Clemson tally and Auburn and catch coach Jack Rosenhammer knocking themselves in the playoffs and then The tournament as a whole. speaker-2: Yeah, and it it was probably their biggest win in their program's history up until this point. 'Cause th at that point Clemson was still undefeated. And you know, carrying a lot of hype that's you know, by their the game of the week going up against Tampa. Yeah, I mean it was ⁓ the play was carried by Clemson, a lot of puck possession and you know, heavily outshot them. Auburn was ⁓ opportunistic and their goalie, Emma Gurton, who by the way, we need to get some social media We need to get a video or some pictures compiled of her pad setup, Devin, because these are the best pads in the conference, no doubt. They've got tiger claws on the end of them. They're you know, they're it's the perfect color combination. ⁓ so shout out to her and she played great. Like like I said, Clemson heavily outshot Auburn ⁓ and likely deserved to win the game, but deserve doesn't really mean a whole lot in sports. It's who goes out and earns it and Auburn Auburn ⁓ earned it for sure. And I've got to give some grace to Clemson because, you know, went ⁓ and three, some tough final scores. But ⁓ you know, I think they were really deceiving, you know, especially the ones against Florida and Tampa. Those games are really competitive. ⁓ and it was good hockey. ⁓ especially the the first half of that game against Florida was was very, very eye opening. It was like this is this is some really, really good hockey. It looks like this could be a championship game in a few weeks. ⁓ you know, they didn't get, you know, the saves when they needed them. ⁓ And it kinda just, you know, once you get to a certain point in the game, it's it's hard to dig in and ⁓ you know, keep that snowball from rolling down the hill. And, you know, the Florida game was their second one of the day. So don't wanna make excuses for them. You know, the the score is the score, but ⁓ you know, I think they're still a really, really good team that'll learn from this and they'll be dangerous. speaker-0: I was just gonna say you you really can't knock ⁓ I I had the same sentiment. When you play those two games in the same day, it it's a little rough, and especially the way that they lost these games, I feel like you have to wonder if it kind of drained on them a bit. You know, that's that's never fun. They've they've cruised to this point and this was their biggest challenge, we like to say. Something interesting I found out from that Auburn Cleveland game was that Auburn dressed their backup goaltender, I guess was the backup, Stephanie Zumba, as a skater. So they They had their their their tandem going and then she was in there and then ⁓ you know they they had a good down the stretch game. I mean, it was close to the very end. speaker-2: the the two goalies switch out and they'll ⁓ they'll play the forward or they'll play goalie and you know it they don't have two different jerseys. So you'll see them out there in their goalie cut jersey skating around and it's like, ⁓ that that looks a little odd, but you know. ⁓ yeah. Anyway anyways, ⁓ back to whatever you were speaker-0: No, I I mean that's I just I I don't know if I've seen that in quite some time. So I like how J Coach Jack Rosenhammer, you know, drew drew that up and and by the way, speaking of their coaching staff, I mean they rocked these sweet pirate inspired vests underneath their suit and trench coats. I know ⁓ Coach Rosenhammer is quite the personality and he's a fan favorite of ours, so much respect for them getting in the theme of that. But ⁓ yeah, six to five final for for Auburn and You know, with with that win, I wasn't sure if it was this game or their dominated win over Miami, but they officially clinched a spot in the CHS playoffs. And and Danny, our our field is set. We've got our eight teams here, three from the south and five from the north. speaker-2: Yeah, and it's it's exciting. And so the seeds will still be decided. So and it might be a little bit confusing. So I'll try not I'll try to explain this as clear as possible. Now that the field is set, it gets seeded one through eight. The top team in the south doesn't have ⁓ you know, an advantage over, you know, the second team in the north. It's whoever has more points from that point. So at this point, T Tampa's locked in to the number one seed because they went ten and ⁓ No one can catch them at this point. Alabama right now would be the second seed. ⁓ and I'm going off the top of my head, I can actually just pull this up really quickly. speaker-0: Yeah, I I mean go ahead. You know, we're we're not pressed for time here. I mean, I I I think with what ⁓ you see out of the north, it's kind of what we expected. I I feel like they have more of the teams, but more so a little bit of that parity. I think at this point, Auburn and Georgia are tied for points. And so, you know, there's a little bit of disparaging there who gets the the the seven or the eight. But I mean, you're right. ⁓ it's it's pretty much Tampa. And then Alabama, somewhere in the middle there, South Carolina and Florida up the rear. And then you round it out with Clemson, Auburn, I think I said South Carolina a moment ago and Georgia. So it it's South Florida as well. Yes. speaker-2: So, ⁓ it it's it's gonna be very, very interesting. ⁓ one other thing, I've I I've gotta mention them for their performance. They only played one game during the showcase, but Florida. Florida was very, very scary, Devin. Their top talent is better than any team that I've seen in the division this year. And I'm talking about the very top players and you know, there was probably like three or four. You know, you I would so Christina Ball, who is one of our three stars, Marissa Bonilla, and then Beth MacArthur, I believe. And man, did they just completely dominate. They're they're making plays that very few individuals can in any division in this conference. They have a ton of experience playing college hockey, and ⁓ it was super, super eye opening. And it seems like to me, that was my the biggest conclusion I drew out of this weekend is that I think Florida is the biggest threat to Tampa for the conference championship because they got some serious talent. seriously good talent and they they showed it against Clemson. They were dominant. speaker-0: Then he mentioned too the the field will be reseeded one through eight. We don't know exactly who is gonna be where just yet, besides the top seed there in Tampa. And I mean, among standings, it's it's nice to see that you get some teams that kind of can set up and don't have to worry so much about getting in so much. It's just being there. So congrats to all eight teams for moving on to our late February tournament. And it is February. We're aware it's time for CHS playoffs knocking on the door. So exciting there. M3 is underneath a blanket. So if you joined us the last few weeks, we've been talking about this discussion with the cut line. Miami, Lynn, Kennesaw State, UCF, even Embry Riddle. Well, we had some big shakeups in that field, and we'll get to the sum of those in our recaps of the games. We mentioned the women's field being set for playoffs. M3 still up in the air, but ACDC is secured with all six teams locked in as of this let past weekend. Florida and Jacksonville. Have locked up the first round buys. Florida the number one seed, Jacksonville the number two. Embury Riddle is there at three currently. Florida Tech at number four. Those could flip flop as we have a couple games left for both of them. USF at number five and or rather Florida State, excuse me, at number five. And then finally USF there at number six. So totally didn't have to have a little edit there from Gavin because you know good old Devin here. Got the notes right. But ⁓ You know, Danny, just kind of first impressions about, you know, what we anticipate is going to be a really competitive A C D C field. speaker-2: Definitely. Man, I'm I'm so happy. Like you don't we don't play favorites, right? And and legitimately don't have one team versus another that I root for, even though I, you know, went to one of the schools in this conference and we're gonna talk about a Clemson South Carolina game later. I seriously do not care who wins. ⁓ but I'm I'm so happy for Jacksonville having the success that they've had in this first season. ⁓ it can be really, really difficult to get your program off the ground. You know, when you're talking about club And you're not one of the bigger, you know, bigger name schools. But they've they've done it. They've gotten a lot of support from their local fans. That helps that they've got the community first Igloo there, which about three of the half of the playoff field claims that is their home rink. So maybe we could have just have the AC D C tournament there. No, but super happy for Jacksonville. And they've had a unreal January. They've been flying, getting dubs left and right. speaker-0: They locked up the number two seed with those wins over Embry Riddle out at community first Igloo. And since we've or the months since we've come back from break, they have only lost one game throughout January. That was against Florida Southern and M3 schools. They've gone undefeated in their conference play. And they're going to be a perennial contender right there with the first round bye. And if you're unfamiliar with what we're talking about, they will be some games with the number three and six seed, four and five on Friday. speaker-1: In the months. speaker-0: Then they'll play on Saturday. The championship will be on Sunday from the Panthers Ice then in Coral Springs, Florida. So we'll get to some of the playoff scenarios later, but we've got some matchups to highlight from an action packed weekend. Dealt with some more cancellations, unfortunately. The weather has not been kind to the Carolinas or Danny for that matter. This is not normal to get this amount of snow and sleet and road conditions you can't handle. So some teams are on the side of caution, but this one they got under ⁓ way was Miami and Florida Southern. The Hurricanes took care of the Moccasins nine to three and eight to one. Clemson and Vanderbilt had a single game because their second one was canceled from some of the weather affecting the eastern part of the United States. And the Commodores got the six two win over the Tigers. Now, Vandy, all of a sudden I mean we've been forced to talk about them because they have been kind of a controversial figure, Danny. I think they hadn't won a single ⁓ three conference game. entering this weekend. I might be wrong there, but this one was a hey, we're here kind of game for that. speaker-2: Yeah, and man, w what a huge, huge win for them. 'Cause that you're beating a what what is a even though they're not eligible, they would be in the national field right now, Clemson. You beat a a nationals team. I mean, that's I I'd have to imagine and I don't know, I I'm not in the brain of the computer that puts together the rankings, obviously, because I hardly ever agree with it, but you'd have to think that almost secures it for them. You know, it's too bad they didn't get a chance to win a second one, but man. Good good for them, you know. I'm and I I understand like they hadn't won a game and it's almost like you know, you're ranking them because of how good they've lost versus games they've won, which is a you know, it's a you know, it's a tricky subject. But, you know, hey, you get the dub, you know, to the victor goes a spoil. speaker-0: I want to give props to some of their really good scores on this team who have been exceptional when they've had to be Elton Hahn, Jack O'Here. I also love this team because they have a player named Thomas Redwing for obvious reasons. ⁓ Yeah. So, you know, they've had their ups and downs. And and yes, this is officially on my chart their first HS win of the year, but why not do it against one of the best who was right now the number five seed Clemson? They're not nationals eligible, they're but they're a top twenty five team. speaker-1: From the red wings. speaker-0: That's a huge win for them and their program and all but secures their spot in the playoffs here for CHS. Jacksonville ACDC Embry Riddle, we just mentioned a moment ago. Jacksonville secured their spot in the number two seed in the CHS playoff field. Lynn and Embry Riddle. Now we got a lot of game notes because this was a fired up Donnie Brook filled tilt of two teams that don't like each other at all. We've known both these programs to probably be the the the bruisers of all of the M3 squads. And Lynn, Ember Riddle get a split. 5-4 win for Ember Riddle on night one. And eight to seven, burn the house down, game two. Had just about everything under the sun, Danny. And when I look back on games this year, this might just be my game of the year. speaker-2: Yeah. ⁓ man, you you said that both these teams are are bruisers, but can you really think of a team in ⁓ three, you know, let's just say the playoff field that isn't a bruiser, doesn't have that reputation of being like maybe MTSU is a little bit more of like a, you know, we're just we're just here to handle business. But you they've gotten to some Donnie Brooks, but every single other team, my God, Tampa, USF, KSU, Alabama, they'll they'll go to battle and s and be real. speaker-0: Both games were down to the wire despite all of the fights and the stoppages post whistle. Lucas Holland held off the fighting night's pressure at the very end in game one. Jack McCall led the way with two goals and an assist. Game two traveled down to West Palm in the Paul Beach skate zone. And now Lynn was down five to one halfway through this game. It looked like Emory Riddle was gonna was gonna run away with this. Cruise control, they had two shorthanded goals back to back in less than a minute. I don't know when the last time that's happened that I've ever seen that, especially at the ACHA level. But Lin would not go away. They took a timeout with head coach Dave Maurice. They had pretty much everything momentum wise from a power play. And then, I mean, entered the third period down six to five. And at that point, it was anyone's game. Quinn Judge had the final two Lin goals. On route to their eight to seven, come from behind victory. Riddle outshot the Fighting Knights 61 to 37. Now Brody Dixon, who was at the verge of getting pulled in this game halfway through it, it's the first time he's won a game when he's faced 40 plus shots on the year. Just kind of tells you about how much Lynn has, you know, had to play in their own end this year, and they've really had some tough goals of it. This was their biggest win of the year. They are number fourteen right now among the top eighteen teams. We said coming in that either this team or Miami was gonna have to have a big swing to get in the playoff fields. Do you think that Lynn has a shot now to get in with this with this victory? speaker-2: It helps their case. You know, k ⁓ Kennesaw State is is set to play better teams than Lynn is down the stretch. ⁓ you know, they've got a series with South Carolina, I believe it's next week. And man, Lynn is is hoping that South Carolina puts out power play one when they're up nine to nothing. It's like keep going, foot on the gas, you know, ⁓ like like Miami used to do in Miami football in the eighties. Just like keep scoring. Win eighty to nothing. Who cares? So yeah, they've got an uphill battle, you know. We'll see. We'll see. I don't know. Lynn Lynn's in a tough spot right now. I think Miami d certainly has a better chance. speaker-0: Whatever happens, I'm just glad that if you're a hockey fan, you got to see everything on a quality broadcast. Big props to Sam Gell fan and the Lynn University hockey broadcast, multiple camera angles. They had a pretty funny start line when we were talking about the weather. They were mentioning that it's the coldest it's been in South Florida since nineteen seventy-seven. Twenty-eight degrees at puck drop. That just that blew my mind. I was like, I c I can't believe one, you you had the wherewithal to make a graphic about that. And two The fact that it is twenty eight degrees in South Florida. Like this is the supposed to be the one part of the country you don't have that. But hats off to both programs for an excellent series. And ⁓ you know, more more to come here from the last three weeks until the the playoffs. On the ⁓ two side, Florida and Florida Atlantic. An odd one. They both played at Clearwater Ice Arena in a single game matchup. No broadcast for this one, but Florida has found their footing, Danny. They've won two straight, three straight rather against Boston College. Tampa and now FAU. In this case, a six to four victory in the home of the Tampa Spartans. speaker-2: Yeah, man. They they were on the brink, I would say, of not making regionals at the turn of the calendar. And since then they've been four and one all like I think three of the four wins have been against teams that are above them in the southeast rankings. So they're playing their best hockey when it matters most. I think they just wanted to be in Tampa for for GASPY activities, which I can't blame them. You know, I I was hoping that that Christina, Ultina for FAU and they b they were gonna be in ⁓ Tampa, you know, have some buddies to pal around with. ⁓ but apparently she was she was all burnt out from ⁓ the Farmingdale series and being up in Long Island while while they're snowed in. So no, I can't really blame speaker-1: I asked her to speaker-0: Asked her to send me the spark notes because I I you know I had no ⁓ way to see this game. I I don't know who did actually. And you know, she said the same thing. Yeah, like I didn't see it. So we really have no source information on how this went. ⁓ sorry about that. But hey, you know, I I mean just look at the score though. Like Florida, we were like thinking they might not even make regionals, but now they've beaten three top twenty five teams in their region. Or excuse me, two in the region and one in the northeast. I have to think they have made the top sixteen field at this point because you can't really do much more on their resume. So, you know, just big props to to everybody in that that group. Frank Basqually, Jack Fortescue. It's been an a a a weird year. I think this just excites me, Danny, is like any team can win this college hockey south championship in M2. My God, yeah. But I mean, no one's favored it now. I don't look at Tampa as the favorite. I don't look at FAU as that strong, hard charging team. I think Florida has a case now and they're getting hot at the right time. So big win for the Gators up in ⁓ a neutral site, Clearwater Ice Arena. Their ACDC team also cruise to victories. Very good job for them against USF and ⁓ a number one seed for them. But ⁓ hey, we've got some fun game previews to talk about. Now before we do, Danny, I want to ask you, would you travel And hypothetically speaking, would you travel eight, nine hours to play a single game against the team that would be higher ranked than you? Or do you want to play three games against the team that's lower ranked than you? And this is relevant. I will I will I will get to this in a second. speaker-2: I figured you're not a man who likes to waste time. I would want to play the team that's ranked higher. I d I don't mind car rides as long as all of my tires are working. speaker-0: Okay, so so hypothetically, if you're middle Tennessee or Austin P, you're gonna play a single game, have a nineteen to one score, but then that'd be it. And not ha not get to play not get to play a Vanderbilt team that hey, beating Clemson, they might actually be that good. speaker-2: waiting for the tie in to happen. I'm confused now. speaker-0: Okay. Well, I was gonna get to the point that Middle Tennessee unfortunately had their series with Austin P canceled. And they were gonna play three games three days. Yes. Yes. Well, they were gonna play at Bridgestone Arena, but ⁓ they had to reschedule. I believe this is the second time now, and that game is gonna happen March fourth. So we have to wait an entire month in after playoffs to have this game in the home of the Nashville Predators. So you know what? There's a reason why I don't have a career in comedy like Charlie Serafian because speaker-2: That's too bad. That's just too bad. speaker-0: I get it. There was not a real punchline. I'm just speaker-2: I gave him a shout out. I gave him a shout out on the on the broadcast over the weekend. Yeah, he has a famous saying that he likes to go with and his hockey is a game of inches. And ⁓ so I had to give a a a shout out to my to my f my good friend Charlie Seraphian. He'll be on the call, folks, at playoffs if you love Charlie's commentary, as I do, as we both do. I mean he'll be on on the call as many other talented individuals. Man, I I'm starting to get the the butterflies. I think it's a combination like their stress, excitement And like terror butterflies, but you know what, they're there. The butterflies are there 'cause playoffs is is getting close. speaker-0: Me too. ⁓ you mentioned Charlie getting to travel down here from Tennessee. I'm very excited about what we have on the production side. There's been a lot of people at work behind the scenes to try and bring you all that listen and watch this that can't attend a great production so you can follow your teams. It's gonna be ⁓ one heck of an operation. I think it's forty two games somewhere around there we're gonna do in, you know, four days. Just baffling work, but ⁓ I look, we're gonna find a way to get there in the finish line, and we will. We got some more games though before that happens and important ones. This is one of the most stacked weeks that we've had in Kala Chucky South. We can't get to all of them, but we'll get to most of them in these previews, starting with Middle Tennessee and South Carolina, our Friday game of the week. Double header for game of the weeks. First one will be Middle Tennessee and USC, and then South Carolina and Clemson on the woman's side. They finally get to play this after they've had some cancellations on Saturday. So here we go, Danny. MTSU, South Carolina, could have some national implications. speaker-2: Yeah, I'm this is one of those that that you join the stream ten minutes early for. Like you you wanna see this game happen. You know, South Carolina's had a lot of games canceled this year, a lot of them out of their control, you know, whether it's weather or some other circumstances. And it feels like they haven't really played a team that's like cream of the crop, top level of division three. And they were division three AAU last year, went undefeated, you know, we've talked about it at length. This is like that test. And of it is the test. They're number one. You know, MTSU is number one and they should be. And they're they're unbelievable. So this is gonna be a huge test. How good is South Carolina? Is Coach Brochu just like is he Jack Adams? Is he Scotty Bowman back there? Is he you know, I don't know. This is college hockey south. I don't I don't wanna, you know, cast aspersions here. But ⁓ yeah, this is gonna be a huge test for both sides because Kind of like oil and water as far as the the two styles go. speaker-0: Now you can tell me this is a dumb reference and I'm an idiot, but in NHL terms, this is to me like the Colorado Avalanche playing the New York Islanders. You have one team that has like bazillion points with ten different guys, MTSU side, and then you have an Islanders team that has, you know, a few good scores and they do enough to win games, but they're really known for their defensive structure and low scoring. Some might call it even boring hockey. That's how I think of South Carolina. And honestly, with the way Drew Durdov has played, one of the best goaltenders in three this year, he's gonna have his work cut out for him. I think South Carolina has a chance in this one against Middle Tennessee. We saw them lose to Liberty AAU. Yes, they got to blow out Austin P, but you know, Austin P has not really done a whole lot, so you can't really say that's that's a lot for him. Whatever happens, if South Carolina wins one of these games, ⁓ specifically the Friday one, MTSU's been the number one team in the country all year. They could slide because they've got an Oakland team on their back. Air Force is right there for the taking. And the point spread, if you look at the raw data, is separated by mere thousandths of a point. It's that close on the racers edge. So an important one in ⁓ three there with MTSU South Carolina. You won't want to miss it. Danny, what's our broadcast for it? Do you know? speaker-2: believe it's penalty box radio. Our our friend ⁓ Lyndon Palmer, his ⁓ his dad, Mr. Brady Palmer, running the broadcast ⁓ penalty box radio on Facebook. They do a great job. So I'm very very pleased to see that broadcast again and and you know it they're doing a great game. speaker-0: Yep. Yep. Ready Palmer, yeah. And Saturday, it's the Gamecocks and the Tigers on the women's. Now, boy, South Carolina has to play two games at two different ranks in the same day. They'll play Alabama in the morning and then Clemson later in the day. They get a little bit of taste of what Clemson had to fare, and I think even worse, I mean, I don't know how far the two ranks are from each other. I think it's a big task for any team to do. Sort of like pee wee hockey tournament style. Yeah. speaker-2: Yeah. ⁓ you know, it it's one of those deals like, you know, you were talking about the Bridgestone game for MTSU getting postponed. ⁓ you know, the the original Clemson and South Carolina game was supposed to happen that same weekend. It was the weekend we were we were supposed to get the generational ice storm and you know, a lot of games were postponed, cancelled, ⁓ preemptively. ⁓ whether or not regions got a whole lot of ice or not, you know, we've we've really didn't get that much down here, even though we were promised, you know. A generational ice storm. Anyways, so yeah, that's the reason why the South Carolina's playing two games on the same day. They were already scheduled to play Alabama and you know, kind of running out of weekends to reschedule a series or a a single game against Clemson. So I just it it had to be this way. ⁓ and you know what? With talking to players from both teams, players are are Jones and they want this matchup. You know, you talk to a I went to the school, okay, so I understand. Like you could I could play You know, some I could play paper football against someone from Clemson and I'd want to destroy them. Right. Like I and not just destroy them, I'd want to embarrass them. I trash talk them the entire time. Right. So yeah, this is gonna be a big one. And Clemson can have an extra ⁓ fire burning because of the losses they they had ⁓ over the over this past weekend. So really looking forward to that. speaker-0: matchup that I'm looking forward to. Grace Seaman for South Carolina. Clemson absolutely tearing it up. Nina Molino had her on the pod. Alyssa Loreno though did a lot of good things in the Gasparilla showcase. And even though Clemson went 0 and 3 in that, you said it they had more competitive games than their scores show against Tampa and and and Florida. So expect a really solid one out there for for two teams that are right now tied for points. So it will matter for seating. It'll matter for bragging rights and Probably the best matchup you'll see in women's in the regular season all year. To the M3 side, we'll swing things for teams in close contention. Alabama, who hasn't played a game since now, November 22nd. Back-to-back cancellations for them. They can't catch a break with the scheduling. But we'll play number five Clemson, who got upset by Vanderbilt six to two last week. And I feel like Alabama, with what they have done in the second half, really seems like the favorite in my mind in this game. speaker-2: Yeah, I'm I I'm sure those guys out there in Tuscaloosa that didn't want the semester and the way they they finished up. ⁓ you know, they were starting to play better hockey, starting at the veterans. You know, they had a extremely short bench, but they were man, they were fiery and competitive in both those games they wound up losing. But still, I feel like that's where it started. ⁓ they went down Florida Gulf Coast and put up a ton of goals on a team that doesn't give up goals and you know, they've been flying, but They got put on ice, you know, li literally and figuratively. So we'll see if they can carry that momentum over. Clemson's just had the one. No, they played Tennessee too as well. So Clemson has played, you know, they're they're, you know, a little bit more fresh. So this will be interesting for for Ben. speaker-0: Really want to see Luke Haggett go up against Will Van Sicklin, their best player on Clemson. 22 points this year, 16 goals. He's kind of that Chenchikov Island territory you like to point out. He's not exactly there yet. That's a kind of guy that can really light it up in the back of the net. And I feel like Clemson is going to be really angry with the way they lost to Vanderbilt. Florida Gulf Coast and M3 rolls on. They're going to play a non-conference game against Purdue, who leads the Indiana. Collegiate hockey conference. They're right now outside the top 25, but make no mistake, this is one of the best teams in the country. They won six straight. Before that, they were on a 13 game heater close to that. Ice Eagles had a big series win against Miami, the Red Hawks out of Ohio. We want to make sure to make the difference there, not, you know, the Miami from Coral James. ⁓ you know, very big misconception. And ⁓ it's a classic ACHA matchup. And and I'll say this we've seen these two teams go to nationals before in the ⁓ three fields. Purdue has been a big time block shot kind of team. They don't really have the goal scoring historically, and this year they've won a lot of close games. But Florida Gulf Coast really needs this kind of win, and they got to win it big. They're right now outside the top 16 that go to nationals. I would think it's a big stretch for them to make it in the field. They don't have many games left, but you know, still really good opportunity for them coming in as a Purdue team at Hertz Arena this weekend. On the M2 side, Tampa versus Florida Atlantic. speaker-1: Real gritty. speaker-0: Final games for ⁓ two to count for I believe both these sides could be does Tampa have any more games? I don't believe they do in ⁓ two. So yeah, this will be it for both sides. It's a three game set. Clearwater Ice Arena. Now, last time we saw these teams play, it was not Florida Atlantic's Day. They got blown out in two of the three games. One of them went to over two ass. Tamp belt two ass. You could say that twice. It'll last longer. Florida guys are looking at this like please beat and batter each other. speaker-2: believe so. speaker-0: Because Tampa's kind of dealt with the injury bug this year a bit. Floor Atlantic, I don't know if they have, you know, an injured player on their roster, but it's one of those things like does FAU and Tampa feel you know, if they have their best guys, who wins? And both teams need a bounce back coming off losses. speaker-2: Yeah, I I was just ⁓ putting together the full season stats and notice that, you know, I I think Tampa has less than a handful of guys that have played in every single game this season. And it's not like it's a ⁓ a ⁓ in every other night eighty two game season like the NHL. You know, it's you know, it's every weekend. ⁓ but it's been, you know, ⁓ there's been a lot of attrition on that roster, obviously, with the amount of players that have gotten in and ⁓ the amount of man games that they've lost. But you'd figure both these teams are pretty much locked in to regionals. I don't think there's anything even if Tampa were to have a repeat performance, you know, another three game sweep of the same kind of ⁓ you know, differential, goal differential, could you really warrant FAU dropping out of the top sixteen? I don't think so. So yeah, let's let's just hope both teams stay healthy because you know, regionals are around the corner. speaker-0: We've talked about the format all season. Sixteen teams go in each region. There is no auto bids. If Tampa loses, you know, that would drop them significantly. I think Florida Gulf or Florida Atlantic rather has everything to gain, really nothing to lose here. But you just hope both teams stay healthy. That's three games Friday, Saturday, and Sunday out in Tampa. You can catch all those broadcasts on Black Dog hockey. Couple more to go here in our big time matchups to watch Tampa versus Florida on the woman's side. I don't know if anybody can stop Tampa. They're far and away the favorites to win, but I think this is a Florida group that hey, they look pretty good, right, Danny? speaker-2: If the team that showed up on Saturday plays in the playoffs, I think they could beat Tampa. No doubt in my mind. That was a very impressive performance. ⁓ they they defended pretty well. McClemson's got a lot of high end talent themselves. That's one thing I you know I I haven't mentioned. Nina Molina and Alyssa Loreno have gotten a lot of shine for their offensive performance this year. Incredible talents. Seriously, you know the Results didn't go their way, but you know, they're incredible. But Florida pretty much shut them down. You know, it Tampa is is the jug or not though. But I don't know. You know, I'd I wish there was a broadcast for this game 'cause I'd love to see how it plays out. Yeah. I I think Florida's the the biggest threat to Tampa's crown. Even though Alabama's the reigning champs. You know, how how dare I speaker-0: How dare you speak miscon misconstruedly about ⁓ Savannah Prefontaine's baby? By the way, shout out to her. I heard she did a great job running this tournament, and things, even though they were put together relatively quickly, went pretty smooth. So stick taps to her for all the effort this weekend. And how about Tampa with those Gasparilla sweaters? They had the best ones out of all three that the Tampa's teams revealed. And I look, you know, don't know if you listened, Danny, but me and Gavin kind of clowned on Tampa's twos jersey a bit. Just speaker-2: Mm. speaker-0: With the sword the practice uniform. They're not as hey, hey, they're they're not as bad I hear in person as they looked on the internet. So hey. speaker-2: Well they they they rolled it out they rolled it out with a big photo shoot and it did not you know, it looked like a a gray jersey. ⁓ yeah, I I have to say I I got a sneak preview of the women's Gasparilla jerseys ⁓ a few weeks out and the mock ups I saw were the white one and the black one. The white one looked head and shoulders better than the black one ⁓ for whatever reason. Then on the ice, the black ones were sick. Super, super cool. They they did an awesome job with those uniforms. speaker-0: I think black is kind of hard to pull off. Look, this that might sound like a hot take, but I I've always thought like the black jerseys you think of in hockey with like the Kings or like those Dallas Stars, Neon Green, are just like, you know, like they don't they don't mix the colors well enough. They look good on paper, but I don't know. The white ones were, yes, like awesome too. Definitely the best look all weekend. So big one there on the woman's side, Tampa and Florida. Just a couple more to go here. Lynn versus Miami, the final two teams outside the cut line trying to make CHS playoffs. Absolutely a must win for both sides. And if Lynn can do it in convincing fashion, I would have to think the computer ranking is going to see that differential. If Miami wins this, boy, then you've really you know, it it's a toss up for me. I mean, I think Kennesaw State, if they take care of business, like you said against tougher teams, would secure it. But these two are pouncing right on their back door and ⁓ You might even see a grittier series in this one than what we saw in Embry Riddle, just because of what's on what's at stake here. speaker-2: Yeah, I so I I don't think either of us are huge NBA fans. I watch a little bit more NBA as we get closer to the playoffs, but I know our friend Charlie Seraphian is. He's a big NBA guy. But you know how they added in the play-in tournament. This is this is kind of like the play-in tournament. Whoever loses these games, if there is a sweep, they're eliminated. It's just not gonna happen for you. Sorry. It you're not gonna get in the playoffs. Even if you win, you're not guaranteed. It's so it's it is like the play-in tournament where you gotta win this week and then if you have games next week. week you're gonna have to win those two. So man, that's a that's a really it's really cool how that matchup worked out this way with how the standings are shaping it. speaker-0: Yeah, because even if both teams hypothetically are are, you know, going against the grain here with the rankings nationally and you don't know what's gonna happen, you'd have to imagine it's gonna be like a playoff game. I mean, if you're gonna have whatever you got in the tank on both sides, you know, th this is the time to do it. And and you know, big props to Lynn's guys for showing some of that depth because I mean, let's face it, they we think of them as like a beaten and bruiser team and they're gonna, you know, scrap your way. But I mean, Ben Merrill's a very talented forward for them. Mason Kaplan doesn't have all the points, but I've seen him put up numbers in the past. Quinn Judge had a huge weekend against Embry Riddle. And if Brody Dixon plays the way he did against Embry Riddle against Miami, I think Lynn's got a good case here to make their pla playoff push. So a really big one on the ⁓ three side. And then the final one to preview, Tampa and USF, the final showdown, absolute cinema for the Battle of the Bay. to ⁓ Tampa native teams. So ⁓ hey, I mean they're both pretty much locked into playoffs or they are locked in and they probably are locked up at nationals, but who do you think this series is bigger for? Wow. speaker-2: I don't know, but I love that that's like the throwaway series. Like that's the you know, ⁓ we gotta get to to our last series. ⁓ it's Tampa and USF, like two two top ten teams. Yeah, I mean, folks, this this weekend is probably the most important regular season weekend of the season so far, without a doubt. With the implications, with the rankings, standings, th this one's huge, you know. This being the the throwaway series that w we mentioned last, you know, I don't really know. ⁓ I think i i just for pride, I g I think USF still has the season series advantage. But it ended in a shootout, that's right, our our game of the week when it was in Clearwater. ⁓ you were on the call, that's right. Okay. So I guess that goes in as a tie, so Tampa's ⁓ two and one, technically, or ⁓ two, ⁓ and one. So Tampa's gotta get those back. I mean, come on. Cross town rivals. speaker-0: Yeah, like if you follow this series for the entire season, USF really had their way with Tampa way back in October and the start of November. You know, the the last time we they played, I I think USF deserved not well no, Tampa deserved to win. I mean they were up three nothing. They were up late. You know, Grant Dietz had some heroic work and yeah, when it goes to a shootout, the ACHA counts as the tie, but I mean, morally speaking, this is a anybody's series kind of weekend for them. So it's two games, February seventh and eighth, Saturday and Sunday. You can catch those on Black Dog hockey as well from ⁓ the home of the Spartans. And and I believe this is it for both teams until playoffs in their M3 work. That is our wow hell of a week and matchup preview. Great job, Danny. I mean it's it's it's gonna be just fun to follow along and see how it all shakes out. And you know, I w I put in the game notes here, I wanted kind of your update on Chenchikov Island. speaker-2: Seriously. speaker-0: Does that does anybody get added to that list from what you saw at Gaspi ⁓ showcase weekend? speaker-2: Bonnie is getting close. Yeah, she she's ⁓ she's ⁓ carving her place out there and there's a video of her that yours truly took of her going onto the ice and ⁓ she let's say she may or may not have had her skate guard still on and she how can I put this delicately, ⁓ without cursing. She ate it. in and the not not so ⁓ gracefully. And I you know what, I I played it nice. I didn't post it on the CHS account 'cause I didn't think there was any context for it to not seem just like a mean spirited thing. I put it in her hands, I was like, Listen, post this on on your account, but you've got a got a a clock on you, you know, you got a timer because after a while I'm just gonna post it. Like it's gotta get out there. 'Cause it's a really, really funny video. So that took her down to peg. Chanchikov Island, I don't know. You know, poor Chunch, he you he's he's just having a good season. speaker-0: I know, I know. I've we kinda made it a thing here on the pod. I'd rather have this be a thing than, you know, players we're talking about ⁓ getting in scraps. I think you could pick about six or seven Lynn players in that regard. But ⁓ let's get to our three stars. I I waited till the very end I wanted to clear this earlier, but we'll get to first our week from Gasparilla Showcase. Third star went to Tampa's Ava Johnson, three goals, three assists. Florida's second star with Christina Ball, three goals and two assists in their huge win over Clemson nine to three. And our first star of the week in Gasper the Showcase, Avery Zong of Auburn, five goals, four assists on nine points. And they claim the treasure of the weekend, which is a playoff spot. So there's your three stars of Gasperla Showcase. Now we still have our three stars of the month being at January. Now breaking these down by division, we'll start with the women's third star of the month. Alyssa Loreno from Clemson, nine points in three games. Christina Ball also has a second star of the month with three goals and seven assists. And our former podcast guest, Marissa Bonilla, eight goals, seven assists over three games. Men's D two featured Michael McCoy from Florida at third star. Second star Jake Murphy from Florida Atlantic, 13 apples. And our first star, Jackson Newendike, the Kenetius NCAA Division I transfer. speaker-2: I think we know whose goals he was assisting on, by the way. I think it's pretty clear. speaker-0: Let me take a hint. It's either him or Leon Biller this month. Those two have pretty much been Yeah, they were letting it up. Putting it in the net. Yeah, this is ⁓ for performances against Farmingdale State and Florida, respectively. So M3 star Sam Watson from the Owls. Boy, a lot of Owls have been making the three stars of the weeks and months here lately. Seven goals and an assist in four games for the CHS European All-Star. James Kravis, six goals and three assists at the second. speaker-1: Third speaker-0: Star and BJ Ricardi Florida Gulf Coast with a six one and ⁓ record. It's featured two shutouts. Both of those were against Akron and really a stalwart for FGCU in what's been a defensive team just like South Carolina all year. So congrats to all those guys. And then rounding it out on the three stars of the month and the ACDC level, Jay Van Ray from Florida State had a hat trick against Georgia Tech in their come from behind victory in Savannah. James Pla or sorry, shootout loss. Well We'll call it a sh we'll call it a comeback 'cause it goes down as a tie to me. But ⁓ whoops, whatever. I'm not gonna have Gavin edit that one out. That one that one I'll I'll eat on the chin. James Polini, seven goals, ten assists for Jacksonville, and Nick Naumov, the first star for ACDC. Two guys we've said a lot about, and they're gonna need to be scorching when they enter playoffs. And now less than a month. It is time. Get your popcorn, get your sliders, get whatever you gotta do to have a good time Friday and Saturday nights. Even Sunday, we've got a few games on the the slate there on the woman's side Sunday. So Danny, before I get to this announcement, what's what's the best thing you saw from this week? It can be chess, it can be from Gasperla Showcase. Do you have anything that comes to mind? So this speaker-2: Is gonna come this is like way off the map. There's a bunch of things I could I could mention. You know, the Olympics are coming up. Gavin McKenna just punched someone in the face. There was the stadium series game. We didn't really talk about goalie fight, speaking of punching in the face. ⁓ and Brett ⁓ our Tami Panarin just got traded. But I'm gonna go a little bit, I'm gonna go out of the conference, but still in club hockey. I'm originally from Maryland, so our team, our school, you know, no matter where we were in the state, was University of Maryland, obviously the Turfs. So I follow I I'm subscribed to them on their YouTube channel. And I was going through YouTube late night, I believe it was Saturday, and they were playing Delaware. And at at some point I saw they were up five to nothing. Okay? They're up five to nothing on Delaware. And then later on, I saw they were in a shootout. And I was like, What no no no no. What what happened? So what happened was, Devin, Maryland was up five to nothing and six to one and Delaware came back in this it was like a snap of a finger. Like do you remember me complaining about South Carolina blowing that lead to Texas A and ⁓ in football? They're up like thirty to three and it happened they gave up the lead in like a quarter. That's basically what happened. Delaware was like speaker-0: How could I forget you started every podcast episode talking about football for nine weeks? So I you know, how could I forget it? speaker-2: Yeah, exactly. Well, yeah, I'm much more depressed now that there's no more college football. Anyways, yeah, that wa that was nuts. Maryland ended up winning the game in the shootout. Or no, sorry, in overtime. They won the game in overtime, so I guess, you know, no blood there. But they're in the Southeast rankings, that Maryland team. And that definitely would have helped. Delaware's not anywhere close to, you know, being a team that would shift a ranking, I would say. But, you know, that's a big yikes. Six to one and five to nothing. And the game goes to overtime. speaker-0: That's such an odds score because just thinking about that, I'm I'm picturing either somebody got a five minute and just put in the box of betrayal. And ⁓ you know, why I think of that, I I saw a comeback at Nationals with a team scoring four goals in less than two minutes. So, you know, either that happened or you know, they they went Boston full Boston Bruins and just took like nine penalties. Delaware scored on three of ⁓ and their goaltender took the night off in the third. So real real tough, tough look there for the Turpins who You just put on blast there, letting the Delaware team come in and goalie took speaker-2: a a stiff left hand from maybe the best goalie in the world and maybe he was cross eyed the rest of the game. I don't know. Yeah. Gotta love a goalie fight by the way. I think it was the first time since 2020 that there was a goalie fight. Come on, guys. Why do why do the linesmen, Devin, why do the linesmen jump in and like, we can't have this happen. This has happened like so many times. We've seen linesmen jump in before the goalies can drop it. Drop them. speaker-0: Without going on, there was a real punch thrown, so it was a real fight. But I but I almost wondered if they did it more for the show than the actual tilt to like beat the head off, because Fazzy dropped a pretty good right on Swayman's cheek. And that was about the only punch I saw land in the whole thing. Now Bobrowski had a great tilt with I believe it's Alex Nadelkovich about a month ago, less than that. They did fight at ⁓ at at Emirant Bank Arena, right here in South Florida. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well yeah, I think it was one of the first goalie fights outdoors. Whatever. You know, it was still a cool thing. That could have been the coolest thing we saw. But instead of that, I'm gonna go to another outdoors game. Did you see that Penn State and Oklahoma State played in the N C double A rink they built inside Beaver Stadium? I speaker-2: I saw that they tried to play and that it was too cold and they moved it inside at like one one thirty in the morning. ⁓ yeah. speaker-0: Okay, right. So this is the best thing I saw this week. I know. I know. You only got to play I think they played fifteen minutes of a period before they had to call it 'cause there were just big gashes on the ice. Not like ⁓ you know, ⁓ we're gonna skate over this quick corner, you know, jolt like it's like they had like an ACL tearing gash at one point they showed. But the best thing I saw was that Penn State they dropped the ball in the broadcast. So Oklahoma State speaker-1: So so yeah. speaker-0: Had to go live on Instagram from one of the corner boards in Pagula Arena, home of Penn State's NCAA hockey team. And they had got like 400 viewers, a totally unsolicited chat, and people in there are just going crazy. Because if you haven't been following Club Hockey News, Oklahoma State declared they're gonna have an NCAA program by 2030. So everybody's following them right now, and the whole hockey world's talking about them. And they played this start and stop. college hockey game that finished at one forty five in the morning and had four hundred viewers on an Instagram live watch them win in overtime. I absolute cinema. I don't know if it gets more club hockey than that. That is quintessential ACHA what it's about there. Do you remember that was the by far the best thing I saw all weekend. speaker-2: Do you remember w their buzz kinda started? Or maybe it it was before the season, but from where I they b they st ⁓ you know, came up on my speaker-0: I remember when they became a club program back in twenty twenty one. speaker-2: Okay. Well this season it was when God was it Creighton? They just like beat the breaks off of Creighton. They scored like thirty seven goals. And then the when their graphic on like both their like both Instagram and Twitter had like hundreds of thousands of views and likes, like, what is this final score? Like we have a hockey team and they're beating the breaks off of teams. ⁓ and then they beat Oklahoma, who was a division one team, they're division two. So cool for Oklahoma State. I'm pretty sure they have Tennessee coming up. Who's a ⁓ former CHS team, so that'll be a a fun matchup, pull a lot of orange. speaker-0: And that's a rescheduled series 'cause Oklahoma State was gonna jet over there on their hundred thousand dollar charter flight, but ⁓ unfortunately they had to cancel because of the weather, which ⁓ is also another note. They flew private first class all the way to Penn State in Pennsylvania. So ⁓ man, that's they got it going on, man. So whoever if you want to start an N C double A program, I guess follow what they're doing the next couple of years. So with that, I'll get to our last thing to ⁓ to to kind of point out here and You know, I I I'm I'm not gonna elaborate the details, but ⁓ I guess I just found out this week that I will be ⁓ part of the broadcast crew for the ACHA national tournament and I'll be covering men's division three and women's division two. So that means I'll be doing the three national final at some point. Hopefully the weather stays clean there. The last two years they've had a tornado rip through that part of Tennessee. They're in Maryland Heights. Not gonna say it's our fault. I'm just saying when what I say, Maryland Heights? That's that's the town. Maryland Heights, Missouri. Tennessee. Jesus Christ. Yeah, I I thought I was gonna get through this clean. I thought my my my my trail of thought was gonna get through it and it didn't. Well, okay. Maryland Heights, Missouri is known to have tornadoes. Yeah, no, I'm serious. I mean, the last two years they've had to last year they had to move it to entirely different ranks in Chicago or Illinois because speaker-2: Can I see? speaker-0: They just couldn't play the games from from went through weather weather alerts. I gotta we gotta wrap this up because I'm all over the h hell in a handbasket. The point is for the opportunity. Thank you. Gonna get to cover some of the CHS teams down ⁓ I guess up there from where I am in Missouri. And it's always such a fun time with just seeing different programs. It's a great time to scout, great time for catch up with old friends. And ⁓ I hope I can just represent speaker-1: Yeah. speaker-2: Exactly. speaker-0: the conference well and you know give a give a neutral and fun call for it. So thanks to everybody for the support ⁓ for this podcast, our media team, and big props to everybody involved with Gaspilla Showcase this past weekend. The graphics look great, led by, well, I guess who is a who is our leadership staff you want to give props to, Danny, on the social side. Brooks, obviously. speaker-2: So on our graphics team, we had Brooks doing the ⁓ graphics. We had Hunt Hunter Wellmeyer ⁓ with a hand in it as well, ⁓ Savannah Prefontaine, the women's commissioner, helping out there, a lot of the staff at the Nest Hockey Academy, and then ⁓ big shout out to Kaylee Rosa, who was ⁓ who's the photographer for the Tampa women's team. She was helping out, you know, sapping some some photos for us, s sending them over. ⁓ and then also Rachel McCullough. My goodness, we have to extend ⁓ you know, a heartfelt thank you to her. He volunteered for this ⁓ and did incredible work. Like I said, that that rank was unbelievably cold and she soldiered through and took great pictures. She was super timely. And ⁓ you know, we're gonna have mic'd up ⁓ content coming out at some point within the next few weeks. And they were her mics. So, you know, she came through in multiple different ways and took great pictures. So shout out to her. and you know, all the the teams and and families, you know, that came out because you know, it it was a pretty filled in ⁓ crowd for each each game. And yeah, it was i it was a great great showcase. Shout out. speaker-0: Thanks for sticking with us in this episode of College Hockey Mouth episode preview. The playoffs are three weeks away, and now is your time to get tickets. Make sure to go to CollegeHockeySouth.com and search for the playoffs tab to find hotel reservation information. speaker-1: So twenty four. speaker-0: Tickets for an exciting four days in Coral Springs, Florida. For Danny Ball, I'm Devin Sarah. Thanks so much for listening to this edition of College Hockey Mouth, College Hockey South Podcast. Talk to you next week. Have a good one.