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Episode 38: Michael Gugliotta | Jacksonville University Hockey · College Hockey Mouth

• College Hockey South: Welcome back everybody and boo! Didn't mean to scare ya, but we're releasing this the day before Halloween. We are in the spooky season and we're all dressed up. some are more creative than others. I probably top that list of creativity. I am Rocky, particularly Rocky too, the one where he beats Creed. very important to note that. But more importantly, we've got a heck of an episode coming up. Michael Gugliotta: . College Hockey South: got the captain of one of our Battle of the Beach champions that we're getting ready to talk to. Very excited about that. but hey, on also co hosting on the podcast, by the way, my name is Danny Baum. I'll be your host for this episode. Our other co hosts, Avery and Jordan Manning. Avery, how was your weekend? Avery: My weekend was outstanding. I had a great weekend. we traveled up to Duval County with the Utampa hockey College Hockey South: That's right. Avery: team, so we had a lot of fun this weekend. Michael Gugliotta: There we go. College Hockey South: Yeah, Jordan, how about you? Jordan Manning: I mean, out here celebrating but I lost my Wi Fi for like the entirety of the weekend, so I could not do anything. But I did get the Wi-Fi back when I saw that Golf Coast won the battle division, so I was kinda stoked about that. Michael Gugliotta: . College Hockey South: touch grass, buddy. let's be honest. I know we're in the two thousand twenties, but come on, man, you're in Florida. Go out and enjoy the weather. What are you gonna do? Jordan Manning: Yeah, it was raining the entire time, couldn't really do much. College Hockey South: Okay, well, all right, fair enough. yeah, interesting to watch the games. You know, all the streams look really, really good. shout out to everyone that went down and worked the battle at the beach. Charlie Serathian had a had an interesting call down there. We're gonna talk about that a little bit later. my guy Charlie. but it's interesting right now, Jordan, we are joined by the only two people in the history of college hockey south with the last name Googliada. Michael Gugliotta: you Ha ha ha. College Hockey South: And somehow I and well I didn't ask Michael this, but somehow neither of them are related to one time NBA all star Tom Googliata. man. Michael Gugliotta: Nope. Avery: that's College Hockey South: Wow. So I mean I'd never heard of the last name Googliata before, Avery. I saw Avery's last name, so I got a a kick out of it that, you guys aren't related and you're both captains on Florida based CHS teams. Michael Gugliotta: That's pretty crazy. College Hockey South: I don't know. Yeah, Avery gonna Avery: Hey, just you have cool last names. What can I say? It's just the best last name in CHS, I guess. Michael Gugliotta: I agree. Avery: There's two of us, it's it's gotta be a great last name. College Hockey South: I know, Jordan, we're outnumbered. but yeah, so it's it's interesting. one of Avery's teammates actually does the graphics for us. And I was like I was like Avery, she's gotta be in hot water if she misspells the last name on this one. Like there there's absolutely no excuse. but anyways, we didn't give them a proper introduction. the captain of the now second year, it's crazy that they're in their second year, still feel brand new. Jacksonville University Dolphins, they just are fresh off winning The battle at the beach, beach division. They had a couple of thrilling overtime wins. Michael Gugliata, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for coming on. Michael Gugliotta: Thank you so much for having me. It's an honor to be here. College Hockey South: yeah, look what, let's I mentioned it, let's just jump right into it. What are the emotions like? That we're only what what forty eight hours removed? Michael Gugliotta: Yep. Yeah. College Hockey South: Yeah, so how you feeling? Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, I feel it feels great. just to be able to to head down to Coral Springs, especially coming off of not the greatest weekend against Florida Southern, we were looking for an opportunity to bounce back. And what better way to bring home some hardware back to J.U. And the fact that we came together, Ballot Diversity and were able to win the tournament was pretty incredible. That's our first trophy and hockey trophy in JU history. So I'm so glad that it happened and I'm just looking forward to hopefully bringing more trophies back home. Avery: There you go. I see you you got the hardware next to you. So how do your team have you guys decided, who gets custody of the the trophy? Is it you 'cause you're captain or is it getting shared across the team? Michael Gugliotta: Well, our coach happened to be heading home after we had won the tournament and he knew that he wanted us to celebrate with it afterward when we got back home to campus. So he put me in charge of it. He was just like, hey Mike, like make sure, this doesn't break in the process of you guys having a good time. So I've held onto it for the time being, but I'll make sure that this trophy will be going back home to Coach Lodermeier after this week. Avery: There you go, you gotta protect it while you got it. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah. Jordan Manning: Yeah, do you and the team plan on doing so many crazy celebrations of it with the kind of like you like the Phil Kessel hot dog thing? College Hockey South: Yeah. Michael Gugliotta: I don't know. mean, I think that we're going to do a few more things. I know that our Jackson University basketball team is going to honor us next week on Monday night at halftime, College Hockey South: Yeah. Michael Gugliotta: their first game of the season. So they're going to call us down to the court and we're going to kind of just show it off, I guess, to like our fans and our students. And yeah, just looking forward to experiencing that. I think that'll be pretty cool to share that. We're a really big family here at JU with Jax Athletics and everything. They've kind of, know technically we're a club program on campus, but the Division I athletics programs have really taken us under their wing and given us their full support when we play games and stuff. So that's really cool to share with everybody. College Hockey South: Yeah, it one thing I've noticed your first two years is that you really have a lot of support from the student base, from other athletic teams. And so let's walk it back a little bit. you helped found this team, got things started up at Jacksonville University as a freshman, which is pretty impressive in and of itself. talk us through that that process and, you know, how you were able to get the ball rolling so quickly. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, so it was actually pretty difficult to start out. Like you said, was a freshman. I was only a student for two weeks when I got the program up and going. And I had met Kyle now before that. And I was just like, hey, I would love to be able to start a hockey team at JU. What do I got to do? And he said basically that I had to get a roster and a coach and everything. so College Hockey South: Yeah. Michael Gugliotta: my biggest fear was not being able to have enough people on campus that were interested. And I wasn't sure how many were going to be interested or if we were going to be able to recruit or be able to bring some guys in. So I literally just put up flyers around the entire campus and was just like, hey, like come join our hockey team. we just got approved and we're up and going and. Hopefully we're gonna have a season. So before I knew it, I had 20 guys and that was more than enough to work with. I was really shocked that those guys were already on campus. I guess they had hockey backgrounds, but they just stopped playing at some point. So it was cool to not only give that opportunity to myself to play college hockey, but to give that to my other now teammates and student athletes. So that was really cool. And... Coach Lohrmeyer, who I had also known before that, he helped train me over the summer when I was playing junior ice hockey. And I gave him a call. was like, hey, like I'm at J.U. and I got this thing going. I would love for you to be the head coach. And he's like, yeah, let's roll with it. So before we knew it, that's just kind of how it all came about. And, I'm so grateful. so happy that it happened. Avery: That's so cool. Yeah. For Tampa, I help out with our team, on the office side of things as well. And I feel like that's a big part of college hockey south that a lot of people don't realize. the club teams, there are a lot of them are mostly student run. So like the players are the ones doing everything behind the scenes. What was the most important thing that you've learned? I know it's only been two years, but what's been the most important thing that you've learned so far of, running a team from an on ice and office perspective? Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, I think it has a lot to do with just the right mindset, the right drive, the right determination to make sure that you're putting all your eggs in the right basket. And I think just trying to find that happy medium to manage your time well to say, I'm a student. I'm also an athlete. I got to figure out how I'm going to balance studying and also be able to, and my situation was kind of unique being able to start up the team. So yeah, I definitely didn't do it by myself. I had help along the way. Actually, Greg Polini, who's my teammate now, actually gave me my initial tour at JU. So I had College Hockey South: All right. Michael Gugliotta: no idea he played hockey. So yeah, that was pretty crazy how that all worked out. he helped me and then it turned into Nick Naumov and Shane Sullivan. He also helped me out too. So then before we know it, we had like a bunch of people tugging the rope and then we got the support of the university to get up and going. So that was super incredible to watch that all unfold. So not only were we worrying about our studies and focusing on the- necessary things to make sure we're doing everything to be able to keep up academically. We were also pulling the rope to try to get the hockey team going. So yeah, it was an absolute blast. It was not an easy process, but the hard work was worth it in the end. Avery: There you go, putting the student and student athlete, so to speak. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah. College Hockey South: The academic weapon Michael Gugliotta: haha Jordan Manning: Mm-hmm. Yeah, so you're founder of the club hockey team and now you're Battle of the Beach champion. how do you like, the outlook of this team, seeing the team, you know, grow through the years and seeing all the fans come out with the team being so young. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, I think that's super important. A huge emphasis on the fans. We feed off of that energy tremendously. Whenever we're at the igloo, they always find a way to pack out. We have these certain theme nights. They always follow the theme and they're always rowdy. They get on the opposing team a little bit. So it's definitely not an easy place to win in for sure. But we definitely thrive off of that energy. So that's huge. And just having the support of our university is also incredible. We have faculty and staff that show out in numbers for us. you even have alumni that are, I see them post on their Instagram stories all the time, like they're tuning in, they're watching us on TV and everything. And it's pretty incredible. It's pretty incredible to see. Sometimes I'll be walking around campus and I'll see a faculty member, they'll be like, my God, you play for the hockey team. You guys are amazing. So that part of it's really incredible. And it just goes to show like how big we truly have become. Last year when we played our first franchise game in history against St. Leo, when we beat them 10-1, we set the record for most students ever attending a JU Athletics event ever in history. And this year when we played against Embry Riddle on our home opener, I believe we won 6-1, that was our whiteout game. and we beat the record that we set last year. So that was pretty incredible to see. So it just goes to show how much we're growing and I'm super proud of it. College Hockey South: Yeah, that was the the first time you guys cross my radar in particular. we had you guys as one of our games of the week. it was your very first game. And yeah, it it was it was a heck of a showing, it was rowdy I got a couple of questions guys. because you mentioned Coach Lodermeier just, kind of serendipitously ended up as your coach in Jacksonville but he has some major ties to Jacksonville because you know he holds several franchise records for the Icemen and the ECHL there. what is it like having someone that has experienced that much professional hockey as your head coach and as a leader for the program? Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, that part is so tremendous. Derek is a huge part of why we found so much success so fast as a program. yeah, it's not every day that you can roll up to the rink and say, yeah, like we have an ECHL veteran and all-star coaching our program. So we definitely are so thankful for that. And we definitely take advantage of that for sure. just learning from him, learning, his systems, learning, a whole bunch of things that he's bringing to the table for our program. That's making us so successful is truly incredible. And, I'm so thankful for Derek, like I mentioned, I met him, before I even started out the program and just doing training sessions with him, in the early mornings, he would, just helped me so much, not only on the ice as a player, but also off the ice, giving me life advice as a man. So like it truly is like incredible to see the impact that he's had on the team and the university. And, I'm proud to say that he's our coach and I think that he's by far the best coach in the league. So yeah, he's been tremendous for us for sure. College Hockey South: But anyways, this past weekend was returning to the scene of the crime for you guys, because I mean heck of a first season. I don't know if you could ask for much more, but you did fall one goal short. I mean you scored the game time goal and against Florida State in the third period, ended up losing, a heartbreaker. Heck of a game, heck of a season, like I But was there any emotional carryover or memories going back to the Iced Den and then especially playing that championship game on the same rink Michael Gugliotta: Yep. College Hockey South: on Sunday? Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, that was definitely a heartbreaker for sure last year. mean, like you mentioned, I think that we accomplished so much and we went further than a lot of people thought. So I'm super proud of that. Going into this year, we added a lot of depth to our lineup and we definitely got a lot stronger for sure. yeah, going back to the Ice Den, I definitely wanted to rewrite history. It was kind of funny because we also College Hockey South: Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Michael Gugliotta: I think it was definitely okay, just knock all that out, try to lock in on our game, confident in our squad. I was confident that we had those squads win it all last year. So this year, mean that statement times 100. Like I said, I feel like we really got stronger. So yeah, I feel like that played into it a little bit. We went down early, so I was like, God, not College Hockey South: Mm. Michael Gugliotta: again. Please no, not again. So, we got together in between the second and third period when we were down one and we're like, hey, like we were in this position last night, let's not fold here, let's come together and we ended up tying the game and we got the man advantage in overtime and we made the most of it. so glad. I think it's important to mention too that I've... never won a first place trophy up until this weekend. So that was tremendous. College Hockey South: All these years and never never a first Wow, okay. Well congratulations, you deserve it. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, yeah, no, yeah, thank you so much. So yeah, I don't wanna make it about myself. This was a thousand percent about my team and my university. I'm so glad, I'm so proud of these guys. This does not happen without every single guy coming to the table and bringing something valuable. But yeah, to finally enjoy a first place finish was super special this past weekend. Avery: So building off what you said a little bit there, you guys, have the momentum right now coming off of last season, College Hockey South: Yeah. Avery: especially. You went down to Ice End and you're like, this isn't happening again. We're getting it done. And you did. and now that you have the hardware, how are you gonna continue this momentum through the rest of the season to get you guys to that same playoff spot? what are you guys College Hockey South: Yep. Avery: planning on doing to keep this good energy that you have that you built off of Battle at the Beach and continue it through a long season all the way until March? How are you guys planning on that? Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, I think it's important that we enjoy this one for a little bit and then come and then come next week. It's right back to work. We got St. Leo next weekend. So, the focus is going to be on practice next week and just say like, hey, like I think, that, like I said, it was a great it was a great bounce back. we love earning the hardware, but we have to realize that there's more tasks with us, more tasks at hand and the job is nowhere near done. We still are very committed to finishing the fall successfully. And then when it comes time to the spring, we have River City Cup against UNF, our Crosstown rivals. So we're definitely going to want to take home the cup there. And then, yeah, we're going to be focusing on playoffs. And that's just about getting the right results in the regular season here. We got a lot, bunch of tough games coming up here that finished the fall end in the spring. So we already know that Florida State's going to be a tough matchup at Viastar. We know that Florida Tech's gonna be coming for us in January. So it's just about staying committed, working hard, and just believing in each other that we are more than capable of bringing home the trophy that we missed out on last year. Jordan Manning: Yeah. And to change the topic to more or less of like your story, I did a bit of research and I saw that you had Crohn's disease. And as someone, who also has Crohn's disease, I've had it for a few years now. I definitely note it can be very troubling, you know, like having it in your life. So as a hockey player, how do you, keep that health, out of the sport and like how do you make it so it's not as troubling, with like the processes and how do you keep on playing, the toughest sport in the world. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, it's definitely a factor for sure. There are days that I feel worse than others. At first it was a little scary, I'm not going to lie to you, like that I was at a point when I first got diagnosed that I was playing junior hockey and just two months prior to me being diagnosed I signed a contract to play with the El Paso Rhinos in the NA3HL. and I didn't think I was going to be able to go. I felt not the greatest. I was probably functioning at probably 40, 50 % at best. And that's why I kind of just was like, you know what? I think I'm going to just stay back in Jacksonville. And at the time I was a student at the University of North Florida, which is pretty crazy to think about now. So I wanted to potentially, just maybe go play hockey for them. Then I was like, you know what, I'm not going to let this disease get the best of me. I'm not going to try to take the easy way out. I'm going to try it. I'm going to go to El Paso. So I ended up going College Hockey South: you Michael Gugliotta: and I lasted about two weeks there and I would just wasn't feeling the greatest at all. And I wasn't really playing to the best of my ability or really cracking the lineup. So I just came back home to Jacksonville to prioritize my health. And I really thought that that was the end of the road for me. So, and then I remember coming home to my parents and sitting down over dinner the night that I got back home. And I said to them, like, you know what, I want to go back to school. I wasn't really the biggest fan of UNF. So I decided to take a risk and go to Jacksonville University. And I'm so glad that I did because I feel right at home at JU. And then I was like, you know what? College Hockey South: Okay. Okay. Michael Gugliotta: let's give this a shot, why not try to start up a hockey team? So that's how it all played out. in terms of just playing with the disease, like I said, some days are worse than others, but you know what? That just only makes the story that much more great and interesting. So I definitely won't let that disease beat me. And anybody else that's fighting through Crohn's disease, you should not let that disease beat you either. There's a million different ways College Hockey South: you . Michael Gugliotta: to live a fully normal and successful life. And if you do get Crohn's disease, that's not the end of the road. There's definitely ways to be successful, be happy, and live out your dream. College Hockey South: Love that message. Absolutely love that. Something else love seeing out of your team. know, the first two years is, a lot of really great media. we've seen a lot of good rollouts. I think what a picture we used for the Game of the Week graphic was actually a photo shoot of you guys at the beach. It was like your initial jersey rollout. But we gotta jump ahead to the jerseys from this past weekend. Okay, because got a lot of buzz all over the internet. Me personally, when I saw it, and this isn't a knock, I immediately thought it looked like a bottle of Listerine. But then I heard someone else say it was perfect. They said it looked like the Mountain Dew Baja Blast. And I was like, yes, absolutely. Michael Gugliotta: You College Hockey South: And you know what? Hey, it's a... A theme in this tournament is rolling out special uniforms and you guys took a big swing and I got a bunch of interactions and a lot of positive reviews. What was the inspiration behind going? You know, there was a lot of floral. There is teal, tell us the whole story behind that. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, it's funny you mentioned that. think we were at the bar celebrating the other night and one of the sorority girls mentioned that the commentator said that we looked like 40-year-old divorced men that were on a cruise. College Hockey South: You Michael Gugliotta: So I don't know, I don't necessarily agree with that. I might have to have a talk College Hockey South: I Michael Gugliotta: with that commentator. College Hockey South: I probably get you his number. I didn't hear him say it, but I know exactly who would say that. Michael Gugliotta: So, but yeah, just that was pretty incredible. And I have to give a huge shout out to Hyperco Sports. They helped us tremendously throughout this season, providing us with our uniforms. They're just incredible. They're a huge step up from what we had last year. A big reason was because we had a tight budget last year. This year we had a little bit more room to work with. So Hyperco has been just absolutely tremendous for us and a huge thank you to them, the jersey quality and the way that they look on the ice is just absolutely incredible. And the initial thought process was, okay, we're gonna do beach themed uniforms. And we kind of played around with a few colors. We tried gold, we tried this pinkish looking color, but it didn't really look right. Then we got to this teal and I don't know if it's like, we're in Duval County, we wanna be inspired by the Jaguars or. But the teal looks pretty College Hockey South: Ha ha. Michael Gugliotta: cool, so we rolled with that. And the original plan was to just wear our green shells with that. And when the jerseys came in, there was a huge note on it from Hyperco that said, you can't go to the beach without board shorts and win the tournament. So we opened up the box and we had what looked like bathing suit shorts with us. So yeah, College Hockey South: Damn, shout out HyperCo. Michael Gugliotta: so Hyperco was huge in that aspect. Yeah, they've just been phenomenal. And I have said to them, I'm like, you know what, how do we thank you? This is just incredible. And they said, you thank us by winning the tournament. So I'm glad that we delivered on that. College Hockey South: Hypercode there you go these guys did it man look good play good Look good feel good play good there you go Avery: gosh, that's awesome. Not they sent you the extra stuff. You guys must have been so happy. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, yeah, yeah, we definitely were. Avery: so I was saying this last episode to Danny, but to me, Battle at the Beach is like the epitome of what club hockey in the in Florida is. Like you guys are you have these beach themed jerseys, you're like playing in Coral Springs, it's so cool. but just like with going on to club hockey. what is one moment you've had so far playing where you're like, Yeah, this is this is different from any hockey I've played before? this is this is my club hockey moment at CHS. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, it kind of sounds basic, but honestly the very first game that I played for J.U.I. against St. Leo, I didn't know what to expect honestly. Like I knew that we had like a lot of people supporting us, but I didn't think that it would be as much support as we got. So I just remember coming out of the locker room. And there was just a line of people banging on our helmets and giving us fist pumps. And College Hockey South: you Michael Gugliotta: I stepped onto the ice and I did a few laps and I looked at the crowd and I'm like, my God, this is incredible. I've never seen anything like this. And I kind of got exposure to the big crowd kind of thing playing in El Paso. mean, those fans are just incredible out there in Texas. But this was just on a different level of incredible. And it's like playing for my university over at JU has been a different feeling than I've had playing for junior hockey teams and class hockey teams that I played for in the past. Just because it's like representing your country. You're putting a uniform on to represent your university and it's such an honor. And to captain this team and to lead this program and to represent JU with so much passion and pride for. College Hockey South: you Michael Gugliotta: where I play and go to school, it's pretty incredible. So to look over at the crowd and see that support behind us from the very start from the very start of College Hockey South: Thank Michael Gugliotta: our program, I think that was a huge segue as to what's to come. College Hockey South: Yeah, and. Avery: Representing Duval Sorry Duval Michael Gugliotta: Too far. College Hockey South: Yeah, So important context for anyone who hasn't been to the Community First Igloo, it doesn't matter either rank. The players, when they come off the ice, they have to go past the fans. So when they're packed out, the visiting team has to go past the fans. So I can only imagine. I've worked the National Championship, the AAU Nationals, a couple of years ago. And there, it was like fans and parents from Niagara. And it was overwhelming. those parents trying to get to the opposing teams there. I can't imagine when it's fully packed out. man. I'm sure that's where the, the, true club hockey vibe starts. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, no, absolutely. And I'd be lying if I said we didn't have to hire JSO for a few games. College Hockey South: Yeah. Michael Gugliotta: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Yeah. So, yeah, that was, that was pretty crazy, especially in that first game, like I mentioned against St. Leo, a few people got tossed in the first few minutes for fighting. College Hockey South: Yeah, yeah, that's right. Michael Gugliotta: the ref just threw the St. Leo guy right into our fan section. So that was a little, College Hockey South: Yeah. Yeah, I gotcha. know, St. Leo's got some high character players. Avery can... Yeah, and... Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, absolutely. Huge respect to them. And they play with a pretty short bench too. So, I can't even, you know, I'm gassed, you know, playing with four College Hockey South: Hahaha Michael Gugliotta: full lines. So I can only imagine how those guys feel. So huge kudos to them. College Hockey South: Yeah, high character guys. Gugs can speak to that, but go ahead Jordan. Jordan Manning: So we kinda glanced on the people of J U, but let's just talk about Jacksonville as a whole. J U's being successful right now. It's not, pretty often that a team out in Jacksonville sees, success. You got the Jaguars and the Iceman, but no shade on them. But, what's like Jacksonville like as a whole? the sports environment, the fans there, the people outside of J U? Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, I love Jacksonville so much. This is like my home. This is my home now and I'm born and raised in New Jersey. I grew up there for 17 years and then I made the move with my family over to Jacksonville four years ago and I would like to really highlight the Jaguars in this this and College Hockey South: Okay. Michael Gugliotta: this topic particular because I think it's super important. I've never seen a group of people that are this passionate about their sports team like ever. these fans and the Jaguars haven't had a huge history. They've had a pretty miserable history. So the fact that these fans have just been through it, all, College Hockey South: Okay. Michael Gugliotta: through the good and through the bad, I think that speaks volumes as to where Jacksonville is as a city. It keeps growing. We keep on putting building blocks in here and it's just really tremendous to see how much Jacksonville has grown and how much passion there is from the people here. And yeah, I think this is definitely the spot to be in Florida. College Hockey South: Okay, so I gotta put you on the hot seat here for a little bit. This might be a difficult question to answer, but I've got to ask it. So two parter first. Who has the best slash worst chirps on your team and in the comp wall? Go ahead, you can answer that first. Michael Gugliotta: The best slash worst sherps? I think best sherps has got to go to Shane Sullivan. I think that he's pretty funny with the way he comes back and chirps some guys and the refs sometimes. And worst chirping? I'm gonna have to say me, I don't know why. I just feel like can never think on my feet and come up with something that's good enough to kind of just make somebody shut up, I guess. yeah, I don't know. College Hockey South: I'm with you there. Michael Gugliotta: I feel like I'm too nice, I'm too respectful. College Hockey South: You Michael Gugliotta: Some of these guys are absolutely brutal. I'm like, my God, I can't do all that, but yeah. College Hockey South: Do you ever say anything that you got super embarrassed after and it stayed in your memory bank? Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, think actually there was one time that I was talking to one of the officials, like you know how like the captain goes over to like the College Hockey South: Yeah. Michael Gugliotta: little scores box, I guess. I'm College Hockey South: Mm-hmm. Michael Gugliotta: talking to the ref afterwards and he made a call that I didn't agree with respectfully. And I just said to him, you know what, well, I disagree. And he's just like, well, I really don't care if he disagrees and is to stand. So I'm just like, whatever. he kind of looked at me like, OK, I really don't care. So I guess that'd be one. College Hockey South: as a Florida ref, and especially from some of the stuff we saw this weekend, as a Florida rep, he has definitely heard way worse. I mean, yeah, so I'm sure he had a good laugh about that later. He's like, you believe that? That kid said he disagreed. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, yeah, yeah, he stuckles. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. College Hockey South: Go ahead, Gox. Avery: So what's your favorite NHL team? Weird follow up, but what's your favorite NHL team and who do you think is role model of a player that you've always looked at and you're like, you said to your kid, you're like, I wanna play I wanna play like them. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, so my favorite NHL team is the New York Rangers. It was pretty tough growing up in New Jersey being a Rangers fan. College Hockey South: If could imagine. Michael Gugliotta: yeah, that's just been the way it has been since as long as I can remember. My dad took me to my first Rangers game at the Garden and just seeing the atmosphere and how it was was what inspired me to play hockey. I looked at my dad, I'm like, dad, this is what I'm going to do. I want to play this. That was pretty incredible and one ranger that has stood out to me that's been like a role model. Growing up, it had to be Ryan Callahan, like when I was really young. College Hockey South: Mm. Mm. Good answer. Michael Gugliotta: Yeah, I would have to say probably Ryan Callahan, but present day, I gotta go with Alexei Lafreniere. I think he mirrors a lot of... my style of play, like he's this playmaker guy, but there are times when he is flashy. So he works very hard and you could tell like he loves playing in New York. So you got that passion there as well. So I would kind of mirror myself after him. I'm nowhere near as good as Loffy, but. College Hockey South: Hey, seeing I remember at the time that had happened the Callahan and Marty San Luis trade was was crazy. But I mean, it kind of worked out for both franchises. Even though I think I'd rather have seen Callahan be a Ranger for the rest of his career and same thing with Marty. But Marty ended up going to a cup final with the Rangers Callahan, the same with Tampa. But yeah, you know what? see more of a Callahan in you than Lafrenier, respectfully. I mean, it's not like I'm insulting you. Callahan's a hell of a player. Michael Gugliotta: No, not at all. College Hockey South: Yeah, and a great leader, captain of an original six team. So I love that answer. Jordan Manning: Yeah, so I just had to ask it, Danny, but staying within the original six, what are your opinions on Chicago? And more specifically, what do you think of people who choose two teams as their favorites? Michael Gugliotta: Well, I got to be careful what I say about Chicago because I got Davey Anowski and Rocco Salvi that are probably going to listen in. College Hockey South: Yeah Michael Gugliotta: But yeah, think, are you talking about Chicago in general or just like the Blackhawks? Jordan Manning: Just like the Blackhawks in general, you it it's not like they have any history or anything. College Hockey South: Yeah, right. Michael Gugliotta: No, they definitely do. Yeah, the Blackhawks were always a team that I would, growing up watching the Rangers, they were always a team that I would look at and be like, boy, are we gonna win? Are we good here? So that was always a team that was super threatening. When I was growing up, that's when they had Jonathan Taze, Patrick Kane, who's there now again. Brad Richards, it was sad to see him go to Chicago being a Ranger. So that was pretty tough, but you know, they Corey Crawford and Seabrook. So yeah, College Hockey South: Thanks. Michael Gugliotta: they put together a lot of cups and yeah, they were super tremendous when I was growing up watching hockey. And the second part, well, what was the second part? I'm sorry. College Hockey South: My Michael he this was a ham-handed opportunity Ham-handed Attempt at him trying to get you to say something controversial. Okay. I'm I'm a Blackhawks fan Blackhawks are my 1a but however Michael Gugliotta: Okay. Gotcha. College Hockey South: my 1b are the Bruins Okay, and you know what it happens Michael Gugliotta: God bless. Avery: It's gonna be College Hockey South: People like two teams. I don't know what to tell you. Michael Gugliotta: yeah, was the second part. Yeah, I never, you're probably not gonna like what I have to say, but I really never understood the two teams thing. like, College Hockey South: you Michael Gugliotta: cause like that, cause then it's like, happens when they play each other? You know what I'm saying? So like, I don't know, like you kind of just like root for whichever one you like more, I guess. I don't know. That doesn't really make sense to me. So. College Hockey South: Yeah, I know. Listen, don't worry. Very rarely do people take up for me in this argument. It never works out. But you know what? Hey, it's been a blast talking to you. You've done a lot of great things and you know what? You're just getting started in your CHS career. But hey, heck of a highlight this past weekend winning Battle at the Beach. Michael Gugliotta: Thank you so much. College Hockey South: Really fun talking to you and good luck the rest of the year. Michael Gugliotta: Thank you so much. It means a lot. College Hockey South: We want to thank Michael Gugliata of the Jacksonville University Dolphins, the Battle at the Beach. Beach Division Champions. man, it was really, really fun talking to him and he's got a good head on his shoulders. obviously he has to with you know all the things he's juggling there, getting the that program started and not just started, but humming along. and speaking of battle at the beach, let's jump right into it, guys. man it was a a heck of a ACDC bracket. Well sorry, beach bracket. It was comprised mainly of ACDC teams. J U ended up winning both their games in overtime and that started with a six to five affair against Florida back and forth. Back and forth and back and forth and back and forth again. ended up J U tying the game at five and then winning it in overtime. man they're you kinda wish we saw this matchup in the playoffs last year, but just as good. And then Florida Tech and what I thought was a huge upset taking down Florida State. you know, our Dakota, who edits these, and thank you, Dakota, She wasn't shocked at all. she believed in her team the entire time. She had no doubts whatsoever. Florida Tech taking down Florida State, moving on to the championship game. But yes, Florida Tech made it to the championship game, where unfortunately they lost a lead in the third period to the eventual champion Jacksonville Dolphins, who shed the monkey off their back, if you will, at the Panthers Ice Den. Greg Polini getting the game tying goal, and then Savi and Dino on the power play winning it, and the Dolphins got to lift that trophy and they're they're still slugging cold beverages. out there in Duval County celebrating with that beautiful trophy. On the other side of the bracket, we had Florida Gulf Coast taking on Embry Riddle. and their previous series, Florida Gulf Coast really almost felt like they got away with a couple of wins. We talked to Hunter Shermer, who was really confident heading into this matchup because they outplayed Florida Gulf Coast, really outshot them. but it was kind of just a rerun. of what happened here of what happened in the previous series. BJ Ricardi was fantastic and we'll have more on him in a bit. and Florida Gulf Coast ended up winning two to nothing. So they just keep getting it done without scoring many goals. but speaking of scoring many goals, Tampa three beating Florida Atlantic three. this was a little bit closer than the score indicated. It was three to two headed into the third period. Tampa really expanded that lead in the third kind got out of hand, but that's a Tampa three game for you. You're gonna see a lot of penalty minutes. and they certainly did. This whole tournament did really. and then the championship game, which was a white knuckle affair the whole way. Florida Golf Coast taking down Tampa. And what I think was a little bit of an upset. Tampa was the defending champions here. Golf Coast got out to a two nothing lead, established that two nothing lead with a goal there in the third period. Tampa clawed back but An insurance marker for the Ice Eagles and then one in the empty net. And Gulf Coast in their second year in College Hockey South have a college hockey south event championship. Maybe they're gonna be going for the conference championship. Jordan, what'd you see from, your school, Florida Gulf Coast, what'd you see from them this weekend? Jordan Manning: Yeah, I think you explained it pretty well. We're really getting away with not scoring a lot of goals and just having defense, having Ricardi stay on a set every game. from what I saw, it definitely was an upset. Tampa was defending champs from last year, from last season. just having Gulf Coast be this successful, this early in the season. We saw them struggle to open up this season and now they're kinda redeeming themselves. Part of that is part of defense, good defense, good goaltending. Ricardi mainly, and we'll Like you said, we'll talk about him later. But I definitely think the Eagles definitely came away with this mainly because of Riccardi. College Hockey South: Absolutely, yeah. there's no understating the impact he has on this team. I mean we could look at a stat line right now. He has a say percentage north of nine forty. Okay, that's not that's not just good in in in club hockey for a really good team, but they are six and six. Okay, and he's played every single contest, he's played every single minute between the pipes. Florida Gulf Coast and he has a 940 save percentage. That means he's playing out of his skull. If he gets any kind of goal support, they're probably sitting a lot prettier. and that also includes we'll use that. the shit kicking they took from South Florida a couple weekends ago. It was a shit kicking. They gave up six goals twice, and but hey. Th this weekend was about Florida Gulf Coast. Took home the trophy. but elsewhere there was another meeting of Tampa and Florida Gulf Coast, the defending national champions at the men's division two level, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles hosting the Tampa Spartans. And man, the the emotions were were certainly high. this entire series. You know, we mentioned some back and forth and going on in at the Battle of the Beach tournament. This was exactly the same. Tampa got it seemed like a a a huge surprise win. I mean Hockey House. who Dev Vanzera, I don't know if you guys know who that is. He works for Hockey House. shout out Devin. We love you, Devin. not really, but Devon. why am I talking about Devin? All right. Tampa got a upset graphic from Hockey House. even though I didn't I don't know if I really consider that an upset, but you know, others may disagree. and then, the second night, Tampa took a five two lead into the third period, and despite Gulf Coast taking seven consecutive penalties, they were able to rally from a five two deficit to take the game into overtime. They scored a scored one short handed. but ultimately Tampa took it in the shootout. I think it may be a missed opportunity. looking into the future for Tampa to win that game with a wider margin. But nevertheless, I think you walk away sweeping the defending national champions that you have to be, pretty, pretty satisfied with that. and like I said, the emotions were high here from beginning to end, tons of penalties, way too many penalties, a little bit of a ref show, a and that was kind of the case, the entire weekend, We could launch into this conversation once we get to the end of our recaps here. but speaking of emotions being high, Avery, you and your Tampa Spartans traveled to Jacksonville, where you played at the community first igloo. And the last time you were there, the emotions were high because you were winning the national championship. You got over the hump, you beat Syracuse. but over the pat over the weekend, the emotions were a little bit different because in that first game against Florida State. you guys were winning handily, and then, your captain, your leading scorer, your leader, Molly Braga, she goes into the corner, she takes a hit from behind, really scary hit. believe it was Nora Romano of Florida State. kinda extended her arms through Molly. Molly had her back to her and, you was probably about three three feet from the boards, took a scary fall, could have been a lot, lot worse. I think everyone's pretty fortunate that nothing worse happened. But talk to us about the emotions of seeing that happen to your captain and, what the rest of the series was like because I'm sure you guys weren't happy. Avery: Yeah, first of all, shout out Molly Braga. She's for lack of a better term, she's a tough ass and she's a great leader on the ice. And so, Molly she got right up. she was good. and she was feeling a little heated after that hit, and I don't blame her. and those games are always difficult. and we've had some trouble with this before. It's like those games where the scoring's high and They can be difficult games in sometimes teams get chippy when it comes down to it. And so that can be a little bit difficult for us because we don't wanna draw unnecessary penalties. We're not a team that's that plays dirty, but in those moments, you protect your captain and so we definitely all have Molly's back and just want to make sure that like they know you touch one of our players, especially. Miss Molly Braga. So definitely just the rest of the series. hammered that in and just kept we played strong the whole the whole series. It was a really good experience for us. and also that series, I have to shout out FSU's goalie. She was playing absolutely insane this weekend. I was looking at our shots at the second game on Sunday. I think we had around like 109 shots on net, College Hockey South: Ha ha. Avery: which is just ridiculous. but yeah, she was an outstanding goalie. it was hard to get Pucks past her. So I just want to shout her out. She played the insane. and just shout out our girls. You know, it was a fun series. Good for us. We got a lot of good experience this weekend. So just ready to continue that on and take it to South Carolina in, I believe, two, three weeks. We'll be up at Flight Adventure Park. So we're excited for that. College Hockey South: Woo and that'll be a good one. I mentioned in in episode two episodes ago that Devin and and Grace Seaman both kind of just, they looked at me sideways when I suggested this as an opportunity, but I South Carolina, they bring the Columbus Classic trophy to the rink. You guys challenge them and you call it the Columbia Classic. The Columbia Classic. The trophy's on the line. And I said Kyle Nell, Kyle Cornelius Nell, get your ass to Irmo, get the flight adventure park in Irmo, South Carolina and promote that thing. Avery: just have to present this to Fred of the Pod, friend of Avery Googliato's Miss Avery Judith Bowen. I'm gonna have to present that idea to her. I don't know if she'll like that one, but hey, I feel like that's what the games will be like, our little we couldn't be there at Columbus, so it's a little revenge tour for us. College Hockey South: Yeah, I don't know if Avery Bowen, by the way, assistant coach for South Carolina, I don't know if she is a friend of the pod based off of what Grace said about her as a golfer. Grace kinda body bagged her and was like, Avery, man, you're just not the best golfer in the world. I got a text the next day like, Grace is lying. She's lying. And I was like, Wait, what are you talking about? And she's like, she caught me on a bad day. I like, come on, Bowen, pay some play, let's go. but yeah Avery: I can't I can't golf or anything, so I wouldn't know much, but I'll just I'll I'll I'll stay back out of the argument just in case. College Hockey South: No, I couldn't take you seriously as a golfer. You almost you almost look like you're ready to go golfing. but you talked about Florida State's goalie not letting pucks best very easily. But offensive defenseman here, Jordan, she ended up scoring. She Michiganed. She got a Michigan goal. Avery: Danny, who you fooling? Who are you fooling right now? Jordan Manning: As a defenseman, yeah. College Hockey South: Yeah, as a defend you see, Jordan's not entertaining this for a second. Avery: Thank you, Jordan. Jordan's not falling for any of those. Jordan's not falling for any of those BS. that's crazy. Jordan Manning: Yeah, I don't think how many times I've seen a defenseman score a Michigan or the Cross goal. Rarely have I even seen a player score that. I know Avery: So a Michigan would be just bonkers. Jordan Manning: Yeah. Yeah, friend of the pod, Mad Waters for Gulf Coasts. he reportedly said he did a Michigan and he's a defenseman. So, I believe it, but I have to personally see one, to actually believe yeah, these people College Hockey South: Matt Jordan Manning: can actually score. College Hockey South: Matt, we're gonna have to get this on video, pal. sorry, I'm not gonna take your word for it. Avery: didn't happen, clipper didn't happen. College Hockey South: Exactly. no it no Jordan, you see what happened was Avery they play in an aggressive style at Tampa. She was pinching to keep the play alive. And what she just made her way down below the net and because she doesn't have the the highest offensive stats, defense kinda sagged off her a little bit, and what? Anyways. Avery: my god, Jordan Manning: How to let it happen. Avery: every time I'm on this podcast, all Danny Baum does is humble me. College Hockey South: What do you mean? You're an all star. You're former all star. Avery: Somewhere. College Hockey South: Former All Star. but you mentioned South Carolina and boy, they had a fantastic return to the ice. They played Clemson in a rivalry game, and that series has been particularly close and very exciting, since its inception last year. It was not the case this past weekend. It was an absolute whoopin. South Carolina gave it to Clemson, twelve to one. Friend of the pod, Grace Seaman. and you know what, guys, I think we need to start talking about Gray Seaman for MVP because she has had some ridiculous numbers this year. she had seven points against Clemson. And yeah they've got some series momentum which makes this series their home opener against Tampa even more exciting. So we'll keep our eye on that. let's see where else we can go. we've talked a little bit about some some funky ref situations. And you wanna want to mention Lynn going north to face Northwestern. They they went up to Chicago for a weekend. They got a tour of Wrigley Field. And Lynn coming back south to South Florida with two more wins. They've had a a strong start to the year. we'll see if they can continue that against some CHS opponents. now moving along, Embry Riddle and Rollins split a series. Rollins, they've got a short bench but some serious talent. and what I have to commend teams like that because you know players who have skill Also a lot of them seem to have a tremendous sense of pride. And we see this a lot in the women's division too, with the shorter benches. Man, they just give it a hundred and ten percent effort every single shift, even if it's you know ill advised, because their ice time is gonna be a lot higher than the teams they're facing. and it might wear them down later on, but teams like Rollins, they've got the skill for sure. yeah, anyways, just wanted to give a shout out to Rollins. Getting done there. Alabama got a sweep over Kennesaw State. Alabama's had a a pretty decent start considering how they started last year, which was pretty poor and it ended up costing them in the end. but they take both games against Kennesaw State. Let's get to our three stars and we, you talked about these players in depth. BJ Ricardi just out of his skull, like I said, playing insane. Gave up one goal the weekend, nine eighty-five save percentage, a shutout, sixty-six saves, two wins. there wasn't an MVP that weekend or for the Battle at the Beach tournament, I don't believe. but if there was one, definitely BJ Vicardi, as we mentioned. I don't know if there's a player that has contributed more to a team success than BJ Ricardy in the entire conference, ac across all divisions. Like this guy is, Someone give him an aspirin because his back's gotta be hurting from carrying the team. speaking of carrying the team, no, I'm kidding, Avery. Molly, well, give give her an aspirin for a different reason because her back's probably hurting from that hit. but regardless, five goals, five assists, she's just tremendous and getting better year over year. and inching up on the all time leader in program history for scoring which is very exciting and then third star of the week maddie greenwood what's new what's new Maddie Greenwood she's almost at four points per game wow Georgia took down Tennessee twice nine to nothing and Maddie Greenwood just like Molly Braga five goals five assists so the insane goal scorer. She can pass too. and I'm excited we've we might get a chance to talk to her in the weeks to come. interested to see that dynamic with her. Congratulations to our three stars of the week. But that was week eight. Let's talk about week nine. And we really don't have too many series to cover. I think a lot of teams. Avery, you're you're one of these you're an active player. I think a lot of teams kind of just wanted to enjoy Halloween on a weekend, which I can't blame. I can't blame you for that. Halloween on a weekend can be dangerous and when you're in college. but our game of the week, Wesleyan College makes their return to Columbus. This time they take on Auburn. Wesleyan went one one and one. At the Columbus Classic, man, they were a great time to watch. like I mentioned before about Rollins, short bench, a lot of talent, and absolutely no preservation when it comes to almost like taking your foot off the gas a little bit, maybe coasting on some shifts. They're all effort all the time. And yeah, this will be an interesting one. Auburn is has been a team that, you wanted to see a little bit more from them. they had a hot start last year and plateaued. wanted to see a little bit more growth. This is a good opportunity against a really good Wesleyan team. and yeah. elsewhere, only one other in conference series, South Florida and Embry Riddle, two of the teams at the top of the M3 standings. Bob Joyce Hockey playing host to Grant Deets and the rest of the South Florida Ice Bulls. And then how about this for an out of conference tilt, guys? you gotta love an out of conference tilt, don't you, Avery? Avery: I sure do. they're always some very exciting games to watch and to play. College Hockey South: Yeah, because these aren't teams that you're ever gonna see again unless you see at nationals, or in this case, you probably won't ever see him again because Towson heads the Florida Atlantic. It's the Cade Buckley Memorial I don't know why I said memorial, he's not dead. he's one of my oldest friends. and he just happened to go to both Towson and Florida Atlantic. I'm not sure what the winner of the Cade Buckley Memorial series would would win. but anyways, this is a good opportunity for Florida Atlantic to get back on the right track. they've kind of had an inauspicious start to the season. Towson is a you know a Division one team but kinda on the lower end. Florida Atlantic, like I mentioned, they've built an expectation or a standard over the past few years that they haven't lived up to and what they're they're gonna be challenged by this Towson team. who's coming down for, what's referred to a lot as a hockey vacation. I wonder how much they're gonna be focused on the hockey as opposed to the vacation what do you guys think? Jordan, you're from you're from Florida, so it probably doesn't mean the same to you, but Avery, you go to Tampa, so I don't know. Avery: at least from my perspective, my defense partner who I played with in high school actually went to UNH. And when they came down to play us last year, they were just so excited to be in the Tampa area. And she was texting me, like, asking me for like recommendations of stuff to do. So I definitely and I think they wanted to play us again this year. And yeah, I think it's super fun for Teams that get to come down here, especially those northern teams are dealing with the snow all the time. I don't blame them. they it's for hockey. But we all know they just wanna go to the beach and catch a tan, and I don't blame I would do the same thing. College Hockey South: Well hey, at Jordan School, they've become, notorious for it. they've been the spot for these hockey vacations. it kind of just goes hand in hand now that, both teams are really good. so not only are you going there, these teams from St. Louis or Wisconsin or, really all over the country, but you're also gonna be playing a quality team that'll help you out in the long run. How about this for an interesting matchup? It'd be an even better football game, but we have them on the ice. UCLA, and that's University of California, Los Angeles. That's not University of Catonsville left of Arbutas. UCLA traveling to Miami to take on the Hurricanes. guys, I don't know if you saw this on the hockey house Instagram, but UCLA's goalie got they he won't be available for this series because he got into a tilt with the They played Loyola Marymount and they got into a full on fist fight. Pull it up right now. I'm telling you both. they traded NUX and it was insane. And then what they did at the end? I think it was the Marymount guy ended up falling down, they got up, dapped each other up, and hugged. Like Avery: I did see this. Now that you say I remember seeing this. It's so cool. College Hockey South: Yeah. is there anything more exciting in the game of hockey than a goalie fight? the buzz. Avery, you were there at at the stadium series, right? When Avery: yes, Swayman jumped in. That was dude, that was awesome. He lost. But that was fire. College Hockey South: Yeah, there's the the the clip of of the Bruins bench, almost like, giddy kids reacting to sway, skating the the length of the ice to to get into a fight, because of how Jordan Manning: They were all jumping up and down everything. College Hockey South: Yeah, exactly. so I don't probably won't have a repeat performance. and super difficult to find any type of results on UCLA. they've got some Cool media stuff on on their pages, but not a whole lot of results. but you know what, Miami? Give it your all. we're rooting for CHS team. and kind of a reverse hockey what am I doing here? What am I doing here? reverse hockey vacation. Florida Atlantic is traveling all the way up to Delaware, the original state of our union, to take on the Blue Hens. man, I I should have asked you guys if you knew what their mascot was before. But the Blue Hens, indeed. yeah, Delaware's has played some decent teams so far this year. Florida Atlantic hasn't played too too many outside of the battle at the beach opponents, So we'll see how this goes. Middle Tennessee State will be hosting Indiana, and that's a series that has been running for, several years now they've played host to Indiana. MTSU has some pretty decent momentum coming off of beating Tampa a couple weekends ago, and now they'll get to play the Hoosiers. there's a pretty decent three squad. Build up that that resume so that they can, potentially get back two nationals. Florida Atlantic will also be playing Penn State Harrisburg. in a little bit of an aside, I knew this you I played competitive, pretty competitive baseball growing up and this kid and like I'm sure like on, travel hockey teams, you if you have a roster opening, you pull from all over the place because you hear like, they played on this team or that team. This kid ended up being a catcher on a roster because we heard he was gonna you know he had been recruited by Penn State. And it wasn't it wasn't Penn State the main campus, it was Penn State Harrisburg and he absolutely sucked. So that's all I think of when I see Penn State Harrisburg. not a knock on Penn State Harrisburg. I'm sure you guys are great, Yeah, that's pretty much it for our our previews. now we get to our free space period. I've got a question for you guys. I saw this year that the Jets have incorporated and this has happened a few times over the past like ten years where teams have done this. Each player gets their own goal song. So like when they score, a particular song will play. I pose a question to both of you and Avery I have some qualifiers for this. you're not allowed to say shipping off to Boston is your song. that's not allowed and also Freebird isn't allowed. Okay, I I wanna hear an answer for both of you. Whoever wants to start? Avery: Jordan, you go ahead. I need a second. I gotta think. I gotta have a good answer. College Hockey South: Well, this is live T V, folks. Come on, let's go. Jordan Manning: I mean one of my favorite bands is Oasis, so I gotta go through an Oasis tune, so let's just say something like Supersonic by Oasis. Very banger song. College Hockey South: You know what, I've probably heard the song before. I just don't know it by name. So you know what? I'm gonna give that a thumbs up. I just don't know what you're talking about, so I can't really knock your answer. Avery, come on now. Let Avery: So I grew up with three brothers. My dad would always like play rock music for us. So definitely something like that. And you guys can hate it on this. I don't know if that's a good answer or not, but we were always listening to the Beastie Boys in my household. So it'd probably be like Paul or V or something. Just or like anything by the Beastie Boys, like brass monkey baby, just like something fun. Like anytime I would go to hockey with my dad, we'd play that in the car, and I would just get hype before. So that's, always just a good option. To me, at least College Hockey South: I Avery: I feel like it is. College Hockey South: frass monkey seems like it would be really fitting for you, believe it or not. I don't know why, Avery: Right. College Hockey South: but just the vibe of it. Avery: Danny, what would yours be? I think is the question now that everybody's dying to enough. College Hockey South: Yeah. So I think the easy one since I'm a South Carolina guy is Sandstorm, but I want to think outside the box a little bit more. Avery: No yeah, yeah. I was gonna say you can't do the fight can't do shoving off to Boston, you can't do that. College Hockey South: a couple years ago, like the the Sabres did this. I think they were the first team that did it, and Jeff Skinner had a couple of bangers, back-to-back years. he did party in the USA, and I thought he did it as a joke, but it actually rocked. And same thing with the next year he did I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston. both great answers, not what I would go with. I'd probably say fly away by Lenny Kravis. that would be my My personal goal song. But I'm not scoring any goals. Avery: Yeah. College Hockey South: I'm not scoring any goals anytime soon. So Avery: Yeah, I think my I think the FSU game was the one time you maybe would hear any B C boys playing, for me at least. But hey, that's okay. College Hockey South: Yeah, and one last shout out. I've thinking about scoring. and this somehow the sparked a thought in my mind. Charlie Seraphian on the call this past weekend. look can someone find his TikTok username, please? Okay, thank you. Avery: Pull it up. Pull it up. It is. Charizard Like Charizard, College Hockey South: yeah. Avery: but Char like and then Char Casper. College Hockey South: No, it that that's his middle Char Ca Casper's his middle name. Avery: So Char Casper, okay. I could not I really couldn't read that. Senior in college black. College Hockey South: Yeah, and based off your spelling earlier today, I don't just don't think you can read. But Okay. Avery: No, you're not gaslighting me. No. No. College Hockey South: last thing I want to mention, shout out to Charlie Seraphian who was on the call this past weekend. does a great job as always. And all you know, shout out to everyone, like I said at the top of the episode, that was working, from the game day operations, to the broadcasts. And like I mentioned, Charlie Serafian, Char Casper on TikTok. Please check out his call. there were a bunch of Tampa and what was it? Well it was Tampa and FAU players in the box. Avery: Mm-hmm. College Hockey South: Bunch of Tampa and FAU players in the box, and they said he they were spending a bunch of time in the box, and he said he wish he could, but he lives in a long distance relationship, which is which is a crazy one. I got it sent to me. It's it's funny because he sent it in one of our group chats like as soon as he posted it. And it was like this more it was early this morning. we're recording on a Tuesday. And by the time it got to like the mid to late afternoon, it that's when it started to blow up and more and more people were sending it to me at that point. I was like, Hell yeah, Charlie. check out Avery: at he's at forty two thousand likes right now on on that one clip. College Hockey South: Hell yeah. Yeah. And and go through his page. He's got a bunch of other gems like that. and I promise he's not just a goofball. He is a goofball, but he is he's a good commentator. and he puts a lot of time and effort into it. but hey, just absolute gem of a guy. one of my favorite people in club hockey, shout out Charlie. and speaking of gems, all of you that are still watching and listening at this point, it was a heck of a time talking to Michael Gugliata. of Jacksonville University Episode thirty eight of College Hockey Mouth. thank you everyone for for listening and watching. Happy Halloween and we'll see you next time.