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Cyclones Grab First Win Of The Szn In Electric Fashion + Interview w/ Jackson Maddock & Owen Gohm · Inside Cyclones Hockey

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SPEAKER_00: Welcome in to season six, episode eight of the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast.
1:11
SPEAKER_00: The Wasp Cyclones didn't have the greatest start to their 2026-27 NA3HL campaign.
1:18
SPEAKER_00: Had two straight losses to start the year versus the Peoria Mustangs, one in regulation and one in overtime.
1:26
SPEAKER_00: But the outcome of this last weekend was a little bit different.
1:31
SPEAKER_00: Let's just say for now, the Cyclones got back to their winning ways.
1:38
SPEAKER_00: We've got an awesome interview on this episode as well.
1:41
SPEAKER_00: Returning forward, Owen Renslow joins us on the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast.
1:46
SPEAKER_00: Great interview catching up with Owen about his thoughts coming into this season with a season under his belt from last year.
1:53
SPEAKER_00: How he feels about the team, how he feels as he's starting to step into a leadership role.
1:58
SPEAKER_00: So don't miss that interview as well.
2:00
SPEAKER_00: We've got a great episode for you this week on the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast.
2:04
SPEAKER_00: So get ready.
2:05
SPEAKER_00: It's time to enter the storm.
2:21
SPEAKER_00: Season six, episode eight.
2:23
SPEAKER_00: We're well into season six, and we're well into the NA3HL season.
2:27
SPEAKER_00: If you can even believe it, it's four games in already this season for the Wassa Cyclones.
2:33
SPEAKER_00: They've had two weekends of divisional opponents, two weekends of play, and they're well underway as far as their 2026-27 stint of hockey goes for this season.
2:47
SPEAKER_00: Want to welcome you back to another episode of the podcast.
2:50
SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Mark Robinson, bringing you all the episodes this season of the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast.
2:57
SPEAKER_00: Happy to be here, happy to be with you, and absolutely fired up for another episode.
3:03
SPEAKER_00: Like I said in the intro, uh just to tease some exciting stuff coming up later in this episode.
3:10
SPEAKER_00: We've got a great interview.
3:11
SPEAKER_00: So make sure you stick around for that.
3:13
SPEAKER_00: Returning Wassa Cyclones forward, Owen Renslow, joins us on this week's episode of the podcast.
3:20
SPEAKER_00: I cannot begin to speak highly enough about Owen.
3:24
SPEAKER_00: He's such a good kid.
3:25
SPEAKER_00: He holds himself so high.
3:27
SPEAKER_00: Uh, he's great both on and off the ice.
3:29
SPEAKER_00: He works so hard.
3:30
SPEAKER_00: He's a stand-up young man.
3:33
SPEAKER_00: And it just was a great conversation to get to catch up with Owen.
3:37
SPEAKER_00: Uh honestly, generally speaking, both with the Owen interview, but also in general, something I'm looking forward to with the returners.
3:46
SPEAKER_00: Last year, when I was doing this podcast, not that I didn't enjoy every single interview, I loved all the interviews, but because it was my first time interviewing every single player, it was a little bit of the same type of interview over and over again.
4:02
SPEAKER_00: I did a decent job mixing up the questions, but a lot of the times it was, you know, where did you start playing hockey?
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SPEAKER_00: How did you start playing hockey?
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SPEAKER_00: Why did you decide you wanted to make it such a staple part of your life?
4:15
SPEAKER_00: How'd you end up with the cyclones and all this kind of stuff?
4:18
SPEAKER_00: Uh and I'm obviously gonna get into the nitty-gritty of those types of interviews with a lot of the first years and a lot of the guys that are playing for the cyclones for the first time, but with the returners, I'm very excited to almost get to that next level of an interview where it's more so a follow-up and a personal connection of not just the typical basic questions of who are you, where are you from, what do you do, why do you play hockey, and why are you with the Cyclones?
4:49
SPEAKER_00: With Owen, it was so great to get to talk to him about stuff like what's it been like getting to kick off the season without an injury?
4:58
SPEAKER_00: What's it been like working under Luke Meyer rather than Nathan Oystrick with the coaching change?
5:05
SPEAKER_00: What's it been like seeing some of these younger guys come in?
5:07
SPEAKER_00: Just it's just a new level of an interview that I'm really excited about.
5:11
SPEAKER_00: So make sure you check out the interview in the next segment with Cyclones Forward Owen Renslow.
5:17
SPEAKER_00: You are not gonna want to miss him.
5:18
SPEAKER_00: Uh okay, let's get right into it.
5:20
SPEAKER_00: So, another thing I mentioned in the intro, uh, the Cyclones wish I had better news on the last episode, but not exactly the most ideal start to the season.
5:31
SPEAKER_00: They had a regulation and an overtime loss to the Peoria Mustangs.
5:37
SPEAKER_00: Uh, lost both games out in Peoria, Illinois to the Mustangs and weren't able to tally a win in those first two games.
5:47
SPEAKER_00: So 0-1 and 1, their current record after their first two games.
5:51
SPEAKER_00: And honestly, after a humbling start to the season, so to say, they had to go into another very tough building and play against another very tough team, the St.
6:01
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues.
6:02
SPEAKER_00: A team who was very competitive against Wasa last year.
6:06
SPEAKER_00: They had a lot of really talented skaters.
6:08
SPEAKER_00: Their coaching staff is well respected around the league.
6:12
SPEAKER_00: Just an all-around, very well-run organization.
6:15
SPEAKER_00: Honestly, I have nothing but good things to say about the St.
6:17
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues, but a very tough opponent for Wassa to go all the way down to the Afton ice rink in St.
6:25
SPEAKER_00: Louis and play against another divisional opponent.
6:28
SPEAKER_00: Now, the one leg up that the Cyclones did have in this game is this was opening weekend for the Junior Blues.
6:36
SPEAKER_00: They didn't play the weekend prior like the Cyclones did.
6:40
SPEAKER_00: So the Cyclones, although both losses, a regulation and an overtime loss, they had two games under their belt.
6:46
SPEAKER_00: They'd gotten their feet wet.
6:47
SPEAKER_00: They'd gotten some skating and some game time under their legs, which was good for them.
6:54
SPEAKER_00: Maybe able to give them some adversity in terms of getting in and getting involved in this next series against the St.
7:02
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Bullets.
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SPEAKER_00: So as we always do here on the Inside Cyclones Hockey Podcast, we are going to go through both games, break down the stats, break down the scoring, break it all down, talk about where things are shaping up for the Cyclones after their third and fourth games of the season and their first weekend series against the St.
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SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues.
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SPEAKER_00: So, first game of the weekend, September 11th, 2026, 8:30 Central Puck drop at the Afton Ice Rink.
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unknown: St.
7:34
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues are able to steal their first win of the season at home.
7:40
SPEAKER_00: So the Cyclones get their third straight loss in this first game.
7:46
SPEAKER_00: 39 shots on goal for the Cyclones, 31 for the Junior Blues.
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SPEAKER_00: So a lot of improvement offensively.
7:53
SPEAKER_00: That was one of the things that I had mentioned I wanted to see Wasa work on.
7:56
SPEAKER_00: It's just getting more offensive opportunity, even if you're not getting pucks behind the goaltender.
8:02
SPEAKER_00: Because one thing about St.
8:03
SPEAKER_00: Louis is they're really good at recruiting goaltenders.
8:05
SPEAKER_00: They've always had really great goaltending talent out in St.
8:09
SPEAKER_00: Louis.
8:10
SPEAKER_00: That seems to be the case this year as well.
8:13
SPEAKER_00: Uh but much better effort offensively and just the ability to get a lot more opportunities in terms of shots on goal.
8:22
SPEAKER_00: That's huge for Wassa.
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SPEAKER_00: So good job in the shots on goal realm.
8:28
SPEAKER_00: And then the other thing they needed to clean up was penalties, and they did a decent job at that.
8:35
SPEAKER_00: They had six penalties throughout the entirety of the game, which right off the gate, right off the rip, you might be thinking, well, I mean, that's not that great.
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SPEAKER_00: But St.
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SPEAKER_00: Louis had seven.
8:51
SPEAKER_00: So they were less than their opponent in terms of penalties.
8:55
SPEAKER_00: So let's go through the game goal by goal here.
8:59
SPEAKER_00: So 6'11 minute mark of the first period.
9:03
SPEAKER_00: Cyclone strike first.
9:04
SPEAKER_00: Braden Myers scores his second goal of the season.
9:08
SPEAKER_00: Owen Renslow and Sean Hall grabbing those primary and secondary assists, respectively, on that first cyclone's goal.
9:15
SPEAKER_00: So great to see Wassa come out and get a lead.
9:17
SPEAKER_00: That's what we want to see out of this team.
9:19
SPEAKER_00: Getting in front early, controlling the game early.
9:23
SPEAKER_00: You never want to be a come from behind team.
9:25
SPEAKER_00: You never want to have to crawl your way back.
9:27
SPEAKER_00: And it's always good to see Wassa get the first goal of the game.
9:30
SPEAKER_00: So Braden Myers doing so for Wassa in this first of two games over this last weekend.
9:37
SPEAKER_00: And then in the second period, they extended their lead.
9:40
SPEAKER_00: Brighton Faxton gets his first career goal for the Wasa Cyclones and two returners, Lucas Menkoff and Maxim Salyenko, grabbing the one and two assists on that second goal of the game.
9:53
SPEAKER_00: Shout out Maxim Salahenko coming back and joining the clones after a training camp and a brief stint up in the knoll, trying to maybe get some reps at the higher level, but he ends up coming back down to Wassa, which is huge for the Cyclones.
10:08
SPEAKER_00: Maxim Salenko with an unbelievable amount of talent out on the ice.
10:12
SPEAKER_00: A huge, huge addition to get back offensively for Wassa.
10:17
SPEAKER_00: That second goal coming in at the 1354 minute mark of the second period.
10:22
SPEAKER_00: And unfortunately, after that, the home team able to majorly capitalize on momentum and on the excitement and the encouragement of exactly what I just talked about.
10:32
SPEAKER_00: How you don't want to be a come from behind team.
10:35
SPEAKER_00: Well, St.
10:36
SPEAKER_00: Louis, I guess, was in a position where being a come from behind team worked out very well for them because they scored four unanswered goals, and those would be the last four goals of the game after the Braden Myers and Brighton Thaxton goals for the Cyclones.
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SPEAKER_00: They'd score at the 1042-minute mark, a 635-minute mark power play goal, and then in the third period, two goals towards the end of the game to give them the 4-2 regulation win and their first win of the season over the Cyclones.
11:07
SPEAKER_00: So that was how everything shaped up from a scoring perspective.
11:11
SPEAKER_00: For the Cyclones, Gavin Norton played uh 58 minutes and 24 seconds of the game, 27 saves on 31 shot attempts, an 8-7-1 save percentage.
11:22
SPEAKER_00: Solid numbers from Gavin Norton.
11:24
SPEAKER_00: And then obviously that last goal sneaking in as an empty netter.
11:28
SPEAKER_00: And then, like I said, just very good goaltending from the Junior Blues.
11:31
SPEAKER_00: Vinny Majino, 60 minutes time on ice, 37 saves on 39 shot attempts.
11:36
SPEAKER_00: Very solid play in the blue paint from Mejino.
11:40
SPEAKER_00: Uh, almost a 950 save percentage, a 949 save percentage for the Junior Blues net minder in this first of two games over the weekend.
11:52
SPEAKER_00: Very good stuff from the St.
11:54
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues in terms of goaltending.
11:56
SPEAKER_00: So unfortunate for the Cyclones to get their second regulation loss.
12:00
SPEAKER_00: That makes them 0-2-1 after the first of two games against the St.
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SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues.
12:06
SPEAKER_00: Now, here's where things get absolutely electric.
12:10
SPEAKER_00: So, second game of the weekend.
12:15
SPEAKER_00: And once again, want to point this stat out because it's very important.
12:18
SPEAKER_00: Wasa dominates the shots on goal count.
12:22
SPEAKER_00: 37 shots on goal to the junior blues, just 25.
12:26
SPEAKER_00: Wasa went 10, 10, and 15 in the first, second, and third periods, respectively.
12:32
SPEAKER_00: Um, and then they had two shots on goal in overtime.
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SPEAKER_00: Guess that's a little bit of a spoiler for what's coming up, uh, if you don't know already, but uh 37 total.
12:41
SPEAKER_00: And then the Saylors Junior Blues, they weren't able to crack double-digit shots on goal in any of the periods.
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SPEAKER_00: Eight, nine, and seven, respectively, were their numbers.
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SPEAKER_00: They only tallied one in overtime.
12:53
SPEAKER_00: So very, very, very good stuff in terms of offensive surge from the Wassa Cyclones.
12:59
SPEAKER_00: Uh, it seems like defense is very efficient for this team right now.
13:04
SPEAKER_00: Seems like they're finding their offensive groove in terms of finding lanes, finding opportunities, putting pucks on net.
13:12
SPEAKER_00: The only thing they need to solve now is shot placement, making those design plays, or taking those design plays rather, and turning them into scoring opportunities.
13:23
SPEAKER_00: Because the design plays seem like they are resulting in shot opportunities, but you got to get them past the goaltender.
13:29
SPEAKER_00: Anyways, after a long penalty-less first period, because another interesting thing about this game compared to yesterday, uh, or yesterday's game as in Friday's game, Wassa had six penalties, St.
13:42
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues had seven.
13:43
SPEAKER_00: That's uh quite a bit of penalty minutes across both teams.
13:46
SPEAKER_00: Only four pins for each squad in this game.
13:49
SPEAKER_00: So whistles were a little quieter in this affair, second of the two-game series.
13:54
SPEAKER_00: But at the end of the first period, an even strength goal for the junior blues puts them ahead one-nothing.
13:59
SPEAKER_00: And then not even one minute into the second period, two-nothing junior blues.
14:06
SPEAKER_00: So very quick work to try to take control of the game.
14:10
SPEAKER_00: And at this point, this is a tough area for Wassa to be in.
14:13
SPEAKER_00: It's a hard place to be.
14:14
SPEAKER_00: You're on a three-game losing streak, you're now down two-nothing, you're far away from home, you're in someone else's barn, but the Cyclones took major advantage of being down two-nothing.
14:28
SPEAKER_00: Sean Hall, Tall Hall, the man himself, scores his first goal of the season.
14:36
SPEAKER_00: To make it 2-1, gets the assist from Cade Dowd and Gabe Field.
14:41
SPEAKER_00: Tall Hall, fire me up, my man.
14:43
SPEAKER_00: You gotta be kidding me.
14:44
SPEAKER_00: Getting your first talk of the year to close the gap to one, that's absolutely electric stuff.
14:49
SPEAKER_00: But then unfortunately, at the end of the second period, St.
14:53
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues got right back to their goal-scoring ways, made it a 3-1 game for the third period.
14:59
SPEAKER_00: And then, here's where things get absolutely electric in the third period, just a minute apart.
15:09
SPEAKER_00: Jackson Maddox gets goals two and three on the year to tie up the game.
15:14
SPEAKER_00: Are you kidding me?
15:15
SPEAKER_00: Come on.
15:16
SPEAKER_00: Antonio Giacalone gets his first career assist with the Cyclones, and Kade Dowd picks up another point on that first goal.
15:23
SPEAKER_00: And then Jackson Maddock after the second goal, scoring the second goal, of course, Gabe Field picks up his fifth assist of the year.
15:30
SPEAKER_00: So a really strong performance from all those guys, tying up the game.
15:36
SPEAKER_00: And then we go to overtime, and I can almost guarantee you what was said in that locker room before overtime.
15:44
SPEAKER_00: Three straight losses.
15:45
SPEAKER_00: You've lost in almost every way possible, giving up a lead, trailing early, making it to overtime and not being able to get the job done.
15:54
SPEAKER_00: I guarantee you the message in that locker room prior to overtime was we are not leaving this building without a win.
16:03
SPEAKER_00: And what do the clones do?
16:05
SPEAKER_00: They go out there, they play amazing defense, very gritty hockey, and at the 316 minute mark on a breakaway, back from the null, Maxim Salyanko tucks his first goal of the season for the Wasa Cyclones.
16:23
SPEAKER_00: Come on, fire me up.
16:24
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely electric.
16:26
SPEAKER_00: Cyclones get their first win of the season.
16:30
SPEAKER_00: Such good stuff.
16:32
SPEAKER_00: 4-3 final score in overtime.
16:34
SPEAKER_00: 1-2-1-0, the record for the Wassa Cyclones now.
16:38
SPEAKER_00: Quick little remark about goaltending.
16:39
SPEAKER_00: Draven Worth, 61-44 time on ice, 22 saves on 25 shot attempts.
16:45
SPEAKER_00: He had an 8-8-0 save percentage.
16:49
SPEAKER_00: So a solid performance from Draven Worth, but just a great game overall for the Wasa Cyclones.
16:55
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely electric stuff from Wassa to get their record back into a better place.
17:03
SPEAKER_00: And with that, speaking of records, let's talk about the Central Division and what everybody's records are.
17:10
SPEAKER_00: Because it's already that point in the season when we can look at what records are and speculate where teams are going to end up.
17:20
SPEAKER_00: Obviously, games played are going to be a little sporadic right now because of how early it is in the season.
17:26
SPEAKER_00: Like I mentioned, this last weekend was St.
17:28
SPEAKER_00: Louis' first two games, whereas Wasa already had four games.
17:34
SPEAKER_00: But uh let's go down, let's go down the line here.
17:36
SPEAKER_00: We're gonna go bottom to top, uh technically in seventh place, but I wouldn't even say they're in seventh place because they haven't played a game yet.
17:45
SPEAKER_00: Uh the new franchise in the Central Division, the Fox Cities Forge.
17:50
SPEAKER_00: Uh no games yet, so that means no wins, no losses, no OT losses, no shootout losses, no points, no overtime wins.
17:56
SPEAKER_00: You get the idea.
17:57
SPEAKER_00: They haven't stepped foot on the ice yet, so they don't really count in terms of the standings right now.
18:02
SPEAKER_00: Next up, the West Bend Power.
18:04
SPEAKER_00: I know it's early in the season, but I mean, the gauntlet that was the West Bend Power last season.
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SPEAKER_00: Only one game.
18:13
SPEAKER_00: They've got a loss, though.
18:14
SPEAKER_00: They're 0-0-0-1.
18:16
SPEAKER_00: They have a shootout loss attached to their record.
18:20
SPEAKER_00: Uh, one point added to their tally because of the fact that it was a shootout loss.
18:25
SPEAKER_00: So solid for them.
18:27
SPEAKER_00: And then in fifth place, the Rochester Grizzlies.
18:29
SPEAKER_00: They've also only played one game, and they were able to win that game.
18:33
SPEAKER_00: 1-0-0-0 is their record.
18:37
SPEAKER_00: And then in fourth place, with four games played, you've got the Wasa Cyclones.
18:41
SPEAKER_00: One win, two losses, one overtime loss.
18:44
SPEAKER_00: Three points on the year for Wasa.
18:46
SPEAKER_00: Uh, and then in third place, St.
18:48
SPEAKER_00: Louis Jr.
18:49
SPEAKER_00: Blues, with only two games played.
18:50
SPEAKER_00: They have a win and an overtime loss, which gives them three points as well.
18:56
SPEAKER_00: So they're tied in points with Wasa, but because they don't have as many losses as Wassa, they get that advantage in the standing spot.
19:03
SPEAKER_00: Okay, I know it's early in the season, but who have this on their bingo card?
19:08
SPEAKER_00: In the two spot is the Wisconsin Woodsman with a 1-0 and one record and three points on the year.
19:13
SPEAKER_00: And in the number one spot of the central division with four games played, three wins, one loss, no OT losses, and no shootout losses, a league-leading six points for the Peoria Mustangs, the worst team in the division by a comfortable margin last season is lighting it up so far.
19:37
SPEAKER_00: I know that we are a Cyclones podcast, and I know that we're always rooting for the Cyclones.
19:46
SPEAKER_00: But just as a hockey fan, I'm happy for the Mustangs.
19:49
SPEAKER_00: I'm happy to see them succeeding.
19:52
SPEAKER_00: Very, very happy about that.
19:54
SPEAKER_00: So good job to the Mustangs, but more so very excited to see what the Cyclones can do as the season continues.
20:00
SPEAKER_00: We know they've got the Rochester Grizzlies coming up here soon, and I'm gonna talk about that in just a second here.
20:06
SPEAKER_00: Uh the next thing I want to address on this podcast, this segment, that is, uh, I just want to go through, I'm gonna read the roster up and down all the way top to bottom, because haven't really addressed it yet.
20:23
SPEAKER_00: There's some returners, there's some new guys, and we've been talking about who's been doing what in the games, but I want to go through who everybody is, who the new faces are, and all that stuff.
20:32
SPEAKER_00: So we're gonna start with forwards and just go down the line here.
20:37
SPEAKER_00: Uh number eight, Lucas Mankoff.
20:40
SPEAKER_00: Probably recognize that name, a returner for the Cyclones.
20:43
SPEAKER_00: Number 10, Brady Shoot.
20:44
SPEAKER_00: Uh number 12, Colin Sexton, both, both, excuse me, those guys with the clones for the first time this season.
20:52
SPEAKER_00: Number 14, Alec Mellon, a returner.
20:55
SPEAKER_00: Number 15, Brighton Thaxton with the clones for the first time this year.
20:59
SPEAKER_00: Number 16, Owen Renslow, returner as well.
21:03
SPEAKER_00: Zach Poggle, number 17, Kay Dowd, number 19, all returners as well.
21:08
SPEAKER_00: Jacob Maxson, number 20, Braden Myers, number 22, Nate Spencer, number 24, Antonio, Jacalone, number 26, all new guys as well.
21:20
SPEAKER_00: Jackson Maddock, number 27, and Maxim Salienko, number 28, all returners.
21:27
SPEAKER_00: Defenseman, Gabe Field, number six, Joel Anderson, number seven, 40-point score as a defenseman last year.
21:34
SPEAKER_00: Joel Anderson, a phenomenal showing from him.
21:37
SPEAKER_00: Frank Goodman, number nine, and Sean Hall, number 11.
21:40
SPEAKER_00: So three out of the four defensemen on the line sheet right now, returners.
21:45
SPEAKER_00: And then finally, goaltenders, Gavin Norton, Draven Wirth, and Parker Nevin Honan.
21:50
SPEAKER_00: And then our head coach, obviously, Luke Meyer, assistant coach Max Cawthorn, and goalie coach Taylor Carey.
21:58
SPEAKER_00: So that's how the roster.
22:00
SPEAKER_00: Shaping up for this year's Cyclone season.
22:05
SPEAKER_00: And as we close things out on this segment, before we move on to the interview with Owen Renslow, I would like to address something very important.
22:14
SPEAKER_00: I made a prediction for the Cyclones schedule after the two losses to the Mustangs.
22:20
SPEAKER_00: I said, loss is gonna go to St.
22:22
SPEAKER_00: Louis, they're gonna split that series, and then I made a very very strong point that revenge is a dish best served whole.
22:35
SPEAKER_00: And I predicted that the Cyclones would sweep the Rochester Grizzlies after splitting the series with St.
22:42
SPEAKER_00: Louis.
22:43
SPEAKER_00: Well, ladies and gentlemen, what happened this last weekend?
22:46
SPEAKER_00: Just as I drew it up, the St.
22:48
SPEAKER_00: Louis Junior Blues and the Cyclones split the weekend right up the middle, a win and a loss for both teams.
22:54
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22:59
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23:04
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23:12
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23:16
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24:38
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25:00
SPEAKER_00: All right, we've got a very awesome interview lined up for this week's episode of the pod.
25:04
SPEAKER_00: I was planning on just chatting with one of the players.
25:07
SPEAKER_00: We've got a surprise guest appearance with somebody else as well.
25:10
SPEAKER_00: So we've got two guys on the pod this week.
25:13
SPEAKER_00: Pleased to welcome returning forwards to the Wasca Cyclones, Jackson Maddock, and Owen Renflow to this week's episode of the pod.
25:21
SPEAKER_00: Jackson, Owen, welcome to the show.
25:23
SPEAKER_00: How are you boys doing?
25:24
SPEAKER_00: It's so great to chat with you guys again.
25:26
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, we're doing great.
25:27
SPEAKER_02: Thanks for having us on.
25:30
SPEAKER_00: Awesome.
25:30
SPEAKER_00: Well, uh, yeah, like I said, it's been uh it's been a while since I've gotten to catch up with all you guys.
25:35
SPEAKER_00: So I'm so I'm pumped to uh hear about how the off-season went and uh where the mindsets are at, where everybody's at, how everybody's feeling for uh for the upcoming season now that you guys are four games in.
25:45
SPEAKER_00: So I guess uh before we before we get into all the all the now, all the hockey, how was the uh how was the off season for you guys?
25:52
SPEAKER_00: How'd you guys how'd you guys spend it?
25:54
SPEAKER_00: Where'd you guys spend it?
25:55
SPEAKER_00: Did you did you get some good skating in?
25:57
SPEAKER_00: Uh was it was it nice to get away from hockey for a little bit?
26:00
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, for sure.
26:01
SPEAKER_03: It was nice to get away from hockey, you know.
26:03
SPEAKER_03: Pretty much just worked all summer, you know, got on the ice here and there, but uh spent a lot of spent a lot of time with the guys, just hanging out with the guys, you know, but working mostly.
26:14
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it was a pretty fun summer.
26:16
SPEAKER_02: I got to work out a golf course with some of my buddies back home, so that was pretty fun.
26:20
SPEAKER_02: I was able to get on the ice like once a week, had to drive like an hour to skate, which kind of sucks in the summer.
26:25
SPEAKER_02: But me and Renzlaw actually did Bismarck Bobcast main camp together in June.
26:30
SPEAKER_02: End of June.
26:31
SPEAKER_02: So that was fun.
26:31
SPEAKER_03: We had to stay at Joel Anderson's house.
26:33
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, so that was fun to get together in the summertime.
26:35
SPEAKER_03: I had to sleep on the in the gun room on the on the floor on the mattress.
26:38
SPEAKER_03: It's pretty awesome.
26:40
SPEAKER_00: Oh, that's unreal.
26:42
SPEAKER_00: Uh well, that's that's awesome that you mentioned that.
26:44
SPEAKER_00: I had no idea this, so this isn't a planned question, but uh, I guess how'd you guys get the opportunity to do uh to do a knoll camp and how'd that help your uh you know your current play, your current development, and how do you feel it got you guys dialed in for uh for this coming season in the three?
26:59
SPEAKER_02: It's definitely fun like in the summertime when it's not usually competitive hockey to you know get together for it's usually like a weekend where it's competitive hockey and you have a chance to see the higher level and see those players and what it takes to get there.
27:11
SPEAKER_03: So yeah, for sure.
27:13
SPEAKER_03: Just you know, just being able to get out, you know, back home, you're doing skates here and there, but just uh get somewhere where the compete is high and you know you can get better.
27:21
SPEAKER_03: I mean, just get an opportunity, that's the best part about it.
27:24
SPEAKER_00: So I guess uh in terms of getting an opportunity to go to a null summer camp and and you know get reps at a little bit higher of a level, segue into the next question a little bit for both of you guys.
27:37
SPEAKER_00: At the end of the season last year, was it was there any question that you guys were returning to Wasa, or was it kind of a known thing in your head that you knew you wanted to be back with this organization, playing hockey in Wassa?
27:48
SPEAKER_00: Was there a lot of a trust and excitement to get to come back to this organization and play another season?
27:53
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think it was kind of a no-brainer for both of us to come back with the coaching staff, with obviously oyster leaving, but we knew MyZ was gonna be great stepping into that role and the facilities we have, the fans is pretty much a no-brainer to come back to Wasa, I think.
28:08
SPEAKER_03: I think I was a little skeptical of coming back.
28:12
SPEAKER_03: I had a little rough season last year, so I know that was I put a lot of thought into that if I wanted to come back and you know, a lot of ER visits, a lot of timeout, a lot of stitches.
28:23
SPEAKER_03: But at the end of the day, you know, once I got back and I was like, oh shoot, you know, I missed a dirty so I had to come back.
28:30
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you you you took probably the hardest blow out of anybody as far as injuries go, eh?
28:35
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, broke collarbone in three spots and 18 stitches.
28:38
SPEAKER_03: I'll do it.
28:40
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I remember you were rocking the cage towards the end of the year.
28:43
SPEAKER_00: That was pretty electric.
28:44
SPEAKER_03: And the bubble.
28:46
SPEAKER_00: And the bubble.
28:49
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, all three of one game.
28:52
SPEAKER_00: Uh all right, so I want to ask you boys uh about the uh the coaching staff.
28:56
SPEAKER_00: Uh, first of all, just how cool is it for you guys as both of you got to play under Oisty?
29:04
SPEAKER_00: And I talked about it with a lot of the players last year because everybody speaks so highly of him and how much insight both on and off the ice he offers.
29:12
SPEAKER_00: How cool is it to see him get to the next level, to get to go up and coach in the knoll and and get, you know, just like as you players are always hoping for that call up to the next to the next thing, to the next league.
29:24
SPEAKER_00: Uh, how cool is it to see you know your former coach get to step up to the knoll?
29:28
SPEAKER_03: I think it's great.
29:29
SPEAKER_03: You know, he definitely deserves it.
29:30
SPEAKER_03: I mean, he's one of those coaches that you have that you'll never have another coach like him.
29:34
SPEAKER_03: I mean, you learn so much.
29:35
SPEAKER_03: I mean, just becoming a just becoming like a man and just growing up and stuff, I think that's more of it.
29:40
SPEAKER_03: It's just he's just such a great person and everything he does for you.
29:43
SPEAKER_03: He cares so much about you.
29:44
SPEAKER_03: And I mean, obviously he brings a lot of um like to our game and stuff and everything like that.
29:50
SPEAKER_03: He knows everything.
29:50
SPEAKER_03: And but yeah, it's great that he got the opportunity at the next level.
29:53
SPEAKER_03: And yeah, I know wishes the best for sure.
29:55
SPEAKER_02: Definitely miss him here, but and I think we could kind of see that coming too because we knew his contract was gonna be up at the end of last season, and he you could tell he kind of started let Mezey take over some more of the stuff, and you could kind of see the passing the range down to Mezey.
30:08
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, like Renswell said, Oisty, great coach, and he's gonna do great at the next level, and we just wish him all the best.
30:14
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, nothing but good wishes to Oisty.
30:17
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I was never on the ice, but like even I feel like I learned some stuff from him.
30:21
SPEAKER_00: He's just a beauty all around.
30:22
SPEAKER_00: Uh so cool to see him, cool to see him step up to the next level.
30:26
SPEAKER_00: Um, staying in the realm of coaching, though, you teased it a little bit, uh Jackson, but Meisey gets to step into that head coaching role.
30:35
SPEAKER_00: Uh what have you guys seen and kind of felt from him so far as a head coach?
30:41
SPEAKER_00: Do you feel any differences from him?
30:43
SPEAKER_00: Do you feel like he's stepping into that role well?
30:45
SPEAKER_00: And just what's the excitement and and kind of the vibe around the team to see uh see Meisey step in as the head coach of the clones?
30:52
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think Meisy stepped into this role perfectly.
30:55
SPEAKER_02: You know, so far this year, he's been hard on us when we need to be hard on, and he's been able to teach the young guys what we've been running.
31:02
SPEAKER_02: And you know, Oisty definitely taught Mezey a lot, and it's a lot of similar stuff, but we have changed some stuff subtly.
31:07
SPEAKER_02: So yeah, it's been good, really good with Meise so far.
31:13
SPEAKER_00: Awesome.
31:14
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, I from my experience, you know, chatting it up with him and hearing some of his hockey insight, it seems like he understands the game really well and uh can uh can offer a lot of good insight, like Oisty both on and off the ice in terms of you know the plays that you guys are drawing up, uh the strategies you uh you guys are trying to put forth out on the ice.
31:31
SPEAKER_00: So uh super cool to see uh see him step into uh step into that head coaching role.
31:36
SPEAKER_00: And then uh in the realm of coaching as well, uh you guys are obviously only four games in and you've had training camp, you've had plenty of time to be skating with the team.
31:44
SPEAKER_00: Uh the clones bring in Max Cothern as the uh assistant coach.
31:48
SPEAKER_00: What are your thoughts on you know having a new assistant coach?
31:51
SPEAKER_00: Uh I guess you like he's been able to mess with the team early on, and uh, what do you think he's gonna be able to bring to the table this season?
31:58
SPEAKER_03: I think he's great a lot.
32:00
SPEAKER_03: He's you know, he's he's young, but he knows a lot in the immediate practice.
32:03
SPEAKER_03: He steps up, he talks and everything like that.
32:05
SPEAKER_03: I mean, I think he's gonna do good for us.
32:07
SPEAKER_03: He's he's he's a good guy and knows what he's talking about.
32:10
SPEAKER_00: So do you guys do you guys feel like you're able to connect with him on a little closer of a level considering he's younger?
32:19
SPEAKER_00: Like, is there anything to say about the fact that a younger coach can can get to his players to a higher degree and just really hammer the points in more?
32:29
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, for sure.
32:30
SPEAKER_02: Definitely, especially with him being in that assistant role.
32:33
SPEAKER_02: Because I feel like the assistant role is more like you can obviously go talk to mice about anything, but a lot of times if Max can handle it, then that's a better situation than if you have to go talk to the head coach about it.
32:45
SPEAKER_02: Like the assistant can kind of take care of that stuff.
32:46
SPEAKER_02: And I feel like if he's younger, he can kind of connect with us more.
32:49
SPEAKER_02: So yeah.
32:52
SPEAKER_00: Sweet.
32:52
SPEAKER_00: Well, yeah, I mean it's uh it's a fresh, it's a fresh branded coaching staff, but it seems like they're uh equipped with a lot of good experience and insight to to lead you guys to another another winning season and hopefully another another spot in the Fraser Cup playoffs where you guys can uh try to take a little farther this year.
33:09
SPEAKER_00: Um so speaking of a new brand of coaching, new brand of hockey, just in general, a lot of new guys, a lot of new faces uh looking at the roster this year, and honestly, through the first four games, looking at the score sheet as well.
33:23
SPEAKER_00: So just kind of wanted to ask both of you your thoughts on just this team, this core that you guys have this year.
33:28
SPEAKER_00: What's it like being you know, seeing some of the returners, some of the guys that were around last year come back, and uh the new guys as well.
33:36
SPEAKER_00: How do you guys feel about the group and the team that you guys have this year looking ahead for uh the for the season?
33:41
SPEAKER_03: I think the group's great.
33:42
SPEAKER_03: You know, we got a lot of guys who got a lot of skill, and but I think the biggest thing is everyone on the team is good and willing to put in the work and you know, team workouts, you know, stuff outside of the rink, you know, everyone's just everyone's into it, and I think that's the best thing we got right now going for us.
33:56
SPEAKER_03: And yeah, I think it's been great, you know.
33:59
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think the new guys have stepped in great, the returners have been showing the new guys the way.
34:04
SPEAKER_02: I feel like we've been very down in with our process so far this year, off the ice, on the ice, and the new guys are adapting to that, so that's been good.
34:11
SPEAKER_02: And like Renzlow said, the new guys coming in, like they've been playing really hard, which is what we need.
34:18
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
34:18
SPEAKER_00: I mean, looking at the looking at the box scores from uh the series two weekends ago, and then last weekend against St.
34:26
SPEAKER_00: Louis.
34:26
SPEAKER_00: I mean, it it felt like left and right, you've got new guys getting their first goals, first assists, first points, and just you know, really showing that they're they're ready to be here, they're ready to work hard.
34:36
SPEAKER_00: So uh, you know, from an outside perspective, it seems like this team uh is gonna be able to do great things this year.
34:41
SPEAKER_00: So I'm super excited to see it.
34:43
SPEAKER_00: Um okay, I want to ask you guys about just the first two weekends of hockey.
34:48
SPEAKER_00: So let's start in Peoria.
34:50
SPEAKER_00: Uh first, just from both of you guys' perspectives.
34:53
SPEAKER_00: Obviously, you know, there's not really a way to sugarcoat it, not the way you guys want to start the year, uh, with a regulation and an overtime loss.
35:01
SPEAKER_00: From your guys' perspective, what was the what was kind of the breaking point and kind of the situation in that first two games of hockey where you guys didn't feel like you were able to get um get to your game right off the gate.
35:15
SPEAKER_00: What do you think went wrong in those first two games?
35:17
SPEAKER_03: I mean, not to make excuses.
35:19
SPEAKER_03: I mean, it all started this day we got here.
35:21
SPEAKER_03: You know, we came here and the league all got switched up.
35:24
SPEAKER_03: We got a week and a half of practice before the first weekend.
35:28
SPEAKER_03: We also had two actual D on the roster, and you know, we got a lot of guys in camps and everything.
35:33
SPEAKER_03: I mean, we've we filled spots and everything now, but I mean that first weekend was tough.
35:36
SPEAKER_03: You know, coming to coming here, you get a week, week and a half of practice.
35:39
SPEAKER_03: We didn't even get a full second week because we there's no ice around here, and you know, all we we're a big rookie team and everything, and just going down there and you know, we got forwards playing D and everything like that.
35:50
SPEAKER_03: I mean, it's no excuse, but I think it was definitely tough for us just to get into it right away.
35:53
SPEAKER_03: But we definitely came out better the second weekend.
35:56
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think first weekend like Friday night when you lose A3, it wasn't an A3 hockey game, but like you never want to lose like that, and it didn't, it just felt a little off everything, just felt off going down to Peoria first games of the year, like Renzel said, having two defenses, and then Saturday night losing in overtime.
36:13
SPEAKER_02: That was tough.
36:14
SPEAKER_02: I mean, it was a really good hockey game that we had a lot of chances that we probably hit like five crossbars, which was about 15 posts, which was tough, but like we just didn't find a way to win the game.
36:23
SPEAKER_02: But like we just got to stick to the process.
36:26
SPEAKER_02: We talked about that after the game, just trust the process, and it'll come.
36:29
SPEAKER_02: Results will come.
36:30
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, absolutely.
36:32
SPEAKER_00: Uh, and would do you guys feel like there was a lot of learning points and a lot of improvement just from that first to that second game?
36:40
SPEAKER_00: Because I mean, to your point, uh, Renz, you guys had almost no time to prep.
36:44
SPEAKER_00: Your line sheets are kind of jumbled all over the place.
36:47
SPEAKER_00: You don't end up winning that second game, but it's already improvement, Madge.
36:51
SPEAKER_00: You get a tuck in that game and you take them all the way to overtime.
36:53
SPEAKER_00: Do you guys feel like you were able to tweak a lot of those kind of first game errors and fix losses up in that second game despite the loss?
37:01
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I think there's a lot of jitters first game.
37:03
SPEAKER_03: I think going to the ring, going to the ring to second base Saturday.
37:06
SPEAKER_03: I mean, everyone went home pretty mad.
37:08
SPEAKER_03: Then we got to the ring Saturday, and I think everyone, I mean everyone knew what was happening.
37:12
SPEAKER_03: Well, what we needed to do, and I mean it was it was a great game.
37:14
SPEAKER_03: We I mean their goalie played unbelievable.
37:17
SPEAKER_03: We hit a lot of posts, we just couldn't get anything to go in.
37:20
SPEAKER_03: And uh um Gabe got jumped in the third period, so he lost one of our two D.
37:26
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
37:26
SPEAKER_03: I don't know.
37:27
SPEAKER_03: That was yeah, Maroonie thought he won the fight and was celebrating only on the ice.
37:31
SPEAKER_03: But yeah, so that took one of our D outs.
37:33
SPEAKER_03: Then we had one actual, I mean, yeah, but the second game was much much better.
37:38
SPEAKER_03: Much better.
37:39
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it was yeah.
37:41
SPEAKER_00: And then uh in terms of the second game being much better, you guys move on to the next weekend, and I feel like it's just continued improvement.
37:50
SPEAKER_00: Like I said, you've got new guys making an impact offensively on the ice in that first game.
37:56
SPEAKER_00: Braden Myers and Brighton Thaxton uh getting a few tucks, Ren, you're getting an assist on that uh first goal as well.
38:03
SPEAKER_00: Uh, once again, despite the fact that uh that you guys lost that first game, what do you feel like is starting to gel for this team at this point in the season in that third game, you know, where you're seeing depth scoring uh throughout the game.
38:16
SPEAKER_00: What do you think was going well at the start of that St.
38:18
SPEAKER_00: Louis series?
38:19
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think our forecheck from the start, from Fiori weekend and St.
38:23
SPEAKER_02: Louis weekend, has been really good.
38:25
SPEAKER_02: Where we kind of struggle right now is our D zone.
38:27
SPEAKER_02: We're still getting things through it out there, but we're working on it in practice and stuff.
38:31
SPEAKER_02: And he and Faxy get his first goal.
38:33
SPEAKER_02: That's always fun when he's doing Ruby scoring and Myers getting on the score sheet again, so that was good to see.
38:41
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, like I said, I feel like looking at the score sheet, there's just continued continued improvement, um, which is awesome.
38:48
SPEAKER_00: Uh and then let's talk about this final game here.
38:52
SPEAKER_00: So you guys have lost your first three games.
38:57
SPEAKER_00: You go down 2-0 midway through the second period.
39:02
SPEAKER_00: Sean Hall makes it a one-goal game, but you know, it goes right back to down two.
39:09
SPEAKER_00: First off, what was kind of the message in the locker room between that second and that third period where it's like, all right, we're down by two.
39:16
SPEAKER_00: There's a chance we're maybe sniffing our fourth straight loss.
39:20
SPEAKER_00: Like, what's the message to try to rally everybody together and get everybody on the same mindset for 20 more minutes of hockey?
39:26
SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah, after that second period, you know, we're down 3-1, and I think we all went back in the locker room.
39:31
SPEAKER_03: Everyone was pretty upset, but I think I think every single person in the locker room said something that we had to do better in the third period.
39:37
SPEAKER_03: And everyone bought into it.
39:38
SPEAKER_03: I mean, Magson out there sent two.
39:40
SPEAKER_03: That helped a lot.
39:41
SPEAKER_03: But I think, you know, just the overall third period was probably the best hockey we played.
39:45
SPEAKER_03: I mean, everyone was gritty hits from being thrown.
39:47
SPEAKER_03: I mean, we were just buying in.
39:49
SPEAKER_03: I mean, chances are there was probably gonna win 6-1 in the third there, but and then we went in overtime and you know, everyone knew we had to win.
39:56
SPEAKER_03: I mean, it was there's there's not a we couldn't lose that game, and um Sal came home clutch there at the end of the five-ball goal, and we went home happy.
40:04
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and I remember going to the locker room after the second just saying like it's our turn now for a third-period comeback because the past two games we were off in the third, we blew a lead, which was frustrating, but like I think that third period overtime just shows that if we stick to the process, like we'll get the results because we've been doing a lot of good things and we got the results on Saturday, which was nice.
40:24
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, for you specifically, Jackson, you you kind of led the you kind of led the comeback charge.
40:30
SPEAKER_00: Uh, what what worked so well for you in that third period to the point where you were able to get uh back-to-back goals, uh, not even two minutes apart from one another to tie up the game.
40:41
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I feel like I had a lot of chances all weekend, so I could kind of feel like feel like I was due at some point.
40:47
SPEAKER_02: So I got on the first one, I got a rebound, so I got a lucky bounce, and then the second one, straight defenseman gave me a little too much space, and I took advantage.
40:55
SPEAKER_02: So yeah.
40:57
SPEAKER_00: I mean, awesome stuff to see you uh you know step into such an offensively dominant role and get that game um tied up.
41:06
SPEAKER_00: Uh Ren, you uh you teased it a little bit, but uh little overtime win from uh from Sally.
41:13
SPEAKER_00: How crucial is it to get him back on the forward sheet?
41:16
SPEAKER_00: Because I know he was off for the first weekend uh with an all team doing a training camp, seeing if he was gonna take the next step up, but uh he obviously ends up back in Wassa.
41:26
SPEAKER_00: How big is it to get an offensive firepower type of player like Max and Salyanko back on the roster?
41:32
SPEAKER_00: How much of a difference maker is he gonna be for you guys this season?
41:35
SPEAKER_03: Oh, it'd definitely be a big difference maker.
41:37
SPEAKER_03: I mean, it's great to have him back, especially in the locker room.
41:40
SPEAKER_03: So I think that's bigger than what he is on the ice.
41:41
SPEAKER_03: You know, he's a great he's a great guy, brings a lot of fun, you know, likes to joke around and stuff, but obviously having his skill on the ice is huge for this team, and it'll help us out a lot.
41:52
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, uh from from watching all the home games at least last year, he was he's such a he's such a unique type of offensive player.
41:58
SPEAKER_00: He's he's very two-way, he plays a 200-foot game, and it's uh very good to have him uh have him have him back on the roster, which is awesome.
42:06
SPEAKER_00: Um one more question about the uh the Peoria series.
42:10
SPEAKER_00: I want you guys to keep it super honest here because I'm I'm genuinely curious.
42:15
SPEAKER_00: Peoria was uh a tough watch last year.
42:18
SPEAKER_00: I mean they were I don't even think they broke the teams as far as their win count.
42:22
SPEAKER_00: They were comfortably bottom of the central division.
42:26
SPEAKER_00: Are they uh are they gonna be a team to fear this year?
42:29
SPEAKER_00: Are they gonna be a legit contender?
42:31
SPEAKER_00: Like, what do you guys think is going on in Fioria?
42:34
SPEAKER_00: Are they gonna be a tough, a tough opponent throughout the season?
42:37
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they are much, much better than last year.
42:40
SPEAKER_02: Like that road trip is tough on any team in the central division to go down there.
42:43
SPEAKER_02: And like this year, they have a lot of offensive firepower where you gotta be ready every night playing against them.
42:49
SPEAKER_02: I don't I don't think there's gonna be a team in the central division that's not gonna be a tough opponent this year, honestly.
42:53
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, they got a they got a new head coach.
42:55
SPEAKER_03: Actually, um Brady Ernst is from last year on our team.
42:58
SPEAKER_03: His dad's coaching the team now.
42:59
SPEAKER_03: He did a lot of good recruiting and stuff and running a lot of time.
43:01
SPEAKER_00: Dude, I thought you were gonna say Ernie was coaching them, which I wouldn't I wouldn't even believe.
43:05
SPEAKER_03: That would be funny.
43:07
SPEAKER_00: Uh well that's awesome.
43:09
SPEAKER_00: I mean, you know, I know I know we uh we want the best for for Wassa, but it's it's always it's always there's always a silver lining.
43:16
SPEAKER_00: It's always good to see a team turn it around a little.
43:19
SPEAKER_00: So uh as long as it's not against as long as it's not against the clones, it's uh it's good to see them back in the wind column a little bit.
43:25
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
43:27
SPEAKER_00: Uh all right.
43:28
SPEAKER_00: I want to ask you by next weekend.
43:31
SPEAKER_00: Uh you guys have a big series against a team that I feel like last year a rivalry kind of started to form a little more so than it has been in the past.
43:42
SPEAKER_00: Uh the Rochester Grizzlies, you guys are going up to the Rochester Rec Center to uh play the Grizzlies.
43:48
SPEAKER_00: What do you guys think is going to be the biggest emphasis for this game or this series rather this weekend?
43:55
SPEAKER_00: Uh and is there a little bit of an extra, a little bit of an extra jump, a little bit of an extra motion?
44:00
SPEAKER_00: Motivation to go and beat this team considering the way the playoff series went last year.
44:04
SPEAKER_03: I think, yeah, for sure.
44:06
SPEAKER_03: I mean, for all of us returners, I mean last year, you know, splitting them all year and then going to playoffs, and I mean to be honest, they wiped us, you know.
44:13
SPEAKER_03: I mean, we're all pretty mad about it, and I think, you know, going down to Raj is always tough, you know.
44:17
SPEAKER_03: They always got a packed barn and fans are mean and everything.
44:20
SPEAKER_03: And they're just a tough team to play against.
44:21
SPEAKER_03: They play physical, they play gritty, you know.
44:24
SPEAKER_03: So, I mean, we gotta play good.
44:26
SPEAKER_03: We gotta all the details and everything gotta be perfect down there.
44:29
SPEAKER_03: And I think it'll be a good series, and hopefully we come out with it.
44:32
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think definitely emphasis this week and this weekend is gonna be gritty because that's how Rochester likes to play, and that's how you gotta play in this division if you wanna win games.
44:42
SPEAKER_02: And yeah, it's definitely been a game server on the calendar since they knocked us out of the playoffs last year.
44:48
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I think it'll be uh I think it'll be a good way to uh a good way to you know continue to get your guys' game dialed in throughout the season.
44:56
SPEAKER_00: And uh yeah, like I said, I think uh I think there's a little extra jump with a team like Rochester and I want to get some uh some revenge back.
45:03
SPEAKER_00: I'm uh I'm I'm not gonna not gonna jinx it too much, knock on wood here, but uh after the Peoria series, uh I put in the pick that I thought you guys were gonna split last weekend and tweak this weekend.
45:14
SPEAKER_00: So I'm halfway correct, splitting in St.
45:16
SPEAKER_00: Louis.
45:17
SPEAKER_00: So it's I'm I'm counting on you guys.
45:19
SPEAKER_00: It's gonna make me look good.
45:20
SPEAKER_00: Uh I gotta get the pick right.
45:21
SPEAKER_00: All right, I gotta get the pick right.
45:24
SPEAKER_00: Um, all right, I got uh I got one more question for each of you boys.
45:27
SPEAKER_00: Uh Jackson, starting with you.
45:29
SPEAKER_00: Just personally, going out and skating at Bismarck and just any off-season work you did.
45:33
SPEAKER_00: What was some of your biggest goals throughout the offseason?
45:35
SPEAKER_00: What was some of the biggest emphasis you wanted to put on your game to try to come out and be a better player for the clones this year?
45:42
SPEAKER_02: Oh, I think every off-season you're trying to get bigger, faster, and stronger off the ice.
45:46
SPEAKER_02: So that was a big emphasis, emphasis for me.
45:48
SPEAKER_02: And then just for on ice-wise, definitely playing more physical, more gritty, because the stuff from high school to junior, like you saw, like you can see that you definitely need to play more physical and more gritty, like I said.
46:00
SPEAKER_02: So just kind of emphasizing that stuff.
46:03
SPEAKER_03: I yeah, Matt pretty much said it.
46:07
SPEAKER_03: I did differently, but I think Matt's probably did a little better this offseason than I did.
46:11
SPEAKER_03: Um yeah, no, just everything Matt said, you know, just trying to prepare for the next season.
46:15
SPEAKER_03: I mean, obviously, last year I had it rough, so you know, just being able to come back really and just, you know, I mean, sure, I can play and everything and have a better chance off the bat and everything, so yeah, that was actually the thing.
46:28
SPEAKER_00: The next thing I was gonna ask you, Owen.
46:30
SPEAKER_00: Uh you didn't get to play for the first few months of the season last year.
46:35
SPEAKER_00: You were uh nursing that broken collarbone, you were in kind of a brace situation.
46:40
SPEAKER_00: Uh you were off the ice for a good amount of time to start the year.
46:45
SPEAKER_00: How big of a difference does it make to get to lace them up for the first game and to get to be on the ice playing for the first two games of the season?
46:54
SPEAKER_00: Just how much of an advantage has that been for you and how do you feel like it's gonna benefit you this season?
46:59
SPEAKER_03: Um, yeah, I mean it feels great.
47:00
SPEAKER_03: I mean, the first weekend, you know, I was a little nervous about what happened last year, but I mean, feels great, honestly.
47:06
SPEAKER_03: I mean, last year was definitely probably one of the toughest moments I've probably had in my hockey career, and you know, just dealing with all that and just being able to play the first four games healthy and play good and everything, and just you know, just have a role on the team and just I mean, it's great, honestly.
47:19
SPEAKER_03: There's not much I can say about it.
47:20
SPEAKER_03: I've never really experienced so this is my first time um experiencing that in junior hockey, but yeah, no, it feels great, and hopefully, you know, it doesn't happen again.
47:28
SPEAKER_03: Knock on wood.
47:29
SPEAKER_03: Knock on wood.
47:29
SPEAKER_03: Knock on wood.
47:31
SPEAKER_00: Knock on wood, healthy season, fellas.
47:33
SPEAKER_00: That's what we need out of you two.
47:34
SPEAKER_00: Um all right, boys.
47:36
SPEAKER_00: Well, that's all the that's all the questions I got for you guys.
47:38
SPEAKER_00: You guys have anything you want to say?
47:40
SPEAKER_00: Anything you want to shout out on the pod before we before we close things out?
47:44
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I gotta get I gotta give him a shout out to uh my old Pee Wee coach back home, Coach Shacker.
47:49
SPEAKER_02: Last time I was on the pod, I forgot to shout him out, and he gave me some grief for it, so I had to give him a shout out.
47:53
SPEAKER_02: And shout out all my family back home.
47:55
SPEAKER_02: Miss them.
47:56
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, shout out my family back home and my dogs.
47:58
SPEAKER_03: I miss my dogs a lot.
48:00
SPEAKER_03: Um miss my grandma a lot too.
48:02
SPEAKER_03: I mean, yeah, shout out to them.
48:05
SPEAKER_03: They're coming next week in those.
48:07
SPEAKER_02: And shout out our home fans.
48:08
SPEAKER_02: We need you guys here, home opener.
48:10
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
48:10
SPEAKER_02: First Alpha.
48:11
SPEAKER_02: Pac Alex.
48:12
SPEAKER_00: Coming up, playing, playing a brand new franchise, the Fox Cities Forge.
48:16
SPEAKER_00: Gotta you gotta show them, show them what the three's all about.
48:18
SPEAKER_00: Can't can't give them an easy game in in uh in Marathon Park.
48:22
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
48:24
SPEAKER_00: Awesome, boys.
48:25
SPEAKER_00: Well, appreciate you both for taking the time.
48:27
SPEAKER_00: Uh good luck with this coming weekend, a big series against Rochester.
48:31
SPEAKER_00: We'll be uh we'll be excited to continue to follow it.
48:34
SPEAKER_00: And uh in the meantime, uh great to catch up with you guys and uh good luck prepping for the rest of the week.
48:38
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, thank you, Mark.
48:39
SPEAKER_03: Thanks very much, Mark.
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