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Trisha, J-Roll, and Late Season Comebacks · Predators Official Podcast

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Sand Coast across right side Marshall so shoots and scores.
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It's the podcast that loves the hockey team you love and sorrow
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stops him with the blocker. This is the Predator's official
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podcast with Cara Hammer and Max hers.
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one O 6 three. The game at
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nashvillepredators.com. This is the Predators official
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podcast on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three.
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The game. My name is Max.
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Hers from Predators Radio along with Kara Hammer from Preds TV.
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Hello Hammer. What's up Max?
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Are you feeling good? I was a big time win last night.
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Smash belt. We are riding quite the hockey
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high as we record here on Wednesday April 9th after the
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highest scoring overtime win in Predators history. 76 in OT
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Tuesday night against the Islanders in the 5th to last
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game of the season. That was a whale of a game.
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It was so much fun and think about all of the, you know, the
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history that the Islanders are making this week alone, a high
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scoring game last night in Smashville.
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But Max, I got to start this podcast congratulating Alex
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Ovechkin, the NHL all time goal scoring leader, now 895 goals.
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And I'm not joking, Max, when he scored it, I think I cried like
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a baby. I don't know.
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I was like, I was so overcome with emotion watching this
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historic record be broken. Wow, Hammer was in her fields.
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Happy tears. In my fields, I've, I've always
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enjoyed OV and it's always been like anytime you, you watch him
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score a goal in Smashville, you know, from his spot on the ice,
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you think you're, you're watching, you're watching
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history. And he got he got it done.
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Have you ever met him? I have not.
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I've seen him in the hallway. I've seen him in the hallway.
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And but you know, like some of my heroes, they do come around
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the building. Even last night with the
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Islanders having Patrick go out in the building as as many of
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you know, like that's where I grew up.
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That's what got me into hockey, that 1996 Colorado Avalanche
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team. So.
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But maybe now if I see Obie again, I might have to ask for
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an autograph, yeah. Yeah, I'd say go for it.
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I don't think last night would have been a good time to talk to
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Patty Wah though. I don't think he was very happy
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after the Predators came from behind late.
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Two goals down in the final two O 7 and beat the Islanders in
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overtime 7:00 to 6:00. What a ridiculous game back and
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forth. Not the most well played game.
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Islanders were in must win mode and the Predators found a way to
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beat them to snap A6 game losing skid for the Preds.
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This game just had so many things.
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It started with Ryan O'reilly's 300th NHL goal so Congrats to
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Mr. Factor on that. Philip Forsberg got his 30th
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goal of the season. That is his fifth thirty goal
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season. Steven Stamkos hammered a power
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play goal. Michael McCarron went into full
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back mode and muscled A puck over the goal line and the Preds
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played well enough to win and kept it close but found
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themselves down 6/4 after giving up a Shorty with under 4 minutes
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left on a play the Preds strongly felt should have
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included a penalty against the Islanders.
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They were hot down there on the bench and the Preds actually got
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a penalty for unsportsmanlike for arguing.
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Then the refs even things up a little bit.
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Fred's got A5 on three with the empty net.
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Stephen Stamko scored to make it a one goal game at 65.
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Then it's six on five. Michael Bunting doing his work
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in front of the net, tips Stamkos's shot in Stamkos's
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fourth point of the game, the game tying goal for Bunting.
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His fourth goal as a Pred made it 6-6 with 39 seconds left.
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Then in overtime, Cara, the rookie, fedders Fetchkov with
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the game winner. This was one of those games,
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Max, that if you left the building when the Preds went two
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goals down, you're on the drive home kicking yourself to look at
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the final score and see the Preds came back and win at 7:00
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to 6:00. And it was an awesome crowd,
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too, on Trisha Yearwood bobblehead night.
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We still have the best fans in the world.
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Cara. This season has not gone well.
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It's a Tuesday night. The Preds have been eliminated
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from playoff contention. But man of these crowds down the
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stretch still been big and they've been really fun.
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And how could you not have fun watching a 7 to 6 Fred's win?
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I I felt good about it, Max, when the score was six to five
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and there was a catfish on the ice and we were talking about it
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on the broadcast. Who was holding on to this
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catfish? How long was he sitting in the
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building with this fish, you know, strapped on him?
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Somebody bring him in. Was he in a cooler?
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What was the deal here? But the catfish came on the ice.
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I had good feelings and I had a great, great postgame interview
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with Steven Sam, Coach, first star of the game.
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Just talking about the crowd here in Smash Bell.
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Steven, let's start with overtime and the rookie.
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He had options, but he takes the shot himself.
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What did you see from Svetch cough there?
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I was just catching my breath on the bench, to be honest with
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you. So I missed it.
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I heard the crowd go crazy. So I think Shay Z made a great
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play and Svetch took the puck and shot her home.
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It's great to see. Obviously he's he's going to be
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a big part of the future here. You guys were down two goals,
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six to four, 4 minutes left in the game.
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Talk about the belief in this team to find a way to come back.
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Well, I thought we got a little bad luck.
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Obviously Factor took that stick up high and we got some calls at
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the end. And you know, it's nice to get
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on the power play there and get 1.
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And I used to finally score one on a six on five situation.
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So it was an exciting game. Obviously a lot of goals and
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hopefully we can build off that two power play goals.
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It feels like the man advantage is is really finding a way to
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get the job done. Yeah.
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I mean, it's it's been a work in progress all season.
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So we're trying to build something we can feel good about
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ourselves heading in to the last couple games here.
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And it was a good, good day today and always a good day when
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you see the catfish on the ice. Yeah, absolutely.
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So, you know, a good, good effort, a gutsy effort and we
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found a way. Thanks, Steven Catfish on the
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ice. Max, did you?
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Did you anticipate that with a handful of games left in the
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season, down six to four with the, you know, 4 minutes left in
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the game? We need to figure out who this
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was because there were so many aspects of this that made it
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ridiculous. First of all, anybody who brings
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in a catfish and straps it to their body or as you said, maybe
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sneaks it in in a cooler or something like that, you are a
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hero. First of all, no matter how you
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get it in or when it hits the ice to bring it in at the 5th to
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last game of the season when the preds have been eliminated from
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the play offs double S the hero factor and then to hang on to it
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until the 12th goal of the game goes in in the final minute.
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We need to figure out who this was.
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If you know or have any information, please tweet at us
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at Maxers talks at Cara Hammer. We we will have a reward for
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you. We can reward you with some
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Preds tickets either for next week or next season if you have
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information leading to our hero. So going back, Max, I mean, is
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this what the season has been missing?
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There's so many times we we question what happened.
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There was a little bit of a lull in a game.
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Has it just been the catfish this whole time?
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Maybe this individual had the catfish strapped to their body
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the entire season. He was waiting for the.
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Pawns to unfreeze to go catch 1. Yeah, seriously, he was hole
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hopping over at Percy Priest trying to make it happen.
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But hey, whatever works, whatever works.
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And then in overtime, 2 great chances, one for each side.
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Jonathan Marshiso stopped on a breakaway by Marcus Hogberg, and
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then Simon Holmstrom hit the post in search of a hat trick
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for the Islanders. Third shift of OT Feder
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Svechkov. He's coming to be Mr. Overtime
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now as a rookie. He has three overtime shifts in
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the NHL. Kara 2 primary points on 2 Preds
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game winners. The assists Steven Stamkos in
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the Predators last overtime win and then the overtime goal
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against the Islanders. 2 big ones for Svetch and you got to
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talk to him after the game which is always a treat talking to
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Svetch. A big night for some of the
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veterans. Ryan O'Reilly picks up his three
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hundredth goal. Philip Forsberg, his 5th, 30th
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goal season. How much are you relying on
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these guys right now? What am I doing?
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Like looking up to them, relying on them, taking advice from
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them. I mean, there are legends
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around, so trying to be quiet in a room.
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No, I mean like there are everybody like good guys.
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Sometimes they invite me to the dinner, so I have this chance
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and I'm going when I have this chance.
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Yeah, They're just trying to help to young guys and they're
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really trying to show that that they can make a result in this
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league. And I think maybe not this
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season already, but I hope that next season I'm going to like
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turn around. Well, Samer had high praise for
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you tonight, so Congrats on this one.
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Yeah, thank you. Thank you guys.
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Sometimes they let Fetters Fetchkov go to dinner with them,
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and he's very grateful for that. I it's one of these interviews
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where you it it's better to watch it on on television.
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The way his eyes lit up when I said 300 goals for Ryan O'Reilly
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and you know, he gives the for Philip Forsberg, you know, 530
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goal season. But Max, my favorite was to
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close out this interview. I don't think it made the cut,
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but he looked at the camera and gave two big thumbs up.
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So, I mean, I just, I just love, I just love Sketchkov.
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He's such a great interview. And, you know, kudos to him for
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always, you know, standing there and answering the questions,
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even though English is not his first, his first language.
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I believe endeared is what the hockey fans call what fetters
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Fetchkov is. We are endearing.
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He is endearing himself to us every time we hear him and see
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him play. He's great, he's great.
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So shout out to Svetch. Big overtime goal for him.
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Hey, maybe if the league goes full time three on three next
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year, he can win the Art Ross. I think he's got a shot.
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He's been Mr. Overtime. Yeah, it's been great.
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And Max, I have to tell you, last night I fan rolled out
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quite a bit for Trisha Yearwood Bobblehead night.
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I had never met her personally. I've been at some events with
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her, but I was very, very excited when I found out I was
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going to have the chance to speak with her.
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And she was great. She is a girl's girl and she
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told me that she watches every hockey game and I could not
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think of a better person for Smash Belt to have a bobble head
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and to be able to celebrate her. And of course, she crushed it
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singing the national anthem. Welcome back to Predators
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Hockey. And guys, I'm fangirling now
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because I am standing here with the one and only Trisha
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Yearwood. Trisha, it's your bobble head
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night. How cool is this moment for you?
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I mean, you know, you've made it when you have a bobble head and
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I have smash on here. So to have a dog on the bobble
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head is pretty great. I know you're a big dog rescue
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person. How important was that for you
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to have smash on your bobble head?
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Well, to just raise awareness for adoption.
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And I know that a Smash trash came from Goodlettsville, which
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is where I live and just trying to light on rescue.
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So it it was meant a lot to me. So I, I have to ask because
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you're a country girl, but you're Nashville girl.
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How did you get into the sport of hockey?
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I mean, you have been a large supporter of this team in this
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franchise. When when the team came here, I
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just embraced it. Nashville is a great sports
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town. We embrace our teams.
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And I just started watching and learning.
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My husband knows a lot about hockey.
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So I I asked her so many questions until finally now he's
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like, I'm a hockey wife because now I think I know what's going
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on. And we know you had a had a
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celebratory drink with all the hockey wives tonight already,
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right? I did, I did.
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I asked and how they can, how they can watch their husbands,
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especially get in flights and stuff.
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But they they were, they were wonderful and and I was happy to
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get a chance to meet them. Well, we're so happy to have you
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in the building tonight. Thank you, Tricia.
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Thank. You great job, Kara.
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You maintained your fangirl status without fangirling too
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hard and bombing the interview. Great job.
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I think, I think it was great because we had a few minutes
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before we started to catch up and she gave me a hug and she
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said I watch you, I watch every game.
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I just love you. I love Lindsay.
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And she told me she goes, I watch a lot of the games with my
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sister and when you guys are done with the interview, my
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sister and I look at each other. We go guys, cuz you know, that's
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how Lindsay and I always toss. Back.
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Oh my God, really amazed. That's incredible.
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So, so I could get chirped a little bit like Trisha, but this
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is how much I was fangirling because we were having this
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conversation. And I said, how'd you get into
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hockey? And she goes, well, you know,
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Garth would play these shows and we'd go out and we'd we'd he'd
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do pick up games and I'd watch or we'd be ice skating on these
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ranks. And I thought you, you're
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talking about your husband, Garth Brooks.
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Like it was just such a normal conversation.
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She was so down to earth and it was a great night.
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But also we've had so many cool musicians in the building this
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season with the bobblehead night.
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Obviously we've had Tim McGraw and we had Vince and Amy, but
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Lindsay got the got the number one with Jelly Roll Fred's
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leading 2 to nothing over the Blues.
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I have a very special guest now on the desk.
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That guy right here is joining me.
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Jelly, Roll Jelly. Hey, hey, hey, what's up,
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bobblehead? Name.
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We've got lots of fans, everybody.
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He came down here to see Jelly. Let's talk about the bobblehead
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Jelly. What do you think?
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It's pretty accurate. Dude, is this not the coolest?
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Look at look at this watches boop.
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I've been sitting up there flipping it on the head all
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night long. It's the coolest thing ever.
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I just can't quit flipping it. Oh.
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My. God, the best one ever?
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Dude, no, I love. This one accurate, the tattoos,
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everything. No, look, the tattoos are
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perfect, dude. And they, they, they sit on and
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look, man, I got to be the first bobble head in the NHL with face
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tattoos. This has got to be some sort of
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a weird record. For sure, it definitely is.
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Well, Jelly being in Nashville native, what's it been like to
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watch this town turn in to a hockey city?
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Dude, I watched this town go from guitar town to hockey town.
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It was awesome. It was one of the coolest things
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I've ever seen. I love the culture around it,
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too. And you know, I've toured, so
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I've got to play every NHL stadium.
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I get to catch a lot of games on the road.
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But man, it is a special culture in Nashville.
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People that come here know it's real and it's awesome, man.
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It's really cool to see what's happened since the late 90s here
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with the Predators. Yeah, definitely.
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And you were saying you've only been able to make it to to three
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games this year, but what were you saying being a good luck
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charm? Oh, dude, I'm telling you what?
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We're two and oh, while I'm here and we're two to nothing going
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into the second. So I feel, I feel like I'm
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bringing something here. Can I tell you something cool?
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Yeah. Tell me.
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So my wife's upstairs with me, my son and my daughter.
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My son is 8 years old. My daughter's fixing to be 17.
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All of her high school friends are here.
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My son's best friend's here. And it reminded me of when it
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when we first got the Predators, my father would bring me.
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We didn't know anything about hockey, you know, we were
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Nashville people. But he was a prideful Nashville
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person. He was like, we're going to have
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a team, we're going to be into it, you know what I mean?
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So it's really cool to see my son experience in his first
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Predators game tonight. Oh, it's his first game.
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That's so amazing. I love that.
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Yeah, we saw you up in in the sweet cheering when the guys
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were scoring. So really into it tonight.
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You got the custom jacket. I'm teaching my wife the
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culture. I'm like, yo, you got to watch
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this part. This is the Tim McGraw part.
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And I'm showing. I'm like, really cool, man.
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It's a culture thing. I love it.
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Well, Jilly, thank you so much for joining us.
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And hey, you, you, hopefully they keep winning and you're the
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good luck charm. Keep.
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Going tell you dude, I'm hanging out, that's for sure.
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It feels good to be back home and that's why I landed at 4:00
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this morning. We're back rocking and rolling.
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Thanks for joining us. We appreciate.
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It awesome stuff with Jelly Roll a couple weeks ago on his
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bobblehead night at Bridgestone, the first bobblehead in NHL
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history with face tattoos. He's so great.
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I mean, he's been around fight. We've seen him, I think 1 I
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think last season he was in on the engagement.
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Do you recall that if you were in the building, he he assisted
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on somebody getting proposed to at the game.
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So shout out to Jelly roll. He's everywhere.
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He does everything. I I don't know when he sleeps
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Max, but we're so glad that he's a, he's a a fan and of a
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supporter of, of the Predators. We talked about this a couple
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weeks ago, but before his bobblehead day on the podcast,
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and we did get the correct answer.
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What do you refer to Jelly Roll as when you meet him?
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And you heard Lindsay say it at the beginning of that interview.
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Jelly is what he likes to be called.
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So just lead with Jelly. That's the answer.
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But I was asking some of the players because many of them
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have met him before He came to the locker room after a game
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earlier this season. We got a variety of answers.
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A couple people said Jelly, which is the correct answer.
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Cole Smith said Mr. Roll was his suggestion, which prompted Zach
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LaRue to say is his last name actually Roll?
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Which no it's not, it's Deford, but close.
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Good try Zach. So Jelly, Mr. Roll See Mace
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submitted rolzy in the spirit of hockey nicknames a classic.
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And UC Sorrows said he actually had not met him formally, but he
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suggested J Roll, which I like. But Jelly is apparently the
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correct way to refer to Mr. Roll.
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It's a Jelly roll, all right. Yeah, but good to know the
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bobble heads were awesome. Props to the Preds marketing
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team for making all those happen.
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Hope you got all five. I've got all 5 put together now.
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The Music City Hawk of Bobblehead series is complete
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thanks to Visit Music City, the Nashville Tourism and Activities
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Board, the Chamber of Commerce, whatever you want to call them.
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They do a great job with all of the events in the city and so
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many events that touch Bridgestone Arena, including so
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many things around the Preds games, SEC tournament, concerts,
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Comedy Festival, everything. That's a busy crew and they lent
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us some of their time and support to get those bobble
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heads to you this season here in Smashville.
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Down to four games left in the season as we record here on
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Wednesday, April 9th. By the time some of you hear
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this, they may only be three games left in the season.
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Thursday night, April 10th, the Predators become the last team
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to visit Salt Lake City, UT for the first time.
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Thursday night April 10th Preds and the Utah Hockey Club at 8:00
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then Saturday night Las Vegas for the Preds Jonathan Marshiso
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makes his long-awaited return to the place he played the previous
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seven seasons. They made him late wait until
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the last Rd. game of the season. Preds and Golden nights Saturday
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night April 12th at 9:00. Then the final two games of the
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season are at home Monday night, April 14th again against Utah at
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Bridgestone Arena at 7:00 and then Wednesday night, April
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16th, the season finale against the Stars Wednesday night at 7
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at at Bridgestone Arena. So hope to see you guys at one
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of the final two home games of this season.
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Hate that we're at the end here. Kara.
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It's April and we know the Preds will be done after this week.
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Doesn't feel right. Feels like we should be gearing
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up for some playoffs, but want to thank the fans who have made
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this season so much fun. You'll keep Fan Appreciation
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month going as well on Preds Twitter with tons of discounts
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from our sponsors and giveaways coming every day both online and
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at the Preds games. This past week we had a new pred
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join the fold. First round pick, 20 year old
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winger Matt Wood signed with the predators and made his NHL
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debut. We'll talk about his first
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couple NHL games coming up next here on the predators official
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podcast. She is Cara hammer from
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predators TV. Trisha Yearwood's best friend.
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I'm Max Sears from preds radio. This is the POP on ESPN.
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One O 2 five and one O 6 three the game her.
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Daddy says when it comes to Brandy, got the short end of the
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stick. Welcome into the Predators
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official podcast. I'm Carrie Hammer along with
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Max, hers and the Hey Trisha, you're what Max?
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I mentioned that I have done some events with her and one
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time we were at the charity bowling event and the song came
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over the speakers and Trisha had everybody in the building
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singing her song while bowling and it was one of my favorite
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moments. By being an employee with the
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Nashville Predators, so. Yeah, she's the best fan.
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Girl and heart over here, Max. Fangirl, you're sweetheart out
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and she fangirled right back at you.
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I do want to give a shout out also to Trish.
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I did not notice this as it was happening just based on where I
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was sitting in the press box, but she was wearing a Hockey
20:45
Fights Cancer themed bedazzled Preds jersey for the anthem at
20:49
the game this week and Pretz Twitter posted pictures.
20:53
The name on the back was Rogers. That is in honor of Pete Rogers,
20:59
the Preds only equipment manager in team history.
21:01
His daughter is currently fighting cancer.
21:03
Her name is Lexi and Trisha wanted to give her a big shout
21:07
out so she got the bedazzled Hockey Fights cancer sweater.
21:10
A nice humble nod to Lexi. So Lexi, we're rooting for you.
21:14
Lexi is a college student, Nashville native who grew up
21:16
here as part of the Preds family.
21:18
And nice job Trisha. Another big win for Trish.
21:21
She is the best. That's so sweet and why we're
21:25
why we're talking about equipment staff.
21:26
Let's give a shout out to Brad Peterson, Assistant Equipment
21:30
manager, who works his thousandth game last night, Max.
21:34
Incredible. Number for him. 1000 games on
21:37
the equipment staff, that might be harder work than 1000 games
21:41
as a player there. There are not many times I would
21:43
belittle how hard the players work, but the equipment guys
21:46
might be the only ones who work harder along with the athletic
21:48
trainers. And we and Brad's just been
21:51
around the game forever. If if you're unaware, his dad is
21:54
Brent Peterson, former assistant coach for the Nashville
21:56
Predators. Great guy, love Brad.
21:59
Think about the hours they put in Max when when the team flies
22:02
home and you may get in late at 4:00 in the morning, everybody
22:05
gets to go home and go to bed. But these guys go straight to
22:07
the rink and get everything ready to to do it all over
22:10
again. Yeah, those jerseys got to get
22:12
hung right up and the equipment's got to dry
22:15
regardless of when the next game is.
22:16
So it is a thankless life for those guys and I'm trying to get
22:21
one of the 1000 game Brad Peterson T-shirts.
22:23
I'm not sure how many extras there are, but I got to get one.
22:27
I did get, not the team edition, but the Preds were selling Ryan
22:31
O'Reilly 1000 game jerseys or T-shirts last season and there's
22:35
still a few up in the Preds locker room pro shop.
22:39
So go get him if you want one. I got one of those.
22:41
That was the first one thousandth game I was on the
22:43
call for in the NHL and got to love the fat daddy.
22:46
So I grabbed one of those. But the Brad ones I think are
22:49
only team issue. I don't think he has enough of a
22:51
following to sell them to the general public.
22:53
Sorry Brad, love you. But yeah, I I need to get my
22:56
hands on one of those. But first we got to make sure
22:58
Brent, his dad, gets one because he said he didn't have one yet
23:01
either when I asked him last night.
23:04
That's great 1000 games. That's so many.
23:07
Yeah, that is a lot of skates sharpened and screws tightened
23:11
on helmets and sticks and gloves and everything.
23:14
And those of you who have been around hockey know none of it
23:17
smells very good. So shout out to Brad.
23:19
All the players love him and we love him and he's Smashville
23:22
Zone. So it was his one thousandth
23:24
game. That was Matt Woods second NHL
23:27
game, the big 20 year old winger.
23:29
He just turned 20 a couple months ago.
23:31
Predators drafted Wood in the draft at Bridgestone Arena 2
23:35
summers ago, 15th overall. He and Tanner Molindyke were the
23:38
two first round picks in that draft that we got to host here.
23:42
Wood at the time had just finished his freshman season of
23:44
college hockey at UConn. He was the youngest player in
23:49
American College hockey that season, played one more season
23:52
at UConn, then transferred to Minnesota this season where he
23:55
had some family roots. His dad, Jamie, was an assistant
23:59
coach for the women's hockey team at Minnesota for a few
24:01
years while Matt was growing up. They went back to the Vancouver
24:05
area, where his mom's side of the family is originally from,
24:09
and that's where he considers himself to be from.
24:11
But he's bounced around the hockey world, got drafted in
24:13
Smashville and had never actually skated at Bridgestone
24:17
Arena until morning skate on Sunday, the day he made his
24:20
Preds debut. That's so cool.
24:24
I love, I love it for the rookie to come out and he did so well.
24:28
Max, he received such high praise from not only the
24:31
coaching staff but his own team mates.
24:33
I know afterwards Up with Steven, Samco said.
24:36
He looked so poised for for being such a young guy.
24:39
And I had a chance to catch up with Michael McCarron, who
24:42
skated on the line with him. And I asked about his debut and
24:46
getting set to go into the game last night and Michael McCarron
24:49
goes. He was just, he had so much
24:51
hockey since you could tell he was just a player who was
24:53
getting it. He was strong.
24:55
I was encouraged by him. So a lot of high praise for Matt
24:58
Wood in his first two games in Smashville.
25:00
Yeah, absolutely. And after Woods very first NHL
25:05
period Sunday night against the Canadians, I interviewed Stephen
25:08
Stamkos on Preds radio and this was his reaction after one
25:12
period, as you said, effusive praise.
25:14
Here's Stammer. He looked great, you know, some
25:18
some really nifty plays. You could tell he's got that
25:20
offensive instinct. Obviously a really big guy, but
25:23
you know, made some really good plays.
25:24
Could have had a couple points so really encouraged.
25:27
Yeah, he he deserved a point or two in that first period.
25:30
I thought he played well. And based on the moves the Preds
25:33
have made, it looks like he'll get a chance to play every game
25:36
down the stretch here. With Kiefer Bellows and Spencer
25:38
Stassney going to the AHL for as long as everybody stays healthy
25:42
and slot into the lineup, that could keep Matt Wood up for the
25:45
rest of the season. I do want to correct something I
25:47
said earlier this week on the radio.
25:50
I said incorrectly that Wood could play in the AHL play offs
25:53
this year. That is not true.
25:55
He is not eligible to play in the AHL play offs since he
25:58
signed an NHL contract for this season.
26:01
He can play in the AHL next season and that'll still be his
26:05
age 21 season. A lot of developing left to do,
26:08
but great to have him in the National League.
26:10
Great to have him in pro hockey and with the Preds.
26:14
It was cool and I believe his family was in the building, so
26:16
it's always exciting when you have family in town to support
26:19
you. Absolutely, yeah.
26:21
His parents, his two younger sisters, his girlfriend and also
26:25
his best friend from home, and his trainer, his hockey trainer,
26:29
his main coach away from his college teams, were in the house
26:34
at Bridgestone Arena for the first two games of his NHL
26:36
career Sunday and Tuesday for Matt Wood.
26:40
He says Matthew's fine too. But Matt or Matthew are both
26:43
fine. And they made some Toy Story
26:45
references to welcome Woody to Smashville that Cara Hammer
26:49
enjoyed. I did.
26:52
I enjoyed it. I give a shout out to our social
26:54
media team because they did the backwards woody when they
26:57
spelled his name on the cowboy boot in front of his locker
27:00
stall. I thought that was pretty
27:01
creative. Should we start putting some
27:05
some Toy Story puns in here? What are some good Woody lines?
27:08
That so long, old pal? It's kind of sad, but.
27:12
Well, I feel like I'm more of like the buzz, like to Infinity
27:15
and beyond. Right, but that I don't know.
27:17
That doesn't. He's not Buzz though, he's
27:19
Woody. All right, we'll work on it.
27:21
We'll we'll consult our toddler consultant Remy Hammer about it.
27:26
Get her in the fold here. Some other Preds family news
27:30
that we want to talk to you guys about.
27:31
First, a couple of people who we want to acknowledge who passed
27:35
away within the last couple weeks.
27:37
One we just found out about as we record here.
27:39
On Wednesday, April 9th, Ray Shiro passed away and the NHL
27:44
made an announcement with a statement from Gary Bettman.
27:46
Shiro was an original assistant GM of the Predators for our
27:50
first eight seasons starting with the inaugural season in
27:53
1998 all the way through 2006. Shiro then became an NHL General
27:58
Manager where he won Stanley Cup with Hal Gill and the Pittsburgh
28:01
Penguins and he died in his early 60s today.
28:05
This was not something that the hockey world was expecting.
28:08
There have been some great tributes to him.
28:09
David Poyle is one of Shiro's great mentors and he's one of
28:13
the great recent GMs in NHL history and and Smashville was
28:16
proud to call him ours. So Ray Shiro certainly gone too
28:19
soon. News that is hitting the hockey
28:21
world hard right now, Kara, as we record this.
28:24
Yeah, just devastating. I know so many people, you know,
28:27
we're very close to him and he impacted so many lives.
28:31
So our condolences to his family.
28:34
Yeah, absolutely, and he's got a great hockey family as well.
28:37
Legacies on all sides of that family, very similar to the
28:40
Poyles, great front office men in the National Hockey League.
28:44
So rest in peace to Ray Shiro. Forever loved by Smashville.
28:47
And I imagine we will be doing more to honor him when the Preds
28:50
return home for the final two games of the season next week.
28:54
Another member of the Smashville family who we lost a couple of
28:57
weeks ago on March 23rd is Heather LaRue, Zach Larue's
29:02
grandma, who was the subject of a video that the Predators put
29:06
out on social media of her seeing her grandson play in the
29:10
NHL for the first time in December in Montreal.
29:13
And she was an incredibly fun and supportive grandma.
29:16
She got to see her son play in the NHL for the first time.
29:20
And Zach says since he lost his grandma, he has been watching
29:22
that video over and over and over again.
29:25
He was home in Quebec this past weekend to attend her services.
29:30
He said that over 500 people were at his grandmother's
29:35
funeral. That's how many people loved her
29:37
and how impactful she was in hockey in the town of
29:41
Huntington, Quebec, Canada, near the US border where Zach's
29:44
parents are from. What did it mean to be back
29:46
there with your family celebrating her this weekend and
29:49
the preds giving you an OK to do that?
29:51
Miss a couple of practices and come back on the same day for a
29:54
game on Sunday. Yeah, I think the Preds have
29:56
been amazing. The entire, you know, from Barry
29:59
down, my teammates, everybody's been really, really supportive
30:03
and understanding of, you know, it's a little bit tougher times
30:06
for me and, you know, give me that time off.
30:09
And they always, you know, told me that whatever I needed, you
30:12
know, they would be able to provide.
30:13
So I think that just goes to show how great of an
30:16
organization this is and how much they care about, you know,
30:18
the players and obviously, you know, life situations that
30:21
happen that, you know, are kind of unexpected.
30:23
But yeah, I think going home and being with my family was was,
30:28
you know, big for me. You know, when you're on the
30:29
road and go away a lot of times and, you know, especially I
30:33
think as a younger guy can be a little hard.
30:34
And, you know, when I found out the news, I was nowhere in Saint
30:38
Louis and, you know, I was alone and, you know, it wasn't easy.
30:42
And those, you know, for the next few days, but you know, to
30:45
go home and see, you know, how much she was appreciated and
30:50
loved and all the people that came out to show their support,
30:52
it was really, really special for me and my my entire family.
30:56
So you know, she's definitely going to be missed.
30:58
This past weekend, I'm sure was emotional.
31:00
You had the services and then you flew back day of and played
31:03
here against your hometown team, your grandma's favorite team,
31:06
the Canadians. What was that day like?
31:09
Yeah, it was pretty nuts because obviously how big the Habs are
31:13
back home and, you know, everybody kind of watching their
31:16
playoff push. All I heard for two days was,
31:19
you know, take it easy on them. And I wasn't sure if I was going
31:22
to play or what not. So, you know, didn't have much
31:24
of an answer for them. But, you know, flying the same
31:27
day and then get the nod that that I'd be playing.
31:30
I knew that it it wouldn't have mattered.
31:32
You know, I was going to have that jump.
31:33
I was going to have, you know, my my energy.
31:35
And, you know, playing them is, you know, always pretty special.
31:37
I think for myself especially I think early in my career, yeah,
31:42
I thought, you know, I was able to bring that energy.
31:44
You know, I make plays physical. Obviously.
31:46
I think we we played such a good game and just kind of fell short
31:49
a little bit there. But yeah, it was a long day.
31:53
But definitely, you know, it was it was good to get out there and
31:56
play. And I know she was looking down
31:58
on us. And your grandma did get to see
31:59
you play for the first time at the Bell Center in December.
32:02
That's I mean, it was already the most meaningful day of your
32:05
hockey life, but now even more so.
32:08
Yeah, obviously you know, to have her there, she wasn't able
32:11
to make it to, you know, my first game or any games in
32:13
Nashville. But I knew, you know, if I if I
32:16
stuck around till, you know, the thing was December 5th that she
32:19
had the opportunity to come watch.
32:20
And yeah, the the team got a really, really special video
32:24
and, you know, miked her up and, you know, I've been able to
32:27
watch that over the last, you know, few weeks now.
32:29
And you know how much it meant to her and how much she cared
32:33
about, you know, my journey and my career and you know he.
32:37
Was four years sold when he started and when he was a little
32:42
boy he said, grandma, I'm going to fire me.
32:45
NHL. I said, well, you go for it and
32:49
you work hard. And you will get there.
32:51
The best part is that, you know, she was the same way about all
32:54
ten of her grandchildren and all the sports they did.
32:56
It didn't matter what level or what they played.
32:58
She always took the time to, you know, travel all across the
33:02
province and, you know, the country for that.
33:05
You know, she was just so special that to have the
33:08
opportunity to, you know, accomplish my goals and my
33:10
dreams and to do it in front of her and her be able to see that
33:13
was was really, really, really special.
33:16
And yeah, it's hard to kind of put all the words together to to
33:20
say without getting too emotional here.
33:21
But yeah, she was just such a such a special woman.
33:25
And she can light up a room anywhere.
33:26
She went and just cared for everybody and cared so much for
33:30
me that, you know, she's going to be a big loss.
33:32
But I know that she is going to be looking down and, you know,
33:34
always will be with me. Fittingly, there is a locker
33:37
room name for her at the youth rink in the town of Huntington,
33:40
where your parents are from. That's the perfect way to
33:43
memorialize her and what you said right after it happened.
33:46
That's what you want Prince fans to know about her.
33:48
Yeah, just everything she did in the community, whether it's, you
33:52
know, with minor hockey and, you know, a ton of other
33:54
organizations. And I was actually able to go to
33:58
the the rink last week on on Saturday before I, you know, I
34:01
was flying back out and see the locker.
34:04
And, you know, just obviously brings back a lot of, you know,
34:07
good memories of, you know, growing up playing there.
34:09
But also just everything she did for, you know, that community.
34:12
And I think that was definitely felt over the last, you know,
34:15
weekend and see all her, the support that came out to, you
34:18
know, show the love for her. So yeah, I think she's going to
34:21
be missed by, you know, a lot, a lot of people, things like.
34:23
That thanks. See, we're with you.
34:25
Thank you. That's Zach LaRue, preds and
34:26
Islanders coming up next. Zach LaRue talking about the
34:29
loss of his grandma Heather, who died a couple weeks ago at age
34:33
80. And Kara, I think it's a it's a
34:36
nice God wink that the services were over 2 days this past
34:40
Friday and this past Saturday. It's the only time all season
34:43
the Predators have had a Friday and a Saturday without a game
34:46
consecutively, and then the first game after that is against
34:50
his grandma and his favorite team here in Smashville, and he
34:54
was able to get back in time for it.
34:57
Well, that was a great interview and definitely all the feels
35:01
when he's talking about how supportive she was.
35:03
Walton of her grandchildren. Doesn't matter if they played in
35:06
the NHL, just whatever sport they had.
35:07
But Max it it make, it takes me back to Zack's NHL debut.
35:14
And I caught up with Mark Borvietsky before the game and
35:18
we were talking about how many family members LaRue had in
35:23
Smashville. And he, I remember Mark said, is
35:28
his grandma here? And I said, one of his grandmas,
35:30
he goes, he goes, no, there there's another grandma.
35:32
He goes, that's the one. That's the grandma who's this
35:36
very special lady. So obviously our condolences
35:39
with the La Rue family. But how great for him to have a
35:42
chance to honor her and have that video to memorialize her
35:46
and always go back and watch it for a feel good memory.
35:48
Yeah, special shout out to Hannah Ware from the Preds video
35:51
team, who was the one who was there with Grandma La Rue up in
35:55
the deck at the Belle Center filming that and putting the mic
35:59
on her and you heard some of it. She was a hoot, that's for sure.
36:03
That's the right way to describe her.
36:05
So good job by the Preds front office and coaching staff giving
36:09
Zach LaRue the grace and the time to be away from the team.
36:11
Miss a couple practices. They went out of their way to
36:14
book some flights for him that were not straight line easy
36:17
flights to make sure he could get back home, first in Montreal
36:20
and then to Huntington, Quebec, Canada, which is where his
36:23
parents both grew up to help remember his grandma.
36:27
And he did get to see the Heather LaRue locker room, which
36:29
was dedicated a couple years ago for all she did for minor hockey
36:33
in the town of Huntington. So rest of peace to Heather
36:36
LaRue. A couple of sad things in the
36:38
Preds family, but we got each other's backs here, that's for
36:40
sure. And Zach Larue's family's been a
36:43
big part of the season, so it's it's fitting to know how loved
36:47
she was for real. All right, we'll take a break,
36:49
come back, gather your family around.
36:51
We had a fun time going to the hockey verse last week.
36:54
Remy Hammer loved it. We're going to talk about it
36:56
coming up next. Carrie Hammer from Fred's TV
36:59
Maxers from Fred's radio here on the Predators official podcast.
37:02
You're on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three
37:04
the game. Welcome back to the Predators
37:27
official podcast. Little Jelly roll for you here
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on one O 2 five and one O 6 three the game sweet.
37:35
Say thank you to our Music City hockey bobblehead friends.
37:38
If you missed Jelly Rolls interview with Lindsay rally, go
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to Predators official podcast on your favorite podcast platform.
37:44
It was in the first segment of today's episode.
37:47
My name is Max Herz from Fred's Radio along with Kara Hammer
37:50
from Fred's TV and Hammer. Last week Chris Mason Nash and I
37:56
got to go into the hockey verse to bring the first ever
38:00
Predators animated broadcast to you on News Channel 5.
38:04
It was a ton of fun. I want to say a big thank you to
38:07
everyone who watched. So many people have said things.
38:10
Big shout out to the NHL and their partner companies.
38:13
They were the ones who made this happen.
38:15
We were fortunate to be chosen as one of four NHL teams that
38:18
got to do this this season, and it was an unforgettable
38:21
experience, one-of-a-kind. Kudos to you Mace and Nash.
38:27
I mean specifically you and Mace Max.
38:30
It was so cool. Remy and I watched the game
38:32
together. We had the best time.
38:36
We loved all of the pucks dancing around.
38:41
We loved. The like the little bandanas
38:43
they were wearing. I just thought that you guys
38:46
blew it out of the water and it was so cool and it was so
38:49
informative. You know, like we obviously
38:52
there's so many hockey fans, but it was a great way to listen to
38:56
to you and Mace kind of break things down.
38:58
You know, I I heard a few times Mace talk about like, oh, a
39:01
winger, like, OK, well, this is a line and this is a center and
39:05
a right and a left. And when guys take a shift, they
39:08
want to be on the ice for 30 to 45 seconds.
39:10
It was so informative, so Congrats to you guys.
39:15
We just had the best time and was that awesome like that.
39:18
It was a high scoring game so you had some goals coming.
39:21
Yeah, we had a lot going on. It was fun.
39:24
And they were dragging and dropping us all over the world.
39:27
We had our VR headsets on and they could put us anywhere we
39:30
wanted. And we filmed funny little
39:32
vignettes that you guys saw throughout the broadcast on top
39:35
of the Batman building. And Mace was scared of heights.
39:38
Mace was inside the Saber toothed tiger skull at Nash's
39:42
archaeological dig. And then he popped out of the
39:45
eye slot of of the Saber toothed tiger and scared me.
39:50
We had some more. There was a little hockey rink
39:52
set up where puck people, who are the citizens of the hockey
39:55
verse puck people were passing the puck around.
39:58
But the way these animations work, they're all on a loop.
40:02
So it's just passing forever and they never shot.
40:06
And Mace stood in the goal and made his actual goalie movements
40:09
with his body and was getting square to the shooter as the
40:12
three pucks passed it around and they never shot it.
40:15
It was so funny. You know, I really thoroughly,
40:21
thoroughly enjoyed about it is you guys were In Sync with the
40:25
actual broadcast. I had, I'd like had my own
40:27
simulcast going. We were watching you guys on the
40:30
laptop on the stream. We had the game going on
40:33
FanDuel. And when a goal came, I mean, it
40:36
was within seconds of how In Sync it was in real time.
40:41
How hard was that to keep up with, with watching actually
40:44
what was happening on the ice, but then also, you know, living
40:47
in this other world? Yeah, it was the game was
40:50
definitely secondary because of that, but it with the numbers
40:55
and things like that, there was enough that you could tell.
40:57
But yeah, it was it was definitely a challenge, but it
40:59
it was fun. I think me and May said the easy
41:01
job. I think the animators and the
41:02
programmers had the hard job and Nash had the hard job having to
41:06
bring all of his friends together for a one-of-a-kind
41:08
party. So give Nash some credit too.
41:10
Kara, come on, give Nash. 'S I'll give Nash, I'll give
41:13
Nash and credit and and I I do have to admit that Remy's
41:19
favorite part of of the broadcast was angry Nash and he
41:23
came out when Columbus scored a goal.
41:25
So we did get to see him eight times.
41:28
But I think by about goal 4, she really started to root for when
41:33
is he coming back? Where is he?
41:35
When is he coming? The video that they would show
41:39
was Nash on the pedestrian bridge Keeling over and banging
41:43
the ground in anger. And it's so funny.
41:45
And I need to make it into a GIF and keep on using it because
41:48
it's such a great reaction gift for funny stuff to use on
41:51
Twitter or things like that. And yeah, it was, it was very
41:56
funny. And I I enjoyed getting to make
41:59
my opposing teams goal call. What I actually want to say when
42:03
the other team scores, when I'm on the radio doing real world
42:05
play by play, which is Oh no. I know, that's what I was
42:12
saying. Oh no, Remy, we can't root for
42:14
angry Nash. We need to root for the Pres.
42:16
We cannot root for him to come back out anymore.
42:19
Yeah, well you, you texted me and Mace during the game how
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much you guys were enjoying it and how much Remy loved angry
42:26
Nash. So she was manifesting more
42:28
goals against the three-year old pulling the sorry soon to be 3
42:32
year old pulling the puppet strings on our season because
42:35
she loves angry Nash. So after goal #8 I had to give
42:38
the R.E.M. dog some love. Another big save for Anand and
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he's been busy in the 1st 5 minutes.
42:44
Another shot in the Blue Jacket score.
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Tell Remy to get ready because Nash is not happy.
42:54
Oh, oh, oh, Nash is just dejected right now.
42:58
He cannot believe what's happening here as the Predators
43:03
give up another goal and this is a hat trick goal Max.
43:08
Tell Remy to get ready, Kara. I'm glad she had fun.
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It was the best, it was the best and now it's posted on YouTube,
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right, So you can go back and and watch it.
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So if you missed it at all or want to go see Angry Nash, check
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it out on YouTube. Yeah, it is on the NH LS YouTube
43:25
page. Nashville Predators, Music City
43:27
Hockey and Smashville is the name of the video.
43:30
Search it up. I mean you.
43:31
It's something that you can watch anytime and you can watch
43:33
bits and pieces of it. There's lots of different
43:36
portions of the game. It's a 2 hour video in full.
43:38
So it's fun and it's something we're going to use, I hope a lot
43:42
more to the NHL, hopefully can license this to the Predators to
43:45
use in different ways in the future.
43:47
So I want everybody to get to experience this world and they
43:51
worked hard making it and it did a freaking amazing job putting
43:54
all the Nashville landmarks together in one animated place
43:57
in the hockey verse. And I think you'll be seeing
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some of these games in the playoffs as well, animated games
44:03
in the playoffs from the NHL hockey verse.
44:05
And there's more to come on this.
44:08
It's it's really, really fun. So thank you to everyone at the
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NHL. I'm not going to start naming
44:13
the people we worked with because it's so many people from
44:15
the NHL who all did an amazing job.
44:17
And it was a crew of 15 plus people on the day of the game.
44:20
So I don't want to leave anybody out, but everyone we worked with
44:23
was truly amazing. So accommodating to us and the
44:28
Predators gave the ideation for it, but the NHL was the one who
44:31
execute it. Special thanks to a couple
44:33
people on the Predator side. Brittany Austin who is the
44:35
Predators vice president of marketing, who was the person
44:38
who gave the NHL all the ideas for the Music City hockey theme
44:43
in the hockey verse. She did such an amazing job
44:46
guiding them through what makes Smashville, Smashville to make
44:49
the animated world what it was. And also our producer Jake
44:53
Hartsfeld who works on the non animated Preds broadcast but
44:57
film all of the video content with the players that you guys
45:01
saw throughout the game, including players skating with
45:03
their kids and things like that. So it was a lot of fun.
45:06
And then right after it happened, we had the Stamkos,
45:09
Marsha so and O'Reilly kids featured in the broadcast
45:13
skating with their dads at Centennial Sportsplex.
45:16
Then less than a week later, 3 year old Chase Stamkos was in
45:20
the house on the ice with his Papa after Pred's practice and I
45:25
got to ask him what it was like being on TV.
45:27
So it's cool to see him from the hockey verse back to the real
45:29
world. It's so cool.
45:32
I mean, amazing job, amazing job.
45:34
You guys killed it. Thanks everybody for their
45:36
support. It was awesome.
45:37
We'll take a break, come back, tell you a couple things to look
45:39
out for as we, sad to say, finish up the season less than a
45:43
week to go in the Pred season. This is the Predators official
45:46
podcast on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three
45:49
the game. Welcome back to the predators
46:06
official podcast here on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three
46:10
the game my name is Max herz from preds radio along with Kara
46:14
hammer from preds TV. Final segment before we get into
46:18
the final week of the season. 4 games left for the Preds at the
46:21
time of this recording. For those of you hearing this
46:25
over the weekend, I'm 102.5. The game down to three games
46:27
left Thursday night in Utah, Saturday night in Las Vegas,
46:32
then back home for the final two Monday night and Wednesday night
46:35
at Bridgestone Arena. A lot of things to let you guys
46:39
know about coming up for Fan Appreciation Week and Fan
46:42
Appreciation Night. During the final game on
46:45
Wednesday night, April 16th, there will be a Preds Plaza
46:48
party with some player appearances beginning at 3:30 on
46:52
Wednesday and all fans in attendance will also receive a
46:55
catfish foam finger in addition to numerous giveaways going on
47:00
throughout the game. So we'll see you guys Wednesday
47:02
for that. If you want to enter to win
47:05
players jerseys off their backs or see some of the other fan
47:08
appreciation prizes, go to nashvillepredators.com/fan
47:13
Appreciation. You can enter starting right
47:15
now. Nashville predators.com/fan
47:20
Appreciation on Wednesday night, always sad to get to the end and
47:24
a couple more watch parties to let you guys know about over the
47:26
next few days. Saturday night the Predators are
47:29
in Las Vegas for a 9:00 game against the Vegas Golden
47:32
Knights. The final Bud Light official
47:34
watch party of the season is at the Franklin Theater down in
47:37
Franklin. So go out with Wayne DI Think
47:40
that's the best watch party venue.
47:41
They're fun down there. Saturday night, late night for
47:44
food and drink specials and a chance to win autographed Preds
47:47
prizes for the game. Saturday night at 9 against the
47:49
Golden Knights and then in partnership with 102.5 the Game
47:54
and the Atlanta Braves, we have a baseball watch party.
47:58
Wednesday afternoon. It is the Braves Country Watch
48:01
Party Tour and it's coming to Bridgestone Arena, specifically
48:05
the Bet MGM Sports Lounge. When the Braves play Wednesday
48:08
at noon, the Game will be on TV and Blooper will be there along
48:12
with Nash, the best mascot in the majors, with the best mascot
48:16
in the NHL, together in one place Wednesday at noon.
48:19
You can win Braves tickets and Preds tickets and tons of Preds
48:23
and Braves prizes the afternoon of the final game of the season.
48:27
So join us for lunch in the Bet MGM Sports Lounge on Wednesday
48:30
one O 25. The game will be there.
48:32
That means you can meet the Willie Donnick and Derek Mason
48:36
and many others and come cheer on the Braves and hang out with
48:38
Blooper. Yeah, that's cool.
48:41
I love that. And we can end the show with an
48:45
important milestone. Happy birthday to the newly
48:49
minted 50 year old. Our friend Hal GAIL turned 50
48:53
this weekend. He might be old Guerra, but we
48:56
still love him. Yeah, so happy birthday to
48:59
Skilzy over the Hill. Over the hillzy.
49:03
Over the hillzy Over the hillzy skilzy.
49:05
That's a great one. I'm going to text him right now.
49:07
All right, good. Let him know.
49:09
I think, see, Mace actually might have made that up and I'm
49:11
stealing it from him. But happy birthday, Skilzy.
49:14
We had a great time celebrating him this weekend, and Timothy
49:17
Chalamet showed up to his birthday party.
49:20
That's when you know you're a big deal.
49:22
Big thanks to everyone who makes these episodes possible.
49:25
We'll be back with one more episode next week after the
49:27
season concludes. You're on the Predators official
49:29
podcast on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three
49:33
the game. Sometimes they invite me to the
49:40
dinner so I have this chance and I'm going when I have this
49:43
chance.