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MHOC Mike Cavanaugh Zoom Pre HEQ · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Coach, it's a new season upon this playoff time, it's
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  Speaker 1: it comes down to this four or five matchup Friday night, hosting,
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  Speaker 1: hosting the game at Tuscano versus Providence. Just want to
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  Speaker 1: get your thoughts into that that quarterfinal matchup.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, certainly excited to be hosting here at Tuscano
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  Speaker 2: for the quarterfinals. We know we've got a really formidable
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  Speaker 2: opponent in Providence. We've played them got about a month ago,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, they they got the better of
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  Speaker 2: us in that weekend series. There were both two hard
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  Speaker 2: fought games, and I think both our teams are very
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  Speaker 2: similar and compete hard, good goaltending. Uh you know, Matchew
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  Speaker 2: and Conley didn't play for them that weekend, so I
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  Speaker 2: think that will only strengthen their club having those two back.
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  Speaker 2: So we know it's going to be a really hard
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  Speaker 2: fought game come Friday night.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. I right, will open up for questions. Who wants
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  Speaker 1: to start us off? I don't jump all at once, guys,
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  Speaker 1: go ahead.
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  Speaker 3: Andrew, Hey, keV, you had mentioned a few weeks back
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  Speaker 3: how you're talking about scheduling, how it would be great
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  Speaker 3: to have this four or five matchup on a Friday night.
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  Speaker 3: Just I guess, just you know, how did that come about?
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  Speaker 3: You know, was that something that had been played or
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  Speaker 3: I guess, just how glad are you that you guys
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  Speaker 3: get to kick things off on Friday.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it happened organically last year Andrew with the women's
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  Speaker 2: tournament because there was a conflict with one of the arenas.
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  Speaker 2: So they played the four or five game on Friday.
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  Speaker 2: And I remember going down the convention last year saying,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we should do the same thing. Those two
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  Speaker 2: teams know who they're playing, and there's no reason why
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  Speaker 2: we can't play that game Friday. Have to wait till Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have plenty of time of rest to play the game.
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  Speaker 2: And the thing is it gives us more exposure for
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  Speaker 2: the league. So instead of people trying to watch four games,
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  Speaker 2: you know, in one day at least, now you're going
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  Speaker 2: to get more people can watch that game Friday, and
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  Speaker 2: it gives you bigger windows on Saturday to spread the
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  Speaker 2: games out. I think, so you can get multiple eyes
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  Speaker 2: on our product. So yeah, to answer your question, I'm
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  Speaker 2: happy we're playing. I think it's great, Adam.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead, all right.
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  Speaker 4: So, thinking of the way that the season ended, and
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  Speaker 4: knowing that, especially those last three games were games that
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  Speaker 4: I think on paper, you can say, Okay, you kind
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  Speaker 4: should have won. What did you take away from the
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  Speaker 4: way that your team showed up, executed and got those
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  Speaker 4: full nine points.
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  Speaker 2: I think we played well, maybe not so well up
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  Speaker 2: in Vermont. I thought we had some great goaltending and
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  Speaker 2: some timely scoring. But that being said, it has zero
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  Speaker 2: impact on what's going to happen Friday night. I've been
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  Speaker 2: around too long, and I've coached some really good teams.
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  Speaker 2: I've been the number one seed in this tournament and
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  Speaker 2: have lost to the eighth seed after going on a roll.
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  Speaker 2: It does not matter one bit what happened over the
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  Speaker 2: last three games when it comes to Friday. I know
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  Speaker 2: that for a fact.
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  Speaker 4: In terms of the top line, and I know that
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  Speaker 4: we've talked about him a bunch. But entering postseason play,
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  Speaker 4: what do you like most about what those three guys
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  Speaker 4: are doing?
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  Speaker 2: I like what most about our team is that if
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  Speaker 2: they don't score, we still have a good chance to win.
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  Speaker 2: I feel because we have some balance scoring with all
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  Speaker 2: our other lines. So I like the fact that they
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  Speaker 2: don't have have that type of pressure on them when
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  Speaker 2: we're playing games because we have so much confidence in
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  Speaker 2: the other players on our team, and I think that
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  Speaker 2: helps them play a little more. They can be a
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  Speaker 2: little play more free, so to speak, where they don't
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  Speaker 2: have to feel that type of pressure that if we
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  Speaker 2: don't score, we don't have a chance to win.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks coach.
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  Speaker 2: Joe, go ahead, Thanks Colin keV.
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  Speaker 3: What did you do against Providence in the first two
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  Speaker 3: meetings that you've got to do even better on Friday night?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I think, well, we got one tie out of
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  Speaker 2: the two games, so there's a lot we can do better.
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  Speaker 2: I just think, you know, when you play Providence, it's
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  Speaker 2: always going to come down to I think special teams
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  Speaker 2: are disciplined for sure, has to be better. We took
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  Speaker 2: a five minute major in that game at home that
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  Speaker 2: Providence scored on to get them give them the goal
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  Speaker 2: ahead goal. So I think are after the whistle discipline
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  Speaker 2: has to be you know, you know there is no
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  Speaker 2: error effort there, and when you're in the playoffs, that
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  Speaker 2: can end your season. So I think that's an area
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  Speaker 2: where we've got to make sure that we're we've tightened up.
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  Speaker 2: I think, as always, when you're playing in playoff games
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  Speaker 2: or any game, for that matter, you better manage to
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  Speaker 2: puck to the neutral zone because if you turn it
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  Speaker 2: over there, you're giving good teams an opportunity to hurt you.
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  Speaker 2: And the one thing I love about this quarterfinal game
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  Speaker 2: is that, like we're both so highly ranked, I think
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  Speaker 2: that it's I just think it makes it a lot
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  Speaker 2: more fun, you know, And it's just I think it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a great hockey game. I do. I
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  Speaker 2: really respect the way Nate prepares his teams. He's a
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  Speaker 2: seasons coach, He's won at a lot of different levels,
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  Speaker 2: and I know that coming into that game Friday, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to get Providence's best. Thanks jap.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone else, go ahead, Adam.
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  Speaker 4: When you talk about the discipline, and on one of
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  Speaker 4: the coaches shows, we had talked about the meetings have
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  Speaker 4: cut back on those five minute majors, and I think
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  Speaker 4: from that point on the team has is at your
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  Speaker 4: perspective as well, that they have been a little more
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  Speaker 4: disciplined since whatever whatever game it was where you kind
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  Speaker 4: of had that moment where you said this has to stop.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think that, and for the most part,
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  Speaker 2: we were disciplined, you know, for most of the year.
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  Speaker 2: I can't say, I think our our penalty minutes were
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  Speaker 2: down quite a bit from last year. So from that standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: I give our kids a lot of credit. But when
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  Speaker 2: you're in a playoff game and you know the stakes
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  Speaker 2: are higher and the tension is higher, there's at times
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  Speaker 2: it creates confrontations and after the whistle confrontations, and those
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  Speaker 2: are the things that you really have to mentally be
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  Speaker 2: strong enough to avoid.
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  Speaker 4: It felt like you almost said this when kind of
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  Speaker 4: talking about providence in the matchup. But does this allow
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  Speaker 4: with obviously providence semi final championship, you know that the
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  Speaker 4: NCAA Tournament is our be locked in, and I know
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  Speaker 4: that's something you've talked about. Did that take some of
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  Speaker 4: the pressure off and just allow this game to be
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  Speaker 4: for you guys, just to go out there and play
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  Speaker 4: this game.
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  Speaker 2: I think probably to some extent, I think that's the case.
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  Speaker 2: We've never been in this position before. We've always had
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  Speaker 2: to win the tournament to get in. You know, in
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  Speaker 2: my previous years that we were in the NCAA Tournament
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  Speaker 2: playing this, it was so long ago that I can't
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  Speaker 2: remember how the team felt. So I'm not sure. I
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  Speaker 2: know our kids are listen, we know We're in the
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  Speaker 2: NCAA tournament and that's great, but we also want to
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  Speaker 2: win a Hockey East Championship. And I know that throughout
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  Speaker 2: my career, the hardest game to win a lot of
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  Speaker 2: times is the first one because when you get to
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  Speaker 2: the guard and that's just excitement and it's almost like
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  Speaker 2: the cherry on top when you are trying to get there,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of times, that's the hardest scheme to win.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome, Well, thanks everyone, coach, thank you, good luck this
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  Speaker 1: weekend and broadcast all of you guys. Stay on for
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  Speaker 1: a few extra minutes with Coach