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Seg 3 MHOC Show w Coach Cav Oct 5 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Back with Cav on the UConn Hockey Coaches Show. We
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  Speaker 1: have another Coaches Show tomorrow night. Mike Prespino and Jason
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  Speaker 1: Candle talk UConn football. Plus, we have Sincere Bowers and
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  Speaker 1: Hayden Pegg as the football players tomorrow night. 6 to
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  Speaker 1: 7 right here on the UConn Sports Network, the Varsity
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  Speaker 1: Network app, and the VarsityNetwork.com.
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  Speaker 2: They played such a great game, too, last week. That
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  Speaker 2: was a heartbreaker watching it. I didn't like that call, either.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't think that was a roughing the passer call
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  Speaker 2: on that, but.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there were some calls that should have been made. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I really enjoyed watching Jason's teams play. They
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  Speaker 2: play hard, and they were down 27-7 in that game.
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  Speaker 2: For them to come back like that, I'm excited to
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  Speaker 2: see where he's going to bring the program.
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  Speaker 1: Have you talked to him much? I mean, the one
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  Speaker 1: thing that really stands out to me, he's old school,
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  Speaker 1: very detail-oriented too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we played golf this summer. Really enjoyed him. Met
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  Speaker 2: his wife, his family. He got some young kids and
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  Speaker 2: seems like, certainly seems like the right guy for this job.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's get into your young guys because you
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  Speaker 1: have a bunch of them and you have a transfer.
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  Speaker 1: I guess let's start there. Jeremy Leranger comes from Nebraska, Omaha.
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  Speaker 1: And I actually did a little DMing with their radio voice,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Leranger. Oh, what's Mike's last? I forget. Anyhow, he
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  Speaker 1: said you guys are going to like Jeremy. What have
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  Speaker 1: you liked about him on the ice so far and
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  Speaker 1: off the ice? Does he fit in pretty well?
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  Speaker 2: He does. He's got a really high hockey IQ. He's skilled.
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  Speaker 2: He skates well. He's one of those guys who may
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  Speaker 2: skate better with the puck. Some guys lose speed when
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  Speaker 2: they have the puck. They slow down. He doesn't. He
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  Speaker 2: can accelerate when he has the puck. I think he
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  Speaker 2: is going to bring a lot of skill to our
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  Speaker 2: power play. And I'm, I'm excited to watch him play
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  Speaker 2: this year.
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  Speaker 1: You've got Charlie Morrison coming over and it's not the
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  Speaker 1: Quebec major junior hockey league anymore. It's the Quebec maritime
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  Speaker 1: junior hockey league. As I found out doing prep last night,
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  Speaker 1: but you got him, you got Jacob Reese on the
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  Speaker 1: blue line. Let's start with these two guys are both. Well,
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  Speaker 1: Morrison's big boy, six, four, one 98 Reese, six foot
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  Speaker 1: one 87, a lot of games under their belt and juniors, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Do you see playing significant roles, getting their feet wet
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  Speaker 1: early and getting thrown right into the fire? Like a
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  Speaker 1: lot of guys will, obviously.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you forgot Will McIsaac is also with
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  Speaker 2: that group, and he's a 6'3. You know, between he
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  Speaker 2: and Charlie, they're really kind of twin towers, the two
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  Speaker 2: of them. One's a right shot, one's a left shot,
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  Speaker 2: but big, long, physical, good skaters for us. So they'll
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  Speaker 2: provide a lot of– I think they're primarily, you know,
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  Speaker 2: strong defensive players however they do have some offense to
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  Speaker 2: their game and jacob reese was a kid we picked
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  Speaker 2: up late in the summer when uh you know we
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  Speaker 2: were counting on someone else to come in and it
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  Speaker 2: didn't work out so he he's come in and he's
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  Speaker 2: acclimated himself pretty well.
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  Speaker 1: With the breakdown, righty versus lefty on the blue line.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry about that. What is your mix? It's funny because
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  Speaker 1: Chris McKenzie brought this up on media day where he's
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  Speaker 1: got the perfect mix of lefties and righties on his
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  Speaker 1: blue line on this year's team. What about your team?
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  Speaker 1: And does that make a difference?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it makes a difference to some extent. However,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I've coached a national championship team where it
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  Speaker 2: was six lefties. So the bottom line is you got
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  Speaker 2: to be really good. I do think it does help
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  Speaker 2: in the neutral zone when you're transitioning pucks at times.
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  Speaker 2: I think it helps sometimes on your breakout. But overall,
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  Speaker 2: I think good defensemen can play the offside if they
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  Speaker 2: have to. Right now, we have a breakdown of four
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  Speaker 2: lefties and four righties. I'm not saying every game is
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  Speaker 2: going to be played that way, but right now it's
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  Speaker 2: nice to have that breakdown.
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  Speaker 1: All right, among the new freshmen, you got a draft
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  Speaker 1: pick here from Minnesota in Liam Adamofsky, who is 6'1, 196,
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  Speaker 1: played for North Bay in the Ontario Hockey League where
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  Speaker 1: he was a captain. What are your expectations for this
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  Speaker 1: young man? What will fans like about this young man?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Liam, he reminds me of Mark Gatcombe when he
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  Speaker 2: came here. He's a big, big, strong, right shot, physical
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  Speaker 2: power forward player. you know, will finish checks, has a
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  Speaker 2: potential to be a penalty killer for us. But he's
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  Speaker 2: a kid I think the fans are going to grow
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  Speaker 2: to really like watch him play.
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  Speaker 1: Paul Davis, Windsor, the Ontario Hockey League. You've got Britton Allstead,
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  Speaker 1: who comes from Minnesota by way of.
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  Speaker 2: Penticton.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, the BCHL, which you've had players from there. Speed?
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  Speaker 1: Are we talking speed guys here?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Cole. I think when you look at Cole, Colin Frank,
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  Speaker 2: and Britton, they all skate really well. Cole, again, played
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  Speaker 2: in Windsor and was on a loaded team last year.
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  Speaker 2: They had some really good players on that team. He
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  Speaker 2: was one of their leaders. He's a pesky penalty killer.
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  Speaker 2: Plays along the lines of a Jake Percival type game. So,
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  Speaker 2: And then the other two guys are pretty highly skilled.
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  Speaker 2: Colin Frank scored a lot of goals in the USHL.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got a good mix of forwards coming in.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and you go from Tabor Heslop wearing number 23
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  Speaker 1: to Jesse Heslop wearing number 23 himself here. And he
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  Speaker 1: comes from Everett of the Western Hockey League, 60 points
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  Speaker 1: over his last two seasons in each of the last
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  Speaker 1: two seasons. So the play-by-play guy is going to have
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  Speaker 1: to remember it's Heslop and not Heslop.
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  Speaker 2: Right. I know. I get mixed up, too. They wear
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  Speaker 2: the same number.
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  Speaker 1: I know. That's what makes it difficult.
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  Speaker 2: But Jesse, again, he was a kid we picked up
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  Speaker 2: late because Jake Richard left so late. And he's been
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  Speaker 2: really good. He's a good two-way player, has a lot
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  Speaker 2: of junior hockey experience. So I'm interested to see how
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  Speaker 2: he fits in here.
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  Speaker 1: All right. One more segment with Cav, then we'll visit
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  Speaker 1: with two of his captains. We've got Joey Muldowney and
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  Speaker 1: Mike Burtag coming up shortly as the UConn Hockey Coaches
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  Speaker 1: Show continues here on Learfield.