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Seg 4 - MHOC Show w Jake Richard 2-24 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: We welcome you back inside the Yukon Men's Ice Hockey
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  Speaker 1: Coaches Show here at Bear Smokehouse, Barbecue and downtown Hartford.
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  Speaker 1: Adam Jardina with you were joined by sophomore forward Jake Richard.
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  Speaker 2: Jake.
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  Speaker 1: We're in the middle of an odd part of the schedule.
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  Speaker 1: You had the bye weekend, then you just had a
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  Speaker 1: game Friday, a couple of days off, then you played
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  Speaker 1: bu The season ends with a midweek game against Vermont.
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  Speaker 1: So for a season where you're so used to having
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  Speaker 1: Friday Saturday games and then five days to get healthy
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  Speaker 1: and get back at it, how is it navigating this
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  Speaker 1: part of the schedule.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of love it. I mean where yeah,
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  Speaker 2: have you know a handful of game here, games here
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  Speaker 2: in a short amount of days, and it's just like
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  Speaker 2: like hockey, hockey, hockey, So it's I love it. I
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  Speaker 2: mean I love playing these games. I know everyone else does.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I'm really excited.
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  Speaker 1: Since it started January. You guys are nine two and
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  Speaker 1: two coming out of that trip out to Milwaukee. Was
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  Speaker 1: there any signs in your mind that this kind of
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  Speaker 1: run was imminent and you guys are about to start
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  Speaker 1: rolling like this?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean, I've believed in this team from the start.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I've seen it since day one, and I
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  Speaker 2: think that, you know, we've kind of just been like
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  Speaker 2: working towards our process all year long, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: working on those details and you know, just believing in it,
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  Speaker 2: not getting away from it. So yeah, I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: knew that good things where we're going to come with
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  Speaker 2: this team, and I'm glad to see see that we're
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  Speaker 2: rolling right now, and I hope to keep it going.
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  Speaker 1: It's funny that you say the word process because last
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  Speaker 1: week coach cav talked about the fact that he has
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  Speaker 1: the pairwise posted in the facility, either the locker room,
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  Speaker 1: a lounge, whatever it is for you guys to look at.
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  Speaker 1: And I think there are a lot of coaches that
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  Speaker 1: would shy away from putting that up there, but also,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they're so process oriented, but understanding in his words,
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  Speaker 1: that manifesting your goals is something that's healthy and that
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  Speaker 1: you should do. So what is it like to walk
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  Speaker 1: in the facility, see those pairwise rankings up there and
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  Speaker 1: know that the goal is one of the goals is
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  Speaker 1: to make the program's first ever NCAA tournament, right, I.
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  Speaker 2: Mean, I think every single one of us looks at
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  Speaker 2: the pairwise after every game. It looks at it every day.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean it's not not something that we really
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  Speaker 2: shy away from, but I mean it's something that we've
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  Speaker 2: talked about since since day one. Is we want to
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  Speaker 2: make it to the national tournament. So I mean we're
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  Speaker 2: focused on you know, we're taking one day at a
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  Speaker 2: time here, but I mean at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: where's it's good to have those goals and know what
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  Speaker 2: you're working towards.
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  Speaker 1: So let's talk about Friday night last time, you guys
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  Speaker 1: took the items against Maine. Before we have you take
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  Speaker 1: us through the game winning goal that you scored. The
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  Speaker 1: overtime began with a two plus minute shift, which obviously
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  Speaker 1: is an ideal, But towards the end of that shift,
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  Speaker 1: once it's already getting to ninety seconds minute forty five,
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  Speaker 1: what was physically happening for you out there when you
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  Speaker 1: were just trying to make sure that Maine didn't score
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  Speaker 1: the game winner?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, just kind of weather the storm there.
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  Speaker 2: But three on three is something that we work on
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  Speaker 2: in practice and it's you know, something that you know,
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  Speaker 2: we feel comfortable with. So I mean bit hiring out there,
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  Speaker 2: you know, being out there for so long, but it's
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  Speaker 2: nice to be able to you know, leather that storm
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  Speaker 2: and eventually get a whistle.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Maine got three line changes while you, Huddy and
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  Speaker 1: Trey were gliding around out there by the end just
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  Speaker 1: trying to weather it. Uh So, yeah, you got the
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  Speaker 1: whistle and you got off the ice with the with
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  Speaker 1: the overtime goal, the rebound comes to you like that,
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  Speaker 1: it's a split second, but there was an element of
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  Speaker 1: patience for you. So how do you toe that line
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  Speaker 1: as that pluck is there where it's okay, I got
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  Speaker 1: to score this game winning goal. The goalie is scrambling
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  Speaker 1: back into position, but you still have a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: chunk of net to shoot at.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's not something that you really think of.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just like something that you do thousands
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  Speaker 2: of times in practice and growing up, just you know,
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  Speaker 2: catching a puck and putting it into the net. So
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I wouldn't say that there was any like
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  Speaker 2: real thought about it, just you know, like natural instincts.
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  Speaker 2: So like just something that I've done in practice over
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  Speaker 2: and over again and just kind of took over there.
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  Speaker 1: I just watched the video again and I didn't catch
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  Speaker 1: it in real time. Did you hit the dab as
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  Speaker 1: your celebrations? Is that what you did? Okay? Is that
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  Speaker 1: a team thing? Where that comes from? Besides ten years ago?
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  Speaker 2: I've always thought it was kind of funny and I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to do it, And then when we were at Maine,
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  Speaker 2: one of their guys did it after they scored too,
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  Speaker 2: so I thought it would be kind of funny to
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  Speaker 2: give it back to him a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Jake for Sure joined us here on the Yukon Men's
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  Speaker 1: Ice Hockey Coaches Show. In the last six games, the
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  Speaker 1: line of you, Hodey, Joey Muldowney combined for thirteen goals
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  Speaker 1: in those six games, thirty one points. What's it like
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  Speaker 1: for the group of you, the three of you, to
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  Speaker 1: be playing like that right now?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I love playing with them. They're both
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  Speaker 2: like two great players, and it's it's been a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun. But I mean there are two guys that, like,
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  Speaker 2: we hang out together all the time and like all
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  Speaker 2: we want to do is win, So I mean it's
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  Speaker 2: really special to be able to play with those guys.
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  Speaker 1: What did it mean when you found out for sure
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  Speaker 1: that Shandor was coming back this year for his fifth year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was it was huge. I was
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  Speaker 2: really really hoping and I was trying to work, like
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  Speaker 2: talking to him about trying to get him back, doing
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  Speaker 2: anything I could. But no, it's huge. Him and John
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  Speaker 2: both coming back have been a huge, huge part of
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  Speaker 2: this team and a huge reason that, like we're having
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  Speaker 2: the success that we are having.
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  Speaker 1: Last one before we let you go for games to
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  Speaker 1: go in the regular season, including tomorrow against Boston University,
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  Speaker 1: And you know, despite the success that the team has
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  Speaker 1: been enjoying, is there an area that you're still saying, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: we if we want to a make a run through
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  Speaker 1: Hockey East postseason and then b make a run to
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  Speaker 1: a potential NCAA frozen four, what's the area that you
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  Speaker 1: still see as an area of improvement for this group?
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  Speaker 2: I think just working on our process, Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I mean every day, just come to the rink every
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  Speaker 2: day and getting better, trying to improve on everything and
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  Speaker 2: then trying to find out all the little details. But
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we're just trying to take it one day
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  Speaker 2: at a time, So just focusing on practice today and
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  Speaker 2: getting better today and then you know, focusing on be
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  Speaker 2: you tomorrow, but just really trying to focus on one
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  Speaker 2: day at a time and getting better every single day
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  Speaker 2: and working towards those goals every single day.
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  Speaker 1: Jake, good luck tomorro against Bu.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much for the time, Thank you, thanks for
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  Speaker 2: having me all right.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up next, it's freshman defenseman Tray Scott is the
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  Speaker 1: Yukon Hockey coach. It show continues from Bear's Smokehouse. Barbie,
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  Speaker 1: thank you. This is Yukon men's ice hockey from Learfield,
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  Speaker 1: presented by Dime Bank.