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Seg 4 - MHOC Show Ty Muszelik Mar 2 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Back on the Yukon Hockey Coaches Show, our first two
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  Speaker 1: player interviews Tray Scott a little later, but right now
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  Speaker 1: it is the goalie you know him is Moose Tyler Muslik,
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  Speaker 1: senior from Long Valley, New Jersey, playing in his final
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  Speaker 1: year as a Husky. Before we get to Saturday in
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  Speaker 1: the weekend with UMass, let's start with Senior Night.
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  Speaker 2: The preceedings.
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  Speaker 1: Your parents out there, your family out there, think about
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  Speaker 1: all the sacrifices that they made, You've grown up as
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  Speaker 1: a kid, those early wake up calls for practice, and
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  Speaker 1: then you get that payoff for Senior Night. What was
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  Speaker 1: that like for you and your family to go through.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was pretty cool.
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  Speaker 4: I was actually really emotional before the game, which I
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  Speaker 4: didn't expect to be. And I think just seeing my
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  Speaker 4: parents out on the ice with me and having those
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  Speaker 4: highlights on the board of all seven of us, and like,
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  Speaker 4: how fast the time's gone by, and just you know,
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  Speaker 4: I kind of you try not to think about it
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  Speaker 4: during the year, especially when you're a senior, but how
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  Speaker 4: little time we have left together and then moments like
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  Speaker 4: that kind of reminds you of the time you have
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  Speaker 4: left and just made me appreciate a lot. And you
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  Speaker 4: know my parents growing up, obviously all hockey parents, they
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  Speaker 4: go through it. It's a grind and a lot of work,
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  Speaker 4: and your parents have to get you to a lot
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  Speaker 4: of opportunity for you to even get to this point.
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  Speaker 4: So me and all the other guys are definitely very
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  Speaker 4: grateful for that as well. And just to have both
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  Speaker 4: of them there on that night and to have them
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  Speaker 4: watch me play is always a great thing, but especially on.
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  Speaker 3: That night, it was a special.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned the emotion, then you got to go
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  Speaker 1: out and play. What's that like kind of gathering yourself
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  Speaker 1: after that ceremony when the puck drops.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it was a little it was the
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  Speaker 4: first time, honestly, I've had those emotions before I played
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  Speaker 4: the game, so it was a little a little different
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  Speaker 4: than normal. But we were on a five on three
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  Speaker 4: three minutes into the game, so I guess that kind
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  Speaker 4: of snapped me out of it pretty quick and just
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  Speaker 4: went from there.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that kind of helped me out a little.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler, I have to ask, because the guy at the
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  Speaker 1: other end stood on his head all weekend long.
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  Speaker 2: Michael Robbo was just fantastic stick.
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  Speaker 1: I know you have a job to do to keep
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  Speaker 1: your focus, especially on Saturday the way your team dominated
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  Speaker 1: the second period. But to kind of appreciate from Afar
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  Speaker 1: what he did. What's that like watching a fellow goalie
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  Speaker 1: be so zoned in like the way he was.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I have a lot of respect for him.
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  Speaker 4: It's it's really cool to see some of the different
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  Speaker 4: goalies in our league, and you know this year he's
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  Speaker 4: one of the best, and to compete against him and
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  Speaker 4: to watch him and the things he does well, especially
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  Speaker 4: at his size, I'm grateful for it because not everyone
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  Speaker 4: gets those opportunities to play against goalies like him.
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  Speaker 3: And thinking my time in college, I've.
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  Speaker 4: Played against some really good goalies and you know, even
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  Speaker 4: when you're playing against me, you get to learn some
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  Speaker 4: things from him and it's fun. And so he was
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  Speaker 4: a good competition, and you know, I was excited to
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  Speaker 4: play him because.
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  Speaker 3: I know he'd been hot all year and.
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  Speaker 4: Mostly in the second half, but he's had a great year,
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  Speaker 4: and you know, it was exciting for me and you
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  Speaker 4: always want competition, So it was great to play against him.
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  Speaker 4: But at the end of day, I mean, he played
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  Speaker 4: had a great weekend. He kept them in it at
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  Speaker 4: some points in the games, and I got a respect
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  Speaker 4: for him, and I'm sure I'll have a great career
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  Speaker 4: after this year, and I'm sure I'll have a great
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  Speaker 4: rest of the season.
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  Speaker 5: But I mean, hopefully we play him again. That's all
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  Speaker 5: you got to think about. So yeah, maybe coming up
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  Speaker 5: sooner than you think. And in the Hockey East playoffs.
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  Speaker 5: You're the number one goalie this year. You've carried the
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  Speaker 5: load all season. Talking with cave a lot, he mentioned
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  Speaker 5: you were prepared for this moment. What's this been like
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  Speaker 5: for you, carrying the mail pretty much all seasons the
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  Speaker 5: number one goalie.
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  Speaker 4: It's been good. It's first time I've done this in
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  Speaker 4: a couple of years, and I think sometimes it's easy
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  Speaker 4: to think ahead and think about the next weekend and stuff.
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  Speaker 4: And I think with the load I've had this year,
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  Speaker 4: in the amount of games I played, it ke's feet
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  Speaker 4: a lot easier for me to stay in the moment
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  Speaker 4: and just take it day by day because things are
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  Speaker 4: happening so fast, and I'm grateful that He's given me
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  Speaker 4: the chance to play so many games, and I've learned
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  Speaker 4: a lot. There's been some ups, and there's definitely been
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  Speaker 4: some downs, as there are with every year, And for example,
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  Speaker 4: I right now we're in a little bit of a rut,
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  Speaker 4: and I'm definitely a little bit of a ruh and
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  Speaker 4: just to get the chance to kind of play your
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  Speaker 4: way out of it is really nice and not everyone
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  Speaker 4: gets to do that, So I'm pretty happy about that
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  Speaker 4: and just try and focus on giving our team the
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  Speaker 4: best chance I can every night to win the game.
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  Speaker 2: And that's really all Tyler. You mentioned the rut of
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  Speaker 2: the team is in.
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  Speaker 1: They've lost, well win lessen for a couple of last
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  Speaker 1: weekend especially, you know, the Saturday game against BC and
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  Speaker 1: then the Saturday game against UMass. What's what's the chemistry
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  Speaker 1: been like? You know, you're down at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the season. Here that NPI number is staring in the
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  Speaker 1: face for your postseason live for the NCAA tournament. What's
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  Speaker 1: it like in the locker room right now? Is it
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  Speaker 1: obviously disappointment? But what else is there right now? How
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  Speaker 1: do you keep how do you keep things together right
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  Speaker 1: now as a group?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think the biggest thing that we all
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  Speaker 4: try to remind ourselves and focused on is that we're
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  Speaker 4: playing manful hockey right now, and every game matters. There's
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  Speaker 4: a lot of teams that at this point in the year,
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  Speaker 4: their MPI score or whatever it is doesn't really matter
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  Speaker 4: and they're focused on winning Hockey's championship, and obviously we're
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  Speaker 4: focused on that too, but we're just grateful that we
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  Speaker 4: have the opportunity to play right now for some meaningful
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  Speaker 4: hockey games, especially Thursday and Saturday New Hampshire Providence. But
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  Speaker 4: you know, I think everyone individually and his team goes
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  Speaker 4: through routs at certain times and it's just how it goes,
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  Speaker 4: and there's I think it evens out over time, and
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  Speaker 4: you know, right now, we're just trying to get it
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  Speaker 4: back on track right before playoffs start and hopefully come
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  Speaker 4: out on fire from there, and that's kind of the
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  Speaker 4: thing we're focusing on right now, and just trusting what
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  Speaker 4: we've done all year.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we need to change anything just.
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  Speaker 4: Because we lost a funeral rode, because it's worked all year,
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  Speaker 4: and just really focus on what we do best and
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  Speaker 4: just sticking to it and knowing that it's going to
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  Speaker 4: come out and it's going to change at some point.
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  Speaker 1: Kyler Music, Well, this is Yukon's netminder now. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of times when I go interview cav for pregame the
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  Speaker 1: games that we do on the radio, I see you
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  Speaker 1: tossing balls up against the wall, juggling that sort of thing.
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  Speaker 1: Walk me through a little bit of your pregame routine
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  Speaker 1: before you get into the full pre game routine warm
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  Speaker 1: up with coach Butler.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so when I get to the rank, Honestly, my
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  Speaker 4: pregame routine for a goalie, I think is a little
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  Speaker 4: chiller than most. For the first fifteen to twenty minutes,
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  Speaker 4: I kind of just relax and stretch whatever it feels tight.
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  Speaker 4: I think, especially when we sit on the bus before
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  Speaker 4: the games, I focus more on the stretching aspect, and
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  Speaker 4: then a little less time we're out in my eyes,
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  Speaker 4: but when we're at home it's probably a little more equal.
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  Speaker 4: But just spend the first fifteen to twenty minutes stretching
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  Speaker 4: out whatever feels tight to me, and then after that
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  Speaker 4: we have a penalty kill meeting, So just go to
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  Speaker 4: that meeting, usually around ten minutes long, and then after
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  Speaker 4: that usually have ten minutes before teen meetings.
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  Speaker 3: So I just kind of go through a routine and.
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  Speaker 4: Tossing the balls off the wall in different directions, getting
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  Speaker 4: both my hands warmed up. And just juggle for minute
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  Speaker 4: and a half maybe after that, and then kind of
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  Speaker 4: just relax and eat the same snack before pregame meeting,
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  Speaker 4: and that's pretty much it.
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  Speaker 5: After that, it just t my stick, get dressed and
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  Speaker 5: go out there. You have the earbuds one, what are
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  Speaker 5: you listening too?
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  Speaker 4: I change it up a lot, but I kind of
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  Speaker 4: just put on my like songs playlist and hit shuffle
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  Speaker 4: and if there's a certain type of mood all in,
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  Speaker 4: I'll listen to that type of music. But I really
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  Speaker 4: like like a lot of chill music, DM music, house music,
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  Speaker 4: country music. I kind of all over the place, and
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  Speaker 4: you know, if there's a certain genre of field that day,
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  Speaker 4: I'll play it, but overall there is none specific.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, before we let you go, I imagine you and your
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  Speaker 1: teammates watched the gold medal game a few weeks ago. Definitely,
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  Speaker 1: what's it like watching Connor Hellibook play the way he did?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's pretty cool. I've been a big fan of
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  Speaker 4: his for a while. Just I really like to watch
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  Speaker 4: American goals to begin with, but I really like to
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  Speaker 4: watch guys that are around my size and you know
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  Speaker 4: play I don't play quite like Connor.
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  Speaker 3: Hillibuck, but just to see how patient and control he is.
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  Speaker 4: And I mean that game was it was really inspiring.
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  Speaker 4: I mean I was the first time in a long
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  Speaker 4: time where I've been watching a hockey game when I've
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  Speaker 4: been sweating just from watching it. So it's pretty intense.
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  Speaker 4: But I mean when they won, I couldn't even control
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  Speaker 4: my emotions.
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  Speaker 3: I was so pumped up.
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  Speaker 4: And yeah, I just I love the United States and
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  Speaker 4: it's just so cool to see those guys went on
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  Speaker 4: the big stage and celebrate the way they did, and
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  Speaker 4: they deserved it, and he had one of the best
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  Speaker 4: goaling performances I've ever seen, so that on top was
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  Speaker 4: pretty cool for me being a fellow goalie.
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  Speaker 1: Right, And one more thing before I go that USA
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  Speaker 1: jersey that you have worn on the national development team,
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  Speaker 1: but the Olympic team wore the same style. That should
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  Speaker 1: be the only jersey they ever wear. That is the
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  Speaker 1: coolest jersey in hockey.
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  Speaker 4: I agree, it's my favorite USA jersey as well.
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  Speaker 3: I agree.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Tyler, thanks for a few minutes. Good luck
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  Speaker 1: this week and we'll see in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. I appreciate your time. Take care of it.
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  Speaker 2: That is that is a time music with us on
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