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Logan Cooley - 10-27-26 Postgame · ESPN 700 & 92.1 FM | Utah's #1 Sports Talk

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  Speaker 1: I know this was not probably the result you guys
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  Speaker 1: were wanting, but that was a very intense game in
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  Speaker 1: terms of the motion. Can you put words into what
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  Speaker 1: the second period maybe did or didn't do for this game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think it's, we limited them to
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  Speaker 2: not a lot of five-on-five chances. I mean, they had
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  Speaker 2: some of the best players in the league, and you
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  Speaker 2: put them on the power play, they're going to capitalize
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  Speaker 2: that many times. So I think the good thing we
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  Speaker 2: could take away is that we didn't give them a
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  Speaker 2: ton even play. And I think, you know, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: if you give a team whatever five, power players are
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  Speaker 2: probably going to capitalize with that type of players.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty strong defensively and with goaltending for most of the game,
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  Speaker 1: what would you have wanted to see more on offense?
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  Speaker 2: I think just getting to the net. I think overall
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  Speaker 2: we need to do a better job of getting our
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  Speaker 2: shots through. Props to them. They blocked a ton of
• 0:48
  Speaker 2: shots on the PK, 5-on-5. I think if we did
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  Speaker 2: a better job of... I mean, their goalie played unbelievable too.
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  Speaker 2: When he's playing that good, you've got to get in
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  Speaker 2: front of his eyes and get shots through, and that's
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  Speaker 2: what we didn't do tonight.
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  Speaker 1: What stood out about the Memphis play, especially early in
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  Speaker 1: that one, keeping you guys at 0-0?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he was unbelievable. You know, on the kill, 5-on-5,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's a great game for him, and definitely
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  Speaker 2: gave us a chance to be in that game and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, push there towards the end. But he was
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  Speaker 2: solid for us all night, and it's definitely positive moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Does this feel like a budding rivalry with you guys
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  Speaker 2: in Minnesota? Yeah, I mean, I think if you look
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  Speaker 2: at the standings, we're right there neck and neck. And
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  Speaker 2: in our division, tough team to play against, always in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs. And for us, I mean, I think it's
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  Speaker 2: a good measuring stick to kind of compare against them.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, they're always in the playoffs, got unbelievable players,
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  Speaker 2: always in the top of the league. So anytime we
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  Speaker 2: play them, we're definitely up for it. You guys have
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  Speaker 2: lost previously this season. You guys generally bounce back. Is
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  Speaker 2: that getting easier? Yeah. I mean, I don't know if
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  Speaker 2: it gets easier. This is obviously the best league in
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  Speaker 2: the world, and, you know, I feel like you have
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  Speaker 2: to have a short mindset, whether it's good or bad.
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  Speaker 2: You can't get too high or too low in this
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  Speaker 2: league because it will humble you. So I think for
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  Speaker 2: us it's, you know, learn from it, learn what you
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  Speaker 2: need to do better, watch film, and get ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: These games happen quick, and like I said, you just
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  Speaker 2: have to have a short memory. You guys went 0
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  Speaker 2: for 4 on the power play today. What do you
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  Speaker 2: guys have to do to kind of reconnect and find
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  Speaker 2: each other next game? I mean, I thought we had
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  Speaker 2: a lot of good looks. I mean, it's kind of
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  Speaker 2: the first power play was, what, 15 seconds. So, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it counts on the stat sheet, but it wasn't really
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  Speaker 2: a power play. But I think, you know, Schmalti put
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  Speaker 2: one through his arm and somehow went out the other way.
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  Speaker 2: So I think the looks were there. It's just sometimes
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  Speaker 2: you run into a huck wooly, and I think we
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  Speaker 2: were off a little bit on the entry with some
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  Speaker 2: speed stuff. But overall, I think, you know, we still
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  Speaker 2: had a few good looks there today.