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Speaker 1: From the Ponds to the pros. It's time for Beyond

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Speaker 1: the Pond on the fan. Here are your hosts, Pat

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Speaker 2: But boy, is it good to be back in the

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Speaker 2: state of hockey. Kevin Fallness along with Patt mcletty, and

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Speaker 2: it is Beyond the Pond. I missed you last week.

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Speaker 2: How many weeks have you been gone? One? How many weeks?

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Speaker 2: He was a hell of a weekend, a miss I'll

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Speaker 2: tell you that much. I had a bunch of fomo

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Speaker 2: up there in Coleraine. Yeah, you were up north, weren't you. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we'll get into that more. We do have a special

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Speaker 2: guest on the line to kick the show guests, and

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Speaker 2: we're gonna go up to Duluth to talk to the

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Speaker 2: head coach of the Golden Golphers and the head coach

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Speaker 2: of Team USA for the World Juniors. His name is

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Speaker 2: Bob Monskow. Bob, how you doing, buddy?

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Speaker 3: It was one cold going on up here. We're up

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Speaker 3: in Michletny's homes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, oh boy, yeah, that went off the lake right.

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Speaker 3: She's a bit nippy, I can tell you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's no warmer down here. I'll turn you loose

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Speaker 2: on pat here in a second. But you got the

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Speaker 2: pre tournament schedule coming up here at Amzoil Arena. Your

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Speaker 2: first game is tomorrow against Germany four o'clock at Amzoil

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Speaker 2: underway for Reo at Grand Casino Arena and three am

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Speaker 2: Arena at Mariucci. You guys will be spending a lot

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we brought We've got four guys that we have

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Speaker 3: to let go. That's going to be the real tough

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Speaker 3: So we're four days into it right now and really

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Speaker 4: Hey, Bob, you know talking about you you have to

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Speaker 3: It is in the the US to doing such a

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and and a lot of these guys, you know,

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Speaker 2: Over if they don't make this team.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I look back to the year you won

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Speaker 3: And we questioned ourselves for years after, right, I can

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Speaker 3: Look for a USA right now, we won World Championships

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Speaker 2: They're in the middle of the pre tournament schedule as

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Speaker 2: They're coming to Minneapolis. Get your tickets now, World Juniors

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Speaker 2: m N two six dot com. It starts December twenty

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Speaker 3: Okay, everybody's excited about Quinn Hughes right now coming to Minnesota. Well,

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Speaker 6: Well, here's the big thing.

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Speaker 2: In about ten minutes, we're gonna be talking to your buddy,

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Speaker 2: Scott Sandel and head coach at Minnesota Duluth. How's he

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Speaker 2: Good for you. You know their whole thing well, Iron Rangers.

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Speaker 4: They are great guys, you know. I mean, all we

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Speaker 5: Name has come up a number of times.

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Speaker 3: Oh, we'll get into what we're talking about. The trust's

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Speaker 2: All right, Well we'll keep that for January. When I

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Speaker 2: see you. Good luck up there in Dulud, good luck

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Speaker 2: making those final cuts. Merry Christmas, and we'll see at

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Speaker 2: the end of the week. In the Twin Cities. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: you too, Thanks Bob. There he goes Bob Moscow, head

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Speaker 2: Well, well, that was good to hear from Bob Moscow.

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Speaker 4: I mean dry Cidle McDavid and then you go, McCary McKinnon.

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Speaker 4: And this isn't a poor me for Dallas, Colorado and Minnesota,

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Speaker 4: The first round is fabulous, all right, but then for whatever,

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Speaker 4: Well give give him times when he does he will

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Speaker 4: They will know what Quinn Hughes is doing, because when

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Speaker 2: I mean this is Jules a pretty hockey where he goes.

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Speaker 2: Pregame at one forty five right here on FM one

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Speaker 2: then our hockey conversation will continue. We're going back to Duluth.

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Speaker 2: We'll check in with Scott Sandel and head coach of

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Speaker 2: the Bulldogs. Next I'm beyond the punch there's not a

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Speaker 2: lot I wouldn't do for ninety million dollars. Patrick stepping

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Speaker 2: Could you do it for ninety million? Could you go

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Speaker 2: a wonderful host, we understand to Bob Motsko and team us. Hey, Scott,

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Speaker 7: Good morning, guys.

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Speaker 4: I was telling I've was telling Bob Iron Rangers are

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Speaker 4: just good guys, you know. For you to give up

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Speaker 2: What we do, right.

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Speaker 7: Exactly, That's exactly what we do.

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Speaker 2: Are there any rules you're tell them? Don't put your

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Speaker 7: Uh no, we don't. We didn't put a lot of

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Speaker 2: Good, go ahead. Well, I was just gonna say, what's

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Speaker 8: You know?

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Speaker 4: You as a coach, Scott, you know you've got a

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Speaker 7: right now that are playing really good hockey. So I

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Speaker 7: think that's exciting for them, and certainly two of our

434
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Speaker 7: guys have have played really well as well, so I

435
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Speaker 7: think that really bodes well for their team going in.

436
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Speaker 7: Just you know, guys with a lot of confidence right now.

437
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,440
Speaker 7: You know, you look at guys like Horcoff Two's that Yeah,

438
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,959
Speaker 7: you're just guys that you know, have really had a

439
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Speaker 7: really good first half. And you know, I think just

440
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Speaker 7: talking to those guys, think the best part is, you know,

441
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Speaker 7: they're all they're all better than they were in the

442
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Speaker 7: summer and you know, the summer camp stole. But right

443
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Speaker 7: now that they're you know, into their seasons and you know,

444
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Speaker 7: doing what they do, you know, there's a lot of

445
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Speaker 7: guys in a really good spot.

446
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Speaker 4: Uh let's let's uh change to college hockey a little

447
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Speaker 4: bit and and your season, you guys are off to

448
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Speaker 4: just a fabulous, fabulous start. You're getting great goaltending, which

449
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,000
Speaker 4: we all know. But but you and I talked earlier

450
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Speaker 4: in the week and about you know, the kind of

451
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Speaker 4: the state of college hockey.

452
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Speaker 2: And and and.

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Speaker 4: Just the parody and the number of of great teams

454
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Speaker 4: this year. It's it's gonna be, you know, for for

455
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Speaker 4: any team, it's it's gonna be, uh, you know, really.

456
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Speaker 2: Really tough to make it to that frozen four this

457
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Speaker 2: year with a number of great teams that we have

458
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Speaker 2: this year.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure, Pat. I think, you know, obviously with

460
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Speaker 7: the rules changing and and our and our our pool

461
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Speaker 7: of players being so much bigger, I think you're you're

462
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Speaker 7: seeing that in college hockey.

463
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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 7: You know, a lot of teams take advantage of of

465
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Speaker 7: certainly the chl rule and have added a ton of players.

466
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Speaker 7: And certainly a lot of those guys are you know,

467
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Speaker 7: freshmen still, but they played a lot of hockey and

468
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Speaker 7: just adds to the depth of a college hockeys pool.

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Speaker 7: And I think you're seeing that with just the games,

470
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Speaker 7: and you saw even earlier in the year too, there

471
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Speaker 7: was a lot of upsets and maybe surprising scores. But

472
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Speaker 7: I think there's just a lot of really good teams

473
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Speaker 7: that are going to get better, especially with the you know,

474
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Speaker 7: the teams that have you know, guys that are coming

475
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Speaker 7: in from you know, could be Canadian universities or major

476
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Speaker 7: junior and and those guys are learning, and they're good players,

477
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Speaker 7: and some are you know, elite players, and it's just

478
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Speaker 7: going to make our game, our game better moving forward.

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Speaker 7: It's it's certainly a different world to navigate than what

480
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Speaker 7: we've been used to. But you know, I'm still on

481
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Speaker 7: the give it a couple of years and see where

482
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Speaker 7: we're going. But if this is any indication, I think

483
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Speaker 7: our game is going to continue to get better and

484
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Speaker 7: we're going to have some really really elite players in

485
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Speaker 7: college hockey.

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Speaker 2: Talking to Scott Sandlin, head coach at UMD for the

487
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Speaker 2: Bulldogs fourteen and six overall, seven and five in the NCHC.

488
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Speaker 2: When I think about the first half highlights for the

489
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Speaker 2: Bulldogs sweeping the Gophers at mari Uti, you guys already

490
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Speaker 2: alluded to that. You also swept Saint Cloud State up

491
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Speaker 2: there at Amzoil Arena. How would you recap the first

492
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Speaker 2: half of the season there for um D.

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Speaker 5: You know, it's been a good.

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Speaker 7: A real good first half for us. I think it

495
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Speaker 7: was really important that we, you know, had a good

496
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Speaker 7: start and won some games. You know, our guys were

497
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Speaker 7: very disappointed well after last year, and especially our our

498
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Speaker 7: core group of you know, we had a really good

499
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Speaker 7: freshman class last year. There are now sophomores and you know,

500
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Speaker 7: they want to win, and they want to get the program,

501
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Speaker 7: you know, back to where they're you know, accustomed to

502
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Speaker 7: seeing it. And obviously having a good start and winning

503
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Speaker 7: some games and you know, you know, just building that

504
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Speaker 7: ca confidence early, I guess would be you know the

505
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 7: biggest thing, and just getting that winning feeling again. You know,

506
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Speaker 7: hopefully it will vote well for us in the second half,

507
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Speaker 7: but we've got a ways to go. It's like I said,

508
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,960
Speaker 7: the mountain keeps getting steeper, and everything's going to get

509
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,200
Speaker 7: super hard and everybody gets better, and you know how

510
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Speaker 7: competitive is in the second half. And you know, we're

511
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Speaker 7: no different. You know, we've playing in a really strong

512
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Speaker 7: league and we found that out, you know, having a

513
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Speaker 7: tough time. You know, we're ten and zero on Fridays

514
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 7: and four and six on Saturdays, so we've got to

515
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Speaker 7: be out you know, when we put ourselves in that

516
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Speaker 7: position how to to get some of those sweeps. But

517
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Speaker 7: it's very difficult, as you guys know, to beat teams

518
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Speaker 7: twice and you know, but we've been in every game

519
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Speaker 7: and and uh, you know, we just need to find

520
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Speaker 7: a way to get over that hump for Saturday.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I know, you you're never you know, you

522
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Speaker 4: you know when your team is ready and in fact,

523
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Speaker 4: you know, I'm gonna tell a quick story, Kevin uh

524
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Speaker 4: back when when I don't know the year, Scott, but

525
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Speaker 4: the year you won in Buffalo, and it was it

526
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,520
Speaker 4: was during the season and you guys were on a

527
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Speaker 4: roll and I said to you, oh my god, you

528
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Speaker 4: guys are playing great hockey. And you said to me,

529
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Speaker 4: you know what, Mick, We're not ready. We're not ready yet.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you when we're ready. We still have some

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Speaker 4: things to work on.

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Speaker 2: And you know, you know, you didn't stop.

533
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Speaker 4: You went on and and and one in in Buffalo.

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Speaker 4: But just you know, quickly talk about the difference between

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Speaker 4: a freshman and then a sophomore and that maturation process

536
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Speaker 4: and and and uh, you know what guys have to

537
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Speaker 4: go through, you know, to maybe up their game or

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Speaker 4: get to that next level.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think you see a lot of a lot

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Speaker 7: of you know, a lot of freshmen come in and

541
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Speaker 7: and uh, you know, they've they've had really good years

542
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Speaker 7: prior to them coming in and have been in you know,

543
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Speaker 7: some of them have been you know, in different situations

544
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Speaker 7: with their teams. And you know, when you come to

545
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Speaker 7: h a new team, there's always, uh, you know, there's

546
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Speaker 7: always other players there that might be in those situations.

547
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Speaker 7: And I think sometimes guys, you know, maybe struggle with

548
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 7: that a little bit because they're maybe used to getting

549
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 7: more minutes or being in a power player or just

550
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 7: playing more of a key role, and trying to get

551
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Speaker 7: them to understand that you are playing a key role

552
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Speaker 7: is part of the growing process. And you know, we've

553
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 7: gone through that a little bit with some of our

554
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 7: younger guys. They're really good players and they're learning, and

555
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 7: you kind of go through it every year. And then

556
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 7: there's guys that you know you're going to be putting on.

557
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 7: You're you're going to put them in those situations and

558
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 7: you know, like the Plants and Shagaby, even last year,

559
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 7: you know, we were counting on them to be, you know,

560
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 7: really good impact players for us, and they kind of

561
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 7: delivered that. And this year, going through what they did

562
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 7: last year, they were very driven and hungry to not

563
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 7: only get better individually, but you know, make our team better.

564
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Speaker 7: And they certainly have been doing that since day one,

565
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Speaker 7: and you know, you look at the numbers that they

566
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 7: put up, it's pretty incredible. But you know it's going

567
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 7: to get hard, and I just think learning and you know,

568
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 7: the attitude guys have is really important, and you know,

569
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Speaker 7: we try and encourage that.

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Speaker 5: You know it is a.

571
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Speaker 7: Process and just stay with it and try and put

572
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Speaker 7: him in the best situations for them to keep growing.

573
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 7: And hopefully we'll see more of that in the second

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Speaker 7: half of our younger players.

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Speaker 2: Scott, thanks for doing this, Good luck in the second half.

576
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, and hopefully we can connect once we get

577
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Speaker 2: past the new year.

578
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Speaker 7: Okay, guys, thanks, you're.

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Speaker 2: Going, my friend, Yeah, take care. There he goes the

580
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Speaker 2: head coach of the UMD Bulldogs, Scott Sandlan, I've never

581
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Speaker 2: asked you this. Yeah, but for those that don't know,

582
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Speaker 2: twenty five years he's been the head coach there at

583
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Speaker 2: Minnesota Duluth, but drafted by Montreal in the second round

584
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Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty two college hockey at North Dakota, finalists

585
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Speaker 2: for the Hoby Baker. I've never asked you describe Scott

586
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 2: Sandlan as the player. We know what he is as

587
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 2: the coach. We've got twenty five years of resume to

588
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Speaker 2: look at. But what type of player was he? Well,

589
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 2: let me tell you.

590
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Speaker 4: You know, we grew up, you know, playing mites together. Yeah, yeah,

591
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 4: and all the way up and it was certainly nice

592
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 4: to he improved my game because he gave me the

593
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 4: ability to not you know, come back on the defensive end.

594
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 4: He and he never wanted anything for himself. It was

595
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Speaker 4: I'm doing my job. I'm gonna make it easier for

596
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Speaker 4: you know. Uh, you know Mikeletti's and other guys up front,

597
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 4: and uh, he was he was a treasure to play

598
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 4: with and uh and so just for him allowing me

599
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 4: to make mistakes was was the key. And so I

600
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 4: mean just a and just a fabulous skater, big strong

601
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,959
Speaker 4: could skate, you know.

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Speaker 2: Just Uh.

603
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Speaker 4: I was really uh upset that Minnesota didn't get him.

604
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,479
Speaker 4: You know, he ended up going to North Dakota and

605
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 4: he was not fun to play against. And trust me,

606
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 4: we we went at it. And uh and so but

607
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 4: just a tremendous guy. And obviously his resume is coaching

608
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 4: is you know, off the charts.

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Speaker 2: Without a doubt. Always good to hear from Scott's Sandalin.

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Speaker 2: We'll take a break from the college hockey discussion. We'll

611
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Speaker 2: get on to the National Hockey League because we got

612
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Speaker 2: a big one coming up here for your Minnesota Wild

613
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Speaker 2: this afternoon, a matinee against the Edmonton Oilers. One of

614
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Speaker 2: their radio guys is Bob Staffer, and yes he can

615
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Speaker 2: talk about the Oilers. He can talk about Connor McDavid,

616
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 2: but he's got a good handle on everything going on

617
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Speaker 2: in the National Hockey League. So we can branch out

618
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Speaker 2: a little bit and have some fun with some NHL discussion. Next,

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Speaker 2: I'm Beyond the Pond. Beyond the Pond continues, big matchup

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Speaker 2: coming up today in Saint Paul, a matinee against the

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Speaker 2: Edmonton Oilers. Has mentioned Patrick, what a weekend for the

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Speaker 2: Minnesota whild the Edmonton Oilers today, the two times defending

623
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Speaker 2: Western Conference champions, and then you follow it up tomorrow

624
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Speaker 2: with another late afternoon, early evening affair against the number

625
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Speaker 2: one team in all of the NHL, the Colorado Avalanche.

626
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 2: Talk about back to back hockey games in Saint Paul.

627
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 2: That'll be so much fun for the fan base and

628
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 2: by the way, another shot to see Quinn Hughes in action,

629
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Speaker 2: and so much fun for the players.

630
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Speaker 4: I mean, and you know for Minnesota, they you know this,

631
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 4: these types of games, you come prepared. You know, it's

632
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 4: not like you're playing well last place whoever, right.

633
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: Like Columbus or Buffalo or Calgary or Vancouver, teams that

634
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: they have stubbed their toe against by the way.

635
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Speaker 4: You put your mindset right, you come into this building

636
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Speaker 4: and you are ready to play.

637
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then guarantee you win.

638
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 4: But you know what what you're gonna get, You're gonna

639
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 4: get great hockey. And you know, with three good teams

640
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Speaker 4: in the building this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it should be a blast. We're joined now by

642
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Speaker 2: one of the voices of the Edmonton Oilers, mister Bob Staffer,

643
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 2: and it's always a pleasure to hear his voice on

644
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 2: our airway. We get ready for Bob. How you doing.

645
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 2: That's Pat McLeay. I'm Kevin Fallness.

646
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Speaker 6: Good morning, gentlemen. How you doing?

647
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Speaker 2: I think really good. We're very much looking forward to

648
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 2: this heavyweight battle. I know the Oilers had their issues

649
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 2: coming out of the gate, but it feels like they're

650
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 2: heating up six one and one in their last eight

651
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 2: and of course they've got two of the best players

652
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 2: in the world and McDavid and dry Sidle coming into

653
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 2: Saint Paul, so it should be a fun one.

654
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, so uh yeah, I know we're it's been

655
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 6: a strange We're just we're we're leaving a little earlier

656
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 6: than normal, so just get the run down here. It's

657
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 6: been a Uh. I don't know how to describe it

658
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 6: other than to say, we've been here before with this group,

659
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 6: with the slow starts at the start of the year.

660
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 6: You know, you take a look at what's been achieved

661
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 6: the last couple of years. But ultimately they didn't get

662
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 6: the goal they wanted, right. They came up a couple

663
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 6: of goals short in Game seven, you know, losing to

664
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 6: one a couple of years ago, and then last year

665
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 6: in Florida kind of took that series over. Injuries played

666
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 6: a factor with the Himan injury and the nugent Hopkins

667
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 6: breaking his hand, and they just kind of ran out

668
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 6: of juice. In Florida were really good. They got off

669
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 6: to a very pedestrian start, weren't getting a lot of

670
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 6: stops early, and obviously it made the trade, which was

671
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 6: a blockbuster until you guys decided that. Bill Garrett decided,

672
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 6: He's like, you're wait a sec here, I got something coming.

673
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 6: But I think Edminton's ductory positioned really well in the

674
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 6: Pacific Division. And I think given that they've played twenty

675
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 6: two you know, after today, let' will be the twenty

676
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 6: second of the thirty six games on the road. They've

677
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 6: had three Eastern road trips. We don't have a single

678
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 6: game in for the Orders in the Eastern Conference after

679
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 6: this trip, so as of the game in Boston, I

680
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 6: was the last Eastern Conference game. So bottom line is

681
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 6: it hasn't been perfect. They haven't put together a three

682
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 6: game winning streak all year. They're going to try that today.

683
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 6: They certain they certainly know how good Minnesota is. I mean,

684
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 6: that's a given. And now Minnesota is better than they

685
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 6: were with the acquisition of Hughes. And you've got this

686
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 6: pool of deaths in the Central Division. But for whatever reason,

687
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,719
Speaker 6: Edmonton's matched up well against the Central Division champion over

688
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 6: the last couple of years, even though Dallas was favored

689
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 6: in both series. So I think the Orders are a

690
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 6: long way away from being a finished product, and I'm

691
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 6: going to be intrigued to see how the team grows

692
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 6: during the course of the year.

693
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was just going to ask you that, Bob.

694
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 2: You know, the West is a bear.

695
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 4: You know, you mentioned you know, Colorado, Minnesota, Dallas, Edmonton,

696
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 4: I mean, and you know, the list goes on a

697
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 4: little bit, a little bit deeper than that. That being said,

698
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,879
Speaker 4: when when you look at your Edmonton team, what do

699
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 4: you think they have to do to again get back

700
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 4: to the Stanley Cup finals.

701
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 6: Well, first of all, it's hard to go back to back. Hears, Yeah,

702
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 6: like it is, Like I realized that Florida's done it

703
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 6: three years and Early Orders has done it twice in

704
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 6: a row. Tampa Bay had a run. But before that

705
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 6: we weren't seeing a lot of teams. You know, stan

706
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 6: Bowman came over from Chicago. Not once do they make

707
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 6: it back to the Stanley Cup in back to back years,

708
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 6: and he had some really good teams. I think that

709
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 6: the Goltening situation, which is not you know, going into

710
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 6: you guys, are obviously where Jerry's not going to play today.

711
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 6: He's back in Edmonton, got a delayed flight, so I'm

712
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 6: not even sure he's seen the doctor yet. But that

713
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 6: in theory is supposed to settle things down, but may

714
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 6: not happen here over the next week just because schedules

715
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 6: worked out. He's got dire But the goaltending does need

716
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,320
Speaker 6: to settle out. The forwards are playing better defensively, that's good.

717
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,320
Speaker 6: That said, they have very little productivity right now. They're

718
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:40,800
Speaker 6: third and fourth lines. Fortunately McDavid's gone supersonic gen a

719
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 6: Tonic and he's got you know, twenty ten goals and

720
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 6: twenty two points in his last eight games, and that's

721
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 6: part of the reason why they're five to two and

722
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 6: one even a loss one nothing in a while. I mean,

723
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:53,439
Speaker 6: Jasper Volstadt basically, you know, stole that game. That game

724
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 6: was there to be had, and so you know, I

725
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 6: think the Orders are going to have to settle down

726
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 6: a bit in the short term and really try to

727
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 6: limit the amount of scoring chances against over the next

728
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 6: three or four games here during this stretch where Jerry

729
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 6: for sure is out because he's gone to tig Are.

730
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 6: You know, the defense they've never, like no team in

731
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 6: the league has been healthy because they'll compress schedule. The

732
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,720
Speaker 6: owners have eight players out tonight, but I would suggest

733
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,760
Speaker 6: to you they probably realistically have four. They don't have Jerry,

734
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,880
Speaker 6: they don't have Wallmant, they don't have Roslovic, who just

735
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 6: rejoined the team yesterday, and they don't have Kapenen, who

736
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 6: was a very useful player in the playoffs last year.

737
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 6: So those four guys for sure are going to be

738
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,760
Speaker 6: on the team. And then there's a couple other guys

739
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 6: that have had some you know, got some games in

740
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 6: but may not be part of playing sort of long

741
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 6: term at this stage yet. So I think it's a

742
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 6: good team. I do think the Central Division is significantly

743
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 6: stronger than the Pacific, and I think that bodes well

744
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 6: for Edmonton given just how many home games they've got

745
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 6: remaining on the schedule.

746
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 4: This is probably going to be long winded and hopefully

747
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 4: it makes sense to you. But you know your goaltending situation,

748
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 4: and I want to go back to Skinner, who obviously

749
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 4: was dealt to Pittsburgh.

750
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 2: But let's not forget this guy.

751
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 4: Was your goaltender in the last two runs at the

752
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 4: Stanley Cup, and you know it just it. You know,

753
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:22,760
Speaker 4: obviously things happened where you know a move was made,

754
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 4: but as you alluded to earlier, your team was not

755
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 4: playing great in front of him either, and so you

756
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 4: know it's I mean, you tell me what the what

757
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 4: the vibe was up there in terms of his play,

758
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 4: the team's play, and ultimately the move with Jerry coming

759
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 4: over and Skinner going to Pittsburgh.

760
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 6: Well, I think I think there was a feeling there

761
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 6: needed to be a change. I have a lot of

762
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 6: empathy for the position that Stuart Skinner was. It I

763
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 6: mean I watched Stuart Skinner as far back as twenty

764
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 6: twelve twenty thirteen played for the same athletic club, the

765
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,800
Speaker 6: Salseat Athletic Club. That's where Guy Getowski myself played together

766
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 6: all you know, over four years ago. Now he's the

767
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:12,399
Speaker 6: head coach. But yeah, you know there we go, small world, right,

768
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 6: So that lockout, that lockout aurays saw it kind of

769
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 6: a both Carter Hart who was insured Park and Stu

770
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,959
Speaker 6: Skinners with the Salsett Athletic Club. And Stu was never

771
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 6: the superior athlete, but was always the bigger kid, yep.

772
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 6: And and then of course, as you guys know, Jerry

773
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 6: was in Edmonton. The last WHL team to win the

774
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 6: Memorial Cup was with Kristin, Jerry and goal at Edmonton

775
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 6: back in twenty fourteen. And the league has just it's

776
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 6: expanded to the point where they have twenty three teams

777
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,399
Speaker 6: and when I was coming through, they had twelve and

778
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,840
Speaker 6: it was almost impossible to make a WHL team and

779
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 6: that's why they won the Memorial Cup basically every you know,

780
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 6: two out of every three years. So Skinner, what does

781
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 6: this have to do with Skinner? The bottom line is

782
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 6: Skinner was from Edmonton. Grew and developed with the others.

783
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 6: Was not like Jerry was always a higher ceiling the

784
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 6: netminer in terms of what he might be able to accomplish.

785
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 6: And I think Skier was fine. But I just think

786
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 6: that when the team had some breakdowns, and they had

787
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 6: a lot of breakdowns early in the seasons the last

788
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,319
Speaker 6: three years of goaltending, wasn't there to pick it up,

789
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 6: and it became a source of frustration and consternation. And

790
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:22,880
Speaker 6: Stan Bowman wanted to alleviate that as a default mechanism.

791
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 6: So that's part of the reason why that trade was.

792
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 6: That's good, all right.

793
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 2: I said, I'd get you out of here by ten

794
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 2: fifty five, and I will hold hold ourselves to that.

795
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 2: I know you got to catch a bus over to

796
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 2: Grand Casino Arena. I wanted to squeeze this one. And

797
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,879
Speaker 2: we all know how good Connor McDavid is. It goes

798
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 2: without saying his numbers speak for themselves. The guy is

799
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 2: the brightest star on the planet, no doubt about it,

800
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 2: except when he plays ju Lyrics and Nek and Jones

801
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 2: brodein what do they do so well against him to

802
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,919
Speaker 2: limit him at best? And in fact, Boby, you talked

803
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 2: about they had a chance to steal it on December second.

804
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 2: He didn't even have a shot in that game.

805
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 6: That's because he didn't shoot, and that game changed his outlook.

806
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,399
Speaker 6: He has been shooting the pocket tons since then. So

807
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 6: he had two chances right down Main Street, and I

808
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 6: think he realized, you know what, when the margins is

809
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 6: tight against the team that good and Minnesota's a good team,

810
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:12,879
Speaker 6: you know, that's the way it is. I mean, it's

811
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 6: just look, this is I'm going to say something that

812
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,720
Speaker 6: maybe might be seen as offensive, but it's just the truth.

813
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 6: Nobody gets up to play the Wild Okay, they're in

814
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 6: a hard ass team to play against, and they have

815
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 6: been for a number of years. I got a bit

816
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 6: of the identity of their general manager, who is a

817
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,960
Speaker 6: top flight GM in this league. Okay, like he's an

818
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,240
Speaker 6: elite GM that is capable of making difficult decisions and

819
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:37,839
Speaker 6: you know, Bill's a fun guy and all those other things.

820
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 6: But Bill was highly competitive and Minnesota has been highly competitive.

821
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 6: David's not played overly well in Buffalo, tough place to

822
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 6: get up the play games. The Orders have not played

823
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 6: up played well in Minnesota. Often they would get the

824
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 6: Winnipeg Minnesota back to back and his better work would

825
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 6: be in Winnipeg, and the Wild have been able to

826
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 6: layer up against them defensively with the nomination of Ericsonek,

827
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 6: who the Orders were taking at sixteen back in twenty fifteen,

828
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 6: and McDavid's draft year, if they'd held the pick and

829
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:11,399
Speaker 6: not squandered it trading it for Griffin Reinhart, Joel Rickson

830
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 6: Neck was going to be Edmonton's pick. So it's a

831
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 6: touchy subject for me personally. But the ability of ericson

832
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 6: K and Brodine to you know, to combat what McDavid

833
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 6: can do, and generally speaking, the Wild they had good

834
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 6: goal to me, So that's the other part of it.

835
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 6: So now it's funny because they haven't played great against

836
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 6: Dallas over the last several years either, and then they've

837
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 6: beaten them two years of a row in the playoffs when

838
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 6: Dallas was the prohibited favorite in both series. So but

839
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 6: I think just part of it is it's a tough

840
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 6: place to play. It's not the easiest place to play,

841
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 6: and they defend them well and they got defensemen that

842
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 6: can skate, and is brodein back to today, we do

843
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 6: we expect them back in the lineup.

844
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 2: We don't know that there's seven guys that were missing

845
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,239
Speaker 2: from the lineup Thursday against Columbus, so that that's one

846
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 2: of about six question marks. There's a couple of guys

847
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,800
Speaker 2: I think you can rule out, but I think Brodein

848
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,240
Speaker 2: is on the fence, Johannes on the fence of Corrello,

849
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 2: go right down the list they're putting together. This with

850
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 2: are Z.

851
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 6: Corrella just kills you letters likes you. Look at his

852
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 6: all time numbers against Evanton. He's been really good. But

853
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 6: again I don't think like you know, I know when

854
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 6: the Order is going to Pittsburgh. I know McDavid and Leon.

855
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 6: I mean, the Orders have outscored the Penguins forty sixty

856
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 6: eighteen last night, and the only game they lost they

857
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 6: shot him like forty three to twenty seven. So I

858
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,760
Speaker 6: know for them, they're jacked up to go against the best,

859
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 6: and what happens is every other team gets jacked up

860
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,319
Speaker 6: to go against Connor and Leon. Minnesota has done as

861
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 6: good a job as anybody, and it's just simply not

862
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 6: an easy place to play. It's a hard place to play.

863
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 6: So I think those are some of the fact and

864
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,040
Speaker 6: the wild player a very road game yeah, you guys

865
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 6: would be. In fact, the two games last year that

866
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,400
Speaker 6: Edmonton won, the Wild open it up, you know, and

867
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,760
Speaker 6: that's sort of hasn't been their modus operande against Edmonton.

868
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 6: So that's part of the reason why it's been a

869
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:57,800
Speaker 6: difficult matchup for Connor at times.

870
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 2: Get out of here, go catch that bus. Much picker today, right,

871
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 2: I'll be pickered today. I stay care yep, goes Bob Staffer,

872
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 2: one of the voices up there in Edmonton, does great

873
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 2: work on their radio, does stuff on TV up there.

874
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 2: He has to catch the bus and I don't.

875
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,479
Speaker 4: And I got so much more for I wanted to talk,

876
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 4: you know, because he's an Edmonton native and all that

877
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 4: kind of stuff.

878
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 2: I want to talk old wha with him.

879
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 5: Yeah.

880
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 2: You know, my brother Joe was a member of the

881
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 2: Edmonton Oils. Do you know Kevin that I saw.

882
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,959
Speaker 4: I was in attendance for the last Avco Cup Championship

883
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:41,320
Speaker 4: between the Winnipeg Jets and the Edmonton Oilers.

884
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,320
Speaker 2: Nineteen seventy nine.

885
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:44,840
Speaker 7: Wow.

886
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 4: Yes, I got in the car out of my dad

887
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 4: and my brother and we went up to watch my

888
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 4: brother Joe, a young man by the name of Wayne

889
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 4: Gretzky was seventeen years old on that Edmonton oiler team.

890
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 2: You got your current drove there? How far?

891
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 4: I mean it's still it's a long drive giving to Winnipeg.

892
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 4: It was about five hours.

893
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 2: What it's five hours from heaving to Edmonton? Yeah? Five

894
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 2: or six? Yes, because you gotta go all the way up.

895
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 5: Wow.

896
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've I got to go look at a map.

897
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 2: It feels like it'd be a lot longer than five hours.

898
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:18,840
Speaker 3: It was.

899
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 2: It's got a lead foot Yeah, was in uh man,

900
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 2: sorry cowboy Bill flapp member him. Yeah, no you don't.

901
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 8: I can.

902
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 4: I could throw names, so you won't have any clue.

903
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 4: That's okay, though I might, But it was, it was.

904
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 2: It was a lot of fun. How excited are you now?

905
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,719
Speaker 2: With Quinn Hughes in the fold as he continues to

906
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 2: get more and more comfortable with his surroundings. I mean

907
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 2: him in favor played half the game. Yeah together they

908
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 2: have to. Yeah, thirty two minutes and thirty Yeah, unbelievable,

909
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 2: and so what they that's what they do. Yeah, Quinn, Quinn,

910
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 2: you dude, good, play me the whole game, favor. I'm fine, Yeah,

911
00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 2: play me the whole game. And oh, oh boy boy,

912
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 2: you can't oh, they're playing too much.

913
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 6: Now.

914
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 2: Those guys don't get tired. I mean they just don't.

915
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 2: You know, when you play like that, you know that's

916
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 2: what you want to do.

917
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 4: And if you watch Quinn Hughes and you'd take his

918
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 4: thirty two minutes, no favorite plays a little bit harder.

919
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 2: Hughes knows how to use his time. Yeah, you know,

920
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 2: it really does. And when you know how to.

921
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:26,839
Speaker 4: Just you know, understand your body and know how what

922
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 4: you got, you're fine.

923
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 2: Just a human breakout machine, so much fun to watch.

924
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 2: We alluded to it a little bit there with a

925
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,920
Speaker 2: staff and the fact that this team is missing seven

926
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 2: people from their lineup, and not just regular HL whole

927
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:42,719
Speaker 2: hum guys that would just fill up a role on

928
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 2: the fourth line. Two of your top six are out

929
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 2: and Johanson and Zuccarello. You're missing three of your defensive

930
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 2: core four if you include Damon Hunt. How are they

931
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,879
Speaker 2: getting it done? This team not only is one sixth

932
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 2: straight pad, they're eighteen three and two since November first,

933
00:45:56,600 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 2: and riding in a thirteen game point street at Grand Because.

934
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 4: I'm the first to put my hand up and say

935
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 4: I apologize, because at the beginning of the year I

936
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 4: you know, I thought, where's the depth? And we have

937
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 4: seen these guys come up here and play really good

938
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 4: and I don't care. Kirstead played good. Uh you know

939
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 4: Lambos in his first game played well.

940
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:19,799
Speaker 2: Who am I missing back on?

941
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,480
Speaker 4: Damon Hunting? Deamon Hunt you know it's played well when

942
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 4: he is in there. Uh, you know, Jones, Pittlick. You know,

943
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 4: here's the deal. You got to give the coaching staff

944
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 4: all the kudos in the world because they got the

945
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:38,359
Speaker 4: here's what we want you to do, and don't do

946
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,399
Speaker 4: anything more, don't do anything less.

947
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 2: Here's what we want you to do. Here's your role.

948
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 2: Do it.

949
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 4: And guess what all these guys out they don't they

950
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 4: don't lose. So you tell me, you tell me, you know.

951
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,239
Speaker 4: Uh so you got to give a lot to that

952
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 4: coaching staff and what they've done, and you know what

953
00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 4: they've instilled and here's how we're gonna win guys, and

954
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 4: and they've they've they've done it.

955
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 2: I will say this. I follow you on the Twitter,

956
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 2: I follow you on the X and it feels like

957
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 2: you're trying to temper my enthusiasm at the re emergence

958
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 2: and the resurgence of Vladimir Tarasenko.

959
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 4: I'm holding out because I want to see it consistently

960
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 4: now for sure. You know, once these guys come back,

961
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 4: he'll drop down to that third line.

962
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 2: Fine, that's fine.

963
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 4: All I want to see out of him is consistency.

964
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:30,480
Speaker 4: I ripped him one game because it was late in

965
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:33,720
Speaker 4: a game where it was Edmonton. It was in Edmonton,

966
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 4: they're up one and nothing, and he's trying to make

967
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 4: a play where he shouldn't make a play and he

968
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 4: probably knew it, and so you know, you give. But

969
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 4: he's a veteran too, and he should know it. And

970
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 4: so I'm hey, some of the plays he's made with

971
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 4: your off.

972
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:53,319
Speaker 9: The play in particular where he drags it through his legs,

973
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 9: drags all the defenders to the right of the goaltender,

974
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 9: and then he slips it into the slap of easiest

975
00:47:58,600 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 9: goal for Europe I've ever heard.

976
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 2: That was a ton of heavy lifting by ninety one.

977
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:04,360
Speaker 2: And what is his strength?

978
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 4: I mean, he's I mean, if you ever looked at

979
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 4: his legs, they are tree trunks, right.

980
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 2: But he doesn't move as well as he used to.

981
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 2: But he can still shoot the puck.

982
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 4: So for him, it's getting those getting those spots and

983
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 4: using it and he's starting to do that more. And

984
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 4: if he continues to do that, call me wrong there,

985
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:24,840
Speaker 4: but uh, you know, I just want to see a

986
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 4: little bit more.

987
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 2: One forty five pre game coming up later on this afternoon.

988
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 2: Wild hosting the Edmundton Oilers. All the play by play

989
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 2: action right here on FM one hundred point three the

990
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 2: Fan quick Break, and then Beyond the Pond continues with

991
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 2: our two next on the fan, our two of Beyond

992
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 2: the Pond. Still plenty of opportunity to talk about the

993
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 2: Minnesota Wild and everything going on in the NHL Big

994
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,000
Speaker 2: One coming up later on today in Saint Paul, Wild

995
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 2: hosting the Edmundon Oilers. Pregame at one forty five. But

996
00:48:57,239 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 2: let's go back to the college scene, because one of

997
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:02,319
Speaker 2: our buddies up there in Bimidgi is Tom's territory, nice

998
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,880
Speaker 2: enough to join us on the full lines. Tom, that's Pat,

999
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 2: I'm Kevin. Welcome be on the Pond.

1000
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,399
Speaker 5: Thanks for having me, boys, I thank you so much.

1001
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,120
Speaker 2: Before you start, Pat, I was up in your neck

1002
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,600
Speaker 2: of the woods not that long ago. Last weekend, Tom

1003
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 2: and I got to see the snake pit in action

1004
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 2: in Coleraine. What what a what a beauty gem that

1005
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:25,440
Speaker 2: is right in the middle of the Iron Range.

1006
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 5: Well, first off, don't get mick Letty going here.

1007
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 2: A lot lot of lots in.

1008
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 8: Building for you.

1009
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 2: It was cool, but it's a beauty do you know

1010
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 2: what you know?

1011
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,319
Speaker 5: My wife's been there a couple of times obviously, but

1012
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 5: we came back from Tech Guy. She drove to Tech

1013
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,360
Speaker 5: about a month ago. I back with her on standing.

1014
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:47,759
Speaker 5: We came through Coleraine, went to the little the meat

1015
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,719
Speaker 5: market there and got a sandwich, and we stopped off

1016
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:54,000
Speaker 5: at the rink and one of my former players was actually, hey,

1017
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:57,240
Speaker 5: you know Greenway. It was Greenway playing Bam playing Ely

1018
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 5: and one of my former players, Frank you which was

1019
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,600
Speaker 5: coaching Ely. But even my wife said she was, my god,

1020
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 5: what a cool rick. You forget how cool it is.

1021
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:09,320
Speaker 5: And of course Bob Drander was there. Ken. It was

1022
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 5: just a great scene. A lot of people you've ever

1023
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 5: lost the game there, No, never lost.

1024
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,040
Speaker 4: The game scart A lot of goals in that building,

1025
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,480
Speaker 4: my lord, no, that it was.

1026
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,439
Speaker 2: It was so much fun to go. Hey back when

1027
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 2: we played that building.

1028
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:27,959
Speaker 4: Every building on the Iron Range completely sold out every game,

1029
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:29,879
Speaker 4: and that's what made it so much fun.

1030
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:32,640
Speaker 5: Patrick, I don't know if you remember the game our

1031
00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 5: senior year. You guys beat us eight to seven in

1032
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:35,399
Speaker 5: the snake Yeah.

1033
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:40,600
Speaker 4: I think I got the winner, didn't I You probably

1034
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 4: got the winner.

1035
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 5: I got a couple on Meds. Meds actually played in

1036
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 5: the nets.

1037
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,920
Speaker 2: Right right, he did. We're like, oh, let's give Greenway.

1038
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 2: There's a chance tonight will play Meds.

1039
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:54,439
Speaker 5: It's great when you look back at all these things.

1040
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 5: And Patrick is so right. The snake pit was just

1041
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 5: one of the you know, it's still one of the

1042
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,000
Speaker 5: great ranks, obvious league. And I'll say, in.

1043
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:02,799
Speaker 2: The world, yeah, it really is the world.

1044
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 5: And you can eat off the floors. You can still

1045
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 5: eat off the floors. And who I'm getting at And no,

1046
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 5: it's just Pat guy or Bob's ran and oh, Kenny,

1047
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,520
Speaker 5: they've done a heck of a job again keeping that

1048
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,919
Speaker 5: rink status quo. And all the rinks on the range

1049
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:17,160
Speaker 5: are just there their price. So that's the best way

1050
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 5: of putting it.

1051
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 2: I agree, it's very nice. I don't know that I'm

1052
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 2: eating off the floor though, Tom, it's very nice. Yeah,

1053
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:25,240
Speaker 2: we did.

1054
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 5: Right, absolutely absolutely.

1055
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:32,160
Speaker 4: Hey, you and I had a conversation this summer and

1056
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 4: we were talking about, you know, the upcoming season, and

1057
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 4: and you know, you alluded to the fact that you said, Mick,

1058
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 4: there's going to be more skill in our league this year.

1059
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 4: There's gonna be more goal scoring. You talk to other

1060
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,799
Speaker 4: coaches in the league and lo and behold, look at

1061
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:52,279
Speaker 4: your league. There are six teams that could win the

1062
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:53,759
Speaker 4: conference title this year.

1063
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 2: Would you concur with that?

1064
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:00,719
Speaker 5: Oh, it's unbelievable right now, and it's already TIERR. Six

1065
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:04,000
Speaker 5: teams could win it. And the offense. I mean, I

1066
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 5: think I looked at it, and hey, I'm not saying

1067
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:08,719
Speaker 5: I got the answers, but I said, you know, there's

1068
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:10,919
Speaker 5: going to be usual as what twenty teams averaging three

1069
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 5: goals a game right in college hockey. Now there's thirty.

1070
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:15,759
Speaker 5: If you take a look right now, there's I think

1071
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,240
Speaker 5: that I look the other day and I think there's thirty.

1072
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:21,799
Speaker 5: Plus I think there's like five teams having four goals

1073
00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 5: a game. Usually there might be one. We're at three

1074
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:27,080
Speaker 5: point I think we're twenty from the country. Don't fact

1075
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 5: check me totally, but we're at like three point one,

1076
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 5: three point two. No, it's our league, is uh, I mean,

1077
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:36,760
Speaker 5: our league is it's outstanding. And you know what last

1078
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:40,400
Speaker 5: night Augustana beat Omaha. Yep, you know they've swept. They

1079
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 5: swept Arizona State split with the luth No, we're we're

1080
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 5: doing we're doing well. Our league really well. And again

1081
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:48,719
Speaker 5: I'm pumped up for all the teams. It's notept for

1082
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:49,760
Speaker 5: the league. Good for all the teams.

1083
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:53,160
Speaker 4: Well, you know, I'm a big ccha guy, and I

1084
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 4: tell people all the time. Last year Western Michigan wins

1085
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:01,439
Speaker 4: the national title, congratulations they earned it and all that.

1086
00:53:01,719 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 4: But I will tell you, and you probably watched the game.

1087
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:10,480
Speaker 4: Minnesota State was an inch a millimeter away from beating

1088
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:15,480
Speaker 4: Western Michigan. And and that's how good the teams are

1089
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:19,480
Speaker 4: in the CCHA. You see it, you play it every weekend.

1090
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:23,800
Speaker 4: And you know this league should not be taken lightly

1091
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 4: by anybody.

1092
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 5: Well I laugh when people take anything, you better not

1093
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,400
Speaker 5: take college hockey lightly, right, because we're the beauty of

1094
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 5: our sport. Is that the fortieth team now is the NPI.

1095
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:37,920
Speaker 5: So again, the fortieth or forty fifth team in the

1096
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:42,280
Speaker 5: NPI can again easily beat the sixth, seventh or eighth, right,

1097
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,799
Speaker 5: and it's not like a one out of ten. And

1098
00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:47,680
Speaker 5: the beauty is is that the parry and college hockey

1099
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 5: is outstanding. You're never you're never safe. Every game is

1100
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 5: a dog fight. And that's why, again I say it

1101
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:58,040
Speaker 5: all the time, we're the greatest sport there is because

1102
00:53:58,080 --> 00:54:00,840
Speaker 5: it's not like college football where there are barking about,

1103
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,279
Speaker 5: you know, the college football playoffs, who should be in,

1104
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,440
Speaker 5: who shouldn't be in. But again, there's going to be

1105
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 5: a team from the from the MAC isn't going to

1106
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 5: beat Ohio State as it ain't happening. It ain't happening, right,

1107
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 5: And you know, at our at our level with sixty

1108
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 5: teams and the number of hockey players we have, there's

1109
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 5: there's a lot of hockey players. There's a lot of

1110
00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 5: you know, there's a lot of deep talent, and there's

1111
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:25,560
Speaker 5: great games every weekend, every night.

1112
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:29,400
Speaker 2: Talking to Tom Serratory, head coach at Bamigie State, second

1113
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,919
Speaker 2: in the CCHA with a seven to two and three

1114
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:36,200
Speaker 2: record in conference. Tom Weed talked to Scott Sandlin earlier

1115
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:38,120
Speaker 2: in this show, and his office has been taken over

1116
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 2: by Bob Motsko because Team USA is up there at

1117
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,480
Speaker 2: Amazoil Arena taking over for the World Juniors as they

1118
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,160
Speaker 2: get ready for later on this week. You've got some

1119
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 2: folks taking over at the Sanford Center as well. In Bamigie.

1120
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:52,399
Speaker 2: You got the checks, you got Latvia Slovakia up there.

1121
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 2: Uh just did you happen to check out the game

1122
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:56,680
Speaker 2: last night between the Czechs and Latvia?

1123
00:54:57,840 --> 00:54:57,960
Speaker 8: No?

1124
00:54:58,080 --> 00:54:59,319
Speaker 5: I did it, And I'll tell you why. I'm in

1125
00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:01,120
Speaker 5: San Diego now visiting my daughter.

1126
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:02,160
Speaker 2: So I'm walking around.

1127
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,200
Speaker 5: You can hear stuff in the background. I apologize, I'm

1128
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,360
Speaker 5: getting my walk in, but I'm gonna be back Monday

1129
00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:10,400
Speaker 5: and I'm gonna see the Slovaks and the checks on

1130
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,920
Speaker 5: on Monday night. And but I had I had a

1131
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:15,400
Speaker 5: couple of days with the Czech Republic staff. They were

1132
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:17,600
Speaker 5: there practice, and they got there early. A bunch of

1133
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,480
Speaker 5: great guys, a couple of them, all of them, three

1134
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:23,320
Speaker 5: of them playing in the National Hockey League. Patrick Augusta,

1135
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 5: you know at Robert Reichel, pap Vil Trinka, just great guys.

1136
00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 5: And it was fun watching their practices, getting to know

1137
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:33,800
Speaker 5: those guys. And you know, they took over our locker

1138
00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,600
Speaker 5: room and our coaches room. So just good guys. And

1139
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:38,880
Speaker 5: it's great for great for the state of Minnesota to

1140
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 5: have all these teams in our region.

1141
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:44,240
Speaker 4: So what does the second half of the season bring

1142
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:46,360
Speaker 4: for the Mumigi State Beavers.

1143
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:48,400
Speaker 2: What do you guys have to do to get better?

1144
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:50,440
Speaker 2: And and you know, just.

1145
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 4: Walk us through your thought process going into the second half.

1146
00:55:55,080 --> 00:55:57,120
Speaker 5: I don't know, Mick. It's like, first off, I wish

1147
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 5: we didn't have I guess I'm pumped.

1148
00:55:59,280 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 8: For a break.

1149
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:02,200
Speaker 5: I've never break like this. Thirty some days, we played

1150
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,759
Speaker 5: twenty games already. That's just crazy. Wow, I've never had

1151
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,239
Speaker 5: a we have twenty game. We played twenty. We got

1152
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:10,840
Speaker 5: fourteen on the back end. Usually it's a sixteen eighteen

1153
00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 5: split or in eighteen sixteen split. This has been crazy.

1154
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,400
Speaker 5: We didn't have one buy and we started October second,

1155
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,520
Speaker 5: So I mean, what do we need to do. I

1156
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:21,480
Speaker 5: tell you, I'd like to be playing hockey the way

1157
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:24,359
Speaker 5: we have been the last month. And but again, once

1158
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,560
Speaker 5: you get back, it's almost like, you know what, I

1159
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:28,640
Speaker 5: don't want to say, you're reteaching, but it's just kind

1160
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:31,200
Speaker 5: of again, You're trying to get right back into that routine,

1161
00:56:31,239 --> 00:56:33,240
Speaker 5: and it takes a while to get back into a routine.

1162
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 5: So we don't play till January eighth or ninth. But

1163
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 5: I really like what we've been you know, I just

1164
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:40,799
Speaker 5: like how we've been playing, what we've been doing over

1165
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,000
Speaker 5: the course the last five or six weeks. And you know,

1166
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,480
Speaker 5: the first month was a little rough because ten new

1167
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:47,919
Speaker 5: guys and some older guys as well, and just trying

1168
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,279
Speaker 5: to get in sync. It's not easy. But we're in

1169
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 5: you know, we're in a pretty good spot right now.

1170
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 5: We're in a pretty good place, and you'd like to

1171
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 5: keep it going, but that's just not the reality.

1172
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:58,400
Speaker 2: Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm looking up the

1173
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:02,239
Speaker 2: schedule as we speak. Don't you host Gophers on January second? Exhibition?

1174
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:05,879
Speaker 5: Yeah, excavation game, So you know that's an exhibition game.

1175
00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:08,399
Speaker 5: So we have them in an exhibition game. And then

1176
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,400
Speaker 5: we got Tech that whatever the eighth and ninth or

1177
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:12,640
Speaker 5: ninth and tenth, whatever that is, Kevin I I you know,

1178
00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:16,080
Speaker 5: but I'm talking. If you want to talk about real games,

1179
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:20,440
Speaker 5: it's you know, it's the sixth and seventh we played Augustan.

1180
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:22,840
Speaker 5: And then obviously take a look at I don't know

1181
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:24,560
Speaker 5: how many days that is in between, but it's got

1182
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:27,640
Speaker 5: to be thirty thirty three days or so, you know.

1183
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 4: And then talking about that dude that was a crazy

1184
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:35,440
Speaker 4: You had one game canceled right because of the ice Augustana, right.

1185
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:38,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, the ice plant. Something happened to the ice plant.

1186
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:40,080
Speaker 5: We get there on Saturday night and I can't remember

1187
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:40,880
Speaker 5: that doesn't.

1188
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:44,000
Speaker 2: That doesn't happen up on the range. Whether just open

1189
00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:46,600
Speaker 2: the doors. I said, that doesn't happen up on the range.

1190
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:50,600
Speaker 5: No, not at all. We just open the doors.

1191
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly exactly the time I'm going to hit you

1192
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:55,640
Speaker 2: with go ahead.

1193
00:57:57,560 --> 00:57:59,080
Speaker 5: I just said we would open the doors right there

1194
00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 5: and have been fun. No, we got the game canceled

1195
00:58:02,120 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 5: and we played it at noon on Sunday, and it

1196
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:06,280
Speaker 5: was awesome. It was fun. It was fun for the guys.

1197
00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 5: It was like COVID. We were playing at all these

1198
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,640
Speaker 5: different times and the game was The guys had a blast.

1199
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 5: It was great seeing it was light outside and you know,

1200
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:17,479
Speaker 5: the Augustan of Vikings and in the Bimidgi State Bers

1201
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 5: were competing with the Minnesota Vikings that day. Fun.

1202
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:24,080
Speaker 2: I know I'm gonna hit you out of left field

1203
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:26,760
Speaker 2: with this one. As we wrap things up, the state

1204
00:58:26,760 --> 00:58:29,080
Speaker 2: of hockey has been a buzz with the addition of

1205
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 2: Quinn Hughes. You're a Minnesota boy, I know you got

1206
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:33,880
Speaker 2: your hands full right now. You're in San Diego, you

1207
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:36,200
Speaker 2: got the college hockey scene, but I know you're following

1208
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:38,680
Speaker 2: that NHL club pretty close. What did you think of

1209
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:40,120
Speaker 2: the addition and what do you think this does for

1210
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:41,720
Speaker 2: the wild here going for the rest of the season.

1211
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,200
Speaker 5: You know what, I read everything. I mean, I'm on

1212
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:47,160
Speaker 5: the Athletic like you guys are, and my son and

1213
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,600
Speaker 5: I were talking about this, probably in depth for about

1214
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:52,920
Speaker 5: a forty five minutes the other day, and I like it,

1215
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 5: you know what. And I read a lot of different things,

1216
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:57,120
Speaker 5: and I just think Billy Garrin, I love to move,

1217
00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 5: he wants to win. He doesn't care what people think.

1218
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:06,080
Speaker 5: I just think that that's a leader. And who knows this.

1219
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:07,960
Speaker 5: You can sit there and be you know, we can

1220
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:10,920
Speaker 5: be an armchair quarterback and try to critique everything. But

1221
00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 5: the bottom line is I read it. I read an

1222
00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:15,400
Speaker 5: article in The Athletic and I don't know who said it.

1223
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:17,240
Speaker 5: I don't know if it was anonymous GMS or what.

1224
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:21,560
Speaker 5: You read so much of that, but they said typically

1225
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:25,000
Speaker 5: in a trade, the you know, the team that wins

1226
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:27,000
Speaker 5: the trade is the one that gets the best player.

1227
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,040
Speaker 5: I like that. I thought that was, Yeah, that made

1228
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,120
Speaker 5: total sense. It made total sense. And I'm not gonna

1229
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:33,920
Speaker 5: sit there and say, hey, the guys that we gave up,

1230
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:37,000
Speaker 5: they're good hockey players. But at that particular time, Billy

1231
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 5: Garran feels this is the puzzle piece that we need

1232
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:42,440
Speaker 5: and he went out. He went for it, and I

1233
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:45,360
Speaker 5: respect that, and my son even said it the other day.

1234
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:47,280
Speaker 5: He goes, Dad, he goes, because I gosh, it'd be

1235
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:49,840
Speaker 5: nice that we can resign the you know, heughes, he goes,

1236
00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:52,439
Speaker 5: he goes, if we don't, we don't, but he goes.

1237
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 5: I still like the move. He got two years and

1238
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:56,920
Speaker 5: he goes. I just think it was a good move.

1239
00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:58,400
Speaker 5: And I thought my son made a good point there,

1240
00:59:58,400 --> 00:59:59,640
Speaker 5: you know what I mean. We're all wrapped up and

1241
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:02,000
Speaker 5: it's only a good move if we sign. And well,

1242
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:04,200
Speaker 5: it all depends on how you look at all this stuff,

1243
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 5: but I like it is when I'm getting at I

1244
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 5: like it. And kudos to Billy Garan.

1245
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:12,200
Speaker 2: What's the thermostat state? I say, in San Diego right now?

1246
01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:16,120
Speaker 5: You know, it's actually overcast. It's about fifty eight right now.

1247
01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:19,240
Speaker 5: So it's not like it's like it's like Aaron South

1248
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:22,280
Speaker 5: Florida but it's it's awesome. So I've never been out here.

1249
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:26,360
Speaker 5: And my daughter she's she's in the Navy, and you know,

1250
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:29,080
Speaker 5: she's out here, and we came and we came and

1251
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,280
Speaker 5: visited her and we got we're doing Christmas the whole family,

1252
01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:33,400
Speaker 5: all my kids are out here.

1253
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:34,120
Speaker 2: Very awesome.

1254
01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:36,960
Speaker 5: Again, we're heading back to Minnesota tomorrow. All right, We're

1255
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:37,960
Speaker 5: all heading out tomorrow.

1256
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:41,040
Speaker 2: So Merry Christmas to the entire family. Enjoy the warm

1257
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:42,520
Speaker 2: weather while you got it, and we'll see you back

1258
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:44,120
Speaker 2: here in the state of Hockey, very saying you are

1259
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:45,960
Speaker 2: the best. Do you know that? Thanks Tom?

1260
01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:48,640
Speaker 5: I so are you guys, and appreciate all you do

1261
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 5: and have a great Christmas gang.

1262
01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:53,440
Speaker 2: Yes, there you go. Tom Sarritory, the head coach for

1263
01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:57,640
Speaker 2: the Bamidgi State Beavers. He mentions the we on for

1264
01:00:57,680 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 2: an hour of course. Yeah, well, any of your old

1265
01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 2: buddies their door is fun because especially the ones that

1266
01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:05,880
Speaker 2: will give it back to you. He mentions the to

1267
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 2: get back to the Quinn Hughes conversation, the possibility of

1268
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:13,600
Speaker 2: the future and again yeah hear about the future, brothers here,

1269
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:15,840
Speaker 2: That's what I was gonna say. If if you know

1270
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 2: where to sign him to an extension once this and

1271
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:22,120
Speaker 2: listening to his press conference, he's wide open to it.

1272
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:24,800
Speaker 2: All you got to do is follow and if he

1273
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:27,040
Speaker 2: likes what he sees, he's already likes what he hears

1274
01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 2: from from Bill Garon garn when got him and quote

1275
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:33,000
Speaker 2: unquote sacked up to get him. Now you sign him

1276
01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:36,560
Speaker 2: to an extension, married up with Jack Hughes, who knows

1277
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:39,800
Speaker 2: you could be talking about having to ces is his

1278
01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:41,920
Speaker 2: other brother? Isn't he under a long term deal though?

1279
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,480
Speaker 2: Isn't he like eight years? So what?

1280
01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:44,120
Speaker 6: All right?

1281
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:46,640
Speaker 2: Well, but I'll take you first and then if that

1282
01:01:46,680 --> 01:01:47,280
Speaker 2: falls into place.

1283
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:49,800
Speaker 4: Here here's the thing I want to get to the fans.

1284
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:55,200
Speaker 4: Quinn Hughes wants to win a Stanley Cup if he

1285
01:01:55,320 --> 01:02:00,280
Speaker 4: feels and you look at what Minnesota has now and

1286
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Speaker 4: he says, you know what, well, he got a chance.

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Speaker 4: We got a chance. So we got a really good

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Speaker 4: chance to win. I want to be here, right. That

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Speaker 4: was not going to happen in Vancouver. They parted ways

1290
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Speaker 4: and so if you're worried about resigning him, that is

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Speaker 4: going to be predicated on does he like the team,

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Speaker 4: does he like the area, does he think they have

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Speaker 4: a chance to win. That is going to be his determination.

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Speaker 4: It does not matter if he wants to go play. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I want to play with my brother I wanted to

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Speaker 4: play with my brothers too. You know, we all want

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Speaker 4: to play with our brothers, right. But if New Jersey

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Speaker 4: does not have the team or you know whatever the

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Speaker 4: you know, close enough to win a Stanley Cup, He's not.

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Speaker 2: Going to go there.

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Speaker 4: He's going to want to go stay or go to

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Speaker 4: a place that he that he feels he has a

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Speaker 4: chance to win. And if they prove it here, which

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Speaker 4: thus far good, let's just see how.

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Speaker 2: It plays out. Another wildcard factor in this. Joe O'donnald

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Speaker 2: had him on in the postgame show not that long

1307
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Speaker 2: ago and outside of the hockey. Joe asked him, what

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01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,280
Speaker 2: are you most excited about when you talk about the area.

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01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:15,880
Speaker 2: He says, this might sound lame, but I'm excited to

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Speaker 2: play outdoor hockey. Well, yeah, you want cold, you want snow,

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Speaker 2: you want some ice. Welcome to the Land of ten thousand.

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Speaker 2: Yeah you got yep, So that should be good again.

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Speaker 2: Quinn hughes back on the ice tonight this afternoon, wild

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Speaker 2: hosting the Edmonton Oilers pregame at one forty five will

1315
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Speaker 2: continue to walk you up to that and more as

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Speaker 2: Beyond the Pond continues on the fan. All right, our

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Speaker 2: weekly conversation with Tony Scott from Youth Hockey Hub nice

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Speaker 2: enough to join us from parts unknown as we get

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Speaker 2: an update on what's going on. He having bul jackets.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you mean we'll be brought up again. I

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Speaker 2: understand you up in Blaine, Tony.

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Speaker 8: Uh yeah, my staff is in Blaine. I'm outside Polar

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Speaker 8: Arena in North Saint Paul about to conduct a media

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Speaker 8: day with the Hill Murray Pioneers girls team for a

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Speaker 8: game we're doing up in Themidgie next month, so we're

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Speaker 8: kind of double dipping right now.

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Speaker 2: Good, any reffing coming up later on today?

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Speaker 8: I am off the ice until January. We're so busy

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Speaker 8: with everything else, so I'm done reffing for the week,

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Speaker 8: for the for the month of December.

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Speaker 2: Are you a good official?

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Speaker 8: I every official? Things are the best? Say right? So

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Speaker 8: I'm I'm an improving official, Patrick, I'm an improving official.

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Speaker 2: Let me let me let.

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Speaker 4: Me ask you this because you know, back when I played,

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Speaker 4: and that was a long time ago, as you know,

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Speaker 4: you know, we always had fun conversations with the officials.

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Speaker 4: So when you're dropping the puck in before you drop

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Speaker 4: the puck, I mean, do you talk to the guys

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Speaker 4: and have some fun with it.

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Speaker 2: I can't imagine a scenario where Tony Scott isn't talking continuing.

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Speaker 2: That's true, a good point. So I'd have to think

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Speaker 2: you're saying it was a dumb question. No, No, are

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Speaker 2: you a talkative guy on the ice of the kids?

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Speaker 8: You know, there are times where I do talk to

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01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:17,440
Speaker 8: the players. It's always an encouraging word for the goal,

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01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:19,720
Speaker 8: you just made a good save, or maybe a kid

1348
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Speaker 8: who hit me in the back of the leg with

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Speaker 8: a puck or something. Always on the fun side of

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Speaker 8: the good for you.

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Speaker 2: Awesome, all right, So tell us what's going on up

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Speaker 2: in Blaine.

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Speaker 8: We're running the Lumberjack Cup. It's sixty four teams, sixteen

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Speaker 8: four sixteen team divisions, several top teams and top top

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01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:40,120
Speaker 8: ten teams in East Division, including the number one team

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Speaker 8: in PEAA stew Maple Girl. They have not lost since

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01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:47,360
Speaker 8: October and they're coached by former golfer Derek Peltz. Here

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Speaker 8: they're a really good hockey teams. They don't win this

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Speaker 8: thing tomorrow, it'll be a shocker.

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Speaker 2: All right, give us some of the bullet points from

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Speaker 2: last night. Especially let's start with the girls hockey.

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Speaker 8: Well we speaking of Hill Murray. I'm gonna sit down

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01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:02,600
Speaker 8: and with them in like ten minutes here. They lost

1364
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Speaker 8: the number two team and Stay lost to and Over

1365
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Speaker 8: in overtime. Hats off to Julia Gernis from the Huskies.

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Speaker 8: She got the game winner up in at the Community

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Speaker 8: Center and Over yesterday.

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Speaker 2: All right, and what's some of the action coming up today?

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Speaker 8: All today it would be number one versus number two,

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Speaker 8: because Centennial will be number two nowedg Hill Murray lost.

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Speaker 8: They host number one, an unbeaten Holy family stat should

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Speaker 8: be the best game of the day. On the girl's side,

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Speaker 8: One quick note, I want to say I went to

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Speaker 8: a girls game last night Blake hosted Marshall. That shouldn't

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Speaker 8: be anything great, but I saw basically Ali Holmes, I

1376
01:06:37,160 --> 01:06:41,200
Speaker 8: mean Oli Fraser last night. This the goaltender Dartmoun's commit

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Speaker 8: Jamie mcgaughan made thirty eight staves for Blake. They won

1378
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Speaker 8: in overtime. But there's this girl from Marshall, her name,

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Speaker 8: Write this name down.

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Speaker 2: She's unbelievable.

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01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:53,439
Speaker 8: She's the state cleen scorer last year. She's by father

1382
01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:58,080
Speaker 8: the state leen scorer this year. Unbelievable, Brooklyn Molk. She

1383
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:01,120
Speaker 8: had fifteen breakaways last night and only got one past

1384
01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:03,560
Speaker 8: mcgon's for Blake. It was an incredible game.

1385
01:07:03,640 --> 01:07:06,600
Speaker 2: Hey, Tony, let me ask you a question, and I'm

1386
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:07,360
Speaker 2: sure you've seen it.

1387
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:11,560
Speaker 4: And I actually went down for the opening of that building. Oh,

1388
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:14,040
Speaker 4: I don't know how many years ago the Schwan's Rink

1389
01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:19,880
Speaker 4: in in Marshall beautiful Arena. Do you think a building

1390
01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:24,840
Speaker 4: like that really boosted that community in terms of getting

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Speaker 4: more boys and girls to play the sport.

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Speaker 8: Boy, that's a t up easy softball question. Their pass

1393
01:07:32,320 --> 01:07:36,320
Speaker 8: I like to do to their growth hockeys. Their hockey

1394
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:40,480
Speaker 8: has grown by leaps and bounds. The best parts, though, Pat,

1395
01:07:40,520 --> 01:07:43,560
Speaker 8: is when they started hosting tournaments like ten years ago,

1396
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,120
Speaker 8: they were begging us, Hey, will you retweet this? Do

1397
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:48,840
Speaker 8: you put this out there? They don't need my help anymore.

1398
01:07:48,920 --> 01:07:51,480
Speaker 8: Everybody rushes to Marshall to play there and to play

1399
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Speaker 8: in that facility. They do a wonderful job of Marshall

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Speaker 8: growing hockey right now.

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01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:58,240
Speaker 2: Awesome, give me a recap of some of the highlights

1402
01:07:58,240 --> 01:07:59,920
Speaker 2: and boys high school hockey from last night.

1403
01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:05,840
Speaker 8: So last night uh Pats team will take on Monamedia

1404
01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:09,000
Speaker 8: today and they want okay, which is a minor upset

1405
01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:11,959
Speaker 8: if you consider mon and MEAEDI has tied both Saint

1406
01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:15,440
Speaker 8: Thomas and Cole Kay excuse me St. Thomas and Hill

1407
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:18,519
Speaker 8: Murray this year, So think about that. I think Class

1408
01:08:18,560 --> 01:08:21,160
Speaker 8: A this is the best I've seen Class A hockey

1409
01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:24,880
Speaker 8: since St. Thomas has left uh A twelve years ago.

1410
01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:27,920
Speaker 8: The balance is unbelievable. There's seven or eight teams in

1411
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 8: Class A who can beat anybody in Double A right now?

1412
01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:33,880
Speaker 2: And what's going on in Double A as far as

1413
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:37,200
Speaker 2: some of the action coming up today? As a matter of.

1414
01:08:37,240 --> 01:08:40,880
Speaker 8: Fact, it's one versus two? What more can you ask for?

1415
01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:43,320
Speaker 8: And I'm gonna say something that's gonna sound weird to

1416
01:08:43,360 --> 01:08:47,240
Speaker 8: all your listeners. More Head hosts Minnetaka today and this

1417
01:08:47,280 --> 01:08:50,400
Speaker 8: is gonna be skill versus grit. Which team is the

1418
01:08:50,439 --> 01:08:54,040
Speaker 8: grit team? Guys? Is it Minnetonka or is it Morehead?

1419
01:08:54,160 --> 01:08:57,960
Speaker 2: I'm gonna Gontanka as great, right, thank you?

1420
01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:00,880
Speaker 8: They are the grit team. And we don't used to

1421
01:09:00,920 --> 01:09:03,439
Speaker 8: hearing that the Northern teams are the great teams. And

1422
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 8: the Lake Conference teams are the fancy teams. It's gonna

1423
01:09:06,280 --> 01:09:09,080
Speaker 8: be the opposite today. Check it out today on Spuds TV.

1424
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:12,200
Speaker 8: We got a photographer up there. We're covering every goal

1425
01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:14,920
Speaker 8: beginning to end for that one. So follow us on

1426
01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:16,880
Speaker 8: Twitter or watch it on spots TV. It's gonna be

1427
01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:17,400
Speaker 8: a great game.

1428
01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:19,559
Speaker 2: Well, as you may or may not know, I know

1429
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:22,120
Speaker 2: you have a story about just about anyone we talked

1430
01:09:22,160 --> 01:09:25,200
Speaker 2: to in the world of hockey, and especially here in Minnesota.

1431
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:27,920
Speaker 2: We just had Tom Seratory on from head coach for

1432
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:30,920
Speaker 2: Bamiji State. Got any good Tom Serratory stories?

1433
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:35,840
Speaker 8: What's great, you asked, because you've heard the Christmas miracle, right,

1434
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:39,080
Speaker 8: I just witnessed another miracle today. You getting that guy

1435
01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:41,760
Speaker 8: off in twenty minutes that I don't know how you

1436
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:42,280
Speaker 8: guys did it.

1437
01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:46,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, between him and Frank. Yeah, they're great though.

1438
01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:49,719
Speaker 8: Well, let me tell you a quick story. During COVID,

1439
01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:52,160
Speaker 8: remember we thought it was gonna be two weeks. I

1440
01:09:52,240 --> 01:09:54,760
Speaker 8: decided this great idea, I'm gonna do a podcast with

1441
01:09:55,120 --> 01:09:58,400
Speaker 8: people in Minnesota every day for the next fourteen days.

1442
01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:01,720
Speaker 8: Right well, after four teen days that extended the ninety dies.

1443
01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:05,200
Speaker 8: I did a podcast every day so I scrapped it up.

1444
01:10:05,240 --> 01:10:09,400
Speaker 8: I got Tom to come on, and he was very specific,

1445
01:10:09,400 --> 01:10:11,200
Speaker 8: He is, I only have thirty minutes. I only have

1446
01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:14,679
Speaker 8: thirty minutes. So I prepared three questions, and at three

1447
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:17,800
Speaker 8: questions with Tom's territory, it was an hour and twenty minute.

1448
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:19,480
Speaker 5: Oh boy, we get done.

1449
01:10:19,760 --> 01:10:22,800
Speaker 8: We get done, and I'm like, Ernie, I'm sorry it

1450
01:10:22,840 --> 01:10:24,600
Speaker 8: went so long. He goes, well, how long was that?

1451
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:26,920
Speaker 8: I'm like, that was our twenty. That's the longest body

1452
01:10:26,920 --> 01:10:29,559
Speaker 8: We had three questions our twenty with Tom.

1453
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:32,599
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a beauty for sure, and so too. Are you, Tony?

1454
01:10:32,760 --> 01:10:35,000
Speaker 2: What's going on at Youth Hockey hub dot com? Are

1455
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:36,280
Speaker 2: we checking out this week?

1456
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:38,920
Speaker 5: Well, we're gonna be busy.

1457
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:40,960
Speaker 8: Obviously, we got our tournament's going on right now. But

1458
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:44,040
Speaker 8: next week we have full accreditation at the World Juniors.

1459
01:10:44,200 --> 01:10:46,799
Speaker 8: We're keeping score of every game. We'll be at every

1460
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:49,760
Speaker 8: every US game and every Canada game we have. We

1461
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:51,880
Speaker 8: have our high school event down in Prior Lakes, and

1462
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:54,400
Speaker 8: then obviously the biggest girl tournament in the state as well.

1463
01:10:54,479 --> 01:10:57,720
Speaker 8: So really busy week starting on the twenty seventh for us.

1464
01:10:57,720 --> 01:10:59,400
Speaker 8: It's gonna be a great Christmas break for US. In

1465
01:10:59,439 --> 01:11:00,160
Speaker 8: the next three day.

1466
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Speaker 2: Well, thanks for making time for us. Go teach the

1467
01:11:03,640 --> 01:11:06,080
Speaker 2: youth of our nation how to be great hockey players

1468
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:06,840
Speaker 2: and we'll talk soon.

1469
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:10,800
Speaker 8: Appreciate you guys. Have me Marry Christmas YouTube.

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01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:13,040
Speaker 2: Thanks Tony, Tony Scott Youth Hockey Hub. We got to

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Speaker 2: get to break and then we're going back to the

1472
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Speaker 2: World Juniors. John Van Beesbrook, general manager of Team USA,

1473
01:11:18,840 --> 01:11:24,280
Speaker 2: is next. I'm beyond the Pond, the home stretch, four,

1474
01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:26,400
Speaker 2: Beyond the Pond, the final segment. We'll get you up

1475
01:11:26,439 --> 01:11:28,000
Speaker 2: to the top of the hour. Of course, you got

1476
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:31,160
Speaker 2: wild and Oilers coming up at one forty five from

1477
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:34,639
Speaker 2: Grand Casino Arena. They're busy today, they're busy this weekend,

1478
01:11:34,720 --> 01:11:36,880
Speaker 2: and they'll be busy all week long as we make

1479
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:39,719
Speaker 2: our way into twenty twenty six because the World Juniors

1480
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:42,920
Speaker 2: are coming to the Twin Cities, including Grand Casino Arena

1481
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:45,960
Speaker 2: and three Am Arena at Marut. To talk about that

1482
01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:49,080
Speaker 2: and more, we bring in the general manager of Team USA.

1483
01:11:49,360 --> 01:11:52,439
Speaker 2: It is John Van Beesbrook. John, that's Pat mcletty. I'm

1484
01:11:52,479 --> 01:11:54,920
Speaker 2: Kevin Falness. Thanks for joining us. How's Duluth treating you.

1485
01:11:57,360 --> 01:12:00,280
Speaker 10: Duluth is treating us just fine. Other than the fact

1486
01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:02,479
Speaker 10: that obviously the state of Minnesota is.

1487
01:12:02,560 --> 01:12:03,439
Speaker 7: Very cold right now.

1488
01:12:03,680 --> 01:12:06,879
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, that makes for great ice, great outdoor skating.

1489
01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:11,400
Speaker 2: The Lucky makes you're tougher, John makes you tougher. Luckily.

1490
01:12:11,439 --> 01:12:13,080
Speaker 2: You guys have been playing in a little bit. You

1491
01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:15,679
Speaker 2: guys are doing most of your practicing and you're playing

1492
01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:18,760
Speaker 2: on the indoor sheet device. The World Juniors coming to

1493
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:21,320
Speaker 2: the Twin Cities. As mentioned, get tickets at World Juniors

1494
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:25,519
Speaker 2: m N two six dot com. Seats are available right now.

1495
01:12:25,840 --> 01:12:27,639
Speaker 2: We have Bob motsk go on to start the show.

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Speaker 2: We have you to end it. Give us kind of

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Speaker 2: a feel for the buzz around this team as you

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Speaker 2: make your way into the final cuts into the holiday.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, we're on the ice right now. The group looks

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Speaker 10: really excited, really good. We had a day off yesterday,

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Speaker 10: so we're we did that, you know, to try to

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Speaker 10: create peak energy for the long range, you know, when

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Speaker 10: you have to play seven games in ten days. So

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Speaker 10: it's it's a real sprint, and we're getting ready for

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Speaker 10: the sprint. We do have some decisions to make, as

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Speaker 10: you alluded to, but I think our guys are are

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Speaker 10: coming together. We've had some good sessions on and off

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Speaker 10: the ice, and we feel strongly about our group.

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Speaker 4: Hey, John, Bob, you know, we had Bob on earlier

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Speaker 4: and we were talking about just the pool of players

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Speaker 4: that you have to select now, whether it be for

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Speaker 4: this junior team or the Olympics coming up. Hell, I

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01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:23,679
Speaker 4: remember back when you and I were playing, it was like, boy,

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Speaker 4: can we get enough guys?

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Speaker 11: And now it's just it's just exploded, and you guys

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Speaker 11: have some tough, tough decisions to make on both these

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Speaker 11: tournaments coming up.

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Speaker 10: We really do the World Junior team. We have great depth.

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Speaker 10: You know, we probably could put together two teams.

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Speaker 5: I mean I think.

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Speaker 2: About that, and we think about that.

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Speaker 5: Wow, we have difficult decisions to make.

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Speaker 10: But you know, we're getting down to four extra players

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Speaker 10: that we have with us. But I mean, our defense

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01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:02,400
Speaker 10: can really skate, we have mobility. Cole Hudson led the

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Speaker 10: tournament and scoring as a returning player, so we really

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Speaker 10: feel good about that. Are forwards, you know, I mean

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Speaker 10: two Hobe Baker guys that are rounding out the top

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Speaker 10: of our group. And Max Plant and Will Horcoff, you know,

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Speaker 10: I mean they're having great seasons. So we're led by

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01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:23,760
Speaker 10: college hockey and we're good at each position, and as

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Speaker 10: you alluded to with the Olympics too, we got some

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Speaker 10: tough decisions there obviously, Bill Gerrins, you know not short

1534
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:33,680
Speaker 10: of making tough decisions, and the buzz around hockey right

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Speaker 10: now with how that's happened in the state of Minnesota,

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Speaker 10: we're just we're going to ride that wave.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it should be a lot of fun. Again. This

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Speaker 2: is John Van Biesbrook, the general manager for Team USA

1539
01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:48,560
Speaker 2: World Juniors coming to the Twins Cities, including Team USA

1540
01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:52,720
Speaker 2: basically going to hunker down at Grand Casino Arena. Television

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01:14:52,720 --> 01:14:55,960
Speaker 2: coverage available on NHL Network, but Zach Elverson leading the

1542
01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:59,400
Speaker 2: coverage here on KFAN, The Plus and the free iHeartRadio

1543
01:14:59,439 --> 01:15:02,639
Speaker 2: app full coverage of Team USA throughout the tournament, including

1544
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Speaker 2: starting Friday, December twenty sixth against Germany. That'll be five

1545
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Speaker 2: o'clock on KFE and The Plus. I asked Bob Motsko

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Speaker 2: to do this, John, I'm gonna ask you to do

1547
01:15:11,640 --> 01:15:14,280
Speaker 2: the same thing for the casual hockey fan that's out

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01:15:14,280 --> 01:15:16,840
Speaker 2: there doesn't know about the World Juniors. Give us the

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01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:18,840
Speaker 2: best reason why they should get their butts in the

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Speaker 2: seats and take in this action, whether it's in Minneapolis

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Speaker 2: or Saint Paul.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, well, there are the future stars of hockey at

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01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:32,040
Speaker 10: the certainly the NHL level and Olympic hockey and then

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01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:33,120
Speaker 10: the Olympic movement.

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Speaker 5: Ze Boom, who.

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Speaker 10: The Wild just moved in the Quinn Hughes trade, played

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01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:43,920
Speaker 10: for our team last year. And I say that just

1558
01:15:43,960 --> 01:15:46,960
Speaker 10: because of the next set of superstars really, and not

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01:15:47,160 --> 01:15:51,280
Speaker 10: just on our team, but every team in the international play.

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01:15:51,400 --> 01:15:54,280
Speaker 10: So there's ten teams coming together, the best of the best,

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Speaker 10: and you know, it's just exciting fast hockey to watch

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Speaker 10: for the under twenty group, but they certainly are the

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Speaker 10: next future stars.

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Speaker 2: I don't think USA hockey has been in a better

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01:16:06,040 --> 01:16:08,880
Speaker 2: position than it has at this point in time. What

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01:16:08,960 --> 01:16:10,400
Speaker 2: a time to be a lot not only on the

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Speaker 2: level that you're watching up there, but the Olympics coming

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Speaker 2: up in Milan as well. You mentioned it a little

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Speaker 2: bit Bill Garin at the helm there. What's your role

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Speaker 2: as far as the Olympics go and making your way

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Speaker 2: over to Milan.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, my role with the big group is to make

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01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:28,639
Speaker 10: the paths straight, to make sure that we have everything

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01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:32,320
Speaker 10: in place. So I'm kind of just more of a

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01:16:32,360 --> 01:16:35,720
Speaker 10: logistics person to get things in place. And to interpret

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01:16:36,160 --> 01:16:40,559
Speaker 10: all the rules and regulations, which you know, as we've

1577
01:16:40,680 --> 01:16:44,160
Speaker 10: been listening to it's news is it's not the straightest

1578
01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:46,280
Speaker 10: of paths right now going into the Olympics. So I

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01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:49,240
Speaker 10: want to make Billy's job easier just to focus in

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Speaker 10: our other gms on the selection process and then for

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01:16:52,439 --> 01:16:54,960
Speaker 10: the players just to go and play. We can't really

1582
01:16:54,960 --> 01:16:57,000
Speaker 10: think too much. We got to have the ability just

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01:16:57,040 --> 01:16:59,759
Speaker 10: to go play and just to focus on the tournament

1584
01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:02,240
Speaker 10: and at the end of the day, that's what management's

1585
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Speaker 10: all about.

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Speaker 4: Hey, John, there's been a lot of buzz about the

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01:17:05,520 --> 01:17:07,200
Speaker 4: rink and Milan not being ready.

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Speaker 2: Will it be ready?

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Speaker 4: It's going to be you know, three or four feet shorter.

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Speaker 4: What's your take on that going into the Olympics.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I'd say there's a little bit of adversity there.

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01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:22,760
Speaker 10: We played on a bit of a shorter rink at

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01:17:22,760 --> 01:17:27,280
Speaker 10: the World Championships at the Globe. It's not a big deal,

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Speaker 10: and but I do believe that the big deal is

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01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:32,599
Speaker 10: what you make of it, and for us, it helps

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Speaker 10: us get a little bit more focused. A little bit

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01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:37,080
Speaker 10: of chaos isn't going to hurt anybody. It's going to

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Speaker 10: make the adventure even a little bit more fun to

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Speaker 10: have to overcome whatever obstacle there is. I think the

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Speaker 10: players are totally engaged in it now. The conditions as

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Speaker 10: far as you know, dressing rooms and temporary structures, that's

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01:17:49,840 --> 01:17:52,960
Speaker 10: the biggest issue right now of what our digs are

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01:17:52,960 --> 01:17:55,040
Speaker 10: going to be, you know. So we're going to make

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Speaker 10: that all work out really well, and we're going to

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Speaker 10: go in there with our our ey set on winning.

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Speaker 10: And I think that you know, we got a winner

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Speaker 10: at the helme and Billy Garin, and we're super excited

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Speaker 10: about his leadership.

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Speaker 2: I know that feels like it's a long ways away,

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01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:12,679
Speaker 2: but it is right around the corner. But let's focus

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Speaker 2: on the matter at hand, get through to loose, get

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Speaker 2: to the Twin Cities, and let's bring a third consecutive

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Speaker 2: goal back to the United States. What a run this

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Speaker 2: has been, and hopefully it continues this week.

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Speaker 10: John, Yeah, we're super excited to be home right and

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01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:32,960
Speaker 10: to have and give people over the holidays really excitement

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01:18:33,080 --> 01:18:36,679
Speaker 10: for this international play and just to have fun with hockey.

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01:18:36,960 --> 01:18:39,519
Speaker 10: You know, it's just so fun. It's a privilege, it's

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Speaker 10: an honor, it's a blessing for us to be home

1620
01:18:42,920 --> 01:18:45,720
Speaker 10: and to give people get something to root for in

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01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:48,360
Speaker 10: the Red, white and blue. We hope we get great support.

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Speaker 10: We know we will, and we're not going to disappoint.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be fun. John, Thanks, good luck.

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Speaker 10: Thank you, thanks for having me on.

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01:18:56,600 --> 01:19:02,960
Speaker 2: Appreciate jan John van Beiesbrook long time for a number

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Speaker 2: of teams. I remember vividly as a Florida Panther, for sure.

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Speaker 2: I got another story. I love my junior year.

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Speaker 4: I was asked to go with the national team and uh,

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Speaker 4: you know, me and Corey Miller, Rickert all from from

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01:19:17,640 --> 01:19:21,600
Speaker 4: Minnesota and and uh, but we knew that there was

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01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:23,839
Speaker 4: a chance that we were going to get bumped because

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01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,680
Speaker 4: at that time they would call guys over from the

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01:19:26,760 --> 01:19:30,760
Speaker 4: National Hockey League and and uh and and you know

1634
01:19:30,840 --> 01:19:33,679
Speaker 4: take our places, right and really so right, they're National

1635
01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:36,880
Speaker 4: Hockey leaguers, we're college you guys. Well it turns out,

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01:19:37,120 --> 01:19:39,320
Speaker 4: you know, John gets called over. Thank god, who we

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01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:44,000
Speaker 4: got a goalie and day before the first game, get

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Speaker 4: the call.

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Speaker 2: Yep, you're going home.

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01:19:46,080 --> 01:19:49,760
Speaker 4: Me Chico Russian and uh and Record Hall got sent home.

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01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:53,240
Speaker 4: But really, yeah, so you know that happens, But that

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01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:54,800
Speaker 4: would have been it would have been fun.

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01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:57,800
Speaker 2: Again, get your tickets World Juniors m N two six

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01:19:57,920 --> 01:20:00,960
Speaker 2: dot com. Single game tickets for the World You are available.

1645
01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:05,000
Speaker 2: As mentioned, Television coverage on NHL Network, but Helvy leading

1646
01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:07,960
Speaker 2: the way here for the fan coverage starting to December

1647
01:20:07,960 --> 01:20:11,080
Speaker 2: twenty sixth, they'll have USA against Germany starts at five

1648
01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:13,400
Speaker 2: o'clock on KFE and the plus they'll have the game

1649
01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:18,120
Speaker 2: against Switzerland the very next day as well Slovakia Sweden. Yeah,

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01:20:18,160 --> 01:20:21,200
Speaker 2: in some way shape or for them myself Helvy and

1651
01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:24,840
Speaker 2: Mark Parrish, but I'm calling this Helvey's super Bowl. The

1652
01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:27,720
Speaker 2: only thing bigger would be White Bear was playing. If

1653
01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:29,640
Speaker 2: White Bear against the Checks won a game in the

1654
01:20:29,720 --> 01:20:33,200
Speaker 2: in the state tournament for him. Yeah, are you listening,

1655
01:20:33,240 --> 01:20:36,280
Speaker 2: Helviy Good luck with that, he says, real Coo, we

1656
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:38,639
Speaker 2: got about five minutes. I want to talk about today's lineup.

1657
01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:41,479
Speaker 2: I don't have this on any authority. I'm guessing and

1658
01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:44,160
Speaker 2: I'm just spitting in the wind here that the tea

1659
01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:47,920
Speaker 2: leaves say Underslore could return to the lineup today and

1660
01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:50,840
Speaker 2: if they do, and again, you have seven on the shelf,

1661
01:20:50,840 --> 01:20:53,320
Speaker 2: but I think there's four of them that have the possibility.

1662
01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:54,920
Speaker 2: Could one of them? Could all four of them? I

1663
01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:58,520
Speaker 2: don't know, but it looks like the potential of Marcus Johansson,

1664
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Speaker 2: Matt's Zucarello, Jonas Brodein and Jake Middleton. If you get

1665
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Speaker 2: one of those guys back, huge, If you get all

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Speaker 2: four of them, I mean, honestly, that's fantastic.

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Speaker 4: And David's looking at that roster that Minnesota is putting

1668
01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:14,200
Speaker 4: up today and he sees one guy that he doesn't

1669
01:21:14,200 --> 01:21:16,080
Speaker 4: want to see, and that's Jonas.

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Speaker 2: Brodein for sure, Jonas Brodein and Julerics. I don't care

1671
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:22,280
Speaker 2: what Bob Stopford says he gives. He gives McDavid fits

1672
01:21:22,479 --> 01:21:25,240
Speaker 2: held him to zero shots and that one zero victory

1673
01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:28,360
Speaker 2: Ian Edmonton at the at the start of the month. Now,

1674
01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:31,760
Speaker 2: like Stoff said, McDavid has really heated up since now.

1675
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:35,120
Speaker 2: He's been on a tear. He's in top two or

1676
01:21:35,160 --> 01:21:38,680
Speaker 2: three in goal. I think he's fifthe right behind point

1677
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:43,799
Speaker 2: and he's number two behind uh McKinnon in points. McKinnon

1678
01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:47,000
Speaker 2: has fifty nine. Oh does he? I believe so. I

1679
01:21:47,080 --> 01:21:49,880
Speaker 2: just looked at this morning after last night. Rre so.

1680
01:21:49,960 --> 01:21:53,240
Speaker 2: But regardless, I mean, world class player that has problems

1681
01:21:53,280 --> 01:21:54,679
Speaker 2: playing against the Minnesota while.

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Speaker 4: We are you taking McDavid or McKinnon if you had to,

1683
01:21:57,200 --> 01:21:59,400
Speaker 4: I'm I really do think I'm taking McKinnon.

1684
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Speaker 2: Okay, what about you. We've had this conversation before. I

1685
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Speaker 2: don't know, and it's you don't lose in this conversation either, guy,

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Speaker 2: I fantastic I might take Caprice Off. I do, and

1687
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Speaker 2: and that might be the homer in me. Yeah, you're

1688
01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:17,400
Speaker 2: a homer anyway. But yeah, regardless, like I've said, I've

1689
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Speaker 2: I've said Caprice Off is a top three talent in

1690
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Speaker 2: the national hockey I agree with that. But I also might,

1691
01:22:23,120 --> 01:22:25,320
Speaker 2: and this might have seemed like blasphemy in the last

1692
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Speaker 2: few years, I might put McKinnon number one on my

1693
01:22:27,720 --> 01:22:33,120
Speaker 2: totem could on top of economy David. And that's no disrespect, is.

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Speaker 4: No demonst to Wrensky, quinn and and macar right and

1695
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Speaker 4: geez yep.

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Speaker 2: All right, So let's say, for example, that let's just

1697
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Speaker 2: talk about the forwards. If Johansson and Zucarello come back,

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Speaker 2: I assume Zukarelag just jumps right onto your top line

1699
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Speaker 2: plays with Caprice off, and is it you're I put

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Speaker 2: you off there? Yeah, I think you're off is really

1701
01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:58,639
Speaker 2: good Russian chemistry. Go back to the top.

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01:22:58,800 --> 01:23:02,439
Speaker 4: It was nice wild you needed it, but yes, I

1703
01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:03,600
Speaker 4: think I think so.

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01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:06,200
Speaker 2: And then you realign that second line, which has been

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01:23:06,280 --> 01:23:09,960
Speaker 2: electric as well. When they're healthy. You got acting between

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01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:14,000
Speaker 2: Boldie and Johnsson. Would be great to have those guys

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01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:20,760
Speaker 2: Hartmann and no third line Tarasenko Filino and.

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01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:24,760
Speaker 4: No, no, no, no, you're gonna put no and then I

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01:23:24,800 --> 01:23:29,559
Speaker 4: put Trenyon with probably the way he's playing, I know.

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01:23:29,720 --> 01:23:33,320
Speaker 2: But so you're gonna put Fillino on your fourth line? Yep, Okay, Well,

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01:23:33,479 --> 01:23:34,360
Speaker 2: I'll see what I am.

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01:23:34,520 --> 01:23:38,360
Speaker 4: Maybe you're right, man, I I just I think that's

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01:23:38,479 --> 01:23:42,920
Speaker 4: a really good fit and a really really nasty line

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01:23:42,920 --> 01:23:46,000
Speaker 4: to play against Stir and Fellino together.

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01:23:46,120 --> 01:23:49,080
Speaker 2: And then who's on the right, probably yeah, most likely?

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01:23:49,720 --> 01:23:52,040
Speaker 2: All right, Well we'll see who's right. We're gonna know

1717
01:23:52,040 --> 01:23:54,200
Speaker 2: it and you will just a couple of hours. They're

1718
01:23:54,240 --> 01:23:58,720
Speaker 2: dropping the puck on this thing and Grand Casino Arena. Yeah,

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01:23:58,720 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 2: and that's it. They've won in a row. I mean again,

1720
01:24:01,479 --> 01:24:04,080
Speaker 2: they've been missing seven guys from their lineup. They lost

1721
01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:07,800
Speaker 2: just three times in regulation since November. First, ye can

1722
01:24:07,840 --> 01:24:10,519
Speaker 2: you remember how fit the atmosphere was for this team

1723
01:24:10,560 --> 01:24:13,439
Speaker 2: coming out of October. They dropped nine o twelve people

1724
01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:19,240
Speaker 2: lose jobs for starting any any number of different examples

1725
01:24:19,479 --> 01:24:21,800
Speaker 2: over the course of the history in the NHL fans.

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Speaker 4: From October to November into December. Unbelievable, the enthusiasm and

1727
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:28,679
Speaker 4: you know we got something going.

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01:24:28,479 --> 01:24:30,519
Speaker 2: Here, Kevin, we do. I got to ask you your

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01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:31,760
Speaker 2: plans for Christmas? What do you got going on?

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01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:34,400
Speaker 4: I'm just staying at home. Good for coming over, and

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01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:38,240
Speaker 4: that's about it. I'm watching you a very merry you

1732
01:24:38,320 --> 01:24:38,679
Speaker 4: as well.

1733
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:40,800
Speaker 2: And you said you're you're onto the team from the

1734
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:44,720
Speaker 2: walker and room. You're making You're making progress and slow roll,

1735
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:47,439
Speaker 2: but it's coming. So thanks to everyone who reached out.

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01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:50,240
Speaker 2: Awesome stuff. Thank you Patrick, you too. Thank you to Devin,

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01:24:50,280 --> 01:24:52,800
Speaker 2: thank you much for wheeling you in here. Yeah, Devin

1738
01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:56,160
Speaker 2: did a great job in lieu of Brett Blakemore out

1739
01:24:56,439 --> 01:24:58,599
Speaker 2: exploring the world as he should as a young man.

1740
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:01,719
Speaker 2: But as for you, you should be exploring Minnesota wild hockey

1741
01:25:01,760 --> 01:25:04,480
Speaker 2: today and tomorrow. You couldn't ask for a better doubleheader,

1742
01:25:04,760 --> 01:25:07,840
Speaker 2: taking on the two time defending Western Conference champion Edmonton

1743
01:25:07,880 --> 01:25:10,920
Speaker 2: Oilers today and then following that up with the top

1744
01:25:10,960 --> 01:25:14,320
Speaker 2: team in the Central Division tomorrow against the Colorado Avalanche.

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01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:17,400
Speaker 2: All the action available right here for your listening pleasure

1746
01:25:17,439 --> 01:25:20,280
Speaker 2: on FM one hundred point three the Fan for Pat mclatty.

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Speaker 2: I'm Kevin Falness. This has been on the pond