1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Twenty minutes after four o'clock. This is ESPN fifteen thirty. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: One of the highlights of the Cincinnati Cyclone season is Saturday, 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: the annual Teddy Bear Toss game. Last year, by the way, 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: the Cyclones collected more than ten thousand bears. The record 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: is more than thirteen thousand, so hopefully we can break that. 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: On Saturday, four o'clock, Puck's gonna drop as the. 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: Clones battle Fort Wayne. The Fort Wayne Comets in town. 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: Justin, five, Cincinnati Cyclones all time leader in games played, 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: celebrated this weekend for appearing in his five hundredth game 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: as a member of the Cyclones is with us. It's 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: good to have you. Congratulations on the milestone, Justin. Thanks 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 1: for joining us. How are you. 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 3: I'm good. I'm good. I appreciate it and excited to 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 3: be here. 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: It's awesome to have you five hundred games as a 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: member of this organization. When you think of that number, 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: what things come to mind? 18 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 3: Ah? I mean, obviously kind of a wave of emotion, 19 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: obviously realizing how long you've been been playing a sport. 20 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 3: But I think the biggest thing to me is just 21 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 3: kind of recognizing the franchise and the organization as a whole. 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 3: You know, anytime somebody hits a number like that with 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: an organization in any sport, you know, obviously they must 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 3: be doing things right, treating their player as well. And 25 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 3: you know, kudos to them because they've made it easy 26 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 3: along the way. 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: You know, you thinking, you and I talked about this 28 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: when you came back to the Cyclones. You played your 29 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: college hockey at Miami. You've been a part of this 30 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: organization for eleven of your fifteen years, So over the 31 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: last two decades you've made Cincinnati holme. What has it 32 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: been like as somebody who did not grow up here 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: sort of carving out an identity in this market. 34 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess it's never easy when you first 35 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 3: arrived somewhere and you're you're in a new city, you 36 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 3: don't really have any family or friends. But over the 37 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 3: years now being married to a lady from Cincinnati and 38 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 3: having a daughter with her and her family's here and 39 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 3: making a ton of friends outside of hockey, it's just 40 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 3: been amazing. Now, you know, it's something special that I 41 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 3: was able to have people in the building on Saturday 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 3: to kind of watch that game and have my daughter 43 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 3: down on the ice after the game and stuff like that. 44 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 3: It's something I guess I never really set out or 45 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 3: seeing when you first start, but now that it's kind 46 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 3: of came and went, it's just an awesome memory that'll 47 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 3: happen forever. 48 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: You have teammates who are like fifteen years your junior, 49 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 1: maybe younger than that, right, perhaps closer to your daughter's age. 50 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, But like I mean, you have teammates 51 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: who are just starting their professional careers, twenty twenty one 52 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: years old, young guys, you know, dudes who are just 53 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what being a pro hockey player is. 54 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: Like, how do you relate to those guys? 55 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess it's a combination. It's funny that 56 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 3: you said that. One of the guys this year, he 57 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 3: just turned twenty one, and actually I played with his 58 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 3: dad my second year in his dad was my roommate 59 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 3: on the road, So it is officially gone to full 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 3: circle through a generation. But I think with that, I guess, 61 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 3: just you know, I try to connect with them on 62 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 3: things other than hockey. Obviously, no matter what your age is, 63 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 3: we all have the love and the passion for hockey 64 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 3: and that's why we're here. But I think if you 65 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 3: can kind of connect with them on their family level, friends, girlfriends, wives, 66 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: even just as much as trying to stay as hard 67 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 3: as it is up to date with all kind of 68 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 3: the pop culture and social media stuff going on. That's 69 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: kind of what I try to do, and that way 70 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 3: just kind of stay connected in the conversations and stuff 71 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: with them. 72 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: What's the hardest What's the hardest part of this? For 73 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: those guys who are breaking in his pros for the first. 74 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 3: Time probably say sorry, can hear my dog in the 75 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 3: back end? But I think it's just the consistency of 76 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: it all. I think going into college or junior hockey, 77 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 3: you kind of are a little bit you know, guided 78 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 3: through things, and I think when you finally make that 79 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: jump to pro hockey, it's a huge step. You know, 80 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 3: you don't have any billet parents or your coaches or 81 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 3: nutrition iss and stuff kind of following you around at 82 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 3: classes and everything. It's you're officially on your own and 83 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 3: you just got to make sure you take care of yourself, 84 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 3: take care of your body, and just you're ready to 85 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 3: go every single day. I think consistency has kind of 86 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 3: been the one word that I've preached my whole career. 87 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: To a lot of the young guys. 88 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 2: Justin vibe of the Cyclones is with us. 89 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: The Clones host their Teddy Bear Toss game against Fort 90 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: Wayne four o'clock on Saturday, five hundred game. Now, typically 91 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: when you get celebrated for a milestone like that, it's 92 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: kind of coming at the close of a career. You're 93 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: thirty six, I would imagine, number one, that after games 94 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: you feel different than you did when your career started. 95 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: But I would also imagine, like you you still have 96 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: some hockey left, and you have you started to think 97 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: about the end, how much? How much longer do you 98 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: want to play? 99 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess I try not to think about 100 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 3: the end, because anytime you start thinking that way, it 101 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 3: just kind of starts to put that doing gloom or 102 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 3: negativity on the season or on your career. So I 103 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 3: try not to think about that at all. I mean, 104 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 3: I'm I'm feeling great. I feel as good as I 105 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 3: did any other year at this point in the season. 106 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 3: So I kind of keep telling myself, whether you're thirty six, 107 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 3: twenty six, whatever it is, if you can still kind 108 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 3: of contribute and help in any way for the team 109 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 3: to win, that's kind of what I'm focusing on and 110 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 3: just trying to stay healthy, and I guess kind of 111 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: see where this leads. I mean, who knows. I assume 112 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: I'd probably want to stay stay in hockey and some 113 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 3: kind of facet. Don't know what that would be exactly, 114 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: but I guess the only time will tell. 115 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: All Right, you talk about how good you feel, and 116 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: I know you're not lying to me, but what does 117 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: the morning after a game feel like at this age 118 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: versus fifteen years ago. 119 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 3: I guess it's a twofold question. I'm up a lot 120 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 3: earlier with my daughter, so that's definitely been an adjustment 121 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 3: and just kind of getting used to balancing the work 122 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 3: and home life. But I guess, I mean i'd be 123 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 3: lying one game, I can kind of I say it's 124 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: pretty similar, but we get into those stretches of two 125 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 3: games in a row, three games in a row, four 126 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: games and five nights. Those are some pretty rough mornings 127 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 3: and definitely kind of makes you feel your age. But 128 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: I mean, I guess just trying to focus more on 129 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 3: taking care of yourself and your body and getting your 130 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 3: sleep and recovery, it has become a lot more important. 131 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 3: I mean, I know a lot of the older guys, 132 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 3: you know, the Tom Brady's Lebron Like, those guys talk 133 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 3: about so much how they take care of their bodies 134 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 3: and that they feel as good as they are because 135 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 3: of that. So obviously not to that magnitude, but just 136 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: trying to focus on that more. I feel like when 137 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: you're twenty one, twenty two, I mean, everybody remembers when 138 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 3: they were in college. You could you could stay up 139 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 3: all night studying, partying for whatever it was, and wait 140 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 3: studying next morning, study a couple of exactly studying, and 141 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 3: you'd feel just as good as you did with ten 142 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 3: hours of sleep. So I think that's definitely the biggest 143 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 3: focus for me. 144 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: You mentioned your guys schedule, and this is something I 145 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: talked about for for a little while because there was 146 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: a time we weren't we didn't know if this game 147 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: on Saturday was going to happen, if it was going 148 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: to be postponed, because it was a very brief player strike, 149 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: and I was kind of making the point on this 150 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: show going through what your your schedule. I want to 151 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: say you, you and your your fellow EHL players, what 152 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: the scheduled you guys have, and the grind that it 153 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: is did did the strike or the new CBA did 154 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: it make any of that better moving forward? 155 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think that was one of the bigger 156 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: kind of hot button issues that I know, all sports 157 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 3: has been really focusing on lately, with you know, all 158 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 3: the sports science data coming out and kind of some 159 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: of the leagues doing the load management stuff like that. 160 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 3: But that was that was definitely one of the big things. 161 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 3: It was mainly based around recovery. Like, we understand that 162 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: obviously we're going to be playing two games and two nights, 163 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 3: three games and three nights, just because the way the 164 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 3: buildings work and the ticket sales and all that, Like, 165 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 3: we weren't kind of blind to that, but definitely trying 166 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 3: to schedule in more off days, kind of less travel 167 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 3: in between games, and then also just focusing on the 168 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 3: long extended kind of grinds where you know, all of 169 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 3: a sudden, you're playing seven games and nine nights in 170 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 3: six cities kind of thing. That that's what was one 171 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 3: of the bigger issues. 172 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: I feel like following this season, you guys will go 173 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: through a four or five game stretch where it feels 174 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: like you guys are about to take off and go, 175 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: and then there'll be a three or four game stretch 176 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: where it feels like you guys spin your tires a 177 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: little bit. What has to happen for you guys to 178 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: have more of those stretches where it feels like you 179 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: guys are about to take off and go. 180 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 3: I'd say the internal just kind of growth. We have 181 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 3: an extremely young team, and I know that there's definitely 182 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 3: growing pains with any team that's that young. But I 183 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 3: think with that, I think we just you know, we 184 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 3: need to stop I guess, for lack of better terms, 185 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 3: kind of shooting ourselves in the foot. Well, you know, 186 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 3: we'll play great for a period or two periods and 187 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: then kind of whether we let off the gas or 188 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 3: we make a couple just mistakes that let them kind 189 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 3: of get back into games. We just got to, you know, 190 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 3: like back to what I said earlier, just pick up 191 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 3: that kind of consistency that is required in pro sports 192 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 3: and just bring the same kind of level of effort 193 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 3: and execution every night. 194 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk specifically about Saturday. Now, you're you're 195 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: going to be focused on winning the game against Fort Wayne, 196 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: a team you've played for, but it's the Teddy Bear 197 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: Toss and you've been the Teddy Bear goalscorer I think 198 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: three times, which is really cool for the uninitiated. This 199 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: is an awesome event. It's really important what happens on Saturday. 200 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 3: Oh it's I mean, I think it's probably the coolest 201 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 3: kind of a game or event in sports from a 202 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: fan perspective. And I guess everybody because you know everybody 203 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 3: is involved. It's interactive. You know, the first goal score 204 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 3: the of the game for us. Anybody that brings Teddy 205 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 3: Bears to the game, you could bring one, ten twenty. 206 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 3: I've seen huge garbage bags full. There's no limit, and 207 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 3: basically you just have fun and chuck them on the 208 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 3: ice and you just watch Bears rain for about three 209 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 3: to five minutes street. You know, there's police cars out there, 210 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 3: there's sirns, there's music. It's a whole spectacle in the 211 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 3: best way possible. And at the end of the day, 212 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 3: it's awesome because it's all for a great couge. 213 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:18,599 Speaker 2: No question about it. 214 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: The Bears go to the Cincinnati Police and Fire helps 215 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 1: out their efforts with children who are faced with difficult 216 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: situations when officers are in the field, and the rest 217 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: of the Bears go to Matthew twenty five's ministries. 218 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 2: There are global relief efforts. 219 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: There were bears from this event last year that made 220 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: it as far as the Ukraine, so you're helping out 221 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: on a global level as well, in additional to a 222 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: local one. It is an awesome cause. It should be 223 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 1: a lot of fun on Saturday. Cyclones Hockey dot Com 224 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: for tickets. Justin, congratulations on the milestone. We'll talk after 225 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: game number one thousand. 226 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 3: Okay, all right, sounds good. I'll hold you to it. 227 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: We'll make that happen. Definitely. Congratulations. Justin, Thanks so much, bye, 228 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 2: thank you. 229 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: Justin Vive of the Cincinnati Cyclones. The Clones hosting Fort Wayne. 230 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: Four o'clock Saturday is when the puck is gonna drop, 231 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: and again, bring a Teddy Bear. Bring as many bears 232 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: as you want, chuck them on the ice after the 233 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: Clone score their first goal. It's a fun visual. It's 234 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: an awesome cause. And I know a handful of Cincinnati 235 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: police officers who have been directly involved with this, and 236 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: they talk about how far something as simple as having 237 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: a Teddy Bear at their disposal can be when you 238 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: know there's a situation and there's an innocent child involved, 239 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: and what that little stuffed animal can do to comfort them. 240 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: So go to the game on Saturday, shower the ice 241 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: with bears, and hopefully see the Cyclones get a victory. 242 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: We are late twenty seven away from five o'clock sports headlines. 243 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: Next ESPN fifteen thirty