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Speaker 2: Why didn't you give me have the money you were

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Speaker 3: I'm kicking us and we'll call it a day.

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Speaker 1: Wild Sounds of Hockey. I always loved that one shout.

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Speaker 4: It is so high.

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Speaker 3: What a gift in the middle of the Olympic break,

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Speaker 3: Are you kidding? We get three solid hours of hockey time.

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Speaker 3: Listen to all of you.

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Speaker 5: Across the state of Hockey rejoicing as you jump towards

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Speaker 3: It's unbelievable.

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Speaker 5: What a gift Chad Abbott and the programming geniuses here

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Speaker 5: gave to you, the listening public.

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Speaker 3: My name's Kevin Fulms. I'm not Paul Allen, that is

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Speaker 3: not Eric Nordquist. That is Brett Blakemore and we're here

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Speaker 3: for the next three hours. Brett, good morning, Hi Kevin.

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Speaker 5: So better than nothing, you know, A close second would

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Speaker 5: be beyond the pond. But that's Saturday morning, and we

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Speaker 5: got to deal with the riff raff that is the

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Speaker 5: Mikoletti klan that infiltrate the studio.

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Speaker 3: Here's just you and me and the listeners. I think

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Speaker 3: we're gonna have some fun. I think I don't know.

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Speaker 5: There's so much going on in the world of hockey,

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Speaker 5: and that's the best part about it is there's a

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Speaker 5: lot to talk about right now. Even though the while

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Speaker 5: they're on that Olympic break, it's it's a little quieter,

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Speaker 3: Well, it'll be here tomorrow later in the show.

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Speaker 5: But I know, in listening to this station religiously, and

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Speaker 5: you consider would you consider yourself one of those people

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Speaker 6: I mean in general, yes, but also as you can

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Speaker 6: see and no one else can, I've got wild green

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Speaker 6: the Olympics and let's see what the CMUs A can do,

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Speaker 5: While well, this is what I've been hearing from a

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Speaker 5: the abyss has arrived because the Super Bowl is over,

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Speaker 5: they're worried that the football season is done. But I'm

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Speaker 5: telling you we can move past football now. Congrats to

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Speaker 5: the c I. Now let's just move on to offseason mode. Honestly,

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Speaker 5: I can't wait to see who leagues the Vikings next year.

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Speaker 5: A quarterback, who's the new Purple general manager. I am

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Speaker 5: on the edge of my seat. I can't wait for

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Speaker 5: the draft, training camp, Hall of Fame game. It's all

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Speaker 5: the future. Just because football is over, that doesn't make

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Speaker 5: this the abyss. Actually, there's a lot to be excited

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Speaker 3: High school hockey's ramping up. Girls are headed to state already,

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Speaker 3: the guys are heading towards sections the regular seasons wrapping

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Speaker 3: up in high school hockey. Winter Olympics they're in full swing,

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Speaker 3: and the women are on the landslide favorites to win

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Speaker 3: the gold. Celebrate that, have fun with that.

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Speaker 5: On the men's side, in my opinion, the US has

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Speaker 5: their best chance at capturing their third gold in our

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Speaker 5: nation's history. And of course there's the Minnesota Wild Off

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Speaker 5: until the end of the month. But what's coming is

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Speaker 5: the best part. Of the season. That's what we're trying

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Speaker 5: Could we have two fifty goal scorers? Quinn Hughes, Are

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Speaker 5: you kidding me? He's in a Wild uniform? That's not

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Speaker 5: a dream, that's reality.

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Speaker 3: That happened. He's already had twenty five games.

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Speaker 5: In a Wild uniform and it will continue after the

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Speaker 5: Olympic break. Can they catch the avalanche and hold off

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Speaker 3: Following that? You got the Stanley Cup playoffs?

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Speaker 5: Is this the year the state of hockey finally gets

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Speaker 5: because if you're a sports fan, you should not be

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Speaker 5: more excited for this time of year, because hockey fans

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Speaker 3: So here you go.

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Speaker 5: Two questions to contemplate over the next couple of hours there,

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Speaker 5: Brett blakemore actually three hours, because we're in for Paul

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Speaker 5: Allen and Eric Nordquist. And you can use the text

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Speaker 5: that free iHeartRadio talkback feature and your participation could land

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Speaker 5: you tickets for an upcoming Wild home game. I've got

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Speaker 5: three pairs coming out of the break, one per hour

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Speaker 5: for the next three home games. Tickets are available at

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Speaker 5: I'm giving away a pair of tickets in each of

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Speaker 5: the next hour. And the two biggest focal points today

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Speaker 5: will be about the Olympic Hockey team and your Minnesota Wild. Now, granted,

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Speaker 5: the United States hasn't medaled since twenty ten, no gold

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Speaker 3: As an American? As a fan of Team USA? What

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Speaker 5: Would a metal get it done? Does it a bronze

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Speaker 5: or better? Would Would that satisfy that thirst? And no

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Speaker 5: You have an opportunity here and it's right on the

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Speaker 5: A gold will be awarded on February twenty second, out

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Speaker 5: I think it is since nineteen eighty What do you

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Speaker 5: the first round since twenty fifteen. This, without doubt is

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Speaker 5: For a level of satisfaction with the Minnesota Wild? Just

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Speaker 5: getting out of the first round? Would that satisfy that?

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Speaker 5: the second round? You need conference finals and nothing less.

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Speaker 5: Great action coming up at Grand Casino Arena in the

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Speaker 3: I'm excited for what lays ahead.

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Speaker 5: Let's talk about the Minnesota while first and foremost Brett,

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Speaker 5: Let's get this thing going. You got twenty four games

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and welcome back to the regular season with Colorado

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Speaker 3: Yeah, have fun with that one.

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Speaker 6: It was one of those things where there was a

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Speaker 3: They look tired, they look out of sorts.

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Speaker 6: Of course they rebounded, but I think the rest is

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Speaker 3: Dallas in the first round. Yeah, it'd be great.

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Speaker 5: I mean it feels like a fantasy, especially the way

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Speaker 3: But if you can do that, somehow, some way, you

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Speaker 3: I like the Americans chances.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I do too, I think which by the way side,

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Speaker 6: It would have been zero zero had they not had

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Speaker 6: They just nothing went right in the first as far

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Speaker 3: It just was like, huh oh, are we going to

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Speaker 6: All this weight of twelve years me waiting for the

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean, and this is what's so great about

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Speaker 3: Hey guys, Max meting here. Olympics super fun. So far,

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Speaker 5: Hard to argue, I mean, and Canada does look like

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Speaker 3: Because I didn't watch it. I didn't get up.

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Speaker 6: Well, I can tell you that Eric Sinek spent some

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Speaker 5: If you watched that game and you can give us

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Speaker 5: You need Philip Gustinson to feel good about himself, and

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Speaker 5: I don't know what he looked like today. If someone

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Speaker 3: So all'se to play for.

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Speaker 6: And I don't know how the permutations work, but that's

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Speaker 6: definitely a group that the US can get all nine points.

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 5: The preliminary I don't think tells you much about this

444
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Speaker 5: team unless they were to stub their toe. But you're

445
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Speaker 5: going up against three all apologies to everyone else in

446
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Speaker 5: that pool, but this is three wins that should be

447
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,639
Speaker 5: right there for the taking. For the Americans to go

448
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Speaker 5: into the quarterfinals and beyond and feeling super good about themselves.

449
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Speaker 5: They should get a buy out of that whatever that

450
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Speaker 5: playing game is where you get the five through twelve

451
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Speaker 5: seeds going toe to toe to advance to the quarterfinals.

452
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Speaker 5: The Americans should get a free pass to that, and

453
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Speaker 5: if they don't, then something's wrong and that'll be something

454
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Speaker 5: that they'll have to ratchet up the action later on today,

455
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Speaker 5: I guess at nine forty, So starting in above fifteen minutes,

456
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Speaker 5: you got France against the Czechs. That'll be at I

457
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Speaker 5: think that's nine to forty Central time, and then you

458
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Speaker 5: got the women's playing at the Czechs have the Swedes

459
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Speaker 5: at the exact same time. And then later on today

460
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Speaker 5: Canada takes on Switzerland El Nino Roman Josie. That'll be

461
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Speaker 5: a fun one and again it should be Canada all

462
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Speaker 5: over the.

463
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Speaker 3: Place, all over Switzerland. But we'll see what happens. And

464
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Speaker 3: then later on today you got the women and the

465
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Speaker 3: Americans taking on Italy.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's where I was going now to ten. Yeah,

467
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Speaker 6: so that's the quarterfinal matchup that the US gets great pairing.

468
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Speaker 6: I don't know this team, I mean it is I

469
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Speaker 6: think the gap between the US and Canada and the

470
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Speaker 6: women's game is way bigger than Canada is to the

471
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Speaker 6: US and the men's it's not chasms, it's a chasm.

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Speaker 5: The women's team right now is playing at a level

473
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Speaker 5: like the Red Army in nineteen eighty. I mean, they're

474
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Speaker 5: playing at a level that Canada can't even see them

475
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Speaker 5: on the horizon. And I don't think I'm being too

476
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Speaker 5: bold by saying that they beat them. They beat them

477
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Speaker 5: in their first matchup, they beat them seven consecutive times,

478
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Speaker 5: and they absolutely destroyed them in this rivalry series they

479
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Speaker 5: played up in Canada leading into the Olympics. I mean,

480
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Speaker 5: this is the women's like for the Americans, there's a

481
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Speaker 5: part of me that would be happy with a medal

482
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Speaker 5: and even if it's not gold, disappointed for sure, but

483
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Speaker 5: I'd be happy with the medal because that field is

484
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Speaker 5: so deep the American women. If they don't come away

485
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Speaker 5: with gold in this tournament, they're going to feel absolutely disappointed,

486
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Speaker 5: and I think all of us will because they the

487
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Speaker 5: body of work that they put together.

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Speaker 3: Their resume says gold or bust. And I don't think

489
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Speaker 3: that's going over the top saying that they've.

490
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Speaker 6: Just been so good and they look unstoppable, and one

491
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Speaker 6: of our own, heiz, we've got plenty of local angles

492
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Speaker 6: on this team. They look like the real deal and

493
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Speaker 6: no one will be able to touch them, hopefully. Now

494
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Speaker 6: you say that, you're really setting them up for stuffing.

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Speaker 3: There you are. But that's how good that charts cannot

496
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Speaker 3: be controversial. They're so good. That's that's how good they are.

497
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Speaker 3: I mean, like, like there's a slight gap between the

498
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Speaker 3: Americans and Canadians on the men's side. There's, like I said,

499
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Speaker 3: a canyon, a chasm between the Americans and everyone else,

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Speaker 3: including the Canadians on the women's side. And that's one

501
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Speaker 3: of the fun parts about that.

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Speaker 5: There's so many local angles where there would be the Minnesotans,

503
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Speaker 5: whether it be the Frost players. I mean, they just

504
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Speaker 5: dot the lineup and it's so much fun to watch.

505
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Speaker 5: I'll tell you what I mean. I'm not breaking any

506
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Speaker 5: news here that Abbie Murphy is so much fun to watch.

507
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Speaker 3: I saw, yeah, you see that. Yeah, she had won.

508
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 5: She was in the offensive corner and she did a

509
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Speaker 5: blind Quinn Hughes type pass right into the slot to

510
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Speaker 5: set up a goal. And that's just one of one

511
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Speaker 5: hundred plays that she's had over the course of her career.

512
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Speaker 5: And in this Olympics, man, she's gonna grab that stage

513
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Speaker 5: by the Horns. It's it's really fun to watch her

514
00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 5: and watch that entire team. So again, they're on the

515
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Speaker 5: ice later on today and we're going to talk to

516
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Speaker 5: the head coach for the Minnesota Frost, Ken Clee here

517
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Speaker 5: in a matter of moments. They're having an outdoor practice

518
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Speaker 5: in where Brett Blakemore we're going to call God's Country, Yes,

519
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Speaker 5: at the Rock in Saint Louis Park.

520
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Speaker 3: He's gonna preview that.

521
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Speaker 5: Where they also are having a viewing party up at

522
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Speaker 5: Bunnies in where Brett Blakemore, Sat Louis Park, Saint Louis Park. Yes,

523
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Speaker 5: you can refer to it as God's Country as you want.

524
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Speaker 5: So why don't we take a break and then we'll

525
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Speaker 5: get the update on that from Ken Clay. Tag a

526
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Speaker 5: little women's Olympic hockey next, and I was almost said

527
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Speaker 5: be on the pond, but no, we're in for Paul

528
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Speaker 5: Allen on KFA.

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Speaker 6: There's nothing Kevin Faalmus like live hockey. You can experience

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Speaker 6: the Minnesota Live Hockey in action Sino Arena all season

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Speaker 9: Tickets, Hey guys, eight Wild season so far. Really looking

535
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Speaker 9: forward to us getting towards the playoffs.

536
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Speaker 3: And making a run.

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Speaker 9: I think what would give me the most satisfaction to

538
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 9: start out, We'd just be getting out of that first round,

539
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Speaker 9: getting through one of our nemesis, whether it's Dallas or

540
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Speaker 9: whoever it is, and get over that hurdle.

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Speaker 3: We can do that.

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Speaker 9: I think we could really raise our expectations and see

543
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Speaker 9: what we can put together and over a cup run.

544
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Speaker 9: But getting over that first round hurdle is huge.

545
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Speaker 3: See guys, get that monkey up there back, no doubt,

546
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Speaker 3: twenty fifteen the last time they're out of the first round.

547
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Speaker 3: That is a long time coming. Got to get over

548
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 3: that hurdle. I was in high school. This will be

549
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:38,360
Speaker 3: a tough year to do it, though.

550
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Speaker 5: I mean, you got to get past Colorado or Dallas.

551
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Speaker 5: Either way, it ain't going to be easy. But this,

552
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Speaker 5: as I've said, best Wild team in franchise history. The

553
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 5: talent top to bottom, and the depth, the goaltending, everything

554
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,640
Speaker 5: is falling into place. And then if you just add

555
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 5: to it going into the trade deadline around March six,

556
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,360
Speaker 5: lookout it could be a fun year for the Minnesota

557
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Speaker 5: Wild once we get past the regular season and we've

558
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Speaker 5: already had some fun there in Saint Paul in terms

559
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Speaker 5: of the Minnesota Frost. To talk about that and more,

560
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Speaker 5: we bring in their head coach Ken Klee, Ken, Kevin

561
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Speaker 5: Faulness here on ky f An.

562
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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us.

563
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Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for having me.

564
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Speaker 6: Guys.

565
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Speaker 5: Well, I know you guys got some big stuff going

566
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Speaker 5: on and there's some good stuff happening across the pond

567
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,080
Speaker 5: with a number of your your the ladies there on

568
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Speaker 5: the Minnesota Frost. How closely are you I know this

569
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 5: is an obvious answer, but how close are you paying

570
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Speaker 5: attention to what's going on over there in Milan with

571
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Speaker 5: the especially with the Women's Olympics.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, No, it's exciting. It's obviously great to watch all

573
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Speaker 7: of our players who are over there, obviously the six

574
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Speaker 7: that are representing the US as well as the two

575
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Speaker 7: that are the check US. So it's fun to watch

576
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Speaker 7: and it's definitely in the lifetime experience that we're definitely

577
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Speaker 7: excited for him.

578
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Speaker 3: You guys are going to have some fun today.

579
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Speaker 5: I understand you're going to be in God's Country at

580
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Speaker 5: the Rock in Saint Louis Park. An open practice starting

581
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Speaker 5: at eleven and then a viewing party up the street

582
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Speaker 5: at Bunny's starting at two o'clock to see the Americans

583
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Speaker 5: take on Italy. That it'll be fun to get out

584
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Speaker 5: there in front of the the fans and have a

585
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 5: little open skate.

586
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure. No, it's kind of a neat thing

587
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 7: to be able to skate on the outdoor rink. One

588
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 7: of our coaches, Chris Jonathan Critter, he that's his home break,

589
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 7: so he's definitely excited to have us up there. He's

590
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 7: up there with his girls all the time, and he's

591
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 7: definitely excited to have the team up there.

592
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Speaker 3: I can tell you, and he can tell you as

593
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Speaker 3: well as anyone.

594
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Speaker 5: But my band was up there last and I was

595
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Speaker 5: a little worried that it's starting to get a little warm.

596
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Speaker 3: I said, what was that ice like?

597
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Speaker 5: He said, perfect, perfect night to be out there skating,

598
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Speaker 5: So you don't have to worry about the ice conditions.

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Speaker 3: You guys are gonna have a blast.

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Speaker 7: Yeah. No, he said the same. He said that he

601
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Speaker 7: just had his girls out there. I guess it was

602
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Speaker 7: two nights ago, and same thing. He said, The ice

603
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Speaker 7: was just perfect, So really really neat opportunity and kind

604
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Speaker 7: of a cool thing, just to add a little bit

605
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Speaker 7: of a different practice with the group that we do

606
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Speaker 7: have here.

607
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Speaker 3: All Right, So I want to get back to the frost.

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Speaker 5: Let's go across the seas there to talk about the

609
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Speaker 5: team over there in Milan, the US women's Olympic team.

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Speaker 5: I've been saying Ken, maybe I'm going overboard here, but

611
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Speaker 5: it feels like there's a chasm between what the Americans

612
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Speaker 5: have put together and the rest of the field.

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Speaker 3: It feels like it's gold or bust.

614
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Speaker 5: And especially the way they've handled Canada, not only in

615
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Speaker 5: this tournament, but beating them seven straight times in the

616
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Speaker 5: manner that they have I I mean, it feels like

617
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Speaker 5: this is a team that's built for success.

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Speaker 7: Yeah. No, they're they're playing great. I mean, for me,

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Speaker 7: it's really exciting to see that they're getting bounce scoring. Obviously,

620
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Speaker 7: they have you know, great goal attending and you know,

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Speaker 7: when you've got those that recipe and and there are

622
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Speaker 7: so many offensive defensemen, they're they're tough to handle. So

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Speaker 7: it's definitely been excited to watch them this year. And uh,

624
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Speaker 7: and certainly you know, you can't take Canada lightly because

625
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Speaker 7: they're they're gonna come hard, you know, in the gold

626
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Speaker 7: medal game. I would assume that they're both going to

627
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Speaker 7: get there. I think it would be a shock to

628
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Speaker 7: everybody in the hockey world that they weren't. So, but

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Speaker 7: they still have to get there, and uh, and it's good.

630
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Speaker 7: I think today's just another building block. Obviously, it'll be

631
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Speaker 7: a chance for a team like Italy to see the

632
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Speaker 7: US team, and they've never seen anybody like that, so

633
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Speaker 7: it'll be there should be a credit eye opener for

634
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Speaker 7: them as well as it should be a fun game

635
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Speaker 7: for the US to play.

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Speaker 5: You said you got eight members of the Frost over

637
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Speaker 5: there battling in the Olympics and six on that American team.

638
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Speaker 3: Who has stood up for you? And not to call

639
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Speaker 3: it out anyone in particular, but has anyone surprise you

640
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Speaker 3: of the six that you sent over there on that

641
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Speaker 3: US squad what they've been able to do thus far

642
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Speaker 3: in the tournament, No real surprises.

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Speaker 7: I mean they're all excellent players. I mean they've been

644
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Speaker 7: When you look at the PWHL scoring and you look

645
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Speaker 7: how you know, we've got a bunch of our players

646
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Speaker 7: out there near the top, and that's why we're where

647
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Speaker 7: we are where we are in the standing. So up

648
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Speaker 7: right now, but there's a lot of season left. But

649
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Speaker 7: I think, you know, definitely, you know, Taylor's having a

650
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Speaker 7: great tournament for her first Olympics. You know, I think

651
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Speaker 7: you know, Kelly, Kendall and Zum getting to play together.

652
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Speaker 7: They're all playing well. They haven't got on the score sheet,

653
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Speaker 7: I know, as much as they would like, but they're

654
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Speaker 7: definitely creating a lot of momentum, a lot of stacking

655
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Speaker 7: ships so that other lines sometimes can can go. And

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Speaker 7: then you know Britta, you know, she's been great. You know,

657
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 7: she's spent a little bit at center, a little bit

658
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 7: on the wing. They say to be shuffling lines up

659
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 7: a lot, which is which is kind of fun for

660
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 7: them to get to play with different people at different

661
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 7: times in the games. So all of them, and then

662
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 7: obviously Lee is a always just a stalwart on the back.

663
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 7: She just super calm and keeps everything great. And uh so, yeah, no,

664
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 7: I've been happy with all their play. I think they've

665
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 7: all been really playing well and it shows in there,

666
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 7: like you said, they're they're winning and winning and dominating fashion.

667
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 5: I'm going to ask you about another player that is

668
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 5: not a member of the Minnesota Frost but is grabbing

669
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 5: the attention and and has been into the tournament and

670
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 5: now that they're on the international stage. Abby Murphy, I

671
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 5: know she battles for Brad Frost there on the over

672
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 5: at Ritter Arena.

673
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 3: But when you watch her, what do you see?

674
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 5: Because you can't watch the Americans and not notice her,

675
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 5: of course, yeah, no.

676
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 7: I mean she she plays with tremendous pace. She's got jam.

677
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 7: I think as a hockey coach and a hockey person,

678
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 7: you know, that's the kind of player that you love

679
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 7: to watch. Someoney who has who has pace, They have

680
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 7: an incredible compete level. She plays with little edge, which

681
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 7: is which is great to see. You know, she has

682
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 7: an incredible skill set. I watch for one time bucks

683
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 7: and some of the goals she scored. She's going to

684
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 7: be exciting when she gets to the p wh L

685
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 7: for sure. And obviously she's having a great tournament so far.

686
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,840
Speaker 5: Talking to Ken Klee, the head coach for the Minnesota Frost,

687
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 5: back to back camps looking for a three p now

688
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 5: hopefully once that season gets back underway, they can continue

689
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 5: to roll. As I look at the standings, you said,

690
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 5: it's been kind of up and down. Ken, second place

691
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 5: in the PWHL with twenty eight points and just two

692
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 5: points back at the Boston Fleet. But it feels like

693
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 5: there's a lot of teams on your heels. What are

694
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 5: you expecting as a play gets back under way here

695
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 5: later this month.

696
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 7: Well, it's gonna be exciting to finished. I think one

697
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 7: of one of the best things about the PWHL is

698
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 7: how the competitive balance is there, and if you don't

699
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 7: play well, you're not gonna win. So I think there's

700
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 7: there's a definite competitive every night. And so you know,

701
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 7: we're fifteen games in, we're exactly halfway. Obviously I like

702
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 7: where we're at, but I know that it's kinda we're

703
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 7: gonna have to play well in the finish to be

704
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 7: able to be able to secure a top four spot

705
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 7: because only four teams are making the playoffs. So I

706
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 7: think it's going to be an exciting finished, but certainly

707
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 7: we're looking to put ourselves back into one of those

708
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 7: top four spots and then then we'll see where we

709
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 7: can set our sites next.

710
00:31:58,360 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 5: Much like the Wild, you guys come out of the

711
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 5: break and you have to hit the road. So your

712
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 5: next road, your next game is on the road. Sunday,

713
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 5: March first, and place Bell and then your next home

714
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 5: game isn't until March thirteenth, when you host Seattle seven

715
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 5: o'clock at Grand Casino Arena.

716
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 3: I've been talking to Kevin Gorg a lot.

717
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 5: He says he loves the atmosphere they're inside the building

718
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 5: when you guys inhabitate Grand Casino Arena.

719
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 3: What's it been like from the coaches.

720
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 7: Perspective, Yeah, I no, it's fantastic. I mean, definitely. We

721
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 7: have a great fan base, a great, you know, great

722
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 7: crowd there. It's a fun atmosphere. I mean I've said

723
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Speaker 7: before that like even you know, a Grand Casino as

724
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 7: well as some of our takeover tour games or our

725
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 7: other cities, Like when I have friends come to watch,

726
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 7: they're they're really impressed with with the overall game as

727
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 7: well as how you know, it's a different field than

728
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 7: an NHL game. It's it's definitely a fun atmosphere. There's

729
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 7: a lot of obviously hair flips and things going on

730
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 7: with all of our young ladies who are there, and

731
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 7: it's exciting. It's a lot of fun to just watch

732
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 7: how excited they get. And I'm certainly loving being a

733
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 7: part of it.

734
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 5: I'm wondering fans might not REALI not only do you

735
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 5: guys share the home ice for Grand Casino Areno with

736
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 5: the Minnesota while you also share their practice facility and

737
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 5: we get a chance to cross paths all the time

738
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 5: there at Trea Rink in Saint Paul. What has that

739
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 5: facility been like for you guys to make that your

740
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 5: home away from home.

741
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 7: Yeah, no, it's exactly. I mean, it's so fun to

742
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 7: be able to have a great setup like we have there.

743
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 7: Obviously the Wild being the host. You know, we're in

744
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 7: their black ass room is where our players are at,

745
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 7: which is great that they're mental, great to us and

746
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 7: it's just a great spot for us to practice. It's

747
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 7: a couple of blocks from Grand Casino, so it's easy

748
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 7: for the trainers. It's obviously easy a great set up

749
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 7: in both spots, so we're really lucky to have it.

750
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 5: A couple more for you again, we're talking to Ken Kley,

751
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 5: currently the head coach for the Minnesota Frost again back

752
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 5: to back champs, and they've got an outdoor practice today

753
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 5: at the Rock and Singles Parks starting at eleven. Then

754
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 5: they're going up to Bunnies at two o'clock for a

755
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 5: viewing party in the quarterfinal game between the US and

756
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 5: Italy that starts about two o'clock.

757
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 3: Go on up there and rub elbows with Ken and

758
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 3: the rest of them.

759
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 5: Your previous life, though you're also an NHL defenseman, I

760
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 5: certainly remember the name watching you as you did your

761
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 5: thing there on the NHL stage, nine hundred games played.

762
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 5: Most I remember you as a Washington capital, but you

763
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,439
Speaker 5: had a few other stops beyond that from nineteen ninety

764
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 5: four to two thousand and nine.

765
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:17,879
Speaker 3: What has it been like to go to this next

766
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:18,760
Speaker 3: stage in your career.

767
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 7: No, it's a lot of fun. I mean I think

768
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 7: when I you know, and hockey sits a big important

769
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 7: part of your life, and you get you're fortunate enough

770
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 7: to be able to play in the NHL a long time.

771
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,360
Speaker 7: I think that's great. And then, you know, I just

772
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 7: kind of wanted to spend time with my kids at first,

773
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,840
Speaker 7: and it was it was a passion that way. And

774
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 7: then as I got into it, I realized that I

775
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 7: not only loved helping my own kids, I loved trying

776
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 7: to help other kids to reach their goals and dreams.

777
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 7: And then and then obviously the opportunity came up for

778
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 7: me to be a part of the women's national team.

779
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 7: So I got to be the head coach there for

780
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 7: a couple of years and win a couple of world

781
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 7: championships and I really enjoyed it. Went back to the

782
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 7: men's side coach in Syracuse for a couple of years

783
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 7: for Tampa Bay, and then you know, this opportunity came up.

784
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 7: You know, for me, it was just it was such

785
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,399
Speaker 7: They're such great people. You know, they come to work

786
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 7: every day, they're you know, they're they're hungry, they want

787
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 7: to learn, they want to get better. You know, as

788
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 7: a coach, that's all you can ask. So so for me,

789
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,319
Speaker 7: these ladies, you know, they bring in every day and

790
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 7: it's just a it's a great honor for me to

791
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 7: be a part of.

792
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 3: Last question, then, we've talked a lot about the women's game.

793
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 3: The men's game is going on as well, and they

794
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 3: they came away with a victory yesterday. They're one and

795
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 3: zero on the tournament. They're going through the preliminaries.

796
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,959
Speaker 5: What do you think about the squad your buddy Bill

797
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 5: Geren has set up there for Team USA.

798
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, no, it's it's fun. It's so fun to watch

799
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,359
Speaker 7: best on best, you know, I think Billy and I

800
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 7: maybe were on the same World Cup team and oh

801
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 7: four and we got to actually play here and and

802
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 7: uh at, I guess it was accel back then. But

803
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 7: you know, it's just great when you have best on

804
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 7: best and you're getting to play with guys that you

805
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,479
Speaker 7: normally don't get to play with, but maybe you've grown

806
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 7: up playing with and against and and it's just such

807
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,799
Speaker 7: a fun opportunity to to be in the locker room

808
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 7: and to be around those guys. Obviously it's you're competing

809
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 7: at the highest level, but but it's exciting. And the

810
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,839
Speaker 7: US team the Billy's put together is is awesome to watch.

811
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 7: I mean, they have size, they have physicality, they have

812
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 7: obviously a tremendous amount of skill. It's just fun and

813
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 7: it's I think it's gonna be great. I think all

814
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 7: the games are gonna be exciting. I think all the

815
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 7: games are gonna be a lot of fun to watch.

816
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 7: So it was certainly fun to watch yesterday.

817
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 5: I forgot about that twenty fourteen and I didn't realize

818
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 5: you guys were both on that squad.

819
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 3: What was it like to be a team with Billy

820
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 3: during that time.

821
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 7: No, it's good I've known Billy for a long time.

822
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 7: We actually got the room together in Brainer before the

823
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 7: ninety two Olympic team, which we were together for, so

824
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 7: I've known Billy for a long time, so it was great. Obviously,

825
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 7: he's you know, turned his after his playing career more

826
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 7: into the management side, you know it, starting with Pittsburgh

827
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 7: and obviously having a tremendous run here in Minnesota. So

828
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 7: it's fun to watch, you know, your peers and buddies

829
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 7: that you played with and against your whole life, you know,

830
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 7: in the different path they take. Obviously a lot of

831
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 7: them still taking the hockey world, which is which is

832
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 7: fun because, like I said, it has been such a

833
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 7: big important part of our lives and now getting to

834
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 7: continue it. It's just fun to be.

835
00:36:57,719 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 3: Pun of Ken. Thanks for doing this.

836
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 5: Have a great in God's Country, whether it be at

837
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 5: the Rock in Saint Louis Park or up the street

838
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 5: in Bunnies. And we'll be paying close attention once the

839
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 5: PWHL season gets underway here, I guess at the start

840
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 5: of March.

841
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:13,479
Speaker 7: Awesome guys, Thank you so much.

842
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 3: There you go, Ken Clee head coach and I think

843
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 3: also general manager for the Minnesota Frost back to back champs.

844
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 3: Looking for a three pete again.

845
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 5: You don't need an excuse to come to Saint Louis Park,

846
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 5: but today you got one. Come on down and have

847
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 5: that outdoor practice at the Rock at SLP eleven o'clock

848
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 5: right behind the rec Center, and then up the street

849
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 5: at Bunny's in Saint Louis Park as well. One of

850
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 5: the great spots on earth, not only just Saint Louis Park,

851
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 5: not only in the Twin Cities, not only in Minnesota,

852
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 5: but Bunnies is the place to be, especially today for

853
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 5: that USA watch party. It's quarterfinal action, the Americans taking

854
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,799
Speaker 5: on Italy. It should be a fun atmosphere and if

855
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 5: you're looking for a way to take it in this afternoon,

856
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 5: this will be your opportunity. You enjoy spending time in

857
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 5: Sant Lois Park, do you not, Bret Blake Moore.

858
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 3: I do every day. Yeah, of course I do. Yeah,

859
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 3: it's I like that.

860
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 6: It's one of my favorite rinks to play at in

861
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 6: the Cities, that is true, and my outdoor one.

862
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 5: Like I said, my son had a practice out there

863
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 5: last night. I said the ice was fine, and especially

864
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 5: with this weather, I think if it gets around fifty five.

865
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 5: It gets a little tenuous out there, the ice gets

866
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 5: a little soft, and there's been times over the course

867
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 5: of the last few years where there's actually been like

868
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 5: steam on the windows if it's too odd as the

869
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 5: ice starts to go away.

870
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 3: But yeah, I do. You don't have to worry about that. Today.

871
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 3: They're gonna have a blast a wil.

872
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 5: They've done a ton of outdoor practices out there over

873
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Speaker 5: the course of the last decade, so you know that

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Speaker 5: it's a great atmosphere, a great place to go to

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Speaker 5: watch the Frost in action, the two time defending Frost

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Speaker 5: Champions PWHL Champs, and then they'll go up up the

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Speaker 5: street to Bunnies in Saint Louis Park about two o'clock

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Speaker 5: to watch the Americans take on Italy.

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Speaker 3: Can I be self serving for just a moment?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: You know how much you you never do.

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Speaker 5: Typically, it is a day past my father's eighty fifth

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Speaker 5: birthday five years can you imagine that?

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Speaker 3: Eighty five years? So we sang him Happy Birthday last night.

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Speaker 3: So I just wanted to throw that out there for

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Speaker 3: anyone listening that knows Happy Roy Falness, say happy birthday,

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Speaker 3: mister Falmness and Grandpa to my to my children. Am

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Speaker 3: I singing children very much?

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Speaker 5: So yeah, he had he wiped out not that long ago,

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Speaker 5: and it was just a dumb thing. It wasn't like

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Speaker 5: he it was anything like on ice or anything. It

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Speaker 5: was a perfectly fine day. He went to reach for

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Speaker 5: his coffee off the front porch and fell backwards and

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Speaker 5: racked his head. So he had to be in a

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Speaker 5: neck brace for about three months, which was funny, you know,

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Speaker 5: because then you'd stand to his side, say he make

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Speaker 5: eye contact when you when I'm talking to you.

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Speaker 3: He didn't think that was funny. But he's all better now,

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Speaker 3: the neck brace is off. He's doing well. So I

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Speaker 3: just wanted to say happy birthday to my father. Let's

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Speaker 3: take a quick break and then when we continue, we're

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Speaker 3: going to go out to Notre Dame and we're going

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Speaker 3: to check in in South Bend with the great Pat mcletty.

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Speaker 3: He's out there with the Golden Golpher hockey team, and

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Speaker 3: we can talk about anything in the world of sports,

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Speaker 3: for sure, but definitely hockey is the gonna be the emphasis.

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Speaker 3: With Pat mcletty. Next on KF A N