1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Jordan Leopold is a former defenseman who played Wait to 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: Try to Channel My Inner Alan Roach. Jordan Leopold is 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: a former defenseman who played twelve seasons in the NHL 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: and won the two thousand and two Hobie Baker Award 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: for the Golden Gophers, a season they won the national championship. 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: Known as a pup moving defenseman, he was drafted forty 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: fourth overall in the nineteen ninety nine draft by Anaheim, 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: but never played for the Ducks, instead skating in high 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: end fashion for Calgary, Colorado, Florida, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Saint Louis Columbus, 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: and finished his career in his native Minnesota. After his daughter, 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: Jordan delivered a heartfelt letter to Nine to Noon stating 12 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: how badly she wanted her father back in Minnesota. We 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: shared the letter on air. Leo soon after was traded 14 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: to the Wild and he still has yet to give 15 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: Nine to Noon a comp at Mississippi Gardens. Despite delivering 16 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: on this life changing moment, Jordan joins us, now, excellent 17 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: having you here, Thanks for helping hello. 18 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: Did you take a breath with all those teams I 19 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: played for? 20 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 3: Well? Got you played for Calgary twice. I didn't put 21 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 3: yeah exactly, I didn't put him in the middle there. No, 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 3: I know, man, it's been a while since I've been here. 23 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 2: It was great to see you. Yeah, and I see 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 2: you too. 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: Welcome back, check Thanks Checkie at Canada to two deep 26 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: in the second period. Well, you seem to have missed 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: the last part of the of the preview or of 28 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: the introduction. 29 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 2: You skip right by that. I missed a lot. 30 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: We shared the letter on air boy video soon after 31 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: was traded to the Wild and he still has yet 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: to give Nine to Noon a comp in Mississippi Gardens. 33 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: Despite delivering on this life changing moment, you know, the 34 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: life changing moment. 35 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: I think it was more for you and put you 36 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 3: on an international scale. 37 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: You get a lot more listeners out of it. You 38 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: benefited more than me. 39 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: I can't an I had a nine AM guest. I 40 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 1: can't remember who it was. Might have been Michalletty. Don't 41 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: at me, no hard feelings. That letter arrived to the 42 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,839 Speaker 1: radio station at eight fifty, read it, vetted it out, 43 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: got in touch with mom. Jamie, learned it was authentic 44 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: from your daughter, and I'm like, we have to. 45 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: Start the show with this. Yeah, off it goes. 46 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: We gotta get Leo back to Minnesota. Read the letter. Wow, 47 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: I mean that was eleven years ago. 48 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 3: Eleven years ago, you know, just out of coincidence. My 49 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 3: daughter pens some letter in the middle of winter and 50 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 3: you get your hands on it, and. 51 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: How I end it. Jamie delivered your delivered it. 52 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 3: My family was pretty desperate to get me back home. 53 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 3: I was in Columbus living by myself for three months. 54 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: I mean that that stunk, you know, without four kids. 55 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: I remember one time I texted you just out of 56 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: nowhere to say hello. 57 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 2: You were with Columbus. 58 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: I caught you at a time you were on the 59 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: road somewhere in a dark hotel room just having the 60 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: worst migraines or concussion related headaches or something like that happened, 61 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: and we talked on the phone for like five minutes, 62 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: and man, you were in bad shape. 63 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: Remember that. 64 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 3: Well, I've been I'm still trying to figure it out now. 65 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 3: I've been down to mail the last a few months, 66 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: trying to figure out. Holly, get some sleep, all right, 67 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 3: I don't sleep, Yeah, I mean I'm fine, I just 68 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 3: don't sleep. 69 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: Worried about the Mississippi Gardens. 70 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 3: Bottom line, what No, I'm more worried about this women's 71 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 3: national team. 72 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 2: If they're gonna I'll end up. Are you okay? 73 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm fine, okay, good, Yeah, No, I'm good. I 74 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: don't care what Abbott Nordo and Johnny Paul say. I 75 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: think you sound. 76 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 3: Great, neat, I'm excellent. Look at me. I mean, I'm 77 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 3: just a specimen. This body is that. This body is 78 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 3: a temple. That's all I'm gonna tell you. 79 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: I mean, it's got a few more pounds on it 80 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: than it used to. Same up thirteen, last three and 81 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 2: a half weeks. 82 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: Same. 83 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it goes up and down the time. 84 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 3: Being a former athlete kind of stinks because you don't, 85 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 3: you know, realize how good of shape you were in 86 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 3: until you're actually done. 87 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: And that that took me about two years to figure 88 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: that out. Do you watch the Olympics outside of hockey. 89 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: I've watched a little bit. I mean every time I 90 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: turned the TV on, it's curling, curling or alpine sports. 91 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 3: You know, I don't I don't have all the apps 92 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 3: to watch everything, but you know I was there in 93 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 3: two thousand and six and to Reno so Or in Turin, 94 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: I should say, but it's just Uh, it's a spectacle. 95 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 3: My kids want to desperately go bad, and I think 96 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 3: maybe I'll take them when. 97 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: We want to go to the Olympics. Yeah, Salt Lake. 98 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, we I always get emails from the Olympic Committee. 99 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 3: We get you know, passes to whatever it is if 100 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 3: we want to go. Oh really yeah, we get taken 101 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 3: care of pretty well. 102 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: You're you know, like when I go searching for information 103 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: about the current Olympics, you know you search players or whatever. 104 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: Like you have a page for the men's US Olympic 105 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: hockey team. It's not a big page, but it indicates 106 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: that you played in O six, representing the country. 107 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: It's pretty cool. 108 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 3: Well, a couple of days ago, well not days ago, 109 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 3: probably a week ago when we played Latvia, last time 110 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 3: we played Latvia in Italy when it was when I 111 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 3: was there, My my representation of my generation was there. 112 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 3: Scored all that game and they played it on NBC, 113 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, my phone starts blowing up, 114 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 3: and it's more of my kids that I coach. The 115 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: high school kids are like, hey, coach, you know you 116 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 3: scored a goal. Wow, yeah I did you You're coaching 117 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 3: high school? Yeah, I coach high School dan Over. 118 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: Wow. 119 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: Sweet, now the the Andover girls, all right, they play 120 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: tomorrow night. 121 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 2: You are right on. 122 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, because my neighbor Randy Keppel coaches Holy Family and 123 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: they play Holy Family Upstart, Holy Family Fire. So I 124 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: don't know, we got it. We got a little side 125 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: thing going on sideway. Randy's going to be on the 126 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: radio show tomorrow like eleven o five or something. 127 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: So, yeah, you're promoting girls hockey. It's great. 128 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 3: I mean only fire girls hockey. And you look at 129 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 3: the girls hockey. Only family in the Olympics, Olympics. Look 130 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:46,679 Speaker 3: at these women. 131 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 2: These women are just completely dominating. 132 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: I'm trying trying to save team nord Quist a little 133 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: money with a stella. 134 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: Yes, that's right. Needs put some money back in your pocket. Family. 135 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: Now nine to noon, out of nowhere has a researcher 136 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: who has joined joined the equation and you're familiar with him. 137 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: His name is Bob Motsko, coach of the Golden Gophers 138 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: hockey team. 139 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: Never heard of them. 140 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: So we had a chat right before you joined, and 141 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: uh so, Coach Motsko went to texting me some trivia stats. 142 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 2: Last wow, this is this is daunting. 143 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: So USA played Sweden today at two ten, USA loaded, 144 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: Sweden loaded yep, Landeskog on fire. The last time USA 145 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: beat Sweden in the Olympics nineteen. 146 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 2: Sixty, long time ago. 147 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: They tied to two in eighty and since sixty, the 148 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: United States of America against Sweden is one seven and one, 149 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: make that one six and two. I mean, it's now, 150 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: those are different teams, different players, different Landeskog's, different favors. 151 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: I understand that, but it's still won six and two man, 152 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: and the year you were there and O six the 153 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: Swedes won. 154 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: Yep, we got our clock clean. Who were some of 155 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: their better players. 156 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: Nicholas Lidstrom, Thomas Holdstrong, all the Red Wings. 157 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, basically the Red Wings. Yeah, yeah, it was that's 158 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 2: when the. 159 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: Red Wings went through a stretch where they were getting Lindstrom, 160 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: maybe Holmes, trom definitely, Dot Soup, yeah, like deep. 161 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: The Russian, but Zetterberg was as sweet. 162 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying the Wings they were getting all 163 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: these high enders deep in the draft, like. 164 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 3: In you know, I think they are seventh, seventh round 165 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 3: and well they only seven rounds now, but there's some 166 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: ninth round picks in that deal too. I mean, Datsu 167 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: could be one of the best players that I've ever 168 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 3: played against. 169 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, he was that good. But obviously he's a Russian. 170 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 3: But you know what, we are not seeing any Russians 171 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 3: at the Olympics, which really sucks for ice hockey because 172 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 3: they're they're one of the top, the top competitors in 173 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 3: this group. 174 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: All right, quick twitch? What comes to mind with all 175 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: these teams for whom you played quick twitch? Can be 176 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: five seconds, can be a minute. What do you remember 177 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: about playing for. 178 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: Calgary Red Mile, Stanley Cup game Son, Colorado, the Mountains, 179 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: beautiful weather, Oh my gosh. 180 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 2: Florida Panthers knowing knows going to get traded tenguins. 181 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 3: They just came off a Stanley Cup year and I 182 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 3: was so excited to go there and play. 183 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: With Sidney Crosby. Wo how cool was that? Yeah that 184 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 2: was awesome three months in his career. 185 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, well they just won their first Cup and 186 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 3: that was there with Flurry and those guys. 187 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 2: Yeah that's Malkin. Yeah, Oh yeah, wow, yeah, that kind 188 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 2: of nutty. I mean we were talking about earlier. 189 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 4: I was watching sid still playing on the front line 190 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 4: power play unit for Canada. I mean, just the longevity 191 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 4: of how good he's been for so long. Sid is 192 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 4: a specimen. 193 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: He is, and I haven't talked to him in probably 194 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 3: ten years, but man, I tell you every and he 195 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 3: just impressed me so much. He's and people had asked 196 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 3: me he was the best player ever played with him 197 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 3: by far? 198 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, not even not even close. 199 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: Is it foolish to I mean, it's I don't like 200 00:08:54,400 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: when people put comparisons to win mortality on super young players, Sarah, though, 201 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: this Macklin Celabrini, he has an opportunity to be certainly 202 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: close to are as good as any of them. 203 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: Well, you look at him, you look at mcjesus, I mean. 204 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 3: David, but I know last if you want it's it's crazy. 205 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 3: Those guys are on a different scale. McKinnon, it's macarr. 206 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 3: Did you play with McKinnon, No, Ran never got I 207 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 3: played against him, But man. 208 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 2: You played with Claude Lemieux. I didn't play with him, 209 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: played against him, played against him. Buffalo. 210 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 3: Uh, My kids loved that place, and I your kids 211 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 3: love Buffalo. 212 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 2: My kids love Buffalo. They went to school there. That 213 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: was home for us. Anchor Bar like the go to 214 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 2: place you can. Yeah. Absolutely, I wasn't gonna tell you 215 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: where my water hole was though. 216 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: Take a take a trip to Niagara Falls, look at 217 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: it for five minutes. 218 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: Everybody, everybody that came out did that. We went to 219 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 3: the American side too. We never went over to Canada. 220 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 3: We're like, no, we're not going to Canada, even though 221 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 3: it's a better side. Say Louis, Oh, we had a 222 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 3: peach tree in the backyard. That was pretty cool. 223 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: Oh. 224 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: I was just in Charleston, South Carolina for four days 225 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: and at our hotel they had come quat trees. 226 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 3: Oh, they were just beautiful. I will say this was 227 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 3: my time in Saint Louis. I was there for two 228 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 3: and a half years, two and a quarter. But the 229 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 3: two teams that I played on were Stanley Cup final 230 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 3: caliber teams that the one thing that got us was 231 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 3: Goulten Elliott, Brian Elliott, Wisconsin guy. And then actually Miller 232 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 3: came in. Brian Miller came in and played for us, 233 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 3: but he didn't he didn't take the change. Didn't fit 234 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 3: him very well. Back as David backus you know him 235 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 3: at all. Yeah, So we had him on. 236 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: We had him on last week to chat about the 237 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: Olympics and he played with Bennington and then the way 238 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: he laid it out with Jordan Bennington. 239 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 2: It was phenomenal. 240 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: He was like, get him early, and you got him 241 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: all day and if you get him twice early, you 242 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: probably got him for the next month. 243 00:10:58,840 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 2: Uh. 244 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: They got him early, this Chechia team, but subsequently Canada, 245 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: with all his talent, has come back to tie to too. 246 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: But I thought that was cool that there legitimately are 247 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: goaltender immortality type people Cup winners where they have tails 248 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: where if you break that confidence early, man, you might 249 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: have them for the whole game. 250 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 3: Well, I mean Bennington when I was in Saint Louis, 251 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 3: he was like our East Coast goalie. 252 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 2: Wow. 253 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 3: I mean he he came out of nowhere and he 254 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 3: was just out of the Western League at the time, 255 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 3: and Garrytown came in and he just he grinded his 256 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 3: way up there and then when he got his opportunity, 257 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 3: made most of it. I want to Stanley Cup. Columbus 258 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 3: a lot of healthy scratches the city though, and Ohio 259 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 3: State won a national championship when I was there. 260 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 2: Really yeah, the town was going crazy. 261 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 3: Ohio State hockey no, no football, oh yeah, come on, 262 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 3: come on. And finally the wild the wild Lewis is 263 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 3: home so obviously heartfelt. This is where I always wanted 264 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 3: to be and I always wanted to play at some point, 265 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 3: So I got. 266 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: Three months Leopold's Mississippi Gardens event center. 267 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 2: So still there. 268 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: Let me guess your your rewiring stuff and maybe adding 269 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: some crown molding to a room. Given all you do 270 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: is touch touch up your wife Jamie's pride and joy. 271 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, her pride and joy. It was her idea. Oh yeah, 272 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 2: I know, that's that's her. It's her her business. 273 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 3: I just worked there, support it mm hm and go 274 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 3: from there. It's been interesting ever since COVID as you know, 275 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: hospitality and got hit hard. Yeah yeah, you said that 276 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 3: like the last three times you've been here. I know 277 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 3: it's not changing, it's it's hard. And then you know, 278 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 3: with inflation the dollar, it's a income type type business. 279 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 3: It's not what it once was before the so called 280 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 3: good old days. 281 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: Did did you ever encounter any drunk wedding goers who 282 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: are like I remember when you played my Fighting Sue, 283 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: they were always better than you guys. And I hated 284 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: the Gophers back then, oh always. I mean everybody asked me, 285 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: who's your hated rival? 286 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 3: Well, when when you play it to you and you 287 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 3: played at the time I did with my teammates. Everybody 288 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 3: hated us. So we went in every bar and we 289 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 3: saw everybody's best. We saw a sold out crowd. By far, 290 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 3: North Dakota was the worst one to go into. You know, 291 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 3: we joke that, you know, there's no way and Hecker 292 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 3: kids would ever go to North Dakota. And you know, 293 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 3: we just say hey when we want to jab a guy, like, hey, 294 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: how the Fighting Hawks. They can't stand that, I mean, 295 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 3: but you know what, they have a heck of a 296 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 3: program up there, they really do. And you know, anybody 297 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 3: gets shot to play there and play high end Division 298 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 3: one is lucky to be there. 299 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: Motsko's team is struggling a bit. You I guess you 300 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: know what I mean. You really didn't want to go 301 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: to Las Vegas and April for the Frozen for anyway, 302 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: did you? 303 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 3: Oh Man, one of my former teammates had a nice 304 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 3: VRBO all set up, and I think he's gonna get refunded. 305 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 2: Well, we'll see, We'll see. 306 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: The way Motsco laid it out, every game is like 307 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: one one two two for a long time, and the 308 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: other team gets the next goal and things go pear shape. 309 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: So it sounds like they're kind of close just when 310 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: the Big ten tournament get Leo to Vegas. 311 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 3: Well, you look at coaching wise, I mean you look 312 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 3: at progress. You want to see progress over the year, 313 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 3: and I mean hasn't been progress. Yeah, I mean there's 314 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 3: been some some losses that you'd like to have back, obviously, 315 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 3: but you know, the moral victories get old after a 316 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 3: while and you really got to start winning. So the 317 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 3: only way they're going to get in though, is, like 318 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 3: you said, they got to win that tournament. 319 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're freshmen or like freshman or sophomores. 320 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: Bob said about forty five minutes ago. He has he 321 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: basically guaranteed I have five players on my team or 322 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: are going to be in the NHL. They're just really young, 323 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: you know, and camp from a confidence standpoint, as the 324 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: players are bigger and faster than like high school or whatever, 325 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: where when the confidence comes for these guys cohesively, they're 326 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: going to be tough. 327 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. I would agree that. 328 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 3: Well, we were in that same spot back in nineteen 329 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 3: ninety eight when I was at the U. 330 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 2: You know, we had Wuger was coaching. Yeah, kind of in 331 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 2: his last. 332 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 3: Ye last hurrah, and we didn't have a good couple 333 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 3: of years there my freshman and sophomore year, and then 334 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 3: finally put it together our last couple of years. So 335 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 3: you know, there's without failure, there's not success. 336 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: Well, do do you love Olympic hockey? Like do you 337 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: men's and women's? Do you go to your way to 338 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: watch it? 339 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 3: I will watch it, yeah, I mean when it gets 340 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 3: in the playoff format. 341 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's with anything. 342 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 3: But you know, it's really hard because I've played in 343 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 3: a lot of these tournaments and stuff where you may 344 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 3: not you may have your best game of your life 345 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 3: and you end up losing. So you're like, man, I 346 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: wish hockey, Well it's hockey, but it's one and done's yeah, 347 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 3: you know. And they look at the n cua A 348 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 3: basketball tournament, you know, the upsets, upset city when it 349 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 3: comes to that, and man, I'm telling you it's I 350 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 3: wish they were like best of three series, but you 351 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 3: can't do it just because the best team probably will 352 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 3: win in the best of three series. 353 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 2: But it's just not the case. 354 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 3: And uh you look at the men's side, Uh, pretty 355 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 3: packed here. 356 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: We play Sweden today, that's gonna be a tough one. Wait, 357 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 2: Canada is in a Are they still in a TI game? Yeah? 358 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: I believe there's still a TI game. That's that's tough hockey. 359 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: You know, when I was talking to Mosco and and Checky, 360 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: it was leading two to one, and you know, in 361 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: the early stages, like Canada's first call, don't know if 362 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: you saw it or not, McDavid in the slot with 363 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: an unbelievable no look dropped past to Celebrini goal. So 364 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: they're trying these drop passes between the leg stuff. I mean, 365 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: it was showy. Then all of a sudden, Checky, it 366 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: took a two to one lead and was dump and chase, 367 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: dump and Chase, dump and chase. Now, all of a sudden, 368 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: you see McKinnon, McDavid and all these cats being like, 369 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: all right, enough with the showy stuff. Let's get out 370 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: there and bust somebody's butt. 371 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, there's a format the playoff hockey, and 372 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 3: the playoff hockey type mentality is get the puck deep game, 373 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 3: make the other team go two hundred feet to defeat you. 374 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 3: Nothing pretty that don't turn pucks over. Made the best 375 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 3: team win at a chess match. That's basically what it is. 376 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 3: With the regular season, you see these guys do all 377 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 3: these all these things, but you don't really see it 378 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 3: in playoffs. 379 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 2: With your Andover boys team. You got a squad. Yep. 380 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: Are you the head coach or assistant alignment assistant? Yeah, 381 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: that's cool. You got a squad. 382 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 2: We got a squad. We we haven't fared very well. 383 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 3: We're a lot like the Gophers where our record just 384 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 3: doesn't stand for what we have. 385 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: Andover sports has gotten so good the last like ten years. 386 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 2: We've had some imports, you know, imports to help. 387 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 3: But you know, I was talking to some former lum 388 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 3: of Anoka High School and that's the reason we're in 389 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 3: now is Paul Martin. Pauli's great. He's Oak River though. 390 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 3: Oh there we go. I've seen process. I see him 391 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,120 Speaker 3: with girls hockey. He's coaching girls hockey, so I see 392 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 3: him all the time. Yeah, that's awesome. But the point 393 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 3: I'm making is nineteen ninety six and Anoka got basically 394 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 3: split in half by Champlin Park, and then Andover came 395 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 3: and we split them in half. So Noka has just 396 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 3: been picked on. They haven't had the success that we've 397 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 3: had obviously an Andover. But it's fun I love coaching. 398 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 3: I love I love teaching. You know, I get the defenseman, 399 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 3: so I get the you know, teach them a few things. 400 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 3: Obviously they don't have the IQ that that I have 401 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 3: or the experience that I have, but at least I 402 00:17:58,920 --> 00:17:59,959 Speaker 3: can give him a couple nuggets. 403 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, hopefully they learn something that good experience are is 404 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 2: the Andover girls team is a good It's really good, 405 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 2: right They're they're always going to be a state a 406 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 2: state contender. 407 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: Because Randy squad beat Minnetonka five to four and a thriller. 408 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: And you know, I've been to some Holy Family Minnetonka 409 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: games over the years when my daughter went to Holy Family, 410 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: and I mean that that's a nice little rivalry right there. 411 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: Beat beating beating the Skippers and girls hockey ain't an 412 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: easy thing. 413 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 3: Well, you will have you norms, which are your big programs, 414 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 3: which is Minnetonkauhetta, Diana, even Maple Grove. And it's like 415 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 3: their staples to be be where they are Hill Murray. Yeah, 416 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 3: every year they're they're right there knocking on the door. 417 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 3: And and Over for girls hockey has been there almost every 418 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 3: year just because the section they're in the section they're in, 419 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 3: they have some favorable matchups and they end up getting there. 420 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 3: But you never know what's going to happen when you 421 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 3: get into an eighteen tournament. 422 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 2: Just like you see at the Olympics. I mean just 423 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 2: takes a couple of upsets. 424 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: Hockey Immortality and Minnesota Hockey Immortality and Leopold in Studio 425 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: nine to noon. Leo scored a goal in the two 426 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: thousand and six Olympics in tour in Italy. We're gonna 427 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: chat about that and more when we returned to KFA. 428 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: Third period from Milan Underway, Canada and Chechia to two 429 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: Jordan Leopold Hockey Immortality in Studio nine to noon. This 430 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: is Supervisor Jared. We have a lot of construction taking 431 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: place here. 432 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,880 Speaker 3: I saw this little husky Barney Rubel style guy walk 433 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 3: in and I'm like, holy cow, who is this guy? 434 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 2: He's got Barnie rubble tag on him. Right out of 435 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 2: it again call this Forest Lake hockey gear on. 436 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So Jared's story is he's the supervisor. 437 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: He's the boss. If he gets frustrated with his crew, 438 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: or he just needs to take a break and look 439 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: at his phone. My man just stopped by nine to 440 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: noon one day and just sat down, put the headphones on, 441 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: listen to the show, looked at his phone and left. Okay, 442 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: And I'm like that's my kind of guy. Yeah, all right, yeah, come. 443 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 2: On in anytime. Doors always open. Yep. But Jared say 444 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 2: loudly say out to Leo. 445 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 3: Doing Leopold Now, I'm I'm doing all right for Forrest 446 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 3: Lake Jared Forest Lake, Jared J. 447 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 2: Eckman had head high school hockey coach are and Overga. Wow, yep, yep. 448 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: So so Leo played in the Turin Italy Olympics in 449 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 1: two thousand and six. Swedes won the gold that year, 450 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 1: Canada finished seventh, the USA finished eighth. What the heck 451 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: happened to you guys? Back then you were in a 452 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: spine tingler with Kazakhstan, noted hockey juggernaut Kazakhstan. 453 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 2: Kazakhstan Latvia. 454 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. 455 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,719 Speaker 3: We we didn't have the powerhouse that we once were. I mean, uh, 456 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 3: it was. It was a very interesting experience for us. 457 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 3: We were professional athletes, obviously theminal six and we didn't 458 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 3: go to opening ceremonies. 459 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 2: We got in maybe four or five six days I saw. 460 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 1: I can't remember I saw Grumpy Paris this morning when 461 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: it was leaving the Power trip and I'm like, hey, 462 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: I got Leo in today. Eleven you guys played in 463 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: the Olympics, and and he told me two stories. One 464 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: off what you just said. You guys got there two 465 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: days later than you should have. Right, Yes, we had. 466 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: We had some terrible weather in the East coast. 467 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 3: Northeaster came in and guys were supposed to be on 468 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 3: flights and we all flew separate in instead of having 469 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 3: a charter meet in Newark and then go over. Well, 470 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 3: only two of us got in on time for the 471 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 3: so called presser. 472 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 2: It was myself and John Graham. Wow. 473 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 3: So in John's goalie they played in Tampa Bay and 474 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 3: he was he may have started a couple of games 475 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 3: for us there, I don't remember. Yeah, it was more 476 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 3: Ricky Dpa Trod than anybody. But it was him and 477 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: I standing in front of I mean, a whole press 478 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 3: corpse and they're like, who are you guys. They're waiting 479 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 3: for Billy g they're waiting for they're waiting for Madonnald. Yeah, 480 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 3: they're waiting for all these guys. And here I am like, hi, Well, 481 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 3: it was it was pretty funny. But yeah, we got 482 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 3: in late. We didn't obviously we weren't even gonna partake 483 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 3: in any of the opening ceremonies, and then played a 484 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 3: tournament and then once we once we got done, flight 485 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 3: out next morning. 486 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, so it was like being a tournament. 487 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 3: But the hilarious part of this whole thing was is, Okay, 488 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 3: we're the Americans. We go in there, and you know, 489 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 3: always tensions are higher on the world, and security is 490 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 3: telling us, hey, don't don't show too much patriotism because 491 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,959 Speaker 3: you could be a target. We're like, okay, what does 492 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 3: that mean, Well, don't hang any flags outside of the 493 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 3: Olympic Village and in your tower so people can target 494 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 3: that if if it's not that And so we didn't. 495 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 3: And of course there's probably six seven towers in Olympic 496 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 3: Village and you have to go in and out of 497 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 3: security to get like an airport to get in these places. 498 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: And we're the only tower that doesn't have any branding 499 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 3: on it. Which ones do you think which tower do 500 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 3: you think the Americans are staying in? You know, like 501 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 3: process of elimination. If you're a smart, smart person, you 502 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 3: can figure that out. Our buses took a different route 503 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 3: to games. Everywhere we went we had police escorts. 504 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 2: It was. 505 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 3: It was different than any other kind of tournament that 506 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 3: I ever went to. But the Olympic experience, you know, 507 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 3: it's hard to get it when you're an athlete because 508 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 3: you have half of the Olympics is in the alpine 509 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 3: and half is down in a city. 510 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: Oh really, so how do you get in in and 511 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 2: out of these places? 512 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 3: And then being in Turid at the time, they didn't 513 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 3: build the infrastructure on time, kind of like it was 514 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 3: this year. 515 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 2: Wow, So you couldn't take a train in the mountains. 516 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 3: You'd take a train thirty minutes and hop on buses, 517 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 3: but then at the end of the night the buses 518 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 3: didn't run. So if you went to an alpine event 519 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 3: and at nine, you'd have no way to get back 520 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 3: to the city. And this was before uber and all. 521 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 3: That's ridiculous, Yeah, it was. It was ridiculous, all right. 522 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: So as we root for Matthew and Brady Kuchuk today 523 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: at two ten against Landeskog and his super special Swedes 524 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,239 Speaker 1: Leo in the two thousand and six Olympics, played with 525 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: Brady and Matthew's dad, Keith Kuchak. 526 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, old Walt. 527 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 3: What what's Walt mean? Old Walt? Well, his dad's name 528 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 3: was Walter. I think what what kind of a player was? Oh, 529 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 3: he was a feisty one. He's a lot like Billy G. 530 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 3: You know, him and Billy G got along great. But 531 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 3: you look at old the old videos of Keith kachuk Hall. 532 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 3: I mean, I don't think he's a Hall of Fame. 533 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 3: He's an American Hall of Fame right all that, but I 534 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 3: don't think in the Hockey Hall of Fame he should be. 535 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: But he was a feisty guy. He got under your skin. 536 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 3: He was hard to play against. He had, I mean 537 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 3: a knack for the net and he would fight guys. 538 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 3: He was just like Billy. Him and Billy were two 539 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 3: piece piece in the plot. And he's a left handed shot. 540 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 3: But his kids took a lot of that that learning 541 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,360 Speaker 3: up and learned from it and went out and did 542 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 3: more than what dad probably ever did. 543 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 2: So he's super proud of him. I know that. Well. 544 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: With the second story, Mark Parrish grumpy Parish. Yeah, so 545 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: so when you think grumpy, you think net front presence, yep, strong, 546 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: scrappy and that that's where he did a lot of 547 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: his damage. So it might have been against Conzakstan. It 548 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: was one of your first three games. Yeah, somebody, you're 549 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: on a rush and Parish goes to the front of 550 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: the net where he should go. Keith could chuck hit 551 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: him twice with his stick like baseball star Bam bam, 552 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: and said get the f out. 553 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 3: Of here, because that's that's where Keith wanted to be. 554 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 3: That's for me, that's one and unbelievable. I mean, you 555 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 3: look at par the old pair Bearry. He was one 556 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 3: of my roommates. I had five four other roommates when 557 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 3: I was there, and you look at Pair Pair made 558 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 3: his made his career was standing in Fronte getting garbage, 559 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 3: taking away Goali's eyes, tipping pucks, all that kind of stuff. 560 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 3: It wasn't any fancy fancy stuff like a like a Datsuke. 561 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 3: But you know, big Walt uh he had. He had 562 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 3: a knack for kind of both of that type of thing. 563 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 3: He wasn't gonna exactly lead the rush, but he could 564 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 3: shoot a puck at the top of his circles if 565 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 3: he needed to. And you know Perry could to as well. 566 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 3: But you know they they both kind of made their 567 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 3: home there. So when they're playing together, it's like, Okay, 568 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 3: who's gonna be net front? Well, that w wasn't Walt. 569 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 3: Walt wanted to be the only after. He wanted to 570 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 3: be what we hit killer. 571 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: He hit his own teammate twice with his stick, like 572 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: swinging a baseball bat in a game, saying, get the 573 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: f out of here, grumpy, You know that's the ball. 574 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: Two grumpy guys, you know, going at it, But no way, 575 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 2: let me join. 576 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, Billy, Billion and Walt, those guys could tell some stories. Boy, 577 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 3: they sit in the back of the bus and just 578 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 3: beat everybody. It was pretty funny. 579 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 2: Oh Billy played grumpy, didn't he? 580 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 3: Yes, Billy would play grumpy, But when you got Billion 581 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 3: a good mood. I played with him in Pittsburgh as well. 582 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 3: But when you got Billion a good mood, it was great. 583 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 3: But Billy would always stand up for his guys, which 584 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 3: was awesome, and Big Walt would too. 585 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: So so despite the worldly climate in six being in 586 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: the Olympic Village, I mean it sounds exclusive and cool 587 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: with a bunch of sweet, comfy comps like what what 588 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:37,479 Speaker 1: was Olympic Village like? 589 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 3: Olympic Village was much like a bunch of dormitories with 590 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 3: with the fenced in areas, a bussing area, a mess 591 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 3: hall which would. 592 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 2: Be where you eat. 593 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 3: There's a McDonald's in there. There's a bunch of uh, 594 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 3: you know, food that's local, which was Italian at the time. 595 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 3: There's just a big community area. And isn't the big 596 00:26:58,520 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 3: mac in Europe called something? 597 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 2: It could be they have different names. Yeah, yeah, but 598 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 2: they're and they don't have mc ribs, so I'm out. 599 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 3: The thing that really got us was McCafe just came 600 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 3: out at the time. So the coffee expressos that kind 601 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 3: of stuff. They were serving that at the Olympic village. 602 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 3: So it was wonderful because we can all get coffee, 603 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 3: you know, and being pro athletes, all the guys like 604 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 3: I want my Starbucks on the Starbucks. 605 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: That's such a hockey thing, man. Where you got the 606 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 1: tailored suits, you got the skinny ties, hair still looks 607 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: wet when you're walking in and you got your big black. 608 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 3: I had a nice fat tie and you know, baggy 609 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 3: baggy suit back in the days, it's not like it 610 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 3: is now where it's all slim fit. We want to 611 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 3: show our socks and maybe some skin and maybe it's 612 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 3: I can't even fit into that stuff. 613 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 2: I don't know how these guys can wear it. But 614 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 2: no Olympic village was it was. It was interesting. 615 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,360 Speaker 3: You know, all of our you know, the speed skaters, 616 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 3: everybody that's in town is staying in the same place, 617 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 3: and you go up for treatment for injuries and see 618 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 3: people I was, I was in treatment. I was just 619 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 3: telling uh a family the other day where I was 620 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 3: right next to Sasha Cohen and and the guys were 621 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 3: the single guys on our team were like oohing on 622 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 3: over Sasha co and They're like, oh my gosh, are. 623 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 2: You up at therapy. Yeah, I'm gonna come visit you. Yeah. Yeah, 624 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 2: I gotta make sure I go hold your hand. Boy. 625 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 3: But you know, and and even back then, I remember 626 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 3: I had my computer with me and I had to 627 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,719 Speaker 3: Skype call home. Yeah, you know, it was totally different 628 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 3: now with your pager on your belt. Yeah, paid pagery 629 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 3: on my phone and my my computer on my belt. 630 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 3: But yeah, back then you had to have a Skype 631 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 3: account in order the video. You had to basically make 632 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 3: an appointment. It was the old cool stream yard. Yeah, yeah, 633 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 3: it was. It was crazy. So the bus rides and 634 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 3: all that were kind of fun. You know, guys are 635 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 3: yelling in the background because we're not on phones. 636 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: Uh, Construction supervisor Jared has given me a question to 637 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: ask you. Meanwhile, Canada and Checkia. Is it check or Chechia? 638 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: It's check Yeah. I thought it was Chechia. Then I 639 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: looked up the official country name. It's check y out. 640 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 2: Seems like it changes the Motts players and seem right. 641 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 2: Well I called it. 642 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 3: I was calling Chechia, well, Czech Republic and that's Moscow. 643 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: Kept saying check Ya, So I looked it up and 644 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: of course he was right and I was wrong. Checkia 645 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: on a two on one Bennington with a pad save U. 646 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: Do you do you think Checkia wins this game? I 647 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: mean it's two to two with thirteen minutes to go. 648 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: Massive underdogs, they're they're holding on. 649 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 3: I mean you even look at just a quick glance, 650 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 3: you got thirty two and seventeen in shots, meaning Canado's 651 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 3: probably carrying the play. 652 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 2: But ye, you know, in games like this, one shot 653 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 2: you don't know. 654 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 3: I mean, just get your opportunity, like here you go 655 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 3: right there, that's a great ay scoring chance. 656 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 2: Turnover off a turnover right right there. 657 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: I mean this right here personifies when when elite hockey 658 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: minds are like, well, there's going to be one a 659 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: handful of games during the year where we need our 660 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: goalie to steal it for us. Yep, you got to 661 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: steal us a win. I don't know who he is, 662 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: the the Anaheim Ducks goalie. My man's stealing the game 663 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 1: right now. 664 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. 665 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 3: And if if you run into a hot goaltender, hey, 666 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 3: I got the experience that at at the NHL level. 667 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 3: We had Mika Kippersoft, and he just came out of 668 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 3: nowhere and he just all of a sudden shut the 669 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 3: door every every big game in playoffs in his first 670 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 3: playoff run, his first season really in the NHL, and 671 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 3: it's like, boom off, we went. Just gave us just 672 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 3: a ton of steam and and belief, you know, the 673 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 3: belief when you have a goaltender that's going to stop 674 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 3: almost everything. You're like, okay, all right, we can make 675 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 3: mistakes and we're still gonna we're still going to beat 676 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 3: in it. You know in Bennington, you know the Canadian goalie. 677 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 3: I don't think you're gonna beat him clean. You got 678 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 3: to create some kind of dirty scoring opportunity and in 679 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 3: order to beat them. 680 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 2: So yep, it's gonna be tough for them to do that. 681 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 3: And Canada's got some weapons, man, but if they can 682 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 3: turn it up here, you know, I do expect Hannah 683 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 3: to win this game, even though it's close. 684 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,239 Speaker 2: But you know, you never know. It's upset, is it? 685 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: Jared with a D or two t's j R R 686 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: I oh, jar Rid Jarrid h So Jared can the 687 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: supervisor as he's given me a question to ask you, 688 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: what about Quinn, Hughes and Faber together, what do you. 689 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 2: Like about it? 690 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 3: Those two are something you know, Fabs and. 691 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 2: The first thing that comes of mind is his glasses. 692 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I love that. I mean, it's unbelievable in that commercial. Yeah, 693 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 3: but he I mean, he's just playing it. It's it's funny. 694 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 2: And then hold on, look at Gretzky tripping. 695 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 3: Gretzky's negative right now, has some negative vibes, you know, 696 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 3: but you know, you look at. 697 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 2: Hughes, and Hughes has this thing on the internet. 698 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 3: Now, I mean, I'm on social media anything, but I 699 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 3: just saw it on the Today Show this morning where 700 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 3: they're they're talking about how Quinn always looks in the 701 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 3: outer space. 702 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 2: What do you mean? He just he has a stare 703 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 2: where he. 704 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 3: Gets back to the bench and he just starts staing 705 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 3: and like he's fixated on something. And my theory to 706 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 3: that fixation is that that's how he so called recalibrates 707 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 3: his brain to not think about what just happened and 708 00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 3: just kind of focus on something. 709 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 2: You know, you're taught in. 710 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 3: Sports psychology just somehow get your brain off a negative track. 711 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 2: Well, how do you do it? Sometimes you focus on something. 712 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 2: Sometimes you use music, sometimes you use other things. You know, 713 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 2: everybody has their own thing. 714 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 3: And I'm wondering if that's his go to and that's 715 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 3: his crutch for him to just rewire his brain really quick. 716 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 3: But he looks like he's out of it when he doesn't. 717 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 3: It's absolutely hilarious. 718 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: So I've said this before, like this with Hughesy, with 719 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: Quinn hughes You know, I'm not pretending to be watching 720 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: the center ice package at nine thirty and watching Vancouver 721 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: Canocks hockey. So I knew who he was. I guess 722 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: i'd seen him a little bit until he got here. 723 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: I had no idea how twitchy and how he shakes 724 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: his shoulders and stop and go just all the nuanced 725 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: people like you would know about he is is would 726 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: you qualify him as rather slight of frame because now 727 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: I'm starting to forward think to the postseason a little bit. 728 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: When they swallow their whistles, there are never any fights. 729 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,480 Speaker 1: A center of the ice gets a lot more aggressive 730 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: without whistles. We've seen it with Caprice Off when he 731 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: played du boor coaching Vegas and Dallas. It's just things change, ye, 732 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying Corill small, but you know he's 733 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: not McKinnon or McDavid big. But with Hughes, would you 734 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: say he's more on the diminutive side and. 735 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,719 Speaker 2: Very very good observation? 736 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 3: That would be My only concern is, yes, when you 737 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 3: get in the playoffs, I mean, I think I just 738 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 3: got done telling you. When I was in Saint Louis, 739 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,480 Speaker 3: we had two teams two years that were very heavy 740 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 3: and we're skilled, and it's like, okay, nothing's going. 741 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 2: To stop us. Did you play with Dougie Waite? I 742 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 2: played with them in the Olympics. He was one of 743 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 2: my roommates. Oh wow, did he played for the Blues. 744 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 3: Yes he did, but he wasn't there when I was there. 745 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 3: Got it, But we had heavy teams, and that's what 746 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 3: you kind of build yourself towards at playoffs even today. Yeah, 747 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 3: it was like that twenty five years ago and also 748 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 3: ten years ago. But you look at the teams that 749 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 3: are successful, they have some weight to them. 750 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, so when they want it. Yeah, like a guy 751 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 2: like Spurgeon. 752 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 3: Okay, the last few years, you know, we get in 753 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 3: the playoffs and he's he's a target. It's like, okay, 754 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,320 Speaker 3: all right, well he was going to be a target 755 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 3: and the thing that may may work to the advantages. 756 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 2: Maybe they have more targets now. 757 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, Instead it's take Caprice Ouf out of the series, 758 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 3: right and you have a chance to win. 759 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, now does it take both of them out? Okay? 760 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 2: Which one's going to burn you? You know that. So 761 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 2: there's a little bit of take on that. 762 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 3: But I mean, as far as his hockey ability and 763 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 3: skill and I mean ability not to get crushed and 764 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 3: dodge dodge big hits and this and that, I mean, 765 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:34,840 Speaker 3: he's one of the best in the world. 766 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 2: But Vancouver hasn't been in the playoffs. Yep, you know, 767 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 2: so we don't really know. 768 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,399 Speaker 3: That's the X factor and I'm hoping for our sake 769 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 3: that we see a run past the first round. 770 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,840 Speaker 2: I played on the last team that got out of 771 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 2: the first round. 772 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 3: With the wild Wow, which is crazy years ago, eleven 773 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 3: years ago. 774 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,280 Speaker 2: You're the best. Let's do this more frequently, Okay, I agree? 775 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 2: Thank you, man Leo and Johnny Paul. Happy birthday of 776 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 2: my kid. He's seventeen to day, Kyle. 777 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: Kyle, Happy birthday, Kyle Leopold. Go indo her uh nine 778 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 1: to noon finishes after. 779 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 3: That, I can't wait. 780 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 2: I can't wait until themorrow go tomorrow. My very will 781 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 2: be Julie. I can't wait. I can't wait until tomorrow. 782 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:28,280 Speaker 1: Chris to tomorrow, right, ce Leo? Meanwhile, canell come? Major 783 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: development in Milan? Are you kidding me? Checkia has taken 784 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: a three zero lead over the heavily favored Canadians with 785 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: seven forty two to go. There there's there's a little 786 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: girl who is about the age of Jordan Leopold. When 787 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: she brought the letter to wep M one hundred point 788 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 1: three kfan in twenty fifteen, she just hugged her dad 789 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 1: or whomever, uncle whomever, crying. 790 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 2: I mean, holy cow? Is that to palot? Checky just 791 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:03,840 Speaker 2: a pilot? Maybe got no idea. Yeah, it's a lot. Wow. 792 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 2: Is that that's how you say his name? 793 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,040 Speaker 4: I said Neckus yesterday, But that's too obvious and dumb. 794 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:14,439 Speaker 2: I think it's us. Gretzky's tripping. Gretzky's gotta be out 795 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 2: of his mind right now, the great One has lost 796 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 2: his shine. 797 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 4: Seven and a half minutes left, and you know what 798 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 4: that started? That all started with a guy laying out 799 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 4: his body and blocking a shot, laying the puck the 800 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 4: other way, guy laying down for his country. 801 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 1: They love their country, Yes they do? Oh Tom, I 802 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: see Leo, Yeah, see Bud Thomas hurdle with the assist, 803 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: one of the assists along with Nz with a pilot 804 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:45,399 Speaker 1: scoring well. Wow, Oh McKinnon with a snipe save. Well, 805 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,320 Speaker 1: this Anaheim goal, he's unbelievable. 806 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 2: Oh no, really, it's it's over. It's over already, my 807 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 2: friend finally having fun. 808 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 4: Man a Us and Checky A Golden Metal game just 809 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 4: doesn't have the ring to it. 810 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 2: I guess what about checkiea Sweden? All right, all right, 811 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 2: I'm talking to you all tomorrow. Planks for Lindsey. 812 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,799 Speaker 4: What do you think Bill Garren says, if if we 813 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 4: put six goals on his on his netminder today, if 814 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 4: God's buss gets handled. 815 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 2: Oh jeez, it's bus, that's right. I think it's bus, 816 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 2: all right, he's Nordo on pot. 817 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 1: Well, we'll try harder tomorrow. That was a lot of 818 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: fun today. God bless all of you and your families. 819 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for listening to nine to Noon 820 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 1: and one hundred point three kf A N. 821 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,920 Speaker 2: Checkie out what podcast Today's Paul Allen Show. We're listen 822 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 2: back to previous show and interviewsite. Go into the iHeartRadio 823 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,320 Speaker 2: app or kfan dot com.