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Speaker 1: Do it from the ponds to the pros. It's time

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

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Speaker 1: Pat mcletty and Kevin Faulness.

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Speaker 2: But what a pleasant surprise. Every week I think all

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Speaker 2: week on how am I gonna deal with two hours

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Speaker 2: at Mikeletty? How am I going to take care of

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Speaker 2: out mcletti's not available today. So not only do I

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Speaker 2: but in comes healthy Zach Halverson in a co hosting

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Speaker 3: Hello, young man, I'm already trying to think of various

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Speaker 3: creative ways I can disagree with Brett Blakemore.

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Speaker 4: We just wait, It's really not that hard. Actually, he

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Speaker 4: actually makes it.

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Speaker 2: Very easy, and we will get to Brett Blakemore's breakaways.

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Speaker 2: We've got an action packed show, and I I crafted

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Speaker 2: a lot of it around Micletty because there's a lot

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Speaker 2: of college hockey. We're going to talk to both head

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Speaker 2: team on the Golden Golpher campus. But regardless the show

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Speaker 2: must go on with or without him. We'll have Greg

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Speaker 2: boom May the Gopher women's head coach about ten twenty.

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Speaker 2: We got Brett Larson, head coach for the Gopher men's

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Speaker 4: About eleven o'clock.

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Speaker 2: We're also going to around ten thirty have both Bruce

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Speaker 2: Sisky and Brad Schlossman. UMD a wonderful hockey game last night.

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Speaker 2: They ended up getting past Penn State. What a hockey

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Speaker 2: game that was. And then Brad Schlossman can help us

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Speaker 2: in the NCAA tournament. Either of you watch um D

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Speaker 2: Penn State, because to me, that was the only game

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was phenomenal.

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Speaker 3: And watching those those heavyweights go back and forth, obviously

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Speaker 3: the headliner, Gavin McKenna coming up short, and you just

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Speaker 3: that program and they're still you know, they still come

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Speaker 3: up short, and and not only in the playoff, but

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Speaker 3: when you look at how just how tough this tournament

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Speaker 3: Sandel in his chest found a wonderful formula in March

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Speaker 3: and would not be surprised to see if he's in

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Speaker 4: We don't refer to Vegas as paradise, No, we don't.

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Speaker 5: And it's so tough to go into those environments with

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Speaker 5: But also this goes to show we got texts on

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Speaker 5: as you know, I you know, grew up a badger guy.

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Speaker 4: That was a wonderful hockey game.

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Speaker 2: And like I said, throughout the course of the next hour,

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Speaker 4: What a trip it's been thus far.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they know, they say they don't ask how, they

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Speaker 2: My favorite part of the game in Sunrise, Florida, Brett

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Speaker 4: Marcus almost set up Nick.

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Speaker 2: I can only imagine the big smile on your face

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Speaker 5: Anytime the puck goes in the net in favor of

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Speaker 5: And that's a line that's going to be hard to

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Speaker 2: And how about this, All of a sudden, the Wild

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Speaker 2: I don't know how important the home ice advantages anymore

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Speaker 3: And there has to be obviously beyond just the whole

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Speaker 3: I know plenty of like power trip bets every year,

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Speaker 3: But you know, I just if anything, it lets the Wild,

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Speaker 4: So yeah, nice to see the.

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Speaker 3: it's cool to see that they're not machines, that they

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Speaker 2: Uh Brett, When I look at what's going on here

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Speaker 2: Scary moment though in Florida when the captain goes face

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Speaker 5: Are you here, Well, Caprisole was playing, but he wasn't

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Speaker 7: Tell you we started this process last week. We talked

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Speaker 4: It's Greg boom May and he joins us now on

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Speaker 2: Pond, Boom, That's Zach Halverson, I'm Kevin Falness and Brett

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Speaker 8: It has been hectic. I'm actually just stepped out of

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Speaker 4: That's outstanding.

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Speaker 2: If you hadn't got the job and you were just

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Speaker 8: Mentioned you know, just a story program, you know, a

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Speaker 4: Obviously.

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Speaker 8: we get high end speed up and donner lineup and skill,

438
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Speaker 8: but we're just we've been lacking a little consistency with

439
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Speaker 8: how we've been playing.

440
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Speaker 9: And I think.

441
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Speaker 8: That's why you see you know, these last few years,

442
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Speaker 8: when things are going well, they're going really well, and

443
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Speaker 8: we can score eight, nine, ten goals, and you know,

444
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Speaker 8: we split with Wisconsin this year, we beat Ohio State

445
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Speaker 8: this year, split with Ohio State last year. But when

446
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Speaker 8: they're not going well, uh, you know, we've just lacked

447
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Speaker 8: a little bit of resolved back to our game and

448
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Speaker 8: just that consistent blueprint that we need to make sure

449
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Speaker 8: that we abide by each and every day.

450
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Speaker 3: How has the recruiting process changed over even just the

451
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Speaker 3: last few years as an assistant and what have you

452
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Speaker 3: learned through that to help you now as you had

453
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Speaker 3: the program moving forward?

454
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, first and foremost, you got to get

455
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Speaker 8: out there. I mean, you're at these events and all

456
00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 8: the top teams are here, and if you're not, if

457
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Speaker 8: you're not willing to be booths on the ground, then

458
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Speaker 8: you're missing out. And you got to know everybody. You

459
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,320
Speaker 8: got to know everyone from people in Canada, Western Canada,

460
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Speaker 8: Eastern Canada, to Europe to across the United States. And

461
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Speaker 8: then of course, you know, we're fortunate that we're that

462
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Speaker 8: we are in the state of hockey, and we have

463
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Speaker 8: some pretty and good talent in Minnesota as well. But

464
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Speaker 8: you know, the parody of women's hockey has has grown

465
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Speaker 8: so much. You know, I've only been on the women's

466
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Speaker 8: side for three years. I've spent sixteen years on the

467
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Speaker 8: men's side. But the parody is is just really good

468
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Speaker 8: right now. On the women's side. You know, there's just

469
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Speaker 8: a number of not only just the high end, high

470
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Speaker 8: end teams of Wisconsin's, the Ohio States and Minnesota's you know,

471
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Speaker 8: his number of ive Eleague Ivy League teams that are

472
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Speaker 8: in that mix. Now Penn State's in that mix. But

473
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Speaker 8: you know, you look at fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, all the

474
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Speaker 8: way down to probably twenty in the country, and those

475
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Speaker 8: you had some bites you if you're if you're not

476
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Speaker 8: careful too. So you know, I think the biggest thing

477
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Speaker 8: that's just changed is just the parody and and people

478
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Speaker 8: are working and they're trying to get better, and you know,

479
00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 8: we got to make sure that we stay on the

480
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Speaker 8: forefront of that too.

481
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Speaker 2: Talking to Greg Boom made the new head coach for

482
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Speaker 2: the University of Minnesota women's hockey team. Previously head coach

483
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Speaker 2: for Augsburg. Prior to that, worked under Bob Moskow. Following

484
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Speaker 2: that worked under Brad frost The impact those two gentlemen

485
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Speaker 2: had on you in particular, it's a strange week say

486
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Speaker 2: goodbye to both of them and you fill one of

487
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Speaker 2: those roles, but I know that both probably had a

488
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Speaker 2: pretty big impact on your life in one way or another.

489
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Speaker 8: Huge huge impact. I mean I owe a ton to

490
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Speaker 8: Bob first and foremost. I mean, he took a chance

491
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Speaker 8: on on a guy with zero collegiate experience, you know,

492
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Speaker 8: coaching boys high school hockey in Minnesota, and really allowed

493
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Speaker 8: me to get my foot in the door in the

494
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Speaker 8: Division one landscape. Learned a ton from him. I mean,

495
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Speaker 8: just in that ops role. There's just so much behind

496
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Speaker 8: the scenes stuff that goes on, and when you're coaching

497
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Speaker 8: in high school hockey, you have an idea of what

498
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 8: goes on at that level, but you're not in it.

499
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Speaker 8: You don't see it. You know, the day to day schedule,

500
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Speaker 8: the professionalism of how he and his staff go about things,

501
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Speaker 8: you know, the video work, the skill development, uh, you

502
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Speaker 8: know all those things that, Yeah, I owe a ton

503
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Speaker 8: to Bob, And then of course I owe a ton

504
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Speaker 8: to Frosty. You know, kind of the same same risk

505
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Speaker 8: that he took in a different way. You know, had

506
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Speaker 8: never coached women's hockey in my life other than just

507
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Speaker 8: doing kind of some skill camps and individual stuff with

508
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Speaker 8: college level women in the in the off season. But

509
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Speaker 8: took a chance on me three years ago and and

510
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Speaker 8: kind of had a feeling that my personality, my my

511
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Speaker 8: skills that would translate smoothly to the women's side, and

512
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Speaker 8: and I've loved it ever since. You know, I have

513
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Speaker 8: two daughters, uh you know, one eight and one thirteen

514
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Speaker 8: years old, So I tell people it's all the time.

515
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Speaker 8: But one of the greatest things I've done as a

516
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Speaker 8: father so far as as transfer over to women's I've

517
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Speaker 8: just been awesome for my family, for my kids.

518
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Speaker 3: Talking with Boom May, the new head coach of the

519
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Speaker 3: go for women's hockey team, and I just got to say,

520
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 3: it's so weird, coach coach Boom May, It's it's actually

521
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Speaker 3: I mean that in and out of itself, is a

522
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Speaker 3: nice recruiting tool, like I want to play for a

523
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Speaker 3: guy named Boom But you're Burnsville guy, coach, and obviously

524
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Speaker 3: a Minnesota guy through and through. Can you talk about

525
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Speaker 3: just the pride that comes with playing for the University

526
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Speaker 3: of Minnesota, and you know just how much of that,

527
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Speaker 3: it is an advantage going into the big, huge talent

528
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Speaker 3: pool that we have in the state of Hockey from

529
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Speaker 3: the girls side and getting those girls to stay home.

530
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, I think you just said a couple

531
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Speaker 8: of things right there, right where we are the state

532
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Speaker 8: of hockey, where the flagship program in the state hockey.

533
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Speaker 8: And then the other one is just is pride. You know,

534
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Speaker 8: like our fan base is primarily youth girls hockey players,

535
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Speaker 8: their coaches and their parents, and our players are treated

536
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Speaker 8: like rock stars. With with that, with that crowd base,

537
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Speaker 8: you know, we have we haven't teams every single night

538
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 8: that are in our tunnel, given our our players fifth pumps.

539
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Speaker 8: You know, they're asking for for things between periods, they're

540
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,639
Speaker 8: hanging over the glass, given high fives, and our players

541
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Speaker 8: are so are so great with them as well. But

542
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Speaker 8: but yeah, I mean, that's that's definitely a focus for

543
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Speaker 8: sure for us is just trying to keep our our

544
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Speaker 8: elite homegrown talent here in Minnesota. You know, like I said,

545
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Speaker 8: we are the state of Hockey and and we're fortunate

546
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Speaker 8: that we have uh a depth of talent here. At

547
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Speaker 8: the same time, you know, with with with us needed

548
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Speaker 8: to compete for national championships every year. We got to

549
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Speaker 8: find the best players, regardless of where they are. What

550
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Speaker 8: I love to have a team full of minute and

551
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Speaker 8: of course I would. You know, it's even speaking from

552
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Speaker 8: my own experience. You know, you just grow up being

553
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 8: a golfer fan. Uh you know, when you're a little kid,

554
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 8: you're watching them on TV, and you're following the newspaper

555
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,880
Speaker 8: and on the radio and and whatnot. And I don't

556
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Speaker 8: think this group is is is much different. I think

557
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 8: they've they've had their eyes open and exposed to other

558
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Speaker 8: teams just because of you know, the media and the

559
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 8: appreciation for women's hockey. But I think being a Minnesota

560
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,199
Speaker 8: guy and just seeing it first and foremost in my

561
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Speaker 8: in my youth, but then now again having having two

562
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Speaker 8: daughters that are growing up playing the game of Minnesota

563
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,119
Speaker 8: as well, you know, it's definitely a priority of ours

564
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Speaker 8: to try to keep the elite here in Minnesota.

565
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Speaker 2: Last thing, then we'll get you back to the recruiting trail.

566
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Speaker 2: In about a half hour. We're going to have the

567
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Speaker 2: new men's hockey coach there for the Golden Golfers on in.

568
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Speaker 2: Brett Larson, You've been around this game for one hundred

569
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Speaker 2: years so too as he. How have your paths crossed

570
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 2: with Brett and what do you think about the the

571
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Speaker 2: new hire there to replace Bob Moscow.

572
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I think it's fantastic. Him and I have in

573
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,880
Speaker 8: texting a little bit, even actually as recent as this morning,

574
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 8: trying to get together and get some lunch here on

575
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Speaker 8: the schedule, just to uh just talk talk shop a

576
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 8: little bit right our paths actually, you know, it's interesting

577
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Speaker 8: we we uh familiar with each other obviously, see each

578
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 8: other around rinks, you know, at our coach convention Florida

579
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Speaker 8: every year, into each other and whatnot. I wouldn't say

580
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 8: that I'm close to him by any means, again, just

581
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 8: more of a familiar face, familiar name. I've heard nothing

582
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Speaker 8: but outstanding things about him as a hockey coach and

583
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Speaker 8: as a person, and I'm just super excited to get

584
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Speaker 8: to know him better and get to work with him.

585
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Speaker 2: Boom, We're excited to get to know you as well,

586
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Speaker 2: and I'm sure our pads will cross many times over

587
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Speaker 2: the coming months. Good luck on the recruiting trail. Welcome,

588
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Speaker 2: I say welcome, you've been here, but congratulations on the

589
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 2: new position, and we look forward to seeing.

590
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Speaker 4: You at the rink.

591
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Speaker 8: Thanks so much. I really appreciate your support.

592
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Speaker 2: You bet that is Boom Greg Boom May the new

593
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 2: head coach for the Gopher women's hockey team. Laura Halderson

594
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Speaker 2: from ninety seven to seven, you had Brad Frost from

595
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Speaker 2: seven to twenty six, and now Greg Boom made I mean,

596
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Speaker 2: these are big shoes that have to fill there, Helvey,

597
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Speaker 2: when you talk about the resume that these previous two

598
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Speaker 2: coaches had, I mean, this is a premier program and

599
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 2: anything less than national championship isn't going.

600
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Speaker 4: To be acceptable.

601
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Speaker 3: Well you said it there, and I remember thinking about

602
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Speaker 3: just how I can't remember the exact number. I think

603
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Speaker 3: it's like seven, the seventh coach in the history of

604
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Speaker 3: the Gopher men's program. And I remember thinking, man, that

605
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 3: is not a lot for as long as this program

606
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Speaker 3: over one hundred years now, has been around, and to

607
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,919
Speaker 3: think about the women's side and the fact that this

608
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 3: is only their third head coach in the history of

609
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Speaker 3: the program, and just how well the previous tear You

610
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 3: mentioned the big shoes to fill, But I mean, he

611
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 3: couldn't have sounded more confident on the phone here, and

612
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 3: that presser was awesome, and I think it's pretty clear

613
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Speaker 3: that this go for women's squad is in good hands,

614
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Speaker 3: so a great hire by Coyle and looking forward to

615
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Speaker 3: seeing what they do next season.

616
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Speaker 2: That's what's going on on the women's side. A quick break,

617
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Speaker 2: and then we're going to spend about forty five minutes

618
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Speaker 2: on the men's side. Not only Brett Larson at the

619
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Speaker 2: top of the hour to talk about his new position

620
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Speaker 2: here moving over to the Twin Cities to coach the

621
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Speaker 2: Gopher men's hockey team, but we're also going to talk

622
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Speaker 2: to Bruce Siski, who was in action last night for

623
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Speaker 2: the Ncublea tournament, and Bradi Schlossman filling in the holes

624
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 2: everything else as far as that NC DOUBLEA tournament goes,

625
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Speaker 2: So don't go anywhere. Lots of college hockey talk on

626
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Speaker 2: the other side of break here on beyond the pond.

627
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Speaker 9: The boards, McKenna touched it off, turned it over, Anderson

628
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 9: scores turnover force. Had a snip by Hunter Randerson five

629
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Speaker 9: thirteen hummbs and frock to the one.

630
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Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, what a missile of a shot by

631
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Speaker 4: Hunter Randerson.

632
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Speaker 2: A lot of boring hockey over the last couple of days,

633
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Speaker 2: but that wasn't one of them. UIMD comes away with

634
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Speaker 2: a three to one win over Penn State, and to

635
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Speaker 2: talk about that and more, we bring in Bruce Sisky,

636
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Speaker 2: the voice of the Bulldogs. It joins us on Beyond

637
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Speaker 2: the Pond. Bruce, here's your buddy, Kevin Fallow us. I

638
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 2: got Zach Halverson here, Brett blakemore behind the glass as well.

639
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 4: Thanks for taking some time.

640
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Speaker 2: I can't imagine it was easy for you to go

641
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Speaker 2: to sleep last night, young man running on adrenaline.

642
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Speaker 9: It's funny. I was walking back to the hotel my

643
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 9: wife and I'm making the same joke. How am I

644
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 9: gonna get my kids? Kid's like I'm running. He's at

645
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 9: home and he's like, I'm running out of adrenaline right now.

646
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Speaker 9: I said, yeah, we'll try to get some sleep. It

647
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 9: took like an hour to get settled about what it

648
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 9: normally would get some sleep, get up and get back

649
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Speaker 9: to it today. It's nice to still be playing.

650
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and and a fun game.

651
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Speaker 2: Like I said, we were texting a little bit during

652
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Speaker 2: the action, and it was fun to hear your call,

653
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Speaker 2: and you know it was tight one to one through

654
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Speaker 2: two periods. You come to the third and you finally

655
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Speaker 2: get the eventual game winner that you called right there

656
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Speaker 2: by Hunter Anderson. Great shot, but the turnover I thought

657
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 2: was what made that thing.

658
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Speaker 9: So special, so great and Seatman of the freshman, he pressured.

659
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 9: He pressured the pass by Gavin McKenna. I think it

660
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 9: was to rees wawback and I'm not sure Wayback ever

661
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 9: really got a handle on the park. Seatman just kind

662
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 9: of stripped them clean and poked the puck right to Anderson.

663
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Speaker 9: Anderson settled it in the right circle and just let

664
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Speaker 9: it go, said, he said, he picked his hole and

665
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Speaker 9: just shot it. And there's one thing I've learned about

666
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Speaker 9: Hunter Anderson in his freshman year. He's not the best

667
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 9: theater on the on the planet, but he can put

668
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 9: the puck in a hole about the size of a

669
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Speaker 9: hockey puck. He has got an incredible shot, he's got

670
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 9: great hands, he's got a good vision. Uh yeah, his stick,

671
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Speaker 9: his stick and puck skills are second to none, and

672
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Speaker 9: he he showed them off on that play. It was

673
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 9: it did not take long for it to go from

674
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Speaker 9: his stick to the back of the net.

675
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Speaker 3: We often hear the term battle tested and to get

676
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Speaker 3: Penn State right out of the gates, How does it

677
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Speaker 3: help your squad going and do uh perhaps another hopefully

678
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Speaker 3: another three games of hockey.

679
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Speaker 9: Well, the thing is that, you know, our league is

680
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Speaker 9: the best in the country, you know, And that's with

681
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Speaker 9: due respect to the big ten in the c ch

682
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Speaker 9: A and the ECA C Hockey, East Atlantic Hockey. They're

683
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 9: all good leagues, but the n c C has been

684
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Speaker 9: the best for for a while now. It continues to

685
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 9: be the best. And you know, David Carl said it

686
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 9: last week and when I talked to him before the

687
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 9: NCAAC Championship. You know, we push each other through the

688
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 9: second half of the year. You know, UMD saw Denver

689
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 9: a couple of times. They saw Western Michigan four times,

690
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 9: they saw North Dakota four times. These teams make each

691
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 9: other better by playing each other, and they get to

692
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 9: the NCAA tournament and they've seen all these different styles

693
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 9: of hockey. Penn States get up and go. Man, they

694
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 9: are the high octane. They want to play with the puck,

695
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 9: they want to go north. Well, guess what, there's a

696
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 9: lot of teams in our league to play that way.

697
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 9: So when UMD gets into a game like this and

698
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 9: Michigan's very similar tomorrow night, they've seen these styles of play,

699
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 9: they have played against them, They've beaten teams that play

700
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 9: these styles before, and they're not going to be phased

701
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Speaker 9: by how Michigan wants to play. They weren't phased last

702
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 9: night by how Penn State wanted to play.

703
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 2: That said, though, that first period, I thought Penn State

704
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 2: was in firm control, out shooting the Bulldogs seventeen to nine.

705
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 2: Then you go to the second and the Bulldogs flipped

706
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 2: the script. What switched so dramatically from pace to play

707
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 2: from the first period to the second period and beyond

708
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 2: where the Bulldogs I don't want to say they took

709
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 2: it over because it was still a one to one

710
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 2: hockey game. Thought both goaltenders played very well, but how

711
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 2: did they grab so much of the momentum considering how

712
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 2: the first period went?

713
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Speaker 9: The first off the goal were incredible, both both of them.

714
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 9: Last night. They made some ten bel saves. Both the

715
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Speaker 9: fleming from Penn State and guy on for Umd were

716
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 9: great and that's why it was the one one game

717
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,479
Speaker 9: as late as it was. But honestly, I thought the

718
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 9: tide start of the turn about halfway through the first period.

719
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 9: I know the numbers might not show it, but UMD

720
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 9: started to get to its game with Scott Sandel and

721
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,160
Speaker 9: flipped the lines. And what he did was he put

722
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 9: Jason Schagabey back with the brothers Max and Zan Plant.

723
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 9: They were together for the vast majority of the season.

724
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 9: He broke them up for the semi final round of

725
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 9: the NCCHC playoffs. It worked, You could argue it worked

726
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 9: even at a loss against Denver the last weekend in the

727
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 9: NCCHC Championship. I thought the Lions all played pretty well

728
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 9: in that game as well, but he wanted to kind

729
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 9: of get a different spark. And the second shift is

730
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 9: where they tied the game right after the glass delay

731
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Speaker 9: in the first period. And I know it took a

732
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 9: little bit more time for everyone to get to their game,

733
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Speaker 9: but I thought that the turning point was when he

734
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 9: flipped the lines back to what we had seen for

735
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 9: a good chunk of the seats and eventually, and then

736
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Speaker 9: the other thing was Penn State lost their second line center,

737
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 9: Charlie Serado about midway through the second period. He got hurt.

738
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 9: He got tangled up with a teammate. I don't know

739
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 9: if he caught a rut in the ice or if

740
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 9: it was just getting tangled the team at I know

741
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,720
Speaker 9: he had injuries in the first part of the season

742
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 9: as well, maybe not one hundred percent going into the

743
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 9: NCAA tournament, and he took a shift after that, but

744
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 9: did not return to the game. He was sat on

745
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 9: the bench and watched and Penn State went down to

746
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 9: eleven forwards, and I thought it really affected how they

747
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 9: wanted to play. Instead of getting up and attacking, they

748
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 9: were sitting back quite a bit in the second and

749
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Speaker 9: third periods after Serronto.

750
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Speaker 4: Went down real quick.

751
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 3: Bruce, I remember covering Saint Let's Se for a couple

752
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,919
Speaker 3: of years and this was a hot topic back then,

753
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,959
Speaker 3: and it's the same thing year after year. But there

754
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 3: seemed to be just an added push on socials the

755
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 3: last couple of weeks on social media where people are really,

756
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 3: I think finally truly getting fed up with the regional format.

757
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 3: How is Albany, New York right now and how has

758
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 3: that regional been? And then just your thoughts overall on

759
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 3: you know, they first ru of this great tournament being

760
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 3: played in you know, mostly empty barns.

761
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,720
Speaker 9: A couple of things. First off, if you did Toby

762
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 9: going in that, all of me would had the highest

763
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 9: first day attendance, I would have been shopped. But all

764
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 9: that he did. The crowd is pretty good here. The

765
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 9: rink is not great. You can tell that it's not

766
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 9: a place that hosts a lot of hockey anymore. And

767
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 9: this is a venue the what's now MVP arenas to

768
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 9: the Times Union Center, I think it was Pepsi Center

769
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 9: or something like that. For a while back in the day,

770
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 9: they hosted a couple of frozen fours here before they

771
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 9: went to all NHL buildings with a frozen four. But

772
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,800
Speaker 9: it's it's a building that shows some of its age.

773
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 9: And you know, we had we had a pretty long

774
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 9: ten minute delay for some glass issues last night. Wooster

775
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 9: had a broken glass issue that caused the about a

776
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 9: fifteen minute delayed at the start of the first game

777
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 9: there on Thursday. And I know those things can happen anywhere. Guys.

778
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 9: It's not a great look. The empty seats are not

779
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 9: a great look. We come off these conference championships. You know,

780
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,280
Speaker 9: the big Tenant Yost it was packed this man Cato.

781
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 9: What a great crowd they had for that game against

782
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 9: Saint Thomas. The NCC out in Denver is a full house.

783
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 9: It was in the best atmosphere. I think I've been

784
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 9: going to Denver for over twenty years. By far, the

785
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 9: best atmosphere ever experienced in that building was last Saturday

786
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 9: in the conference championship game. I just I feel like

787
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,359
Speaker 9: we play our biggest games of the year in front

788
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 9: of our smallest crowds, and sometimes in the worst buildings

789
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 9: we can, in the worst venues that can possibly imagine

790
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 9: playing them in. It just doesn't make any sense. Merrimack

791
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,759
Speaker 9: in North Dakota, shooting in Grand Forks on Thursday. We

792
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 9: should have been into luth last night. Michigan should be

793
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 9: at Yost right now. It's just it's ridiculous to me

794
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 9: that we continue to beat this drum all for some

795
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 9: sort of air of neutrality. You know, they like you,

796
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 9: like these kids can't feed off a little energy, even

797
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 9: if it's not the crowd that they want that wants

798
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 9: to see them win. It doesn't make any sense that

799
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 9: we do it in every other sport basically except men's hockey.

800
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 2: I can't believe how long we've been talking about this too.

801
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 2: That's the thing it is. It's insanity that it keeps

802
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 2: going on and on and on, and we continue to

803
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,280
Speaker 2: have that conversation that said, we've got the Schloss holding online,

804
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 2: so we got to get to him quickly.

805
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 4: But you give us a preview of tomorrow night, and

806
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 4: how can we listen to you.

807
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,959
Speaker 2: I'm sure the guys on ESPN will do a fantastic job,

808
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 2: but I want to hear Bruce Sisky call the Bulldogs

809
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 2: against the Wolverines four thirty tomorrow in Albany.

810
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 4: What should we expect?

811
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 9: Well, first off, at least we want to have to

812
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 9: hear the esp and Krutzopolgavin McKenna all night, so that's good.

813
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 9: In seven tuble T, J Hughes and Michael Hage probably

814
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 9: all night and Jack and Jack ivan Covich and goal

815
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 9: for Michigan. It's a tremendous Michigan team. I thought they

816
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,919
Speaker 9: were the best team pretty much all season long. They

817
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 9: are a little more high oct team, kind of like

818
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 9: Penn State that I think they've got more structure to

819
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 9: their game. Age didn't play yesterday. Didn't get much of

820
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 9: an update on what's going on with him, but we'll

821
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 9: see if it's available for tomorrow night with the air

822
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,320
Speaker 9: four o'clock tomorrow at Northland NewsRadio dot comvoys.

823
00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 4: Awesome, we'll be listening.

824
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 2: I know a certain former Bulldog goaltender will be listening

825
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 2: as well. Thanks for bailing him out last night as

826
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 2: he was in his car. Wanted to hear it, and

827
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,320
Speaker 2: you were able to hook up with a great Alex Stalox.

828
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:10,280
Speaker 4: So nice work, my friend.

829
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 9: Thank you, I appreciate it. Holly, you saty your family

830
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 9: for me.

831
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Speaker 4: Well deal, we'll do. Thanks. Bruce.

832
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 2: There he is Bruce Sisky, the voice of Bulldogs Hockey.

833
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 2: The voice of everything else college hockey is Brad Schlassman

834
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,880
Speaker 2: of the Grand Forks Herald joining us now I'm beyond

835
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 2: the pond. I'm sorry to tell your schloss Mikoletti missing

836
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 2: in action this week, so you're stuck with me and Halvey.

837
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 2: But we're always happy to talk a little college hockey

838
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 2: whenever we get the opportunity.

839
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 4: You just heard Siske break down.

840
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 2: What's coming up in the Albany Regional final tomorrow? What

841
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 2: about everything else? The other thing I wanted to talk

842
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 2: about you. We haven't touched on Minnesota State yet. Unfortunately

843
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 2: they fall short, but I thought they too had a

844
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 2: pretty good game against the defending national champion Western Michigan squad.

845
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think when you looked at the bracket that

846
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 10: was going to be one of those games that was

847
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 10: going to be one of the toughest first year matchups,

848
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Speaker 10: especially for a number one seed like Western Michigan to

849
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Speaker 10: get a number four seed like Minnesota State, which just

850
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 10: defends really hard as excellent goaltending. You know, those two

851
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 10: teams played in the first round last year and played

852
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 10: a double overtime game that went to you know, honestly,

853
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 10: Minnesota State probably deserved a better fate in that one,

854
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 10: but you know, that was a matchup. I don't think

855
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 10: anybody wanted to get Minnesota State the first round if

856
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 10: they were a number one seed, and I think they

857
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 10: showed why even though they fell. That was a hard

858
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 10: bought game, as we expected.

859
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Speaker 2: I didn't watch a lot of the Thursday action, to

860
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 2: be perfectly honest, but what I saw on Friday, the

861
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 2: two Minnesota schools I thought put up a good fight.

862
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 2: The UMD game was the best of all of them.

863
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:48,919
Speaker 2: The other two were boring. Denver Rips Cornell, Michigan Slams Bentley. Yeah,

864
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Speaker 2: I could have taken I didn't sit through much of

865
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Speaker 2: either of those.

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Speaker 4: There wasn't much to watch.

867
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 10: Yeah, those were over, you know, kind of quickly. I

868
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 10: was really surprised at how Denver handled Cornell like that,

869
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 10: and how they not only on the scoreboard, but they

870
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 10: you know, territorially, like they dominated play, and that that

871
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 10: Cornell team's been pretty tough this season, and I just

872
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 10: expected more of like what we saw in the first game,

873
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 10: like a really low scoring battle. The fact that Denver

874
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 10: was able to to pot several goals against Cornell and

875
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 10: Alexis Cornway, a who's had a great freshman year, and

876
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 10: that that one really surprised me. Michigan Bentley, you know,

877
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 10: you knew that was the one game in this bracket

878
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 10: where you probably could predict the winner, but Bentley's Bentley

879
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 10: had been pretty good at holding scores scores down this year,

880
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 10: and I just didn't know if they'd be able to

881
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 10: do it against Michigan, and they certainly were not able

882
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 10: to do that. So, yeah, those games were not down

883
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 10: to the wire games that which are what we usually

884
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 10: see at the same year.

885
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 3: It seems like every year, and I don't know, maybe

886
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,399
Speaker 3: it's just because of the history, but Quinnipiac is such

887
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:02,240
Speaker 3: an established program perhaps of the East side of things,

888
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 3: compared to obviously a very established program in North Dakota.

889
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 3: And this matchup, it's very intriguing. Tell us about that,

890
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 3: the Bobcats versus the Fighting Hawks.

891
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 10: Yeah, you know, Quinnipiac one of the smaller teams in

892
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:20,359
Speaker 10: the country, but they're extremely smart. They're forwards just make

893
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,800
Speaker 10: an incredible number of plays during the game. They always

894
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 10: know where the next play is. When teams, you know,

895
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 10: turn the puck over, they can go the other way

896
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:35,719
Speaker 10: in a hurry. Ethan Wittenbox the nation's leading scorer. He

897
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 10: has fifty nine points and it feels like a lot

898
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 10: of those have come in transition. That's where they can

899
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 10: really make you pay. Their structure, they make it tough

900
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 10: for opponents to get into the offensive zone and sustain

901
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 10: pressure against them. And yeah, it's just a really dynamic

902
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 10: offensive team. Even you know they like you said, they've

903
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 10: had a lot of great teams recently. This one's even

904
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 10: more dynamic than a lot a lot of teams they've had.

905
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 10: They're a little bit younger on the back end than

906
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 10: some of those squads, but they're just really offensively gifted.

907
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 10: And then North Dakota's going to counter with a little

908
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 10: bit more of an older or not older, but bigger, bigger,

909
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,760
Speaker 10: stronger team that you typically see out of North Dakota

910
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,280
Speaker 10: that's kind of built for playoff games like this and.

911
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 4: Just a little bit of.

912
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 10: A contrast in styles that we're going to see tonight.

913
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,839
Speaker 2: North Dakota against Quinnipi X six o'clock on ESPN two.

914
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 2: Before we talk, Michigan State and Wisconsin Gophers, of course

915
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 2: hired a new head coach, so too did the Fighting

916
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,919
Speaker 2: Hawks about a year ago, Dane Jackson. What's the first

917
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 2: year been like under him? Obviously it's resulted in good results.

918
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,759
Speaker 2: They're here in the NCAA tournament and looking to make

919
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,320
Speaker 2: a push.

920
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's been a crazy twelve months for North Dakota.

921
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 10: When Dame Jackson took over, you know, I think he

922
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 10: was like day two or three of the job, and

923
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 10: he had six forwards on the roster, and usually when

924
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 10: you lose a lot of guys, you have a ton

925
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 10: of guys already lined up to come in. The cupboard

926
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 10: was kind of empty. They went out and added eleven

927
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 10: players after April eighth last year. On this team, that's like,

928
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 10: you know, over a third of their roster, well over

929
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 10: a third, we're talking almost half their roster they found

930
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 10: over the summer. And I just have not heard of

931
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 10: something like that. They were able to get some players

932
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 10: from junior hockey, they added a couple of transfers, and

933
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 10: you know, I just if you were to pull North

934
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 10: Dakota fans twelve months ago and say where would this

935
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 10: team be right now? I don't even think the most

936
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 10: optimistic ones would have said they would win the NCCHD

937
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,280
Speaker 10: and be the number two ranked team in the country.

938
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 10: They just did a really good job of finding the

939
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 10: right players, the right fits for this squad. And yeah,

940
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 10: it's just kind of crazy how it all panned out

941
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 10: with all the guys they got over the summer.

942
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 3: Well, and speaking of new newer head coaches, obviously, Mike

943
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:12,200
Speaker 3: Casings and the Wisconsin Badgers went away from from heading

944
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 3: to a frozen four no surprise obviously with his history

945
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 3: behind the bench, and now has seemingly got the Badgers

946
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 3: back in and have a good chance today against a

947
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 3: very good opponent.

948
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 10: Yeah, and this one's going to be interesting. Michigan State's

949
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 10: been really good all yr They're kind of built like

950
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 10: North Dakota. They've got a really good mix of you know,

951
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 10: they've got the younger, high end skill, they've also got

952
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 10: some physicality and grit. They've got some older players mixed in.

953
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,359
Speaker 10: They've got kind of all the elements you want, and

954
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 10: then one of the biggest ones you want at this time.

955
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 10: They've got a goaltender. And Michigan State actually got out

956
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 10: played by quite a bit in that game against Yukon

957
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 10: and Trey Augustine and Nett stole it for them. He

958
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 10: is one of the best in the country and in

959
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,919
Speaker 10: Wisconsin's goaltending is going to be need to be really

960
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 10: good today, and it hasn't always been this year. They've

961
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 10: kind of gone up and down. They started great, they

962
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 10: fell back a little bit. This is going to be

963
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 10: a game where Wisconsin is going to need its goaltending

964
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 10: to be on in order to win. They did a

965
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 10: great job two days ago to beat Dartmouth in the

966
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,880
Speaker 10: first round, kind of an impressive fashion because Wisconsin was

967
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 10: struggling coming into the tournament. They did not play great

968
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 10: in the second half of the year. But that was

969
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 10: a really good performance by the Badgers. Now in this

970
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 10: in this battle, they're going to need their goalie to

971
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 10: stand up.

972
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 2: Regional finals today and tomorrow with a chance to advance

973
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 2: to Paradise as Hell. They says the Frozen four in

974
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 2: Las Vegas, Nevada. We're going to have the new head

975
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 2: coach of the Golden Golfers on here in the next

976
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 2: five minutes or so.

977
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,439
Speaker 4: Now there's a void there at Saint Cloud State.

978
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 2: What is the Bob mackenzie of college hockey hearing about

979
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 2: that vacancy and who might be in line to fill it?

980
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 10: Well, I think the number one target is going to

981
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 10: be Nick Oliver, who is currently with the Wisconsin Badgers.

982
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 10: You know, he's the guy who is a captain at

983
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:17,400
Speaker 10: Saint Cloud State. He's been an assistant. He is just

984
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:21,319
Speaker 10: a really well respected coach. He kind of checks all

985
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:25,319
Speaker 10: the boxes and it's a tough job to go into.

986
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:29,080
Speaker 10: You know, the Saint Cloud State to has some budget

987
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 10: issues there, which I'm sure Brett Larson.

988
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,320
Speaker 6: Knows very very well.

989
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 10: And I don't know if they're going to end up

990
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,800
Speaker 10: landing Nick Oliver and getting him there, but I think

991
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 10: that is got to be Saint Cloud State's number one choice.

992
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 4: Sklas, thanks for doing this.

993
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 2: I'm sure you'll hear from Nicoletti at some point over

994
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 2: the next seven days and maybe we'll connect again next Saturday.

995
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 10: Awesome thanks guys.

996
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 2: Awesome stuff that is Brad Schlossman of the Grand Force.

997
00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 4: Harold find him on Twitter.

998
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 2: He does a great job, and it was I thought

999
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 2: that was a fun little half hour to get caught

1000
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 2: up on everything going on with a fantastic NCAA hockey tournament. Again,

1001
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,920
Speaker 2: it continues throughout the day today and tomorrow. Winners advance

1002
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 2: to the twenty twenty six Frozen Four. A guy who

1003
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 2: wants to be there again sometime very soon.

1004
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:16,880
Speaker 4: Brett Larson.

1005
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 2: He's the new head coach for the Golden Gopher men's

1006
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:20,919
Speaker 2: hockey team, and we'll talk to him next.

1007
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 4: I'll be on the pond at Minnesota Hockey.

1008
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 11: I think of competing at the highest level and having

1009
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,760
Speaker 11: success at the highest level. And when you look at Brett,

1010
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 11: you see his involvement with four national championship games. You

1011
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,800
Speaker 11: see that he's been a part of three gold medals.

1012
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 11: This dude has competed at the highest level. He has

1013
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 11: great experience, he has great connections. We talked yesterday how

1014
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 11: college hockey has changed dramatically, and I'm absolutely convinced we've

1015
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 11: got the right person to lead our program as we

1016
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,919
Speaker 11: move forward. So please join me and walking head coach

1017
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 11: Brett Marson.

1018
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 2: A busy week for Mark Coyle a pare of new

1019
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 2: hockey coaches, including on the men's side, where this dude,

1020
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 2: Brett Larson takes over for the Gopher men's hockey team. Brett,

1021
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 2: thanks for joining us, Kevin Falness, Zach Elverson, brettl Blake

1022
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,920
Speaker 2: Moore here on Beyond the Pond, thanks for taking some

1023
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,280
Speaker 2: time and congratulations.

1024
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:23,319
Speaker 6: Thanks guys, thanks for having me on.

1025
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,280
Speaker 4: I apologize in advance.

1026
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,240
Speaker 2: No Pat mcletty today, he's tied up with some family stuff,

1027
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 2: but I guarantee, I'm guessing you probably had a conversation

1028
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 2: with him already. I know he's very excited about the

1029
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,359
Speaker 2: new move and the new hire. What does this opportunity

1030
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:37,799
Speaker 2: mean to you?

1031
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's been great, you know, I obviously want to

1032
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:43,279
Speaker 6: thank him. He's a guy that I got to know

1033
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 6: back in the day when he was doing TV for

1034
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 6: us in Sink Cloud, and he's just got so much

1035
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 6: passion for the program and I respect him a lot,

1036
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,680
Speaker 6: and he's been a good friend through this process.

1037
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 3: So we saw an article this week from from Michael

1038
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 3: Russo on The Athletic. He talked about how it was

1039
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 3: Coyle who facetimed you to tell you the news. What

1040
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,799
Speaker 3: was your feelings when you got that FaceTime call? And

1041
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,719
Speaker 3: what was it like being told over FaceTime that you're

1042
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:08,479
Speaker 3: the next head coach?

1043
00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 6: It was crazy. I appreciate it. It you wanted to, you know,

1044
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,759
Speaker 6: obviously do it face to face. And for me, just

1045
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,239
Speaker 6: what an honor? I mean? I really, I mean I

1046
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,440
Speaker 6: you know people always say that, but truly just one

1047
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,600
Speaker 6: an honor. I mean one of the top programs in

1048
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:25,399
Speaker 6: college hockey with more history and one of the most

1049
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 6: storied programs growing up, you know, looking at idolizing a

1050
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 6: program like that, and it's just it's quite an honor.

1051
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:33,879
Speaker 6: And sometimes this week it doesn't even feel real.

1052
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 2: Think about how this position has changed since you started

1053
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 2: at Saint Cloud State, even to now in the year

1054
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:44,479
Speaker 2: twenty twenty six, taking over this Golden Gopher hockey job.

1055
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:47,760
Speaker 2: How has that position changed with everything that goes along

1056
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 2: with it. It ain't just about excess and knows anymore

1057
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 2: as a bread. There's so much more that goes into this.

1058
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:54,680
Speaker 6: It's not you've got to have obviously, got to have

1059
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:56,040
Speaker 6: a great staff, and you got to be on your

1060
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 6: toes with the exces zones and the details for sure,

1061
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 6: and your culture, but a lot of it's now. You

1062
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,960
Speaker 6: look at the transfer portal, you look at NIL. You

1063
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:06,839
Speaker 6: just look at the ability to bring in first round

1064
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 6: picks from the chl and guys that they've played pro.

1065
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,040
Speaker 6: And you have to be really nimble and you have

1066
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 6: to have great relationships and connections because the thing is

1067
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,759
Speaker 6: things move really fast now and you've got.

1068
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 9: To be ready for it.

1069
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 2: One of the big talking points about college hockey these

1070
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 2: days is about the quote unquote general manager.

1071
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,759
Speaker 4: Is that something that you're thinking about.

1072
00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 2: With so much on your plate as it is, and

1073
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,360
Speaker 2: then to have to deal with the nil the transfer

1074
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,160
Speaker 2: portal the Canadian juniors, is that something that you'd like

1075
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,720
Speaker 2: another body in there to help share some of that responsibility.

1076
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 6: Well, it's interesting just a little history on that. So

1077
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 6: that title came when the ncaal out for the three

1078
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:45,839
Speaker 6: assistant coaches, and what teams have done is they've took

1079
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:49,120
Speaker 6: that third assistant and essentially made them a recruiting coordinator.

1080
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:52,400
Speaker 6: Some teams give it the general manager title for some

1081
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:54,799
Speaker 6: optics and whatnot, but essentially what it is is.

1082
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:56,880
Speaker 9: Your recruiting coordinator, the guy that's in charge.

1083
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 6: Of beat the bushes, being on the road, being out

1084
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,280
Speaker 6: with the agents, getting out there and finding the players.

1085
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 6: And I don't know that we'll have that exact title

1086
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 6: for sure, but I'll have a guy at my staff

1087
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:08,759
Speaker 6: that will definitely kill that role.

1088
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:12,359
Speaker 3: Well, with all that has changed over the years, one

1089
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 3: thing that is pretty well, not exactly the same, but

1090
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:19,240
Speaker 3: pretty much the same as you are once again taking

1091
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 3: over a program that was previously coached by Bob Monskow.

1092
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:24,920
Speaker 3: You did it up in St. Cloud, now you're doing

1093
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 3: it down here. What has that been like? Have you

1094
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,799
Speaker 3: have you been able to talk with with Moscow and

1095
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 3: how has it been the same and how has it

1096
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,600
Speaker 3: been different now going to two different programs who were

1097
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:36,760
Speaker 3: previously coached by Moscow.

1098
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:39,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's that's one thing I went in an interview

1099
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:41,279
Speaker 6: with I said, I'm pretty much the only guy you're

1100
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 6: talking to that's done it once before, so I was

1101
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 6: hoping that would help me. Had a history of doing it.

1102
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 6: And Bob and I talked last week and he was great,

1103
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:52,120
Speaker 6: And it's funny we were thinking eight years ago pretty

1104
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:53,960
Speaker 6: much on this day. You know, I was driving down

1105
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 6: thirty five from Duluth, making it right at Hinckley and

1106
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,680
Speaker 6: heading over to Saint Cloud, and he was getting ninety

1107
00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:01,799
Speaker 6: four and heading sell it the other way. So it's

1108
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:04,840
Speaker 6: just funny how it's all worked. But I really appreciate

1109
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 6: everything that Bob did for this program. I can tell

1110
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:10,280
Speaker 6: you this. He did a fantastic job of getting alumni

1111
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 6: together and making them feel really, really important. The guys

1112
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 6: that really built this program into what it was, and

1113
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 6: I got to make sure I keep that going. Obviously,

1114
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 6: they won multiple championships when he was here. He's done

1115
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,279
Speaker 6: so many good things for this program. My job is

1116
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:25,200
Speaker 6: just to make sure I honor that and keep it

1117
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 6: going in the right direction, and even more than that,

1118
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,120
Speaker 6: build on what he did to get it is back

1119
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:29,920
Speaker 6: to where we want to be.

1120
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,200
Speaker 2: I know we're looking forward, but just for a brief moment,

1121
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:35,440
Speaker 2: I want to look back as well. You did have

1122
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,800
Speaker 2: some great times there in Saint Cloud coaching the Huskies

1123
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,520
Speaker 2: at Saint Cloud State. What do you take away from

1124
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 2: that experience? What was your pride factor like coaching that

1125
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 2: team for such a long time.

1126
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:48,560
Speaker 6: I had a lot of pride in it. It was

1127
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 6: really special. You know. It's just and I give Bob

1128
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,520
Speaker 6: little credit again. I mean, I inherited a great team

1129
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:56,879
Speaker 6: at Saint Cloud, and I'm inheriting a ton of really

1130
00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:59,280
Speaker 6: good things here in Minnesota. I got to Saint Cloud

1131
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,520
Speaker 6: and we were one of the country my first year there.

1132
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,080
Speaker 6: And you know what, I guess I'm probably even more

1133
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:06,440
Speaker 6: proud is that, you know, three years later when the

1134
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,400
Speaker 6: National Championship Game, and then two years after that, you know,

1135
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:12,480
Speaker 6: we're back in the Elite eight, unfortunately losing to Minnesota

1136
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,240
Speaker 6: in a pretty loaded team that you're up in Fargo.

1137
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 6: But I was really proud that we built on what

1138
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:20,560
Speaker 6: Bob had built and I want to do the same

1139
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 6: thing here and obviously not just Bob and the coaches

1140
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:25,840
Speaker 6: before him. And you know, again, I go back to

1141
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:28,440
Speaker 6: having a history of doing that and haven't done it

1142
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:30,879
Speaker 6: once before, and love to get this team right back

1143
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:32,719
Speaker 6: to where we got that same Cloud team back to

1144
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:35,160
Speaker 6: the National Championship Game and now our jobs to win it.

1145
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,160
Speaker 3: You know, the NCAA tournament going on right now and

1146
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 3: obviously some some great teams, great players, great action this

1147
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,359
Speaker 3: week going into the next couple of weeks as well.

1148
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 3: You know the tournament better than anybody else. You've you've

1149
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:52,759
Speaker 3: gone all the way, you've won championships. How tough is

1150
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:54,000
Speaker 3: this tournament to play in?

1151
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 4: What is that like?

1152
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 3: You know, being a single elimination, I mean win or

1153
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,600
Speaker 3: take all every single game. What is this n ca

1154
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:03,840
Speaker 3: A tournament like? And and and when you know, assuming

1155
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 3: you guys get back there very very soon, what do

1156
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:08,480
Speaker 3: you what do you take into the postseason here in

1157
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 3: college hockey?

1158
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,600
Speaker 6: Well, the one thing I I can't stand watching it

1159
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:14,799
Speaker 6: right now, just on a personal and I can't stand it.

1160
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:18,120
Speaker 6: It drives me nuts that that I'm watching it instead

1161
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:20,000
Speaker 6: of being in it. And I know our players that

1162
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 6: Minnesota feel the same way. I think this is a

1163
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:24,520
Speaker 6: great motivator for this group. It's going to be really

1164
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:28,920
Speaker 6: hungry because of it. Because as much as a pressure

1165
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 6: cooker as it can be, that's that's what you that's

1166
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:33,200
Speaker 6: what you train all here for. That's what you get

1167
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 6: into coaching for. That's what you get into playing for.

1168
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,040
Speaker 6: You want to be under the bright lights and those

1169
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 6: big moments improve yourself, and uh, you know it is

1170
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 6: it is a lot of pressure. I think the biggest

1171
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:45,160
Speaker 6: thing is you got to rely on your detail and

1172
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,759
Speaker 6: your structure because games can be really tight. You're you're

1173
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 6: not often winning the seven to one game. You got

1174
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:53,040
Speaker 6: to you gotta fight through the tough moments and and

1175
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 6: and find a.

1176
00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:54,080
Speaker 9: Way through it.

1177
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 6: I think that's really important to stay who you are

1178
00:54:56,719 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 6: when you get into that tournament and not try to

1179
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:02,040
Speaker 6: become something different as a team. But for me right now,

1180
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 6: it's you know, I want some of the games last

1181
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:07,279
Speaker 6: night when I got home late, and yeah, I.

1182
00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:07,840
Speaker 9: Can't stand it.

1183
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 6: I can't stand watching it. And I hope our art

1184
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 6: players at Minnesota field the same way.

1185
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:14,719
Speaker 2: Hopefully in a year from now, we're talking about you

1186
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:18,520
Speaker 2: guys in these regionals and not previewing what's going on

1187
00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:20,799
Speaker 2: around the country. We're talking to Brett lars and the

1188
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:23,840
Speaker 2: new head coach for the Golden Gopher men's hockey team.

1189
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:27,000
Speaker 2: I don't I doubt you're going to break any news here,

1190
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:29,400
Speaker 2: so I'll frame it this way. What's the timeline on

1191
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 2: your coaching staff? When will you fill out the rest

1192
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:33,520
Speaker 2: of your squad there behind the bench?

1193
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:36,000
Speaker 6: Yep, that's been a lot of work this week, and

1194
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:38,640
Speaker 6: just for some of the HR rules and whatnot, we've

1195
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:40,839
Speaker 6: got to make sure all the you know is there

1196
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,319
Speaker 6: dotted and teas across. And once we can get that

1197
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:47,400
Speaker 6: all done here, I'm hoping, I'm hoping we can make

1198
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 6: an announcement of the staff this week. So all I

1199
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:51,879
Speaker 6: can tell you about this is I'm extremely excited about

1200
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 6: it and if it comes to fruition here, it's just

1201
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,800
Speaker 6: a great group of people that of this program and

1202
00:55:58,040 --> 00:55:58,920
Speaker 6: can't wait to get going.

1203
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 4: Awesome as we call that a cliffhanger.

1204
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 2: Last thing we talked to it's not all that often

1205
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,000
Speaker 2: the coach has changed, and it happens, but to have

1206
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:11,760
Speaker 2: both head coaching of his positions filled within about twenty

1207
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:15,480
Speaker 2: four hours in the same program, that's pretty rare. And

1208
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,600
Speaker 2: you not only fill the men's side, but on the

1209
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:21,000
Speaker 2: women's side. Greg boom May will take over for Brad

1210
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:23,439
Speaker 2: Frost on the women's side. We talked to him about

1211
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 2: a half hour ago and we had him sing your

1212
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:28,879
Speaker 2: praises Greg Boom made why is he the right choice

1213
00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:29,760
Speaker 2: on the women's side.

1214
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:32,319
Speaker 6: Well, I think he's just proven himself there, right, He's

1215
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:35,000
Speaker 6: been a big part of that, the relationships, the connections.

1216
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:37,480
Speaker 6: I can tell you this, like just from a standpoint

1217
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:39,640
Speaker 6: of a person in the hockey world that's really respected

1218
00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 6: on both sides, man's and women's hockey, he's one of them.

1219
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:45,200
Speaker 6: We just actually last night talked about getting together this

1220
00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:49,000
Speaker 6: week and having lunch and I can't wait, because I

1221
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,919
Speaker 6: want to pick his brain. He's been a huge part

1222
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:53,840
Speaker 6: of success here. I know he's going to continue to

1223
00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:56,800
Speaker 6: keep it going and I'm really excited to work with him.

1224
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,040
Speaker 2: Awesome, Brett. What part of the country are in? By

1225
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:00,840
Speaker 2: the way, you said you're doing some recruiting. Where are

1226
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:01,160
Speaker 2: we at?

1227
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:04,839
Speaker 9: Well, it's funny right now, I just finished up last night.

1228
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:07,000
Speaker 9: I'm doing recruiting right now from the phone, and one

1229
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,360
Speaker 9: of the biggest recruiting pieces making sure all our current

1230
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 9: recruits are hearing from me that have been, you know,

1231
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,000
Speaker 9: committed to this program in the last couple of years.

1232
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 9: I'm going over that this morning. The first kind of

1233
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:21,320
Speaker 9: items I was full i was home was making sure

1234
00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 9: that I met with the team and started to building

1235
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,240
Speaker 9: relationships with those guys. Now I'm going on to our

1236
00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:27,560
Speaker 9: future players and making sure I'm talking to all of

1237
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:31,000
Speaker 9: them today and then I'll have a hopefully a new

1238
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:32,640
Speaker 9: staff meetings this week, and then I'll.

1239
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 6: Hit the road midweek.

1240
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:36,040
Speaker 3: Real quick, Coach, what is your alma mon or the

1241
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:40,000
Speaker 3: Minnesota Delivered Bulldogs need to do to take down Michigan State.

1242
00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:43,920
Speaker 6: Well, I said it earlier and I believe in it.

1243
00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:45,960
Speaker 6: I think they're going to trust their identity, and they're

1244
00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:47,720
Speaker 6: going to trust who they are and they're not going

1245
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:50,160
Speaker 6: to change the thing. And they're going to go out

1246
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:52,800
Speaker 6: and play the way they always do and if they

1247
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:55,240
Speaker 6: do that, they'll out a chance. So obviously it's going

1248
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:58,000
Speaker 6: to be a great game, and again one I'll probably watch,

1249
00:57:58,040 --> 00:57:59,720
Speaker 6: but I won't enjoy watching.

1250
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 2: Listen, we've taken enough of your time. Would you get

1251
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:04,760
Speaker 2: back to work. Let's get these recruits going, Let's get

1252
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:06,520
Speaker 2: the team fired up. Let's get back to work.

1253
00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:08,640
Speaker 6: Okay, that's the plan, guys.

1254
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:12,120
Speaker 4: Thanks a lot, awesome, awesome. Mark Coyle calls him a dude.

1255
00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:13,080
Speaker 4: I call him a dude.

1256
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 2: That's Brett lars And the new head coach for the

1257
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:17,480
Speaker 2: Golden Gopher men's hockey team. I say new head coach,

1258
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:19,400
Speaker 2: I mean he's not new to the state. Been here forever,

1259
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,960
Speaker 2: not only with the Bulldogs, with Saint Cloud State and

1260
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 2: now with the Golden Golphers. It feels like I know

1261
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:26,680
Speaker 2: that there's some in the fan base to say it's

1262
00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:28,600
Speaker 2: not as flashy of a pick as they would like.

1263
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:30,880
Speaker 2: I mean, I know what I saw him do in

1264
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,640
Speaker 2: Saint Cloud State, and I know from our conversations over

1265
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:36,120
Speaker 2: the years here, I'm beyond the pond and beyond I've

1266
00:58:36,560 --> 00:58:38,120
Speaker 2: very much enjoyed working with him.

1267
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:40,000
Speaker 4: I think the Gophers landed a good one. I think

1268
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:41,120
Speaker 4: this was an easy choice.

1269
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:45,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, And it's certainly, as you said, not the

1270
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 3: not the flashy like, oh, find somebody from but you

1271
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:50,520
Speaker 3: don't need to reinvent the wheel here, and you look

1272
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:54,560
Speaker 3: at his resume when he has done and certainly in

1273
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:58,280
Speaker 3: much difficult, more difficult situation in terms of you know, recruiting.

1274
00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:00,640
Speaker 3: Saint Cloud's a great place, It's got a great reputation,

1275
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:03,480
Speaker 3: don't get me wrong, but especially with how college sports

1276
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:07,000
Speaker 3: has changed over the years, the limited funding and what

1277
00:59:07,120 --> 00:59:11,120
Speaker 3: he was able to do up there despite all that, uh,

1278
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,120
Speaker 3: and the fact that he is so familiar with the state,

1279
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,880
Speaker 3: he is so familiar with the the the top recruits

1280
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:18,160
Speaker 3: of you know, we always talk about wanting to keep

1281
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:22,400
Speaker 3: players home, keep that elite Minnesota talent home. And and

1282
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:25,280
Speaker 3: if there's anybody better, I haven't seen it who can

1283
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:26,760
Speaker 3: do that then than Brett Larson.

1284
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:29,600
Speaker 4: So I think there this program is in good hands.

1285
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,520
Speaker 3: And I wouldn't, uh, you know, to always see some

1286
00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:35,560
Speaker 3: more more success because again, you know, first year n

1287
00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 3: CAA regional semi finals. Second year would have been the

1288
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:41,520
Speaker 3: turn was canceled because of COVID, but then follows that

1289
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,360
Speaker 3: up with a run to the national title game in

1290
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:46,720
Speaker 3: just his third year. This is look at his resume.

1291
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:48,680
Speaker 3: If you're if you're if you're bored with if you

1292
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:51,439
Speaker 3: think it's a boring higher, you haven't seen what he's done.

1293
00:59:51,720 --> 00:59:54,360
Speaker 3: And I think there's gonna be a lot of crow

1294
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:56,760
Speaker 3: eating here in the next few years by a lot

1295
00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:58,800
Speaker 3: of fans who just maybe aren't as familiar as they

1296
00:59:58,800 --> 00:59:59,880
Speaker 3: should be with Brett.

1297
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:04,240
Speaker 2: Regardless, and again, I got nothing, no ill words to

1298
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:06,040
Speaker 2: say about Bob Moscow. I thought he did a great

1299
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:08,880
Speaker 2: job here with the Golden Gophers as well, But this

1300
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:11,400
Speaker 2: program needs a kick in the pants. This last year

1301
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 2: was painful to sit through. And I'm saying it as

1302
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:18,560
Speaker 2: an interested observer. I'm sure for the folks inside the arena,

1303
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:21,720
Speaker 2: for the folks that follow this program a lot more closely,

1304
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:25,280
Speaker 2: and for the alumni, that was a tough one w're

1305
01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:27,920
Speaker 2: season in terms of amount of wins since like the

1306
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:31,640
Speaker 2: early seventies, it's just a very Ungopher like season.

1307
01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:32,920
Speaker 4: And I don't know what it is.

1308
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,959
Speaker 2: That went wrong, whether the transfer portal didn't get used

1309
01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:38,920
Speaker 2: to the best of their ability or the I know

1310
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,160
Speaker 2: that the folks left and they didn't come back, and

1311
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:43,760
Speaker 2: you had these big holes in the lineup to fill,

1312
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,600
Speaker 2: but it needed an influx of energy. I think they

1313
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:48,800
Speaker 2: get it now with Brett Larson, and I'm excited to

1314
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:51,919
Speaker 2: see where the future of Golden Golpher Hockey goes from

1315
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:52,760
Speaker 2: this point forward.

1316
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 4: I know where we're going.

1317
01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:55,880
Speaker 2: We're going to break and then I think we're gonna

1318
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:58,200
Speaker 2: do Brett Blakemore's breakaways next.

1319
01:00:58,280 --> 01:00:59,080
Speaker 4: I'm be on the pond.

1320
01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:11,920
Speaker 2: Don't forget wild and Bruins coming up later on this

1321
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:15,040
Speaker 2: afternoon pregame at three forty five puck drops just after

1322
01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:18,040
Speaker 2: four o'clock, the conclusion of the three game road trip.

1323
01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:19,960
Speaker 2: I can't believe it, Alvi. I don't know if you

1324
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:23,320
Speaker 2: realize this. I'm sure you do. Actually, there's only three

1325
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:25,400
Speaker 2: home games left in the regular season.

1326
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 4: Of the nine that are left, only three of them

1327
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:28,280
Speaker 4: are on home ice.

1328
01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:31,720
Speaker 3: The biggest shock to me, scheduling wise, beyond the fact

1329
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:34,560
Speaker 3: that these, as you mentioned three, only three home games left,

1330
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:38,080
Speaker 3: is I had to double check, maybe even triple check

1331
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:41,160
Speaker 3: my calendar. I can't believe they've got so much time

1332
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,600
Speaker 3: off this week. This is weird Sunday through Wednesday nothing, yep.

1333
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 3: And you were talking earlier about this team getting healthy,

1334
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:51,160
Speaker 3: and that is that's gonna be I think, very very

1335
01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:54,560
Speaker 3: helpful obviously to get everything kind of squared away back

1336
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:58,720
Speaker 3: on track. And obviously it's been a very chaotic few

1337
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:02,680
Speaker 3: weeks in the schedule and it's gonna be nice to

1338
01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 3: have that that time off for these guys to rest

1339
01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:08,080
Speaker 3: up and work on some of those fundamental things.

1340
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:08,600
Speaker 4: You know.

1341
01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:10,360
Speaker 3: I'm sure there'll be a practice or two in that

1342
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:13,680
Speaker 3: time frame as well where they can can really focus

1343
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,000
Speaker 3: on some and really get these the new faces more

1344
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:21,160
Speaker 3: integrated in the systems and all that before the final

1345
01:02:21,280 --> 01:02:23,000
Speaker 3: regular season run and now the playoffs.

1346
01:02:23,080 --> 01:02:25,040
Speaker 2: I think the best thing for John Hines is to

1347
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:28,800
Speaker 2: get everyone healthy go into the postseason feeling good about themselves,

1348
01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:31,120
Speaker 2: but also figuring out these line combinations. He's had to

1349
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:33,080
Speaker 2: jumble them around a little bit, and you got healthy

1350
01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:36,160
Speaker 2: bodies sitting up in the press box. It's it's going

1351
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:39,800
Speaker 2: to be an interesting juggling act for Hines and company

1352
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:41,240
Speaker 2: coming down the stretch.

1353
01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:43,800
Speaker 4: I look at the text line six four six eighty six.

1354
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:47,720
Speaker 2: Someone sees the future and says they prefer Halverson's hat trick.

1355
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:50,640
Speaker 4: No, no, no, it's Brett blake Boy's breakaways.

1356
01:02:51,400 --> 01:03:06,720
Speaker 3: It's time for Brett blake Forth breakaway.

1357
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:09,160
Speaker 4: And now more strakeways, just out of curiosity before we

1358
01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:10,000
Speaker 4: go to the breakaways.

1359
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:11,919
Speaker 2: How long did it take you to get healthy after

1360
01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:14,160
Speaker 2: the Bois State High School hockey tournament? Because you were

1361
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:17,960
Speaker 2: far from healthy during that excursion. You looked awful, You

1362
01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:20,520
Speaker 2: sounded okay, but you could tell that you were really struggling.

1363
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:23,640
Speaker 3: It was certainly probably another week before I was back

1364
01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:26,640
Speaker 3: to one hundred percent, but I definitely started feeling better

1365
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:29,200
Speaker 3: oddly enough that Sunday and then a Monday and Tuesday.

1366
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:31,520
Speaker 3: I'm like, man, that could not have come at a

1367
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:34,760
Speaker 3: worse time. But I think next year and years beyond,

1368
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:37,760
Speaker 3: I think I'm gonna do like a two week quarantine

1369
01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:41,560
Speaker 3: like the astronauts do basically before they go to space.

1370
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:45,160
Speaker 3: I'm going to just be in a bubble and not

1371
01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:49,280
Speaker 3: let anything that that ever happened again, because that was disappointing.

1372
01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:51,680
Speaker 3: But man, I'll tell you what a weekend that was

1373
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 3: a hockey and just continue to already believe it's already

1374
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:55,280
Speaker 3: a few weeks ago.

1375
01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:57,280
Speaker 4: I know, I know, I wasn't as bad as you.

1376
01:03:57,360 --> 01:03:59,520
Speaker 2: I was sick during that I got better, and then

1377
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,360
Speaker 2: right after I think you handed off whatever you had

1378
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:03,160
Speaker 2: whacked me.

1379
01:04:03,120 --> 01:04:03,600
Speaker 4: Over the head.

1380
01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:07,000
Speaker 2: For about a week, I couldn't breathe. I was coughing

1381
01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:09,520
Speaker 2: and sneezing so bad. I had like a I think

1382
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:12,080
Speaker 2: I pulled a muscle like in my rib cage. It

1383
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:14,080
Speaker 2: was the worst annoying thing ever. I think I'm finally

1384
01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:16,600
Speaker 2: over it. I'm finally I'm still clearing my throne stuff.

1385
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:18,120
Speaker 2: But whatever you had, you gave to me, and I

1386
01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:20,640
Speaker 2: don't appreciate it, even one it was a single hot

1387
01:04:20,680 --> 01:04:22,880
Speaker 2: potato or on the office with whatever that was that

1388
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:27,240
Speaker 2: was just being passed around ghostly. It was unfortunate and

1389
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:29,480
Speaker 2: I didn't care much for it. But I can't wait

1390
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:32,120
Speaker 2: for Brett Blakemore's breakaways. What do you got, Brett?

1391
01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:37,480
Speaker 5: I'll be here when you need me and I'm ready

1392
01:04:37,480 --> 01:04:37,800
Speaker 5: for it.

1393
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:39,280
Speaker 4: Let's do.

1394
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,640
Speaker 5: We talked about the health and the resting of guys.

1395
01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:47,360
Speaker 5: But I want to ask the question that I was

1396
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:51,680
Speaker 5: kind of alluding to earlier, would you rather have a

1397
01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:56,320
Speaker 5: hall ice against the stars? But the health is questionable

1398
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 5: for a couple of top guys or b road ice.

1399
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:00,640
Speaker 4: You have plenty of.

1400
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 2: Russ bee b as in boy without without hesitation. Yeah,

1401
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:07,000
Speaker 2: you know, I don't think and we talk about it

1402
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:08,800
Speaker 2: all the time on the broadcast. Two Time has been

1403
01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:11,400
Speaker 2: saying this for a number of years that home ice

1404
01:05:11,480 --> 01:05:14,080
Speaker 2: is not as important as we think it is. In fact,

1405
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:16,919
Speaker 2: the pressure lays on the team that has the home

1406
01:05:16,920 --> 01:05:19,360
Speaker 2: ice advantage. And if you can go and steal game

1407
01:05:19,400 --> 01:05:21,760
Speaker 2: won or game two and then come back to home ice,

1408
01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:24,000
Speaker 2: you know with a split, at the very least, you're

1409
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:26,520
Speaker 2: feeling good about yourself going into games three in games four,

1410
01:05:26,680 --> 01:05:28,720
Speaker 2: whereas on the flip side of that, you blow on

1411
01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 2: at home, then the pressure is directly on your shoulders.

1412
01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:34,080
Speaker 2: So I think there's something to that. But I would

1413
01:05:34,080 --> 01:05:36,120
Speaker 2: take health over home ice any day of the week,

1414
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:37,080
Speaker 2: and twice on Sunday.

1415
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:37,440
Speaker 9: Yeah.

1416
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:38,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, as you said, not even close.

1417
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,960
Speaker 3: And you know, to connect everything here, I remember talk

1418
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:45,560
Speaker 3: with Parker Fox. I think this was off era, and

1419
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:47,880
Speaker 3: he was talking talking about what it was like, you know,

1420
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:51,560
Speaker 3: in basketball to go into opposing teams Venie and how

1421
01:05:51,640 --> 01:05:54,320
Speaker 3: much fun that was to feed off the crowd on

1422
01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:57,160
Speaker 3: that side of things. And I know when we've talked

1423
01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:59,920
Speaker 3: to players in the past. I know that the Wild

1424
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 3: fed off that Vegas energy very very well, or I

1425
01:06:03,240 --> 01:06:06,600
Speaker 3: mean inches away from from stealing a couple down there,

1426
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:10,720
Speaker 3: and obviously the unfortunate review turn things around. But I

1427
01:06:10,760 --> 01:06:15,080
Speaker 3: don't think the home versus road is much important at all.

1428
01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:17,200
Speaker 3: And it's you know, there's a little advantage, Like I

1429
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:19,600
Speaker 3: said the last change, that would be nice to have

1430
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:22,160
Speaker 3: a little bit extra, But as you mentioned, Kevin, I

1431
01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:25,320
Speaker 3: mean it just you just feel like the home team

1432
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:28,040
Speaker 3: is they can't drop one. If they drop one, then

1433
01:06:28,080 --> 01:06:30,720
Speaker 3: they lose homelice advantage all of a sudden, and it's

1434
01:06:30,760 --> 01:06:35,080
Speaker 3: just I'd much rather be chasing than protecting, especially in

1435
01:06:35,160 --> 01:06:37,160
Speaker 3: a in a series between the Stars and the Wild,

1436
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:40,400
Speaker 3: which is gonna be just, I mean, unbelievable.

1437
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:44,360
Speaker 4: I would much rather watch it as a not a

1438
01:06:44,360 --> 01:06:45,640
Speaker 4: fan of either team.

1439
01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:49,000
Speaker 3: I think it's going to be a lot of pacing,

1440
01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:52,640
Speaker 3: a lot of heart racing, but we'll try to have

1441
01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:53,480
Speaker 3: some funnel on the way.

1442
01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:55,800
Speaker 4: But man, that's gonna be that's gonna be fun. I

1443
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:57,200
Speaker 4: can't wait. The people have spoken.

1444
01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:59,960
Speaker 2: At six four six eight six, Drew says Pat's getting

1445
01:07:00,080 --> 01:07:03,920
Speaker 2: Wally pimp by Helvey. They misspeilled Helvy. They forgot the

1446
01:07:03,960 --> 01:07:06,400
Speaker 2: E from the two one eight area code. The people

1447
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:10,640
Speaker 2: demand hashtag Helvey's hattie instead of Brett Blake Moore's Breakaways.

1448
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:12,080
Speaker 4: But I think you're doing a great job, right, Oh

1449
01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:12,360
Speaker 4: thank you?

1450
01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:15,320
Speaker 3: I really I don't want to voice another liner, so

1451
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:18,400
Speaker 3: we're gonna just keep break Blake Moore's breakaway.

1452
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:18,760
Speaker 4: Thank you.

1453
01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:25,400
Speaker 5: I need something here, we go I quickly before we

1454
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:28,600
Speaker 5: move on. I think the I'd love that my cake

1455
01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:30,320
Speaker 5: and eat it too. And I do think it's important

1456
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:32,040
Speaker 5: to chase the stars and try to get home ice.

1457
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:33,920
Speaker 5: If I had to choose one, definitely going to be

1458
01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:37,880
Speaker 5: one hundred percent. I'm going to name a wild player,

1459
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:39,560
Speaker 5: and I want you to tell me I've got a

1460
01:07:39,560 --> 01:07:42,560
Speaker 5: bunch of them where you think the ideal spot in

1461
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 5: the lineup would be.

1462
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:45,320
Speaker 4: All I need to do is you're twenty thirty this

1463
01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:48,840
Speaker 4: year season, just make it. I'm just clarifying line one, two, three,

1464
01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:49,280
Speaker 4: or four.

1465
01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:54,240
Speaker 5: Preferably, we'll start with the guy referenced earlier, Danila Yarov

1466
01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:55,200
Speaker 5: or scratched.

1467
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:57,280
Speaker 2: I guess let's go every other one there at Helvey,

1468
01:07:57,360 --> 01:08:01,480
Speaker 2: I'll take Danilla. You'rev I'm fine with him centering the

1469
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:04,720
Speaker 2: third line is I mean, is this what you're looking for?

1470
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 4: I mean, bottom six center?

1471
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:09,080
Speaker 5: You don't you don't believe in him in the top six.

1472
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:09,720
Speaker 4: I don't.

1473
01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:12,000
Speaker 2: I'm not against him being there, but I don't mind

1474
01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:17,599
Speaker 2: the Hartman and uh Caprice have Zuccarello combination or eck

1475
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:20,320
Speaker 2: up there. I think Ekin Hartman are probably your top

1476
01:08:20,360 --> 01:08:22,760
Speaker 2: two centers at this point, but.

1477
01:08:22,760 --> 01:08:23,080
Speaker 9: I can.

1478
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:26,679
Speaker 5: Is certainly a lot to me. It would be whether

1479
01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:29,280
Speaker 5: he replaces Hartman. That would be the move I don't want.

1480
01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:32,320
Speaker 5: I don't want him on my top line in the playoffs.

1481
01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:33,920
Speaker 4: That's me.

1482
01:08:35,320 --> 01:08:38,559
Speaker 5: Howvey, where would you put Marcus Johansson in the lineup?

1483
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:41,400
Speaker 5: He got downgraded from the second line to the third.

1484
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:45,240
Speaker 5: Uh the latest line combinations have with mccaren and Brink

1485
01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:48,240
Speaker 5: more on Brink later. Where would you like to see

1486
01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:50,479
Speaker 5: Johansson as far as his latest form goes.

1487
01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:53,080
Speaker 3: Well, it's so tough because obviously he's playing with two

1488
01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:56,439
Speaker 3: of the newer fresher faces, and I think you know,

1489
01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:59,240
Speaker 3: that's another luxury we have with the fact that we

1490
01:08:59,240 --> 01:09:01,080
Speaker 3: know we're gonna be in the and we don't really

1491
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:04,360
Speaker 3: we're not trying to hold off anybody behind us, so

1492
01:09:04,439 --> 01:09:07,400
Speaker 3: that you can do the experimentation, which is certainly what

1493
01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:10,120
Speaker 3: it seems like Hines has been doing this week, trying

1494
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:11,000
Speaker 3: to find the right fit.

1495
01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:13,320
Speaker 4: But I don't I don't mind it.

1496
01:09:13,800 --> 01:09:17,360
Speaker 3: I think uh, I think he's obviously being that he's

1497
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:21,080
Speaker 3: an established player many many years in this league and

1498
01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:25,439
Speaker 3: certainly with this team uh to kind of be the

1499
01:09:26,320 --> 01:09:29,320
Speaker 3: conduit between the old guys and the new fresh faces.

1500
01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:31,439
Speaker 3: And uh, you know, I think he's he's in a

1501
01:09:31,479 --> 01:09:34,880
Speaker 3: good spot. So I actually I like exactly where he

1502
01:09:34,920 --> 01:09:37,519
Speaker 3: is right now with Britan McCarron, and I wouldn't wouldn't

1503
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:38,599
Speaker 3: change a thing with Johnson.

1504
01:09:38,720 --> 01:09:42,240
Speaker 2: I will say, though, Johansson with Eck and Boldie when

1505
01:09:42,240 --> 01:09:45,519
Speaker 2: everybody's healthy, that's a pretty good line on both ends

1506
01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:48,000
Speaker 2: of the ice. That's tough to break up. The problem

1507
01:09:48,120 --> 01:09:50,000
Speaker 2: is that you know, those other two guys are pretty

1508
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:52,479
Speaker 2: valuable to your lineup and they fit well with other

1509
01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:56,760
Speaker 2: pieces as well. But I know that Joehanssen has his

1510
01:09:56,840 --> 01:10:00,360
Speaker 2: detractors that line. There's something to be said about the

1511
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:03,120
Speaker 2: way they played the game most of this season.

1512
01:10:03,560 --> 01:10:06,120
Speaker 4: When that line was hopping, it was really good.

1513
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:09,240
Speaker 5: The problem is, I think Joe Hanson the detractors and

1514
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:12,879
Speaker 5: I sometimes find myself joining them. Is that it's almost

1515
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:15,600
Speaker 5: like he just turns off, Like he just goes like

1516
01:10:15,640 --> 01:10:19,280
Speaker 5: on airplane mode, where you know you have one shot

1517
01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:21,800
Speaker 5: a game maybe, But when he's on fire and when

1518
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:24,400
Speaker 5: he's playing well, he makes a difference. It's just I

1519
01:10:24,439 --> 01:10:26,840
Speaker 5: just don't think you see that all the time with them.

1520
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:29,040
Speaker 5: That's kind of my problem with him. But when he's

1521
01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:32,280
Speaker 5: on he's good, so we can go here.

1522
01:10:32,040 --> 01:10:34,240
Speaker 4: So that's too much ripping, I know. I think that's

1523
01:10:34,520 --> 01:10:36,760
Speaker 4: I don't think, so say what you're thinking. I don't care.

1524
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:40,400
Speaker 5: Where do you think I think Bobby Brink could potentially

1525
01:10:40,439 --> 01:10:42,920
Speaker 5: move up? I get Tarasenko and really we could turn

1526
01:10:42,960 --> 01:10:46,559
Speaker 5: this into one. Tarasenko deserves the promotion. He's been playing

1527
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:49,960
Speaker 5: well the last handful of games. Scores the winner against Dallas,

1528
01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:52,680
Speaker 5: but he's played well before that. But I like kind

1529
01:10:52,720 --> 01:10:56,040
Speaker 5: of the speed and the effort that Bobby Brink brings.

1530
01:10:56,080 --> 01:10:58,519
Speaker 5: I get he's one of us, that's the great story.

1531
01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:01,200
Speaker 5: But I think he could break into this top six.

1532
01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:03,719
Speaker 5: I think he'd be a nice little pairing across from Boldie.

1533
01:11:03,720 --> 01:11:05,519
Speaker 5: Where do you think Bobby Brink fits him?

1534
01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:09,360
Speaker 2: I have loved Bobby Brink's game in a wild uniform.

1535
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,880
Speaker 2: He had that unfortunate situation against Utah where Logan Cooley

1536
01:11:12,960 --> 01:11:15,559
Speaker 2: drove him face first into the boards. He ended up

1537
01:11:15,720 --> 01:11:17,880
Speaker 2: leaving that hockey game. Prior to that, he had scored

1538
01:11:17,880 --> 01:11:21,920
Speaker 2: a goal, scored another one here recently. I love the

1539
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:25,160
Speaker 2: opportunity to see what Bobby Brink brings to the lineup

1540
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:28,920
Speaker 2: when he gets the opportunity. That's what I think they're

1541
01:11:28,920 --> 01:11:31,680
Speaker 2: going to concentrate on these last nine games. Is the

1542
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:34,519
Speaker 2: tarasenkle thing. I mean, who would have predicted twenty one

1543
01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:37,080
Speaker 2: goals for him this year? What a gamble it was

1544
01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:39,720
Speaker 2: for Bill Gartt to bring him up. His career has

1545
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:42,760
Speaker 2: been resurrected. I think he's been fantastic. And by the way,

1546
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:43,680
Speaker 2: putting him with.

1547
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:45,720
Speaker 4: Who was it?

1548
01:11:45,720 --> 01:11:50,400
Speaker 2: It was Tarasenko, Zuccarello and Hartman at times that's shown

1549
01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:53,640
Speaker 2: some flashes. But where do you find the room for

1550
01:11:53,680 --> 01:11:55,519
Speaker 2: Bobby Brinking. It's got to be in the top six

1551
01:11:55,560 --> 01:11:57,479
Speaker 2: for him to be effective. Otherwise I think he's on

1552
01:11:57,520 --> 01:11:58,240
Speaker 2: the outside looking in.

1553
01:11:58,920 --> 01:12:01,760
Speaker 3: Halvey, yeah, I think, I mean, you just see his

1554
01:12:02,080 --> 01:12:04,800
Speaker 3: He mentioned the recent success that that Tarasenko has had.

1555
01:12:05,560 --> 01:12:08,800
Speaker 3: I think those two certainly could be interchangeable, and that's

1556
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:10,719
Speaker 3: certainly one of those things I would love to see

1557
01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:13,640
Speaker 3: Hines experiment with, you know, whether it is Bobby uh

1558
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:17,360
Speaker 3: bring to the Bowldy and Eric Sinek and how can

1559
01:12:17,439 --> 01:12:21,360
Speaker 3: Tarasenko make McCarran and Johansson better on the back end, So,

1560
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:27,120
Speaker 3: you know, certainly worth exploring. But I love, as you

1561
01:12:27,160 --> 01:12:31,000
Speaker 3: mentioned Kevin, the Bobby's game and his his speed and

1562
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:35,679
Speaker 3: his tenacity and just his I feel like newfound love

1563
01:12:36,120 --> 01:12:39,000
Speaker 3: of the game that he has found when he got here.

1564
01:12:39,400 --> 01:12:41,679
Speaker 3: I mean, he's all smiles in the locker room after

1565
01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:43,800
Speaker 3: the game. He just looks like he's having a ton

1566
01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:45,280
Speaker 3: of fun. And well, how could you not have fun

1567
01:12:45,320 --> 01:12:49,120
Speaker 3: when Quinn Hughes is rocketing a pass perfectly tear back

1568
01:12:49,200 --> 01:12:52,519
Speaker 3: and go down and Uh and put a huge goal

1569
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:54,400
Speaker 3: against divisional.

1570
01:12:54,520 --> 01:12:56,280
Speaker 4: How about the set up for a Tarasenko in the

1571
01:12:56,320 --> 01:12:57,040
Speaker 4: overtime winner.

1572
01:12:57,200 --> 01:13:00,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean yeah, he drags everyone to the to

1573
01:13:00,240 --> 01:13:03,320
Speaker 2: the boards alongside him, and Tarasenko is they're having a

1574
01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:06,320
Speaker 2: my tie in the slot, just waiting and he didn't

1575
01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:08,600
Speaker 2: have to do anything. The pass was perfect, tape to

1576
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:10,960
Speaker 2: tape and he ends up beating Jake Onninger for the

1577
01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:15,600
Speaker 2: overtime winner. What that was a masterful set up, a

1578
01:13:15,640 --> 01:13:19,320
Speaker 2: wonderful delivery, and a huge win over the Dallas Stars

1579
01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:20,599
Speaker 2: last weekend last Saturday.

1580
01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:22,040
Speaker 4: As a matter of fact, I.

1581
01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:24,880
Speaker 5: Don't think the Wild have a player like him anywhere

1582
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:28,400
Speaker 5: else in the lineup. A speedy, smaller skilled I mean

1583
01:13:28,520 --> 01:13:31,479
Speaker 5: Hartman's right handed as well, but a right handed shot

1584
01:13:31,680 --> 01:13:34,120
Speaker 5: that can make things happen. I'd really like the game

1585
01:13:34,160 --> 01:13:36,720
Speaker 5: of by Brick. I've been really impressed last thing for

1586
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:41,400
Speaker 5: you talk about experimenting with the lines and different experiments

1587
01:13:41,439 --> 01:13:45,960
Speaker 5: going into the playoffs. Have we seen enough of the

1588
01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:50,320
Speaker 5: Spurgeon Hughes combo. What do we think? Because I go

1589
01:13:50,439 --> 01:13:54,400
Speaker 5: back and forth on it. I like the idea that

1590
01:13:54,479 --> 01:13:56,920
Speaker 5: one of your defensemen is going to be more offensively

1591
01:13:56,960 --> 01:13:59,720
Speaker 5: focused and one's going to be more defensively focused. I

1592
01:13:59,800 --> 01:14:02,320
Speaker 5: like out on paper, But then when I watch Favor

1593
01:14:02,360 --> 01:14:06,160
Speaker 5: and Hughes together, it's electric. I kind of like part

1594
01:14:06,160 --> 01:14:07,200
Speaker 5: of me wants that back.

1595
01:14:07,240 --> 01:14:07,880
Speaker 4: What do you think?

1596
01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:10,280
Speaker 2: I don't think you can make a bad decision no

1597
01:14:10,320 --> 01:14:12,920
Speaker 2: matter what combination that you put. But if it were

1598
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:15,200
Speaker 2: up to me, which it's not, and if it was

1599
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:18,200
Speaker 2: my decision, which it's not, I would keep Hughes in

1600
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:21,080
Speaker 2: Favor together and I love Brodein and Spurgeon together, and

1601
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:23,120
Speaker 2: then do whatever you want with a third pair. But

1602
01:14:23,240 --> 01:14:26,120
Speaker 2: to me, that top four you lock them in and

1603
01:14:26,920 --> 01:14:30,519
Speaker 2: put big red circles around them and don't move them.

1604
01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:33,360
Speaker 4: I love those pairings. That's my two cents.

1605
01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:35,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I could see both ways. I said, I don't

1606
01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:38,920
Speaker 3: think there's a wrong answer. I kind of liked the

1607
01:14:38,920 --> 01:14:41,719
Speaker 3: idea of seeing, well, you know, if you can develop

1608
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:47,400
Speaker 3: more with Spurgeon and Hughes, because having two defensive lines

1609
01:14:47,439 --> 01:14:50,559
Speaker 3: of with a goal scorer on each one where you

1610
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:55,000
Speaker 3: can get offense, I think would be certainly an advantage

1611
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:57,799
Speaker 3: in the playoffs that you always have, you know, almost always,

1612
01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:00,240
Speaker 3: I should say, have somebody out there that can can

1613
01:15:00,280 --> 01:15:01,920
Speaker 3: put the puck in the net. Not that spurge In

1614
01:15:01,920 --> 01:15:06,800
Speaker 3: and Brodine can either, but I like the concept. I

1615
01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:10,880
Speaker 3: like the idea. Now, if it continues to go the

1616
01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:14,719
Speaker 3: way it has gone and over the next few weeks

1617
01:15:14,720 --> 01:15:17,240
Speaker 3: and there just isn't much coming out of it, I

1618
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:21,200
Speaker 3: absolutely agree, go back to get Favor and then he

1619
01:15:21,400 --> 01:15:24,479
Speaker 3: was back together and see what you can generate from that.

1620
01:15:24,600 --> 01:15:27,280
Speaker 4: But I like the exploration.

1621
01:15:27,320 --> 01:15:30,960
Speaker 3: I like the experimentation of this, and if it does

1622
01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:32,679
Speaker 3: pan out, I.

1623
01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:35,000
Speaker 4: Think that's going to be a very dangerous I mean

1624
01:15:35,040 --> 01:15:35,800
Speaker 4: it's already.

1625
01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:38,080
Speaker 3: A dangerous blue line, but even more dangerous blue line

1626
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:41,840
Speaker 3: if those those pairings can start working well together real quick.

1627
01:15:42,160 --> 01:15:44,439
Speaker 5: I thought of one more. If we can you fit

1628
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:48,519
Speaker 5: it in sure, because a Texter reminds me of Michigan

1629
01:15:48,600 --> 01:15:52,920
Speaker 5: State and Charlie Strammel will Wild fans have to do

1630
01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:58,479
Speaker 5: the unthinkable today and cheer for the Wisconsin Badgers because

1631
01:15:58,479 --> 01:16:03,000
Speaker 5: if they win, is available and he could be brought.

1632
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,400
Speaker 5: I don't know if they will. I understand he's having

1633
01:16:05,439 --> 01:16:07,960
Speaker 5: a great season. It's been a process with him in

1634
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:11,000
Speaker 5: college hockey coming up, and he's really starting to blossom.

1635
01:16:11,240 --> 01:16:13,000
Speaker 5: I don't know if he's at the level of Favor.

1636
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:15,040
Speaker 4: I'm not in the league. He's not.

1637
01:16:15,280 --> 01:16:18,439
Speaker 2: He one day will be a wonderful addition to this lineup.

1638
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:21,120
Speaker 2: He's not gonna have the impact of a Favor or

1639
01:16:21,160 --> 01:16:23,479
Speaker 2: a macar right out of the college, and that would

1640
01:16:23,479 --> 01:16:24,080
Speaker 2: be my opinion.

1641
01:16:24,240 --> 01:16:26,679
Speaker 4: I don't know what Pat would say. I think we're excited.

1642
01:16:26,720 --> 01:16:30,679
Speaker 2: Everyone's excited about the potential for Stranger and the future.

1643
01:16:31,560 --> 01:16:34,360
Speaker 2: I just and very well could crack the lineup before

1644
01:16:34,360 --> 01:16:36,160
Speaker 2: the end of the season, depending on what happens today

1645
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:39,680
Speaker 2: against the Badgers. I just don't foresee him having the

1646
01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:44,400
Speaker 2: impact of a favor of my car, you know, at all,

1647
01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:48,520
Speaker 2: once he does step onto this NHL sheet device immediately eventually,

1648
01:16:48,720 --> 01:16:53,760
Speaker 2: not immediately my opinion. Yeah, I mean, that's really that's

1649
01:16:54,360 --> 01:16:55,960
Speaker 2: in the bar, real high.

1650
01:16:55,640 --> 01:16:58,360
Speaker 3: And I think, you know, but in many other years,

1651
01:16:58,720 --> 01:17:02,080
Speaker 3: we might have been really really hungry for for you know,

1652
01:17:02,160 --> 01:17:07,000
Speaker 3: Charlie to rush his waist right, and we we've somehow

1653
01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:09,400
Speaker 3: Someway built a team credit to Bill Gear and has

1654
01:17:09,439 --> 01:17:13,439
Speaker 3: built a team where we are not trying to rob

1655
01:17:13,479 --> 01:17:16,320
Speaker 3: the cradle early here and let these guys develop and

1656
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:18,040
Speaker 3: and get here on their own.

1657
01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:20,680
Speaker 2: Time, not on our time. Wonderful job, Brett blakemore with

1658
01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:24,240
Speaker 2: your breakaways. A wonderful installment. There were no fisticuffs. You

1659
01:17:24,280 --> 01:17:27,400
Speaker 2: and Pat didn't have a shouting match. So this was

1660
01:17:27,400 --> 01:17:30,360
Speaker 2: a nice It was a fresh peace. It was relaxing,

1661
01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:32,639
Speaker 2: that's what it was. Let's take a break. We've got

1662
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:34,960
Speaker 2: about twenty minutes until the top of the hour. Maybe

1663
01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:36,400
Speaker 2: we can give away a pair of tickets to an

1664
01:17:36,439 --> 01:17:38,760
Speaker 2: upcoming Minnesota wild home game. It's going to take a

1665
01:17:38,840 --> 01:17:40,640
Speaker 2: talk back, though, if you want to get involved with that,

1666
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:42,839
Speaker 2: you can get your own tickets at wild dot com

1667
01:17:42,880 --> 01:17:45,800
Speaker 2: slash tickets, but use that free iHeartRadio app.

1668
01:17:46,200 --> 01:17:47,160
Speaker 4: Leave us a talkback.

1669
01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:50,479
Speaker 2: Your thoughts on the Wild and the Bruins today and

1670
01:17:50,520 --> 01:17:52,960
Speaker 2: the Wild with just nine games left in the regular season,

1671
01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:55,479
Speaker 2: how you're feeling about that, How you feeling about Halvey,

1672
01:17:55,560 --> 01:18:54,880
Speaker 2: how you feeling about Brett Blakemore's breakaways on Beyond the Ponds.

1673
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:28,680
Speaker 5: Over field player through the high slot of rister.

1674
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:30,320
Speaker 4: Tear uself to say reda least.

1675
01:18:31,880 --> 01:18:37,800
Speaker 9: With three point eight seconds left, the world and polled fruds.

1676
01:18:36,720 --> 01:18:41,000
Speaker 6: Joel Eric sadak Jan told the rebound is three two Minnesota.

1677
01:18:42,960 --> 01:18:46,519
Speaker 2: Joe O'Donnell the call on Thursday night along with Tom

1678
01:18:46,600 --> 01:18:50,679
Speaker 2: Reid out there at a Merit Bank Arena. Wild get

1679
01:18:50,720 --> 01:18:53,720
Speaker 2: the victory, their forty first win of the season, go

1680
01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:56,400
Speaker 2: one and one to start the three game road trip.

1681
01:18:56,439 --> 01:18:59,320
Speaker 2: It concludes today again pregame at three forty five, puck

1682
01:18:59,400 --> 01:19:01,800
Speaker 2: drops just at four o'clock. Is the Wild take on

1683
01:19:02,160 --> 01:19:06,000
Speaker 2: the Bruins in Boston. We know very well what the

1684
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:09,160
Speaker 2: situation here is for the Minnesota Wild. Healthy in the

1685
01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:12,479
Speaker 2: Central Division, suddenly there's just three points between them and

1686
01:19:12,479 --> 01:19:15,639
Speaker 2: the Dallas Stars. As they try to solidify their spot

1687
01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:17,439
Speaker 2: in the playoffs, it's just a matter of time before

1688
01:19:17,479 --> 01:19:19,880
Speaker 2: they have an X behind their name. It's a lot

1689
01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:23,000
Speaker 2: more tenuous in the Eastern Conference, including the Boston Bruins

1690
01:19:23,240 --> 01:19:26,439
Speaker 2: currently holding the number one wildcard spot in the Eastern

1691
01:19:26,439 --> 01:19:29,559
Speaker 2: Conference with eighty eight points, but they're just two points

1692
01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:32,240
Speaker 2: away from being out of it all together. It's Boston

1693
01:19:32,280 --> 01:19:34,640
Speaker 2: with eighty eight, the Islanders with eighty seven. On the

1694
01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:38,479
Speaker 2: outside looking in, you got both Ottawa and Detroit with

1695
01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:39,599
Speaker 2: eighty six points.

1696
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:41,599
Speaker 4: So it's, boy, what a race it is.

1697
01:19:41,560 --> 01:19:43,479
Speaker 2: In the Eastern Conference to try to get into the

1698
01:19:43,479 --> 01:19:43,920
Speaker 2: top eight.

1699
01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:46,000
Speaker 4: You know, rightfully so.

1700
01:19:46,200 --> 01:19:49,439
Speaker 3: Gary Bettman's got a lot of criticism towards his way

1701
01:19:49,479 --> 01:19:53,080
Speaker 3: this week because of the playoff format, and again rightfully so,

1702
01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:56,040
Speaker 3: but I do have to give him credit on just

1703
01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:59,320
Speaker 3: the parody that the NHL has year in and year out,

1704
01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:02,640
Speaker 3: and you look at the playoff races and it's i mean,

1705
01:20:02,720 --> 01:20:05,519
Speaker 3: especially out, it is so so cut throughout. There are

1706
01:20:05,560 --> 01:20:08,680
Speaker 3: teams that, I mean, how many different teams right now

1707
01:20:08,680 --> 01:20:10,880
Speaker 3: are still in it at this point, and that makes

1708
01:20:10,960 --> 01:20:14,200
Speaker 3: being a fan so much more fun, and it makes

1709
01:20:14,520 --> 01:20:16,680
Speaker 3: it all the more exciting. And you look at the

1710
01:20:16,960 --> 01:20:20,920
Speaker 3: season that the Boston Bruins have had, and you know,

1711
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:23,400
Speaker 3: I think you wouldn't think that you'd be if you're

1712
01:20:23,439 --> 01:20:25,240
Speaker 3: a Bruins fan, that your team would be fighting for

1713
01:20:25,280 --> 01:20:29,639
Speaker 3: a spot. But that's just how how good everybody else

1714
01:20:29,680 --> 01:20:31,679
Speaker 3: has been in that and that's why all these points

1715
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:34,479
Speaker 3: are are so important. So they're coming in, you know,

1716
01:20:34,840 --> 01:20:38,840
Speaker 3: hosting Minnesota. This is about as big of a game

1717
01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:41,559
Speaker 3: for the Bruins and for the Wild. You know, you

1718
01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:44,760
Speaker 3: have to be thinking, you see that that how the

1719
01:20:44,800 --> 01:20:46,559
Speaker 3: Stars have been lately, and you have to think that

1720
01:20:46,600 --> 01:20:49,400
Speaker 3: they're going to know that they have plenty of time

1721
01:20:49,439 --> 01:20:52,400
Speaker 3: to rest and recover, that they're going to give everything

1722
01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:57,360
Speaker 3: they have out there before this little mini break, and

1723
01:20:57,720 --> 01:21:01,120
Speaker 3: it should set up for a wonderful hockey game this

1724
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:02,839
Speaker 3: afternoon on Kfan.

1725
01:21:03,080 --> 01:21:05,920
Speaker 2: Should be fun. Bruins have won three of their last four. Overall,

1726
01:21:05,960 --> 01:21:08,560
Speaker 2: they're also six two and three in their last eleven.

1727
01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:11,639
Speaker 2: They've got forty wins and eighty eight points. By comparison

1728
01:21:11,680 --> 01:21:14,280
Speaker 2: to the Wild have forty one wins and ninety four points.

1729
01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:17,200
Speaker 2: The Wild lead the season series one game to none.

1730
01:21:17,320 --> 01:21:20,320
Speaker 2: They beat the Bruins back on December fourteenth at Grand

1731
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:23,080
Speaker 2: Casino Arena six to two was the final, and then,

1732
01:21:23,080 --> 01:21:26,160
Speaker 2: of course the debut of Quinn Hughes. He scored in

1733
01:21:26,200 --> 01:21:28,840
Speaker 2: his Minnesota Wild debut and it's been a magical run

1734
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:32,240
Speaker 2: ever since. They get the rematch today coming up at

1735
01:21:32,560 --> 01:21:34,960
Speaker 2: four o'clock. Let's get some of those talkbacks. We'll give

1736
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:37,639
Speaker 2: away a random pair of tickets to an upcoming Minnesota

1737
01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:40,200
Speaker 2: Wild home game, just three left in the regular season.

1738
01:21:40,200 --> 01:21:43,240
Speaker 2: Get your own tickets at wild dot com slash tickets.

1739
01:21:45,479 --> 01:21:47,240
Speaker 12: Hey guys, I think it's going to be a great

1740
01:21:47,320 --> 01:21:50,160
Speaker 12: test for the Wild today. Bruins are a good team,

1741
01:21:50,240 --> 01:21:51,880
Speaker 12: but so are we, so it should be a great

1742
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:54,840
Speaker 12: test for us going towards the playoffs. And love to

1743
01:21:54,880 --> 01:21:58,840
Speaker 12: hear Hall thee on beyond bombs great addition and Bret

1744
01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:03,480
Speaker 12: Blakemore's break our extravagant as always extravagant.

1745
01:22:05,040 --> 01:22:07,719
Speaker 2: Now I know why we played that one. It should

1746
01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:10,240
Speaker 2: be a good hockey game today. I am looking forward

1747
01:22:10,280 --> 01:22:11,840
Speaker 2: to it. See if the Wild. You know what they

1748
01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:15,559
Speaker 2: played in Spurts. I think the last game was was good.

1749
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:18,080
Speaker 2: They blew another two goal lead even the game in

1750
01:22:18,160 --> 01:22:20,800
Speaker 2: Tampa for the first half of that hockey game, it

1751
01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:24,240
Speaker 2: was all Minnesota. They're up three to one, including Tarasenko

1752
01:22:24,320 --> 01:22:26,519
Speaker 2: give him the three to one lead midway through the

1753
01:22:26,560 --> 01:22:29,680
Speaker 2: second period, and then of course it unravel the unfortunate

1754
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:33,599
Speaker 2: bounce for Philip Gustison in his blue paint Turneck ends

1755
01:22:33,640 --> 01:22:37,120
Speaker 2: up coming in and puts the game basically out of reach.

1756
01:22:37,320 --> 01:22:39,439
Speaker 2: It was the eventual game winner. They never were able

1757
01:22:39,439 --> 01:22:42,479
Speaker 2: to recover, and the Lightning go and score a couple

1758
01:22:42,560 --> 01:22:44,879
Speaker 2: into an empty net. But I feel like in Spurts

1759
01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:47,360
Speaker 2: this team has played very well. I would just like

1760
01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:50,719
Speaker 2: to see sixty minutes from start to finish, a sixty

1761
01:22:50,760 --> 01:22:53,200
Speaker 2: minute hockey game against the Boston Ruins. And if they

1762
01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:55,680
Speaker 2: do so, I assume Philip Gustison is going to be

1763
01:22:55,680 --> 01:22:57,840
Speaker 2: the guy between the pipes, and if he gets to win,

1764
01:22:57,920 --> 01:23:00,599
Speaker 2: it'll be win number one hundred in his career.

1765
01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:03,120
Speaker 4: Here with the Minnesota Wild, so lots to play for.

1766
01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:07,800
Speaker 5: In my opinion, I completely agree they haven't put together

1767
01:23:07,840 --> 01:23:11,040
Speaker 5: a sixty minute thing. And also with the collapse, let's

1768
01:23:11,080 --> 01:23:13,160
Speaker 5: not forget because I don't want to let him off

1769
01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:17,240
Speaker 5: the hook. I still think after that Gustafson horrible play.

1770
01:23:18,160 --> 01:23:23,840
Speaker 5: If you don't take that very avoidable. Yeah, it's completely

1771
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:28,000
Speaker 5: it's ridiculous like that, That to me was what ice

1772
01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:29,760
Speaker 5: the game, not so much the gusts and things, so

1773
01:23:30,360 --> 01:23:32,320
Speaker 5: just shooting yourselves in the foot that was part of

1774
01:23:32,360 --> 01:23:32,839
Speaker 5: that collapse.

1775
01:23:32,920 --> 01:23:35,320
Speaker 3: Unfortunately, any think too, if they get that point, they're

1776
01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:39,600
Speaker 3: I think able to clinch a playoff spot today with

1777
01:23:39,640 --> 01:23:41,880
Speaker 3: a win. So again it's not you know they're going

1778
01:23:41,920 --> 01:23:45,000
Speaker 3: to get the extra regardless, but it's it's always fun

1779
01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:47,280
Speaker 3: when you can actually start celebrating and add that to

1780
01:23:47,320 --> 01:23:47,920
Speaker 3: your team name.

1781
01:23:49,040 --> 01:23:51,320
Speaker 13: Hey, guys, coming from Delano, just want to get your

1782
01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:55,040
Speaker 13: thoughts on the depth of the wild, specifically our third

1783
01:23:55,040 --> 01:23:58,080
Speaker 13: and fourth line compared to other years before. You know,

1784
01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:00,400
Speaker 13: I know we've competed at a high level four in

1785
01:24:00,439 --> 01:24:03,000
Speaker 13: the playoffs, but just have had a hard time breaking

1786
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:06,000
Speaker 13: through that first round. Your thoughts on our depths and

1787
01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:08,479
Speaker 13: how much that's really going to help us get to

1788
01:24:08,479 --> 01:24:09,160
Speaker 13: where we want to go.

1789
01:24:09,640 --> 01:24:12,240
Speaker 2: Guy, I think it's been a long time since they've

1790
01:24:12,320 --> 01:24:15,320
Speaker 2: had a depth that's been as fortified as this.

1791
01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:17,679
Speaker 4: When you talk about just the fourth line.

1792
01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:20,759
Speaker 2: The last game with Trenyon and the two Fellino brothers

1793
01:24:21,439 --> 01:24:24,839
Speaker 2: rock solid. You had mcern filling in, you have Bobby

1794
01:24:24,840 --> 01:24:27,519
Speaker 2: Brink filling in. You got Jeff Petree waiting in the wings.

1795
01:24:27,560 --> 01:24:29,360
Speaker 2: I don't think you see him. I don't think he

1796
01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:32,400
Speaker 2: sees the light of day unless something really bad happens

1797
01:24:32,800 --> 01:24:35,479
Speaker 2: on the blue line. But those three other guys, in particular,

1798
01:24:35,560 --> 01:24:38,920
Speaker 2: Nick Felino, Michael mccerrn and Bobby Brink, I think have

1799
01:24:39,040 --> 01:24:41,360
Speaker 2: been phenomenal And I think that's going to do a

1800
01:24:41,400 --> 01:24:44,080
Speaker 2: lot to bolster this line. And I think that's exactly

1801
01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:46,320
Speaker 2: what Bill Geran wanted to do. Would he have loved

1802
01:24:46,320 --> 01:24:48,479
Speaker 2: to have a top six center, for sure, would he

1803
01:24:48,479 --> 01:24:50,439
Speaker 2: have loved to have a scoring winger, for sure, But

1804
01:24:50,520 --> 01:24:52,240
Speaker 2: what he did at the trade deadline to bring in

1805
01:24:52,280 --> 01:24:54,880
Speaker 2: these three guys in particular, I think is going to

1806
01:24:54,880 --> 01:24:58,240
Speaker 2: bolster the lineup and really give this team some decisions

1807
01:24:58,280 --> 01:25:00,960
Speaker 2: and some great problems to have down the stretch and

1808
01:25:01,080 --> 01:25:02,800
Speaker 2: into the playoffs, because I think all three are going

1809
01:25:02,840 --> 01:25:04,200
Speaker 2: to be wonderful additions.

1810
01:25:04,240 --> 01:25:07,200
Speaker 3: And I just love watching the Filenos playing with each other,

1811
01:25:07,240 --> 01:25:10,400
Speaker 3: and they almost so close to getting one yep the

1812
01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:13,559
Speaker 3: other night, and I just think that's gonna that's gonna grow,

1813
01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:16,680
Speaker 3: that's gonna prosper. And then Yakov Trunnon has been just

1814
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:20,680
Speaker 3: the most consistent, dependable guy that this team has had

1815
01:25:20,720 --> 01:25:22,800
Speaker 3: all year, along with obviously ERICSONEK and others. But on

1816
01:25:22,840 --> 01:25:26,120
Speaker 3: that on that bottom sixth part of the lineup, it's

1817
01:25:26,240 --> 01:25:28,640
Speaker 3: just the Yeah, I love watching trenton that you know,

1818
01:25:28,680 --> 01:25:31,760
Speaker 3: his physical force. I mean, I would not want to

1819
01:25:31,800 --> 01:25:34,840
Speaker 3: be out there on the ice when Marcus Nick and

1820
01:25:34,920 --> 01:25:36,320
Speaker 3: Jakova if.

1821
01:25:36,200 --> 01:25:39,280
Speaker 2: That's the line combination that's incredib Like when they when

1822
01:25:39,320 --> 01:25:41,799
Speaker 2: they first went and they got at the trade deadline.

1823
01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:44,640
Speaker 2: In my mind I pictured the two Filinos on the

1824
01:25:44,680 --> 01:25:47,640
Speaker 2: wing and mcerron in the middle. But you know, with

1825
01:25:47,680 --> 01:25:50,000
Speaker 2: what they're doing in the experimenting, they put mccaern up

1826
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:52,480
Speaker 2: to the third line. Well, I think he has been fantastic.

1827
01:25:52,560 --> 01:25:54,679
Speaker 2: I mean, talk about a beast of a human being.

1828
01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:56,800
Speaker 2: But then you get to see the two Filinos on

1829
01:25:56,840 --> 01:25:59,360
Speaker 2: that on that third on that fourth line. And I'll

1830
01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:02,920
Speaker 2: tell you, Brett, I know that Trennion especially had some

1831
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:06,040
Speaker 2: detractors last year, and I'll tell you the way he's

1832
01:26:06,120 --> 01:26:09,040
Speaker 2: completely done a one edy from what we remember last

1833
01:26:09,120 --> 01:26:11,000
Speaker 2: year to the guy that he came into camp and

1834
01:26:11,080 --> 01:26:14,120
Speaker 2: has been solid throughout the course of this season. He's

1835
01:26:14,160 --> 01:26:15,960
Speaker 2: not Capriesov. He's not going to be a guy that's

1836
01:26:15,960 --> 01:26:17,800
Speaker 2: going to fill the net. But what he does from

1837
01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:20,160
Speaker 2: a physical standpoint, I think there's something to be said

1838
01:26:20,160 --> 01:26:22,400
Speaker 2: for what Yakav Trinnion has done over the course of

1839
01:26:22,439 --> 01:26:23,280
Speaker 2: this entire season.

1840
01:26:23,439 --> 01:26:25,639
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think. I mean the fact that he's leading

1841
01:26:25,720 --> 01:26:28,679
Speaker 5: by a country mile and hits in the NHL says everything.

1842
01:26:28,760 --> 01:26:31,479
Speaker 5: But but he also gets it done on the effort

1843
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:35,479
Speaker 5: part of you know, it's not just hitting and playing

1844
01:26:35,479 --> 01:26:36,439
Speaker 5: A little bit set up.

1845
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:38,680
Speaker 2: For Marcus Felino the other night that I was all

1846
01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:41,000
Speaker 2: Yakov Trinian. Yeah, he's going in there with his big

1847
01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:43,360
Speaker 2: body and his big frame. He's fending off the defenseman,

1848
01:26:43,400 --> 01:26:45,799
Speaker 2: cuts to the net and dishes it off to Fillino.

1849
01:26:46,040 --> 01:26:47,240
Speaker 2: That's all Yakov Trenian.

1850
01:26:47,320 --> 01:26:49,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's far from the first time he's done

1851
01:26:49,520 --> 01:26:50,200
Speaker 3: something like that.

1852
01:26:50,240 --> 01:26:50,559
Speaker 4: He is.

1853
01:26:50,880 --> 01:26:54,240
Speaker 3: There has been, however, countless moments throughout the season where

1854
01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:56,360
Speaker 3: uh and a lot of them have ended up in goals.

1855
01:26:56,360 --> 01:26:58,320
Speaker 3: But you know, many of them obviously don't because somebody

1856
01:26:58,360 --> 01:27:00,479
Speaker 3: makes a good saver or a good play. But he

1857
01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:03,600
Speaker 3: is a to your point, Brett, that was he is

1858
01:27:03,640 --> 01:27:06,519
Speaker 3: one of the hardest working players out there. He goes

1859
01:27:06,560 --> 01:27:09,000
Speaker 3: to those corners hard, not only uses his body, not

1860
01:27:09,040 --> 01:27:11,360
Speaker 3: only uses his size, but he uses his feet as well,

1861
01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:15,559
Speaker 3: an underrated aspect to his game to separate opponents from

1862
01:27:15,640 --> 01:27:17,920
Speaker 3: a puck that I think many of them were thinking

1863
01:27:17,920 --> 01:27:19,680
Speaker 3: it was going to be a routine play and all

1864
01:27:19,720 --> 01:27:22,960
Speaker 3: of a sudden, they got that big, huge rushing on them,

1865
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:26,280
Speaker 3: and he is able to get that puck and and

1866
01:27:26,439 --> 01:27:30,719
Speaker 3: set up his teammates very nicely. So I think Marcus

1867
01:27:30,720 --> 01:27:32,120
Speaker 3: and Nick, if that is the line, I think the

1868
01:27:32,160 --> 01:27:35,280
Speaker 3: Felinas are going to benefit greatly from having Trendon out

1869
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:37,960
Speaker 3: there with them, and I think vice versa too, because

1870
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:41,919
Speaker 3: again the physicality and the skill going to be on display,

1871
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:45,000
Speaker 3: and that fourth line for the while, which again, what

1872
01:27:45,160 --> 01:27:48,920
Speaker 3: another luxury we have. What a team this has been

1873
01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:52,120
Speaker 3: built and put together that we have it at the

1874
01:27:52,280 --> 01:27:54,320
Speaker 3: have the all this at this point in the season

1875
01:27:54,600 --> 01:27:57,040
Speaker 3: and looking ahead against obviously it's going to be a

1876
01:27:57,120 --> 01:27:59,840
Speaker 3: very tough playoff, but excited about it.

1877
01:28:00,160 --> 01:28:01,880
Speaker 2: In my opinion, this all of a sudden, is a

1878
01:28:01,920 --> 01:28:04,439
Speaker 2: hard team to play against because you've got the flashy forwards,

1879
01:28:04,439 --> 01:28:07,240
Speaker 2: whether it's a Caprice, Afoboli, a Zucarello, you've got the

1880
01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:09,360
Speaker 2: guys that can move the puck on the blue line.

1881
01:28:09,400 --> 01:28:11,160
Speaker 4: But with these guys that we're talking about.

1882
01:28:11,320 --> 01:28:13,200
Speaker 2: That fight Nick Fellino had the other night, by the way,

1883
01:28:13,320 --> 01:28:16,080
Speaker 2: was unbelievable, the way he's throwing combinations. He's holding them

1884
01:28:16,120 --> 01:28:18,559
Speaker 2: with his left, throwing haymakers with his right. But you've

1885
01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:21,360
Speaker 2: got the Fellino brothers, You've got Trendon, You've got mccaren.

1886
01:28:21,680 --> 01:28:24,200
Speaker 2: Of course, you got Bogosian and Middleton to add to

1887
01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:26,280
Speaker 2: some of that beef as well. This is, all of

1888
01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:28,479
Speaker 2: a sudden, a very difficult team to play against. I

1889
01:28:28,520 --> 01:28:30,599
Speaker 2: don't care who they match up against. I think they

1890
01:28:30,760 --> 01:28:33,080
Speaker 2: very well match I think they match up very well

1891
01:28:33,240 --> 01:28:36,439
Speaker 2: with Dallas. I think they can handle the Colorado Avalanche

1892
01:28:36,439 --> 01:28:36,760
Speaker 2: as well.

1893
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:37,920
Speaker 4: I'll tell you one thing, I know.

1894
01:28:37,960 --> 01:28:40,479
Speaker 2: The Colorado Avalanche are the big bad Avalanche, and you

1895
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:42,439
Speaker 2: gotta if it's in a track meet, you're going to

1896
01:28:42,479 --> 01:28:44,720
Speaker 2: be in trouble. But I'll tell you what, I'll take

1897
01:28:44,720 --> 01:28:46,679
Speaker 2: the Wild goaltending over there is any day of the week.

1898
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:49,559
Speaker 2: I'm just saying, I'm not a fan of Wedgewood, I'm

1899
01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:51,320
Speaker 2: not a fan of Blackwood, and I think what the

1900
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:54,360
Speaker 2: Wild have with Gustafson and then also Volstead in their

1901
01:28:54,360 --> 01:28:57,799
Speaker 2: back pocket. I think the body of works speaks for itself.

1902
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:01,040
Speaker 2: Their numbers are okay, but that's because they've got incredible

1903
01:29:01,040 --> 01:29:03,280
Speaker 2: firepower in front of them. That dries up a little

1904
01:29:03,280 --> 01:29:04,840
Speaker 2: bit in the playoffs and they could be in trouble.

1905
01:29:05,080 --> 01:29:06,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm glad break well.

1906
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:09,840
Speaker 5: I was just gonna say every year, either if the

1907
01:29:09,880 --> 01:29:12,080
Speaker 5: Wild loves in the first round, you get the negative

1908
01:29:12,080 --> 01:29:13,920
Speaker 5: nellies who text in and go, so you were not

1909
01:29:13,960 --> 01:29:16,840
Speaker 5: big enough, We're not tough enough. Even if the Wild

1910
01:29:16,920 --> 01:29:19,200
Speaker 5: lose in the first round, there is no way that

1911
01:29:19,360 --> 01:29:23,280
Speaker 5: anyone saying can make the arguments of the Wild aren't

1912
01:29:23,280 --> 01:29:25,599
Speaker 5: big enough and aren't tough enough, even if you've got

1913
01:29:25,640 --> 01:29:28,400
Speaker 5: guys like Quinn Hughes are a little smaller or Spurgeon.

1914
01:29:28,439 --> 01:29:30,960
Speaker 5: I mean, the just the list of names that you

1915
01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:33,360
Speaker 5: listen off in the bottom six and in the bottom

1916
01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:36,920
Speaker 5: four of the defensive cores are all huge guys who

1917
01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:39,120
Speaker 5: can make physical plays. So I don't think that'll be

1918
01:29:39,120 --> 01:29:41,400
Speaker 5: a problem for the Wild at all come this playoff.

1919
01:29:41,479 --> 01:29:43,160
Speaker 3: And I think too, you know, going back to the

1920
01:29:43,160 --> 01:29:45,080
Speaker 3: trade deadline, there's a lot of talk about not wanting

1921
01:29:45,120 --> 01:29:47,599
Speaker 3: to mess anything up in the locker room, chemistry wise,

1922
01:29:48,080 --> 01:29:52,679
Speaker 3: and there's without a doubt Bill Garon did not affect

1923
01:29:52,680 --> 01:29:53,400
Speaker 3: the chemistry at all.

1924
01:29:53,439 --> 01:29:55,439
Speaker 4: In fact, I think he helped it, you know.

1925
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:57,559
Speaker 3: And you know, we talk about the goaltending on the

1926
01:29:57,600 --> 01:30:00,400
Speaker 3: ice gusts and while you have been phenomen but I

1927
01:30:00,439 --> 01:30:03,000
Speaker 3: think even off the ice, the players love them, they

1928
01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:06,040
Speaker 3: gravitate towards them. I think it helps having Flurry and

1929
01:30:06,160 --> 01:30:08,920
Speaker 3: kind of a advisory.

1930
01:30:08,320 --> 01:30:10,559
Speaker 4: Role if you will out there too.

1931
01:30:10,680 --> 01:30:14,320
Speaker 3: And then you just the addition of Nick and what

1932
01:30:14,400 --> 01:30:16,400
Speaker 3: it has done for Marcus, what it has done for

1933
01:30:16,479 --> 01:30:19,720
Speaker 3: that family and that whole the atmosphere of that locker room.

1934
01:30:19,760 --> 01:30:22,320
Speaker 3: I think it's going to pay dividends. And even though

1935
01:30:22,640 --> 01:30:26,479
Speaker 3: you know, future considerations wasn't wasn't much. I think that

1936
01:30:26,640 --> 01:30:29,280
Speaker 3: Nick Folino trade's going to mean a lot more in

1937
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:32,680
Speaker 3: a deep playoff run than you would have thought when

1938
01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:33,519
Speaker 3: they made that move.

1939
01:30:33,960 --> 01:30:36,400
Speaker 2: Could not agree more. What's on the docket for the

1940
01:30:36,479 --> 01:30:37,719
Speaker 2: rest of the day for you, gentlemen, Brett?

1941
01:30:37,760 --> 01:30:39,320
Speaker 4: How about you? What do you got going on today?

1942
01:30:39,360 --> 01:30:40,439
Speaker 4: You're gonna be watching some hockey.

1943
01:30:40,479 --> 01:30:42,559
Speaker 5: I hope, thankfully I can sit my butt on the

1944
01:30:42,600 --> 01:30:47,599
Speaker 5: couch and watch hockey and watch the wild Wisconsin play

1945
01:30:47,640 --> 01:30:49,920
Speaker 5: a big. Maybe Charlie Strain will be on the way

1946
01:30:49,960 --> 01:30:53,479
Speaker 5: in Minnesota. Who knows lots of hockey watching today. It's

1947
01:30:53,479 --> 01:30:53,800
Speaker 5: too bad.

1948
01:30:54,160 --> 01:30:56,880
Speaker 2: I was legitimately cold walking from my car to the

1949
01:30:56,920 --> 01:30:58,639
Speaker 2: iHeart MP Player.

1950
01:30:58,960 --> 01:31:01,679
Speaker 4: So the no golf yet. That's next week probably probably

1951
01:31:02,080 --> 01:31:04,040
Speaker 4: maybe as soon as tomorrow. How about you, Helvy, what

1952
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:04,840
Speaker 4: you got going today?

1953
01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:07,599
Speaker 3: Well, I'm gonna start by remotely starting my car because

1954
01:31:07,720 --> 01:31:10,519
Speaker 3: you reminded me how cold it is out there. And

1955
01:31:10,560 --> 01:31:13,280
Speaker 3: then yeah, we'll just be watching hockey. I guess I

1956
01:31:13,280 --> 01:31:15,720
Speaker 3: can't wait. This Bruins wild game is going to be

1957
01:31:15,720 --> 01:31:18,000
Speaker 3: be awesome, and then I'll be excited to see the

1958
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:22,160
Speaker 3: while eventually return home after getting some much needed rest

1959
01:31:22,200 --> 01:31:22,920
Speaker 3: in their own bets.

1960
01:31:23,080 --> 01:31:24,960
Speaker 2: Nice for the fan duel guys to come back to work.

1961
01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:28,000
Speaker 2: They're finally back after two national games earlier this week,

1962
01:31:28,080 --> 01:31:30,160
Speaker 2: so they'll be back on the call. But who cares

1963
01:31:30,320 --> 01:31:33,919
Speaker 2: hashtag new TV. You can listen to Joe, Tom and myself.

1964
01:31:33,960 --> 01:31:36,000
Speaker 2: I'll be in the Bob Kurtz Radio Center and we're

1965
01:31:36,040 --> 01:31:38,559
Speaker 2: gonna get things going here about three forty five puck.

1966
01:31:38,560 --> 01:31:41,479
Speaker 2: We'll drop just after four o'clock. He'll be great job

1967
01:31:41,600 --> 01:31:46,280
Speaker 2: filling in for Pat mcletty, Brett Blakemore. Great job being you, gentlemen.

1968
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:48,000
Speaker 2: I had a great time. This was a lot of fun.

1969
01:31:48,080 --> 01:31:52,080
Speaker 2: Let's do it again very soon. Yes, I concur as well.

1970
01:31:52,160 --> 01:31:55,880
Speaker 2: Yeah we did. It was very entertaining and it was fantastic.

1971
01:31:56,400 --> 01:31:58,599
Speaker 2: Thanks to those guys, and thanks to you for listening

1972
01:31:58,680 --> 01:31:59,400
Speaker 2: to another edition.

1973
01:31:59,680 --> 01:32:00,519
Speaker 4: I'll be on the pond.