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Speaker 3: To me, Canada looks unbeatable.

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Speaker 2: he's always had that ability to raise it to another

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Speaker 2: probably really positive for Team Canada here as we get

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Speaker 3: And so I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: I would go power for power if it's US versus Canada.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would I would go. I would go Jack

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Speaker 2: any physicality or anything that might go on in that situation.

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Speaker 1: If Sweden gets to the quarterfinals, as is likely, they're

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Speaker 2: Bay Lightning. But you got Headman, you got Forsling, who's

435
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Speaker 2: super underrated there. You got Carlson there obviously, you know

436
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,159
Speaker 2: Penguin fans taking a great interest in there Carlson. But

437
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Speaker 2: their defense, you got Rasmus Anderson there. They like, they

438
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Speaker 2: like that's the one thing that they can do is

439
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 2: they can defend without question. They do have some highly

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Speaker 2: skilled guys. You know, they do have some highly skilled

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Speaker 2: guys up front. They really miss Leo Carlson and the

442
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Speaker 2: Anaheim Ducks. Unfortunately he got banged up. He's not able

443
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Speaker 2: to play, just like for Finland not having Sasha Barkoff

444
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Speaker 2: out there in Florida. U But Sweden, I don't know

445
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Speaker 2: if it'd be a trap game. I wouldn't say that though,

446
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Speaker 2: though Mark, I wouldn't say it's a trap game because

447
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Speaker 2: if you talk to people prior, most people felt the

448
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Speaker 2: three teams to likely medal would be Canada, US in

449
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Speaker 2: Sweden and the Road Beats for US in Sweden. If

450
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Speaker 2: Sweden could take out Lasty tomorrow, one of those teams

451
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Speaker 2: isn't gonna Meddle because that means that they would lose

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Speaker 2: in the quarterfinal.

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Speaker 1: Ed Zo, Slovakia is the surprise team they won their group.

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Speaker 1: That's Lefkowski. I mean if he played like that for Montreal,

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Speaker 1: he might be a billionaire. Could they give one of

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Speaker 1: the superpowers a game if it comes to that, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 2: Think I think that they can. They do have that

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Speaker 2: ability and a lot of these and a lot of

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Speaker 2: the European countries I think, prefer to play the one one,

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Speaker 2: two to one, one nothing type of games, regardless if

461
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Speaker 2: they're up or they're downe Yes, you want to be up,

462
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Speaker 2: I understand that, but you know what I mean, Mark,

463
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 2: like they they feel comfortable that if they're within one shot,

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Speaker 2: like what the Swiss, for example, the Swiss are a

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Speaker 2: team that they check very well. They don't score a

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Speaker 2: lot of goals. If they could keep it close, like

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Speaker 2: they feel like they could get like if you could

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Speaker 2: get the overtime that all of a sudden, I mean

469
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Speaker 2: just you just never know. So what I'm saying is

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Speaker 2: is Slovakia is that type of team. They do have

471
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Speaker 2: some guys on that team. And you mentioned you're Ice Levkowski.

472
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Speaker 2: You score two one beautiful goal, in the first game

473
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Speaker 2: of the tournament that really set up the tournament when

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Speaker 2: they upset Finland, because everybody thought the Finns would be

475
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Speaker 2: a team that could win the grouping or at least

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Speaker 2: have a chance to win the grouping with Sweden, and

477
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Speaker 2: all of a sudden, the slow boxer on top and

478
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Speaker 2: Finland gets to buy too because they beat the Swedes,

479
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 2: and you know, so many things ended up workout and

480
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 2: the Swedes end up being in the so called bottom

481
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 2: eight to play and to get into the quarterfinals. The

482
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Speaker 2: slow bots are dangerous, Yes, I thought Chechia would. I

483
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Speaker 2: thought Zecki was more of a dangerous and they were

484
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Speaker 2: kind of like my long shot on my dark horse.

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Speaker 2: I think they were like before the tournament started. I

486
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Speaker 2: think they were like fifteen or seventeen to one. I thought,

487
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Speaker 2: with some of the forwards, they have the experience on defense,

488
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Speaker 2: and I'll be honest with you, I thought, with the

489
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Speaker 2: goaltending of Dostalin Romelka, if one of those guys got hot,

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Speaker 2: and obviously I was wrong because Vermalka hasn't even gotten

491
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Speaker 2: a smiff yet, or maybe you're right. I actually thought

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Speaker 2: I thought more of Czechia than I did of Slovakia.

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Speaker 1: To be quite honest with you, ed so being at

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Speaker 1: the Olympics, and I know you've been to these before,

495
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Speaker 1: but it got to bring back memories of when you

496
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Speaker 1: played in nineteen eighty four at age seventeen.

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Speaker 3: What an honor that was.

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Speaker 1: Although it was kind of a weird spot for the

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Speaker 1: US team because I interviewed your coach at those games,

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Speaker 1: Lou Vero, years ago. He said, we have the tough

501
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Speaker 1: We had the toughest act to follow ever after nineteen

502
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Speaker 1: eighty But what what do you remember from that?

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Speaker 3: Because you were just a kid Heck's.

504
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Speaker 2: Sake, Yeah, yeah, I was. I'd like to think that

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Speaker 2: I'm a little more matured out than I was when

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Speaker 2: I was seventeen.

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Speaker 3: Double m But.

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Speaker 2: We'll leave that for We'll leave that for the jury.

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Speaker 2: I think playing as a seventeen year old and coach

510
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 2: Vero was correct, and I think I was too young

511
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 2: to realize the pressure that was on our team of

512
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 2: trying to equal or duplicate what the miracle on ice

513
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 2: did because that team opened up the door and I

514
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,200
Speaker 2: mentioned it during the broadcast. I think it was last

515
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,439
Speaker 2: night against Germany that like that, that team opened up

516
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Speaker 2: the door for American kids like myself, the next wave

517
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 2: and then you know, the next wave after and after

518
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Speaker 2: the ninety sixteen of you know, the World Cup of

519
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,199
Speaker 2: Hockey and what have you. But it was unbelievable to

520
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,360
Speaker 2: walk in the opening ceremonies, to play in the Olympics

521
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Speaker 2: as a seventeen year old, to help me for the

522
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Speaker 2: next stage of my life, and of course playing in

523
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Speaker 2: the National Hockey League. But it was just amazing and

524
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,679
Speaker 2: it's something that I will never forget, and i'd be

525
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,120
Speaker 2: remess Mark before you let me go. I do want

526
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,679
Speaker 2: to send out well wishes to my former boss and

527
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 2: somebody that has been a part of my life since

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Speaker 2: that nineteen eighty four team, Craig Patrick. I know Craig

529
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 2: is a little banged up right now and we're thinking

530
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 2: about him and his family, and you know, a long

531
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 2: time Penguin and Stanley Cup champion and a real important

532
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 2: part for that miracle on ice back in nineteen eighty

533
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Speaker 2: nineteen eighty. So thoughts and prayers to Craig and we're

534
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 2: thinking about I'm hoping to see him soon and that

535
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 2: team will live forever and Craig Patrick, along with Herb Brooks,

536
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 2: had a lot to do with helping American born hockey

537
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 2: players like myself and Vinny Trochik and JT. Miller from

538
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Speaker 2: the Berg and everybody else. That eighty team really did

539
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 2: open up the door and showed the hockey world. But

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Speaker 2: I said last night, mark most importantly the NHL, because

541
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Speaker 2: if you look at the numbers back at nineteen eighty

542
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 2: American born players like people would sit there and go,

543
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Speaker 2: how could that be? Well, that was just because we

544
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 2: didn't earn the respect and we did not have the respect.

545
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 2: But that team won. It opened up the door for

546
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Speaker 2: guys that came on after. And I'm so proud to

547
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 2: have been a small part of carrying that torch. And

548
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 2: now these guys right now have an opportunity here to

549
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 2: be those that next team and that next group of

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Speaker 2: players to open up the door and inspire young American

551
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 2: born hockey players. And look the women are doing it.

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00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 2: They're on their way to another gold medal. We wish

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Speaker 2: them well on Thursday, but again, well wishes to our pale.

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Speaker 1: Craig finally ed, Zoe, who's gonna win? Pick it like

555
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: you do the Derby every year?

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Speaker 2: Oh look it. I'm an Aluma of Team USA eighty four.

557
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Speaker 2: Olympic team, eighty four, eighty seven, ninety one Canada Cup,

558
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Speaker 2: couple of World Championships. Coach for the Ivan Helenka back

559
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 2: in two thousand and in six. You know where my

560
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 2: heart lies. But I got a job to do on

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Speaker 2: NBC on Sunday, and whoever's playing, just know on the

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Speaker 2: inside I will I will be bleeding red, white and

563
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Speaker 2: blue and hopefully we get the dream matchup that we want.

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Speaker 2: And if we do it, it has it has the

565
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Speaker 2: ability to go down as one of the best hockey

566
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Speaker 2: games that you know, that we could see in a

567
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Speaker 2: very very long time in our country.

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Speaker 1: And so thank you so much for taking a time

569
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Speaker 1: calling from the land. My best of the boys as always,

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Speaker 1: and we'll talk again real soon.

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Speaker 2: See a double m Thanks bal.

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Speaker 1: That's ed Zo doing great work at NBC. Yes, seventeen

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Speaker 1: years old, played in the eighty four Olympics. Wow, Edzo's

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Speaker 1: had some some life in hockey. Not I mean he

575
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 1: should be in the Hall of Fame, But Edzo hates

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Speaker 1: when I say that, so I don't that often.

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Speaker 3: But he should be.

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Speaker 1: Look at the stats, look at how he's affected the game.

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Speaker 1: Eddie old Check should be in the Hall of fame

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Speaker 1: one oh five ninety.

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