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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cracking this morning, a presentation of the KRAK

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Speaker 1: and Audio Network, Ken Sports Radio ninety three point three

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Speaker 1: kjr FM. Here's Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: Another night for bio Luminescence the Crack and again rolling

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Speaker 2: back out their alternate third jerseys for the final game

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Speaker 2: of this five game homestand welcome to Kracking this morning.

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Speaker 2: On a Wednesday, November fifth, seven o'clock Punk Drop at

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Speaker 2: Climbate Pledge Arena for the Kracking and San Jose Sharks,

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Speaker 2: first matchup between these two Pacific Division foes. Ever it

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Speaker 2: fits you, Alconiski have the call, of course, I'll join

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Speaker 2: you back by the corse Light landing in section twenty

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Speaker 2: for your pregame show served up by frostbrewed corse Light.

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Speaker 2: Choose chill postgame, Alciniski and I will join you from

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Speaker 2: Tom's Watch Bar right across the street. All across the

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Speaker 2: global credit Union Cracking Audio Network and Sports Radio ninety

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Speaker 2: three point three kjr FM. R. J Eskinos We'll be

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Speaker 2: joining us here from the local podcast based Emeralds City

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Speaker 2: Hockey will dive into the Krack and win over Chicago

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Speaker 2: two nights ago. Unsung Heroes storyline through twelve games and

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Speaker 2: the hazards the Kraken face with an incoming San Jose

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Speaker 2: eighteen Mestil might be a ways away from contending, but

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Speaker 2: can give anybody a scare based on the young and

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Speaker 2: talented members they have on their roster. RJ Eskinos joining

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Speaker 2: us in just a little bit, the Cracking again, coming

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Speaker 2: off a three to one win over Chicago. Before we

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Speaker 2: get to RJ, here's what you might have missed, with

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Speaker 2: the Kraken looking to snap back to back losses and

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Speaker 2: with two points, getting a chance to ascend to first

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Speaker 2: place in the Pacific Division.

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Speaker 3: Ear signed Marshminton right circle shot Tad Don by Yanni

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Speaker 3: Newman just caught a piece did soder Blob and it

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Speaker 3: knuckled off the goal line for Chicago. Back to the

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Speaker 4: A Lesia shot.

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Speaker 3: Jamie Alexiak from the far point, flutters one on the

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Speaker 3: goal and it knuckles in by Arvin Soutter blam or

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Speaker 4: With seventeen oh three left here in the second boll.

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Speaker 3: I mentioned it moments ago with Jeordan Nibley. Four check

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Speaker 3: creates offensive opportunities. This time it's car Jay and Berkley

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Speaker 3: Catton down load doing that four check. Give me the

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Speaker 3: puck back to Jamie Alexiak, who, as you said, floats

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Speaker 3: one on net and it beats sounderflop one nothing, bracket

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Speaker 3: as off one by Seattle done right side, tolling in

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Speaker 4: Everley bats it off, but ears stop.

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Speaker 3: Matty Veneers right in front below all the hash marks

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Speaker 3: had the Crackhead take a two to nothing lead.

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Speaker 4: With twelve twenty four to play in a second.

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Speaker 3: Well it starts with the face off winning. We've been

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Speaker 3: talking about how important face offs here tonight Chandler Stevenson

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Speaker 3: with the win. Matty Eveneers gets the puck behind the

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Speaker 3: excuse me, everybody gets the puck behind the net, finds

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Speaker 4: Everly he'll bring it in everly since stood Jordan Everly

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Speaker 4: his fifth goal the season. The Crooking get that insurance.

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Speaker 5: Goal back back up by a pair three one, three

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Speaker 3: there and it's Jordan. Everybody that picks it up. He's

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Speaker 5: One zero with toven and on his off wing, sells

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Speaker 5: that pass, gets some of them just to fight, just

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Speaker 5: down load three one.

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Speaker 3: Cracking Burakowski's cockett, the Ryansonato there now Tony Decard saucers

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Speaker 3: that tore the empty net.

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Speaker 5: Head left Shita, we'll cock it down in the high slot.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, he saw off coming. Show me the court,

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Speaker 3: he says it. He's always going for it.

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Speaker 4: The blue line green was there.

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Speaker 3: Now this one dumped in for her up, knocks it down.

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Speaker 4: Still, flip this one up the ice.

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Speaker 3: There's the horn and the Seattle cracket. Get back in

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Speaker 2: Well, from time to time we invite those from the

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Speaker 2: podcast space because they are so talented, so hard working,

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Speaker 2: and this guy joining me here is certainly no exception.

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Speaker 2: RJ Eskinos one half of the Emerald City Hockey crew. RJ,

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Speaker 2: please say hi to Dylan for us. If we're doing well.

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Speaker 2: How you holding up here heading into game day?

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Speaker 4: Doing great? Thanks? I'll say how to Dylan, and I

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Speaker 2: Pleasure is mine sir, pleasure is mine. Let's dive into

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Speaker 2: the first twelve games here for this team this season,

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Speaker 2: coming off the three to one win over Chicago. There

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Speaker 2: are two schools of thought. But before we get into

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Speaker 2: and thinking in preseason RJ there are not many prognosticators

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Speaker 2: right now, they went to bed with their heads hitting pillows,

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Speaker 2: first place in the Pacific Division. So I think, to you,

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Speaker 2: what defines the first twelve games of this season.

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Speaker 4: I think hard work and the Lane Lambert system for

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Speaker 4: get so many questions from fans about well, what are

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Speaker 4: the Cracking doing right? Why are they winning these games?

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Speaker 4: And I think so much of it just comes down

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Speaker 4: And we know that that can work in the NHL

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Speaker 4: that the Kraken skate more than any other team. You

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Speaker 2: I think we're going to see a little bit of

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I think whether it's the wins on the

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Speaker 4: Man? I think there's the consistent effort, but also just

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Speaker 4: that's after last season where it felt like so many

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Speaker 2: Yeah right. I mean coaches will often say that you

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Speaker 2: that's just how it shakes out as a cracking through

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Speaker 4: And I think this is a pattern that we're seeing

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Speaker 4: are doing that to a lot of their opponents. When

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Speaker 4: they score first.

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Speaker 2: Joey Decord empty net goalie goal by New Year's Day

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Speaker 4: I think by New Year's Day. No, I think it'll

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Speaker 2: About you know, two years after the winner classic and

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Speaker 2: Year's Day again on this schedule, and I think for me,

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Speaker 2: and he's gonna launch a PGA Tour sixty foot high

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Speaker 2: lob shot over everyone and there is no defense stopping

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Speaker 2: Because it almost happened twice and the other night against Chicago, yeah, he.

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Speaker 4: Went for it twice. Love to see the confidence from

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Speaker 4: you know, he's not going to stop shooting, as he said,

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Speaker 4: it's only a matter of time for Joey to Cord.

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Speaker 4: We'll just see when it is.

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Speaker 2: Got unsung hero on this team so far rj.

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Speaker 4: Unsung hero, Yes, I do. I think it's Jamie Alexiak.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's funny because we're all wandering about three

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the Sharks have shown they can be anybody on

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Speaker 2: If we can entertain a fun question about Maclin celebrity RJ,

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Speaker 2: See now, I have to get RJ back on here

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Speaker 2: sometime and say, RJ, give me what dogs you've had

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks so much for having me at Emerald City

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Speaker 4: Hky on x and Instagram, and then the Deep Dive podcast.

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Speaker 4: and on YouTube. We got the video version there too.

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Speaker 2: All right, that's RJ Eskanos joining us from Emerald City Hockey.

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Speaker 2: of insight and getting ahead of here for this evening's game,

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Speaker 2: evening at seven o'clock again, airtime coverage opening up at

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Speaker 2: and for Krakin this morning. I'm Mike Benton. Have a

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