Speaker 1: All right, let's drop the puck.
Speaker 2: Curtin about to go up on another season of action
Speaker 2: and cool promotional nights and giveaways for the Cincinnati Cyclones.
Speaker 2: They open the season Saturday Night versus the Wheeling Nailers
Speaker 2: at Heritage Bank Arena. Seven thirty drop of the puck,
Speaker 2: two dollars, hot dogs, SODA's and beer calendar giveaway to
Speaker 2: the first five thousand fans. And my next guest, who's back.
Speaker 2: He's the captain, He's the franchise favorite. He's the fan favorite.
Speaker 2: He's the franchise all time later in goals and games played.
Speaker 2: He's a former Miami Redhawk. He is justin vibe.
Speaker 1: How are you?
Speaker 3: I'm good, Lance. I like the intro. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2: It is great to hear your voice. It is great
Speaker 2: to have you back. If if my math calculations are right,
Speaker 2: this is like year sixteen and you're eleventh training camp
Speaker 2: with the Cyclones.
Speaker 1: Does that sound about right?
Speaker 3: That is correct? Yes?
Speaker 2: Let me ask you the obvious question, probably the question
Speaker 2: that bores you because everybody's asking your thirty six What
Speaker 2: keeps you coming back to this sport?
Speaker 3: I think the biggest thing is it's you know, one
Speaker 3: career path that once you retire and kind of hang
Speaker 3: them up, you can never really go back. So I
Speaker 3: always kind of told myself that as long as my
Speaker 3: body and kind of everything was going to allow me to,
Speaker 3: I was just going to play for as long as
Speaker 3: I could, because once I finally retire, I can't come back.
Speaker 2: You've seen it all, You've done it all. Are you
Speaker 2: comfortable offering inside and advice to the young guys on
Speaker 2: a team like this?
Speaker 3: Yeah, of course, I think that's you know, probably one
Speaker 3: of my biggest dowsets and roles on the team is
Speaker 3: just to kind of help guide these guys along the path.
Speaker 3: A lot of first year pros, a lot of guys
Speaker 3: that first time in this league, So just kind of
Speaker 3: being that sounding board and giving advice and kind of
Speaker 3: showing guys the right way to do things.
Speaker 2: By any chance, do any of your teammates give you
Speaker 2: a hard time? Do they call you grams or old
Speaker 2: man or anything.
Speaker 3: Occasionally I get the back end of something, I think,
Speaker 3: I think they stay away from it in front of me.
Speaker 2: Yes, Yes, You've You've played for a lot of coaches
Speaker 2: over the years. You've got a new one this year
Speaker 2: in Riley Weslowski. Give me your impressions of him.
Speaker 3: So far awesome. He's he's extremely detailed, very structured. Uh,
Speaker 3: you know, he's very kind of even keel, and he
Speaker 3: wants us to play the same way, just you know,
Speaker 3: really detailed in what we're going through. But at the
Speaker 3: same time, he's going to give guys the uh the
Speaker 3: ability and kind of the least, so to speak, to
Speaker 3: make their plays and kind of show their skills.
Speaker 2: I uh, I don't take this as I'm rushing you
Speaker 2: to retire, but have you ever as much as you've
Speaker 2: seen and done, have you ever thought of coaching when
Speaker 2: you eventually are done.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely definitely crossed my mind. I think anybody
Speaker 3: in any career, I guess for that matter, even outside
Speaker 3: of sports, if you do something for your kind of
Speaker 3: whole adult life, you know, when once it's finally done
Speaker 3: or passed by, you know, you want to stay involved
Speaker 3: with whatever way you can. And uh, I think I
Speaker 3: definitely would like to give it a shot and kind
Speaker 3: of see how I like it.
Speaker 1: You know, the city, you know, the fan base, What
Speaker 1: does this city?
Speaker 2: What does the Cyclones fan base mean to you?
Speaker 3: Oh, they're they're amazing. And they're honestly in that first answer,
Speaker 3: it probably part of the reason why I do keep
Speaker 3: coming back. You know, the crowd is just keep getting
Speaker 3: better and better and louder, and uh, you know, that's
Speaker 3: just so special coming back every year here and I
Speaker 3: haven't seen the same faces, and just you know, we
Speaker 3: have such a great support system through the city and
Speaker 3: I'm just to keep it, keep it going.
Speaker 2: I believe congratulations or an order. I was watching an
Speaker 2: interview you did with your play by play voice to
Speaker 2: find play by play voice Rudy Hodgson. You mentioned a
Speaker 2: new addition to the family. Our congratulations order for a
Speaker 2: new a new baby by chance.
Speaker 3: Yes, a new baby girl now I've heard is about
Speaker 3: four months old.
Speaker 2: Now I'm told from high level, behind the scenes sources
Speaker 2: there might be a story behind that name.
Speaker 1: Can you tell me the story?
Speaker 3: Well, there is two to the story, but one was, yeah,
Speaker 3: I did play in the city Hartford, so yes, there
Speaker 3: is a connection there. But also my wife actually brought
Speaker 3: it up first. Oh, and she saw it somewhere and
Speaker 3: when she said it, that was initially exactly what I
Speaker 3: thought that I was like, Oh, I played there first years.
Speaker 3: I actually really liked it and so yeah, after that,
Speaker 3: we kind of looked at each other and we were like,
Speaker 3: that's that's what we're going with.
Speaker 1: That is awesome.
Speaker 2: You know, my son is Casey and I named after
Speaker 2: the former Red Sean Casey, and my wife went along
Speaker 2: with it. I love the fact your wife was out
Speaker 2: in front on.
Speaker 3: This, you believe it or not yet she brought up
Speaker 3: the name first, and then it just kind of worked perfectly.
Speaker 2: It hasn't been Hartford has a much better ring than
Speaker 2: like bill Ville or Greenville or Fort Wayne, doesn't it.
Speaker 3: That does for sure.
Speaker 2: I also have been told by high level sources as
Speaker 2: you may be on at this moment or may have
Speaker 2: just completed a cruise.
Speaker 1: Is that true?
Speaker 3: I am currently cruising down the Ohio as we speak.
Speaker 1: Wow, this is this on your own or is this
Speaker 1: like a team function?
Speaker 3: No, We've done it for the past probably eight to
Speaker 3: ten years. It's a season ticket holder event just to
Speaker 3: kind of kick off the season the full teams here
Speaker 3: and just kind of a way for us to kind
Speaker 3: of connect with all the people that put in all
Speaker 3: the time coming to the games and kind of supporting us.
Speaker 3: So it's definitely a fun event and for all the
Speaker 3: new guys in the city. It's a definitely a cool
Speaker 3: thing for them to see the city at night all
Speaker 3: lit up from the river, so we always have fun
Speaker 3: with it.
Speaker 1: That is awesome.
Speaker 2: Cyclones open the season Saturday Night versus Wheeling a seven
Speaker 2: thirty drop of the puck two dollars, hot dog, sodas
Speaker 2: and beer. Can't beat that calendar giveaway to the first
Speaker 2: five thousand fans, Hey again, congratulations, it is so cool
Speaker 2: you are back here. And keep that keep that Rudy Hodgson.
Speaker 1: In line for me, all right, I will do.
Speaker 3: I'll let them know, all right.
Speaker 1: Thanks Justin