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to read that so fast army,

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but we have coach Ben Barr

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of you Maine on the tarmac and

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made him going. So we got to

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get him going. There he is. What's

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up boys. Benny what a performance

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what a show and fitness in

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obviously massive friend of the show I guess

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we could say you're with us from the

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start and We're loving what we're seeing buddy

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Well, I didn't know that first the first

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time we did this in that hotel room

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how big you guys are gonna be

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getting so you know now it's like

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everyone up here in Maine was always

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checking the game notes every week thinking

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you know waiting for you're waiting for

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the episode so it's good to be back Betty

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before we get to the tournament talk

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you got to tell us the story

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about the youth hockey party went to

2:06

the other night and the guy showed

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up with the the makeshift game notes

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gear No, it was my kid's birthday

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party a couple weeks ago and it

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was after Yeah, we had played our

2:17

last regular season weekend there at UMass

2:19

and we got back at like five

2:22

in the morning and I just Went

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right to my kid we had the

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party at the pool at the pool

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at Umain And I showed up and

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somebody had a game note. One of

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the parents had a game notes shirt

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on or something. So I asked Merle,

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I. Where do you get some of

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this stuff? And he said it doesn't

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even exist. So he must have made

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it. It must have been homemade. Betty

2:45

wanted a Game Notes care pack. I'm

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like, we don't got anything yet. He's

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like, oh, you are so excited. You

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texted us about that about the Game

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Notes shirt. And we're like, no, it

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doesn't exist. And you're like, oh, it

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doesn't exist. Guys, speaking of making your

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own gear, Benny, you guys went viral

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this week for your track suits. What's

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going on with the track suits? You're

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bringing those things back from the 90s?

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So our equipment manager before the season

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was like, hey, New Balance wants to

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do like a retro thing and he

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thought the guys would like, he asked

3:18

the guys and they're like, okay, whatever,

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they're pretty little maintenance. And then we

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got them and they were kind of

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like shiny material, I think. So the

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boys really, I don't think we can

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wear these every week. But it was

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kind of a tribute to the 93

3:33

team with Monti and Korea and those

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guys. So they finally, they finally broke

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him out at the garden there last

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weekend. That was the first time they'd

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warn him. We need some for the

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game notes boys. I know, we were

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chatting about him too at the picture

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that was going around with a guy

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at the podium doing his post game

3:52

presser. We were like, oh, these are

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classic throwbacks. you guys will look good

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in those. Pasha, we'll see if we

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can pop it up, but that was

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Alvin Boyya, the guy from Sunswell, there

4:03

it is. There it is. legendary, we

4:05

need those. I'm not gonna make it

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to Allentown like I did last year

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and mushed you guys over in Springfield,

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so that going for you, but before

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we get to your game, I wanna

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talk about Yukon Quinnipiac, Battle of Connecticut,

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what do you know about both those

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teams? You play Yukon all the Yukon

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all the time? Yeah, both really good

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teams. I mean, Yukon's been, you know,

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one of the best teams in the

4:29

nation the second half, as is Penn

4:31

State that we play, obviously. So both

4:33

really structure, good players. You know, at

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this time of the year, every game

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is basically a coin flip, you know,

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and I mean, every team is so

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good and college hockey is so good

4:44

right now. So it's, you know, those

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teams know each other pretty well, though,

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because for their... to Connecticut teams. So

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I'm sure they've played already too. So

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that'll be a great game. Yeah, we're

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calling this Allentown the game notes bracket

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because we had Rand Peck all on

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and then a couple weeks ago we

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had Guy Godowski from Penn State and

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then of course we have you on

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every year going back to when we

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were only doing one episode a month

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and it's the battle the game notes

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tomorrow Friday night 830 Maine versus Penn

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State. What's the early scouting report on

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Penn State. I mean, really

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good offensive team, you know, kind of

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like very similar to UConn, they've been

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playing, you know, they kind of, you

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know, the second half have been basically

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on fire and so, you know, we'll

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have to be, you know, really good

5:31

to match with what they bring. They're

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really, really like high octane offensive team.

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So, for us, it'll, you know, being

5:38

really... responsible taking care of the puck

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will be really important not to give

5:42

them too many rush chances because they

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can really skate. They got some really

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high-end players so they're really good team

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and we'll be playing a real game

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so it'll be a great you know

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it should be a tough environment for

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us and it should be a lot

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of fun. Benny Penn State's not a

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team that you guys obviously see off.

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You guys being hockey, East, then being

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Big Ten. Is this one of those

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times where you open up the roller

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decks? You give Jared to Michael a

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call, hey, where are we going into

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tonight? Like, what is your scouting process?

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How are you scouting these teams? You

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reach out to coaches in the Big

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Ten that have played these guys a

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lot. Kind of walk us through that

6:21

process. Yeah, I mean. I talked to

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Jared to Michael every week too. He

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always calls me when he needs something.

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So, you know, he, we talk a

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lot. So it's not like it would

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just be about that. But I mean,

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you can watch every game of, you

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know, technology these days. You can literally

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go back and watch every one of

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their games. You can watch it. You

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don't even have to break it down.

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It's broken down for you now. And,

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you know, some of these software programs

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that, so it's, there's really no. and

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watch hours and hours and hours of

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it and sometimes it becomes counterproductive I

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think you know in these games you

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have to play your game and whoever's

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better at doing what they do is

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is gonna win in these one and

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done scenarios so you know we learned

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our lesson last year the last two

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games that we lost and you know

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hopefully we can carry that experience with

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us. How quickly have you obviously parked

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the excuse me how quickly have you

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parked? you know winning your championship and

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and and how awesome was that experience

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as well heading into this tournament now

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going back to back with your team

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like that the o.t. win like your

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fans like the videos from that and

7:28

the games were unbelievable in the way

7:30

your team showed up and back to

7:32

back nights with a quick turnaround comparatively

7:34

to who you were playing in that

7:36

final game like I mean that what

7:38

an experience for everyone but like you

7:40

know parking that now and having a

7:42

you know rego again like hey let's

7:44

time to recheck ourselves we're in it

7:46

again yeah I mean that I think

7:49

that's the biggest challenge you know I

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didn't we went to the garden last

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year and we lost the first game

7:55

to be you and you know it

7:57

was fun and there's a ton of

7:59

main people there. You just I don't

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think any of us were prepared for

8:03

you know what that was going to

8:05

be like you know just like having

8:07

you know playing the second game going

8:09

to double over time and then winning

8:11

and then like 12 hours later turning

8:14

back turning around basically and going back

8:16

to the rink and to see what

8:18

you know the whole place was was

8:20

full of name people it was it

8:22

was kind of an emotional thing for

8:24

all of us I think and for

8:26

the state just because it's been a

8:28

long time and you know we're so

8:30

fortunate to have the greatest fans out

8:32

there so but that we have to

8:34

move on we have to compartmentalize it

8:36

and move on and that's that'll be

8:38

the biggest challenge I think you know

8:41

for us I think we'll be okay

8:43

just because we have really good leadership

8:45

it you know we have some older

8:47

guys that have been through it now

8:49

a few times That you know we

8:51

have to forget about it and and

8:53

and go bring our best tomorrow night

8:55

or else Or else it's all over

8:57

and I don't think any of us

8:59

want it to be over you know

9:01

and we had such a special group

9:03

right now so Yeah Benny talk about

9:06

what the Black Bears mean to the

9:08

state of Maine. I mean, I think

9:10

everyone's seen it across the hockey world

9:12

the past few weeks And I don't

9:14

think everyone really knew how crazy Maine

9:16

fans were I think Seeing the band

9:18

coming into the greatest bar the other

9:20

night before the game that was awesome

9:22

to see but I think a lot

9:24

of people are saying it's it's just

9:26

different. It's different up at Maine and

9:28

I'd love for you to go into

9:31

deaf. Why is it so different at

9:33

me? I don't know, it's hard to

9:35

explain. I mean, a big part of

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it is that we don't have really

9:39

pro sports up here, you know, at

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the highest level at least. We don't

9:43

have other division one athletic programs. We

9:45

don't, you know, so it's, it's really

9:47

it. And then what happens, you know,

9:49

and we were all growing up in

9:51

the 90s and in 2000s, like, the

9:53

team was like the best team every

9:55

year, some legends coming through a legendary

9:58

coach and a legendary. cellers and so

10:00

I think you know when that happened

10:02

and people have been wanting it wanting

10:04

it again for so long and it's

10:06

been a while but it's it's incredible

10:08

we just drove by we're at the

10:10

airport we're leaving right now actually we

10:12

just drove by we had a we

10:14

left their rink and went by an

10:16

elementary school and the whole school was

10:18

out in front of standing outside as

10:20

we were going by yeah it's it's

10:23

it's incredible so we're so fortunate to

10:25

be able to be able to to

10:27

be part of it and Yeah, I

10:29

don't, it's hard to explain, it's, but

10:31

it's really special. Yeah, Benny, you took

10:33

Maine, you took them off the mat,

10:35

they were down and out, and when

10:37

we talked to you in Tampa, I

10:39

was gonna take you two or three

10:41

years, you've done it, but I wanna

10:43

shout out one guy that was there

10:45

with you the whole time, your captain.

10:47

Linden Breen, I happened to see that

10:50

game at RPI this year, he went

10:52

down, I don't know what happened, I

10:54

don't know if he broke his leg

10:56

or whatever, but it sounded like his

10:58

season was gonna be over. Somehow he's

11:00

back in there and in college hockey,

11:02

you're nothing without your captains and just

11:04

just give him a little praise before

11:06

you jump on the bird. Yeah, him

11:08

and you know, it was pretty incredible.

11:10

I thought he was done after that

11:12

game, you know, that was a surgery,

11:15

didn't skate for... almost three months and

11:17

now he's back and for the first

11:19

full of the night it's just pretty

11:21

incredible and him and David Brazil you

11:23

know there are two captains that have

11:25

been David's been here he was our

11:27

first recruit here I got here so

11:29

those two guys have been unbelievable and

11:31

so we got to keep this thing

11:33

going because you don't you don't come

11:35

across those you know as quality individuals

11:37

like that all the time so we're

11:39

really lucky. Going into Pennsylvania to play

11:42

Penn State. I mean, what do you

11:44

expect in there? I know you guys,

11:46

I know you guys travel well. I

11:48

know, I know they show out your

11:50

fans, but that's gonna be something else

11:52

to get ready for. Yeah, it'll be

11:54

tough. They're really good and, you know,

11:56

it'll be a home game for them.

11:58

sure and you know this time of

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year you go out and you don't

12:02

worry about anything you you put your

12:04

best foot forward and it's one one

12:07

game you know and so every one

12:09

of our guys and every one of

12:11

us is coaches that we're gonna need

12:13

everybody to be our best and if

12:15

we get that you know we'll give

12:17

ourselves a chance it'll be a It

12:19

should be a great environment and great

12:21

game. You gotta keep for Jay on

12:23

the straight and narrow your assistant coach

12:25

there. You gotta keep him, you gotta

12:27

keep him dialed in. He's dialed, he's

12:29

dialed in hockey wise, you know, so

12:31

he's a, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's

12:34

a beauty. Yeah, last one for me

12:36

here, Taylor Macar, I mean, I feel

12:38

like he has just come in and

12:40

just taken over this season, it's been

12:42

awesome, it's been awesome to see. It's

12:44

been awesome to see. Yeah, he's been

12:46

unbelievable for us. There wasn't really a

12:48

process. They're just like such a, you

12:50

know, when he decided that he wanted

12:52

to go somewhere else for his last

12:54

year, I think, you know, it's really

12:56

just, hey, I'm gonna go with people

12:59

I know, and that's just the way

13:01

they are as a family, and so

13:03

it really wasn't a process, and it

13:05

was just one phone call after, you

13:07

know, he decided, hey, I'm gonna go

13:09

to Maine, you know, and that's. that

13:11

I mean that they're there wasn't any

13:13

convincing it wasn't like hey come to

13:15

alfon we got the best fans it

13:17

was kind of just like hey you

13:19

know me I know you let's do

13:21

this yeah that's really the way they

13:24

are I mean that's that's what Kale

13:26

was like and that's what the family's

13:28

like they're just they're really just one

13:30

of a kind you know as far

13:32

as kind of character the people that

13:34

they are and they just they want

13:36

to go around people that they know

13:38

when they and they and they trust

13:40

hopefully trust hopefully so you know we

13:42

were We're fortunate that we've had him

13:44

for a year. All right, Betty, we're

13:46

going to let you get on the

13:48

plane, but I'm going to give you

13:51

one piece of advice before you get

13:53

on that plane, before that game Friday,

13:55

go by 22 Body Armour Flash IV.

13:57

and give them to all the players

13:59

before the game and you'll be buzzing

14:01

around. Fair enough. We'll do. We'll do.

14:03

Don't miss the plane. Let's go Ben.

14:05

All right boys. Thanks for having me.

14:07

What a guy. There he is. Coach

14:09

Benbar, you Maine, there doesn't ought to

14:11

turn his phone off. There he goes.

14:13

He's out. Good little inside there. He

14:16

knows what he's doing. He knows what

14:18

he's getting into. He's been here. He's

14:20

been here here before here before. He

14:22

lost in a final. He won a

14:24

final. Gee, you were there, Merles. I

14:26

love that you brought that up about

14:28

what he said to us in Tampa,

14:30

the frozen four, like just sitting hanging

14:32

around in a hotel room, talking to

14:34

him about that and the opportunity he

14:36

had in front of him and his

14:38

goals and his plans for the program

14:40

and the history and the timing. It's

14:43

unbelievable watching. I thought he was like

14:45

bullshit. Like, is he really gonna do

14:47

this again? Like they had, they had

14:49

seven wins last year. Like, yeah. Like

14:51

bar. I mean, it's amazing. I've kind

14:53

of shivers for him because obviously, like

14:55

getting to know him through you murals

14:57

and stuff, like just a class guy.

14:59

driven smart cares a lot like he

15:01

probably couldn't be in a better place

15:03

and it's like he says it's a

15:05

hockey place it's a hot you want

15:08

to be a hockey player you come

15:10

to Maine and like we're gonna figure

15:12

it out I'm gonna do it I'm

15:14

on a mission to get this thing

15:16

right and I kind of shivers just

15:18

because of like what his team looks

15:20

like how composed he is and ready

15:22

to roll. They'd be paying him boys

15:24

because he, you gotta imagine there are

15:26

some big college jobs opening right now.

15:28

There's gonna be some big NHL jobs

15:30

at the end of the year. You

15:32

gotta imagine teams are gonna come calling

15:35

for Benny Bar. You have to imagine.

15:37

Pretty impressive guy though, just super impressive

15:39

guy. And, and, and, like, the way

15:41

the, when he, when he was burning,

15:43

nachos and, I told how he screwed

15:45

up the free pizza of the one

15:47

night in college. I gave him, I

15:49

was like, I'll pay the 20 bucks,

15:51

go pick up the two five dollar

15:53

pizzas. He drops the $20 bill in

15:55

like within three minutes. three minute walk

15:57

and he somehow loses a $20 bill

16:00

on the ground. So he's come a

16:02

long way since then. Yeah, he's got

16:04

the details covered. You watch that team

16:06

play, like the one, what's the one

16:08

thing they have going against him for

16:10

Maine is in watching? They don't, like

16:12

everyone says this too, like they don't

16:14

have like that game breaker guy, right?

16:16

Like they don't have that. but like

16:18

as a team like he's not dropping

16:20

the 20 dollar bill he ain't burning

16:22

the pizza anymore it's it's on a

16:25

T it's dialed he's systems they're they're

16:27

very sharp as it reminds me a

16:29

lot of that Quinnipiac team from like

16:31

two years ago does it not like

16:33

because they had calling Graf obviously but

16:35

like he would like they didn't have

16:37

someone where you're like oh this kid's

16:39

a first round or this kid's got

16:41

one of the best players in college

16:43

hockey just a sound team from start

16:45

to finish I don't know. I see

16:47

a lot of comparisons. And he sings.

16:49

The goalie is great. The goalie is

16:52

probably their best player, Alvin Boya. He's

16:54

gonna be getting hunted by NHL teams.

16:56

Yeah. He's he's undrafted? Is he undrafted?

16:58

Yeah. No, he's, he's, yeah. He's free.

17:00

Hey, Singsey in the chat said who's

17:02

gonna get the North Dakota job. Speaking

17:04

of like all these jobs opening up.

17:06

Anyone in mind there? That's a big

17:08

job. That's a big job. Huge job.

17:10

That's like coaching like almost like the

17:12

Montreal Canadians. Were you shocked by that

17:14

gee? You went there and hung out

17:17

with him and you were praising him

17:19

and I know lots of people that

17:21

know him that like him. He's a

17:23

shock guy and he in in the

17:25

respect like I would say and I

17:27

know fish would back me up on

17:29

this like I don't think we've been

17:31

to a school where the coach commanded

17:33

as much respect from the players as

17:35

Brad Barry did just just him walking

17:37

through the building it's almost like was

17:39

like Bill Bellicheck innocence like the fish

17:41

was commenting like this guy's amazing oh

17:44

my god I remember he's incredible stories

17:46

But I would say I wasn't too

17:48

surprised when you haven't made the tournament

17:50

two out of three years at North

17:52

Dakota like that's that's the expectation fired.

17:54

It's exactly it's like everywhere you the

17:56

amount of money that the Englestat family

17:58

floods into that program they will. They

18:00

want wins. They want national championship. So

18:02

it didn't shock me too much. Colby,

18:04

you asked names. I brought it up with Benny

18:07

there. And I'm sure we can ask Johnny about

18:09

this guy too, but Jared De Michael. I mean,

18:11

he is the best assistant coach in college

18:13

hockey. He was there at UMass

18:15

with Benny and Greg Carvel helped

18:17

them build the national championship team. Now

18:20

he's over at Michigan State and

18:22

he's helped recruit one of the

18:24

best rosters in the country. I

18:26

don't see how you can't look

18:28

at Jared and Michael. The one

18:30

thing with North Dakota is they've

18:32

never really done a nationwide coaching

18:34

search. It's usually always higher from

18:36

within. So I don't know. I really don't

18:38

know what's going to have. It has to

18:41

be great. Axle back in the chat to

18:43

a great hand. Wow. That would kind

18:45

of make sense. Could make sense there

18:47

or they're going to cherry pick one

18:50

of these coaches that's in this tournament

18:52

right now and double his salary. But

18:54

they put the date on there. They had

18:56

a hard date. I think it was you

18:59

had to submit your application by, I think

19:01

it's tomorrow. So that's a lot of teams

19:03

that are in the tournament. People are saying

19:05

the coaches aren't going to be submitting their

19:08

applications going through the interview process because they're

19:10

busy right now. Yeah, that must be because

19:12

the portal, I think the portal opens up.

19:14

the 30th maybe I know the players there's

19:16

some players already in there because if your

19:19

coach leaves or your program goes from division

19:21

one to division two like AIC then you

19:23

can go in there early so you'll see

19:25

some names already popping up murals

19:27

to no no no thank you not throwing

19:30

your hat in there not girls hat in

19:32

that one too I mean you get the

19:34

recipe cooking around yeah we'll talk and then

19:36

you know because of you The next thing

19:39

you know if you get it in the

19:41

in the mill right it gets working around

19:43

everyone's it's on the tip of everyone's tongue

19:45

you got freedman saying murals you got all

19:48

this stuff next thing you know you're

19:50

on the bench in Philly. We're gonna get

19:52

to that news we're gonna get to that news

19:54

in a little bit but we're gonna stay on

19:56

the NCAA we're older guys we had to bring

19:58

in a young a young hockey mind a

20:00

young player and it was a perfect

20:03

segue because Benny Barr recruited this guy

20:05

to oh yeah not so long ago

20:07

so he's dialed in welcome Johnny Les

20:09

the game notes thanks for it's good

20:11

to be here I'm actually out in

20:13

I'm in San Diego right now so

20:15

an early early wake up for college

20:17

hockey today we got B-U on an

20:19

11 a.m. the Ohio State today here

20:21

so I got college hockey all day

20:23

today which is pretty sweet. That's pretty

20:25

awesome when you're traveling. You got that

20:27

going buddy. What are you making of

20:29

this tournament here? We just had Benny

20:31

Barr on I mean pretty impressive showing

20:33

right and you know we kind of.

20:35

Pretty impressive showing right and you know

20:37

we kind of compiled our list right

20:39

boys of who we think is going

20:42

to get through here. I don't know

20:44

how far off we are but what

20:46

do you what what what what what

20:48

what what what tournament or what tournament

20:50

or what bracket or what bracket or

20:52

what bracket are you looking? Yeah, I

20:54

mean, it's funny, Army. I actually think

20:56

Benny's region is probably the most interesting

20:58

one of all, like Maine, Penn State,

21:00

Yukon couldn't be that to me. That's

21:02

the one where any of those four

21:04

teams can come out. And I don't

21:06

think it'd be a surprise. And I

21:08

know for you guys, that Maine versus

21:10

Penn State game is probably a conflict

21:12

of interest, right? Yeah, let's do that.

21:14

I mean, listen, I think, um, you

21:16

know with that match up too and

21:18

a team that should not be slept

21:21

on is Yukon. You know also you'll

21:23

think of this too I feel like

21:25

you know Matthew Wood was there last

21:27

year he left and kind of got

21:29

that big NIL money from Minnesota maybe

21:31

that put a chip on their shoulder

21:33

but I think this kid Joey Muldani

21:35

a six round pick to San Jose

21:37

needs some more attention I mean he

21:39

had five goals last year as a

21:41

freshman 27 this year. Like that's a

21:43

huge huge job. You know, from freshman

21:45

and sophomore year for a kid who's

21:47

a sixth round pick, right? Like, you

21:49

know, listen, I know anyone who gets

21:51

straight out to the NHL is an

21:53

unbelievable player, but I feel like sometimes

21:55

those kids don't always pan out, right?

21:57

And for Joey Muldani to really take

22:00

that next step from freshman to sophomore

22:02

year is insane. He's carried that ucon.

22:04

It's like Wyatt Johnston numbers when he

22:06

was coming through. Let's like doing that,

22:08

like that big of a pop, that

22:10

big of an improvement. Yeah, every single

22:12

tweet I see from Yukon Hockey too

22:14

is, don't let Joey Motown to get

22:16

hot and this kid gets hot every

22:18

single game it seems like. I mean,

22:20

he's been money and you know, the

22:22

Penn State goalie too are saying you

22:24

have, he was Yukons goalie last year.

22:26

So if those two teams were to

22:28

meet in that regional final, there's a

22:30

lot, there's a lot, there's a lot

22:32

to talk about there as far as

22:34

storylines go. But you know, obviously Benny's

22:36

team is the team to beat. This

22:39

kid Brandon Holt too on the back

22:41

end for Maine. I think he wears

22:43

number four. He's a left-handed defenseman. His

22:45

foot speed is unbelievable. I called both

22:47

games when Maine was at UMass March

22:49

7th and 8th and the season and

22:51

he was a kid that really stood

22:53

out to me. He's undraftedrafted. He's undraftedrafted.

22:55

I think he's a junior. So I

22:57

think a lot of eyeballs will be

22:59

on Brandon Holt too for me. He's

23:01

a nasty little left-defense man. Last, I

23:03

kind of wanted to jump over to

23:05

UMass. I mean, you've done a ton

23:07

of color for their games for Hockey

23:09

East this year, but one guy, you've

23:11

kind of been pretty vocal about online

23:13

and I saw your interview with head

23:15

coach Greg Carvel. Colohara. A lot of

23:18

people saying snubbed from the top 10

23:20

Hobie Baker list. I don't think he

23:22

would make the top three, but talk

23:24

about Colohara and give us your... Cole

23:26

Herra top 10 Hobie Baker pitch right

23:28

now. I mean, listen, just knowing that

23:30

program inside and out, Cole Herra is

23:32

like everything that represents what UMass hockey

23:34

is. And I just talked about Joey

23:36

Muldani making a huge jump. Cole Herra

23:38

is freshman and sophomore year had 17

23:40

points, freshman year 18 points in sophomore

23:42

year has 51 right now. Like, that's

23:44

insane. It's nuts. And these things too,

23:46

like Coach Carville preaches it. Like, Cole

23:48

Herr treats himself like a pro away

23:50

from the rank, like, make sure everything

23:52

he puts in his body is something

23:54

that's gonna make him produce on the

23:57

ice. The way he goes, goes about

23:59

his school, I think he's a 4.0

24:01

student, you know, he represents what a

24:03

college athlete should be, what a student

24:05

athlete should be. And I think that

24:07

goes a little bit further into the

24:09

Hobie Baker talk too. right? It's what

24:11

are these kids doing away from the

24:13

rank that gives them that success on

24:15

the ice? And he kills penalties. He

24:17

touches every single part of the game,

24:19

six on five, five on six, PK,

24:21

power play. I mean, he scored a

24:23

goal against Maine last weekend, a shorthand,

24:25

a shorthand, a shorthand goal or two

24:27

weeks ago. He blocked a goal or

24:29

two weeks ago. He blocked a goal

24:31

or two weeks ago. He blocked a

24:33

shot. You know, so UMass, he's a

24:36

hockey player, he's a hockey player, hockey

24:38

player, you must have had a crazy

24:40

second half run. He carried them the

24:42

entire way, a 14 game point streak

24:44

in hockey, East, which to me is

24:46

the toughest college hockey conference there is.

24:48

Obviously, it's a little bit biased, but

24:50

look how many teams are in the

24:52

tournament out of hockey. He's telling me

24:54

this kid who's fourth in the country

24:56

in points, is gonna be a top

24:58

10 Hobey Baker finals, like that's ridiculous.

25:00

You Mass won it in 2021. Many,

25:02

we saw them lose 2023, but they

25:04

did just have the chiklets you released.

25:06

So that's gonna give them a little

25:08

bump. Johnny, who do you got win

25:10

in that game? You Mass Minnesota. Pretty,

25:12

pretty biased here, but I got you.

25:15

I'm already wearing the colors today too.

25:17

But to me, the difference in this

25:19

one's Michael Raul. And, you know, he's

25:21

unbelievable. If you've watched the World Juniors,

25:23

you saw him beat Canada two years

25:25

in a row in the quarterfinal for

25:27

Czechia, I mean this kid is built

25:29

for the big games. He does not

25:31

shot. Isn't he like six, seven, two?

25:33

He's huge. Yeah, he's massive. Yeah, he's

25:35

massive. Six, seven, a Utah hockey club,

25:37

prospect. He will definitely be an NHL

25:39

goalie. He's so composed for a young

25:41

kid too. I think he went in

25:43

as a true freshman. He's also just

25:45

a really sweet kid too. I've gotten

25:47

to spend a lot of time with

25:49

him. Such an easy kid to root

25:51

for. And I think he's just going

25:54

to be the difference maker. I think

25:56

UMass will go ahead. to head with

25:58

Minnesota compete wise, but when it comes

26:00

down to the goal tending, I will

26:02

always trust Michael Harald. Gee Murles, do

26:04

you guys, do you guys agree with

26:06

them? I'm on Minnesota. I got Minnesota

26:08

taking them down. I got many. I

26:10

mean, I'll shoot it around and not,

26:12

you know, whoever, whoever does win that

26:14

game will take on the winner of

26:16

Western Michigan, Michigan and Minnesota State. To

26:18

be honest, these are two teams. I

26:20

know nothing about this Western Michigan team

26:22

just kept winning all season long. Armdog,

26:24

I feel like that's your team Western

26:26

Western boys. I mean, you probably name

26:28

the team. Well, just when I look

26:30

at it and you know, you're talking

26:33

about a six seven guy, like I'm

26:35

like, you look down their roster and

26:37

they are just monsters like we're dealing

26:39

with, you know, you put Western in

26:41

front of it, I love it even

26:43

more, but then you put the size

26:45

of these guys, they have four guys

26:47

under six feet and they're on their

26:49

roster of player like these guys are

26:51

just a big tank of a big

26:53

tank of a team. I got to

26:55

get behind that. I'm looking forward to

26:57

that, seeing that, seeing if they can

26:59

roll. I mean, we've seen in the

27:01

last few years from my experience, boys

27:03

being with you at frozen fours, like

27:05

watching these teams as G is doing

27:07

his morning routine, the banana peel on

27:09

the face, love it. Now it's the

27:12

ice bucket face in. But I watch

27:14

these teams and it's never really like

27:16

we've seen the skills, skill teams and

27:18

the big names. and then we see

27:20

these teams like like Maine or like

27:22

you know the Piax or like you

27:24

know this Western Michigan like Denver beat

27:26

you down last year Denver just swore

27:28

hard they play hockey you know like

27:30

they're up and down there they they

27:32

dot the eyes they cross the T's

27:34

system wise with the way they play

27:36

and maybe a little bit more you

27:38

know experience too just in in in

27:40

the league. So it's been interesting for

27:42

me as a newer guy in the

27:44

last number of years to getting a

27:46

look at college hockey and what kind

27:48

of works when it matters. And. you

27:51

know, what's nice to have? But that's

27:53

like a trend that I noticed like,

27:55

you know, rock solid team play that

27:57

just relentless on ya and that seems

27:59

to be the ticket, you know, for

28:01

me in seeing it over the last

28:03

few years here. And maybe it's just

28:05

a, you know, one off of a

28:07

couple years in a row here where

28:09

that's happened, but I mean, it's, it's

28:11

pretty, it's like drinking out of a

28:13

fire hose almost it seems with the

28:15

way some of these teams play a

28:17

team game, a team game, you know

28:19

what I mean, you know what I

28:21

mean, you know what I mean? What's

28:23

interesting too about these two teams, and

28:25

again, these aren't teams that I typically

28:27

watch a lot throughout the year, but

28:30

I was with one of my buddies,

28:32

Nikki Rivera, who was the captain of

28:34

Minnesota State, not too long ago when

28:36

they were in the Antiboli tournament back

28:38

and like. you know, 2019 or 2020,

28:40

like those years. And he said like

28:42

teams back then. Yeah, they were nasty.

28:44

And he said like, you know, we

28:46

got guys who stay all four years

28:48

that are, you know, 24, 25 year

28:50

old men. And that's why we're so

28:52

good. Like we're older or stronger, we're

28:54

experienced. And like that's why you see

28:56

the state in the tournament every year.

28:58

And then Western Michigan pretty similar, but

29:00

this year's team Alex Bump, fifth round

29:02

picked Philadelphia. Kobe Cohen's been super high

29:04

on him. Kobe actually said as soon

29:06

as their season ends, he thinks Bump

29:09

is going to join Philly and play

29:11

in the NHL like he's like I

29:13

got drafted out of, did he get

29:15

drafted out of like Minnesota high school

29:17

hockey too? Like I think they really

29:19

like them. They love maybe the USHL,

29:21

but he did play Minnesota high school

29:23

hockey. Yeah, like he's. Yeah,

29:25

I got to say I'm excited for that

29:28

game tonight because like I said I know

29:30

nothing about them But I want to pop

29:32

over now to Toledo. It's the early game

29:34

like you said 11 a.m. B you

29:36

Ohio State I've seen B you play a

29:39

couple times we know all about them Ohio

29:41

State I don't really know much about but

29:43

they did beat Michigan State in the overtime

29:46

and I mean I got B you winning

29:48

just because I want to make win happy

29:50

I think it starts and ends with BU's

29:52

goalie. I don't know about you guys, but

29:55

this kid is like, you're either getting the

29:57

best goal you've ever seen or something a

29:59

lot different. Like this kid has come in

30:02

and completely changed their season. What have you

30:04

seen from him, Johnny? Yeah, I haven't watched

30:06

any of house. state full transparency. I couldn't

30:08

even name one player on their team

30:10

honestly, which I feel horrible about Gunner Wolf

30:13

Fontaine best name. Who said something? They're like,

30:15

that guy's still playing college hockey. Like that

30:17

was me. I think that guy was committed

30:20

to R. P. I think that guy

30:22

was committed to R. B. I. 10 years

30:24

over four years instead. He's the booty grass

30:26

overtime challenge for sure if it goes to

30:28

today that can score is the biggest goal.

30:31

100. But with with with big Mike they

30:33

call him I think over there. I think

30:35

when they played the first beanpot game or

30:38

something I like tweeted out that walrus picture

30:40

from the commercial like that's what he looked

30:42

like in there like there's just nowhere to

30:44

shoot. Like it's a walrus like you know

30:47

what you guys like. I go. that's what

30:49

he looks like in there but he's also

30:51

you know he's got some swag or two

30:54

like i've seen players like stopping the

30:56

trees and he'll like mess with them with

30:58

his stick like you know this kid came

31:00

into college like three months ago and it's

31:02

already taken the country by storm but to

31:05

me and you know this should be

31:07

taken the country by storm but to me

31:09

and you know this should be no shock

31:11

but to me and you know this should

31:14

be I was going to ask you, Johnny,

31:16

like, he always just finds the back of

31:18

the net. He's exciting to watch, too. He's

31:20

going to sell his ass off. That's honestly

31:23

the best part of this tournament for me,

31:25

too, is every kid that scores a goal

31:27

is jumping into the glass doing a crazy

31:30

selling. It's the best thing to watch, like,

31:32

they're so excited. And Gene Nook, you got

31:34

something to say? Well, yeah, I was going

31:36

to ask you, Johnny, like. You know this

31:39

is something I've been adamant about for

31:41

years and you're talking about the cellies and

31:43

I think the best part of college hockey

31:45

is the environments, the fans, the traditions. I

31:48

just still don't understand why the NCAA hasn't

31:50

decided to move from neutral site regional

31:52

games to letting the one seeds host the

31:54

games. I mean, let's go through it. Monarina,

31:56

that would be fucking insane. Alfond, that would

31:59

be sick. Western Michigan, that would be so

32:01

much fun. And then who am I missing

32:03

here? B.C. Then you got B.C. Conti forum,

32:06

like that would be so much fun. I

32:08

just don't understand why they're not doing

32:10

this. You talk to a lot of coaches,

32:12

you obviously have a lot of connections in

32:14

the NCAA. What are your thoughts on this?

32:17

Do you think this is something that will

32:19

ever change? Well, I mean, Gee, you

32:21

just heard Benny Say, right? like they're not

32:23

rewarded at all, you know, to be the

32:26

top seat in their bracket, right? Like, I

32:28

think it happened last year too, you know,

32:30

Denver was the top seat and they're

32:32

going out to Springfield to play UMass and

32:35

UMass is 45 minutes down the road from

32:37

Springfield. So, like, what are we doing here?

32:39

What is the number one seat even matter?

32:41

You know, we're going to send teams halfway

32:44

across the country and play in front of

32:46

the road teams fans anyway. And you're not

32:48

saying, like, like, like, like, like, like,

32:50

like, make the whole tournament, like, like, like,

32:53

like, like, make the whole tournament, like, like,

32:55

like, like, like, at home rinks or on

32:57

home campuses. You're just saying the regional, right?

32:59

Like let them host regions. This one

33:01

weekend. Those are four weekends. Yeah, I agree.

33:04

But also I think like, you know, maybe

33:06

if they if they put them in cities

33:08

that like people necessarily like wanted to travel

33:11

to, if that makes sense. I'm not

33:13

trying to like, you know, shit on Toledo

33:15

or like Allentown or like Allentown or like

33:17

Allentown Town Town Town Town and these places.

33:19

They know what they need to do they

33:22

need to set it up and I think

33:24

we've talked like set it up like it

33:26

like NHL almost you know like where you

33:29

have like you know for me as

33:31

a guy I'm sure there's people in the

33:33

chat that feel the same way are fans

33:35

that are like how do you follow the

33:37

it's very confusing like how they play in

33:40

their conferences and like. how things are

33:42

ranked and who they play against and what

33:44

their schedule is and then we get the

33:46

pair wise and then it's like well who's

33:49

in and who's out. We need a one

33:51

sheet. We need an CWA one sheet

33:53

for all the Canadians out there where it

33:55

just goes through who's in what conference, how

33:57

you win your conference, what pair wise even

34:00

means. Well like making like an NHL like

34:02

just streamline the college hockey league way better.

34:04

Someone's gonna get their feelings hurt. not be

34:07

in the league because it might not be

34:09

a good enough program. Maybe a way

34:11

to do like a division two type of

34:13

setup. There's got to be like a way

34:15

to make it like more streamliney a little

34:18

bit, but yeah we need a one-pager. We

34:20

need a game notes, college hockey, one-pager,

34:22

especially now. I mean with the way things

34:24

are opened up like crazy now and the

34:27

way things are rolling, you got people need

34:29

to know this stuff how it all works

34:31

because it's crazy for me. Well army

34:33

it's not just college hockey it's it's college

34:35

sports in general I mean yes you know

34:38

who was it two years ago like was

34:40

F-S-U the undefeated football team that like didn't

34:42

get into the play that was crazy yeah

34:45

was it F-S-U or like you see F-S-U

34:47

F-S-U yeah like you can go like there

34:49

could be an Atlantic hockey team that

34:51

goes undefeated that like loses in their in

34:53

their conference tournament in the quarter final that

34:56

probably wouldn't get into the into the NCAA

34:58

tournament just because the strength of conferences is

35:00

taken like into huge respect when it

35:02

comes to pairwise and listen I know I

35:05

played in hockey and I played in Atlantic

35:07

hockey like there's a night well I got

35:09

demoted kind of if you think about it.

35:11

It's like my hockey rankings for youth hockey

35:14

that's what it is it's my hockey rankings

35:16

gong show but but again like every game

35:18

any night like an Atlantic team like we

35:21

beat ranked teams where I played in the

35:23

Atlantic but like if you do that for

35:25

the course of the course of the year

35:27

we're probably gonna be in last place in

35:30

hockey. You know, I mean, like a one-off

35:32

game, you can win. Like, we've seen AIC,

35:34

like Vegas, Vegas, Vegas, yeah, yeah, you

35:36

know, like UNLV, beats Denver, even though that

35:39

one is, you know, what, you put that

35:41

past us, whatever. What? Johnny hates club hockey,

35:43

boys, like, I don't know. I do not

35:45

hit club hockey, but like, like, So

35:47

hard mentally and so taxing on you to

35:50

play division one like dude my junior year

35:52

I was just like fully depressed beating myself

35:54

up after every single game like if I

35:57

was playing club hockey at just the other.

35:59

Johnny you don't know what it's like to

36:01

be sitting. in the locker room and they're

36:03

passing around multiple blunts before a game, you're

36:06

like, so I hit this or am I

36:08

gonna go out there and play like shit?

36:10

That's the things club hockey players have to

36:13

deal with. Yeah, dude, I, so I tell

36:15

the story about Demike honestly all the time.

36:17

So Jared and Michael, we've even talked about

36:19

before. When I was a freshman at

36:22

UMass, we had our coaches on like Snapchat,

36:24

like they made us add them on Snapchat,

36:26

and I posted a Snapchat story the night before a game

36:28

like me at the movie theater, and I was holding a

36:30

box of milk duds in the corner of the picture. I

36:32

wake up, I wake up, I wake up from my pre-game

36:34

nap before we play UMass Lowell's, in the corner of the

36:37

picture. I wake up, I wake up from my pre-game, Nat,

36:39

Nat, Nat, Nat, Nat, Nat, before I'm, I'm, I'm, and I'm,

36:41

and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and

36:43

I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I wake up, I wake

36:45

up from my pre-a, I wake up from my pre-a, I

36:47

wake up from my pre-a, I wake up from my pre-a,

36:49

I'm, I wake up from my pre-a, I wake up from

36:51

my pre- people understand like unless you play

36:53

division one how hard it actually is

36:55

and like what you have to be

36:57

mentally to just like survive it like it's

36:59

not just this like you know everyone's

37:02

having a great time everyone's having a great time

37:04

everyone's having a blast we love playing hockey we're

37:06

so fortunate to play d1 like you have to

37:08

show up to the rink every day like ready

37:10

to work and battle your ass off like by

37:13

the end of my like or the start of

37:15

my d1 the start of my d1 career I

37:17

wasn't like going to practice like trying

37:19

to And obviously I played for, you

37:21

know, a really intense program, but like,

37:23

man, I don't think people understand

37:25

like the physical mental toll that

37:28

that playing division one hockey like

37:30

can take on you. Yeah, it's not,

37:32

it's not for anyone, everyone, but you

37:34

bring up to Michael and it's a

37:36

perfect segue because the winner of that

37:38

B U Ohio State game does play

37:40

Michigan State Cornell winner, Cornell great story.

37:43

They were completely out of it. They went

37:45

on and run in the ECAC. It's

37:47

Coach Mike Shafers last year. How he's

37:49

been there for 30 years. It's his

37:51

last season, they were dead. Dead the

37:53

rights against Quinnipiac in the semi-finals, they

37:56

were down. Shorthanded, in their own

37:58

end, they break out, they scored a. tied up

38:00

under a minute left or something like

38:02

that. It was crazy. But then they

38:04

go on win the championship, but they

38:07

draw Michigan State who, not allowed to

38:09

eat milk duds last night. So they

38:11

will be buzzing tonight. And the fun

38:13

fact before I let you guys break

38:15

it down, last time the Frozen Four

38:17

was in St. Louis, the Spartans raised

38:20

the trophy. Wow. Well, Murrows, what I'm

38:22

what I'm thinking is actually when you

38:24

said it earlier to Benny Bar, like

38:26

a college team is everything. Like a

38:28

captain is everything to its college team

38:30

and that and I did get me

38:32

thinking a little bit that like Michigan

38:35

State lost their captain Red Savage. Tough.

38:37

Couple weeks after the Chicklets You video.

38:39

Some people calling it a Chicklets You

38:41

mush. I won't get into it. But

38:43

yeah, like kind of talk about that

38:45

a little bit and like how much

38:48

like like a guy like Red Savage

38:50

second line center. I mean, such a

38:52

such a good guy in that locker.

38:54

Like like that's a huge loss for

38:56

them. Losing your captain your captain. Yeah,

38:58

I mean for me that's not something

39:00

I ever went through in college, but

39:03

you know, I imagine what that can

39:05

do to their locker. But again, like,

39:07

you know, Jeff Merrick says it all

39:09

the time and I know you guys

39:11

talk to him a lot, but hockey

39:13

players love something to rally around, right?

39:16

Like no matter what that is, and

39:18

I think this is something that maybe

39:20

could galvanize Michigan State, right, like we're

39:22

doing it for red. And, you know,

39:24

gee, that video you put up, honestly,

39:26

was amazing too. I personally thought the

39:28

Mariyuchi one was, you know, my favorite

39:31

because Minnesota to me is still like,

39:33

like I know North Dakota gets all

39:35

the praise as like the best, you

39:37

know, program in college hockey or whatnot

39:39

or the close thinking NHL, but I

39:41

think there's something about Minnesota that will

39:44

always be like top tier. But with

39:46

this, Michigan State though, you meant like

39:48

their facilities were far unbelievable believable like,

39:50

like, it's a school that I personally

39:52

like. I wanted to go to Penn

39:54

State and then Michigan State was actually

39:56

my second choice. I really loved that

39:59

school and I think the reason why

40:01

too is because of like the community

40:03

aspect, like people, you know. that that

40:05

grew up around Michigan State fucking love

40:07

Michigan State like they roofed that over

40:09

almost anything and you know Isaac Howard

40:12

another guy who seems to always score

40:14

the big goals right gee you know

40:16

him pretty well I think also like

40:18

he's man nice man but Trey Augustine

40:20

I feel like that's that every year

40:22

we go we go to these tournaments

40:25

and it's like all this team's got

40:27

Brock Faber and this team's got Will

40:29

Smith but it always comes down to

40:31

the goalie like what what Matt Davis

40:33

did in Denver last year. Oh my

40:35

god he was in that's why in

40:37

the national championship I have Michigan State

40:40

and I have BC because Jacob Fowler

40:42

and Trey Augustine are by far the

40:44

two best goalies in the country. Do

40:46

you have you have BC losing again

40:48

or no? No. No. We'll get we'll

40:50

get to all those predictions in a

40:53

minute. We still got another brand. Girls.

40:55

Yeah, Rose run the show here. Speaking

40:57

of. Speaking of B.C. That's the early

40:59

game Friday. B.C. verse Bentley. I got

41:01

a shout out my buddy Mike Z

41:03

back. He was on the first ever

41:05

D. One Bentley team back in 98

41:08

or 99 when they finally went D.

41:10

One. I mean, I don't even know

41:12

what kind of a kind of rink.

41:14

They have. So tell me all about

41:16

Bentley, it's their first ever NCAA attorney.

41:18

Yeah, so I think their new rank

41:21

was actually like, May, my first year

41:23

at Mercier, so like 2018, 19 maybe.

41:25

So it's only like six years old,

41:27

but like that was the place in

41:29

Atlantic hockey where nobody wanted to go

41:31

play. Like it's a community rink, like

41:33

there's no fans, like, they played at

41:36

Watertown. I mean that is, that is

41:38

a tough one. That is a tough

41:40

one. That's where I was playing high

41:42

school hockey games. And gee, you know

41:44

it better than anyone. Like now that

41:46

kids have chicklets you and they can

41:49

watch these videos and see the facilities.

41:51

You want to go play in a

41:53

rink that's gonna be a cool rink

41:55

to go to go to go to

41:57

go to go to go to go

41:59

to every day. You know, like, it's

42:02

hard enough recruiting as it is, I

42:04

think, when you're on these other programs.

42:06

Like it helps you no question when

42:08

you're when you when you got that

42:10

chip in your in your pile, right?

42:12

Yeah Yeah, and Bentley I think is

42:14

it's a need them I think gee

42:17

right so it's like 20 minutes outside

42:19

Boston maybe it's in Waltham Waltham so

42:21

what is it so so 20 minutes

42:23

outside? Yeah 20 minutes. It's super close

42:25

Yeah, so a great location, like they

42:27

finally have that rink where they can,

42:30

you know, attract some good players and

42:32

it's their first trip ever to the

42:34

tournament. Like it's also an incredible business

42:36

school, like it's one of the best

42:38

business schools in the country. So it's

42:40

like for those guys that, you know,

42:42

you're not going pro in hockey, you've

42:45

got Bentley is a great school to

42:47

consider with their new facilities and with

42:49

how incredible that business program is. That

42:51

said though, 81 BC. Yeah, I got

42:53

to say Bentley, we went there in

42:55

college to see Z back. They had

42:58

this spring weekend. Holy moly. Kids, us

43:00

four kids coming from RPI, we go

43:02

down there to that show. It was

43:04

incredible. I don't know if they're allowed

43:06

to still do that in this day

43:08

and age, but it was funny when

43:10

we came back to RPI. Amazing spring

43:13

week down in Bentley, we're just licking

43:15

our wounds, we come back the RPI,

43:17

there's a big banner, space week. And

43:19

all this stuff going on about space

43:21

shuttles and astronauts are like, oh man,

43:23

we're a bunch of nerds. But yeah,

43:26

congrats to them. I saw a video

43:28

the AD sent out like celebrating in

43:30

the locker room and stuff. But can

43:32

I ask a question quick? Just on

43:34

that same thing. How big is it

43:36

for a team like that? Or, you

43:39

know, for example, Maine's like a, you

43:41

know, legendary program. Yes, but they're on

43:43

the, you know, it's been a big

43:45

turnaround. A team like Penn State, right

43:47

with, you know, having six. How, how

43:49

big is are these runs for these

43:51

runs for these schools, like if they

43:54

can get? to a frozen for how

43:56

big is that in this environment now

43:58

in your your opinion Johnny to recruiting

44:00

and like how active everything is now

44:02

with the portal like how much does

44:04

that there's a good runway on kind

44:07

of the coaches in the program to

44:09

be like oh shit we need this

44:11

yeah well But listen, I think everyone's

44:13

different too. Like, you know, for me,

44:15

I knew college was my ceiling pretty

44:17

much as a hockey player. So like

44:19

I wanted to go and like be

44:22

at a fun school that I love

44:24

being at. like there are other guys

44:26

who want to go to the NHL

44:28

and want to develop into NHL players

44:30

that winning is very important. Like I

44:32

remember when I was being recruited like

44:35

my time frame like that 2012 to

44:37

2016 window, UMass Lowell was like one

44:39

of the best programs in the country.

44:41

Norm Bayes and like turned them around

44:43

hellabuck was their goalie. They had so

44:45

many guys who were just sick arena,

44:47

songus is awesome. And they were making

44:50

like frozen four after frozen four after

44:52

frozen four. And, you know, union, like

44:54

all these schools, like 10 years ago,

44:56

you know, it wasn't really what it

44:58

is now. I do think the bigger

45:00

schools now, like, obviously everyone, it's honestly

45:03

one of, one of the funniest things,

45:05

one of my teammates has ever said,

45:07

Joey Dusack, who plays in the KHL

45:09

now, he was my roommate, a nurse

45:11

year, he was like. I didn't grow

45:13

up dreaming of playing in front of

45:15

10,000 people at Penn State. I grew

45:18

up dreaming of playing at AIC and

45:20

hearing my dad in the stands telling

45:22

me to move my feet. Welcome to

45:24

every hockey player. It was like the

45:26

funniest thing he's ever said, he's obviously

45:28

kidding, but. I think kids are also

45:31

more aware of what college hockey is

45:33

now. Like I didn't really know what

45:35

college hockey was till I was in

45:37

seventh grade. I went to a BC

45:39

game when I was playing double A

45:41

and I watched Nathan Gerby and like

45:44

Brian Boyle. I think our parents took

45:46

us through a game. But I grew

45:48

up on Long Island, like there was

45:50

no college around that had college hockey.

45:52

I think now it's become more popular.

45:54

You're seeing it all over social media.

45:56

There's obviously more coverage and more players

45:59

are coming out of college hockey. So

46:01

it's, you know, become more popular around

46:03

the world over the past, you know,

46:05

10, 15 years. Like we have Kale

46:07

McCarthy, Quinn, Hughes, Adam Fox, like some

46:09

of these best defense men, Zacharensky in

46:12

the IHL now, that came right out

46:14

of college. Like me, that's what's helped

46:16

grow it so much. those guys went

46:18

to the big schools for the most

46:20

part, that's where these kids want to

46:22

grow up and play. Like if you

46:24

heard Quinn Hughes play to Michigan, he's

46:27

your favorite player, where do you want

46:29

to go to college? You want to

46:31

go to Michigan? You know, I think

46:33

that's got a lot to do with

46:35

it. But. I forgot what the original

46:37

question is, but yeah. I was just

46:40

saying, like, it's, if you're Michigan, you

46:42

just opened the doors and guys are

46:44

like, hey, setting their resumes and let's

46:46

just say, you're some of these other

46:48

schools, like these runs, like, really go

46:50

a long way to helping you recruit

46:52

and, you know, get your teams together

46:55

and maybe even the more so now

46:57

with the new CHL rules and stuff

46:59

as well. And in the history, there's

47:01

been a lot of these, a lot

47:03

of these. There used to be Max

47:05

called Max called Max schools now it's

47:08

the Atlantic and have pulled the upsets

47:10

and not only for the players army

47:12

to now that there's the portal everything

47:14

but the coaches it gets these coaches

47:16

on the map when they can pull

47:18

an upset or can get a team

47:21

like Bentley into the tournament so I

47:23

don't know if anybody's got more on

47:25

BC I know is that your team

47:27

again this year GBC you're gonna have

47:29

the jacket on at the frozen for

47:31

yeah so it's tough because see I

47:33

like established BC is my team but

47:36

like I don't have as many friends

47:38

on this BC team like Will Smith

47:40

was my buddy. That was the main

47:42

reason I was I was going ham

47:44

for them last year. So now I've

47:46

made some friends on Michigan State, I've

47:49

made some friends on Minnesota, Penn State

47:51

I got a couple buddies, Maine, there's

47:53

Benny Barr. So it's tough now that

47:55

I've built these relationships with these different

47:57

teams. I'm gonna stick with BC because

47:59

that's actually where my head is, not

48:01

my heart. But yeah, I'm riding. Uh,

48:04

bracket that the, that the Eagles have.

48:06

Providence in Denver, that is not gonna

48:08

be an easy game to win. Like,

48:10

whoever wins that game first off is,

48:12

like, if you have to go up

48:14

against Providence, that's not an easy W.

48:17

Denver, that ain't an easy W either.

48:19

So, yeah, it's gonna be tough for

48:21

BC to get out. But I got

48:23

PC. Yeah, that's the later game, Providence

48:25

first Denver on Friday, it's probably. the

48:27

two best coaches in college hockey? Well,

48:29

two of the top five for sure

48:32

with Nate Lehman and then David Carl.

48:34

Will he stay? Well, he might be

48:36

in Philly before this game even drops

48:38

the pucker in Chicago. We'll see, but

48:40

Providence, Denver, Denver, they're looking to repeat.

48:42

They've won two out of three. There

48:45

was no expectations last year really with

48:47

them. And then the goalie stole the

48:49

show. I saw him firsthand in Springfield.

48:51

He was incredible at the Frozen four.

48:53

on Leonard it was made like two.

48:55

He made two that were like out

48:57

of this world that that won them

49:00

the game virtually. I do feel like

49:02

Denver's quiet. What is it Jay? I

49:04

feel like Denver is being sneaky quiet.

49:06

Like they still have a pretty loaded

49:08

Ross. There's Zee Boom. Like I it

49:10

it wouldn't surprise if if you saw

49:13

Denver in the national championship, would any

49:15

of you guys be surprised at all?

49:17

Jack Devine leaves the country in points.

49:19

Yeah, I just loves this in the

49:21

pocket. At one point this year, we

49:23

had our, when we were keeping our

49:26

players of the week, he was, I

49:28

think, one goal and 25 assists or

49:30

something ridiculous like that. But yeah, he's

49:32

a sick player. I remember watching him

49:34

last year, who he eats something special.

49:36

Tough, tough bracket there too. I think

49:38

I do too. Yeah, so I don't

49:41

know we can finish up. I'm just

49:43

gonna quickly say my my frozen four

49:45

I got Maine. I have Michigan State.

49:47

I have Minnesota and I have Boston

49:49

College pretty chalky, but that's that's the

49:51

teams I like here. I'm with you.

49:54

I got B.C. Maine, Minnesota. Put it

49:56

up our picks. There's our picks. Here

49:58

we go. There we go. Look at

50:00

this. I'm the only guy that switched

50:02

up the one. Yeah, well, you're a

50:04

Western guy. You gotta take anything that

50:06

says Western. Western. If it was called

50:09

Western Bentley. You would have had to

50:11

take Western Italy. Johnny, what do you

50:13

got? I got BC, B, U, Penn

50:15

State, U, Mass. You really think B,

50:17

you? You think B, you? I think

50:19

Big Mike. I know, but like, B,

50:22

Johnny. The thing with B, you for

50:24

me and watching them, and they did

50:26

it at the bean pot as well,

50:28

is. you never I feel like they

50:30

could be good like they cranked it

50:32

up in that one game brutal first

50:34

period in the final then cranked it

50:37

up on b c took over the

50:39

game then they come out in the

50:41

term in this past tournaments and were

50:43

like they they disappeared like their game

50:45

just it was just flat like this

50:47

team needs to get kicked in the

50:50

ass before the game not at the

50:52

intermission or what what's like they're just

50:54

so up and down you never know

50:56

yeah from what I've seen there Dean

50:58

Mike just texted me, you're a dead

51:00

man. I'm always, I'm always rooting for

51:03

him and De Mike, honestly, it's probably

51:05

a good thing is I never hit

51:07

any bets or win anything, so you're

51:09

welcome, honestly. Bullet and board material, De

51:11

Mike, let's go. I'm, I'm just getting

51:13

payback for the milk duds. No, I

51:15

love De Mike, but next door, Dakota

51:18

coach right there. Yeah, we'll see. But

51:20

yeah, obviously for me, for me, like,

51:22

like. That Michigan State's gonna have a

51:24

big challenge as far as creating a

51:26

really fun game to watch. But Cornell

51:28

won't be easy either. I call it

51:31

a Cornell Princeton game earlier this year

51:33

and I do think when it comes

51:35

to staying when it comes to staying

51:37

above the puck and tracking back. Cornell

51:39

is one of the best teams I've

51:41

seen do that. Like there are no

51:43

odd man rushes against the big red.

51:46

So Michigan State's gonna have a big

51:48

challenge as far as creating plays when

51:50

they cross that blue line. So we'll

51:52

see what the skill guys can do.

51:54

for the Spartans, but I'm definitely rooting

51:56

for Michigan State in that bracket. So

51:59

DeMike, I am sharing you on. I

52:01

just, Cole Hudson, Kleizman, those two guys

52:03

are nasty and they can take over

52:05

again. So we'll see what those two

52:07

guys. Isaac Howard and Trey, Augustine, right

52:09

back in your face. I got you

52:11

D Mike. Are you coming to, are

52:14

you gonna be in St. Louis, Joan?

52:16

I don't have confirmation yet, but I'm

52:18

trying to get there. So hopefully I'll

52:20

be there. You guys are going right.

52:22

We will, we game notes. There'll be

52:24

boots on the ground. I think we're

52:27

getting in Wednesday night. We got both

52:29

games Thursday. probably a little pink Whitney

52:31

party before the game on Saturday to

52:33

get us just right. And maybe Quinnipiac

52:35

makes it back army so our buddy

52:37

there can get us in the sweets

52:40

again. Oh my God, we rip around

52:42

with those guys. We're gonna die in

52:44

St. Louis. No question. Those guys were

52:46

not if they get back there. I'd

52:48

be something else. Always a great time.

52:50

I see Jeremiah Maxwell. We saw him

52:52

in many this past. the last one

52:55

and you know he's going to be

52:57

there he rips all the way from

52:59

Alaska people in the chat everyone saying

53:01

should we all go to St. Louis

53:03

like it's just like an ice con

53:05

in St. Louis needed games con yeah

53:08

ice con this weekend too we're going

53:10

to get into the NHL in a

53:12

little bit but Johnny we know you're

53:14

out west you probably had a late

53:16

night so thank you for waking up

53:18

and teaching us a little more about

53:20

the college hockey as as armies new

53:23

to the game I've been out of

53:25

the game for a while so we

53:27

appreciate your expertise. You know, I love

53:29

you guys. I'll hop on here any

53:31

time of the day. So I appreciate

53:33

you guys having me and yeah, we'll

53:36

talk soon, right? Yeah, and you can

53:38

see Johnny and our guest from last

53:40

week, Colby Cohen every morning, Monday through

53:42

Thursday, morning cup of hockey. 9 a.m.

53:44

I want to say it's at 9

53:46

a.m. Boys, I'm gonna jump out of

53:48

here. It's it's it's NHL time NC

53:51

double A time is over I'm at

53:53

a bachelor party here in Scottsdale things

53:55

are starting to get loud out in

53:57

the living room I don't want I

53:59

don't want it to get too loud

54:01

here So I'll kick it over to

54:04

you guys. It's gonna be like you're

54:06

a flash IV in the morning, gee,

54:08

that's what that's made for these kind

54:10

of trips. Body armor slash IV, get

54:12

it for the whole crew. And you're

54:14

gonna be doing like your atcha, past

54:16

past puff party, yeah, I know it,

54:19

it's like your atcha days all over

54:21

again. These 20 Shea guys are savages,

54:23

city boys, just savages, so it'll be

54:25

a fun one. At a boy, gee.

54:27

Thanks, buddy. Yeah, awesome. Right. Yeah, like

54:29

he said, that's a wrap on the

54:32

college hockey. We're going to go through

54:34

the NHL. We got a bonus day

54:36

here because we're jumped on Thursday, the

54:38

old way game notes. So we're just

54:40

going to do every day. And if

54:42

there's a little little news or notes

54:45

about a certain team, we're going to

54:47

talk about their game that day and

54:49

put it in there and I'll have

54:51

a couple picks at the end. Yep.

54:53

Shaw will take over assistant coach Shaw

54:55

Brad Shaw will be taking over and

54:57

and we saw some comments from torts

55:00

after the last game right and All

55:02

of sudden we get you know this

55:04

information and this news it happened rather

55:06

quick I was like maybe you would

55:08

they would wait to the end of

55:10

the year murals I don't know how

55:13

you feel about it. There's not much

55:15

time left here with where they're at

55:17

but where they're at but Yeah, when

55:19

I see it happening like this during

55:21

the season, I feel like maybe Brad

55:23

Shaw's gonna get the job I know

55:25

he's been a long time assistant But

55:28

why else would you do it if

55:30

if it's your guy? Then yeah, you

55:32

want to give him these extra eight

55:34

or nine games to understand everybody and

55:36

stuff like that I don't understand why

55:38

you would do it other than that,

55:41

but I just think look at look

55:43

at look at talk look at talk

55:45

in Vancouver lots of talk about his

55:47

contract extension that hasn't happened and what

55:49

could happen there so lots of moving

55:51

parts right now and obviously you know

55:53

torts has been through his career in

55:56

the media and whatnot and you know

55:58

he's worked on TV in between coaching

56:00

jobs as well. but then gets back

56:02

behind the bench and is, you know,

56:04

you know, rather, I don't know what

56:06

the word is, like, you know, bristly

56:09

with the media, but he's been in,

56:11

and he's been in like several things

56:13

with, you know, this, you know, the

56:15

Mitchkov and, you know, being hard on

56:17

him and benching him and what's the

56:19

line and where's it at and young

56:22

guys in my right there. Is that

56:24

generally what he said? So, you know,

56:26

they're just at an impasse really with

56:28

where their where their organization's at their

56:30

team and it's like, hey, it's something

56:32

else needs to happen here. So it'll

56:34

be super interesting with, you know, the

56:37

guys that we talk about the car,

56:39

carl bar on and on you go

56:41

down the list, some other young, you

56:43

know, NHL coaches as well that are.

56:45

probably assistant coaches that might be looking

56:47

for a sniff as well as a

56:50

head guy and grow with the team

56:52

and and be a guy that could

56:54

be in there so that's that's big

56:56

news here today though that's big news

56:58

with that big news what about if

57:00

he was jumping to another team for

57:02

the playoff run somebody said hey we

57:05

want torts up here you think of

57:07

any team that would bring on torts

57:09

late I can't see it happening no

57:11

I can't see that happening if anything

57:13

I could see If he's not behind

57:15

a bench as an advisor of some

57:18

sort with an organization at most, if

57:20

not back behind the desk, chopping it

57:22

up on TV possibly. Yeah, sitting there

57:24

with Levy and Messier on ESPN. Yes,

57:26

we would all love that. We love

57:28

hearing from him. But let's get into

57:30

the, I mean, the playoff races, the

57:33

playoff races are incredible. Detroit at home

57:35

tonight, hanging on by a thread, playing

57:37

Ottawa. If you remember last year, Ottawa,

57:39

Ottawa put. put them asleep. Detroit went

57:41

up there and lost two games back

57:43

to back. So that's a huge game

57:46

to look at tonight. You got who

57:48

else is the other one you were

57:50

talking about Toronto. They're fighting with Florida

57:52

and Tampa for that top spot. They

57:54

got an easy one in San Jose.

57:56

They got to take care of business.

57:59

Yeah, I mean, I'm looking at all

58:01

this right now in like with like

58:03

getting in the playoffs for one with

58:05

like, you know, the Montreal's You know,

58:07

who's hanging around who can get in

58:09

there right? And here's the standings as

58:11

we get a look at it. Thank

58:14

you Pasha of throwing it up there

58:16

You know, Islanders Rangers Columbus like, you

58:18

know, some of these like what's happened

58:20

in there, but then the Atlantic the

58:22

top of the Atlantic also for positioning

58:24

murals What's more intriguing to you right

58:27

now with some of these games? And

58:29

I feel like, you know, you're seeing

58:31

some games on one level, like LA

58:33

against Colorado, right? And you're like, oh,

58:35

that'll be a good game. But that's

58:37

a huge game just, you know, for

58:39

positioning for positioning and home ice advantage.

58:42

Like, look at these teams right here.

58:44

You know, I was just in Tampa

58:46

Bay, just in Florida with the Penguins.

58:48

Florida was missing some of their guys

58:50

and it looks like tomorrow night. I

58:52

believe it's tomorrow night, Saturday night, or

58:55

sorry Friday night, they were saying that

58:57

Marchand may be making his debut in

58:59

Florida with the Panthers. But Tampa Bay,

59:01

sneaky, like no one's talking really about

59:03

them. It's so different from Florida with

59:05

the way they play. I don't know,

59:07

but I think home ice advantage or

59:10

winning the division, like there's a lot

59:12

of jockey going on with a lot

59:14

of these teams. Do you find that

59:16

more interesting? Are you, are you kind

59:18

of... still like interested and intrigued because

59:20

I know we talk a lot about

59:23

just getting in the battle for the

59:25

wild card. Yeah in that in that

59:27

case I like the battle up top

59:29

there I think Toronto really wants to

59:31

avoid both those teams I think if

59:33

they play Tampa or Florida they're done

59:35

so at that on that side I

59:38

think that's bigger when I look out

59:40

west that some of these are the

59:42

other ones that will get to later.

59:44

LA's a wagon Edmonton's good. Winnipeg, everybody's

59:46

good out there. St. Louis Blues, you

59:48

don't want to run into. Who I'm

59:51

going to talk a little bit about

59:53

right now, my St. Louis Blues. Fire.

59:55

They've won seven in a row. They

59:57

seem to win every game four to

59:59

one. They are just, they're on an absolute

1:00:01

heater and nobody would want to play

1:00:04

them right now in a series. It

1:00:06

looks like Winnipeg might have to deal

1:00:08

with them. But that's one of my

1:00:10

picks for tonight. If we want to

1:00:12

get into my picks real quick. I'd

1:00:15

love to hear your picks. Yeah, I've

1:00:17

been on the blues, I've been riding

1:00:19

the blues, I'm on them again, I'm

1:00:21

going for it tonight. I'm sick of

1:00:23

sitting here watching them win 41641, I'm

1:00:25

going blues minus one and a half,

1:00:28

plus 1. Plus 1. draft king sports

1:00:30

book. So I'm on them. And then my

1:00:32

other one, what is it when you

1:00:34

got to like say you're wrong? You

1:00:36

got a, you got a tough, tough

1:00:38

pill to swallow or you got to eat

1:00:40

crow. I got to eat crow on my

1:00:42

on the L. A. Kings. They are a

1:00:45

real problem now. They don't lose

1:00:47

at home. They're incredible at

1:00:49

home. And now Edmonton's

1:00:51

all banged up. So it looks like

1:00:53

LA is going to get home ice so

1:00:56

that they do have a chance to

1:00:58

beat Edmonton and then beat my Vegas

1:01:00

golden nights and make me look even

1:01:02

dumber. But yeah, they're saying to my

1:01:04

occult, but yeah, that's what Whitt always

1:01:06

says. I should know that he says

1:01:09

it at least four times an episode

1:01:11

because he's always wrong. But I'm going

1:01:13

against LA. All that said, I'm against

1:01:15

LA tonight. I'm on my avalanche,

1:01:17

money line. LA only does it

1:01:19

at home. Colorado is incredible. Colorado

1:01:22

is incredible. avalanche

1:01:24

money line. Siggsi. Siggsi

1:01:26

calls it the, not the mea

1:01:28

culpa, the mea humma. Nice, thanks.

1:01:30

Chat, undefeated, murals. What

1:01:33

else we got out

1:01:35

west? Big win for Vancouver

1:01:37

last night, Calgary's hanging around,

1:01:39

they've won four in a

1:01:42

row. Yep, I mean, some of

1:01:44

these, yeah, these teams, Edmonton,

1:01:46

Dallas, lost to Dallas. Edmonton

1:01:49

tried to push back in there. Here's the

1:01:51

playoff race though with Vancouver. I thought they

1:01:53

were too far out that they win last

1:01:55

night. Calgary's won four in a row that

1:01:57

that's heating up. I was gonna like almost

1:01:59

right off. Vancouver if they didn't win

1:02:01

last night like it was just like

1:02:04

how many points is too much to

1:02:06

be away like five points or it's

1:02:08

it's just so hard to to gain

1:02:10

traction when you got a team especially

1:02:12

you're trying to catch St. Louis and

1:02:15

they're just absolutely on fire out west

1:02:17

right now and looking at that and

1:02:19

then also looking up into those divisional

1:02:21

races as well right. you look up

1:02:24

in there and it's like, okay, who's

1:02:26

going to get home ice? What's the

1:02:28

play here? Who you want to play?

1:02:30

Who you want to slot up against?

1:02:33

What are we doing here? So lots

1:02:35

of action to watch and it's going

1:02:37

to continue the rest of the way

1:02:39

here in this NHL season, right to

1:02:41

the wire in a lot of different

1:02:44

areas, which is like super exciting for

1:02:46

me murals, right? Yeah, I'm absolutely loving

1:02:48

it. Every game. You could find every

1:02:50

night there's three or four good games

1:02:53

to watch. Even our beloved Pittsburgh Penguins

1:02:55

are worth watching because Sid is just

1:02:57

breaking records all the time. Tonight. Tonight

1:02:59

buddy. Big record tonight. You got a

1:03:01

point last game in Tampa Bay on

1:03:04

a blowout beat down 6-1 against Tampa.

1:03:06

Peds weren't there at all like Tampa

1:03:08

dominated them. The Tampa Tampa sneaky good

1:03:10

but tonight Sid gets one more point.

1:03:13

That'll that'll lock him up for a

1:03:15

point of game 20 seasons in a

1:03:17

row. He's tied at 19 seasons right

1:03:19

now with Wayne Gretzky. Just just an

1:03:21

awesome example of like what's one thing

1:03:24

that you would like if I was

1:03:26

interviewing you and we're in Wilkes together

1:03:28

or even at the NHL level, you

1:03:30

know that the everyday player, mostly every

1:03:33

guy is like what's something you want

1:03:35

to work on and at that level

1:03:37

you can skate, you know, you're smart,

1:03:39

you can play, but it's always consistency.

1:03:41

The guys always say, consist, I got

1:03:44

to, I could prove my inconsistency, especially

1:03:46

in the American League. But like, when

1:03:48

you're a guy like that, that's that

1:03:50

good, that that consistently produces, that consistently

1:03:53

is mentally and physically and elite every

1:03:55

year, it's amazing. And to do it

1:03:57

20 years in a row, you gotta.

1:03:59

longevity and consistency and just unbelievable player.

1:04:02

So I'm looking forward. I hope I'm

1:04:04

on the radio call tonight on color

1:04:06

for the penguins here in Buffalo. So

1:04:08

I'm looking forward hopefully to that because

1:04:10

it's, you know, witnessing history like that,

1:04:13

it's been cool to watch Sid pass

1:04:15

all these guys and, you know, all

1:04:17

these records that he's getting are moving

1:04:19

up on some of these milestones and

1:04:22

some of the names you're hearing, it's

1:04:24

really cool. But this one, this going

1:04:26

into this year. you know for him

1:04:28

for me as a hockey fan and

1:04:30

like a Sid guy like we all

1:04:33

are it's it's gonna be awesome so

1:04:35

just needs one point tonight so maybe

1:04:37

if you if you're running parlays for

1:04:39

tonight or anything and you're looking for

1:04:42

something that's guaranteed Sid's been absolutely on

1:04:44

fire eight-game point streak he's on right

1:04:46

now I believe it's eight games once

1:04:48

I crack into my homework here, but

1:04:50

just absolutely lighting it up and, you

1:04:53

know, leading away and just a producer,

1:04:55

he can just make things happen. So

1:04:57

look for that, at least a point.

1:04:59

I'm guessing he'll have probably two. I'll

1:05:02

go out on a limb. Because he

1:05:04

has, out of, out of, on his

1:05:06

eight game point streak, Merle's, he's got

1:05:08

five of those games or four or

1:05:10

five, five of those games that are,

1:05:13

he's had multi points. So just absolutely

1:05:15

putting it together. I got eight games

1:05:17

straight with 13.6 goals, seven assists. I'm

1:05:19

gonna make a bold prediction that he

1:05:22

scores a goal tonight to break the

1:05:24

record from his patented spot there on

1:05:26

the side of the net. I saw

1:05:28

he scored his 25th goal right from

1:05:30

that spot. And you remember when Wayne

1:05:33

Gretske retired, they put the 99 behind

1:05:35

the net because that was Wayne's office.

1:05:37

I want to see the whole NHL

1:05:39

when he retires an 87 there on

1:05:42

the left post in all the ranks

1:05:44

for at least one night and, you

1:05:46

know, show the true legend. It's his

1:05:48

spot. and then we're gonna do the

1:05:51

same for a vechkin on his spot

1:05:53

when he retires on the on the

1:05:55

circle that will have the big eight

1:05:57

on the other circle so fuck those

1:05:59

guys deserve that and they need that

1:06:02

and i wanted to lead that into

1:06:04

the ovi gold chase oh my god

1:06:06

graphic of ours keeps showing up on

1:06:08

our game no yeah he's just he's

1:06:11

hunting right he is absolutely and another

1:06:13

goal for him and then they got

1:06:15

tonight right there in Minnesota. Something to

1:06:17

keep an eye on obviously we're all

1:06:19

watching that. So what does he need?

1:06:22

Six goals to break it right? Every

1:06:24

time I see the graphic pop up

1:06:26

I'm just disgusted I only had two

1:06:28

goals. That's talking to you. A tons

1:06:31

of action tonight. Obviously the NCA, we're

1:06:33

gonna be really focused on, but the

1:06:35

NHL, I mean, these games are incredible

1:06:37

too. It's just a perfect time to

1:06:39

be a hockey fan. But that's tonight,

1:06:42

lead us into Friday night. Tomorrow we're

1:06:44

gonna get those, we're gonna get more

1:06:46

NCA hockey, but we have six NHL

1:06:48

games as well. Six games on the

1:06:51

slate. What are you looking at big

1:06:53

boy as we, like every game too,

1:06:55

like Vancouver and Columbus and Columbus? I

1:06:57

mean. It doesn't like get any bigger

1:06:59

for both those teams and you'd think

1:07:02

going into the game like oh Western

1:07:04

Conference random team against Easter like but

1:07:06

those are just just absolutely massive that

1:07:08

that game and then you run right

1:07:11

down the slate and it's almost like

1:07:13

every single game is like that. Yeah

1:07:15

it's crazy I got Columbus in this

1:07:17

one there they're one and oh since

1:07:19

Olivier's interview on on spitting chiklets and

1:07:22

those guys said it they're gonna give

1:07:24

you a bump we're gonna get Columbus

1:07:26

back in this thing so I'm gonna

1:07:28

ride with. with the Chiklitz crew, with

1:07:31

the Chiklitz bump, Jackets Money Line plus

1:07:33

125. My other game is a playoff

1:07:35

game for Montreal basically, but Carolina is

1:07:37

off a loss. They played terrible when

1:07:40

they traveled back from the West Coast.

1:07:42

Habs will be on a back-to-back tomorrow.

1:07:44

So I'm on the Keynes three-way minus

1:07:46

130 and then out west the late

1:07:48

game. You know me, I like the

1:07:51

late games. I like the early games.

1:07:53

I like the early games. For the

1:07:55

Rangers, it's a must win. Yes, Anaheim

1:07:57

is great. but Ranger's three-way and I

1:08:00

got a little little little present or

1:08:02

a little something to show you today

1:08:04

about the Anaheim Ducks who I mean

1:08:06

this guy could have done a perfect

1:08:08

timing for me last night he got

1:08:11

two goals I got this Leo Carlson

1:08:13

bobblehead doll brought back to me nice

1:08:15

nice that's sick my buddy Anton Hun

1:08:17

went over there went to four different

1:08:20

ducks I know Anton. Yeah. Yeah. And,

1:08:22

uh, well, the ducks, my favorite guy,

1:08:24

the ducks obliterated the Bruins last night.

1:08:26

So they're on a back to back.

1:08:28

So it sets up really good for

1:08:31

that. Rangers pick. So yeah, we will.

1:08:33

That's Friday. Yeah, Friday. Friday. Sorry, must

1:08:35

win. Rangers. Must win. Rangers. Most ways.

1:08:37

Oh, talks. Yeah. Game notes. Usually Friday.

1:08:40

But that's tomorrow. That's tomorrow. Hey. We

1:08:42

haven't heard from this guy yet. today

1:08:44

because he I don't know I guys

1:08:46

I still don't know if he went

1:08:48

to college I think we covered this

1:08:51

last time he went to some makeup

1:08:53

college in Canada like Davenport University like

1:08:55

Biz but we need to get posh

1:08:57

on here because we need to see

1:09:00

the disclaimer and we got to talk

1:09:02

some devils warning the following statements are

1:09:04

about to be made by deranged devil's

1:09:06

fan the views expressed are his and

1:09:08

his only take everything you hear with

1:09:11

a grain of salt because remember he

1:09:13

is a deranged devil's fan That's right.

1:09:15

Yep, what's up boys? I just wanted

1:09:17

to give a little tire pump to

1:09:20

Luke Hughes, sees his brother go down,

1:09:22

sees the number one offensive demand. Hamilton

1:09:24

goes down and he says, what am

1:09:26

I going to do? I'm going to

1:09:29

absolutely step up. This guy's got 12

1:09:31

points in the last 11 games, three

1:09:33

primary apples last night. He has just

1:09:35

been unbelievable really sort of taken that

1:09:37

responsibility on his shoulders for, what is

1:09:40

he, 21 years old? I think Sky's

1:09:42

the limit for this kid. If the

1:09:44

Devils are going to do anything this

1:09:46

year, and by anything, I mean, win

1:09:49

a couple games. I mean, I'm not

1:09:51

delusional off to think that they're going

1:09:53

to win the cup, but he's going

1:09:55

to have to be playing at this

1:09:57

level. So Little Luke, you shout out,

1:10:00

but he deserves it. He does deserve

1:10:02

it. He does deserve it. I think

1:10:04

this is in a real world. I'll

1:10:06

say this, Pasha too. I think this

1:10:09

is. This is gonna be huge for

1:10:11

a young player to be put in

1:10:13

this situation and kind of take the

1:10:15

reins and he is right now. So

1:10:17

yeah, totally great sign. Yeah, but against

1:10:20

Winnipeg, I feel like, yeah, Winnipeg just

1:10:22

owns the Devils and yeah, that one,

1:10:24

I don't know. I don't have high

1:10:26

hopes for that game in particular. Yeah,

1:10:29

Johnny Lazarus in the chat now. He

1:10:31

says he's gonna owe Pasha some money

1:10:33

moving forward. What's. Uh, Timo Meyer versus

1:10:35

Benajad, more goals. That one looks to

1:10:37

be pretty much wrapped. You guys are

1:10:40

crazy doing it. And then Devil's Rangers

1:10:42

who finishes higher. So, wow. That's very

1:10:44

good for me. Yeah. Yeah, wow. Good

1:10:46

for you. Yes, Johnny, you just pay

1:10:49

that right over to win for the

1:10:51

other team. That's good for that. But

1:10:53

army talking betting, you got a little

1:10:55

four, four game parley. Well, if I

1:10:57

was doing it, like, like, you know,

1:11:00

like, you know, you know, at this

1:11:02

slate here tonight. And I'll do the

1:11:04

little Friday night. Friday night, sorry. I

1:11:06

would do a little four gamer, a

1:11:09

little rangers, a little golden nights, little

1:11:11

Winnipeg, sorry, Pasha, and Florida. And I'm

1:11:13

not unsure what those odds would be,

1:11:15

but just looking at the slate. That's

1:11:18

what I would do for Friday night.

1:11:20

Well, I'll tell you what I'll try

1:11:22

to do army. I will talk to

1:11:24

our good friend Jack McCarthy at Barstool

1:11:26

that runs the draft draft, the draft

1:11:29

King stuff. We will try to get

1:11:31

that. with the graphic with the odds

1:11:33

and not everybody can easily click on

1:11:35

that on the draft king sports book

1:11:38

and if you're feeling it different if

1:11:40

you want an over or an under

1:11:42

your feeling that murals i know you

1:11:44

feel i know you have your feelings

1:11:46

you can you can you can you

1:11:49

can you can you can work with

1:11:51

it for the the graphic Hey two

1:11:53

and all yesterday I hit I hit

1:11:55

a euro game and then I hit

1:11:58

Dallas Stars I also did a little

1:12:00

over parlay for fun I took all

1:12:02

four overs just just to get the

1:12:04

vibes going for LEO just Mr. Ice

1:12:06

Ice Khan he's traveling down there today

1:12:09

so I am looking at overs maybe

1:12:11

we'll throw in one over tomorrow with

1:12:13

your four picks, but stay tuned to

1:12:15

the socials for that. I'll see if

1:12:18

we can get that done. That's enough

1:12:20

of Friday. Let's take a little break

1:12:22

from the games and get into our

1:12:24

show. Mindsees, Army, you're going out west.

1:12:26

You're a Western guy for your show.

1:12:29

Well, I got. is with all the

1:12:31

college talk and I'm excited to talk

1:12:33

about this CHL also. We got this

1:12:35

the best time. Everything's happening. Army forgets

1:12:38

the graphic, Libby's all over me for

1:12:40

it. I know, I know, I know,

1:12:42

brutal, I do it every time. Credit

1:12:44

to Pasha for remembering to put it

1:12:46

up there. Yeah, how does he do

1:12:49

that? Well, how he always remembers. Western

1:12:51

Hockey League, CHL, playoffs are starting up

1:12:53

also. Look at what we've got here.

1:12:55

This is a little tip for you

1:12:58

as well. The WHL and Victory Plus,

1:13:00

just to let people know if they

1:13:02

want to watch WHL playoff games, they've

1:13:04

signed a deal with the Western Hockey

1:13:07

League, but they'll be streaming for free,

1:13:09

starting right now, tomorrow night, in the

1:13:11

playoffs, without geo restrictions, which is unreal.

1:13:13

So, yes, I see people in the

1:13:15

chat, Gavin McKenna. Yes, now you can

1:13:18

get future RPI engineer Gavin McKenna. There

1:13:20

you go, there you go. So this

1:13:22

is just a great opportunity. I'm sending

1:13:24

it to the show, especially the Western

1:13:27

League being able to do this with

1:13:29

this app now. You can go if

1:13:31

you're interested, if you've never seen it.

1:13:33

You want to see some of these

1:13:35

prospects, these highly touted players that are

1:13:38

up there. Check out some of the

1:13:40

hockey. Now you can go do that.

1:13:42

Now Pasha, I believe you have a

1:13:44

graphic also of the Western Hockeyky league,

1:13:47

which I'm a big. big guy for.

1:13:49

Their playoffs round one matchups are all

1:13:51

kicking off and here's a look at

1:13:53

that. If you're interested with the app

1:13:55

now, you can. can go and track

1:13:58

all these series and rounds and get

1:14:00

into it and check it out. I

1:14:02

think that's an awesome thing to get

1:14:04

people hooked or get people watching or

1:14:07

get people interested in what this could

1:14:09

look like. And Medicine Hat against Swift

1:14:11

Current Broncos is a round one in

1:14:13

the Eastern Conference matchup with Gavin McKenna

1:14:15

with Medicine Hat if you're wondering. So

1:14:18

there there it is right there. Check

1:14:20

it out, check the rosters, check your

1:14:22

prospects where they are. You can get

1:14:24

that land in DuPont with the Everett

1:14:27

Silver Tips also against Seattle. If you're

1:14:29

looking at trying to get your eyes

1:14:31

on some of these guys, I see

1:14:33

the chats buzzing off right now. Let's

1:14:35

go weakings. Yeah, weakings are in on

1:14:38

there. Get him there. I'm a Spokane

1:14:40

Chiefs guy now. Spoken Chiefs, they're my

1:14:42

guys, Tom Freighter, equipment guy, talked to

1:14:44

a couple of the kids, so that

1:14:47

they're my horse. I see them. They're

1:14:49

playing the Vancouver Giants. Oh, anything to

1:14:51

go against Vancouver and places where Pasha,

1:14:53

perfect. Pasha. Oh, there we go. Pasha,

1:14:56

Pasha, come on in here and call

1:14:58

somebody up to the show, please. Yeah,

1:15:00

my show is Jacob Chikran for a

1:15:02

couple reasons. First of all, he secured

1:15:04

the absolute bag with that contract. Like,

1:15:07

is that not way higher than you

1:15:09

expected? I mean, good for him, but

1:15:11

holy cow, what a, what a ticket

1:15:13

for the guy. Well, he's, I feel

1:15:16

like a couple years ago, he was

1:15:18

on the outs. No, no, he was

1:15:20

always getting hurt, didn't play well in

1:15:22

Ottawa, there was really, there was really

1:15:24

no space for him. and now. Yeah,

1:15:27

so good for him for that and

1:15:29

go ahead army. Is that Arnold nurse

1:15:31

money pretty much like he got that

1:15:33

contract right? I like I mean what

1:15:36

a season he's strung together in Washington

1:15:38

it seems like it's a great fit

1:15:40

for him so he's found a home

1:15:42

crazy that like like the Ottawa thing

1:15:44

I'm like what the heck is going

1:15:47

on here like he's got family from

1:15:49

there that he they had him like

1:15:51

he's a guy that can you know

1:15:53

produce and and play minutes but it's

1:15:56

worked out for whatever reason in in

1:15:58

in in Washington and in Washington and

1:16:00

They found some gold there, but the

1:16:02

traded value is high. It has worked

1:16:04

out. And then more specifically, I want

1:16:07

to, you know, part of calling him

1:16:09

to the show is these health protocols

1:16:11

that he has, you know, a couple

1:16:13

years ago it came out. He was

1:16:16

eating the raw liver. Yes. And then

1:16:18

now it's come out that he's eliminated

1:16:20

all light bulbs from his house. He's

1:16:22

all candle lit at night. And you

1:16:24

know, army, we've talked about this and

1:16:27

I've told you about it, you know,

1:16:29

you know, the blue light. how bad

1:16:31

blue light is for you once the

1:16:33

sun goes down messes up your circadian

1:16:36

rhythm and he takes a lot of

1:16:38

heat for people like what's this kooky

1:16:40

stuff this guy's a weirdo but you

1:16:42

know I love the fact that he

1:16:45

he looks into his health and he

1:16:47

and he follows these things and he's

1:16:49

not shy about sharing it and it's

1:16:51

just it's refreshing you don't hear a

1:16:53

lot about these look you know it

1:16:56

sounds crazy getting real light bulbs and

1:16:58

obviously that's an extreme but I just

1:17:00

love that he's kind of all about

1:17:02

it Well, we see the guy in

1:17:05

Buffalo, you know, he doesn't wear shoes,

1:17:07

he likes to be grounded. Like, I

1:17:09

played with some guys that only drink

1:17:11

water out of glass bottles, no plastic

1:17:13

bottles, like, a lot of guys are,

1:17:16

there's not a lot, but quite a

1:17:18

few are very alternative conscious of like

1:17:20

these other. things and avenues and health

1:17:22

benefits to certain things that they that

1:17:25

they like to do because it makes

1:17:27

them feel better and they notice a

1:17:29

difference because they're so fine tuned that

1:17:31

like every little tweak is like so

1:17:33

big for them and Chickering's always been

1:17:36

one of those guys yeah so I

1:17:38

saw he was kind of was he

1:17:40

take being called like a loser like

1:17:42

taking heat on social media shocker for

1:17:45

like we'll just chirp from the calm

1:17:47

of cooke or whatever and I don't

1:17:49

know people find any reason to chirp

1:17:51

but yeah An interesting guy with his

1:17:53

health, but obviously very health conscious on

1:17:56

every angle of what he puts into

1:17:58

his body and what environment he's in

1:18:00

as well. Yeah, he's a huge contract.

1:18:02

He's a unit. He's doing something, right?

1:18:05

Yeah, he's doing something, right? Yeah, he's

1:18:07

ripped. Absolutely. Two million bucks. Yeah, they'll

1:18:09

keep you in the show for a

1:18:11

while with that contract. Can't send you

1:18:13

down with that kind of money. home

1:18:16

another title. They scored on a penalty

1:18:18

shot. Kristen Sims scored on a penalty

1:18:20

shot with, I don't know, 30 seconds

1:18:22

left and got it to overtime. Then

1:18:25

she scored the game winning goal. But

1:18:27

the main reason this game popped up

1:18:29

on my radar. Troy, New York native,

1:18:31

we have a girl Maggie Scanel. Maggie

1:18:34

Scanel. She's from Troy, she played all

1:18:36

over Pittsburgh and then she was up

1:18:38

at Shadick St. Mary's was the captain

1:18:40

there. So she's on the team and

1:18:42

wanted to congratulate her and the rest

1:18:45

of her teammates on the national title.

1:18:47

You're called up to the show this

1:18:49

week. Yeah, that's awesome. I saw that

1:18:51

clip of their coach for the penalty

1:18:54

shot. Someone posted it and I saw

1:18:56

the coaches like who wants it who

1:18:58

wants it you can read his lips

1:19:00

and she put her hand up right

1:19:02

away It's kind of that mentality, you

1:19:05

know, it was really cool clip to

1:19:07

see that so for kids watching, you

1:19:09

know, you want to have that I

1:19:11

want I want the puck I want

1:19:14

to be the person right so pretty

1:19:16

impressive stuff then there was a controversy

1:19:18

there showing it did you see the

1:19:20

shootout move really sick move? Yeah, but

1:19:22

they're like oh she brought a little

1:19:25

puck back I don't think I don't

1:19:27

If you pull the puck back to

1:19:29

take a shot, the pucks going back,

1:19:31

if you're thinking like that, that's wrong.

1:19:34

Unbelievable move, good goal by her and

1:19:36

massive win. Good story all around, Merle's.

1:19:38

Awesome. Yeah, yeah, great story, but now

1:19:40

we got to get to the Mindsies.

1:19:42

Did you find out any Mindsies? Are

1:19:45

you going to stay positive? I got

1:19:47

something, I was just watching last night

1:19:49

and it came in my head, I

1:19:51

think I've done this before, chat can

1:19:54

remind me if I haven't, I don't

1:19:56

know, but I just, as a 42

1:19:58

year old guy, I'm sitting there watching

1:20:00

NHL and I'm just seeing, you know,

1:20:02

guys scoring goals, and I'm seeing guys

1:20:05

just going by the bench, like, are

1:20:07

we not? done with this like I

1:20:09

watch it I'm just like I'm done

1:20:11

with this how are these guys still

1:20:14

want to do the bench flybys like

1:20:16

let's just go old school let's just

1:20:18

go celebrate you know and then go

1:20:20

line it up be like why are

1:20:23

we doing the little kid flybys Can

1:20:25

we at the NHL level like, like,

1:20:27

you know, get rid of this? It

1:20:29

just looks weird to me now in

1:20:31

my brain when I see it. And

1:20:34

I used to do it, Merle's, we

1:20:36

all did it. I did it. I

1:20:38

get it. I did it. I did

1:20:40

it. I did it. I did it.

1:20:43

I did it. I did it. I

1:20:45

just is, I just see it now

1:20:47

and I'm like, I just, I just

1:20:49

see it now and I'm like, I

1:20:51

watch it. It's over, like you're in

1:20:54

the NHL, Mark. Yeah, I don't mind

1:20:56

it on the big goals. The time

1:20:58

when I really hate it, say the

1:21:00

games, five, three, they already gave up

1:21:03

an empty nap, but they pull the

1:21:05

goalie again. And then the team scores

1:21:07

with three seconds left to make it

1:21:09

five four, like the game's over. Don't

1:21:11

go fly by. Just go line up,

1:21:14

this thing's done. So here it is,

1:21:16

Jeremiah says, Jeremiah says in the chat,

1:21:18

army, nothing wrong with the fly. There's

1:21:20

nothing wrong with the flyby. I'm not

1:21:23

raining on anybody's fun. Yeah, look at

1:21:25

how look at them go by the

1:21:27

bench. That's so cool. And I get

1:21:29

it, I get it. Okay, but just

1:21:31

like, are we done with like, are

1:21:34

we done with this little like peoey

1:21:36

thing? Are we done with the peoey

1:21:38

flyby? I don't know. John Winnick army's

1:21:40

been in the beer leagues too long.

1:21:43

That's why he hates. I want to

1:21:45

see a college team do that this

1:21:47

weekend. That'd be so sick. I feel

1:21:49

like that could be kind of intimidating.

1:21:51

Like, oh, fuck. These guys, they score.

1:21:54

They just go stand and imagine. Coming

1:21:56

out with no robot, just black shorts,

1:21:58

sweating, just walking out to music, no

1:22:00

team behind them, just walking out by

1:22:03

himself. Like, that's intimidating. I just remember

1:22:05

seeing when I was a kid, though,

1:22:07

like the red wings, like Stevie Y

1:22:09

and the boys, they'd score, they'd selly.

1:22:12

and then it just showed them like

1:22:14

slowly skating back out to center ice

1:22:16

on like the wide shot with the

1:22:18

rink going nuts and I just think

1:22:20

it looks like badass I think it

1:22:23

looks like NHL you know in my

1:22:25

brain nothing wrong with the flyby. Have

1:22:27

fun with the flyby boys. Just say

1:22:29

I like that. I like that. I

1:22:32

like that. That's something different. Something new

1:22:34

if you've been struggling. Team can't break.

1:22:36

Maybe like the Oilers. They can't get

1:22:38

through it. That's something you start doing

1:22:40

to change it up. Change it up.

1:22:43

Sing's. He says he does flyby's at

1:22:45

work when he writes a good email.

1:22:47

Maybe I'll have North Dakota do that

1:22:49

next year when I'm coaching there. No

1:22:52

flyby. Go line up. All right, Pasha,

1:22:54

let's go. Let's get the Mindsies. What

1:22:56

do you got? My Mindsies is from

1:22:58

the other night. Columbus Islanders, Paul Mary

1:23:00

scores the go-ahead goal with 10 seconds

1:23:03

left, gets waved off, they go to

1:23:05

Toronto, they uphold it. I mean, what

1:23:07

a horrendous, horrendous call. He wasn't even

1:23:09

in the crease. The goalie, I'm not,

1:23:12

was at Merzleekin's initiated contact, initiated contact,

1:23:14

just a terrible call. And then Patty

1:23:16

Walla had a quote. overturn the on

1:23:18

the ice calls and we don't need

1:23:20

Toronto and you know I agreed with

1:23:23

that I just think in this point

1:23:25

of the year in such a meaningful

1:23:27

game you're gonna wipe off a goal

1:23:29

like that and I mean yeah just

1:23:32

brutal brutal brutal brutal mindsies mindsies mindsies

1:23:34

mindsies mind these mindsies all around yeah

1:23:36

I don't get that either I just

1:23:38

don't even know what to do Patty

1:23:40

was been roasted on challenges of late

1:23:43

to like he's just getting killed but

1:23:45

it's just you never know I don't

1:23:47

know. And I know they discuss it

1:23:49

at GM meetings or whatever and like

1:23:52

it's something and like they showed them

1:23:54

clips and they all agreed. Yeah. But

1:23:56

say that to the coaches that they're

1:23:58

like asses on the line on the

1:24:01

bench and like they have like 40

1:24:03

seconds to make a decision on that

1:24:05

call. So and it's like so in

1:24:07

my opinion like 50-50 almost not all

1:24:09

of them. But a lot like I

1:24:12

feel like every time I know what's

1:24:14

going one way goes the other way

1:24:16

and vice versa like there's just no

1:24:18

consistency. Yeah, that's how I feel when

1:24:21

I'm watching and I can't celebrate either

1:24:23

way. I have no idea what's going

1:24:25

to happen. This is crazy. It's happened

1:24:27

over here in Sweden. I was at

1:24:29

the table. game the other night and

1:24:32

I think three of the goals were

1:24:34

challenged and I was all that's not

1:24:36

going to be one and then that

1:24:38

I'm wrong and then the next one

1:24:41

I'm like that is a goal and

1:24:43

gets waved off so I have no

1:24:45

clue I'm glad I'm not in that

1:24:47

position maybe they got to start using

1:24:49

AI and just have like AI analyzed

1:24:52

the video and just tell you you

1:24:54

know maybe that's better than the human

1:24:56

element who knows AI reps let's go

1:24:58

it's going to seway right from that

1:25:01

from the SHL talk right to my

1:25:03

Sadine brothers, Peter Forsberg, girl, the headman,

1:25:05

I'm forgetting somebody big Nazlin, they all

1:25:07

played in Modo, they got relegated this

1:25:09

year, they just lost four games to

1:25:12

two, they got up to nothing in

1:25:14

the series, they lost the next four

1:25:16

games, so they're back into the second

1:25:18

league, and HV survives, and guess who

1:25:21

was on the bench for HV 71,

1:25:23

completely forgot he was here living in

1:25:25

Sweden and Sweden. Who is it? An

1:25:27

old teammate of ours. A long time

1:25:30

ago. Any guess? Mills, 18. He played

1:25:32

for H.V. 71. I believe he married

1:25:34

a Swedish girl as well now. Western

1:25:36

guy. This is not great podcasting, but

1:25:38

our old buddy, Chris Beach. Oh, yeah,

1:25:41

his girls from there. So they, he's

1:25:43

in charge of all the development, but

1:25:45

I think when it got to this

1:25:47

relegation series, it's all hands on deck,

1:25:50

get as much information as we can

1:25:52

on the bench for those guys. So

1:25:54

he's standing there on the bench and

1:25:56

I was shocked to see that, I

1:25:58

didn't realize he was on the bench.

1:26:01

So, yeah, I was shocked to see

1:26:03

that, didn't realize he was on the

1:26:05

bench. So, yeah, he's, he's, he's really

1:26:07

grown as a coach over the last

1:26:10

number of years, so good for him.

1:26:12

Yeah, so good for him. Yeah, Those

1:26:14

are like talks about it. So you

1:26:16

want both of them up there. Well,

1:26:18

they just really suck. They, they're like

1:26:21

those teams that you think of when

1:26:23

you think of that league like both

1:26:25

those teams. when I was there, there,

1:26:27

like the history, the names that you

1:26:30

mentioned that, like, it's kind of, that's

1:26:32

kind of crazy to, honestly, to see

1:26:34

that. So, wow, that's, that's a big

1:26:36

check. Also in the chat, Merles, Libby

1:26:38

put me in the penalty box for

1:26:41

wanting to ruin fun, two minutes for

1:26:43

ruining fun. If high fives down the

1:26:45

bench are fun, I don't know. I

1:26:47

don't get it. Like, like, just line

1:26:50

it up. Let's go old school. I

1:26:52

love it. Highly than here. She's like,

1:26:54

remember when Beachy took that huge hit

1:26:56

in his lung collapsed? Buddy, I was

1:26:58

on the bench with him. Who hit

1:27:01

him? What's his name? Washington, the fenceman.

1:27:03

Really tough. Really tough. I do remember

1:27:05

it. Why am I blanking on this

1:27:07

guy's name? Oh, was it John Erskine?

1:27:10

Erskine hit him, open-ice hit, I was

1:27:12

sitting beside him on the bench, I'm

1:27:14

like, buddy, are you okay? And he

1:27:16

like looked all weird, and then he

1:27:19

started coughing, like blood came out of

1:27:21

his mouth. Yeah, because he had like

1:27:23

some internal, it was a titanic hit.

1:27:25

It was a Titanic, just an Titanic,

1:27:27

imagine that hit now when the NHL

1:27:30

guy would be suspended, like he was

1:27:32

like trying to... He was like trying

1:27:34

to decipher like what was wrong with

1:27:36

his body. And he was like, and

1:27:39

then he's like, and then like blood.

1:27:41

I'm like, oh my God, I'm like,

1:27:43

trainer, get over here. What the hell's

1:27:45

going on? Steed, steed, steezy came running

1:27:47

down. Good for Beachy, that's good. Good

1:27:50

for Beachy, that's awesome. Yeah, so, congrats

1:27:52

to him, minds, he's for Modo. I

1:27:54

mean the biggest game is on there,

1:27:56

it's circled, it's going to be all

1:27:59

over the social media, it's ice. it's

1:28:01

Vegas at Nashville early game over I

1:28:03

think I think Mr. Ice is saying

1:28:05

over five and a half but I'm

1:28:07

gonna go over six and a half

1:28:10

I'll get some better odds and just

1:28:12

that just to help Mr. Ice and

1:28:14

the Ice people we need to get

1:28:16

over I'm so disappointed I can't make

1:28:19

it this year last year was so

1:28:21

much fun we had to hold crowd

1:28:23

yelling to pull the goalie at the

1:28:25

end. The lead up before, they're gonna

1:28:27

be at the bar stool bar in

1:28:30

Nashville. I think Biz and Whit are

1:28:32

both showing up. So still time to

1:28:34

get down to Nashville. Go see all

1:28:36

the guys, the ice people. I saw

1:28:39

the kid from Czech, as already in

1:28:41

the airport, his way over. So it's

1:28:43

gonna be quite the show down there.

1:28:45

So Nashville, Vegas, I wanna see nine

1:28:47

10 goals. I want those guys to

1:28:50

have the best time, rip off all

1:28:52

their shirts off all their. Toronto at

1:28:54

LA, business two favorite teams. LA is

1:28:56

26, three and four at home. I'm

1:28:59

on a King's money line. I'm back

1:29:01

on the King's. I told you I'm

1:29:03

off of him on the road. I'm

1:29:05

all about him at home. That's what

1:29:08

a good guy does. That's what he

1:29:10

does. He does his homework. He checks

1:29:12

the game notes and he's aware of

1:29:14

these things. Great job Merls. That's amazing.

1:29:16

Also keep an eye on on for

1:29:19

Saturday night, hockey night in Canada, IceCon.

1:29:21

IceCon. But keep an eye on that

1:29:23

battle of Alberta. It would be interesting

1:29:25

to see what comes to that. Massive

1:29:28

game for both teams, Calgary, fighting for

1:29:30

their lives. Massive game. Yeah, it's a

1:29:32

tough one. St. Louis is at Colorado.

1:29:34

It's the first time in probably three

1:29:36

weeks. I won't be betting St. Louis

1:29:39

because I won't be betting St. Louis

1:29:41

because Colorado is just too scary. If

1:29:43

the Blues can win that game too,

1:29:45

then they're in the playoffs. California trip.

1:29:48

So another great late Saturday and it

1:29:50

will also be the second round of

1:29:52

those NCA games. So hopefully we're going

1:29:54

to see Maine Quinnipiac or Maine Yukon

1:29:56

and down the line. All right, love

1:29:59

it buddy Sun. You want to move

1:30:01

on to Sunday? We got eight games

1:30:03

on Sunday as we rapid fire here.

1:30:06

Unnamed show starting. I believe right

1:30:08

now or I think so. Is that

1:30:10

true? I saw in the chat. So here

1:30:12

we go. You got an eight game Sunday.

1:30:14

Yeah so I was wrong I mean Maine plays

1:30:16

Friday so they'll play Sunday so they'll be

1:30:18

on this one the Sunday to Thursday winners

1:30:20

play Saturday Friday games play Sunday so we'll

1:30:22

see Maine on Sunday but Florida Florida's losing

1:30:24

that grasp on the division it seemed like

1:30:26

it was theirs just a you know a

1:30:28

few weeks ago they've had the injuries but

1:30:30

this is a game they're at home they

1:30:32

seem to do well the day games at

1:30:34

home when I've watched them I think I

1:30:36

seen them have a couple of shutouts recently

1:30:38

at home on the day game so panthers

1:30:41

money line I'm on Ottawa They're finishing off

1:30:43

their dad's trip, I believe, down with you

1:30:45

in Pittsburgh. So I think they're gonna get

1:30:47

the job done with the dad's, have a

1:30:50

bunch of beer on the flight home to

1:30:52

Ottawa. And then again, LA at home,

1:30:54

I'm assuming they're gonna win. I'm on

1:30:56

them Saturday, they're gonna win. They're gonna

1:30:58

be 27, three and four at home,

1:31:00

and they're playing San Jose. I

1:31:02

have money line written down, but that's

1:31:05

gonna be too big. I'm gonna probably have

1:31:07

to do minus one and a one and

1:31:09

a one and a half. Well, move that

1:31:11

the King's minus one and a half official.

1:31:14

All right, love it, buddy. Great

1:31:16

work. I can't believe you're a King's

1:31:18

guy. No, like this is an

1:31:20

unbelievable turn at home at home.

1:31:22

King's at home. So that home. So

1:31:25

that home. So that home. So that's

1:31:27

why if Edmund can get their shit

1:31:29

together and get home ice again, then

1:31:32

I'll be back that they're frauds that

1:31:34

they're not going to get out of

1:31:36

the first round. The oilers, oilers

1:31:38

always beat them. All right. Love it.

1:31:41

Love the thinking. Love the

1:31:43

show. Murls. Unbelievable. Chat was

1:31:45

buzzing. Numbers were big. Absolutely

1:31:47

unbelievable. Benny Barr calls

1:31:49

on. The most famous coach in

1:31:51

college hockey right now. Everybody's talking

1:31:53

about Maine and Ben Barr. So

1:31:55

thanks to him and good luck

1:31:57

to his crew. Thanks to Johnny Las.

1:32:00

Morning Cup of hockey with Colby Cohen.

1:32:02

We're gonna see them guys. We'll do

1:32:04

some stuff with them in St. Louis,

1:32:06

hopefully. And, uh, ice body armor, body

1:32:08

armor, body armor, flash IV. Get on

1:32:11

them this weekend. We're gonna be watching