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Adirondack Thunder Playoffs Game 2 vs. Florida Everblades Post-Game Availability 5/18/2024
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Oct 30, 2024
Hear post-game availability from the Adirondack Thunder Coach and Players on 05/18/2024. Head Coach Pete MacArthur, Goaltender Isaac Poulter, Forward Shane Harper, and Defenseman Jackson van de Leest. insidetherink.com #ECHL #ITR #AdirondackThunder #echl #hockey #nhl #ahl #icehockey #ohl #khl #qmjhl #hockeylife #ushl #sports #whl #hockeytraining #ncaahockey #echlhockey #sphl #chl #hockeyfan #goalie #hockeycards #wha #ttmautograph #collection #ttmsuccess #ttm #hockeyautographs #autograph
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a lot better performance than last night
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you guys even up series what are your
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initial thoughts on tonight's game uh
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just more our style and I think we we
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have another level or two to get to as
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well but it seemed like we weren't in
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awe of the moment and letting them
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dictate the play quite as much they
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still have their push backs which is
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going to happen in the playoffs against
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a good team but I just thought across
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the board we played uh with more
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inspiration one of the
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guys you still have to play better keep
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some of those shots from
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breakaways you could say the same thing
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for them I think that were're right
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there defensively and that's why there's
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four teams left they all have really
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good goalies right
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so big names really came up Harper Smith
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the
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goals and you need everybody to play
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well it's nice to have stars come up
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like that yeah that's when you get to
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this point when the big guys are doing
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what they're supposed to do and then you
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get other guys like wheeler and welshire
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you know shipping in on some scoreboard
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and stuff like that guys I think you
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don't necessarily expect to but if
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you're going to do anything special at
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this Level Sports you need your big guys
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to be going Jackson vandalist he get he
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gets back in line tonight you've got to
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be happy with his performance tonight
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yeah he played well last night too I
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thought um I thought he was
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authoritative with the puck uh using his
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size pretty well reading the speed a
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little bit better you know as a young
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guy this is great experience for him and
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uh he's certainly somebody that's
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valuable in the corners and in those
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heavy areas this time of year ver was
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that a least scratch that was a last
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minute scratch for um a little bit of an
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illness did that stem from last night
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when he got hit or uh it just happened
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today it was lingering all day and he
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wasn't feeling well and it was literally
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we had to make an emergency to get him
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out how much how much that upset your
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plan want the L you want to uh well we
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just slotted Broman right in for his
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line and then we put Young on the power
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play for him so they're both right
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Broman has a little bit of skill younger
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has more a little bit of size younger
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has more skill so he went on this power
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play spot so um next man up right just
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like it has been all year long and they
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responded well to that having one of our
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our most important players out of the
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lineup yeah he's a dog he's going he's a
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very important player for us he's really
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good on the penalty kill he can be meem
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in the dot and heavy over the puck we
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need that this time of year especially
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with Yushi he's out safe to say Yushi
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makes a trip um and mtor any chance to
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see him in Florida yeah there's a chance
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he's feeling better uh same with Y he'll
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go and we'll see uh we're actually get
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to bring everybody with us uh including
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the guys that are are not on the playoff
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roster that are still here so it'll be
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it'll be a good team trip how big is
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that you know you see him you know at
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the end of the games but how big is it
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to have you know the guy who didn't make
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the roster but have been with you all
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year still here supporting these guys
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yeah they they earn it they earn that
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and um I don't want to say say that we
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owe that to them but it's important they
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were a huge part of our our year uh any
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success we had all those guys had a lot
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to do with it so uh the fact that we're
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we're able uh Jeff me is bringing them
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down is awesome it's a testament to you
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know what our family is here inside
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these walls um so they've been doing a
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great job for us keeping their heads up
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and just keeping the positive morale
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around the group even though they're not
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going to be playing any games does it
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help you guys you know going to Florida
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one one post to last year when you guys
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going into norol down2 yeah it's huge we
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get a couple days now so it'll be on the
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road tomorrow and you can get settled in
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and come up with a good game plan um but
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it has to be the same mindset right
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maybe we go in there thinking we're down
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2-0 with our backs against the wall cuz
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we seem to uh we seem to respond well in
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those type of situations you know SK was
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talking about it last night you know the
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home record probably isn't what you guys
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would like it to be in the playoffs but
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how big was it to at least get one of
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these two wins in Fr of this home crowd
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it's been great all year for you yeah
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it's huge and I think the two biggest
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games that we've had here all year so
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far we won them both right so sometimes
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it's uh not how many but the quantity of
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them so timing was good in those wins
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and obviously the timing here uh is
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really important for us to go down there
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not two
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Hole uh no we're going to Boston to fly
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out of Logan direct uh Jet Blue tomorrow
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into Fort Myers
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you now have the most playoff wins of
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any head coach of this team and you
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matched 2018 in terms of wins you've
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waxed poetically about the season so far
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and you it to you but have you heard
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from any of the previous coaches or
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staff about how special this year has
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been how this how everything has gone
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yeah uh a bunch of people have reached
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out um it's just super cool to see them
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still following little old adarand right
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the smallest Market in the league uh and
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it's to make some noise cuz we've said
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this a lot but there have been a lot of
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Legends of the game that have come
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through here and now there's been some
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pretty cool people that have come
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through here at the ECHL level with kale
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M and Alex slow and Brad Tapper and now
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all these guys that are out there on the
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ice making it happen so um I don't look
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into that side of things too much as
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pertains to how many wins coach and I
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have but it's certainly fun to be a part
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of the history here of this building and
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of the organizations that have come
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before us
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thank you guys sir see you next time see
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you in Florida buddy 745 so that must
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been nice for you to get back on the
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score sheet tonight yeah no it was good
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I uh think there's lots of ways to
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contribute in the game um and I'm you
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know not usually a guy that's putting up
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lots of points but I think that uh yeah
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I was able to Tribute in my own way a
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lot of ways and getting that assist was
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was awesome you know you look at last
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series you guys went norol 02 you know
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the record your home record hasn't been
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what you guys wanted it to be the kica
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playoffs here how big is it for you guys
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to pick up a win here to go to down to
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Florida 1-1 but also just to get a win
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from Beast van yeah no I think that uh
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the record isn't exactly what we wanted
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but you win series any way you can and
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that's what we've been doing and uh
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obviously it's super awesome to win
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games in front of the best fans in the
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league here and they give us a real
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spark but uh being up uh or win in this
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one game as opposed to not having and
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the Northfolk series is huge and I think
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that we continue to push From Here We we
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played well today and they're a really
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good team we know what we're in for and
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it's it's going to be a battle you know
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there's no question of physical plays
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been series how and how what should that
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help you guys knowing that's how you
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guys have played all year yeah no I
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think that as our team identity um
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that's something that we feel that we
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can if we play right and and use that
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identity we're going to be able to beat
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uh anyone in any night and I think that
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uh like I said they're a good team over
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there but by playing the way that we can
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play we we know we've had success or
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going to continue to do so you know you
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know about the depth on this team you
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know next guy up M well he comes into
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lineup tonight he Pi up assist you know
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Ryan Smith has been on fire all playoffs
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Shane Harper gets on the board you how
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big is it not only to get your stars
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going but to have a guy like ma well
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here who who H out a couple games come
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back in tonight and get right back into
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it yeah Mac played uh awesome today I
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think Alex Young had a phenomenal game
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after not playing last game and I mean
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it's it's kind of whole that whole
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playoff ideas that you're going to need
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to get contributions from everyone and I
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think that we have guys that aren't
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necessarily in the lineup one night and
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come in and make a real impact the next
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night and that's exactly the mindset
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that we need to have as a team and I I I
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think it's awesome that we're doing so
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can't see enough about Isaac poter four
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fourth shutout the playoffs 41 sees most
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seems he had this year in the playoffs
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he's been great for you guys yeah
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phenomenal I think that uh I mean
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there's a lot of
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uh playoff teams are really good playoff
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teams because their goalies and he's
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gotten ice or he's gotten hot at uh the
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the exact right time and I think it's
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been phenomenal and we're going to
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continue to support him in any way we
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can and it's a it's a great feeling
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knowing that he's got our back and you
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can't say enough about BR the two games
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he's played he's been great for you guys
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phenomenal as well and I think that just
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bringing that duo between the two is
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been uh I mean they're they're great
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together and they pump the team up and
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and knowing how confident we are in
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them thanks good
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luck four playoff shout outs for you now
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this postseason 41 saves tonight and
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most importantly like you say you guys
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got the win tonight how big is that for
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you guys going knowing you're going in
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the floor to tied 111 that's huge for us
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that was our goal today and this whole
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week is get out of here with at least
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one win so getting that out of the way
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is great and you know I'm looking
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forward to going down there you know the
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home record hasn't been what you guys
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wanted it to but how big is it for you
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guys to get a win tonight in front of
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the home crowd This Crowd Oh it's
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fantastic there are like six seven
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player out there so it's it's great to
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get a win in front of them they're very
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passionate so it's really nice when we
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can get something for
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them like that not like it I mean it's
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kind of warm in every R we playing in
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right now Maine was pretty hot here's
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been warm nor folk and I'm going to
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expect Flo to be pretty warm as well so
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you know it's kind of it's something you
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have to deal with and you know there's
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no choice of liking or not liking it you
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just have to have to be able to go
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through that
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adversity got a lot of saves and it's
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warm you know the atmosphere you feel
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you ever feel tired or getting fatigue
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the heat I mean I think it's just more
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focusing on the next play the next shot
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than than anything else not really
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thinking about anything else that's
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going
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on was there a toughest Save Tonight you
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had breakway you had a couple of
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I think there were a couple close ones
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but I mean my defenseman did a great job
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tying up guys in front so you know I
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really appreciate that and it's always
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something that's nice to have when when
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you're playing well as well
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too thanks
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guys uh is is good honestly um Florida
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will definitely be a different story I
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think it's like close to 100 ° down
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there so ice will be um ice will be
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different than here for sure so yeah our
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ice is hold our ice is holding up good
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on your goal where would you
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aim um honestly like sometimes when you
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get those pucks behind the net um it was
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kind of a different scenario I was
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honestly on that one I was kind of just
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trying to chip it into the front
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to either maybe hit the goalie or
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honestly it was more like trying to get
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it to the front with for one of the guys
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to um whack in I didn't have a I didn't
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like have a ton of time to to look I
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just kind of turned and just made a like
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instinctual play and yeah it was kind of
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fortunate that it just kind of hit him
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he didn't know where it was and then uh
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he backed in so um that was nice to get
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get our team on the board first is it
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odd to say you get to play three on the
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road you play so well on the road here
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you can also yeah I know we we play uh
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we play well on the road I don't
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like we love our fans here so much I
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don't know if sometimes we are I
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wouldn't say nervous but maybe almost a
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little sometimes maybe we're a little
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uptight because the fans are so into it
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we want to do so well for the fans maybe
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we grip our sticks a little bit I I
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haven't like heard anybody else say that
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but sometimes I think that you know and
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then we go on the road we're maybe a
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little more loose um but I mean you do
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see that in playoffs you do see teams
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like be good on the road um you're all
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together you're having fun you're in the
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hotel um um a little more bonding you
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know um so that could be the case and
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hope so hopefully it continues Isa think
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B you can't say enough about him all
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postseason 41 saves tonight four the sh
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out of the Kelly Cup playoffs can't ask
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for much more yeah I mean he was uh he
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was incredible there was one kind of old
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school kick save he made in the third
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period with like 6 minutes left or
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something it was insane caught it on his
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heel um so that that was that was uh
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that was the one I remember for sure so
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I mean he was he was just dialed in the
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zone um cuz obviously we were up two
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goals he knew they were going to have a
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push in the third um as teams that are
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down do maybe they play you know they
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played a little bit more aggressive and
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he he just did an incredible job it it
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was it's fun to
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watch um do you worry that you're
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relying too much on him they got 18
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shots on him in the second period um
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yeah what were the shots after the
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second 18 to 10
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really second per that was just in the
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second end of the second that was just
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in the second just in the second okay
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okay okay yeah it would have been 26 to
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24 that okay yeah cuz I I mean I saw at
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one point it was like 2121 or something
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it was pretty even but yeah I guess I
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mean they did they did uh have have
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obviously outshot us two to one in the
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second um I mean yeah I mean we still
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have things that we can clean up um I
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thought we did a little bit better job
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uh limiting some of their odd man rushes
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they still had they still had some odd
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man rushes um so we're going to continue
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to need to clean that up cuz they are
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fast on the rush um I think they like to
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generate chances off the rush so that is
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something that we need to be aware and
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then and then
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um sometimes maybe clean a little stuff
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up in the
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dzone yeah I mean um power play was much
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better today I thought um both penalty
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kills are pretty similar in the way they
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in the way they kill um other teams play
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a little less aggressive um both penalty
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kills here are are more aggressive we
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had we had looks tonight and I was I was
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really happy with the way our powerp
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played tonight um so we just have to
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continue that got to be happy to at
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least you know be successful not give up
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any go on the power for them PK was
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perfect tonight yeah PK was really good
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same same thing
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um they and then obviously when they did
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have big chances py was there to to save
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it thanks
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guys thank you you
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