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ECHL Post-Game Interviews: Adirondack Thunder vs. Reading Royals 11/30/2024
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Jan 31, 2025
Hear post-game availability from the Adirondack Thunder Coach Pete MacArthur and players Andre Ghantous and Kevin O'Neil on 11/30/2024. 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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so big night for the team you guys pick
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up a win for a sold out that's got to
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feel good yeah definitely it's good to
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get uh back in the winning column and uh
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do it in front of these fans was awesome
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power play has been working last couple
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games get a power play make back must
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have felt nice yeah definitely the power
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play has been struggling a little bit so
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it's good we just been keeping it simple
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and it's nice to see one go in we've had
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a lot of chances how big is it for you
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guys from a f out crowd you know 10th
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anniversary to win to kind of you know
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get on get back on the right track and
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then pick up a win uh it's awesome I
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mean when this place is packed it's
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really cool it's very loud and uh it
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gets us going for sure you know you've
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you you've had a great year so far what
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kind of helped you so far the first
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couple games here in nond De um I think
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we had a great group of guys that you
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know even when we're uh a little
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frustrated and things aren't going our
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way we've been good about you know
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picking each other up you know no Smith
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tonight boom Howard gets hurt Freeman
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gets hurt next man up what how what's
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the kind of message in the locker room
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you know right now is it just the next
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man up mentality yeah the new guys have
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come in they've been great um we've got
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a pretty good culture here so it's easy
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I think to kind of bring them along and
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uh yeah they're doing great fitting in
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what's it been like the last couple
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weeks you know the injuries new guys
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coming in and out you know what's been
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the message um it's definitely been
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tough I mean the message has kind of
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been stick with it like it's a long year
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there's going to be some ups and downs
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um we definitely went through some down
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periods and uh hopefully we're on the
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other side of that what's the kind of
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message to the team now going into you
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know Wednesday and Friday at home before
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Hing their out on on Saturday I think
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just keep it going uh keep playing like
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we played the last two games um we've
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been a lot better getting a lot of
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chances so things will go our way Andre
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Gus
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3.8 that's got to be great for you guys
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yeah definitely it's good to see him get
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going I mean he's had a lot of chances
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he probably could have had more tonight
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um so it's awesome to see he's a great
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guy once again the goal tending has been
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Stellar for you guys all you kept you
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guys in games all year Tyler BR tonight
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another great game yeah yeah those goers
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have been awesome they've been our rocks
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back there and uh it's nice to help them
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out with some goals now how much does it
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help you guys knowing that you guys have
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those two guys back there BR brenon
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definitely helps us a lot we know you
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know we get two or three goals we're
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probably going to win games so it's just
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uh sticking with it and helping them out
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as much as we can thanks a lot yeah
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thank so big three-point night for you
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you guys get the win from a soldout
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crowd that's got to feel nice yeah yeah
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definitely you know special night for us
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and the organization so it was just uh
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you know great to be able to to have a
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full 60 you know something we've been
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feeing for a while and be able to get
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back in the wind col you know last
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couple games it's been a slow start for
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you guys 33 seconds and you guys get on
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the board that must been huge for you
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guys yeah definitely feels good to be
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able to get the first one for once not
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be playing you know uh down so uh you
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know that's something we've been trying
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to talk about is you know kind of you
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know having a good start not being down
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to start talk about how uh just getting
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that early goal gets the crowd gets the
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crowd behind you right away yeah that's
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huge we we definitely you know sold out
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crowd it's unbelievable being a to to
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play in front of this crowd um and being
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able to get them you know engaged early
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definitely you know boost their
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confidence and you know even when we
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have those LS in the game just being
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able to have the crowd you know build us
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up through that definitely helps a lot
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you know P talked about it last last
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year next man up you know Blom goes down
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Ryan Smith gets called up you know and
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still tonight got a put the win yeah
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yeah you know yeah as you said you know
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next man up mentality unfortunately
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that's the way it is you know happy for
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unfortunately injuries happen as well
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and stuff but we have such a good lock
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room that we know that you know
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whoever's in the lineup we're going to
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trust each other and we get the job done
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how big is this for you guys kind of
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ending the weekend knowing the stress
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you guys have had on a win on winning
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now going into you know next week yeah
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definitely definitely feels good you
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know we're trying to build off this use
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this as momentum continue to to grow um
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as a team and as individuals every
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single day um and get ready for
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Wednesday and continue that you know
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look's at the last couple games the
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power play started to click you know
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Pete said you guys just need to find the
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backet what's been working the last
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couple games on the power play uh just
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you know we're not trying to treat it as
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a power play you know we're whatever
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happens we're trying to outman them you
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know work hard and and um you know just
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continue to make plays take what the
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game gives us and it's just been working
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I'm good thanks thank you guys very much
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appreciate you started playing here a
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good crowd was maybe 3, 3500 yeah did
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you ever think you'd see the the day
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like you know five sellouts this early
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in the year or or was that was that a
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sellout tonight again 5 5100 it's hard
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to tell because they're so awesome right
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whether there's three or five uhhuh and
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honestly I didn't even realize it like
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when I was playing um for me as a player
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if there were 500 people I got excited
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for it cuz it's like I don't know what
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it was in me so I didn't even realized
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that we weren't selling out games then
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you know I thought we were um so to
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actually hear that and now understand
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that we've got five sellouts already
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it's special that was you know it hurts
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you if you care about something you know
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when we had that year when I was playing
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my last year hurts you hear the noise
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you feel it in the rank when people are
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not mad but just disappointed in what's
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going on you never you don't want to
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disappoint or let people down and the
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whole thing was whether we win or lose
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we just want to have a competitive team
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that people can come and enjoy the game
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have fun players to watch I think know
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you saw some of the guys come back and
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we've had some exciting players we've
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had some great goalies we've had some
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really tough guys right now I probably
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have the toughest one so it's fun to see
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a plan come together uh and hopefully we
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can keep it rolling and people continue
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to enjoy our team M you've been here a
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while you know do you have a favorite
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knowing SE 10th anniversary you know do
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you have a favorite memory here in ader
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on Deck I got two of them
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Gunner Hughes scoring in overtime double
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OT I think to beat um South Carolina put
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us on the brink of the Eastern
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Conference Finals here that was crazy
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and then number one is um when Shane
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coniker returned and scored on stick to
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cancer M uh that's maybe my number one
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hockey moment I've ever been a part of
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you know you talked about it last year
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next man up no boom Howard tonight Ryan
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Smith gets called up to Springfield
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Andre G comes up he talked about you
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talked about the other day Kevin O'Neal
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he gets himself on the board tonight
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that's going to be huge for you guys
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yeah it's huge you know you need your
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best players to produce it's not always
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going to happen uh and when we're not
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producing we have to play with details
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and I thought we did a lot of that on
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both both sides of it we had details and
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our top players were able to execute
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what we needed up to and we're probably
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going to had more goals as well so it's
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nice to see and you're happy for those
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guys uh fredman seemed to leave the game
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early in the first period any up any
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update on him um it's not looking great
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right
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now um what is it about this community
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um you know you understand his character
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a coach from somewhere else may not
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understand his character as much as you
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do you could take this product just
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experience and put it in Worcester or
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reading you may not get the same thing
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but there's something about this
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community that really the team resonates
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with this team or the team resonates
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with this community yeah what do you
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what do you attribute that to you know
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how do you what do you how do you put
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words I guess uh well we look for guys
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that have that type of character we know
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it's blue collar a lot of people know
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each other here hard workers
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gritty um second third effort type of
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people type of community that's just
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that's how I grew up my parents are
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School teachers uh my aunts and uncles
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are trade
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workers
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um it's hard to put it in words it's
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special it's different you know I've
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played a bit of a suitcase you know I've
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been all over the the place but ader
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rondak is special now our Captain's
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Daren SK you know what I mean he's our
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captain he plays so hard he plays the
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right way he's got his teammates back
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he's unbelievable in the community so I
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think it's important for us to be
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intertwined and to have our play show
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what type of community we're at right
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paper the the finch Papermill is right
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behind us when Matthew bder was here
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we'd come rolling in on uh late nights
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and we'd all like oh groggy we got to go
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drive home and he'd be like the Mill's
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going boys cuz the mill never stops
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right and that's how we want to be and
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we're still working to get there with
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this team but we'll never
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quit you know we talked about it for the
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first period's been a struggle for you
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guys tonight go R first in the first
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minute Darren SK drops the gloves minute
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and a half later that's going to be huge
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to get the crowd that that that into the
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game that quickly yeah that was one of
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our keys tonight let's start on time
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let's not have to chase let's get the
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lead and let's make them get out of
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their structure and then we can use you
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know all of our good qualities to win
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the hockey game so it's always an
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emphasis we have a young team going
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through some growing pain so we're
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certainly not out of the woods but it's
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nice to have a win here with a day off
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and then some practice time before the
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next one another new bu tonight Grant L
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comes into the lineup what your thoughts
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on his to play tonight I thought he was
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awesome he did exactly what we saw in
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film he won faceoffs he stopped on pucks
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he played on the D side he stayed over
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Pucks in the ozone so he's a guy that's
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not going to be going anywhere we're
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planning to have them around and be a
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part of our team just tell me briefly
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what was the inspiration for the new
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graphics this year somebody told me had
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something to do with you staying at Lake
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Georgia this summer well I mean I'm
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pushing for green jerseys too you know
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the roof's green the seats are green the
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Adera are green I just think it makes
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sense like we are in the Adera I know
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we're with Jersey but they used to be
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green and I just thought it would be
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cool like it's so important for your
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locker room to be tight-knit group and I
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thought it would be neat to put a
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panoramic view of the Adera and some uh
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mock you know cabin doors on the front
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and make it feel like that's our house
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that's our home did you have to who' you
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have to sell on that honestly everybody
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was kind of on board I think they're a
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little bit like that's kind of going to
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look weird but then Chris beard from uh
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streamline Graphics Chris beard he uh he
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came up with a design for us and I think
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it looks pretty cool saf you guys are
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going to be adding before Wednesday
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knowing uh free boom wolf going down and
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uh is there any we on when Smith's going
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to be back Smith should be back I was
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told he's coming back after tomorrow uh
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we have signed another forward who I
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can't announce yet but that'll come on
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the transactions on Monday we've signed
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Steven kalisti as a defenseman so uh
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yeah we've definitely got one more
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forward and and Smitty coming back so we
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should be good to go roster wise kisty
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going to be here Wednesday cliste is
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here so yes if he plays or not is still
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to be determined but the plan is to get
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him up to speed pretty quickly and see
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what he's got Bron Les seems like he
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first game back last night with a goal
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two assists tonight has Miss de
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beat simple works that's lesser simple
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pretty much mistake free hockey so I
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think any team in the league is lucky to
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have a guy like him in the E show how
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important is to have a guy like that on
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your blue line you need it you need guys
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that are understand have awareness in
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all situations and get the job done for
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you nine out of 10 times nice game
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tonight from Tyler Brenan can't goali
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have been awesome all year long so when
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we're playing well we defend well now we
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just got to continue to believe in our
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offensive attributes and be hungry
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Around the Net to score goals thanks a
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lot thanks guys
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