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Dump & Chase Podcast
Eastern Conference: Under New (Same) Management w/ Matt Lipcsak
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The Phantoms sweep Chicago in two games to secure back-to-back Eastern Conference championships. We break down the big weekend, the standout moments, plus special guest play-by-play broadcaster Matt Lipsack joins the show.
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Intro
SPEAKER_03Hello, Phantom fans, and welcome to season eight, episode 24 of the Dumpin' Chase podcast. Coming up in this episode, we look back at a banner weekend for the Phantoms, pun intended, who clinched the Eastern Conference Championship for the second year in a row, as well as a record-breaking weekend for Jack Wilson. We'll also look ahead to a single game weekend with the NTDP U17s, dive into another full fan QA, and for this week's edition of Phantom Files, we welcome back voice of the Phantoms and friend of the show, Matt Lipsack. My name is Sam Olmstead, and joining me as always is Dan Conley.
SPEAKER_02Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing blue.
SPEAKER_03And Justin Irwin. The dude abides. Good pull there, Dan. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Thank you.
SPEAKER_03So how are we doing?
SPEAKER_02Justin, you're the one, you're the old one now.
SPEAKER_08I am the elder statesman. Justin, happy birthday. Yeah, thank you guys. And uh thanks to all the fans who uh, you know, wished your we ran it through the legal department, and we cannot verify the authenticity of that image.
SPEAKER_03That is why that was 100% authentic. I don't just because you just because you don't remember that party. Uh yes, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
SPEAKER_08Survived by cake. I'm I am so gonna have that put on my headstone.
SPEAKER_03Now, see the the last true test here is we need you to fall over and see whether people laugh or act concerned, then we'll know truly age-wise where you're at right now.
SPEAKER_08Uh yeah. Again, everybody thanks for the the the wishes. Um it was it was a nice birthday. I mean, uh, I didn't do anything, no big special celebration.
SPEAKER_02So what was your um do you ever like go out to dinner or have your sp like your favorite meal for your birthday or anything like that? What is it?
SPEAKER_08I do like to go out for Mexican, but um this year um my mom cooked and she made me a steak. Oh, can't beat that.
SPEAKER_03There you go. Yeah. There you go. See, I get hosed. My my my my birthday's middle of the summer. I uh we're not recording shows when my birthday comes around, so I I get hosed on this.
SPEAKER_02Doesn't mean any less, Sam.
SPEAKER_03And it and and Dan, you'll you'll understand this. It's like, you know, with Father's Day. Because Mother's Day falls in the school year. So when your kids are little, they they make all these little like handmade things in class for you know, mom for Mother's Day, and then Father's Day doesn't come until school's let out. So we don't get any of that.
SPEAKER_02That's because we get the world's best dad mug every year from the uh Santa's workshop. Yeah, my my anniversary is on June 19th, and they fall right next to Father's Day quite often, if not similar.
SPEAKER_03Uh do you ever do you ever go to the store when Father's Day comes around and they'll have like those displays of like Father's Day gifts? Is there anything on that display you would actually want?
SPEAKER_02I'm looking at some right now. Um on my desk. A 10 a 10 in one hammer.
SPEAKER_03The the travel shaving kit.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. It always looks cool.
SPEAKER_03No, it is, and if you're buying off that rack, you're taking easy way out. There's no thought put into that. You're taking the easy way out as far as your dad's concerned, if you're buying from that display.
SPEAKER_08That means you learned out, learned that 20 minutes before that it was Father's Day tomorrow.
SPEAKER_03You're like, oh wait. You you can't forget the piggy bank in the shape of a football.
SPEAKER_08I mean, you can never go wrong with with a beer koozie.
SPEAKER_03From from from a couple from a couple of the dads to all the moms and everybody else listening, if you're buying Father's Day gifts off of those displays, um, you're not sending a good message.
SPEAKER_02I don't mind them, Sam.
SPEAKER_03Yes, you do. I can see the look on your the disgust on your face right now as you're looking at them on your desk. I can see the look on your face. Don't lie to me. All right. Um, so uh hockey. Wait, that's that's kind of the thing we do here, right?
SPEAKER_02That was a good weekend of hockey, too.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, it was. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Um hockey.
SPEAKER_03Uh did anybody have a better weekend than Jack Wilson?
SPEAKER_02What's that Jack Wilson? What two L's or one?
SPEAKER_08And an apologies for my lazy typing.
SPEAKER_03Justin, I apologize. We've we've been friends for a long time, but when Jack Wilson's mom busts your ass for spelling their name wrong, I am all over it. As you should be. As I was. God, let's let's not make that a continuing trend of uh hearing from parents every time a name is misspelled or mispronounced. Oh, let's make it a trend. Then we're all in trouble. You're right about that. Um, so Jack Wilson um picking up an assist on Cooper Simpson's first goal on Friday past Andrew Strathman, uh, is now in sole possession of first place for most points by defenseman in Phantom's history. Now, currently, after the weekend's over, now sitting at 80. Uh, Stratty's at 77. So, I mean, there's still a little bit of there's still three more games. I mean, there's still time to add on to that. And honestly, and I I felt like we've had conversations about it in the past. We weren't sure how long it was gonna that it might take a while for somebody to pass Stratty's record.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, and I mean, I I think just the performance the Jax put on this season. Um I I I can't see anybody surpassing this for a long time. Um, prove me wrong.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. Um, and then on uh the game on Saturday, and he did not waste time. This was only about three minutes into the game. He did not waste time here. Uh picking up uh his first goal in the first period. He ended up with two in that period, uh, picking up his first goal on Saturday, uh, passing Trey Taylor for most points in a season by a defenseman, and breaking the uh log jam of uh most goals uh in a season by a defenseman. Uh that was uh yeah, tied at 10 there. That was Dan Renough, Scotty Mayfield, Trey Taylor, and Luke Osbourne. That's that's a that that's a prestigious uh group there to have your name included.
SPEAKER_08I mean, yeah, uh you have some of the the best we've ever seen. And I mean, I was a big Dan Renough fan, and Jack is definitely definitely built in kind of that mold.
SPEAKER_02It's it's always weird how things shake out because you know, last year he's basically injured for most of the year. He has he spends the year the time that he's playing last year trying to get back in the game shape, has six points total in like half the season. So you wonder if he'd have played the whole year what his points would have been like, but at the same time, if he'd have played the whole year, he'd have probably gone off to college last year. So anyone had broken in general. So it's just it's funny how things work out.
SPEAKER_03Um got the uh that uh Trey came through, had the nice little video for him that Phantoms put up on social media.
SPEAKER_08That was cool. And they've done a great job of doing stuff like that this year.
SPEAKER_03Um I mean it was a little bitter, it was a little bittersweet for me because obviously, you know, what Evan Jardine is to you, what um my god, I forgot his name.
SPEAKER_02Kiefer Sherwin.
SPEAKER_03I was just kidding. Kiefer Sherwood. Kiefer Sherwood is to Justin, you know, Trey Taylor is to me. I've it was more, I think it was more bittersweet for me than it was for him. Uh when I let when I let him know that that that Jack had passed him and he was actually very excited about that somebody had passed him. Um But I mean, uh, you know, in all honesty, Jack may not be done yet. Right now, he only trails Andrew Strathman uh by two assists for most assists in a season. Uh Jack's currently at 33, Straddy had 35. So I mean there's there's potentially one more that could be broken here in the next three games. Um now all-time assists, he's about 10 away uh from passing Stratty for all-time assists, because uh Stratty's at 67, uh Jack is at 58. With with the U 17s coming up, I mean it's a possibility if I mean if Omaha can drop a 10 spot on him. Yeah. Not not calling predictions, more just the fact that Omaha swept the U 17s and outscored him 15 to 2 in those two games.
SPEAKER_08Uh I mean, in all fairness, I mean you can't win every uh every record, I guess, but he's still gonna be, you know, probably second.
SPEAKER_03All right, so overall, uh, yeah, we're really getting down to it here. Uh, so take a quick look through the Eastern Conference standings. Of course, in first place, the now back-to-back Eastern Conference champions, uh, Youngstown, 87 points. Also most in team most points in team history, uh, surpassing 86, which they achieved in 14 and 15, which that was uh, you know, the Kyle Connor team, that was the 17 wins, uh 17 uh game win streak. And then uh last season's uh point total. Um so Dubuque in second place was 76 points. Uh they swept Green Bay this past weekend in two games. Uh Green Bay was 74 points, uh, as I just said, we're swept by Dubuque in two games. Uh they did uh beat Chicago on Sunday. Uh Cedar Rapids with 73 points in fourth place, they were swept by Tri-City on two games that they played. On fifth place, Muskegon with 71 points, they split their two games with Madison. On sixth place, Madison with 65 points, they split their two games with Muskegon. And then uh Chicago in seventh place with 58 points, and the NTDP in eighth place with 33 points. So I I think it's fair to say at this point, Chicago, uh kind of the losing streak they've gone on here. I I think they're gonna be missing out this year.
SPEAKER_02That's a very safe assumption.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, and I'd like to say we're part of that losing streak.
SPEAKER_02You know what? Very quietly, Cedar Rapids has been climbing and oh yeah, they're within striking distance of getting a bye.
SPEAKER_08They have not played some of the tougher opponents, but they are like what in their past 10, they're past 11, 12, yeah, something like that. Yeah, like I I don't they haven't lost in regulation in I think 12 or 13 games at least.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, they're they're 12-0-1-1 in their last 14.
SPEAKER_03Okay, so yeah, yeah, they haven't yeah, they haven't lost a game in regulation uh since uh they lost to Des Moines back on February 13th.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, and keep in mind that's the last team we play this this year.
SPEAKER_03A lot more interesting than I think we thought it was going to be a few weeks ago.
SPEAKER_02You're absolutely right on that.
Weekend Recap
SPEAKER_03All right, so with that, uh let's go ahead and jump into the weekend recap.
SPEAKER_00It's the weekend recap.
SPEAKER_03So this past weekend, the Phantoms taking a trip to Chicago for two games with the Steel. Uh, let's start out with the game on Friday. This was a 4-1 win for the Phantoms. We we clinched, I believe we clinched a first round bye after this game. Uh, we had to wait with all the chicanery between Dubuque and Green Bay that night. Uh with Dubuque coming back late from a uh that from a two-goal deficit to tie the game and then win it in overtime, kind of threw everything into disarray for what we had planned for Friday night. But yeah, Youngstown picking up the 4-1 win in this game. I mean, uh starting out with Brody Burard. Um good to see he has some stamina. He had to throw more than one punch in this one.
SPEAKER_02And he took some, he took some too.
SPEAKER_03Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_02He stood, he stood there and took it and dished it out.
SPEAKER_03And if that was a heck of a tilt. And if you watch, it kept going, and then that last punch that Brody threw caught Jackson Crowder right on the jaw, and you saw Crowder kind of turn his head to the side, and then that's when the referees jumped in and pulled him apart.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I almost wonder if he knocked a tooth out because I've for sure it was either the second last or last punch. Something definitely flew off of Jackson Crowder's face.
SPEAKER_03But you saw you saw him get hit that last time, and he turned like he turned his head away, and that's when the linesman jumped in to separate him. Um, now at the time, uh voice of the Chicago Steel, Mark Citron, declared uh Jackson Crowder the winner of that fight.
SPEAKER_02But Saturday's game determined that was a lie.
SPEAKER_03Jackson Crowder was a scratch for Saturday, so I think uh that goes to Brody. I mean, I I don't even want to score that one.
SPEAKER_08Uh that was that was just a hell of a hockey fight.
SPEAKER_03It was, but if the other guy doesn't play the next night, uh that that's a win for Brody. So three and oh on the season.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, they both took some on the gym and they both stood there and did it. And I think that was the I mean, even that was probably the most fight that Chicago had in this this whole game, I think. Yeah, that fight. Yeah. This was a complete, total dominant performance by the Phantoms.
SPEAKER_03Um, I I I did get a text message um after that fight from our guest this week, uh Voice of the Phantoms, a friend of the show, Matt Lipsack. Uh, he did send me a text after that fight saying that unfortunately Brody's uh hit percentage is gonna go down.
SPEAKER_08I mean, but I this is what we've been waiting for. Yeah. And it was everything we hoped it would be. That again, that was just a hell of a hockey fight. I mean, stick stick tap to Crowder.
SPEAKER_03I mean, oh, it was a good tilt. It was a great tilt, but yeah, when you're scratched the next night. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And you know what? If if you go on and look at that uh USHL fights or whatever that uh page is on Facebook, that one has more likes and more shares than any other fight ever posted on there. So obviously people thought the same thing we think about it.
SPEAKER_03Um, so yeah, like we talked about uh Cooper Simpson, who ended up uh with a hat trick in this game. Uh his first goal that he picked up is what uh gave uh Jack Wilson getting the assist on that one, uh passing Andrew Strathman for most points all time. But beyond that, with that being Cooper's first goal, that this was a game that Cooper Simpson absolutely needed.
SPEAKER_02Oh, he for sure did.
SPEAKER_03Ben on the snide just a little bit. I mean, doing things off to puck the contribute, but just hadn't been getting on the score sheet. I don't I don't want to say snake bit. I don't think it went long enough to say he was snake bit, just something was just a little off.
SPEAKER_08Well, I I mean, and it goes to I think to the extent that other teams spend a lot of their defensive capital trying to defend one player. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03But yeah, uh yeah, Cooper, I mean, picking up the hat trick in this game, just just huge, huge for him. And hopefully, you know, now he feels like he's off the snide and can get back to where he, you know, has been for the vast majority of this season.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and Malachi McKinney's starting the scoring off in the first was before the two-minute mark in the first period. That was huge because that a little bit of hope and that a little bit of the juice that the fans had going into this game just took the air right out of the crowd, just took it right out. And that was a heck of a move. I think Sam, you you may mention that Malachi did a very Orlosky-esque move to score there.
SPEAKER_03Very, very Orlos Orlossky-esque. That's easier to type than it is to say out loud.
SPEAKER_02And Jack Hextall again made a great play too, getting that buck to him. So that was a great job of just taking air out. And then it was the Cooper Simpson shot for that. And unfortunately, Chicago put one in with 10 seconds left in the game. That is just that was the only blemish on the entire game was that right there.
SPEAKER_08And yeah, that was a that was a bad bounce. I mean, not much you can do about that.
SPEAKER_03I mean, and then you you look at you know, Chicago, seven shots in the first period, seven shots combined in the second and third period. And it's I think once once Cooper got the I mean Cooper getting that first goal towards the end of the uh second period on the power play, I mean, Chicago was already playing flat. That third period, there was just there was no will, there was no drive. I had never seen a team more ready to like go home for the night than Chicago in that third period. And I don't even want to say it was a big hustle play that Chicago got that last goal. It was it was just a fluky goal. It went off a lenny boost and deflected into the net. It wasn't it wasn't a serious shot attempt. It was I think it was just trying to get the game over with. And it was it was just a very fluky goal that went in and ruined the shutout, but just and that's Chicago Chicago just they had nothing in this third period.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I think the circumstance of how that goal was scored is probably more frustrating for the fans than anything else. It was yeah, more so than that.
SPEAKER_08I I think it's something that we totally forgot about, did not even consider, other than maybe Trey Balls just looking at you know his shutout stats and going, ah I think the only reason Chicago even had any shots in the second period was from the two power plays they had too.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, other than that, that second period. I mean, honestly, from the first period they had a little bit of fight in them. The second, third period, the fans just took it all out of them.
SPEAKER_08And and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we hold Chicago earlier in the season? There was one game where there was a period where they had no shots. Yep. I think they were flatter than that. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03Coming into the game on Saturday, it was it was pretty well said at this point. Either a Youngstown win or a Dubuque loss. Um, Youngstown's the Eastern Conference champion. I mean, that it just boiled down to it was that simple coming into Saturday. Uh Dubuque did end up winning. Uh Youngstown just kind of took care of it on their own, uh, clinching the Eastern Conference again for the second year in a row, back-to-back champions. You know, and then also coming into the game on Saturday, it was, you know, Jack Wilson one point away uh from passing uh Trey Taylor for most points in a season, was one goal away from breaking out of that log jam and uh jumping up to first all-time, or not all-time for uh goals in a season. Uh Jack did not waste any time on this one. No. Just three three minutes and 12 seconds into the game, just a rip from the point scores and just put both of those records away with one shot.
SPEAKER_08And unfortunately, um it was a little too early in the game for me to be drinking, and I did not have a shot at hand uh for when we called uh jumpin' jack flash.
SPEAKER_03Well, we we asked well, that was established for the first game. I don't know if it was established for the second one. And it and it's like I said on there, it's a good thing the word panda was not our drinking word for the Saturday game, or uh I like I said, people would have been dead by the end of the first period and the cremation would have taken three days for the fire to go out.
SPEAKER_08Uh I I don't we don't do we want to go on a rant about Citron?
SPEAKER_03You know what? Here's what we'll do. I I had made mention uh during the live chat on Saturday that when I edit these episodes in the interest of saving time, I will speed up the playback by 50%. Which the hilarious side effect of that is while I'm editing, we all sound like chipmunks. And then it was brought up that this is the kind of things people want to hear on the show. So what if here uh for the next little bit we'll we'll talk about Citron and in post, I will go ahead and speed this up 50% so the fans can hear what I hear when I'm editing these episodes.
SPEAKER_02Sam, I'm not lying when I say this. This could be the most brilliant idea you've ever had.
SPEAKER_08I concur. Uh and anyway.
SPEAKER_04I mean, yeah, start off, kick it off. White Rabbit.
SPEAKER_06Why? What's up, Doc? I feel like he said it, and I don't even realize he was saying it after he said the first time. It just felt natural to him, and he's like, his parents are gonna be upset when he hear me say it. Someone's gonna say it 30 more freaking times.
SPEAKER_05Hey, let's just be glad he didn't start singing um uh uh Jefferson airplane songs.
SPEAKER_04He the the the first time I heard him say White Rabbit, and uh that's when it dawned on me. I was like, oh god, I did not think about the fact we were bringing in a player into Chicago with the same la with the last name involving an animal. I was like, nobody considered this beforehand.
SPEAKER_05That's Citron overloaded this. I mean, well, considering how he his greatest claim to fame is giving Jacob Fowler a nickname. Yeah. That's it that people in Youngstown use. Yeah, well, I admittedly, that is his claim to fame, but I mean it's the opposing team.
SPEAKER_06Yeah. You know what?
SPEAKER_04Thank God for Toby Ox Trayball, because after Fowler left, I never thought Citron would find love again.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, he actually said Trayball was the best going in the in the league.
SPEAKER_04And that also gave him the opportunity to start talking about Jacob Fowler. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_06He's always within like three degrees of Jacob Fowler.
SPEAKER_04Um Yeah, I If he was sober on Friday, I will eat the hat sitting on the deck's desk right next to me.
SPEAKER_05I mean, we're what, halfway through the episode, and he I am not slurring my words as bad as he was.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, he like first five minutes of the game he was like segment four version of Justin.
SPEAKER_05That's what I'm and I and it almost sounded like on Saturday after the uh Friday game. I I think he might have um fired up a blunt before the game. He was just kind of uh a little more lethargic and I mean I think his energy like left halfway through the game and he was like starting to yawn.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and that was the uh Chicago was on the power play, that was later in the third period when Osasaki took that tripping penalty. And he started calling the power play and yawned in the middle of it. And it was one of those he yawned and then was trying to talk through the yawn. Yeah, that's that's gonna make you want if you're if you're like a higher up in Chicago and you couldn't make it to the game and you're like listening to the broadcast, what's going through your mind listening to that?
SPEAKER_06We've heard a lot of stuff that I'm surprised he's still. I wouldn't have been happy if I was a coach hearing him say that about me, but I mean to be fair, I I I don't think he was wrong, but I mean he was very vocal on the on the mic.
SPEAKER_04Oh god, and and that what the Friday game first intermission brings on Frank Zarowski. Just op open up the seventh circle of hell putting those two together in a broader when our powers combine.
SPEAKER_06I wonder how much longer how much longer is he gonna bring up the fact that when the fans won the Clark Cup that year that Macklin Suburney was hurt for playing for Team Canada. He always seems like he wants to say they wouldn't have won it if he wasn't hurt, but I think that would have been a lot better of a contest, but yeah, no, there's no doubt that would have made some difference in there. But they no. Every time they play every game, he brings it up every single freaking time. You want to ask he brought up the grape jerseys.
SPEAKER_03All right, and we hope you enjoyed our Chipmunk rant here on this episode. Uh moving on. Um, no, it just I I don't know about you guys. I the third period of this game, I was falling asleep. And I honestly I think Chicago did it intentionally.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_03They just, I mean, including the Phantoms, I just like the Phantoms slowed way down in that third period. And it was like Chicago just kind of lulled everyone to sleep and then tried to make a game out of it late.
SPEAKER_02That's exactly what happened.
SPEAKER_08They just lulled him into well and I mean I I to Chicago's credit, I you know you're at this point probably realizing you're not making the playoffs, that you have no you you don't want to just go out. So I I mean, I I I would have actually liked to see them play more desperate throughout you know the weekend, but I I think at that point it it sunk in, and you know, uh you're you're trying to play for pride at that point.
SPEAKER_03I mean, we were we were half right when we said that on uh last week's show that Chicago was gonna play desperate. The part we missed was desperate to go home.
SPEAKER_02You don't you know what the performance made me think of? Um ever watched Guardians of the Galaxy?
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_02When Drax does that scene where he like stays perfectly still because he thinks if he's so still nobody can see him, but he like he like eats like popcorn in the middle of that. That's what I feel like what Chicago was trying to do like in this third period. They were like making us all stand and look at him still as well, watching him be still back and forth at SBI.
SPEAKER_03Um, so uh as far as the uh season uh season series wrap-up and Chicago is concerned. Um, so I mean Youngstown losing the first game of this season series, uh winning the next six, so uh going six and one against Chicago this year. Toby Trayball starting all seven of these games. So Tobyosh going uh six and one against Chicago this year. Um Youngstown ended up going five and oh at Fox Valley this year because we talked about uh seven game series, only two of them were being played in Youngstown. Uh the other five were being played in Chicago. Uh Youngstown went five and oh. So um now I'm kind of see kind of sad to see Fox Valley go because we've done so well up there. Uh we've we've actually won the last seven games uh Youngstown has played up at Fox Valley before they now uh moving into their new arena, which was brought up about as much as Celebrini and Whitewabbit and Pandas and everything else. Not quite as much as Jacob Fowler. Not as much as Jacob Fowler, but um Youngstown outscored Chicago in these seven games 26 to 15. So I mean that's almost what four to two on average. I mean, pretty close there every game. Um Youngstown on the power play against Chicago went eight for 28. So 28.6 percent. I mean, that's that's a great number. That's yeah, yeah. That I mean, overall that'd be top of the league right now. Uh Youngstown's penalty kill, however, uh 20 of 21, 95.2% against Chicago. Chicago only scored one power play goal in seven games against Youngstown.
SPEAKER_02It was not that many years ago that Chicago was an absolute wagon just with future NHL players on their roster. And uh times have changed and they changed quickly for them.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. All right, and with that, it is now time for the Dump and Chase podcast, three stars of the week. So, of course, Dan kicking it off with the third star.
SPEAKER_02Our third star of the week is Evan Jardine. He had two goal, two goals and two assists, and he is on a currently on a 16-point streak.
SPEAKER_08Uh, second star of the week, Cooper Simpson, uh, three goals, two assists.
SPEAKER_03And the first star of the week, we've been talking about him the entire episode. Uh, Jack Wilson, two goals and one assist on the weekend. And let's just say it, all the records. Instead of breaking them down individually, all the records. All right, so with that, we're gonna take a short break. Phantom Files with Matt Lipstack is coming up next right here on the Dumpin' Chase podcast.
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SPEAKER_03And we're back with the Dumpin' Chase podcast. So for this edition of Phantom Files, we welcome back to the show. The man who has appeared on this podcast more than any other guest. He is wrapping up his 10th season as the Phantoms lead broadcaster with close to 340 USHL games under his belt. He goes by many names. The players and fans call him Lipper. Collectively, we all go by the research department, and with Scrubs back on TV, I think we can bring back the brain trust. Uh, we call him Matt. For some reason, Dan will still call him Lipper, but most importantly, he is the voice of the Phantoms and friend of the show, Matt Lipsack. Matt, welcome back.
SPEAKER_09Thanks, Sam. Great to be here. You know, I I was thinking about it, and I think you and and Justin may be the only people regularly in the Cavelli Center that actually use my first name.
SPEAKER_03We have come we have come across situations in the past where we talk to players and we say Matt and they have no clue who we're talking about.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_08We have to correct and be like Lipper.
SPEAKER_03And then we say Lipper and they're like, Oh yeah, Lipper. That's his n Matt's his name, and it's like yes.
SPEAKER_02Now, Lipper, uh, what do you say?
unknownNo, not at all.
SPEAKER_03We haven't middle named him yet.
SPEAKER_09When Ward calls you by your first name, I probably should leave the room quickly. She cannot remember the last time Ryan called me by my first name. Which is fine. There's nothing wrong with that. You know, uh nicknames are terms of affection, right? Yeah.
SPEAKER_02That's why Sam and Justin call you Matt.
SPEAKER_09Leave it to you, Dan, to to get down to the nitty-gritty and expose the truth.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. So uh I'm I'm gonna throw a hardball at you right off the bat. Is Jack Wilson having the best season as a Phantoms defenseman in team history?
SPEAKER_09I mean, I I don't think this is a hard question at all. The answer is unequivocally yes. When you look at most goals in a season by a Phantoms Defenseman, most points in a season by a Phantoms defenseman, we're what too short of most assists in a season by a Phantoms defenseman. I this is this is not a a difficult question, Sam. You know, just Jack is putting on a show out there, and honestly, he has worked so hard the past couple of years. Uh, it is great to see him the have the success that he is having, and I I you know can't wait for the you know hopefully next what two months to to unfurl and and see what Jack can do for us.
SPEAKER_08Now we've had a lot uh of um record set this year broken. Um anything really stand out to you as mind-blowing?
SPEAKER_09I I think like right now, looking at the power play percentage, and I will go ahead and knock on wood here. Um set a team record last year with I believe 23.7% on the power play, and right now the team is crushing that bait by a full three and a half percent, you know, beyond last year's number. They are currently tied with the 1415 team for most power play goals in the season with 65. And, you know, when you talk about the 1415 team, you talk about an Anderson Cup team, you talk about Kyle Connor and Max Letanoff and Josh Melnick. Uh that's lofty, lofty company. Uh keep we'll shut we'll throw Keeper Sherwood's name out there too for Justin.
SPEAKER_03No, I mean, uh yeah, I yeah, what'd you say? Jack's only two away from tying I believe Stratty for most assists in a season. Um I mean, we do have the 17s coming up this weekend. I don't know if he'll hit the career assist. I think he needs uh I think he needs 10 there to pass Stratty.
SPEAKER_09He would need 10. I mean we we do have the 17s coming up this weekend, so I I offer no predictions or guarantees or anything like that. I want to see a competitive hockey game executed to the game plan and you know, hoping for a positive result.
SPEAKER_02That's what's funny about Jack Wilson for me is when two to three years ago when he was on a team, what always stood out for me is like on the penalty kill, he'd like lay down the ice to try to block a puck, or he tried to block a puck with his face, like face first all the time. He still does that and he's still scoring goals. So it's like he's always had a defensive game wearing pucks, but now it now the offensive output has you know matched his defensive ability. So it's been a fun ride to watch.
SPEAKER_09It it is a special kind of crazy to stand in front of a 80 mile per hour plus slapshot, wrist shot, whatever it is. It's a special kind of crazy. And I I I'm glad that some goal scoring comes along with it, but man, it's I I could not do it. I I I definitely could not do it. Wouldn't want to try.
SPEAKER_08Um I am a little too pain adverse myself.
SPEAKER_03The one thing for me, I don't and I don't want to say it's a surprise. I mean, we we've seen him do it all season, but I think the only time we really referenced it was when we had Carter Murphy on the show and kind of talked to him about it. But I I think we spent so much time paying attention to like what what Jack Wilson was doing and the numbers he was putting up and him climbing the rankings that like right now Carter Murphy is fourth all time in uh points by a defenseman. Just kind just we spent so much time looking at the top of the list. Uh Carter was working his way up the list, and you know, he's gonna you know finish out his time here if that ends up being the case after this season as fourth on that list.
SPEAKER_09Yeah, Carter absolutely having a great season with those. I've got 51 career points in front of me. Uh, you know, he's right there with Jack with the 33 assists on the season, so he's also uh two behind Stratty for the assists and a season record by a defenseman. So uh that top pair for the Phantoms, uh Wilson and Murphy. I I don't know if you could have predicted them coming into the season with 86 points. Any takers on on that number before the season? I'll call you a liar right to your face.
SPEAKER_03I'll I'll tell you what, I I'm glad that yeah, because you had uh the 14-15 team finished with 86, uh last year's team finished with 86, so uh, you know, 87, you know, so far this year sets that record. Are are you kind of glad in the way that they did it on game 59? So you didn't have like a Roger Maris, Babe Ruth uh type type of situation because like the 14-15 team did it in 60 games?
SPEAKER_09I I guess, you know, when I was thinking about it last year, it's like, okay, like how does this stand? We didn't put an asterisk on it last year, so why put an asterisk on it this year? Uh is it cool that you know they got to 87 before getting to 60, so they're you know, people like us can't make any kind of argument. Yes. Is it cool? Yeah, does anybody else in the locker room care? Absolutely not.
SPEAKER_03Is is is any is anybody else in this area paying attention to something like that besides us?
SPEAKER_09I think the people in the Youngstown Phantoms fans Facebook group, other than that, can't say they are.
SPEAKER_03Cooper Simpson this year.
SPEAKER_09Fun to watch.
SPEAKER_03I mean, I mean, where where I mean a a lot of the players that you've got to call over the years, I mean, where where does Cooper rank to you?
SPEAKER_09He's gotta be right up there with Kyle Connor, Max Lennoff. Obviously, I didn't call Kyle. I was you know the the color guy back when Kyle was here, but Kyle and and Max, they Max had the dangles, Kyle had the shot, so Cooper is kind of you know an amalgamation of both of them. But I I think as far as like just kind of holding your breath, leaning forward a little bit on the edge of your seat whenever Cooper gets the puck in the offensive zone, uh, especially when he starts dangling and dancing. Uh, you know, it's much it's must-watch hockey, and I love watching it. Uh, I would ask him to slow down a little bit to allow his poor play-by-play broadcaster to keep up. But if he doesn't, I understand.
SPEAKER_03He he's that guy. He's that guy. If you if you see him going to the tow drag, you know something bad's about to happen.
SPEAKER_09And usually it ends up with a poor defenseman crossing his legs and falling down. Um and I feel absolutely no pity whatsoever.
SPEAKER_02I think he takes more shots like after whistle shots than anybody else on the ice. He never just does. He just he can't like skate anywhere without getting hit multiple times if he's going to the bench, lying out for a face off. What else is weird about this game too is like how effortless it almost looks like he's not trying because he's so silky smooth and he just seems like he's calm and demeanor. His demeanor is rule.
SPEAKER_09Wait, what's that uh song from the trolls movie that I've watched six times? It takes a lot of hard work to make it look easy.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. For like reference, like Will Whitelaw, like when he was playing, you could see him like you could see the effort there. Not saying Cooper Simpson doesn't do that, but it's just so different. It's so crazy how two people do the same exact thing, but it looks so different between based off of how they do it.
SPEAKER_09I I'd be interested to, I mean, Cooper sitting third in league right now with 207 shots. I'd be interested to see if I can jump backwards quickly and get a shot number on White Law. There are certain things that you can do very quickly on the USHL website. Will White Law finish with 237 shots? I I certainly wouldn't put it past Cooper to rack up uh 30 shots in the in the next three games.
SPEAKER_03Um you know, then you talk about like talk about somebody like Malachi McKinnon. He he feels like he has a little bit of Andon Sorbone in him. Like it just he he scores big time goals at like big moments in games. That just that seems to be his deal, and that was that was Andon Sorbone all over a few years back.
SPEAKER_09Um, you know, Mr. Mr. Overtime himself, Mr. Mr. Klutch, uh Mr. Clutch, we would call Andon Sorbonne back at my my days at YSU. Um just what a player Bones was, what a player Malachi McKinnon is. And when Malachi McKinnon scores, positive results follow uh for the Phantoms. I will not throw up the stat. It's there in the game notes. It's a very positive stat when Malachi McKinnon scores a goal. I'm just not gonna put voice to it. He's still got he's still got at least another year in the U, so he's an 07. Um, you know, who knows? Um as you guys have said, you know, multiple times with Canada with the transfer portal. Yeah, you know, kids don't go when they're supposed to or when they think they're gonna go anymore.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, the the you can just throw the old norms just right out the window because it's it's a whole different world right now.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, I I think he's got another year and um we'll see we'll see some something special.
SPEAKER_03Uh so yeah, I brought up in the intro, you're uh as far as the lead broadcaster, you're 10 years in here. Uh what what do you what do you know now 10 years in you wish you knew back in the beginning?
SPEAKER_09I have more time to talk than I think. Um, you know, early on it was very easy to get flustered. And I I think just you know, moving things happen at the pace that I say they happen, whether because you know people are listening and not just watching and listening, so I I think I you know learning to take my time a little more is maybe a piece of advice that I would give to Matt in 2016.
SPEAKER_08What advice would you give to other broadcasters in the league?
SPEAKER_09Read the pronunciation guide, put a pronunciation guide on your line chart.
SPEAKER_03Well, I I think you kind of answered that a little bit. You you you don't have to fill the entire airtime with words. It's it's it's okay to take a breath every now and then. What about edit uh editorializing during the game?
SPEAKER_09You know, certain people have their own styles. I try to stay away from it because you're gonna you can't please everybody. You're gonna make somebody angry. And not everybody wants to listen to what I have to say just because I have a microphone.
SPEAKER_02When the phantoms are away, I'm not um Yeah, there's there are good other broadcasters in LA. Who are you? Who do you like to listen to most?
SPEAKER_09I like to listen to most. Um, you know, we don't get to hear them often, um, but I there's a couple guys in the Western Conference I could, you know, listen breathe the phone, but Tim Harwood, Jim Olander, uh love listening to those two call a game. Uh Josh Sarn Dubuque calls a very good game. When he's not editorializing, I love listening to Mark Citron call a game, honestly.
SPEAKER_03I I I noticed you didn't mention Pete and all that.
SPEAKER_09You know, it's I don't know how I forgot Pete because Pete's been duping it for so long. Maybe I just take him for granted. Pete Kropsky calls it an amazing game, and I would absolutely, you know, sit and listen to him call hockey and like we get to do one Friday.
SPEAKER_02You just like it because he calls your name, he says your name like seven or eight times during a game.
SPEAKER_09You know, I appreciate a shout-out, you know, I appreciate the professional courtesy, and you know, you can also look at it as as game recognizes game.
SPEAKER_03I I I I think, especially in the past couple years, I think you and Brandy Rosinski have kind of run neck and neck for uh shout-outs by Pete during games.
SPEAKER_09No, I I'm giving that to uh to to Brandy. It's gonna be she deserves it more than I do anyway. She works way harder.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_09Oh, Pete's Pete's gonna miss her.
SPEAKER_08Yeah.
SPEAKER_09It's not like you know, Rue isn't gonna be at Yoast Ice Arena two two games a year.
SPEAKER_08Yeah. Good point. Good point.
SPEAKER_09I I guess it's not that far from um Detroit over to East Lansing up to Mun Ice Arena either. So four four at least four games a year in the state of Michigan for Ryan under since the upcoming.
SPEAKER_03I'll tell you what, I I I know Ohio State's not your cup of tea, but they're they're gonna have a very interesting freshman class next year.
SPEAKER_09Ohio State has been building. I mean, obviously, the the way that they upset Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament, you know, putting people on nerves that hey, we're still here. Um obviously they didn't get into the NCAA tournament. Um would have been fascinating to to see them get there where they would have ended up had they uh gotten there. And you know, I'll just throw this out there. Let's get Nate Lewis some more ice time, huh? Yeah. Get get our guy a helmet, get him out there, let him do what he does.
SPEAKER_02For so long, Ohio State's built their team through the transfer quarter, not through the incoming freshman class. And finally this year they're gonna have a worthy incoming freshman class coming in. So that'll be nice to see. Nice to follow, at least.
SPEAKER_09I hope I can get down there for a game or two. I I don't think I got to a college hockey mall all year this year, unfortunately. I got to there's several AHL games, um a couple up in Cleveland. Obviously, the fans went to one out in Rochester that I was able to attend, but did not get out to a to a college hockeyman this year, unfortunately.
SPEAKER_03Uh now, speaking of which, now we've talked about you know, like the end of last season, uh, you know, Trey makes his professional debut. I got to go up and see him in Cleveland. Um, you know, you were there in Pittsburgh, uh, you went to the game when Fowler made his debut. Uh what was that night like for you? I mean, it's I mean, obviously Fowler is who he is. He means what he means, you know, to the Mahoney Valley, to the Youngstown Phantoms. Uh for you to sit in that arena that you've sat in so many times and uh, you know, see Jacob Fowler out there.
SPEAKER_09there and this isn't like a forward who goes out and plays you know five shifts and he's on the ice for a couple minutes this is somebody who was you know he was on the ice the entire game just what I mean what did that what did that mean to you and what was that experience like for you um so you know I I consider Jacob Fallon my friend I I hope he would you know consider me one of his as well but you know to to sit I think I was about maybe 10-15 rows behind him uh you know to to stand there and see one of my friends uh take the ice in an HL rink for the very first time I won't lie I was choked up a couple of different times uh I will I won't lie about it at all um but then to you know see him shut down Sydney Crossfeaker Jenny Malkin Chris Patang a etc of you know pride joy all of those you know positive emotions you know watching your friend live out their lifelong dream um you know he was it was a very special night um it was great to see him after the game uh great to see uh Jane Carey after the game as well and you know give them hugs and you know reminisce a little bit about the the good times and of course obviously there are many many very positive years ahead for Jacob Fowler the future is just so so very bright we need sunglasses to look at it yeah um going along the same route you got to see uh Phantom alumni uh American beauty trevor kuntar how's Trevor doing Trevor's doing great i was actually just uh texting with him today because the the Amirx had some absolute fire sweaters on over weekend Dan did you get to see those the the Bills inspired ones um head over to the the Amherx Facebook page or to the the Twitter um it's the moose but it's got like the Bills stripe coming from it instead of the buffalo it's a moose and they went with the all red look um they were some very very sweet sweaters um not available in the team shop but you know if you're into the game worn you can get one for about four or five hundred bucks too rich for my blood unfortunately those are sweet yeah they're very very sweet wow I did not see those um I would not make those available like it makes the most serious cash off of that right I buy one right now yeah um have have you have you talked to Trevor at all um you know the time he spent in Providence and now in Rochester where he's not only in like his hometown organization but where he's playing right now he's just kind of a hop skip and a jump away uh from his hometown all right he loves his time in in Rochester not to uh you know downcast or or throw shade at Providence at all but he is is just so happy with where he's at right now I think it shows on the ice he's out there agitating doing what he does best he's putting up points I I mean I I think he's in the top five on the team in scoring unless I'm terribly mistaken but I think he's he's up there for the Amherx um so so yeah I you know for me personally I didn't think he was being utilized in the proper role in Providence they were using him as a as a bottom six guy he's a top six guy in Rochester he's getting power play time too um so just from what for my eyes a much better situation uh in Rochester for Trevor and I think it's showing on the ice well hopefully hopefully the Boston organization will show um coop a little bit more love than some of our previous other alumni it is is borderline criminal in mispractice malpractice there we go that's the word referring to I'll I'll I'm gonna come out and say it it is criminal that Georgie Merkulov is still a Providence Bruin and not a Boston Bruin I venture to say this will be the last season he's there.
SPEAKER_02He's got him if he wants to move on if he any other team's gonna have him in the IHL besides them for whatever reason.
SPEAKER_09This is a conversation that that Sam and I had in the preseason um that you know you look around you know what Kyle Davis is trying to do with the pens looking around for guys who have talent that are blocked you and I both pointed at Georgie review didn't we sample I've I I've said it many times I I think Georgie would look really good in black and gold and and not that Boston black and gold heck I I think at this point Andrew Goldman would agree with us.
SPEAKER_03No he wouldn't let's not take it too far to take this too far. No he wouldn't I I know he would rather other colors but I I I think Georgie would look really good with a penguin on his uh front of his sweater.
SPEAKER_09Be it be it be it like the Buff Wilkes bear one or the more traditional one in Pittsburgh so I mean other than uh you know Phantoms going back to back you know Eastern Conference champions now the downside the one downside to all of that means is we've still got what like three more weeks before the before the team is back at Cavalli Center with that first round bye and 8 17th or something yeah we're we're eyeing April 17th and it will have been a month and a and a week five weeks yeah oh a month and three days since I will have called a hockey game so they're I I won't be the only one that that needs to to shake off a little rust but I I do love what they're doing with the playoff schedule this year. Because you know just having you know having those three through six teams roll from you know a two and two you know get one day off and then potentially into a three and three is absolute um again malpractice. So I I love what they're doing with the playoff scheduling this year, spacing it out. But you know we'll we'll just see what happens. We have we still have three games in front of us and then you know you know Ryan's gonna have them being competitive at practice during that that bye week and hope to have Cavelli Center rocking come April the 17th against whoever it may be.
SPEAKER_03Now the the players will talk about how the playoffs are just kind of a you know they're a completely different animal to the regular season.
SPEAKER_09Does it does it feel the same way when you're on the mic uh calling these games I I think there's always a little bit of an edge because you know the playoffs being you know generally tighter checking lower scoring games you always are kind of on the edge of the seat and you check the the smart watch the heart rate's always a little more elevated um trying trying to think what uh game three Fargo 2023 I think I was up around 108 in the third period.
SPEAKER_03Mm-hmm. Yeah. Um so that's kind of frightening in a way I mean we're we're all a few years older now. I feel like the uh high heart rate game just feels a little more dangerous than it did uh three years ago I mean i especially since one of us just recently turned 50 I guess stay staying high graded means different things for different people when they're inside the Kivelli Center isn't that right Dan absolutely there's video evidence almost every game of that um Matt thanks for coming on bud Sam great to be here as always Justin Dan thank you for tagging along uh so we'll we'll we'll do with you how we normally do with the players is there any uh family or friends you'd like to give a shout out to um I know my wife won't be listening but there's a chance that John will tune in.
SPEAKER_09Uh I I know you have scolded me for subscribing him to the podcast uh but John if you're listening hello uh love you buddy go to bed um uh you just you just had a birthday over at that over at your house there didn't you Alexis just turned four that is that is crazy to me well uh well I mean she never comes to the games like John does so I honestly like still think of her as like an eight month old baby I I don't think I've I've even gotten her too young sound she was supposed to come to the uh the Clark Cup celebration at the amphitheater but she got sent home that day from daycare with pink eye oh yeah they don't mess around with that no so so it was it was just John and I flying solo that night um so actually nobody in Youngstown has has met Alexis yet um you know she uh Leia Sardis is she just turned four so once I can get her into like you know kindergarten or first grade um you know she will be at the age where she can at least listen to to direction enough that she can stand next to me and I can call a game and she won't bug me with a thousand questions.
SPEAKER_03See we'll we'll we'll run this as kind of an experiment. Let John listen to episodes of this show but do not allow Alexis to do it and then we'll just see how they both end up when they're adults.
SPEAKER_09I apologize to John right now. John will be in and out of Juvie I mean John's met all of you and hasn't gone to jail yet.
SPEAKER_03I know he I mean he at least pretends to like me so that makes me feel good.
SPEAKER_09I think he probably pretends to like me too but maybe you'll give it another you know what he'll be a teenager in four years so give it another four years and then he can he can drop the pretense just remember you're you're their parent you're not their friend as as somebody who's going through this right now you're their parent you're not their friend the the phrase I love you but I don't like you right now is gonna come up a lot. Mm-hmm.
Phan Q&A
SPEAKER_03Yeah I'm not mad I'm just disappointed oh that's stung as a that's that's stung as a kid there was nothing that could be said you as a kid that stung more than that. Especially yeah if it came from your dad yeah damn all righty um so yeah Matt thank you for coming back on uh as we always say to the players because especially at our ages it also matters stay healthy yes absolutely gotta keep the uh the instrument in in check here uh and I and I guess one one more shout out Wardo I love you yeah all righty so we have been joined by voice of the phantoms and friend of the show Matt Lipsack we're gonna step aside for a short break the fan QA and the weekend preview is coming up next right here on the Dumpin' Chase podcast I'm Tim and I'm Dan and Chris this is Pitchemen the Steel Valley Soccer podcast we cover all things high school soccer in the Poning Valley catch our episodes on Spotify or visit our website for the skill in the net the team's bitch away to the back in the neck and the soundboard is the best news. For more information go to steelvalysoccer.com and welcome back to the Dumpin' Chase podcast so at this point we are gonna go ahead and jump right into fan QA uh starting out uh the first question from Lynn she asks I haven't been aware of a referee appreciation night in the league before what do you think of that theme and any suggestions as to a new or not done before theme for a Phantoms game well for one I I love the way they they did the um introduction and announced the referees like they were the starting players I think I think we appreciate the referees every time they skate on the Isaac Kimelli would be what do you mean yeah I I I don't think it would work for us. No it's not it not something that would work in Youngstown. I don't know it's the the whole thing with Citron and the whole panda thing and then they he did that interview at the first intermission with the guy that explained the whole panda thing which was hands down but hands down like the worst story I've ever heard like yeah it's like do so this whole pan you people actually think you're animals like I it what is going on in Chicago if only there was a striped animal oh wait they covered that it was uh I never mind Chicago Zoo must be a very popular place up there anyway it in terms of like in terms of like theme nights I would like to see might not be everybody's cup of tea the same way country night isn't some people me um but if you wanted to do heavy metal night green bay gamblers have done that a couple of times and they have produced some amazing jerseys yeah they also played some heavy metal in between for their music too but wasn't there a team that did special referee jerseys like striped jerseys yeah yep I think it was a WHL team yeah I can't remember yeah yeah you know and again and again it's just Chicago kind of has the whole weird thing with the referees and zebras and pandas and all that other kind of stuff so I it it it fits for something like them I mean not for us um suggestions like suggestions for a Phantoms game I've been asking about Dump and Chase Knight for years yes I have been doing that for years but if anybody listening to this thinks that I was serious anytime I brought this up then no honest on it I I don't know new or not done before I didn't have a ton of time to think on this honestly I'd love I'd like to see the penguins nights come back.
SPEAKER_02I mean I know that was more of a Troy Loney thing because he had the the relationship with like former players and everything else that yeah maybe he can come back and bring some like memorabilia from his trunk and pass it out at the Concord.
SPEAKER_03Well the theory was that Troy Loney just like backed a cargo van up to like one of the loading docks at PPG Paints and they had a closet of like old giveaway items just collecting dust and they just threw them in the back of the van. I mean I'm not complaining we got some neat stuff out of it. I I never thought in my life I'd have a Larry Murphy bobblehead but here you go. I love my Larry Murphy bobblehead I think I think I think I got my Larry Murphy and my uh I think Mark Recci bobbleheads all right uh the next question you guys have told us a lot about stuff you like well that's typically the questions we get asked what about the things you don't like for example bands movies or other stuff we need your hot takes I have a very specific one and it is hockey related uh well sports related arena related um the fallout boys my songs know what you did in the dark i am so done with that song the the Fallout Boys yeah yeah well let that let that let that sit let that let that sit I love that song Justin I understand yeah I I know it's a it's a it's a very hot take and I told you uh my hot take would probably piss people off and they're but I'm sorry they're called they're called Fallout Boy yeah whatever yeah well you you have that Justin I have a hot take that's gonna make Sam very upset here oh here we go um I'm gonna preface this by saying I respect what they've done for music and I they they've walked crawled just maybe moved slightly across the carpet so everybody else could run I cannot stand the Beatles I cannot stand them at all I've tried so hard so many times to like them I just can't get past it there's a lot I don't like but my four worst all time favorite band is Smashing Pumpkins I cannot stand Billy Corgan's voice.
SPEAKER_02I like a perfect circle which is basically the same band without Billy Corgan as a singer so I guess that shows why I like him but I cannot stand the Smashing Pumpkins at all.
SPEAKER_08See I like the Smashing Pumpkins but I will agree with you on Billy Corgan.
SPEAKER_03Yeah see I think Bullet with butterfly wings is a great song um let's see I that's the only song you'll agree with of course the the Beatles aficionado that I am that you can't see but I actually have like an Abbey Road like framed uh 3D poster on my wall in front of me here. A hot take one that might piss people off I don't like the Rolling Stones. Neither do I but I I painted black I think the Rolling Stones career basically ended when the Beatles did because essentially the Rolling Stones it was whatever they released it was something the Beatles had already done six months before and I think that was a lot of the Rolling Stones mo I I think they're a good blues band. Yeah well I I was gonna go with the fact that the Beatles did not mix a lot of blues or not not not a not a lot no but no when when it reached the point after rubber soul when the Beatles really started experimenting with different things something would get released and then the Rolling Stones would follow up with something similar yeah and that and that was and when the Beatles went away then the Rolling Stones kind of started doing that with other bands because you remember at one point they started putting out like disco songs in the like late 70s early 80s they started putting out disco songs yeah rubber soul is probably my favorite album by them because it's it's different from the Beatles rub rubber soul was the was the bridge between like their earlier stuff where you saw like more covers and more of the lighter pop and then like the later more experimental stuff rubber soul changing they're changing the drum was was the bridge between those two sam you'll appreciate this as a guitarist I I respect Keith Richards because he just said screw it I'm gonna uh open g tune my guitar and I don't give a shit I just I will the longevity of the Rolling Stones is is remarkable as well. Which I which I which at this point I think is more that what they're known for than their music.
SPEAKER_08Yeah I again I mean I remember seeing Aerosmith back in one of their I think it was the pump tour I mean just kind of past their prime some bands just really need to let it go and um I'm not gonna say Motley crew and that then the the the other the other one I brought up to you guys earlier uh like a band that I do not absolutely do not like I I won't use the word hate.
SPEAKER_03That's a very strong emotion and that's ridiculous for a group of people I've never met. I I do not like KISS I do not like KISS I do not believe that they deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. When I think of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fame I think of musicianship. I think they were average musicians at best and I if you want to put them in a merchandising hall of fame if you want to put them in a stage makeup hall of fame if you want to put them in a pyrotechnics hall of fame I would agree with all three of those not the rock and roll hall of fame. Oh well we're not going to put great white in the pyrotechnics hall of fame you you take up you take away the makeups you take away the makeup you take away the costumes you take away the whole stage performance and everything else and you got that album they put out in the 80s without the makeup that completely and utterly flopped because they didn't have any of that other stuff to lean back on.
SPEAKER_02It was solely based on their talent and that album flopped if you're a band you either got to be entertaining or really good at what you do. Once in a while you'll catch you know a band will be both like Pink Floyd was was extremely good and they were you know they put on a show behind them because they thought they were ugly. That's why they put the show on behind them but I thought I think Kiss Mania that was like the one of the biggest music movements of all time but Detroit Rock City I love that song by Kiss but it but it wasn't about the music it was about the costumes and the makeup and yeah everything else it wasn't about the music it was the experience Sam you went to go see him for the experience I that's fine they don't belong in the rock and roll hall of fame I mean I'll argue that there's a lot of people who don't belong in the rock and roll hall of fame a lot of people who do and we aren't really going to ever get there all right well real real quick here uh movies does anybody have like just just say one for like a movie before we move on here because I have I have a very specific one in my head.
SPEAKER_03Okay I have one go ahead a movie I do not like is Titanic and it's because the end scene I feel like there was room for both of them to float on that damn thing in the water I think it's because it was when I was growing up I think it was like in fifth I was in middle school when that's when that came out didn't myth didn't Mythbusters do a thing on that and they found that they found out it was actually really tricky to get both of them up there don't don't take this this take away from me please not wrong yeah that's bothered me for a while you know what I you know what I I love Titanic back then I haven't watched it in a long time but I'm like a sucker for like the historical movies and stuff like that even if they're not completely and totally accurate but it's you know it's Hollywood you always have to have that in the back of your head but just I'm I'm always a sucker for like the historical dramas and stuff like that. So yeah that was a move that was a movie I enjoyed um no my movie and that that very specifically uh Kung Pao enter the fist I like that movie I saw that I went to the theater I and this was the I I went to movies eight and boardman so it was at what a dollar either a dollar or a dollar twenty five to get in to see this movie. Fifteen minutes into that movie I got up and left the theater and went to watch another movie.
SPEAKER_02I mean, that's definitely not like uh you're not gonna see some breaking cinema there, but I loved it.
SPEAKER_03I was no, I was expecting I was expecting to see a comedy and it wasn't funny. Like it was like I was cringing. I was cringing watching that movie, and I like literally 15 minutes. I got up and went and bought another ticket to go see another movie because I was not gonna sit there and watch that whole thing.
SPEAKER_08I have seen Kung Pal. I'm not gonna say this is something I I would ever watch again. However, I will say the same thing that you said about Napoleon fucking dynamite.
SPEAKER_03Oh nope, I can't nope, can't go with you on that one. Uh I I enjoyed it more the second time, but I really when when we did our top movies list, if it would have been if it would have been like top five, then Napoleon Dynamite would have been on my list.
SPEAKER_02I think I quote Napoleon Dynamite almost as much as any other movie out there.
SPEAKER_03This household has a lot of Napoleon Dynamite quotes happening every single day. So I right Justin, that's that that's your deal, and I respect that. I I cannot go with you on that one. Yeah, I know.
SPEAKER_02But my kids, I'm trying to get the kids to eat the food. I'm like, eat the food, Tina. Eat the food. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03I I you know I I even bought the box set of like the six episodes, the cartoon that they did. Like it was only six, there was only six episodes, but they but yeah, they made it, they made a like uh not even a box set, it was just like just a case, but of those six episodes. Like I bought that.
SPEAKER_02Anytime anybody brings up like chickens, I always say, Do they have large talons? And um, it's now to the point now where I'm with my kids and they someone says it and they look at me like, Do they have large talons still? By the way, they hated that movie. I had them watch that and they thought it was the dumbest thing, they thought it was dumb as hell.
SPEAKER_03That's uh they they had the line from the cartoon that like I use like every single time we go to Sheets, because it was the first episode of the cartoon, they were like all sitting outside a gas station and they were eating like gas station chicken. And it was and it was just like it was like Kip and Napoleon and Uncle Rico were all sitting there, and like Napoleon freaks out. He's like, Uncle Rico, tell Kip to quit eating all the gas station chicken. And that's like every time we go to Sheets to eat, that's I use that line when we're sitting there.
SPEAKER_08Well then I can respect.
SPEAKER_03Because it sheets, and you know I you you you both have hurt my feelings on this one, but I respect your opinions and we'll move on. Uh, this next one, our old friend AA Ron. Uh, what other hockey leagues do you uh do Yins follow? You even went with Yins there.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, my answer is yes. I follow as much as I can.
SPEAKER_08I mean, not so much follow, but I and I not so much this season or last season, but I really love watching some of the um uh junior A, junior B leagues in Canada. If you have a uh flow hockey, fast hockey, whatever subscription. I mean uh just some of the play-by-play uh color is is priceless.
SPEAKER_03I mean I I mean yeah, NHL obviously. Um I I watch a good bit of AHL games without with those being available on flow. Um just with you know some of the Phantoms guys around the AHL right now, like Chase Patello and Wilkes Bear and Trey in uh Texas and the guys in Providence and and when Jacob's with Laval. It's amazing. It's actually easier for me to watch Jacob Fowler play in Laval than it is for him to play in Montreal.
SPEAKER_02That is funny.
SPEAKER_03And yeah, like Justin said, every every once in a while, if you're bored, just go over to like some like Manitoba Junior B league that like no one outside of that area has ever heard of. Like they couldn't any international it's it's like single A. It's like low single A minor league baseball. It's just the the the atmosphere is just so much, just beyond the hockey itself. Just the atmosphere is so much fun.
SPEAKER_02Now, when I say I follow all leagues, like I watch like the all junior A, like all major junior hockey I watch, but I also follow like the 15 AAA and the 16 AAA. I like to keep tabs on like draft picks. Yeah, I always like to see like incoming draft picks for futures of the of the year, and I and I but everything. I I watch some KHL on on the thing I watch with, and just like you guys, I watched some Coast games, some AHL games. I watch is I watch more hockey than anything else to be honest with you.
SPEAKER_03See, I can't I can't do the 15 use six like the live barn type stuff. And I'm probably having time for that. And I'm I'm probably calling it by the wrong name, but just like that single like fisheye lens at center ice. I'm I'm probably using the wrong term for it, but wide angle, yeah. But it's when a team is in like the offensive zone, it looks like they're 800 feet away. And then when they're in the neutral zone, rank is a U. When they're in the neutral zone, the players look like they're 20 feet tall. It's just it's really hard for me to follow because you can't tell who anybody is. There's no commentary. It's it's really hard to, especially with that camera, it's so hard to follow.
SPEAKER_08Be glad there's no commentary. Uh, I picked up a couple of games from one of the hockey bombs who was trying to commentary and do the live streaming on Facebook. Uh again, kind of fun, but no, they I think it's gotten better.
SPEAKER_02Like, if you like watch like Shattock, the Chicago Mission, Chicago Reapers, and Little C'est, those ones are like, yeah, those are those are good broadcasts. And I you guys remember that there was a guy they drafted the fans draft last year, his name was like Wyatt Finkenkeller from the Chicago Reapers. I think he was hurt, so we didn't get to see him at main camp this year. That dude's got like 80 points for the Chicago Reapers this year. He really taken off. So I've been following him quite a bit, assuming he's still on, hoping he's still on the affiliate list.
SPEAKER_08That's which we will never know anymore.
SPEAKER_03I'll tell you what. When you already have the Chicago mission and you have to come up with like a different name, the Chicago Reapers is a hell of a name, yeah.
SPEAKER_02And they're like three years old, and they're like one of the top, top, you know, uh clubs in all of America.
SPEAKER_08I mean, I mean, it's not it's not the Shreveport mud bugs or like the Athens rock lobsters, but but getting a triple A uh hockey team in Chicago, Illinois, um you're kind of fighting forces that are bigger than you. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03Um, all right. So the next question is can you guys guess any reason why tender signings as a whole have been way less this season? Who wants to take the uh obvious one? Uh Canada. Yeah. Um a lot uh in the in the past, a lot of the tender signings you would see would be uh Canadian players. Obviously, that has all changed. You know, Chicago I really took a risk on Scandalberry or whatever his name is, uh going into pass season. I mean, and it worked out for him. Yeah, I mean he stuck around. I mean, they they really took a risk when everybody else went, you know, went away from that.
SPEAKER_02Umskegee did it this year with with uh Charbonnet.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02He's a Quebec guy.
SPEAKER_08I mean, well, I mean, the Q that's not at Scaleberry's the Q as well. So yeah, that the Q is not the the problem here. So um we all know what I mean. Yeah, uh, but I mean I I think give a year or two, these things will balance out and we will be right back to where we were.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I I it's really it's I know these teams are trying to sign these players. It really comes like you guys are saying, it comes down to the players. I think the players are trying to keep their options open, they don't want to commit to anything. Um I'm kind of speaking out of my budget, but I'm assuming they're they're keeping their options open what they want to do.
SPEAKER_08Well, and teams don't want to take the chance at this point. So I I mean I think that the tender signings will be later.
SPEAKER_03Now, granted, with the rule change, it allows teams to kind of take risks. And when I mean rule change, that if you sign a tender and then they leave for another league, which I it may be another league, or just if they go to Canada, then you get that draft pick back that you lost by signing the tender.
SPEAKER_08Provided you, you know, do this before the draft. But yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03Which I mean, I mean, it's well, that's what all of it would be. I mean, I don't know if it's like the day before the draft, or if you tender someone the day before the draft and then they end up not coming, then yeah, you lost that pick. But I mean, if you do it well enough in advance and they end up taking off, you get that pick back, which allows teams to take a little more of a risk than they would have in the past.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and I also wonder too if like uh if it yeah, when you tender a player what they they must play in 55% of the games, I think.
SPEAKER_03That's the rule, but over the last probably what four or five years, it's they're there for the season.
SPEAKER_02That's what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_03So now back back when I first started going to games, yeah, you would have tenders and it would they would play right around that 55%, which is what 30 yeah, because they're going to be.
SPEAKER_08You saw like a lot more defensemen and yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, they're there's they're they want them to develop. So I I wonder if like if teams instead of signing a tender, they have a draft pick in the first or second round that they have the option of sending them back to triple A hockey or something like that, and calling them up three at the end of the year. Yeah, I think they have to decide whether it's better for them to develop and struggle mightily their first year in USHL, or is it better for them to go back another year triple A and you know, kind of dominate or whatever? So I think that could be a thing, too.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I mean, 10 years ago, that's more or less what you saw with tenders. That was kind of the way it worked. Like I said, maybe in the past four or five years, it's just been trial by fire. You know, they play the entire season.
SPEAKER_08I mean, it at this point, maybe you're seeing a lot more teams are sitting there saying, We don't want a player, we have to sit on the bench, you know. Um we need players we can dress, we can play. And I mean, I I think that's why you see players like you know, Jack Extahl.
SPEAKER_03Um you know, and I mean I mean, we've all we've all been told here in the past couple months that there were you know players that Youngstown was looking at. I mean, we weren't given names or anything like that. Why would we? Um But no, I mean we I mean we've all been told by several different people that you know there's there's players being looked at. I I I cannot jump into the minds of the GMs to know what's you know what they're what the thinking is or what's going on with it. But you know, if if it hasn't happened yet, I have to imagine there's a good reason for it. But again, but again, if you're gonna make a list of why, I think you put Canada at the top of that list. And then just uh just a ton of miscellaneous underneath of it. But like, you know, like Justin said, you know, another year or two, you know, a lot of this is probably gonna even out, especially when players start seeing the reactions of Canadian teams when they decide to leave early for college and not stay until you know they're 21 years old.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and now that the CHL is changing the rule with the HL, allowing 19-year-old players that are drafted in the first round to go play.
SPEAKER_08I I I I think that sends warning flags to the rest of the junior hockey league that we're only scaling this back so much.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, I I I I think the CHL is playing themselves out eventually where this will just all even out.
SPEAKER_03The the CHL is in the honeymoon period of this still, yeah. Um the the the hard times are coming of being in this type of system when when college hockey is involved. We haven't got to that point yet.
SPEAKER_08And I think you see the the upper levels realizing that and some of their reactions is comical.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. All right, and the final question here is a hot dog a sandwich.
SPEAKER_02You know, I have funny thing, I was all ready to say it's not a sandwich because it's like a different type of bun. And I had a list of things to say about it, and so I got to the fact I was gonna say, you know, and sausages aren't considered sandwiches until I realized you call them sausage sandwiches. And that kind of ate my argument up about why a hot dog wasn't a sandwich because it's on a roll like it that's sliced open, you put it in there. So I believe it is a sandwich.
SPEAKER_08I mean, I agree with you. If you go just a little bit further, we've all had a hot dog bun that's split.
SPEAKER_03Now, see if that's the case, then I would say yes, it's a sandwich. Because that then you then you have bread on top and bottom. I argue that a hot dog is a taco.
SPEAKER_08Uh taco is a flat bread, tortilla.
SPEAKER_03But the breading product, but the bread but the breading product is on three sides of the hot dog.
SPEAKER_02I mean like are you trying to like get a reaction here? Because I've never heard that and I'm not I'm not gonna bite.
SPEAKER_03No, I I argue that a hot dog is I I argue that a hot dog is a taco.
SPEAKER_08And a taco is a gyro, and a hot dog is not a gyro.
SPEAKER_02I I do not have the right amount of drugs in my system to have this conversation with you guys. Drugs or alcohol, whatever it may be. Is is pizza a pie? Both is fine. Yeah, is pizza a pie? No, that's a flat red.
SPEAKER_03Can I make a confession? Huh? This is not a user-submitted question. I put this into screw with you guys. I definitely by your answer, I I I felt that way. Hell out of here. This was not a this was not a fan submitted question. I put this into screw with you guys.
SPEAKER_02That is fine. I like I like this now. You know, hot dog may or may not be a sandwich, but it's not a damn taco. I can tell you that.
SPEAKER_08Taco is a flatbread, so it's a taco is a gyro. A gyro. I'm sorry.
Weekend Preview
SPEAKER_03Hero. G is pronounced as an H, a hero. All right, so again, uh, you know, as always, thank you for uh putting these questions in. Uh, we got a couple more weeks, I don't know, or another week or so before we get into the playoffs. I don't know if we're gonna continue it through the playoffs. We haven't decided on a format, but uh in the meantime, yeah, keep them coming. Uh so at this point, uh coming down to the end of the show, let's go ahead and jump into uh an abbreviated weekend preview.
SPEAKER_07Weekend preview. We're almost done.
SPEAKER_03All right, so at this point, I will point out uh Dan had to jump out for the rest of the episode. Apparently, his family is way more important than us. Uh and if you're and if you're one of those people that's like, oh, I heard Dan was gone and I turned it off. Anyways. So Justin, Justin, back to the OGs, just you and me for the rest of this episode. Oh, oh god. I th I think we're I think we're about to find out how much of a crutch Dan has been for us over the past uh few years now. Um, so this Friday only, uh Youngstown, only one game this weekend. Um, I I guess the virtue of all these other teams having games in hand.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, this is where they make them up.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, they're they're making all these games up. There's so many like Monday, Friday, blah, blah, blah, whatever. Or not Friday, but Monday, Thursday, like next Monday, next Tuesday. It's like there's games just all over the place. So by virtue of playing more games than everybody else. Uh, we only got one game this Friday.
SPEAKER_08Uh I I preach the virtue of you're in your own driver's seat. This is the weekend that makes me nervous.
SPEAKER_03Uh, so this Friday, the Phantoms will be traveling to Plymouth, Michigan for one game with the national team develop development program U-17 squad. Uh, this will be the fifth and final matchup with U-17s this season. Uh Youngstown, 4-0 against the U-17s thus far. Uh, they have outscored them in those four games 35 to 8. Uh repeat that 35 to 8. So uh I I believe that works out to Oh god, I have to do math on the fly. Thank God I can edit.
SPEAKER_08You have a button on your keyboard for the calculator, right?
SPEAKER_03Yeah. Yeah, so that works out to uh an average score of eight and a half to two in these four games. And uh the last time these teams played, that held true. Uh these teams last played on January 23rd and 24th. Uh Youngstown winning both of these games by scores of 12 to 1 and 8 to 1. That was a fun weekend. I I I I remember that weekend fondly. That was a fun weekend.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, I I mean going down the stretch, I I would not count on this, but uh I I mean play your game. You're gonna win this.
SPEAKER_03Um, last weekend, uh, the U-17s uh they were swept by Omaha by scores of five to two and I ten to nothing. The the Omaha Lancers outscored the U-17s 15-2 in these two games.
SPEAKER_08I mean, again, don't take the weekend off.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. Um, so the U-17s coming into the weekend with a record, a USHL record of 3-31 and 2, giving them eight points um out of the total of, I gotta look at it here, make sure I get the right one. That is uh eight points out of the uh 33 total between the 17s and 18s.
SPEAKER_08And I think uh the bulk of that came against Muskegon.
SPEAKER_03Um their uh last 13 there they've lost their last 13 games, uh USHL games. They've been outscored 78 to 16 in that stretch. Um, in their last 13 games, the uh U-17 power play is two for 33, that is 6.1%. Their penalty kill is 18 for 32, that is 56 percent.
SPEAKER_08Um, can you make these stats any worse?
SPEAKER_03Um, yeah, just give me a second here. So in comparison, Youngstown coming into the weekend with a record of 41-13, 3-2, uh, giving them 87 points, and again, Eastern Conference Champions. I felt like I should just throw that again uh in there. Uh now, before uh Dan hopped off there, he did give us his hot take on the U 17s, and this is what he had to say.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, the 17s this year, they are not good. Actually, they kind of suck this year so far. Their best players are Carter Meyer and Nolan Fitzhenry, and Carter Meyer is the leading scorer for the entire 17 and 18s uh combined. And Nolan Fitz Henry is like the second leading scorer, so the best players are now playing on the 18. So fans come out and play their game. This should be a pretty easy game.
SPEAKER_03So there you go. We were able to work Dan into the last segment here. Um, no, so Justin, you asked if it could be worse. Um went and looked, went and started looking around at some of the numbers. Uh, the most goals Youngstown has given up in a game this season is five. Uh, they've done that six times this season, which and you know, when we talked about there was always that like one blowout game at the beginning of the season. Um, you know, typically in seasons past, Youngstown has the slower starts. We'd always have that one blowout game uh where you know somebody would hang a 10 spot on us. Uh did not go through that this year. And don't give me that look like it's gonna happen in the next two weeks.
SPEAKER_08It is not because the U-17s have had that happen multiple times.
SPEAKER_03Um, only two times, two games this season have the U-17s scored five or more goals. Now, the U 17s have given up five or more goals uh 26 times out of 38 games. The U17s have given up more than five goals in 26 of them.
SPEAKER_08That right there uh it tells you something.
SPEAKER_03And if you look at the entire season, the average score of a U-17 USHL game is them losing six to two. You asked if it got worse. Here you go.
SPEAKER_08Yep, thank you.
SPEAKER_03And honestly, if I would have spent another 15 minutes on it, I probably could have come up with a lot worse. Um, no, I I I don't want to I don't wanna I I don't think of this as a trap game.
SPEAKER_08Uh yeah, I mean we just have to pay attention to details. It's just I mean yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03The Youngstown doesn't have to come out and just play out of their minds, they just have to come out and play their game. I mean, I'm sorry, you don't you don't drop 10 goals to Omaha and then figure it all out the next week. Yeah. You don't you don't drop 10 goals to the worst team in the league and then figure it out over the next five or six days and then come out and manhandle the best team in the league. It's like I don't feel like it's a trap game. It's just I I just I hope Youngstown comes out and just plays their game. They don't have to do anything crazy. They don't have they don't have to go above and beyond, just go out and play your game.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, I I mean the coaching staff has to to preach the obvious, but I mean this is a no-brainer. I mean, you just you come out, you play Youngstown hockey, you look I don't want to say you you're you're looking forward to next weekend, but I I I I think this is you know more of a a practice and you know of a game.
SPEAKER_03I'm not expecting a blowout, I'm not expecting for a the mercy rule to be invented halfway through the game.
SPEAKER_08No, no, just play your game, and when it doesn't have to be a shutout, it doesn't have to be spectacular.
SPEAKER_03Um yeah, get the win. Get get the win. Sue Sioux Falls schedule, their last so many games is just an absolute cakewalk. So when we're talking about Youngstown wins these last three games, they win the Anderson.
SPEAKER_08Well, I mean, we look at this weekend. Hey, it's a cakewalk. I mean, what we're preaching now is do not look at this as a cakewalk. I I'm sure Sioux. Falls. I that's her coaching staff. Um, we'll see who makes that happen.
SPEAKER_03If if Omaha beats Sioux Falls this weekend, I swear. I I wish I had time to think up some kind of like bet or dare or something. If Omaha beats Sioux Falls this weekend. So, anyways, uh puck drop for this game is 705. Um, and of course, the legendary Pete Kropsky will be on the call uh for the NTDP. Uh, this game will be available to watch for free on USA Hockey TV. If you haven't done it yet, you just go to their website. Uh, you have to sign up for an account, but it's all free. Um, there are things on there that they ask to pay for if you want to watch, but these games are free. You don't have to pay to watch them. So it's free to sign up. So and their scorebugs a little bit better than the flow hockey scorebugs.
SPEAKER_08That's not hard.
Outro
SPEAKER_03That's yeah, it's it's a low bar to jump over, but they did it. So with that, I mean that pretty much wraps it up for this episode. Um, so next week, um, yeah, we'll be recapping with this game, this game with the 17s. Um, we will be previewing the final week of the regular season, uh, two games in Cedar Rapids uh with the Rough Riders. Uh so you can catch this show wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts on Apple, on Spotify, uh, wherever that may be. Uh, you can find us on social media on Facebook and Instagram. So to my lone cone ho uh lone cone ho cone ho host, Justin Irwin, the the the last surviving here tonight. Uh, any final thoughts?
SPEAKER_08This is what we this is what we live for. Mm-hmm. Uh I mean we are chasing another Anderson Cup. We've won the uh Easter Conference Championship. Dear God, uh I mean you cannot you cannot expect, you know, any better entertainment here.
SPEAKER_03Alright. So as always, hockey is a sport played on ice with sticks in a puck, and our podcast is a thing you just listened to. See ya. Boy, I hope Pete doesn't listen to these episodes. Pete Pete has a positive opinion of us. I'd hate I'd hate to ruin it with our uh previews of games with the NTDP. Love ya, Pete.
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