I'm Wrong A Lot with Jared Rubado

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Who is in like where?
What was six place points last
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year?
6th place was third tie with
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3666. 7.
And eight had 36 or 35 points.
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I can only handle hearing six
and seven together.
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So many.
Times today Sorry, this has just
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been.
Too Much Tech Hockey Guide
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presents the Chasing McNaughton
podcast covering the Michigan
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Tech Huskies and the CCHA.
With your host Tim Brown, Rob
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Gilreath and Matt Cavender.
Welcome to episode 24 of Season
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7 of the Chasing McNaughton
Podcast, presented by Tech
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Hockey Guide and recorded from
the State of Hockey.
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I'm Tim Brown, your host, and
I'm joined this week by Rob
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Gilrie.
Hey, guys, Nathan Sema.
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What's up, everybody?
And Matt Cavender.
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Hello to my haters, of which
there are many.
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Hi, Matt.
Hello, good to see you the
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weekly check in.
But yeah.
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With only eight games left in
the regular season total and the
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top of the conference extremely
close from 1st to 5th, separated
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by just six points, we thought
be a great time to bring back
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Jared Verbato from the Bemidji
Pioneer and the CCHA Reporters
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Corner.
Thanks for joining us, Jared.
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Thanks for having me, I'll keep
the intro brief for next day.
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Speaking of which, for the sake
of our editor, Nick will try and
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stay on topic, covering what
happened last weekend,
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previewing what could happen
this weekend, and talk about the
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crazy permutations and
combinations for the CCHA final
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standings.
Anything else you guys want to
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talk about this week?
Anyway, I know Jared and Nathan
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and I are in talks about
recording some draft preview
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stuff, but I think that's all
going to wait till at least the
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CCHA playoffs are done.
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All right.
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Welcome back, Jared.
How are things shaking out
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compared to what you thought
going into the season?
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Oh, that's a good question.
You know, kind of some things
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right on par, some things
probably unexpected, right?
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I mean, I think, I think we knew
it was probably going to be a
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little tighter this year, but I
was even a little skeptical of
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that.
I thought I I think when we were
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doing our preseason episodes
with each team, I think I told
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Harrison what I kind of expected
Saint Thomas to run away with
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the league.
And for all of January, I was
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kind of patting myself on the
back because it looked like they
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were going to run away with the
league.
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And two goals and 5 minutes to
end the game and against
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Augustana and you start feeling
really, really dumb, which is
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what this league will make you
feel a lot of the time.
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But I think where I'll take like
a sad victory lap is like I, you
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know, I think a lot of people on
those preview episodes we did
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thought that this was going to
be a 2 bit league and I didn't
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quite see it.
And it took a lot longer this
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year.
But the CCHA is kind of
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cannibalized itself once again.
And it feels like it's not, you
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know, out of the realm of
possibility that two can get in.
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But it's, I guess the statistic.
It'd be statistically unlikely
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to say the least.
And yeah, so now we're kind of
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in that dead heat.
You don't want us to be all of
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the bubble teams.
Right.
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You kind of hope in like. 16th,
16th, 17th and 18th.
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It's tough.
And I mean, The thing is it's
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Atlantic's already going to
steal one.
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Hockey E is so unpredictable
this year with, you know, them
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only having two, maybe 3 in the
kind of firmly in the at large
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portion of it.
I know the ECHC was looking to
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get like 5 and at one point now
they're down to 3, potentially
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4.
So, you know, for all intents
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and purposes, it could go chalk
and CCHA team could move up to
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like 14 and they could get 2 in
that way.
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But, you know, it's just the way
the schedule played out at the
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end and the cannibalization of
it is fascinating to see from
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this past weekend, especially
because, you know, for for as
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unpredictable as this league is,
which is unholy unpredictable,
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it is somehow took it like
another step this weekend
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because of the layer that
Minnesota State is now.
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I don't know.
Would you call them a favorite
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to win the league?
Like is, is that a stretch to
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say, the Tech and Bowling Green
sweep or split Saint Thomas,
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Bemidji State split and Mankato
takes 6 points off a team that
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everybody expects him to take 6
points off?
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Like is that the most likely
outcome this weekend that
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Minnesota State wins?
Like who?
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Shut up.
Stop talking.
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To you.
Why I would I would agree with
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you 100.
I thought it was going to be
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fun.
If tech was on the road.
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I have not had fun in months.
All right, like we're.
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So you got to drag us all down
with you?
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What the hell is?
Yes.
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Could I have a?
Great guy.
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I should have invited somebody
else.
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Sorry.
Should have brought Trent on.
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You've got Trent in here, no.
We had we had Trent too
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recently.
That's only.
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Like a week or two before that,
right?
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It's, yeah, it's crazy.
I mean.
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Who decided to give the
scheduling to have Northern and
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Minnesota State play this
weekend?
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That's a bunch of BS if I've
ever seen any.
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I would even then, like, who
would have thought that they'd
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take 5 of 6 from Bowling Green
in Ohio?
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Like that's not that wasn't on
my bingo card.
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Like I would have thought that'd
be at least a split.
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And then you're looking at a
very different moment now.
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Yeah, I think the, I mean this
weekend to me at least revolves
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around like 2 teams.
Like how good are these two
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teams going into the last
weekend?
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The 1st is Bowling Green because
I don't know, I'm not as high on
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Bowling Green as I probably
should be.
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Like they could they caught
August in on their worst home
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weekend a couple weeks back,
right where they had 20 outron
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like 27 to 6 or 27 to 8 in the
first period and they win the
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game one to nothing on a in a
game where they probably
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shouldn't have counted or they
should have counted in August
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and a goal for our I think there
was an issue with a camera angle
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not being provided for a replay,
but August and scored in the
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third period and then they lose
the next night.
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Like that's a bad weekend at
home for the best home team in
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this league.
And Bowling Green takes three
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points off of them when they're
getting outstanding goaltending
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and they were one of the hottest
offensive teams going into it.
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And so then, all right, it's a
tough road trip.
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You come back home, you're
playing a team that scored 115
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on five goal against the worst
defensive team in the CCHA
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Bemidji State in the
second-half.
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And you can't, I mean, you can't
slow down Minnesota State at
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home.
Like at home.
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Like that's that's where I'm
like just scratching my head on
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Bowling Green.
It's like, what?
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Because for so long they look so
good in the second-half.
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It's like, yeah, sure, they take
a ton of penalties, but their
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penalty kills fine.
And they're really dynamic
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defensively and they're getting
really good goaltending.
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Like Cole Moore had a
second-half resurgence and now
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it almost feels like they're
destined to finish in 5th place
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and miss out on home ice again
after such a promising season.
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And then so, but if but if
Bowling Green proves me wrong,
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which they you know, very well
could now we fall back into the
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split territory with Michigan
Tech and then the other team is
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Bemidji State because you know,
you were again 7 game losing
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streak.
You lose on the road at
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Northern, which, sorry, no
offense, but it's still a bad
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loss.
And yeah, you come back the next
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night, you absolutely pump.
You come back home the next week
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and you have a regulation split
or sorry, A2 point split with
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Ferris State.
Every defensive problem in the
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books is right there in that
Ferris State series.
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And then they go again, allow
one even strength goal in six
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periods against Minnesota State
on the road, A-Team or a
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building they've won like 30% of
their games in.
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So and now Bemidji State got to
buy.
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They get to rest up.
So what kind of team is Bemidji
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State?
Because my gut lends me to
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believe that this weekend will
be a split and then you go back
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into the Minnesota State stuff.
So it's just like it's for it
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seemed almost unfathomable 2
weeks ago that Minnesota State
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couldn't could win this league.
Like I just how so many things
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had to go right.
And yet even with dropping a
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whole like dropping A1 nothing
game at home against Bemidji
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State, they're still in like,
well, probably 20% chance to win
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the league, right?
Like I know code monkey does the
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chart and the discord like the
two it's very good chart.
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See.
But to be fair, talons up, pucks
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down was first.
Oh, was he first?
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OK.
Code Monkey started doing his
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own like 2 weeks ago.
Now, do those take into account
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like how good the teams are
playing or is it just the
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percentage of chances of wins,
losses overtime wins, overtime
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loss like?
So, so Talons up is an E low
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projection.
So he's giving each team an E
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low ranking and then doing the
the projections on the odds of
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with the outcomes based on the
ELO math.
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I don't know what code monkey's
doing.
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I thought he was using cratch
but I'm not sure.
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OK.
Because yeah, I was just curious
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how they all came together, but.
But the other thing too is like
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Northern was playing really good
hockey and then over half their
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goalie room got hurt, right?
And now they're stuck with no
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good goalies trying to do stuff
and and they're basically shot
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now.
Like if Tech played Northern
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without Oliver, I mean Ashton
like I.
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Don't get salute.
Same for Bemidji, right?
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Same for Bemidji.
They got absolutely goal, a 39
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save shutout and a game where
they outshot him 2 to one.
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Like yeah, you're 100% spot on,
but it's just like.
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Now Northern but now Minnesota
State gets the face their third
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string goalie that's granted
they have to go to Northern, but
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like so that's not nothing.
But like, if, if you can't get a
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good game right, it's Oh no, it
isn't Mankato.
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Yeah, it's in Mankato.
Yeah.
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So that's even worse.
I don't know.
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It's just, I mean, it's all
roads lead back to Mankato in
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some form or fashion.
And it as much as that sucks to
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say out loud, I mean, that's
just kind of how it always
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feels.
And when I laugh, Mankato is
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going to win the McNaughton Cup.
It does not mean they're going
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to win the Mason Cup and go back
to the tournament.
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But it's just like they're
they're the devil you can't
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kill.
And I think, I think for the
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sake of the CCHA, by the way, it
is good to have that because
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there needs to be common hate.
Like everybody in the SEC hates
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Alabama.
And then when it turns to
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basketball season, they hate
Kentucky, right?
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Like there, there needs to be a
common enemy in in in.
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Well, part of the problem is, is
unlike those, we don't get four
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other teams in to show that
we're also good, right, Like.
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That's.
The problem and then you add to
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it like I know what I saw some
Minnesota State fan complaining
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about, like, you know, we
shouldn't be in this spot if we
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hadn't done this, this and this.
And it's like every team has
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those.
Michigan Tech, if they don't
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give up two goals in the last
minute of two different games,
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has four, four more points and
Saint Thomas has 2 less like
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every team has those.
I'm not going to go through and
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to prove that every team has
those, but I know every team has
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their moments where if they just
hang on to a third period lead
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once or twice, this is totally
different, But that's college.
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Yeah.
So how do you guys see this?
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Like, just how do you see it
shaking out this week?
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Like if you had to declare a
favorite to win the McNaughton
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Cup at this point, who do you
pick?
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Because it is still Saint
Thomas, right?
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Like, they're playing a bottom
four team A-Team.
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They just absolutely throttled
in their own building
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back-to-back nights.
I don't know, it just feels like
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Saint Thomas is probably it.
The deck does feel a little
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stacked in Saint Thomas favor
with the way that the end of the
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season has gone here.
It's I would be very pleasantly
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surprised to see Tech take all
available points off of a
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Bowling Green team.
I think it's going to be better
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than a lot of teams our fans
expect.
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But yeah, when you see Saint
Thomas playing Bemidji this
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weekend, when you see Minnesota
State playing Northern, it's I
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think Tech has one of the least
favorable matchups of those at
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the top and looking at home ice.
Definitely.
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It's also unfortunate to me that
Bowling Green is the only one
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that, you know, could bump
Minnesota State from home ice
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and, well, that means it's a
detriment of us, yes.
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Right.
Is there?
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Yeah.
What's the There's no path for
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Michigan Tech to win the
McNaughton Cove in Minnesota
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State gets home I or gets 5th.
Is there a path?
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No.
No, because we have to win.
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Well, I mean it would.
Require Northern kicking ass and
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Bemidji kicking ass, right?
Yeah, we would have to split and
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Saint Thomas get swept and
Minnesota State get swept, so.
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So I mean.
This is this is a dumb and
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Dumber.
So you're saying?
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There's a chance Saint Thomas
doesn't have to get swept.
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They just two points or less.
They could get 2 points or less.
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Still, it's not not like.
I guarantee you by the end of
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Friday night we can cross that
one off the wish list.
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Good, yeah.
Why am I also really intrigued
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to see what like Don and Perry
do this weekend?
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Oh, I yeah, I already asked
Perry.
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Did you like I basically?
Assume Saturday morning they're
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deciding what the hell they're
doing because there's nobody
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there to clinch Friday.
Right.
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And if it's like an equal chance
of teams being able to clinch on
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Saturday, there's a like a
decent chance they don't bring
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the Cup anywhere.
Well, I would think if they
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brought it anywhere it would be
to Houghton because that's the
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only home team that would have a
chance to win it, right?
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I guess Mankato's home, but
Mankato?
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If Tech wins Friday, then
Mankato can't clinch it without
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help, right?
Whereas Tech could potentially
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clinch it.
Inside, but then you'd still
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have I don't know if the I don't
know.
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I'll have to ask Perry if the
team being home is going to
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matter.
I'll text him.
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Like I assume if Tech wins
Friday and, and, and Saint
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Thomas loses to Bemidji Friday,
that they're going to Houghton
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Because Tech can clinch by
winning or kind of doing almost
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anything that's not outright
losing.
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And that, and I think that might
change things.
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Whereas, but if like, but if
Tech loses, St.
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Thomas loses and Minnesota State
wins, then I think you're going
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to Mankato because that's the
most likely outcome because
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you're playing Northern and then
Minnesota State doesn't need
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help anymore to win at least a
share.
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But who knows?
So what did Perry say before
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this about what their plan is?
Yeah, I asked him at what point.
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Or like we were just talking
scenarios.
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They said at that point, do you
just wait until Saturday morning
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to pick up or to pick where you
bring the cup?
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He goes, yeah, or you just don't
bring it anywhere if it go in
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three places equally.
And then Perry also said it's
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not public, so I'm not going to
tell you about the home ice
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stuff.
So I did tell him that I was
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recording like I was going on
this so.
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I will definitely be texting
Perry Saturday morning if Tech
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wins Friday because if if Tech
has a legit shot at winning a
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share of the cup and they're
bringing the cup to Houghton,
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I'm going to try and convince my
daughter to go to Houghton after
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softball practice Saturday
morning.
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I'm hoping the Wi-Fi is decent
on the plane at that point.
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Because because I want to be
there if we get to celebrate
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with the.
That's one of my favorites.
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Going on the ice is one of my
favorite memories after.
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That.
Yeah, I'm a total bitch.
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We know how it is.
It's a lot of my, my picture
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that I use for like my YouTube
account is still me holding up
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McNaughton and that's.
Still your Instagram profile
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picture?
No, it hasn't been bad for
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you're talking about you're
talking about LinkedIn also.
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But no, it is no longer that I
do have, I do have an actual
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professional picture of myself.
No, but.
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Yeah, he was looking for a job a
while ago, and I was like, dude,
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you can't have that be your
LinkedIn profile picture.
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You need something like a.
Champion.
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Exactly, I'm trying to show
them.
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For that.
What do you mean those fans
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weren't allowed?
The boys don't get going.
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Yeah.
Sure, I'll give you.
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No, I'm not taking that much
credit, but it was fun.
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So to circle back a little bit
more, like, did you really think
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that we'd get to the point where
Bemidji might not be 6?
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Like, they could be 7.
Yeah, absolutely.
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You thought it was the last
weekend.
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Yeah, The not this past weekend,
but two weekends ago.
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Like you start, all you had to
do is look at Lake State
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schedule and be like, oh, this
is this is a nice way to finish
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the regular season.
It's the easy way to say it.
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Yeah.
And then obviously with Bemidji
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State and Mankato finishing or
finishing with Mankato and Saint
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Thomas, like that's a little bit
of an uphill battle.
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So, but I mean, does the media
state really care?
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Like at the end of the day,
we're talking about a group of
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guys that's either never played
a playoff game.
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You're you know, you're going on
the road.
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It's not it's I mean, I guess it
could, but it's probably not
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going to have to be out all the
way out to Ohio and you have
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your easiest trip to the to the
UP and Houghton.
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It's comparatively to, you know,
the Sue or Marquette and you
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know, they it's the rest of the
for the guys that are back, like
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they they were the seventh seed
last year and upset August and
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in the first round, like I I
think they things got so
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derailed in the second-half that
at this point they don't really
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care about the standings and I
think they just really care
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about playing good hockey.
And that's like the intriguing
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part about the the series with
Saint Thomas is that they like
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for back-to-back none.
He's or for the last three games
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they played really good hockey
like they and I could even make
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the argument.
Perry just said the trophy will
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be somewhere and that's all I
can say.
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They're probably.
Just going to figure out what's
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the most likely outcome on
Saturday morning.
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Probably.
And Perry?
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'S probably just watching the
discord to see what the ELO
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thing says and they're going
there.
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And I I hope that I hope St.
Thomas wins on Friday night so
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we can just, and I don't really
care if they win it on Saturday,
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but just, you know, so I can get
Perry out to Slims and outskirts
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of Bemidji.
It's a great, it's a great
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little bar down there.
So but yeah.
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And then like, I don't know.
Bemidji State is playing good
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hockey, though.
Like to hold Minnesota State to
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one goal that went off of Jack
Smith's kneecap in the third
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period.
And that's the only goal you
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give up for how bad they've been
defensively and just the
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breakdowns they've had in the
second-half, like, and then you
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get a chance to like sit on that
for a couple weeks and rest up.
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Like they had a ton of guys just
with these nagging injuries.
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And, you know, who knows if Adam
Fleming's coming back?
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It's I'll find out more
tomorrow.
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But I think that at this point,
they're just like, let's, let's
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just play some good hockey.
And so, you know, and really,
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like I was talking with you last
night, Tim, what's what's the
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real difference between 1 versus
3 right now in the CCHA, right?
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Like you can make a case that
all of them are the best team.
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You can make all of them a case
that all of them are the worst
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of the three.
They all have great resumes, but
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they also have some holes in
their resumes and they.
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Yeah, it's like if you don't
matter to.
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Bemidji.
I just hate the idea of of Tech
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doing well enough and finishing
Sanket and then getting stuck
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with Bemidji because of the late
run.
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Like I don't want to play
Bemidji as the two.
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Sure, but let me let me make an
argument for why you shouldn't
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want to play Lake State or
Ferris right now.
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I mean, like Lake State has one
of the most underrated players
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in this entire conference and
Rourke Appleby, like he doesn't
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get a lot of defensive help and
their top six forwards are
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proven to be more than capable.
And I don't know, I mean, you
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saw how tough of the series it
was when when they just played
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tech.
Like I think they can do that to
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a lot of teams.
And if you have a goalie that
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can steal you a game, it's just,
and now you're playing on a
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Sunday and nobody wants to play
on a Sunday.
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So, and for Ferris State, like
I, I, I had somebody reach out
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and say, like, you don't
actually believe what you said
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about Ferris State on the CCHA
show last week.
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I, I wholeheartedly do.
And that's, I think there's a,
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there is a chance, I don't know
how good of a chance it is, but
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I think there is a chance that
Ferris State, it just took him a
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little bit longer to figure it
out than we thought.
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Like, sure.
They're not they're they're I I
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don't think they're going to
have make a real run at winning
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the Mason Cup.
I I think it's asking them to
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win what is it 4 out of five
games down the stretch, all on
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the road is a really tough task,
but you can win 2 out of three
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and they're playing their best
hockey of the season right now.
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And it's not only the fact that
they're winning games, it's the
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high end transfers that they
brought in are the ones getting
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them those wins.
Carter Applejay and Josh Josh
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Jerry are two great forwards in
this league and they didn't have
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great seasons, but they like
their numbers from Long Island
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last year.
Don't lie.
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And I get that that's an
independent, but Long Island was
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a really, really good team last
year for an independent.
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They were in the top, I think I
think they were 26th in the air
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in the in the pairwise.
But you know, someone can Fact
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Check that for me.
So I don't know, like it's I
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think if you said three weeks
ago that, you know, you win the
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one seed you play Ferris State
in the first round, you'd say
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that's fantastic because Ferris
State is just a mess right now.
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Or maybe this maybe the answer
would have been, ha, I'm
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surprised it's not Northern
Michigan, but I don't know.
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That's a it's a different
looking Ferris team than there
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was the one that started
February.
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And we'll find out a lot this
weekend.
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Like this could all be rendered
mood in in five days because
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Lake State could just go out and
pummel Ferris and they're right
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back to square one.
But I don't know.
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I mean, if that's a that's good.
It's just a it's a tough Ferris
447
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,680
team and they're big.
Like they're big defensively and
448
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,720
they play really compact.
And if if they get Martin lawn
449
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,960
bird making saves that he
shouldn't make, which is what
450
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,320
happened in Bemidji.
It happened when they played
451
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,160
Mankato at home.
Unfortunately they lost that
452
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,000
game.
But I don't know.
453
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,720
That's a, that's a scary Ferris
team with a, with a it's and
454
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,360
it's a re energized Ferris team
too.
455
00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:14,040
So I, yeah, you know, obviously
there's, there's history with
456
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,960
Bemidji State and Tech, right,
of working your way all the way
457
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,120
back up to #2 and you get, you
know, two games, potentially 3
458
00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:22,360
at home.
And now you're stuck with the
459
00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,320
Beavers, which has just been
those series we talked about 100
460
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,520
times.
They're just like a House of
461
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,160
horrors no matter what building
it's in.
462
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:33,360
But I don't know, I, I, I
wouldn't feel much differently
463
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,480
about Bemidji stays.
I would like Seder Ferris right
464
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,520
now just because I think all
three teams are are genuinely
465
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,840
capable of doing something that
people don't expect.
466
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,880
I think it's kind of Fair and I
know you said at the beginning,
467
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,920
like you think it's a like
because of the, the
468
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,400
cannibalization we're we're
looking at one bid.
469
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,040
And I think the easiest way that
that doesn't happen is if you
470
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,240
know the right team that
finishes 3rd or 4th, you know,
471
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,120
gets that sweep against whoever
finishes 5th and then wins a
472
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:04,040
semi final against, you know, a
Saint Thomas or whoever's
473
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,120
currently like the highest one
and then loses the championship
474
00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:10,240
to, you know, Tech or Augustana.
And then you've got like your
475
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,400
resume looks that much better
like, you know, like if
476
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,880
Minnesota State does that, like
they're the ones that could get
477
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,280
the at large bid probably just
like if tech does that their
478
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,600
their problem is that they're
the ones that are sitting 18th.
479
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,600
I don't.
Know I mean Saint Thomas, right?
480
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,360
Like they could be.
That is like, like Saint Thomas
481
00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:32,640
could be that team, but and if
they end up having a hiccup here
482
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,640
this weekend, I don't know how
much that hurts.
483
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,560
No, then they're I think it's
tough.
484
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,200
It becomes like, yeah.
Mathematical, so it's It's hard,
485
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,400
I know like I think the pair
wise or like the probability
486
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,480
matrix currently is like there's
like a six like 2/3 of the time
487
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,760
we get 2 bids.
It looks like actually right
488
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,320
now, because it's got Saint
Thomas at 25% August and at 17,
489
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,400
Minnesota State at 13, Tech and
Bowling Green total at almost
490
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,840
2%.
For our largest, yeah, the
491
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,560
problem with that is like, yeah
definitely.
492
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,800
But if Saint Thomas loses 1 to
Bemidji or Mankato drops any
493
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,160
point to northern right and.
Like I think that I think the
494
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,760
best path is for.
Tech needs to sweep.
495
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,960
Tech needs to sweep.
And then like, you know, I think
496
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:25,520
the best path is like Saint
Thomas maybe dropping a point
497
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:31,160
but getting to NCAA wins so that
they may be finished or whatever
498
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,320
they need to do to finish third
in the conference.
499
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,320
And then sweeping.
But then getting like a road win
500
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:43,040
against Augustana or Minnesota
State or whoever, and then
501
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,120
losing to somebody on the road.
Like that looks better in the
502
00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,560
math, but you got to have it
fall down.
503
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Well, and one of the crazy
things that I'm just looking
522
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back on now is Bowling Green
already has more points than
523
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,520
than what it took to get home
ice last.
524
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,200
Wow.
Like 43 was the line last year.
525
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,280
I'm not worrying about Augustana
on their weird number of.
526
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:23,400
Games, right?
But was it?
527
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,680
Was it a 24 game schedule last
year?
528
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,280
No, it was 26.
Was it 26?
529
00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:29,520
Yeah, same.
OK.
530
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,720
They've had 26, I think the
whole.
531
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,360
Oh, that's right.
Augustana played sixteen.
532
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:35,640
Yeah, right.
Yeah.
533
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,680
OK, sorry.
So two years ago it was 24.
534
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,760
That's what I that's OK.
That's where I was thinking of
535
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,000
it.
But even then, you're looking
536
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:43,520
at.
Who?
537
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,760
Who is in US?
Like where?
538
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,040
What was six place points last
year?
539
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,200
Six place was third tie with
3666. 7.
540
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,280
And eight had 36 or 35 points.
I can only handle hearing six
541
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,000
and seven together so many times
today.
542
00:27:59,000 --> 00:27:59,480
Sorry.
This.
543
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,160
Has been too much.
How many points in Mankato
544
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,640
please?
Like if you're $0.50, oh wow,
545
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,240
that's an interesting year,
interesting year in late.
546
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,880
I mean, Bemidji State wins twice
this week and they're above 500
547
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,840
in conference play and firmly
finishing in 6th place.
548
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,240
Like, I mean, and that's not to
say that they shouldn't be
549
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,400
there, but it just like it's
just so this is a bizarre year,
550
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,600
which I say this every single
February 23rd.
551
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,000
Just feels particularly bizarre
this year, you know?
552
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,280
Well if everything at play with,
you know, the first kind of
553
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,520
people understanding how
transfer portal works.
554
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,840
The CHL opening up with just all
the changes in the CCHA.
555
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,560
The northern combined have less
points than Lake State did last.
556
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,960
It's true, but it's just like
across the board, the CCHA has
557
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,080
just been one of the most wild
leagues to follow.
558
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,480
And I feel like you could copy
and paste that remark to any
559
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,520
number of conferences this year
like Hockey East or EC AC.
560
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,760
It's just been, it's been a very
fun time to be a hockey fan
561
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,720
because you're kind of
witnessing the birth of
562
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,520
something new.
I mean, some people could
563
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,000
definitely make the argument
that it's something worse, that
564
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,480
it's, you know what it is, But
it's to me, it just kind of
565
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,240
feels like living at the
precipice of something
566
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:11,960
different.
It's a fun to just be a hockey
567
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,800
fan in general right now.
I feel like something broke the
568
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,240
cha cha on that face that
fateful night in Mankato three
569
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,680
years ago with the the
goaltender interference thing.
570
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,200
It's been.
It was.
571
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,560
The first two years of the
league were pretty chalk.
572
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,080
Before that, like the first year
was Mankato comfortable in
573
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,400
first, Tech comfortable in
second, and then the second year
574
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,240
straight fight between the two.
And then ever since it's been,
575
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,240
it's been very, very weird.
One way to look at it, well, I
576
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,720
like this is a tech centric
podcast.
577
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:45,240
So like, I think I know we had
high expectations before the
578
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,760
season and they went even higher
after the Gopher series, which
579
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,320
in hindsight maybe wasn't the
most indicative because they're
580
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:57,080
they're not that good.
The golfer for myself, they play
581
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:01,360
a completely different style
than we saw in most of those 24
582
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,880
conference games, Right, right.
But like the fact that we're,
583
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,000
the fact that we control our own
destiny for a share of the
584
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,400
McNaughton Cup going into the
last weekend, Like who wouldn't
585
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,680
have taken that when Bill Mccult
was named head coach?
586
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,800
I'm pretty happy.
I'm kind of scared that Mankato
587
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,560
is right.
Like I've I've said it before,
588
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,200
I'm like, I think second matters
a lot.
589
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,560
Just looking at the semi final,
like I feel obviously I think
590
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,320
tech can go into, you know, any
building in the league and get a
591
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:30,760
game.
Like they went into Saint Thomas
592
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:31,920
and they got it.
They got a game.
593
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,680
But I feel very, very good about
how they've taken care of
594
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,720
business against the top half of
the league at home in the
595
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,960
second-half.
Like you like Mankato,
596
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,040
Augustana, those like that's 11
out of 12 points the last two
597
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,520
times you've played top tier
opposition at home.
598
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,280
And I think, I think home ice is
going to matter a lot for a semi
599
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,440
final.
So I'm going into this like I
600
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,960
expect Mankato to get 6 points
and there's a very real
601
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,680
possibility that tech and
Bowling Green split and tech
602
00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,880
finishes 3rd.
And that like I'm like, OK, now
603
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:01,960
we're looking at going on the
road to Mankato.
604
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,760
And I don't really want to do
that, but I'm yeah, so I'm, I'm,
605
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,560
I'm very, very happy to be in
the position.
606
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,640
I'm also terrified at the fact
that it could very easily flip
607
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,800
the other way.
And, you know, you could, yeah,
608
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,760
finish 3rd, 4th or 5th, which I
would prefer not to happen.
609
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,800
But even then, you know I, I,
and yet, and yet you can finish.
610
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,560
Weekend long when Perry was
talking about how text this
611
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,520
close to clinching home ice and
we were like that's OK, I don't
612
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,120
want home ice now.
I want a chance at the
613
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,520
McNaughton yet and now now we
got that.
614
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,680
But now because Saint Thomas
fell apart for the last 65
615
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,600
minutes of their weekend or
whatever the hell it was there
616
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,920
now tech has not clinched home
ice yet, right?
617
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,360
We have to do something this
weekend to guarantee.
618
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,720
That I think we will like I
said, I like this team at home
619
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,040
coming off of the by.
Hopefully nobody's sick.
620
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,280
Hopefully anybody that was
banged up is is feeling better.
621
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,760
I think that like you look back
at that, I don't we haven't
622
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,800
talked about that Lake State,
Lake State series at all on the
623
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,400
podcast.
And that's especially Saturday.
624
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,600
That looked like a tired team
that had a lot of guys under the
625
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,080
weather.
And I think it was and it's it.
626
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,720
And it's also like I was, I just
pulled it up again to double
627
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,600
check.
But like, it is such a weird
628
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,160
schedule for Tech that their
last three series are against
629
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,160
the teams that they only play
twice all year, right?
630
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,200
Those are the only times they
saw Augustana and Lake State.
631
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,800
And this is the only time they
see bowling all year until
632
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,480
playoff that happened.
So that was just a weird
633
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,600
occurrence to to not have like
that what we've already played
634
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,160
them and this is what happened
going into these last couple and
635
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,480
I I don't know if we talked
about it.
636
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:39,080
I guess we didn't because we had
the the week off at the Jerry
637
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:44,840
McGinnis episode.
But yeah, like, so it, I was so
638
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:49,520
proud of that team for gutting
out Saturday and finding a way
639
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,160
to get that win, especially
after the way Friday ended.
640
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,120
Like on paper, obviously you can
look at it and be like, that's
641
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,080
that Friday night games, a game
you want back.
642
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,080
But but then you turn around and
say, well, Saturday night's a
643
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:02,480
game Lake State wants back,
right?
644
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,080
Like you it's it's the exact
opposite and text the one that
645
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,280
found a way to win and then trim
Becky finds a way to, you know,
646
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,360
like they force overtime and
then find a way to win it.
647
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:16,160
And it was so nice to see the
them find a way to flip that
648
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,280
switch and get a result out of
that game that helped them.
649
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,680
Even if that weekend was, you
know, overall a disappointment
650
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,400
because you know, you're playing
the 7th or 8th place team and
651
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:30,480
and you want more points out of
that because we know how much
652
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,600
better are we sitting if they
hold on Friday and.
653
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,160
Right.
But you're also, but at the same
654
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,280
time like you're snatching 2
points from you probably should
655
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:38,840
have had zero in that Saturday
game.
656
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,320
We can talk about like you look
at the front, that Friday game,
657
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,720
that same series, the Friday
game against Saint Thomas and
658
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,880
you're like, OK, that's four
points right there that we
659
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,440
should have had.
But if we take care of business
660
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,400
this weekend and end up with at
least a share of the McNaughton,
661
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,240
then you're looking at those two
points from the Saturday game
662
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,160
and you're going that's that
last. 5.
663
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,640
Minutes of that game is that's
the only reason you're in that
664
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,840
position.
And that Tatum, Tran, Becki
665
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,960
especially, especially that the
last 10 minutes of that game
666
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,640
really kind of personified the
whole team's effort.
667
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,000
You know, he was throwing up in
the tunnel and then he comes
668
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,760
out, he has three points in the
last.
669
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,719
Like what is it like 8 minutes
of total gameplay and kind of
670
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,800
drags the team back to tying it
and then winning it?
671
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,360
About 10 minutes but yeah cuz it
was I.
672
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,400
Changed my celebration in World
of Shell to doing the doing the
673
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:28,199
fishing route.
After that, it was pretty cool
674
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:30,120
to see you live.
Yeah, you were there, weren't
675
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:31,400
you?
I was, yeah.
676
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,239
I do have to go to some more
games.
677
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:37,080
I know I'm not going to be able
to make any conference semifinal
678
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:42,679
because I will be in Florida.
I fly home on Thursday before
679
00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:45,960
the championship game.
So if Tech's playing, I plan on
680
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,520
taking Friday off and going
wherever the hell they are.
681
00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:51,480
So we'll see where that ends up
taking me, hopefully.
682
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,960
It's not like I have to join
Green Augustana or Bowling Green
683
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,639
or something, but I'll figure it
out.
684
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,520
Augustana wouldn't be that bad.
For me, Oh, that's.
685
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,440
Like 4 hours.
Augustana is 4 hours from here.
686
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,600
Yeah, it's right over the border
and.
687
00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:06,640
It's still like.
Closer than Bemidji.
688
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,840
It's definitely closer than
Houghton, Yeah.
689
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,320
It's just a miserable drive
across western Minnesota, which
690
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,560
is no.
Good.
691
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,840
There's no direct roads.
You got to go.
692
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,720
Like you either got to spend
your time jogging or you got to
693
00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:21,920
go all the way down to like
Albert Lee and then over and
694
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,280
then down.
Yeah, that's that's the, it's
695
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,400
not a very scenic drive at all
for sure.
696
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,360
But it was that was, it's.
Very scenic.
697
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,280
It's just all farmland.
That was OK.
698
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,520
Sure, if you want to see if you
like fly out, it's a great place
699
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:35,880
for you.
But that's.
700
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,120
That's most of southwest
Minnesota.
701
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,760
So well, yeah, it's where the
great plane starts.
702
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,480
But that was a very fun
introduction to him.
703
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,160
We're coming through there in
the winter, just a regular day,
704
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,040
and I've never seen the way the
snow blows over the freeway over
705
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:50,880
there.
That's wild.
706
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,640
All right, we got what, 20
minutes left with Jared.
707
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,360
What else we want to talk about
anything.
708
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,160
What do we actually think is
going to happen this?
709
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:04,920
Going to get angry at the fact
that we don't get first because
710
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,320
of everything else is going to
fold.
711
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,720
Yeah, I think that's.
I think, I don't think.
712
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:12,000
Let's start with.
This I don't think what happens
713
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,800
Thursday.
Did you guys realize this?
714
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,000
Ferris and Lake State start
Thursday.
715
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,520
No, okay, so we'll.
They Thursday, Friday.
716
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,880
Are they doing the home at home?
They were trying to force for a
717
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,640
while.
No, it's Thursday.
718
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,520
Friday, both at Taffy.
Thursday, Friday, wonder whether
719
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,480
or not doing a Saturday.
That's interesting.
720
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:34,840
I find it's such an interesting
matchup I feel like, but if I
721
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,800
don't know how Damon just
managed to find a new like gear
722
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,880
for this Lake State team last
time I played tech because I
723
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,360
just did not.
I felt like they were playing at
724
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,080
a gear I had not seen them play
all season.
725
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:49,120
If they can manage to play at
that level against Ferris, then
726
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,920
I don't see a way this doesn't
go Lake State's way.
727
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,960
But at the same time, I don't
know if Damon just said, hey
728
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,880
boys, if I if we win this game,
if we take the series from Tech,
729
00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:00,360
then I'm going to put the bonus
in your nil fund.
730
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,240
Like if he's not doing that
against Ferris, then I don't
731
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:04,800
know if they have the same jump,
you know?
732
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,680
Well, I'm pretty sure Tech's the
only team that he has that in
733
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,720
his.
Contract for exactly yeah.
734
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,720
So I see that probably being a
probably being a comfortable
735
00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:15,840
fair Lake State suite.
Really.
736
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:18,760
Yeah, if they, if they if I mean
if.
737
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,560
They kind of buying the dogs
right now.
738
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:25,000
I mean, I love the dogs, but
every year I love the dogs and
739
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,400
every year they bite me.
You think you're playing some
740
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,760
like decent hockey like.
They're always probably a decent
741
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:31,840
hockey.
That's the problem.
742
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,640
They always make you fall in
love with them.
743
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,160
They're always scrappy at the
bottom.
744
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,880
They're they're full of like the
nicest guys you can hope for.
745
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,440
You want fairest to win and just
every year, you know.
746
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,800
Like they deserve to win
against, they do.
747
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:48,680
They do, and I want to see it.
I do think like state probably
748
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,400
takes at least three.
I don't know.
749
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:55,360
I, I, I mean, I'll probably say
it's split just 5050 down the
750
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:59,440
middle.
I'm not lying to the person who
751
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,080
messaged me about the Ferris
State club on the CHA show last
752
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,280
week.
Like there is stuff I like about
753
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,040
this Ferris team and the way
they're playing right now, like
754
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,920
Carter Raffle.
Jays are really, really good
755
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,000
hockey player and like he's
playing his best hockey at the
756
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,480
right time of the year.
Like is, you know, they have
757
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,280
they might have the best skater
in that series.
758
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,320
But then Connor Milburn had a
nice weekend last week.
759
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,800
And so there's just things I
like about both of these teams
760
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,400
and 5050 down the middle.
And it forces Bemidji State to
761
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,840
pick up one point.
Yeah, I guess they say like,
762
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,560
like I said, if they care about.
What does the Lake State Bemidji
763
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,160
tiebreaker look like?
I didn't get.
764
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,280
That, like State has it.
They only played twice and
765
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,880
Bemidji State only has five
regulation wins in league play.
766
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:46,680
OK, yeah, they're 10:11 and 3:00
and they have 5 regulation wins.
767
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,040
They've been to Overtime 9.
Times.
768
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,840
That's hard.
To do.
769
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,600
It's unbelievable.
They've been to overtime 9 times
770
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,920
and gotten the extra .8.
Yeah, that is unbelievable.
771
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,160
Overtime and shootout team.
Like the only guy to beat him
772
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,880
was Max Coscaperti.
Like.
773
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:05,960
Set up LCC, it's your first
team.
774
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:07,400
Yeah, like, what are you gonna
do?
775
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,520
You throw your hands in the air
if it's cost caperity.
776
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:14,440
I mean, I, I have to look at the
postseason award stuff as a
777
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,640
whole, like, but like my gut
tells me that he's a minimum in
778
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,160
the conversation from what you
were saying, Nathan, but.
779
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,280
Yeah.
I think second, I would probably
780
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,480
lean towards second team, just
counting stats like obviously
781
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,760
Steven will be in front of him,
probably 1 and then maybe
782
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,240
Gaffney or Van Viet or
something.
783
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,000
Pier 2, yeah.
All right, anything else you
784
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,040
want to wrap up with, Jared?
We didn't really get through the
785
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,600
rest of the series, but we only
got 4 minutes left.
786
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,640
So all right, let's just I'll
just ask this.
787
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,000
Jared, who do you think wins the
number one?
788
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,520
Go ahead, go ahead.
Ruin our ruin our night.
789
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:47,280
It's been, I think it's been
Cato.
790
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:51,800
I, you know, I, it's like to me,
I think Bemidji State's going to
791
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,440
win a game at home this weekend,
at least one.
792
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,640
I just think they're playing
good hockey and you get to come
793
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,400
back home feeling good about
yourself coming off of a bye.
794
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:03,800
You know they did this last year
too, where they struggled in
795
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:05,360
January.
In early February and they kind
796
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,320
of got it figured out.
They took one off Mankato the
797
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,360
last weekend and then went into
August and and 1:00.
798
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,080
So I think the mini state gets
at least one, you know, they got
799
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:17,120
senior day coming up.
There's a lot of seniors and you
800
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,040
know, there's just a little bit
of extra juice there.
801
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:23,400
Mankato's going to take 6 off of
Northern and it's so it just to
802
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,400
me comes down to tech and like,
can tech just take care of
803
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,120
business against Bowling Green?
And, you know, Bowling Greens
804
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,920
just showed a lot of fight this
year, in more ways than one,
805
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:39,480
obviously, but, you know.
For those that don't follow the
806
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,080
rest of the CCHA, there was a
bit of a kerfuffle at the end of
807
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,400
their game against them.
I was in the middle of their.
808
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,120
Game.
Oh yeah, I thought it was well.
809
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,120
It wasn't until after I started
watching.
810
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,160
It happened like 8 minutes left
in the second period I think.
811
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,120
Yeah, never.
Mind there was some
812
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:58,360
disagreements somehow is your
father I suppose.
813
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,520
That's almost important.
Sorry.
814
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:02,320
Go ahead.
That's almost a better question
815
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,600
than who wins the McNaughton is
is Victor Sternborg gonna gonna
816
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:11,800
finish both games this weekend?
Yeah, it's a really good
817
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,400
question.
Yeah.
818
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:18,160
Like if tech can just take like
tech takes a game, it's tech
819
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,520
takes 4 points like it should,
right?
820
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,360
Like realistically tech should
take 4 points this weekend.
821
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,600
But I don't know, I think I
think bowling greens got one
822
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,320
more win left in them.
It just should be determined if
823
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,840
it's regulation and we're
sitting there with a big bad cow
824
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,680
at the top of the league again.
Well the biggest thing too is
825
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,400
tech loses the tiebreaker to
Mankato so if they finish tide
826
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,000
they're not the one.
Unless it's multi team.
827
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,400
They do not lose the tiebreaker
to Mankato, right Head to head
828
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,960
his Tide.
It's 22 all in regulation.
829
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:52,400
But I thought I did I do the all
that it's it's.
830
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,400
No tech has a tiebreaker because
they'll have regulation wins
831
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:56,480
regardless.
I.
832
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,480
Think Mankato.
Mankato can catch in regulation
833
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,680
wins like I think.
It's Oh yes, yes, yes they can.
834
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,880
If it goes to regulation, yeah,
If it goes to win anything in
835
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:11,000
regulation but get right, that's
the that's the scenario is if
836
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,640
it's tied because Mankato sweeps
northern and regulation and then
837
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,440
tech sweeps Bowling Green in
overtime that that flips the
838
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,160
head to head or the the
regulation wins in Mankato gets
839
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,560
the gets the seed ahead of tech
or the they get the tiebreaker.
840
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:30,720
But then if it goes like a tech
regulation win, overtime loss
841
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,040
and they tie, then Tech gets the
tiebreaker because they'd be
842
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:37,160
tied on regulation wins and then
it goes to overall wins, which
843
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:38,960
Tech has more.
So it's, it's very, very
844
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:44,520
confusing, very, very confusing.
It's Saint Thomas that they out
845
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:45,720
they right no matter what,
right?
846
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,240
Yeah, yeah.
So yeah, I don't know, but I
847
00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:51,240
don't feel confident.
The good news is for all the
848
00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:54,200
tech fans listening that just
heard me pick Mankato like I'm
849
00:42:54,200 --> 00:43:01,440
wrong a lot so don't like.
It took us an hour and a half,
850
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,200
but we got the title of the
podcast.
851
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,720
In the world of jungles sports,
Raiders are useless.
852
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:11,720
I mean we are useless so.
The second you start to think
853
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:14,560
you got it all figured out in
this league is the second you're
854
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,560
you got to start from square 1
and I feel like we're starting
855
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:20,120
at square 1 again, like going
into this last weekend.
856
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:24,880
So based on what like Bemidji
did to Mankato, what?
857
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,440
And then, like, do you think
there's any chance that Mankato,
858
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,080
like, lays an egg and doesn't
get sick?
859
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,880
I don't know.
There's been a bit of is OAA
860
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,800
playing?
Or it just feels like the.
861
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,000
Other guy hurt too.
Doesn't it always just kind of
862
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,040
feel like Mankato laying a head
scratcher against Northern
863
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,280
Michigan at some point?
You're just kind of feels like
864
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,880
it's got to happen every.
Team in this league has like
865
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,640
just a thorn in their side of
some sort.
866
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:55,200
And for Mankato?
It's Northern Michigan.
867
00:43:55,200 --> 00:44:00,560
For Mankato, it is 1,000,000
like for for For Augustana, it's
868
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,000
Ferris State.
For Saint Thomas, it's Bemidji
869
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,200
State.
Now, granted, that's a little
870
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:06,240
bit different than the rest
because Bemidji State's been a
871
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,120
traditionally a better team than
Saint Thomas over the past five
872
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:13,000
years, but regardless.
I think, I think somebody told
873
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,840
me that Saint Thomas has never
won in regulation and.
874
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,200
Yeah, I told you that.
Yeah, they never won in Bemidji.
875
00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:21,560
By somebody else that I'm not
going to name, but yeah.
876
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:27,160
I think the all time series is
like 12-4 and two Bemidji State.
877
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,120
I'm not if I'm not mistaken,
I'll double check that one.
878
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,760
But yeah, it's and then two of
those wins were earlier this
879
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,320
year.
So it's been tough sledding for
880
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,200
the Tommy's, especially in
Bemidji.
881
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:41,160
So, but again, I mean, that's a
little bit of a straw polling
882
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,600
kind of stat because you know,
Saint Thomas is a much better
883
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,520
team this year and Bemidji State
is certainly had their issues.
884
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,320
No, I think it's going to be fun
to see how this all plays out.
885
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:55,440
Obviously as a Tech fan, we want
Tech to find a way to get at
886
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,560
least one regulation win and
then not losing regulation the
887
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,800
next night to at least force a
share here.
888
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:05,080
Expecting Mankato to sweep and
then hoping for Bemidji to do
889
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,600
something to keep them there.
But I don't know.
890
00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:13,040
I I feel pretty good about text
Text chances of getting 4 points
891
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,960
I do.
Yeah, I I think if there's a way
892
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,800
that Bemidji State could play
tech in the first round, that
893
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,360
feels like the most fun for me
watching at home.
894
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:28,200
Like those games are just like
always so much fun and like
895
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,960
throw out rule books, record
books, whatever kind of books
896
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,480
you want to put in those games.
Like they're just so much fun
897
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:36,640
and they're just so drunk all
the time.
898
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:40,520
Like, you know, I, I don't know,
I, I love it.
899
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,480
It's also one of the better
productions in the CCJ.
900
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,440
So if I'm watching from home,
that feels like a pretty
901
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,280
advantageous.
Way they're not going to send
902
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,400
you to Houghton.
Probably not for the quarters.
903
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:54,600
I mean, maybe do it, but money's
tight in the newspaper business
904
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:56,000
right now.
Yeah, that's fair.
905
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:57,760
So you don't think you're going
to?
906
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:01,200
Get to go to Edmonton next year
or a red Deer.
907
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:04,480
Hey look, a lot can change in 10
months.
908
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:07,800
And that would also get
published to a lot more papers
909
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,920
than to your Bemidji stuff.
Yeah, I don't think I'm going to
910
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:12,560
get to go to Edmonton or Red
Deer though.
911
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,960
But yeah, like I'll probably I
feel like if they end up playing
912
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:19,320
Saint Thomas, like I don't know
what what the math has to I
913
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,640
think for the Bemidji to play
Saint Thomas like Mankato needs
914
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:26,480
to lose some games.
So or tech and bowling greens
915
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:28,520
split or something.
I don't know, You know what I
916
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:29,320
mean?
Like it's just.
917
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,160
Yeah, there's too many
permutations and.
918
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:33,680
There's so many about that like
so, but I guess I could go to
919
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,320
Saint Thomas or Mankato, but
those probably the only quarter
920
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,200
final games I'd go to.
So OK, good.
921
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,160
Best of luck you.
Want to plug other than the
922
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:44,160
Oliver Pier article?
No, you find the Oliver Pier One
923
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:45,680
on Twitter.
It's by pin tweet.
924
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,360
It's also on
bemidjipioneer.com/beavers
925
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:51,400
Hockey.
Yeah, keep up the good work.
926
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,400
It was fun.
Still going to walk back that
927
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:59,440
Saint Thomas part earlier, but I
do I still think there's truth
928
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,640
to it of like it.
It's not the best look in the in
929
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:06,200
the discourse of college hockey
for Saint Thomas to leave for
930
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:10,200
the quote UN quote better
league, even though they didn't
931
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,480
win anything.
But yeah, I, I will.
932
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:14,560
Concede.
Agree with you that it's not a
933
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,440
good look for Saint Thomas.
Yeah, that's.
934
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:18,200
Right.
I think there's some residuals
935
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,200
there for the CCHA, but I agree
more.
936
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:24,560
So it's him that Mankato in a
retooling kind of year after how
937
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,720
much they lost last year,
winning it again when it was
938
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,000
rather inconceivable 3 weeks
ago.
939
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:35,320
Yeah, that's that's not as good
and it's just same old CCHA and
940
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,800
nobody's happy, right.
But I don't know.
941
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:39,680
OK, I'll ask one more question.
I already told hold them I'm
942
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,280
going to be late to the other
show, so you're fine.
943
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:49,240
Now let's say who cares about
the game Thursday for this
944
00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:53,080
purpose, but Bowling Green wins
on Friday, Bemidji State wins on
945
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:57,920
Friday, Northern Michigan takes
Mankato to overtime but loses.
946
00:47:58,280 --> 00:47:59,920
How are you guys feeling as Tech
fans?
947
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:00,680
So.
Yeah.
948
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:04,440
So you're so you're saying that
point everybody.
949
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:09,080
'S on everybody's on 48.
I'm and where do the with
950
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,680
Augustana sitting at 50.
Basically trying to get 3 teams.
951
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:16,080
If we're going into the last
night tide, I'm feeling pretty
952
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,560
good.
Honestly I've been pretty
953
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,440
nervous but.
I'm just going.
954
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:24,800
To be really excited because I
get that nervous if no, there
955
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:26,560
doesn't do.
Shit, but like the fact that
956
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,920
we're going into the last night,
we can still win the Magnon Cup
957
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:34,120
after losing and what happens?
Though if Saint Thomas, Tech and
958
00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:38,240
Minnesota State all have 51
points, who wins the McNaughton
959
00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:40,600
there I.
Think Saint Thomas.
960
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,560
Well, we all win the McNaughton.
Right you are.
961
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,640
Yes, yes, you all win the share
with the McNaughton.
962
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:45,760
Congratulations.
Right.
963
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,480
I don't know what the three-way
tiebreaker fucking or how I'm
964
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:52,200
gonna like we don't have time to
math that out right now.
965
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,880
I started looking at that stuff
and I gave up because so much
966
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:59,880
depends on like if they're all
at 51, it all depends on how you
967
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,320
got there.
The reason why I asked the
968
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:05,560
question is to get the exact 2
reactions I wanted, which was
969
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:08,360
Tim saying I feel pretty good
about having a good shot to win
970
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,280
the McNaughton and Nathan be
like man, I'd be really nervous
971
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:12,560
about not winning the
McNaughton.
972
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,160
Like that's what I wanted on
that.
973
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,960
Like if you lose in regulation
on Friday, at that point I'm not
974
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,360
worried about home ice.
Right, right.
975
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:22,440
That's true.
Which is like, that's the double
976
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,880
jeopardy of like we kind of said
that going into this weekend,
977
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,920
like be nice if I could stand
it, gives us some help, but then
978
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:29,840
if they give us some help then.
We don't.
979
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:31,360
We can still manage to block
them, right?
980
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,280
Yeah, that's true.
I'm going to get out of here,
981
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:35,360
guys.
All right.
982
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:38,640
You go do what you got to do.
Thanks for having other podcasts
983
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,080
for hopping on with us.
Yeah.
984
00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:41,920
Thanks, Jared.
Always a pleasure Jared.
985
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,400
See you later.
I can just see Nick being pissed
986
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,560
off when he sees how long this
is now because it.
987
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,120
Yeah, already 10 minutes over
what we said, but whatever.
988
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:51,560
Anything else you guys want to
talk about?
989
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:55,040
Can we do our own predictions
for just just our series real
990
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:55,880
quick?
Sure.
991
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:57,480
Let's be quick about it.
What do you think, Rob?
992
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,520
What do you think is going to
happen this weekend before you
993
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,600
have to or I guess after you
while you're on the plane?
994
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:04,520
Yeah, I'll be on the plane.
I'll be on the plane for
995
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:06,320
Saturday night's game.
Fly out Saturday.
996
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,640
I don't know, I'm hoping.
I want like I said, watch maybe
997
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:14,520
or see how good the Wi-Fi is,
but I don't know.
998
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:17,640
I think it's a split Bowling
Green fighting for home ice,
999
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,160
right.
So they're trying to get that
1000
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:22,640
with all the crazy permutation
we just talked about for the
1001
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:25,080
last day of 20 minutes.
It's going to be fun to
1002
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,320
scoreboard watch, but I think
it's a split this weekend
1003
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,560
unfortunately.
Yes, see logical and measured
1004
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:32,920
answer there for Rob.
So that's out there.
1005
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,240
It's my.
Turn I home, I homered the other
1006
00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:36,760
weekend.
We didn't work out so.
1007
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:39,680
That's true.
State that you homered.
1008
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:42,680
I mean, I think we all homered.
We all were just like, yeah,
1009
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:46,440
this should be a casual sweep.
And then Damon told the boys,
1010
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,680
all right, if I get the bonus,
it's going on.
1011
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:53,720
But anyway, so Rob gave us the
measured approach.
1012
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:58,680
I do think that all logic would
indicate that this is a a split
1013
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:02,880
because of Bowling Green just
being a really good team.
1014
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,520
They're going they're hitting
their straight down the stretch.
1015
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:08,920
Historically, the bye week has
not been kind of the tack and it
1016
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:13,840
has me a bit worried, but I got
AI got a Homer it I'm going to
1017
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:18,040
think it's I'm calling the
world's most uncomfortable sweep
1018
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:19,880
or like it's all the way down to
the last minute.
1019
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:22,200
It's one nothing games.
It's in our end with the extra
1020
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:25,240
attacker both nights and we're
shitting our pants over it.
1021
00:51:25,240 --> 00:51:30,640
So I would be I would expect the
expect the split.
1022
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:32,040
I'm calling the sweep.
I.
1023
00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:34,640
Just looked it up.
I just looked it up and Bowling
1024
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:38,400
Green has like almost identical
home and away record 8, five and
1025
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:41,400
three at home and eight, four
and four on the did not.
1026
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:43,120
Anyway, what's going to go with
Nathan?
1027
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:46,920
I'm going to say the same thing
I said the last time we played
1028
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,600
the top five opponent at home,
and that was August.
1029
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:53,600
Anna and I said Tech is going to
win one night and then the other
1030
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:56,080
night is going to be an overtime
game that I'm not going to
1031
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:58,800
predict which way it goes.
So I'm going to say I'm going to
1032
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:02,040
that's and it's it's a little
cautiously optimistic, I think,
1033
00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:05,600
but I'm just going to hope that
we get the one regulation win
1034
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:07,520
and at least another point to
lock up second.
1035
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,880
That's the like the McNaughton
fucking gravy.
1036
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:14,280
If it happens, I'm looking at
2nd and I really want second.
1037
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:17,880
Like that's the, to me, that's
the I, I know my mindset doesn't
1038
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:21,600
matter because I'm sitting in
front of ATV or a laptop in
1039
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:25,560
Illinois and the game is being
played in Houghton and it's 22
1040
00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:27,880
guys that aren't me playing in
the game.
1041
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:31,400
But to me, that's the mindset is
like from from a fan standpoint
1042
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:34,560
is I really want second.
That's like the if it's third,
1043
00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:35,880
I'm going to be a little
disappointed.
1044
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:37,880
So I want I want second.
And that's so I'm going to
1045
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,040
predict that we can at least get
that wrapped up.
1046
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:43,240
Do you think 52 does it?
If if, depending on how we get
1047
00:52:43,240 --> 00:52:45,320
there, yeah.
Because if it's a regulation win
1048
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:49,240
and an overtime loss, no matter
what Mankato does, we have the
1049
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:52,000
we like, we finish ahead of them
because we have the tiebreaker
1050
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,520
in in that in that specific
case.
1051
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,720
And we do, we do the same thing
if Saint Thomas is also it, like
1052
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:01,240
the three-way tie.
Oh, that I don't know that.
1053
00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:02,600
That's right.
I don't know if we get a
1054
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,240
three-way tie at at 52, which is
possible.
1055
00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:09,960
Yeah, I don't know who actually
gets left behind it.
1056
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:11,760
I'll have to do some probably
put it in the power.
1057
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:13,840
I just I want the semi final at
home.
1058
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,680
That's like my my big thing
coming into this weekend is the
1059
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:19,280
whole semi final because because
I feel like the semi final at
1060
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:23,040
home puts us in a very good shot
to get to the championship game.
1061
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:25,960
And then I right, Matt, what did
you say?
1062
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:30,320
I'm calling the world's most
uncomfortable sweep I well.
1063
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:33,360
I think I'm pretty close to
more.
1064
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,880
Well, I'm going to be a Homer
and I'm going to say we're going
1065
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:39,160
to win twice, but I don't think
it's both in, so I'm going with
1066
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,640
five point.
I'm certainly hoping that I have
1067
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:45,080
to bribe my daughter into
writing with me up to Houghton
1068
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:49,440
on Saturday, but that depends on
Friday night and what Perry and
1069
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:52,600
Don decide to see what happened.
If that's I, I have a really
1070
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:56,840
hard time believing that Bill
has got this team this close.
1071
00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:00,440
We're at home and they don't
find a way to put themselves in
1072
00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:02,480
spot.
He's done such a good job of
1073
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:06,080
getting a Lake State, but I
honestly put half of that on the
1074
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:08,920
fact that I'm sick.
Yeah, that's a rough weekend to
1075
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:11,200
have that happen.
That was a rough weekend for
1076
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,320
them.
I know when I was talking to
1077
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:16,040
Bethel in earlier this, when I
talked about leaving points on
1078
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:18,000
the table, she brought up
Northern and they're like, I
1079
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:21,280
didn't even bring up Northern
because that's not like the fact
1080
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:24,280
that we've dominated that as
much as we have like winning
1081
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:26,000
three out of four games against
that team.
1082
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:29,040
Like that's acceptable.
It sucks it happened at home.
1083
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:32,360
It sucks it happened at all.
But when we're in a fight with
1084
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:35,560
these other teams, that's the
team I want to lose to, right?
1085
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,040
And we talked about it when it
happened.
1086
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,840
The ones that are much more
irritating to me are the losing,
1087
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,400
like not getting not finishing
the game against Lake State and
1088
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:46,640
not finishing the game against
Saint Thomas.
1089
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:48,520
That's overtime.
And now if we could figure out
1090
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:50,840
how to be better at the
shootout, it'd be less for a
1091
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:52,920
thing that Tech has struggled
forever.
1092
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:57,440
So yeah, I'm going with five
points for Tech, at least top 2.
1093
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:02,280
I'm really leaning towards five
points being enough to win
1094
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:04,840
number one overall because I
think but we've.
1095
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,680
Got to take care of our business
and I like our business.
1096
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:11,400
I like our group to do enough.
Like, I don't, I would be
1097
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:14,800
floored, honestly, if we're in
the position where we're staring
1098
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,160
down the barrel of not having
home ice.
1099
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:19,920
Whereas like last year that they
went into that I think was Saint
1100
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,320
Thomas at the end of the year,
like me calling and Diaz were
1101
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:25,040
supposed to go and then we
couldn't for like travel reasons
1102
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:27,120
or whatever.
And I remember like looking
1103
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:29,760
like, looking back, I'm like, am
I really all that surprised that
1104
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,280
they flopped and lost home ice
in that series?
1105
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,200
Not really based on the way that
second-half went.
1106
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:37,400
And I was like when I was
breaking down the this, because
1107
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,800
my, my parents always ask how
things are going and and
1108
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:42,120
whatever with the team because
they know I care so much.
1109
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And I said last weekend when I
was breaking down like the
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scenarios, like last year, I'm,
I'm very glad I didn't end up
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00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:52,160
going to that series because it
would have been miserable to
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00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:55,920
drive 6 hours to Saint Thomas
and then watch them get swatched
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00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:58,480
and lose some ice.
Whereas like I don't, I don't
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00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,720
have that feeling coming into
this series.
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00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:03,600
Like they were not, they were
running this weekend at all.
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00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:07,400
Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm nervous for
sure.
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00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:09,120
But I'm, it's like an excited
nervous.
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00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:13,680
The big thing is I just just win
in regulation on Friday and then
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00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:16,160
you know you're playing with
house money after that.
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00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:18,560
Yeah, cuz you've locked up home
ice, right?
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00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,200
At one point.
Locks up home ice or does it?
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00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,760
Yeah, cuz they'd be at 46.
Well, I don't know, cuz then you
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00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:27,920
get into tiebreakers.
Yeah, just win.
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00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:29,840
Just win the game Friday and
then you're playing with house
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00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:32,240
money.
Just get AW of any kind Friday.
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00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:35,400
You lock up home ice for sure,
and then whatever happens after
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00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:37,600
that.
So yeah, All right, One minute
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00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:01,520
Anyway, we've got.
It I would think within a couple
1155
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:03,680
of months, I would like a month
or two.
1156
00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:07,080
I think we would absolutely be.
Probably do one now, especially
1157
00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:09,840
if I get to go see Daniel
Hallinan tomorrow and to make
1158
00:58:09,840 --> 00:58:11,760
that happen, yeah.
And the other thing we could do
1159
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:16,320
is we could talk and then not
release it until we're allowed
1160
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:17,480
to.
Right.
1161
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:19,800
Or we could start.
But I mean, we've, we've had
1162
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:24,400
enough recruits that we have an
hour of content on Moline Brady
1163
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:26,600
Hallinan.
Delil.
1164
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:30,000
Delil like we have enough that
we could split it up and talk
1165
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:32,280
about them and then talk about
these other guys when it
1166
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:32,960
happened.
Yeah.
1167
00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:35,840
And then once the portal opens,
we'll have more to talk about
1168
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:38,360
there.
Yeah, I guess we could do 1
1169
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:41,960
breaking down like just what's
public right now that's happened
1170
00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:44,160
during the season.
And then we could do one like
1171
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:47,280
after, maybe after the portal
opens, because then hopefully we
1172
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:49,120
can talk about some of the other
ones.
1173
00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:51,880
Yeah, because once the portal
opens, I'm hoping around that
1174
00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:55,440
time is when our two of our
recruits can be public.
1175
00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:58,000
Yeah, maybe.
Even the the 3rd that Tyler
1176
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:00,760
talked about on the podcast
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1177
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:05,840
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