December 13, 2023 - Justin Lee, Defenseman

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Episode Transcript

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George Burge and mind on You onninety eight point seven w OVK the Balley's
Country Favorite's Corey klugear with you asyou make the greatestcape from work on this
Wednesday hump Day. We thank youso much for tuning in, and of
course it is a wheeling Naylor's Wednesdaytoday as well. So we had Matt
Coopman on the show last week andhe ended up getting an assist for the
Teddy Bear goal that happened on Saturdaynight, and the guy who was fortunate

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enough to find the back of thenet joined us in studio this week,
defenseman Justin Lee. So, firstof all, Justin, thanks for stopping
by here. Yeah, thanks forhaving me. And second of all,
let's just go back to that goalhere, because everything happened so quickly.
It was right out of a mediatimeout, right out of the face offs.
So what were you able to seeto find the back of the net
in that situation? Yeah, youknow, just a kind of a great

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play develops there and I was ableto get a nice pass there, and
yeah, it was it was niceto see that one go in for sure,
And it was also a very specialgoal for you because it ended up
being your first professional goals. Soyou score the goal that summons all the
Teddy Bears onto the ice and youfinally find and you finally score the goal
for the first time in your professionalcareer. So you had to have been

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on cloud night at the moment.Yeah, it felt good. It was
nice just to get a goal therein that game and kind of try and
get us on the right track.Obviously it is right after that. It's
not what we wanted to happen,but yeah, it was nice. I
guess in the moment for that oneto go in. Now, who was
your first call after the game whenyou scored your first goal. I think

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I talked to my parents after thegame. Good deal. So yeah,
and I was even seeing some ofthe highlights of the handshake celebration after the
goal. Yeah, yeah, it'sgood to summon all the teddy Bears,
but maybe not when one of thestuffed animals it looked like either hit you
in the head or like like onthe helmet as well. Yeah. Yeah,
but all in all, just hitjust an all around good night.

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Aside from the result in that gamefor you guys and just you in general.
Here, you joined the team alittle bit later on in the season,
because you initially started out with WilkesBarry. So what was the transition
like going to a new team Newtown? Pretty much? Pretty much Darnee or
whole knew everything. Yeah, no, it was good. Obviously, everybody

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here welcome to you with open armsand was able to build some good relationships
with everybody around the locker room andstuff off a start, and yeah,
it was good. It was niceto get going here, and you've been
able to be paired with one ofthe veterans on this team, Davis Spuns
when you guys are out on theice, So what's it like working with
him? Yeah, it's great.He's obviously a very talented defenseman, and

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I think we work well together andwe're just trying to keep building our chemistry.
Again, defenseman Justin Lee joining mehere on the show on a wheeling
Naylor Wednesday. So you have thefinal two home games before Christmas coming up
this weekend, and of course,the results with Tulsa this past weekend not
exactly what you guys wanted, butat least coming into tonight still in good
standing, you guys would be inthe playoffs at the season ended, but

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the thing is a Central Division.First place and last place are separated by
eight points. It's so close,and especially getting a good look at some
good teams in the last few weeks. Of course, I hope that our
winning ways Tulsa is very strong.So what does this say about the team
as a whole, hanging with andsuch with such tough competition, especially facing
it darn near every day against theCentral Yeah, it's good. Obviously those

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tight games are the ones you wantto be in. But I think we
can do a better job all around. And obviously the results that we've got
last couple games have been disappointing forus. So yeah, we're working on
it in practice, just trying tobe more detailed and uh and ready to
go here for the next couple ofgames. But I imagine the extended amount
of rest that you guys have beenable to enjoy the last few days has

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helped a little bit, because therewas a stretch where you were playing eight
games and eleven days, and Ican't imagine that's that's all too well on
anybody's body there, but especially thistime around. You don't have a road
trip this time around. You justget to stay right here in wheelinks.
So it's it's definitely setting up tobe a good weekend hanging into these next
couple of games. Yeah, forsure, I think we can use these
home games to our advantage. Obviously, being in your own ban every night

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that'll make a difference, but yeah, I know it to Hopefully they're good.
So hopefully you guys are able tostop out to West Banko Arena again
Friday night and Saturday night for thelast two home games before Christmas Day.
But of course if you're not ableto make it out to West Bank Arena,
you can catch the action on oursister station, Mixed ninety seven three.
But make sure you come on outto West Banko Arena. A lot
of good things happening with the Nailors, and especially now since Justin Lee is

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on the score sheet now with hisfirst professional goal and hopefully many many more
to come. So Justin, thanksso much for your time man, best
of luck this weekend, and bestluck wrested away. Yes, thank you
for having me, and especially afterthe amount of road trips that they've taken
to see the Indie Fuel the lastcouple of weeks. The Indie Fuel gets
to come the wheeling for a change, so that's probably very welcome to the
team right there. Again, Indywill be in town Friday night, Cincinnati

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Saturday night, and again, ifyou're not able to make it out to
West BANKO Arena, catch all theaction over on Mix ninety seven three.
More great country coming up after thebreak, we'll kick it all off with
Luke Bryan, so stay tuned hereon ninety eight point seven w OVK