10/15/25: Mo Egger with Cyclones Forward Lincoln Griffin

After a spectacular season in 2024-'25, Lincoln Griffin is back with the Cyclones. With the season starting Saturday, the 'Clones forward joined us on ESPN1530. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Lincoln Griffin is back back for his fifth season with
the Cyclones. Had a huge year last year. Career high
fifty two points led the Clones and assists some points,
shared the team leading goals, led the team in power
play goals and short handed goals, and appeared in a
career high seventy games. He is getting ready for the season, Lincoln.
It's awesome to have you. Thank you for joining us.
How are you?

Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm great, Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
What are those days before the season opener like for you?

Speaker 2 (00:28):
So right now we're in training camp and so we're
kind of just you know, on the ice for an
hour hour and a half, getting ready for the home opener.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Home opener, by the way, on Saturday against the Wheeling
Nailor's first face off at seven thirty. What is a
typical training camp day?

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Like? We get to the rink probably around eight, you know,
do our routine, stretch, have workout, and then we hop
on the ice and then you know, go through practice,
get off, cool down, have lunch, and then uh, you know,

(01:07):
before getting on the ice, we have some meetings and yeah,
it's it's just gearing up for that first game.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
You have a new head coach in Riley Weslowski. What
are your impressions of him?

Speaker 2 (01:18):
It's going great. He's he's an intelligent hockey guy. You know,
he's running the practice as well. It's very efficient. He uh,
you know, he brought a good group in and uh,
just excited to get started.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Do you have a lot of guys and you've gone
through this for some of your teammates or certainly for
a lot of players in the e EHL, this is
their first taste of professional hockey. What is the biggest adjustment,
especially right now.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, you know, you get new faces in the locker room,
especially for the younger guys they're coming from college or juniors.
It's just I think the difference is, you know, the
playing against bigger, faster, stronger guys out there, and you know,
years ago I was I was one of them, and

(02:09):
you get the nerves and once you get that first
shift over and done with, you know, you kind of
settle in and you can play your game.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
So, I mean it's five years ago, right, you're getting
ready for year five. Was there a moment where you're like,
oh man, professional hockey is a little bit different than
everything I've done to this point.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, I think just the speed of the game. You know,
you're playing against older guys that have been in the
league and you know, have played pro for a non
number of years, and it's a little adjustment. But like
I said, once you get that first shift and first
game over and done with, I think you kind of
settle in and you know, just get used to it.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Riley has on his staff Louis camparosso fan favorite guy
who was nice enough to join our show maybe six
weeks ago. What is it like having a guy that
you played with now being one of your coaches.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
It's awesome. You know, we played together for uh three
or four years. He's a great guy on and off
the ice, tremendous player, uh just and he has that
hockey knowledge that you know he can give to the
younger guys and you know me as well. So I
can't wait to see him behind the bench.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
You you kind of resigned a late in the process.
I think admittedly, why was that?

Speaker 2 (03:33):
You know, I was going through talks with Wes and
my agent and we came to an agreement, and you know,
I'm back in Cincy, it's my second home and can't
wait to get started.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
What do you like. You mentioned your second home. You've
been here a while. What do you like about Cincinnati.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
I think the city's very, very underrated. You know, before
coming to Cincinnati, I had no idea what OHI was
like or what since he was like. And then I
got here, and you know, I'm from outside of Boston,
so it gives me a little smaller Boston vibe. You know,
there's so much to do. The fans love their sports.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
It's incredible here, There's no question about that. We agree there.
Best of luck. It's the last few days of training
camp Saturday. I'm sure can't get here soon enough. It's
great to have you back with the Cyclones. Can't thank
you enough for doing this. Best of luck this season,
we'll do it again. Thanks so much, Lincoln.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
I appreciate it. Thank you very time.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
You got it. Lincoln Griffin had a terrific season last
year with the Cincinnati Cyclones, now getting set for the
first season under Riley Weslowski. First face off on Saturday night,
Puck's gonna drop at seven point thirty. By the way,
first five k get Cyclones calendars. First five thousand fans,
you got two dollars. Hot dogs, you got two dollars

(04:58):
soft drinks, You got two dollars beers. Saturday Night, seven
point thirty Downtown Cyclones first face off against the Wheeling Nailers.
There you go. Uh excited Excited to see Riley Weslowski.
We uh, I've I've enjoyed listening to him chat over
the last few weeks about his goals for the season.

(05:19):
We had Louis Camparrossa on the show. I know he's
really excited and it'd be great to have the Clones
played deep into the spring.