Chantz Petruic, Saskatchewan Huskies Forward | Good Sports EP7

Welcome to Good Sports! Sit down with Ryan Flaherty as he discusses this week in Saskatoon's exciting sports scene! Our feature interview for episode four is Chantz Petruic, a current Saskatchewan Huskies Men's Hockey Team forward!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Whatever makes you happy, what gets you out of bed,
whatever kicks the cop website, you'll join it instead of
victorious day dream, don't with glory of fame, God's by

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We all have the same team.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's the name of the game. Yes, indeed, it is
that time again. Welcome to episode seven of Good Sports
Here inside the Dufferent Avenue Media Network mothership. I'm Ryan Flaherty.
Glad you could be here and join me for another
tremendous episode looking at everything in the Saskatoon and area

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sports scene. It has been a busy week, It's a
busy month coming up. Yeah, it might be summertime, but
the fun just never stops here in the City of Bridges.
It is twelve months a year and always something exciting
going on. Lots of exciting things going on this week,
and we'll get to those in just the moment. But
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More information on that to come in the next few weeks.
Very exciting news there as well. So we've got a
great show for you here this week. Our guest this

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week from the Canada West Men's hockey champion Saskatchewan Husky's
is Cham. It's a truick. He's getting ready for his
fifth and final season of U Sports Hockey and we're
gonna have a great conversation about that, but also all
kinds of other stuff in his hockey life and outside
maybe of his hockey life as well. Find out what

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he's been up to this summer. Well, I'll give you
a hint. It has nothing at all to do with hockey,
but you're gonna have to stay tuned to find out
what exactly. That is a great conversation with Chance, and
so he will be our guest this week. But of
course before we get to Chance, we've got to start off,
as we always do, with what's going on all right,

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and we got to kick off what's going on this
week with a big old congratulations to the Saskatoon Valkyries
of the Western Women's Canadian Football League. They have now
won a record fifth straight WWCFL title and they dominated
the Edmonton Arctic Pride on June twenty eighth in Edmonton

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was a twenty eight to nothing shutout for the Valkyries
over the Arctic Pride in their first ever meeting with
that team was playing in its first season in the WWCFL.
Edmonton won the Western Conference and they earned the right
to host the Valkyries. The Valkyries, of course the Prairie
Conference champions, and yes they secure a twenty eight nothing victory,

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their biggest win of the season in fact in terms
of point differential. So obviously still a little bit of
space to make up some ground to make up for
the Edmonton and the Alberta teams in that league, because
the closest games that the Valkyries had this season were
all within their own conference. But still a young Valkyries

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team that had a lot of turnover this year going undefeated,
winning a record fifth straight championship, their tenth WWCFL title overall,
their current run of titles began in twenty nineteen before
COVID and they've just kept on humming ever since. So
tremendous acomplishment for the Valks. Another WWCFL title. Congratulations to

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the Valkyries. We had Sarah right on the show just
a couple of weeks ago. I don't think we can
give her give that the good sports bump, but maybe
just a little residual good sports bump on the championship
victory as well. Congrats to the Valks. That's what's going
on with them. They'll be able to defend their title
again in twenty twenty six. All right, Well, about what's

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going on with the Saskatoon Berries, Well, a lot of
the same things that had going on with the Berries,
and that being winning baseball games. In fact, the Barries,
as we record this episode on Canada Day, are in
the midst of their set or their third win streak
of at least seven games this season. Barries as a
recording a beautiful twenty two and three record, riding a

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seven game win streak. They lost their first game of
the season, then they won seven in a row, lost one,
then won eight in a row, lost one, and now
have won seven more since that last defeat. They picked
up a couple wins in Medicine Hat over the weekend
thirteen to one and twelve to six, and then on
Canada Day Eve, the night before we recorded this episode,

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twelve to ten win at home over the Regina Red Sox.
They are hosting the Red Sox here on Canada Day
and their upcoming schedule as they're in the midst of
an eleven straight game stretch, playing eleven games in eleven days.
Hopefully that just that many. Hopefully the rain or the
weather holds up for all those games. They will be
hosting the Wayburn Beavers July third, and then they head

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to Moose Jaw July fourth. They're back home to take
on the Regina Red Sox July fifth, then they're down
to Regina the next night to complete that home and
home and then they will host the Moose John Miller
Express July seventh and eighth. So that's what's coming up
on the Barries schedule. They're now six games clear of
the Medicine At Mavericks, who are in second place in

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the East Division. The team with this next best record
in the league. Right now, as we record this episode,
is the Okatog's Dogs, but they are still a full
four games back of the Barris. So just a tremendous
first half for the Beerries now and they keep it
going over the second half of the season and into
the playoffs. Time will tell, but the Berries certainly look

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nearly unstoppable right now at this stretch of the Western
Canadian Baseball League season. So that's what's going on with
the Saskatoon Berries. Let's move to the hardwood. What's going
on with the Saskatchewan Ratlers. Well, so few more positive
things in the last few weeks. The Rattlers split their
two games over the last week. They first picked up
their very first home win of the season against a

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Calgary Surge team that came into Saskatoon on What day
was that now, I can't recall the date, but it
was last Thursday, in fact, July the June the twenty sixth.
That was the date of the game, June twenty six
as they knocked off the Calgary Surge ninety six to
eighty nine. This was a Calgary Search team that came
into Saskatoon with the tied for the best record in

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the CEBL, and yet they've now lost to the Rattlers twice.
In their first two meetings of the season. The Ratlers
have beaten them once in Calgary and now once in Saskatoon.
It was certainly the most impressive of the rattlers three
wins this season, as they grabbed the lead in the
third quarter and it was kind of back and forth,
but they took control right before target time, and then,

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just like they did in their first matchup against Calgary,
hit a trio of three point shots to get to
that target score and knock off the surge, and so
they snapped the five game losing skid. Things are feeling good,
but then they had to travel to Vancouver and take
on the Vancouver Bandits, who are the other team that,
when Calgary came to town, was tied for the best

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record in the league. Vancouver has had the Rattlers number
this season. They had beaten them by forty points in
twenty five points in their first two meetings. Ratlers gave
them a much tougher fight this time around first time
they've been to Vancouver this season. In fact, they had
a lead at the half, thanks in part to Dion Edgem,
who barely played it all in the first dozen games
of the year, but went off the bench and hit

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five triples in the first half against Vancouver. However, they
could not sustain it, the Bandits outscoring them by twenty
two points in the second half and they ended up
winning that game ninety seven to eighty five. So the
good vibes from the home win against Calgary quickly washed
away by another loss to the Bandits, who have now
handed the Rattlers three defeats this season. Saskatchewan still with

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the worst record in the CEBL at three and ten. However,
they're kicking off a stretch of four straight games at
home with a game on July the third against the
Montreal Alliance, and if they can build off that win
over Calgary at home, perhaps they can make some progress
in the standings and close the gap on the Edmonton Stingers,

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who are the team that they are currently chasing for
the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Of course,
the Winnipeg Sea Bears, who are actually between Edmonton and
Saskatchewan and the standings. They're hosting Championship weekend this season,
so they get an automatic berth into the final four,
so their record where they are in the standings doesn't
really matter. The Rallers have to catch the team in

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third and right now that is the Edmonton Stingers, who
they will play I think at least two more times,
if not three more times this season, so there's opportunities
for the Ratlers to make up some ground, but they're
starting to run out a room on the racetrack, so
see if they can take anything from that win over
Calgary into this stretch of four straight at home, which
again kicks off July third against the Montreal Alliance. They

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will also host the Ottawa Blackjacks on July fifth, and
that will be Michael wink later day at the Snake
Pit as a provincial declaration in fact for former Rattler
and just all around great guy, an important person within
basketball here in Saskatoon and in Saskatchewan and of course
in the Indigenous community. So that'll be an awesome night

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July fifth, as well as the Rattlers host the Ottawa Blackjacks.
That's what's going on with the Rattlers. How about what's
going on overseas with some three x three basketball women's
style Page Crozon, Humboldtstone Page, Crowson and Team Canada coming
back from the Phoeba three x three Women's World Cup
with a bronze medal after defeating Poland in the bronze

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medal game, and it was Paige Crozon leading the way
in that bronze medal game with thirteen points. They actually
knocked off Spain in the quarterfinals, but then Canada came
up short to the Netherlands in the semis. Netherlands went
on to win the whole thing, beating I think it
was Mongolia in the gold medal game. The Mongolians pulled

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off a massive upset against the USA to get to
the final, but Canada coming up just short to make
the final, they have to settle for the bronze. But
it follows a silver medal back in twenty two twenty
twenty two, So team Canada when Page Crowson is in
the fold because the rest of the Canadian lineup for
that tournament was different from the one that got silver
in twenty two, but the through line is Humbolt's own.

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Page crows on with both of those medal winning performances
for the Canadians. So congratulations to Page. I know you
wanted a gold medal, but a bronze is pretty good
as well, especially after the disappointment of missing the podium
in Paris at the Olympics last year. So nice performance
by Team Canada and Humboldtsonne. Page crows on. That's what's
going on in three x three women's basketball. And finally,

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what's going on back here on the softball diamond. It's
the International Fast Pitch Super Series taking over Bob Vanams
Stadium from July third to fifth. This is just like
last year's Super Series, is essentially a tune up event
for the World Cup, which is going to be happening
in Prince Albert a little bit later on in July.

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So four of the teams who are going to be
competing in that World Cup we'll be playing an exhibition
series here in Saskatoon. It's four of the best teams
in the world Canada, USA, Japan and New Zealand. So
some great softball from July third through the fifth at
Bob Vanimps Stadium. Chance to see this Canadian team up
close before they go to Prince Albert for the World Cup.

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And of course New Zealand and the Mix so you
get a chance to see the hawkap performed in person.
That's always fun to do, although I wonder if it
ever gets boring for teams that play New Zealand time
and time again if they all get kind of sick
of the hawkap. But it's very cool spectacle for the
fans especially, so check out the Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association website,

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facebook page or information about that tournament for the schedule
and when you can see the various teams in action
before they head to Prince Albert later this month. So
that's what's going on over at Bob Vanims Stadium, and
that wraps up what's going on for this week.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
Good.

Speaker 2 (12:59):
I'm now for our featured guest interview here in episode
seven and very excited to welcome in a member of
the twenty twenty five Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey Canada West
Championship team. It's Chance, Patruick. Chance, thanks for being here, man,
Thanks for having me. It is the height of hockey season,
obviously not but of course you guys are so busy

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during season, so I wanted to get you on here
when you add a little bit of downtime, and we're
catching it just before a little vacation as well, so
I appreciate you finding some time to hop in here.
What are you what have you been up to. What's
what's summer look like for a university hockey player.

Speaker 3 (13:33):
Yeah, yeah, it's been busy. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (13:36):
I actually took my life insurance license last I guess
last September, So I'm kind of into the whole sales
world now with sunlighte here in Saskatoons, so I'm enjoying
myself kind of getting my feet wet professionally.

Speaker 3 (13:49):
But yeah, other than that, kind of just the basic
summer for me.

Speaker 4 (13:52):
Training, Yeah, doing a lot of skating and trying to
hang out, hang out with my girlfriend, my friends as
much as possible obviously outside of work and training and
that sort of thing. So yeah, just trying to stay busy.
You know. Thankfully we've had some decent weather here so
far the summer. But yeah, like you mentioned, I'm heading
out to Vernon this weekend, so you can enjoy a

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little trip and catch a little sun.

Speaker 2 (14:15):
It's a it's a really long off season in U
sports because you know, you go till March. If you're lucky,
you go till March and then you're not back until
you know, for games until October. Obviously, there's the preseason
and the training and all that stuff. Too, not on
sports question, but life insurance is that would you you know,
when you started at university, like did you have that?
Like you're in business, right, so was that in the

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in the territory for you or did it just kind
of how how'd you end up in that vocation?

Speaker 3 (14:41):
Yeah, it kind of just came about.

Speaker 4 (14:42):
I had been looking for a job actually, so I
kind of created this cover letter. It kind of shuffled
it through a few of the alumni, and it got
forwarded to who's now my boss, Chris Smella there at Sunlighte.
So worked out really good, kind of got me in
to help him out just you know, essentially be an
assistant for HUM. And then I kind of, you know,
saw some advantages to the business and uh, you know,

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I kind of always had an idea that I wanted
to get into sales maybe after university. So I took
it as an opportunity and yeah, I gorab my license
and I'm kind of in the full swing of things.

Speaker 3 (15:14):
It's been. It's been different but enjoyable.

Speaker 2 (15:18):
Has anyone said it's patrick to you know the reference?

Speaker 4 (15:22):
No, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (15:23):
I don't old there's an old company. I want to
say it was a Norwich Union used to have these
ads on TV. And there's an older couple picking up
the phone. It's Patrick. He just took out life insurance. Anyway,
it's kind of a notorious but you're too young to
remember these things. I'm showing my age there. All right,
let's get back to the to the topic at hand, obviously,
Canada West Championship. I want to get to that in

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a moment. First, I want to rewind a little bit
first of all, you know, I want to clear up
the biography a little bit, because in some places you
look it says moose Jaw. Someplace it says Ogama.

Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (15:56):
Where where do you cite as your hometown?

Speaker 3 (15:59):
Yeah, I definitely move.

Speaker 4 (16:01):
Yeah, I lived lived in Ogama for a couple of months,
just during the summer. It's a family there and stuff.
So that was the COVID year, so it's kind of
just it was a weird year, not much going on,
Moosha and I want to try some note, you know,
something different for a couple of months. But no mouch
Job born and raised. Yeah, I grew up there pretty
much my whole life. Obviously, my my dad played a
little bit of minor hockey, so moved around a little
bit when I was younger, but yeah, Mousha is my

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hometown always will be. Got obviously my mom, my mom
and brothers still living there. My dad's own Vancouver, but
obviously a ton of friends still around and h Yeah,
Mosha will always be my home for sure.

Speaker 2 (16:34):
You mentioned your dad a little bit of minor hockey.
I think you're downplaying it, just a little bit, uh
professional for about thirteen years, if I have the math correct,
do you remember, I know you were quite young, but
do you remember any of those stops you said you
moved on a little bit. But he retired around when
we were about six seven years old.

Speaker 3 (16:49):
Yeah, I think around two thousand and seven.

Speaker 4 (16:50):
Yeah, he had a pretty bad leg injury, so it
kind of, yeah, you know, wrapped up his professional career.
But yeah, no, I I remember a lot of a
lot of the spots, believe it or not. Yeah, my
dad played all over the place, you know. As young
as I think I was maybe three or four. He
was in Laredo, Laredo, Texas, right on the border of
Mexico there, so I remember driving over with my parents

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to Tijuana I think, and swimming in a fountain around
around this little Mexican restaurant that they were they were enjoying.

Speaker 3 (17:17):
At the time.

Speaker 4 (17:18):
So it's kind of funny you just think back to
little things like that, being around the rink with my
dad and in San Diego and Anchorage, Alaska and all
these all these crazy places that not many kids get
to experience when they're that age. So yeah, it's kind
of when my my love for hockey started. Just I
seeing my dad every day kind of do his thing,
and you know, he's my idol.

Speaker 2 (17:37):
So did he like how much did he sort of
nudge you in or was it just like because you've
been around it, like you were like, I'm going to
be a hockey player.

Speaker 4 (17:45):
Yeah, I think it's you kind of said it there.
I think just seeing him do his thing and I
fell in love with it. My mum always says that
he'd bring me to games when I was younger and
I would just follow the park everywhere I went. So
maybe I'd get my hockey sense today because of that.
I don't know, but yeah, I loved everything about it.
Like I said, being in the dress room with the
guys and you know, skating after you know, a pregame,

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skate with him on the ice and I was a
little a little young, but still was moving around. Not
not bad out there, but I enjoyed it. I I
enjoyed kind of moving around, you know at that age,
meeting new friends, going to different schools, and you know,
like I said, it's it seems like a lifetime ago,
but it's really you know, kind of set me up
for where I am today, because.

Speaker 2 (18:24):
I mean for some kids, that'd be really tough to
try to make new friends and these sorts of things
like does that but does that set you up for
being like when you get older, being adaptable, being able
to sort of adjust on the fly.

Speaker 3 (18:38):
Yeah, definitely, I think.

Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, just being hockey players, I think you kind of
have to get used to adjusting on the fly. I
mean you go to so many different camps, you know,
as you're kind of coming out through the ranks, but
meet new meet new people all the time, you know,
seeing new faces, and I enjoy that that part of
the part of the game.

Speaker 3 (18:55):
I think.

Speaker 4 (18:55):
You know, I've I've made all my best friends through hockey,
and you know, even with work now I've kind of
transition to sales and just being face to face the
new people that you haven't met before and you kind
of have to get out of your comfort zone. So
I've enjoyed it. I think it's helped me in all
aspects of my life.

Speaker 2 (19:08):
So all right, so you're on Stad's retired, You're in Moosja,
You're you're growing up there, You're playing minor hockey Moosja.
You end up in the WHL with the Warriors. You
get a season with the Warriors and then and then
you go to the SKJHL. What how how much? How
much of a challenge is that for a player at
that age too? You know, you're like, you get in

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you you think I'm here, I'm in the dub and
then it just doesn't work out for for whatever reason. Yeah,
how how how did you reconcile that? I guess, Yeah,
it was tough.

Speaker 4 (19:37):
Like, you know, I get that question a lot. I
think people kind of look at, you know, just where
I've come from Yorkton and here, and you know, I've
done done well, I've had success and it just didn't
click in Mousha. But you know, there's a lot of
factors I think that go into it. I I was
graduating there at the time. I had a girlfriend there
at the time, so you know, in my my opinion,
it was the right move for me to stay there

(19:58):
at the time, maybe as a bit of my naive
or you know, maybe a bit delusional where my game
was at. I don't think that physically or mentally I
was ready yet maybe for that jump. Obviously had a
little bit of success in minor or sorry major Triple
A there, but you know, the jump to the Western League,
you're playing against you know, guys like Nolan Patrick at
the time or Ivan Provov, and you know you're kind

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of you're seeing these these these different talents that you
haven't really been in uh you know, aware of before,
you know, been around much. So it was a transition
that uh, you know obviously didn't really go well for me.
I think that I struggled, uh you know, just mentally
and it was tough to kind of find my game
there and you know, find a find a spot in
the lineup, and you know, just the whole process of

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you know, how they handled us young guys. I didn't think, uh,
you know, they gave us the best opportunity. Some of
us maybe got more than more than others. And that's
that's just talking sometimes. And you know, obviously moving on
to Yorkton. It was kind of there was a chip
on my shoulder. I felt that my game had a
lot lot to to grow, and I you know, thankfully
Hair coach of the Terriers, that gave me a great

(21:02):
opportunity to kind of come into my own and find
that groove again in my confidence and was able to
kind of kind of run with it, you know in
New Yorkton. But you know, teammates and Mousha and then
you know, the coaching staff and all that was great
and just wasn't maybe the right fit for me at
the time.

Speaker 2 (21:17):
I'm trying to recall because I didn't look back at
that year. Was twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen, I think that
was the year, right, And I was that when Musha
they were pretty there's a pretty pretty good team, right
was Hubbocks? Was he still there? Had he already gone? Yeah? Yeah?

Speaker 4 (21:30):
He was there.

Speaker 3 (21:31):
He'd scored fifty that year.

Speaker 2 (21:32):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm not trying to give you
giving you know out here? Is that maybe they were
just two stacked right?

Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (21:37):
Absolutely? Yeah no, And I think you know, sometimes yeah,
you maybe don't gel with the coach or whatever the
case may be. It's your young guy, like I said, delusional,
maybe you think you should be maybe getting more opportunity
than you deserve. But looking back on it, I think
that you know, going through that and learning and it's
really you know, made me to the person today. You
kind of got to go through some tough times to

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to you know, get out on the other side of it.
And I still look back on on on you know,
the development that I was able to kind of and
the coaching and you know all that. That's there's parts
of it that I really brought over, you know, to
my game now.

Speaker 3 (22:10):
And you know, I.

Speaker 4 (22:11):
Think you got to take some bad experiences and turn
them into good ones.

Speaker 2 (22:14):
Was it tougher because it was Muscha Like because that's
your hometown. Yeah, I like, you know, you're in Brandon
or Prince George or something, and you're like, okay, well.

Speaker 4 (22:22):
Yeah, it's tough, like you grow up there.

Speaker 3 (22:24):
Obviously.

Speaker 4 (22:25):
I mean I was a Warrior fan my whole life. Obviously,
you watch you know, guys like brain Point come through
and obviously teammates with Brett Howden, and you know, there's
a ton of guys that come to mind, but you know, yeah,
just being from Musha, your friends are in the stands
every night, your family.

Speaker 3 (22:39):
There, and you're not playing it.

Speaker 4 (22:40):
It can wear on you. And it's you know, you're
going to high school all these people and it's tough,
Like it's some people have the different experience where you know,
they can be the hometown hero I guess if you
want to call it, but uh, yeah, just for whatever,
for whatever reason, maybe the lights were too bright at
the time, and yeah, it just didn't work out for me.

Speaker 2 (22:56):
But is what it is, you know, And I'm not
trying to dwell on, you know, the tough season, because
obviously you had a lot of success in your career.
But it's funny you say something there about the hometown
lights because you know, something that I've heard it said
about when I'm talking about university hockey and the women's
game versus the men's game, is how many more female
or women's players jump at the chance to go to

(23:17):
a program that's not on their hometown because they haven't
they've been playing at home mostly, whereas a lot of
men's players have come to U sports, have played junior
and they've traveled around and they're ready to kind of
be in their hometown. So it's kind of a flip
around there. So so you end up in Yorkton before
you obviously come to the Huskies, and you said you
had a bit of a maybe you had a chip
on your shoulder whatever. Obviously the numbers show that you

(23:37):
had a pretty turn good time in Yorkton. For those
who don't know, you know, SGHL Most Voluable Player and
Player of the Year. Those two separate awards.

Speaker 4 (23:44):
They are two separate awards. Yeah, not really sure how
that works. I think it was maybe I think I
want a Divisional award League League MVP player. I taught
forward I think was one of them. There's a couple
of are mixed in.

Speaker 2 (23:56):
I know, I like this sounds to me like the same.

Speaker 4 (23:58):
They all sound the same, Yeah, either way.

Speaker 2 (24:00):
Leading the league in goals, leading the league in points,
fifty eight, fifty eight goals. So if you want assist
in that twenty nineteen twenty season, just right before COVID.
But that sort of that was is that was that
the launch pad for you to like, now you get recruited,
like you're you're with the Huskies, Like, how much do
you credit that that last year in Yorkton?

Speaker 4 (24:20):
Yeah, it was huge, obviously, Like I touched on earlier
Matt hare Head coach, Scottie Muskwab, Brett Peppler, Zach Kacci.
Our coaching staff was, you know, I consider them all friends.

Speaker 3 (24:30):
Now.

Speaker 4 (24:30):
We had a great, great organization, great group of guys.
Alex Watski, former Husky as we always there, we kind
of brought him in there that year. So we had
a ton of pieces that kind of just gelled together.
You know, I kind of had this you know moment
in the summer where I looked at it and you know,
I was like, well, twenty year old year, this is it,
you know, one last kick at it. Like it's cliche
to say, but you know, obviously my dad kind of

(24:52):
going through his pro career and he kind of saw
the opportunity for what it was and if I wanted
to kind of go to school or professional afterwards it,
you know, I had to kind of produce that year,
and you know I thought that the year before too,
we had a decent playoff run, and you know, just
being there in New Yorkton for for a couple of years,
I really wanted to bring a you know, a canulta

(25:13):
cut back to to Yorkton. Phenomenal billets Darren Nicole Campbell
also a billet sister Jovi. They made my time there incredible.
I really had a great support system there, and you know,
I had a lot of success on the ice, but
off the ice too, I grew a lot. It kind
of goes hand in hand, I think, just the off
I stuff and the on ice stuff. I had a

(25:34):
great experience with my billets, and they made going to
the rink easy. I didn't have a distress at home,
but when my pregame meal was going to be or
anything like that, they it was like a second family.
So yeah, I just really wanted to go in that
year and Produce had a great summer. Just kind of
figured the you know, shoot the puck, hopefully he keeps
going in for me, and yeah, I just wanted to
kind of give myself an opportunity to go go on

(25:54):
afterwards to you know, U sports or like I said,
pro or you know, wherever it may be. But yeah,
I kind of ran into that COVID issue at the
end of the year there, unfortunately, But yeah, it was
kind of weird. It led me into uh, you know,
playing a little bit of senior hockey and raymore and
then ended up in the coast. So it was kind
of a weird end of the year, but it was
it was phenomenal.

Speaker 2 (26:13):
I'm want to get to that in a second. But
so did you does that playoff run cut short because
of COVID?

Speaker 4 (26:18):
Yeah, so we went, uh we were tied to too,
going back to going back to to laurent So for
game five and then yeah, we got the call that
the league was going to kind of put a hall
to it. We were hearing maybe a week or two. Yeah,
I know that everyone was kind of talking about the
same thing the whole two weeks off of school and
everyone was pumped.

Speaker 3 (26:37):
But yeah, it turned into.

Speaker 4 (26:38):
As you know, it just kind of a disaster, and uh, yeah,
I cut a lot of season short. It was unfortunate.

Speaker 2 (26:44):
Yeah, I remember the Huskies men going to Nationals that year.
They lost a quarter final and then the next day
to cancel the rest of the tournament. So one on
one hand, you're going, well, nobody gets to win it
this year, ye, But their hand, like, had you had
they won that quarterfinal, there'd be the question of like
what if for sure, I don't remember Husky him into

(27:05):
basketball won Nationals literally the week before that, So if
not for the schedule, right, you never know what might
have happened that year. All right, you touched on it,
you went that COVID year, you had some you had
some travels, right, So was it Wichita? And then where
else did you? Birmingham?

Speaker 3 (27:22):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (27:23):
So how how did that come about? And what were
those experiences like?

Speaker 4 (27:27):
Yeah, so I was living in Moosehat at the time, obviously,
just I was working, didn't really have much on the goal,
was kind of training a little bit, didn't really know
what was going to happen for a season. So senior
was still going in Saskatchewan. So yeah, I got a
call from a buddy that Raymore was interested. So I
jumped on with them to get a you know, just
kind of get some ice time and hopefully play a
couple of games. Yeah, the Raymore Rockets Rockets. Yeah, so no,

(27:51):
I obviously got an opportunity there. And then my dad
actually is kind of uh, he's got a relation with
Bruce Ramsey. He was the coach he still is at
the time the Witch Dot Thunder in the East Coast,
So he was kind of poking tires maybe just seeing
if I was interested in coming out to try out,
And you know, obviously coming from the shade of the
East Coast probably isn't you know, maybe the most common

(28:12):
path for some guys. But you know, like again my
dad kind of being through it, he just said, you
know what, go try and what's the worst that happens?
You get cut and you end up right back where
you are, or you know, maybe make a team and
stick down there for a little bit.

Speaker 3 (28:23):
So yeah, I ended up going to camp there. Didn't
really know what to expect. It was kind of chaotic.

Speaker 4 (28:28):
We got there, I remember, and we had to do
a bunch of COVID testing and you had to stay
isolated for I think it was twenty four to thirty
six hours in your apartment, so kind of waiting to
see if you know, whether you tested positive or negative,
and if you were negative, obviously you got to come
to camp. There were a couple of guys that didn't
even get to come and skate because because they had COVID,
So it was kind of a gong show there. But yeah,

(28:49):
I ended up sticking it out there. I played actually
roommates with Braden Watts, former teammate of mine and Moose
Show as well, so kind of some familiarity there with
him and Yeah, we ended up sticking it out for either.
I was there until if I can remember, maybe mid February,
maybe maybe March even played I think, yeah, about twelve
or thirteen games. You know, it was a good opportunity.

(29:10):
It was a huge, huge transition from the ESHA going
to there. There was a lot of the coast that
you only had half the team's playing, so there was
a lot of guys that probably should have been in
the American League or you know, high level prone in
Europe that we're still sticking around the coast. So there's
great hockey. It was like definitely an eye opening for me,
but it was it was awesome. I kind of embraced it.

(29:32):
And I was the youngest guy I think on the
team or captain, was like thirty six years old at
the time, so it was a little bit of a
different situation. But yeah, stuck around there for a little bit,
and then yeah, I ended up getting released. There was
a bunch of Division one college guys that were coming
back after their season, so you know, kind of became
a numbers game for me, and I ended up getting
an opportunity on Birmingham on the SPHL, and again I

(29:55):
thought it was awesome just being down south and not
stuck in Canada in my house and you know, kind
of having some freedom during COVID. It was it was awesome.
Learned a lot and yeah, it kind of gave me
a little bit of confidence coming into U Sports.

Speaker 2 (30:06):
Yeah that's Birmingham, Alabama, not Birmingham Saskatchewan. I don't know
if you know this, there is a Birmingham. I did
not know a Saskatcha act. I don't think it's too
far from yorktoon but it's tiny. So forgive me for
not knowing of its existence. I know you weren't there
terribly long about what that mustn't have been, Like what
was like the hockey culture, if you will, like like Kansas,
May it will be a little different. I'm sure Midwest

(30:28):
is kind of It's got a little bit of that similarity,
I would imagine, but Birmingham, Alabama, that had to.

Speaker 4 (30:35):
Be Yeah, yeah, like Wichita, like you mentioned, very similar.
Saskatchewan flat, like a lot of farmland. There's not a
not a lot of good weather there. When I was there,
it's like midwest Kansas in the middle of December, so
it was cold. But when I went down south, there
a little bit nicer, a little bit nicer weather. The
apartment complex we had, we had like a pool, hot
barbecue area, so kind of hung out there most of

(30:57):
the time. And the atmosphere and you know, as for
like the hockey why hockey situation, it was great. I
remember my first game we came out. We were at home,
but I think we were playing Pensacola, and I just
kind of I remember standing in the tunnel think, you know,
like looking at some of the guys and like, oh
is this like do we usually get pretty good fans here?
And I just remember one of the guys being like,

(31:18):
oh you wait, you wait. So I was like, Okay,
I'm excited. And all of a sudden, I hear this
this like, you know, kind of E D M. Dubstep
version of Sweet Home Alabama come on for for warm ups,
And I remember the hair standing on the back of
my neck.

Speaker 3 (31:32):
I was excited.

Speaker 4 (31:32):
And then come out and we're skating around and it
was packed like people in the glass, smashing the glass
and it was just the regular season game, so you know,
it was it was incredible.

Speaker 3 (31:41):
Actually it was.

Speaker 4 (31:42):
It was awesome.

Speaker 2 (31:42):
How big a barn there down there was.

Speaker 4 (31:44):
I would say they probably Carless I would say a
little bit, a little bit, maybe a little bit smaller
than Merless. I would say maybe on a good day,
they probably can squeeze twenty seven hundred in there.

Speaker 3 (31:54):
I think it's what I remember.

Speaker 4 (31:56):
So I know during the kind of west I think
I think we squeezed about three grand. So it was awesome.

Speaker 2 (32:02):
Was that like the team's barn or did you share
it with like a university program?

Speaker 4 (32:06):
Right? Yeah, it was the team's barn. Yeah, so as
far as I know, as far as I remember anyways,
it was their Yeah, their rink specifically for them. No
no other programs in there. Maybe obviously a couple of
minor hockey programs, but yeah, no university in there.

Speaker 2 (32:17):
Did you get your phill of barbecue? That's the real question.
How much barbecue did you eat?

Speaker 1 (32:22):
Well?

Speaker 3 (32:22):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I had a ton.

Speaker 4 (32:24):
That's that's the cool thing about going down there. You
get to kind of experience their culture and obviously the
food and you know, the atmosphere down there, just the
nightlife and going out with the guys for a couple
of beers.

Speaker 3 (32:35):
It was always a good time.

Speaker 4 (32:36):
And like I said, kind of coming from Moosha and
not a lot going on and kind of being you know,
kind of stuck in your home. It was nice to
go down down south and to kind of have a
different experience.

Speaker 2 (32:47):
It's a it's a it's a nice little town. I went.
I went through a couple of actually it was just
last spring in fact, when I was driving down to Florida,
the big park there over downtown, the whole the whole nine.
I I just maybe I was a little surprised. I
get I was taking it back as I don't know
what I was expecting, like geographically speaking, like what it
would look like down there. But I was actually kind

(33:08):
of struck by sort of the landscape and how interesting
could actually especially northern like Mississippi.

Speaker 4 (33:14):
Like, yeah, it was like a lot greener than I expected.
Kind of felt like you're in BC a little bit,
or you know, if you've ever been to the Portland area,
it's a lot of green, a lot of trees, and yeah,
it was a lot different than I expected as well.

Speaker 2 (33:25):
They were crazy fans, but did they know their hot
Like were they or they were just like there to
have a good time.

Speaker 4 (33:29):
Yeah, I think they were, like I don't know, they
were more interested in the fighting. I think and just
the physicality of the game, as you know most southern
states are. But obviously now with Florida and Tampa kind
of winning the last couple of years, I think hockey's
changed down there. It's I think people are more knowledgeable
than they get credit for. You know, there was a
ton of jerseys in the stands, and it wasn't just
a bunch of you know, people there to have a

(33:50):
good time. It was obviously to have a good time,
but enjoy the hockey as well. And it's high level hockey,
so so we saw.

Speaker 2 (33:55):
I know, one story out of that league is Kevin
Kaminski ended up Now he's lawn, he's been there for
a long time, but he played down there. Yeah, and
like and in fact, I think there's a restaurant out
in Dalmeny near Saskatoon here that's run by a guy
from Louisiana who moved up here because he became buddies
basically with Kevin Kominski while he was playing in louis

(34:17):
professionally in Louisiana, and they got tight. Because you know,
the smaller crowds, the fans, those parasocial relations may become
a little more social between the players and the fans, right,
and so I don't know all the intimate details of
the story, but essentially, ye, this this Cajun fella, he
comes up here now he runs a Cajun restaurant Doalmeny.
So all because of his fandom of hockey and Kevin Kominski.
He has now been running the lawn Joycewolds for I

(34:39):
don't know, quite a long time, several years now. Absolutely,
that must have been quite a trip though, because not
only like it's COVID, so you know, like back home,
you know a lot of your friends are just sitting
around or maybe they're just going out on the oder
and getting the twirl in or two, but also you're
getting paid to play hockey. Yeah, yeah, well how surreal
was that?

Speaker 4 (34:57):
Yeah? It was different obviously, just you know, getting paid
weekly and you know on the coast, it was decent.
We're getting paid obviously, Uh, I think I was on
the rookie minimum. It wasn't a whole lot of money,
but for a single guy, uh, you know, not having
to pay for rent or anything like that, it was
more than enough. And uh yeah, just for the first
time to get paid for a living and you know,
to play playing the game you love it was it

(35:18):
was interesting and I thought that, you know, it kind
of made you want to chase it for a little
bit more, that's for sure.

Speaker 2 (35:24):
So what then prompted you to come back home instead
of chasing it and and and uh and join the Huskies?

Speaker 4 (35:30):
Was it?

Speaker 2 (35:31):
Was it a really strong recruiting pitch because obviously there
was coaching changes happening as well at USask during that time.
Mike Babcock was hired during that COVID year and he
came in and eventually the coaching team for one year.
But sort of what was the conversation was it? Was
it something you'd already kind of decided I'm gonna come
back and look at you sports? Or did you get
a call like how did that come about?

Speaker 4 (35:51):
Yeah? So originally I was I don't know many people
know this, but I was committed to Carlton University actually
for for you know, after the season, committed there, went
out there for a couple of weeks and then they
shut the season down. So that's kind of how I
ended up back in Musha. But I was originally committed
out there. I kind of knew a few guys at
Dakota Adgers played with him in Moushaw as well spy

(36:14):
Hill Native, but yeah, I played with him there, so
I kind of had a little bit interest. Riker Cole
was also there at the time, played with him in
Midget Triple A. So there was a few guys I
kind of knew. Matt si Zanski as well, actually played
in Musha. So I just kind of just to go
out there, kind of wanted to, you know, get away
from home.

Speaker 3 (36:29):
Maybe have you know, kind of been around.

Speaker 4 (36:31):
Mousha and Yorkton and kind of you know, was sticking
in Saskatchewans. I thought maybe go give it an opportunity
out there, and yeah, I just didn't work out COVID
you know, and that sort of thing. So it was weird,
like I I ended up kind of coming back to Mousha,
didn't really know what I was going to do. So
I reached out to my billet actually in New Yorkton
and they had they owned the concrete plant OWT in
Yorkton y CP shout out YCP, and they they offered

(36:54):
me a job actually worked there at like part time
during the seasons that I was playing in Yorkton. So yeah,
I went there, worked concrete for the summer, you know,
build the strength up. Carrying wheelbarrow was full of concrete.
It was maybe not the best for my back at
the time, but it, you know, was beneficial, and I
ended up, yeah, meeting my girlfriend out there. We started
we started dating that summer as well, so I kind

(37:16):
of worked out for for for me and then ended up. Yeah,
it was kind of out of the blue. One day,
the girlfriend and I were sitting at a little lunch spot,
just on my lunch break midweek. It was probably maybe
end of July, early August. I get this call from
this Michigan number out of the blue, and I'm like,
looking at my phone, I'm like, who could this be?
So I had to the phone and he's like, hey,

(37:38):
it's it's his chance. I'm like, yeah, it's Mike Babcock calling.
I'm like, I thought I was getting pranked. I'm like yeah, right, yeah,
I'm like yeah right. So then my brain immediately he's like, oh, yeah, yeah,
I guess he just did commit to the UFS there
to coach. So he's like, yeah, Kevin Kaminsky, like you
just mentioned him earlier. He's like, Kevinkominsky kind of referred
myself to to Babs, like think he was looking for

(38:00):
a sentiment or just another forward to kind of bring in.
Obviously with the coaching change of the recruiting was kind
of maybe all over the place after he took over
from David at ALF. So, yeah, Abs gave me a
call and just you know, said, do you want to
come try out? And I was actually originally going to
be a firefighter. I was going to go to firefighting school.
It was kind of going to be done with hockey.
So it's crazy to say looking back on it now,

(38:21):
but yeah, maybe a little loss during the whole COVID experience.
Didn't really know what I wanted to do. But yeah,
Babs fortunately gave me a call and you know, gave
me an offer to come try out there and go
to school. And initially was just going to stay for
the year and you know, maybe try the pro hockey
thing out afterwards, but ended up blowing my knee out
at the end of the first year. So yeah, now
now here for you know, going on my fifth year.

(38:42):
It's it's pretty amazing.

Speaker 2 (38:43):
If anyone other than Mike Babcock makes that phone call,
do you do you listen? Like how much did the
fact that he's the one who's coaching the program. How
much of an influence did that have on your decision?

Speaker 3 (38:53):
Yeah, I mean it was huge.

Speaker 4 (38:55):
You know. Obviously in the hockey world, you know, Mike
gets kind of a bad rap for for the things
that have gone on, you know, with Toronto and Columbus
and all that, all that nonsense. But to be honest
with you, you know, he coached my dad in the
Western Hockey League and Musha, and uh, he was hard
on my dad, but he was honest with him. And
I've always appreciated coaches that are that way, and Babs

(39:15):
just was honest with me from day one, and even
on the phone the first phone call, he told me
I'd have an opportunity to come in and play and
you know, produce for the for the team, and that
was obviously something that I you know, it's important to
me to be able to be put in a situation
where you can succeed. And Babs was amazing for my career,
you know, especially that first year with him and Brandon

(39:35):
Kote now our head coach obviously, and Mike Junior as
well was there. They were huge, like just you know,
kind of adding a few things to my game that
maybe were lacking defensively and even on the offensive side.
Just uh, you know, obviously Abs coach in NHL for
a long time, coach a lot of good players, and uh,
just to kind of pick up on little things that
he noticed about my game. And you know, he's really

(39:57):
he really developed me that year to kind of come
into who I am now. And obviously coach has kind
of taken the reins now and he's helped me tremendously.

Speaker 3 (40:04):
But yeah, obviously I got to give credit to Babs.
If if he.

Speaker 4 (40:07):
Hadn't called me that day or you know, who knows
what would have happened. But thankfully it's changed my life
for the better.

Speaker 2 (40:12):
And now I'm here the uh you know, you'd had
having had played some pro and obviously you know when
you were if you're younger playing in the WHL as well, like,
what were you expecting for in terms of the university
level of hockey and how much was it of an adjustment?
Was it? What was the biggest of adjustment?

Speaker 4 (40:33):
Yeah, I think, like I touched on it earlier, but
going from midget to the Western Hockey League, you're playing
against twenty year olds. I'm you know, sixteen or I
guess seventeen. When I went there, it was it was tough.
Like I just physically mentally wasn't prepared ready yet for
that jump. And you know, playing in the East Coast
and playing in the SPU was probably you know, the
most benefit beneficial thing that could have happened for me

(40:55):
going into U sports. You're used to kind of playing
against older guys and stronger guys and you kind of knew,
you know, what to expect, I guess, you know, or
just come into a little bit more prepared. So you know,
the transition from from the Coast or you know, Southern
Professional Hockey League to to U Sports was a little
bit easier maybe than coming from right from junior. I
was able to kind of you know, get adjusted to

(41:17):
that physicality and.

Speaker 3 (41:18):
The size and the speed.

Speaker 4 (41:19):
So you know, that first year, like I said, Babs,
a lot of credit to him for kind of getting
me prepared. But uh yeah, even my teammates just kind
of relied on them and guys that have been through
it before. And uh yeah, I thought that the transition
was a little bit you know, more comfortable for you
than maybe some guys.

Speaker 2 (41:34):
It's funny because we talked about the COVID year and
what that cost you know, certain athletes, certain programs, that
sort of thing. But what I'm hearing is like there's
also there was some benefit to it. Well, you obviously
got a chance to play during that year, but yeah,
you know it wasn't to You didn't have to put
your career on pause, and you were able to still
continue developing. So you got you're able to make the
most out of that that that break, if you will,

(41:55):
or that year.

Speaker 4 (41:55):
That'll totally like there was guys that hadn't like you know,
the U sports for example, there were guys that came
at the USA that hadn't been playing for like over
a year.

Speaker 2 (42:04):
Yeah, and they played like a bubble, Yeah exactly.

Speaker 4 (42:07):
There Yeah, some guys that played twenty twenty games or
whatever it was in the Western leading the bubble that year.

Speaker 3 (42:13):
And yeah, just just.

Speaker 4 (42:15):
Being able to kind of have a full you know,
I guess some somewhat of a regular hockey season. Obviously
we didn't play a ton of games, but just kind
of staying in that routine and you know, hockey during
the winter season and then you go back in the
summer and back in your summer training. So it was
great to just be able to kind of stay on
the ice and just kind of stay in the mix.

Speaker 2 (42:32):
So, now, over these last few years with the Huskies,
how have you been able to continue, you know, improving
your production. You're you know, obviously you're getting a bigger,
bigger role, but like your course load is also getting
more intense as the years go by as well. So
how have you what have you learned and how have
you managed to navigate that to the point that you
know you're coming through? And then here last year you

(42:52):
have the first twenty goal season for Roski than I
think twenty or twenty one year or something like that.
So how how how do you manage to keep your
hockey trajectory growing up or while still you know, building
out this whole working on a degree and yeah, and
getting into the working world, Like, how how do you
balance all that stuff?

Speaker 3 (43:08):
Yeah, it's challenging. You know, some days they're easier than others.

Speaker 4 (43:11):
But yeah, I don't know, Like you just you kind
of learned, you know, what works for you as you
kind of come through the couple, you know, the years
of school. First year was it was a challenge. I
think I was taking the minimum course load just because
I had been out of school for so long, and
you know, I kind of forgot how to use a
laptop and to write essays and you know, do all that.
I've been out of school for five years at that point,
so you kind of just you forget it all. And

(43:33):
you know, the first year or two is kind of
just you know, relearning everything and kind of getting back
into that routina school. But uh, you know, I just
as as you get older, you mature, you kind of
you know, prioritize what you know means the most to
you and having a degree and you know, having a good,
good career and professionally, and that was always been important
to me and always kind of been what my parents

(43:54):
talked about. And you know, I just think that, you know,
you have so many support systems around the VESS tutoring,
you know, relying on the guys that have kind of
gone through course courses and that sort of thing to
lean on them for help and support. And you know,
just like I said, you kind of have to manage
your time. Being a student athlete is something that you know,
by by now, guys are used to playing midget. You're

(44:15):
in high school, you're doing all that sort of obviously
not the same course load, but you just kind of
have to, you know, figure out what what is the
most important to you and uh, you know, kind of
just focus in on that. And yeah, school obviously comes first.
It's kind of just they drive that India, the coaching
staff and obviously the program itself. But you know, we don't.

Speaker 3 (44:35):
We aren't, you know, hockey players forever.

Speaker 4 (44:38):
And obviously that's cliche to say that, it's said all
the time, but I needed some sort of a backup plan,
so I figured get my life license, and you know,
finishing up my degree gives me an opportunity to do
something afterwards. And uh yeah, as for hockey, I mean,
like I've touched on before, coach has given me a
ton of opportunity, and you know, he's relied on me
to to be that guy that can produce. And I

(44:59):
know my role in the team just as we all do.
And I think that's why our team this year was
so special. There weren't guys that are you know, trying
to do stuff that you know they aren't meant to
do out there, and you know, I just trusted myself
and my abilities and in God, and I know that
what I'm capable of doing. And if you know, the
coach puts me in that position, I know that I
can go out there and succeed and.

Speaker 2 (45:20):
Talk about things that mean a lot. And I you know,
I am not inside your head, but clearly it was.
It meant a lot to pursue that Canada West Championship
and to win that Canadwest Championship this year. Why well,
I mean, it sounds like an obvious question, but I
think every player is a bit different and certain players,
you know, it just it just means a little bit

(45:41):
more to and I think it would put you in
that category, just based on my observation of being around
you guys for the last few years. Why was that
such a big deal for you guys to to to
win that championship? And I know the season you had
another one that you wanted as well, but we'll get
that in a second. But the Canawest title still is
such a hard thing to win. Why was that so
important to you?

Speaker 3 (46:01):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (46:01):
Obviously, like we've been chatting about individually, it's you know,
it's important for me to have to be a leader
out there and to you know, lead the way offensively
and that sort of thing. That's kind of my role,
I feel like on the team, and I just put
a lot of pressure for myself that way. But you know,
the championship, that's something that we've been talking about since
I've been here. You know, we've had that core core
group of guys like Los Gavo, Ball, Kinderberg, Prefontaine. You know,

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list goes on, Rodney Ross, Jordan Cloy like, like I said,
the guys that I've been with for five years, you know,
going on five years, four years for sure. So you know,
it's just it's been important for me to for for
for my whole life, my whole playing career.

Speaker 3 (46:37):
That's why you play. You want to win. I haven't
really won much in my career.

Speaker 2 (46:41):
I was gonna say, I was looking back, like at
least go back to you fifteen. That's probably your first,
that's your first real championship.

Speaker 4 (46:46):
Yeah, like we haven't haven't won really anything with you know,
any sort of meeting meeting behind it. I guess if
that makes sense. And it's funny because my old man
is the same way. My dad, you know, he played
that that thirteen or fourteen years pro. He played in
the He played a lot of high level hockey. Uh
he never want anything either, so I kind of feel
that through him a little bit of like, you know,

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we got to win something here eventually, And I just
felt like the whole year we had something different.

Speaker 3 (47:13):
It felt, you know, the guys that we brought.

Speaker 4 (47:15):
In, uh, you know, Panner, Regner just to name a
couple of shock obviously he's been here a couple of years,
but just guys like that that we've brought in to
kind of fill roles that maybe we didn't have before.
And I just felt like it was different this year.
For whatever reason, there was a different buzz around the
team and maybe bringing guys in like Wong or you know,
there was just a different energy that that that this

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year had, and you know, just from the get go
from camp it felt different. But I just I don't know,
we had this mission that we were gonna we're gonna
do it this year, and I I didn't believe anything else.
And you know, winning is everything to me. It's the
most important thing in my whole life. And you know,
reached the pinnacle. I guess, if you want to say,
I know it's kind of Wet's not Stanley Cup, but
to us, it feels the same way, and regardless, Yeah,

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we've been working for this for years and it's it's
meant everything to me. I still I still you know,
I'm wearing the Canabis hat today, but it still feels,
you know, like it's it hasn't even said in yet,
or it doesn't feel real. I know some guys you know,
feel the same way. It's it's so important for for
players to win and you know, to have that championship
kind of you know it like I, like I said,

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it's meant everything to me. And you know, obviously we
came up short in the national the National championship there,
but you know, it's why I've been coming back for
the fifth year. We got another shot.

Speaker 2 (48:29):
It really validates though, the decision to come in the
first place. Right, You're like, all this, the knee injury, everything, right,
everything I went through to get to this point. It, yeah,
it makes it all kind of worth it. I know
it's a cliche thing to say, but really, like that
must have been such an almost a relief too.

Speaker 4 (48:44):
Right, Yeah, And that's the that's really what I felt
with it all. Obviously, I've been through a couple of
injuries earlier in the career as a husky and uh,
you know, most guys kind of have to go through
a couple of things as they are here for four
or five years. So but that's you nailed it on
the head to relief. I remember Rennie scored that goal
to go up to nothing and then pre kind of

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sailed it with the empty netter, and I just remember
the feeling on the bench like I'd never like, I
remember just bawling like I just like, like you said,
the relief I've never I looked up with my dad.
I remember looking up there and just seeing him too.
I knew that he was feeling the same way, and
you know, just like you said, the relief of like, wow,
we finally finally did it, finally did something. You know
that people are going to remember, and you know, we're

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champs forever. I'll remember that for the rest of my life.
It's the best probably hockey memory they've ever had.

Speaker 2 (49:32):
Does the the National Championship coming up just a little
short there? Does that take anything away from the emotions
of the Canwest? Are those two separate things? Yeah?

Speaker 4 (49:43):
I mean there's a lot of emotions obviously with winning.
Like I touched on before, to sharing that with my
dad being on the ice huge him afterwards, and you
know I remember him saying, like, we're not done yet,
so obviously, enjoy enjoy the win for a couple of nights.
But we were looking ahead, obviously to that national championship
in Ottawa and you know, beat Queens there early in
the tournament, and I felt that we kind of you know,

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kept our groove coming from from the finals in the
Canada West. And yeah, ran into a good team in
Concordia and you know, they were like a pro team there.
They had a lot of a lot of older guys
as we did too, and yeah, they they gave us
a run. We you know, hit a couple of posts
and in that in that game there, and I thought
that we gave ourselves every opportunity to win that game.
But sometimes just you know, the puck doesn't go in,

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and that's hockey.

Speaker 2 (50:25):
The margins are so slim in a tournament where it's
just one and done right if something goes wrong you
get a hot goalie or anything like that. And like
you said, a couple of posts and maybe it's different,
so you had but you did come back with the
bronze medal in the game that I don't know, we
were we were chatting a couple of weeks ago about
whether or not there's any value in yeah, and having
a bronze medal game. But I mean, take the debate

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out of it. You guys, did at least get a
chance to come home with some hardware?

Speaker 4 (50:51):
Yeah, totally, and I think we're happy with that. Obviously,
it's you got a sour taste in your mouth from losing,
obviously losing out on a gold medal possibility, but uh, yeah,
I mean I think you know, if you guys were
kind of talking about after the game, We're like, we're
gonna look back on this in fifteen twenty years and
we'll be pretty proud of the season that we had
and to you know, walk away with with something the
bronze at least, you know, I think, is you know,

(51:13):
like I said, something you'll still remember and look back on.
But yeah, obviously there's still unfinished business, as cliche as
it is, but yeah, we're already looking forward to, you know,
next year and you know, going for that gold medal.

Speaker 2 (51:24):
Much of us, those of us where I'm sitting, maybe
make too much of this one national championship in nineteen
eighty three. But did was that did Does that create
any pressure? Do you feel that at all from the
outside when you're going to Ottawa in March and you're
thinking it's been you know, and you know it's been
forty two years since that one and only.

Speaker 4 (51:43):
Yeah, yeah, well I think like you kind of touched
on one one national championship program history. It's you know,
at least we have one. There's some programs that don't
have any. But yeah, I think there's added pressure. I
think the alumni or you know, they do so much
for the program and you know, they're eager to kind
of see us get over the hump. Obviously, they won
the Canada West a couple of years ago and we
just did it again this year, and you know, we

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kind of want to keep that winning tradition going. But
uh yeah, it kind of feels like that that national
championship has been so close but so far away every
every other year, uh, you know, coming here. Obviously, that's
kind of the history of the program. They've they've won
so many Canada West titles, so is u of a obviously,
but yeah, it just feels like we haven't been able
to get over that hump of that national championship and

(52:26):
I think this year more than any right from the
get go. Obviously a leader like myself, I think it's
it's about setting that tone and to get the point
across that where we're here for for for for real
and we're gonna win the Canada West again and we're
gonna go win that gold.

Speaker 2 (52:40):
Now because I know, I mean, if you guys are
able to pull that off, I mean you'd be r
be legends forever right and in Husky history. Like you know,
we still know a lot of the names from that
eighteen eighty three team. Obviously, are you do you know
anything about next How are you gonna be wearing a
see next year?

Speaker 4 (52:55):
I don't know. I don't Uh yeah, I don't worry
too much about that. That's kind of up to to
the coaching staff. And you know, I'm just whether I
have an a ARC or nothing on my chest that
it doesn't really change my mindset. I'm still going to
be the leader I know I am, and you know
speak of in the room and you know, being a
fifth year guy, I think that just goes with with
the asia whether or not you got a letter on

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your chest.

Speaker 3 (53:16):
There's so many leaders on our team.

Speaker 4 (53:17):
Every guy that's been here is probably Warren to see
in junior, you know, at least the midget Triple A.
So it's there's a ton of good leaders and you know,
whether we cross that road, it won't really matter for
my game.

Speaker 2 (53:26):
All right, I got one more sort of serious ish
question and then I want to get into sort of
some rapid fire stuff here, but I got to get
your take on sort of the lay of the land
when it comes to the recruiting and and all the
leagues now, because obviously it's become a bit of a
wild wild West here with guys going from s J
to the n C Double A or now the dub especially, Like,

(53:47):
how how do you see that kind of playing out
and what sort of what do you think is going
to be sort of the biggest impact of some of
these these new changes. How's that maybe going to Do
you think it can affect you know, U sports programs?

Speaker 4 (53:57):
Yeah, I think it's you know, this year especially obviously
it's new, right, so it's exciting. Guys are eager to
kind of see what opportunities are out there, and you
know every team is going to kind of lose a
couple of guys in U Sports, so it is what
it is. I think coach has done a great job
with recruiting. We've recruited a couple of guys from the SJA,
a couple of Western League guys, a couple of guys
from the East Coast. So you know, it's just changing,

(54:18):
you know, his game plan on the recruiting end of things.
But you know it's for U Sports itself. I don't
think it's going to affect the league too much. I
think that there's still a lot of good players that uh,
you know, will choose the U Sports over n C
double A. I think that, yeah, it's an opportunity to
go down to the States, but it comes with a
priced egg. Obviously, there are all these schools aren't going
to be able to offer full rides to everybody. So
U Sports is still a great avenue to use your

(54:39):
Western Hocket League money and to be able to come
here and get an education is obviously first and foremost
for a lot of guys, whether that's here, whether that's
in you know, you know, somewhere in somewhere in the States,
Michigan or Ohio State or wherever these these big name
programs are. But you know, the U of S I think,
you know, aside from all the other schools, I think
is separated themselves. Obviously, our facility these the school itself

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speaks for uh speaks, you know, volumes, and just the way,
the the story of the way that we've been able
to recruit in the past two is a good sign.

Speaker 3 (55:10):
There's guys that want to be here.

Speaker 4 (55:11):
There's guys that have opportunities to do other things that
still choose to come here, and I don't think that's
going to change for the foreseeable future.

Speaker 2 (55:18):
Culture and facilities like those are big things when you're
talking about recruiting. I know for sure. I think one
thing I mean is my personally, we're gonna see fewer
and fewer five year guys. I think is what we're
gonna see is all as many players that are gonna
be here for for the full five and that's already
been shifting I think over the last decade, regardless of
what the NCAA scenario is. All Right, I want to
round off here with us some quick hitters here, and

(55:38):
we're gonna call them quick releases. Okay, since we're talking
hockey here, so let's let's do that to sort of
round this thing off. Just some fun hot button not
hot butter is the old quick, quick, fast, rapid fire.
Not the way I'm asking this or leading into this whatsoever.
All right, let's start here. Favorite. This could be anywhere

(55:58):
in your hockey career. Favorite rink that isn't hasn't been
a home rank favorite rink to play because Belsher obviously.

Speaker 4 (56:05):
I mean, yeah, probably Flint Flon. Probably the Zoo up
in flint On. I don't know.

Speaker 3 (56:09):
For whatever reason, I loved playing in there.

Speaker 4 (56:11):
I always felt like I had a little bit more
jump going into there, and uh yeah, I mean the
fans were great but brutal at the same time. And
I always enjoyed playing the moose leg.

Speaker 2 (56:21):
You ever catch the moose leg out there?

Speaker 4 (56:22):
No, I wasn't going near that thing. I think a
couple of years ago a guy in weaver And tried
to steal it and there was a huge bench clearing brawl.
So it wasn't really my style, but yeah, we beat
him most of the time going in there anyways, So.

Speaker 2 (56:33):
Uh, that's a yeah. The zoo is a good way
of putting it, for sure. What about the worst non
home rink or dressing rooms? If you want to boil
it down to.

Speaker 4 (56:42):
That worst non home rink. I mean again, the SJA
played obviously majority of my junior career there. You know,
I respect Killer Kaminsky a ton, but Larne didn't have
the greatest facility. It was tough to play in there.
The ceiling was as you could touch your your stick
touched the ceiling it was so low, So it kind
of felt like a shoe box in there. But I

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wouldn't say it was the worst rink, not worse dressing rooms.
I'd probably give that to I don't know, to be honest,
they probably will Cox, Notre Dame.

Speaker 3 (57:11):
It's a tough one to plan r I P.

Speaker 4 (57:13):
Well, yeah, it's I know our I P is right,
But a lot of great memories in there, but just
not the greatest junior bar maybe not.

Speaker 2 (57:21):
Yeah, Okay, Jimdy, what what what if any pregame rituals
do you have? Relaxed I mean, I've been around you
on the road, you know you seem pretty relaxed before games.

Speaker 4 (57:31):
But yeah, yeah, I don't have anything too out of
the ordinary. I think I'm just I'm kind of a
little finicky with my gear and stuff. I like to
make sure that I have like fresh laces before games
and make sure my sticks are all like the same
length and same tape jobs, same everything.

Speaker 3 (57:45):
I'm kind of a little bit o c D that way.

Speaker 4 (57:48):
But no, I just I drink the same same bile
steel before our team meeting and before our games around
five to fifteen. I did do the same, my routines
the same. Nothing out of the ordinary, But yeah, I
just kind of do everything exact same.

Speaker 2 (58:00):
Ended to start when it was. I mean, it happens
because of the seeding. But like you're you're often the
last guy off the bus. Do you do that intentionally
or is that just because you're sitting at the back.

Speaker 4 (58:08):
Yeah, I ended up getting back there, actually, but uh, no,
I I I just have always been on last, last
off the bus kind of kept I was the same
thing in Yorkton, So once I got back there, I
kind of kept it going. And I like being last off,
and same thing for warm ups, I go, oh last
as well we go for warm ups too.

Speaker 2 (58:26):
So well used to be the last guy off. Yeah,
I always noticed that when he was with the Huskies.
Anyone who was at the Blades when he was for
the Blades.

Speaker 4 (58:33):
Yeah, Once Jeredymitri left, uh because he used to go
last Yeah, and I kind of hang out at the
front with like Jackson Kuloski and the goalies and a
few other guys. But uh yeah, once he left, I
kind of saw it as an opportunity to go back
there because I've kind of done that in junior And yeah,
kind of I love it.

Speaker 2 (58:48):
So white or black tape?

Speaker 3 (58:49):
Black?

Speaker 4 (58:50):
Yeah, I used to be white when I was younger.
My dad kind of forced me to use white tape
for whatever reason. He thought I scored more with white,
but uh, I think I proved him wrong once I
switched to black more exactly.

Speaker 3 (59:00):
The goalies can't see.

Speaker 2 (59:01):
Yeah, yeah, I always thought it was a no brainer,
but I know there's also superstition that goes into the Yeah,
best win song.

Speaker 4 (59:06):
Whole the best win song, that's a tough one.

Speaker 2 (59:10):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (59:11):
We used Dixie Line Delight a lot this year. I'm
a country guy, but I would say drive by Alan
Jackson anytime. We can throw that on any George Tray too,
I don't know. I'm a huge country guy.

Speaker 2 (59:21):
So SASKI, you got a lot. Yeah, Okay, Where's what's
a win song that should be banned permanently?

Speaker 3 (59:27):
Pink Pony Club, of course, of.

Speaker 2 (59:31):
Course too much of that. Yeah, do you have a
most memorable goal?

Speaker 4 (59:37):
Few few, maybe stand out. I think probably scoring my
fiftieth goal. We lost that night and humbold I remember,
but my dad was there at a couple buddies, my
uncle and Aunty, So yeah, I just had some family
and attendants and I was two away that night. I
think I scored like a minute into the game, and
I think I had like, I don't know, thirteen or
fourteen shots on goal before I scored the fiftieth, so

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kind of was around it all night. I just remember, yeah,
looking up into the crowd. It was just a it
was a great moment.

Speaker 3 (01:00:03):
Obviously.

Speaker 4 (01:00:03):
It's kind of a marker that a lot of guys
dreamed to hit, So it was great. Scoring my first
goal with the US. I think I tipped a Connor
hobshot in against Regina, like I think it was our
home opener, second game of the year. I scored my
first goal, tied the game with like for four or
five minutes left. I remember that being pretty exciting, and uh,
I'm trying to think right now. Probably yeah, I think

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maybe even this year when we I tied the I
tied the game against UBC. Uh second game, they were
kind of on the ropes. I just shot went in
from the point and kind of went in and then
obviously you have any scored that that third goal to
kind of uh, you know, send us off to game three.
So all a couple of there's stand out.

Speaker 2 (01:00:43):
Yeah, he got the Kodak moment after that.

Speaker 4 (01:00:44):
Awesome.

Speaker 2 (01:00:45):
That was one of the great great Uh, Liam Richards, what.

Speaker 4 (01:00:47):
A great It was amazing.

Speaker 2 (01:00:50):
So you're a guy that clearly is you have numbers
in mind, like you're not not not everyone does and
not everyone admits to it, but like you're you're it
seems to me that you're you've you think about those
numbers and maybe not in maybe you're not thinking about
it right in the moment, But like how much are
you setting goals in terms of stats and that sort
of thing?

Speaker 4 (01:01:08):
Yeah, I think I don't know, just with anything in life,
having goals and trying to set out and reach thals,
I think it pushes you a little bit.

Speaker 3 (01:01:13):
It gives you kind of a target to chase.

Speaker 4 (01:01:15):
Obviously, like I mentioned, winning is everything, as cliche as
it is, that's obviously my main main focus. But yeah, individually,
I think everybody should go into the season kind of
aiming for something. I don't really have anything top of
mine right right at the moment. This year, I think
if I can replicate what I've done the last couple
of years, I think I would be, you know, pretty happy,
and I would obviously put us in a good situation.

(01:01:35):
But yeah, if I can start to climb the ladder
and husky history and hopefully people remember my name for
years to come, i'd be something special.

Speaker 2 (01:01:43):
I'll give you one forty I'll give you forty points
is the one I'll set for you. Okay, for you
because you've been that close, right even Yeah, well, I
mean thirty eight.

Speaker 4 (01:01:51):
I want to say is that I don't know if
any people know this, but actually the year I had
thirty nine, I actually had forty one, but they didn't
give me credit for two of them.

Speaker 3 (01:02:00):
They yeah, it was a goal and an assist.

Speaker 4 (01:02:03):
They sent in the uh the stat change to the
league and it never happened. So unfortunately I didn't get
to to have that forty locked in. But uh, I'll
get it corrected here.

Speaker 3 (01:02:13):
Yeah, what's your road trip?

Speaker 2 (01:02:15):
Must have?

Speaker 4 (01:02:16):
Road trip? Must have? Oh, that's a good one too.
I'm not a huge junk food guy, like don't love it.
Like I'm not the guy that's gonna grab like a
huge beg of chips or a bunch of a bunch
of fan of your chocolate. But yeah, exactly, I don't know,
I'm a huge Uh I'm trying to think. I probably
if I had to name something, it would be licorice,

(01:02:37):
I guess, or just my headphones. Like I'm a huge
music guy, podcast guy. You know, a good deck of
cards to play play snarps with the guy with the
guys on on the bus. But uh, I don't know
if I can get my hands on a good bag licorice.
Or I'm a big soda guy too.

Speaker 3 (01:02:52):
I like drinking Rupi or doctor pepper.

Speaker 4 (01:02:54):
That's probably my go to.

Speaker 2 (01:02:55):
Like Twizzlers are like black liquer, No, not.

Speaker 4 (01:02:58):
Not black licorice, just like these probably Twizzlers just like
the regular Yeah, that's my go to.

Speaker 2 (01:03:04):
If I like, if we got a black lick guy here,
like that would.

Speaker 3 (01:03:06):
Be oh god.

Speaker 4 (01:03:07):
Yeah, I'm not against it, but it's definitely not my favorite. Also,
Hawkins Cheesy is to be another good one.

Speaker 2 (01:03:13):
Yeah, that's right there. Who's the best chirper? On the hospital.
You can include yourself.

Speaker 4 (01:03:20):
If no, not me. I think percent of the time
I'm joking around. I don't get too serious with it.
I would say the best chirper. Maybe that's a good one.
I don't know. Connor Seleski's up there, Ben Kuchuk, maybe
Benn Vinnie. Vinnie gets a lot of the chirps throwing

(01:03:41):
towards him. I don't think he dishes him out the greatest.
But uh, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:03:46):
I put benko Chuck up there for sure. I'm just
trying to think right now at the top of my head.

Speaker 4 (01:03:54):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:03:54):
I think that.

Speaker 4 (01:03:55):
Yeah, I'll throw myself in the hat too. I like
to I don't know. I like to make the guys laugh.
I don't try and be over serious about it. But
for your teammates, of course, anything to get a laugh.

Speaker 2 (01:04:05):
Yeah, if you had one jersey from your hockey career
that you were going to frame for like your man
cave or whatever. I'm just talking about the look of
the jersey, not even necessarily memories associated with what would
be the best look in jersey.

Speaker 4 (01:04:19):
Yeah, I would probably say the black ones we wore
and we won the cand of West I've always loved
those jerseys. I think they're gonna get rid of them
this year. Finally they've kind of ran their course. But uh,
if I can hang that up, just knowing that there's
champagne and uh, you know, tears on that thing.

Speaker 3 (01:04:34):
And blood, I would love to hang out in my
man cave.

Speaker 2 (01:04:36):
I love it. I love it all right. Uh, just
a couple more here, Uh, actually just one more because
you already kind of mentioned while this atmosphere, I'm gonna
go with the flin flown there. I was gonna, yeah,
I would, I mean, I mean, urnless in the playoffs
is pretty yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:04:47):
Like honestly, nothing replicates that that run that we went on,
especially the finals.

Speaker 3 (01:04:51):
It was it was incredible.

Speaker 4 (01:04:52):
We've ever had a glass delay like that, but I've
never seen that before.

Speaker 3 (01:04:54):
That's for sure.

Speaker 2 (01:04:55):
That was crazy for anyone who I didn't know what
happened here. Maybe like I'll just describe, but basically the
fan of the student section, they were banging on the
end glass so much that it actually kind of came
out of its I don't know how everyone have set up.
It was like pushed forward. It was at an angle.
We had quite a lengthy delay was that in the
final or in the semi final?

Speaker 4 (01:05:13):
Yeah, that was in the final minutes.

Speaker 2 (01:05:16):
So did what like, what was that like for you,
like on the ice when you're like.

Speaker 4 (01:05:19):
Oh, yeah, I just remember, like I was on the bench,
I kind of I just jumped off to to kind
of keep my legs loose or whatever. But I was
kind of just thinking in my head, I'm like, please
don't let this, you know.

Speaker 3 (01:05:31):
Bite us in the ass.

Speaker 4 (01:05:32):
I don't want uh, you know, the stoppage or timeout
or whatever you want to call it to give them life.
Just kind of wanted the clock to wind down as
long as five minutes my life.

Speaker 3 (01:05:41):
So uh yeah, it was awesome.

Speaker 2 (01:05:43):
Those layerus remember standing up a media road going like
at the other end of the rink, and we didn't
realize initially what had happened. What the heck is happening here?
And I have to wheel on the rig and they
have to get all the way from one end of
the ice to the other. Like the crew Myrtle spelsher
is great, but.

Speaker 4 (01:05:56):
I don't see problem.

Speaker 2 (01:05:57):
I don't think they had anticipated having to deal with.

Speaker 3 (01:06:00):
Were prepared for that.

Speaker 4 (01:06:01):
That happened five minutes probably gonna be some new.

Speaker 2 (01:06:03):
Rules in the student section next year in the playoffs
for that. All right. Lastly, you've played for both the
yorkt In Terriers and now this is skots when huskies,
there's a lot of canine representation. Are you a cat
or a dog guy?

Speaker 4 (01:06:16):
Well, I had a family dog. She just passed away
actually a couple of months ago, so I would say
it was a dog guy for most of my life.
But my girlfriend I recently got a cat. Shout out, Merle,
and now I'm a huge cat guy.

Speaker 3 (01:06:31):
I love cats.

Speaker 4 (01:06:32):
There, yeah, it's nothing better and getting home and cuddling
up with them for Merle.

Speaker 2 (01:06:36):
That's for Merle. All right, hey, and that's those are
quick releases a chance. Really excited to watch year five
for you. I was trying to remember, I don't have
any front of you. Who do you guys start off with?

Speaker 3 (01:06:46):
Do you know this ma Royal cat banner?

Speaker 2 (01:06:49):
Speaking of cats, they can watch watch as they lost
the semi final, and then I get to watch you
hang that Canadwest banner early October. So of course you
guys are gonna be back on the ice like late
August probably.

Speaker 3 (01:07:00):
Yeah, I'm in August.

Speaker 2 (01:07:00):
Yeah, yeah, so there we go. So not that long away,
so uh, really appreciate the time man continued success, good
luck selling that insurance. Yeah, and enjoy your summer, your
time off as well.

Speaker 3 (01:07:13):
Appreciate it. Thanks for having me good spot.

Speaker 2 (01:07:15):
Well, I could sit here for a long time with chats.
But Tuck, what a tremendous guest. And you know a
little behind the curtain as well as he stepped up
into the into the void. We had a little bit
of a scheduling issue with the original guest that was
we were intending to have on this week, and I
saw in a little bit of a maybe a slight panic,
I might have reached out to chance and a short notice,

(01:07:35):
and he was very more than willing to hop in
here and sit in the hot seat. What a great chat.
Just a stand up guy all around. And hey, if
you're looking for life insurance, help a guy out, maybe
help him get some commissions too. Uh, no, no, ad there,
I'm just that's just that's just me doing a pro
bone a little promo there for you. But hey, sun Life,
we're always looking for sponsors, so perhaps you'd like to

(01:08:01):
join the good sports party that you've had one of
your own right here in the studio. It only stands
to reason that maybe you want to toss us a
few bucks as well. Get at me good sunlight, folks,
let me know, let's hook it up all right. It
is time, of course, before we go to salute our
good sport of the week, and this week we head
to the links, specifically the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club,

(01:08:23):
which was the site of the Greg's Central Amateur Championship
this past weekend, and Jesse Gibson is our good sport
of the week. He claimed the title with a final
score four over par rounds of seventy five, seventy four
and seventy one. Just winning the tournament alone maybe might
not be enough to make him the good Sport of

(01:08:44):
the week, but the story behind it is a pretty
hard to believe. In fact, he was out of golf
for ten years up until last summer. Is Jesse Gibson
is a former provincial amateur champion. He won the Sas
Junior Amateur back in two thousand and nine. He ended
up going down south to play collegiately. He spent a

(01:09:07):
year at the University of Texas Arlington. He went to
Columbus State, played some golf down there, but then in
his early twenties, he decided to step away from golf
and he decided he was going to do it for
a decade, and that ten years kind of ran out.
Last summer, he got back into competitive golf at the
Provincial Men's Amateur Championship last year and now here at

(01:09:29):
the Greg's Central Amateur at Sastooon Golfing Country Club, he
picks up his first tournament victory in over a decade
and he's still just thirty three years old, So sounds
like he's back in a groove and enjoying the game again.
And that's a scary thought for some of the other
players who are going to be in the field at
the SAS Men's Amateur, which is going to be a

(01:09:49):
humboldt later in July July fifteenth through seventeenth. So just
what crazy story for Jesse Gibson back out on the
horse and hoisting that Greg Central Amateur trophy. Certainly we'll
have to keep an eye on him at the Men's
Amateur Provincial Championship coming up in a couple of weeks time.

(01:10:09):
So Jesse Gibson, you are our good Sport of the
week and we salute you here at Good Sports, and
that wraps up this edition of Good Sports. Once again
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(01:10:30):
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(01:10:52):
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full new edition of Good Sports. You're a good sport.

Speaker 1 (01:11:11):
Whatever makes you happy, what gets you out of bed,
whatever kicks the cop website you'll join in instead of
victorious day dream don'ts a glory of Fame's fin me

(01:11:33):
all on the same team.

Speaker 2 (01:11:36):
It's the name of the game.