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Speaker 1 (00:02):
The following is in Nova Scotia You eighteen Major Hockey
League Intermission Interview.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Welcome back to Cole Harbor Place, where, after two periods
of play, the South Shore Mustangs and the March and
milk co Hunters tied at one apiece. Very pleased to
be joined by Keegan Watt. Keegan is the coach of
the South Shore Mustangs. Keegan a close one. No one
hear your thoughts after forty minutes.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Ah, you know you got two teams that are pretty
similar and strength and weaknesses, and you know they've been
going to battle here tonight, right, and you know we'll
see what the third period brings to who executes their
small details and that would be the team to win
the game.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Both goaltenders have played pretty well, just one goal for
each team. And in that second period the March and
Milkow Hunters were shorthanded but got a couple of big chances,
one of them will Looty on the breakaway, and Ryder
Patterson made a couple of big stages. Maybe just a
word about your goaltenders performance so far through too.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Roder's been well for us, right, you young kid year
kid in the league, and it's a tough it's a
tough grind for a kids that's first year. You know,
he had a little rough starting at the season, but
now he's really finding some confidence and really gaining gaining
his respect in this league.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Now, I've had many coaches say to me that to
coach at any level in any sport, you gotta love it.
What is it about coaching that appeals to you.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
It's just helping the kids be better people, right, that's
what we want.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
That's a big thing in our program. Right.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yes, we're all hockey players, but it all comes to
an end at some point. So you know, a big
thing in our program is we try to make them
better people and and get them ready for the next stage,
rather that's junior hockey or university or trade, whatever it
may be in life.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
That that's our big thing.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Who have been some influential people in your hockey life,
whether it's from playing time or even your coaching career.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Big for me is you know down on the South Shore,
Sean Woodworth, he got me into this high level coaching
and you know, fell in love ever since.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
And and another one would be Lorie Baron.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Laurie gave me a chance to get into the scouting
side of the game, and and you know them two
guys right there are very very important to me in
the hockey world.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
We like to focus on the Nova Scotia a team
major hockey league, but you mentioned Lori Baron, so let
me ask you a little bit about your thoughts on
what the Yarmouth Mariners mean to that community and the
fans down there.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Oh, it's it's huge, right, what Laurie does with that
program off the ice and into the community, and it's
just it's massive right there. The community buys into that
program so well. You know, you go down there on
any any given night that they're playing and you've got
a thousand plus people in the stands, right, So right
there shows how much, you know, how much it means
to the community.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
When you're coaching these young players, what kind of messaging
do you want to instill in them to make them
better people, better players?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Hard work, right, hard work gets you through gets you
through things, right, you know, problems in life, problems anywhere. Right,
Just keep that work ethic going and good things will happen.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Tell me a little bit about the building that you
guys play your home games in, because I haven't actually
seen a game there, but I've heard really good things
about it.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Oh, very nice facility we got, probably, i'd argue, one
of the top dressing rooms in the league. You know,
you walk in a nice backdoor entrance into our nice room,
walk off that to right onto the bench, and then
up top.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
You know, you've got a.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Nice seating area, nice four yer entrance, library, swimming pool,
you know, pretty much anything.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
You want we got at our facility. So it's nice
for the voice.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I said, I haven't seen a game there, but at
some point this season, I'll be down at least once
to call a home game for the Mustangs. We'll wrap
up with you here in a second, but I want
to ask you as well what anyone has never seen
this Mustangs team play. I know it's early in this season,
but how would you explain or describe your team's identity.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
We're a hard working group right right now, we're a
little inexperienced in the league, right, thirteen new bodies and
this is a tough league to come into to participate in,
right It's it's tough day in day out. Right. You
got guys that are you know, pretty well ready for
Junior A. Some guys are going to make the jump
the major junior and and as a as a young
fifteen or even a sixteen year old kid played you
(04:12):
sixteen last year. It's it's a tough, tough, tough battle here, right,
So you know, we just instill hard work into our group,
our small details and see how it goes at end
of the year.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
All right, before I let you go, a quick sales
pitch for anyone listening as to why they should come
out and watch a Nova Scotia UA teenage Jocoelyue game
in person.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
That's the top kids in the province.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Right, You're gonna see some of these names, you know
skating over at the Scotia Banks and are you know
at the videotron in Quebec. Right, you know it's very
very good hockey and and a lot of good hockey
players in the league right now.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, Coach Keigan Watt, we appreciate your time and we
wish you success in the third period and the rest
of the season.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
All the best. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
It's been a pleasure, Thank you very much. That is
Kegan Watt. He is the head coach of the South
Shore Mustangs.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
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