November 5, 2024 • 46 mins
On this week's Happy Hour show, Coice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Co-Host Kim Cota-Robles are joined by Rookie Forward Sam Lipkin as they talk about his first professional goal and overcoming his preseason injury. Johnny and Kim also draft their favorite donuts and AHL logos and preview the series versus the San Diego Gulls.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's five o'clock.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Got yours Huesday the tuc Sun Runners heavy out from
Fox Sports fourteen fifty AF. Jonathan, Right, we.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Know the story, but you gotta tell the viewers that starts.
It's so funny.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's our usual Tuesday night get together.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
So I don't know, maybe we should start implementing some
breakdance pre games during the season and see how that goes.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Right here on Tucson Sports Day yet, Fox Sports fourteen
fifty AM.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Fox Sports fourteen fifty am. Our usual Tuesday night get together.
My name is Jonathan Schaeffer joining me. Caim coder Robe
was once again we're gonna have Sam Lipkin on the
show momentarily, but Kim, we're doing a little things differently
today for today's show, as it's been an unordinary week
(00:50):
or you know, a week we're not used to. Tucson
had two early games on Tuesday and Wednesday, they split
the series against Abbotsford. No games this past weekend. We
all had. We all had the weekend off essentially what
the players did. They still had practice and stuff, but
no games, which we're really not used to in the
middle of the season.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
And then all the all of a sudden we have
games this upcoming weekend. So the weekend went by quick.
It was a fun weekend. We're gonna get Sam Lipkin
on the show. He scored his first career goal last
week as well, and uh yeah, it was a good
week overall. And uh now it's just back to work.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
And then this weekend we're not Friday Saturday games. We're
Saturday Sunday games. So it's just been bizarre for like, well.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It's it's funny, Kim. What I noticed that I do is,
you know, even if we have a Friday Saturday game,
I always still call it a a weekend slate because
I don't know, to me, like Friday just feels like
a weekend now, especially when the jobs we work, we
don't work like regular nine to five jobs. We're you know,
we're constant. It's constant for us. And especially when I
(01:52):
was in college, you don't usually take the Friday classes.
I don't know if you did when you went to school,
but Friday's just always felt like the weekend to me.
But now like now that we have a couple of
Saturday Sunday games, and I say, like, yeah, we truly
do have actually a weekend slate against the Goals this weekend.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Mm hmm. Yeah, I don't remember whether I took classes
on Friday. I feel like I did, but I might
not have gone as much as I would have any
other day. I probably had Freday classes.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, that's usually how it goes, all right, Kim. We're
gonna do things a little different newly here as Sam
Glipkin will be joining us shortly. So what we're gonna
do for this show. We're gonna start off right out
the top of the hour with our drafts. Kim. I
don't know if we've done this draft before the Insider podcast,
but at this point we're so far deep into doing
(02:39):
all these draft topics. Is you know, if we've done
this in the past, we're just gonna do it again.
Maybe I gotta start looking at past shows to make
sure that we're not repeating drafts. But I don't think
we'd done this one before. You chose favorite donuts, and
then we're gonna do favorite HL logos, so I think
we should start off with the food. Let's get the
food out of the way, Kim. I always like to
(03:01):
give you the first one, since you came up with
this idea Favorite donuts. Kim, You're on the You're on
the clock.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Absolutely the number one best donut of any donuts. Boston Cream.
It has everything. It's got chocolate, it's got donut, and
it's got pudding. Like what else Boston donut.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I'm gonna look at that. I'm gonna look that up
right now.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Boston Cream donut. Oh I looked up Boston Creek.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
That's not it.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Boston Cream.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
See.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
This is why I can't look step up because no, no, no,
I want to see a picture of it. Oh that
looks good.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
It's kind of filled with vanilla pudding.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Oh you know what. That's like kind of similar to
one of my picks. But I didn't call it Boston cream.
But that's really similar to one of mine.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Is it the same?
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It might be, I don't know. Mine was just like
chocolate stuffed, but like it's just like the chocolate donut
stuffed with like the cream.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Okay, well, because they also do like they'll do donuts
with like like a whipped cream inside, and Boston cream.
Is not that a little different vanilla pudding?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Okay? No? Yeah, right, because yeah, the one I have
is like vanilla pudding. So you just took it off
my list. I just called it something else. Okay, all right,
my first pick. I feel like I'm surprised you didn't
take this one. This one's kind of a given. You
gotta go with the apple fritter, right for the first one.
You know, glazed apple fritter donuts absolute go to. They're
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usually huge, at least the donut shops I've been to,
so you're kind of getting a more bang for your buck.
And yeah, I'm gonna go with the apple fritter.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Okay, okay, And I feel like next time, maybe we
need to talk about where donuts like the locations that
we go to for maybe we need to draft donut
locations because this next one for me is very specific,
and anybody who's local to Tucson knows the bakery the Caves, Johnny,
I feel like you don't know it because it's on
twenty seconds and I don't think you it's like twenty
(05:10):
second and Alvernon, I don't think you've spend a lot
of time in that part of town. But anybody who's
gone to the Caves knows they're glazed donuts, the super
simple glazed donuts, Like they hit different I don't even
know how to describe glazed. No, just just a regular
glaze donut.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
No.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
The Caves has been making donuts for I don't know
how long, and every Sunday when I was growing up,
my mom used to go get a dozen and then
we'd go to my uncle's house with my whole family
and we would all just eat the donuts. And but
there are like next level, amazing good donuts li Caves.
That sounds good.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, I don't know any donut spots here. I usually
don't like go out and get donuts. I mean, there
are a couple back in Riverside that I know of.
But you know what I'm gonna do, I'll tell you
here in Tucson.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
On Saturday when I come, when I come to the
arena ridiculously early, I will bring some of the Caves
donuts with me so you can have one to taste.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I would love that. That would be awesome, all right,
Next one for me. This one's kind of a main
staple as well. Just the maple bars.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Oh yeah, you can get the chocolate bar. I like
the maple bar a little bit more because it's just
it's something different, even though it's kind of a main
staple as well, but uh, those ones are good when
you dip in milk. I feel like any donuts are
good when you dip in milk, but those ones are because,
like it gives you the right angle for it gets
a long bar so you can like you can stick
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it into your glass.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Nobody else can see my face that made you make
that that like you have to like really hype it up.
I've never I don't think I've ever dipped a donut
in milk. Every's entirely's crazy. Yeah, is that a thing?
But you don't drink I don't drink coffee, Oh my god. No.
H And if I were to drink tea and eat
a donut, like that's just so much sugar. Oh my gosh, no,
(07:01):
I would crashed so hard after I had.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I had coffee this morning. I went to Starbucks on
my way to work and I got a salted caramel
something cold brew and it was really good, but it
has just messed up my stomach this.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Whole day and oh my god.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Yeah, and I'm like really regretting it was good at
the time. Luckily, it's like kept me energized because I
went to bed a little late last night, so I'm
feeling great, but then now my stomach hurts. So I
got that's like the downfall of coffee sometimes it that's how.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
It gets you. I think it's post to do that, Like.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
No, it is, but yeah, at the same time it hurts.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Yeah yeah, no, not a fan. Okay, So my number
three is super simple, just around chocolate covered doughnut.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Yeah, yeah, it's just the go to. Yeah, I had
a similar one to that. My next one, Kim. I
don't know if you've had this one, but they've I've
seen about a couple of places, but a bacon donut
where like, yeah, they have like like they put bacon
on the donut and like in the donut as well.
You never had that.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
I'm trying to remember. Probably not. Is it like chocolate
and then bacon or is it just bacon on the
donut and then that's it and then the ba the
doughnut also tastes like bacon.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
It's like some places do it all differently, but I
think the place I had it, like it was just
kind of like a glazed donut with with bacon on it,
and you just you kind of get that that bacondy
sweet flavor. Probably doesn't sound good when you when now
and I'm just talking about it, but like it is
good if you're a big bacon lover like me. And
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it was kind of shaped like one of those bear claws,
at least the one I had, mm hm, and so like, yeah,
I had bacon bits on it. I think you had
bacon inside it too. I'm not sure if it's like
a special bacon glaze, but yeah, I mean it's you
get two and one in a breakfast, you get bacon,
and you get your donut. So bacon donut.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
This is making me so hungry for donuts that now
I'm definitely yeah, okay coffee from early, I am hungry
for donuts where I'm like yes, now, like this would
be an excellent opportunity for us to go visit the
different donut locations and then come back for a draft
with locations because we get to go taste them all. Oh,
we should we should.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Go do it. We should go do a donut tasting,
get an ultimate sugar crash, and then yeah, come back
and then do a draft the same day. That'd be awesome.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
No, I don't think I don't want to crash on
the on the on the show.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
I had a sugar crash after Halloween. But we'll talk
about that later on. Okay, that was not ideal.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Did you go trigger treating?
Speaker 3 (09:37):
We gave away candy?
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Way were you in costume?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I was in costume.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Do you remember what I told you I was going
to be last week? No?
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Oh, no, because I said I think I said on
the Insider podcast.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
You didn't. I don't think you told me.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
I feel like I would have remembered I was.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
I was a narwhale.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
No, you didn't tell me that.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Okay, I did not. We'll talk about that. We'll talk
about that later on. After we get we get Sam,
I'll ask him what is uh he did over the
Hollow weekend?
Speaker 4 (10:05):
Yeah, okay, my number four.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
I don't know if you've had this one, but a
blueberry cake donut. Have you ever had blueberry cake donut?
It's like it's almost like a blueberry muffin, but in
donut form, and like the outside is usually like a
little bit not crispy, but it's a little bit harder,
but the inside is like super super soft blueberry cake.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Every time we talked about these donuts, I keep looking
up photos even though it's probably like the exact one,
but like, this just looks good. It's something with like
like blueberry frosting on top and stuff.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
I'm like, oh, oh, I've never had that.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
They look amazing. All right, next one for me, I'm
gonna go with another basic one, just like a pig
donut with sprinkles on top, like from Simpsons, The Simpsons,
the Simpsons donut, the one that uh, Homer's dope always eating.
So yeah, basic, basic again, very basic here.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
I wonder what it's really called, because every time I
order one, I would say the pink donut, the pink
sprinkle donut. Does it have a name?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
No, I think it's just a pink sprinkle donut. Or
it's just like Conic from the Simpsons.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Yea.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
They even sell them at what's it called Universal? They
sell like the pink donuts.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Like Universal?
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Oh interesting, Yeah, what's it called Universal Hollywood or something?
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Yeah, Universal Studios, Yeah, studio, you go, they sell the
pink don's. I've been there once. It was very busy,
not not worth it in my opinion. But what are
you gonna do?
Speaker 4 (11:37):
I don't know. Okay, So my last pick, and it's
similar to my my number four, but a chocolate cake donut,
like have you ever gotten? You know, the little mini
circle ones from dunkin Donuts? What are those called? The
little circles, the little circles, what are they called? I
(11:58):
need somethy to call into the show and tell me
what they're called?
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Doned little circles from dunkin Donuts. Oh like their little balls.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
Munchkins, Oh, munchkins. They're called munchkins, those little chocolate munchkins.
And then they have the blueberry munchkins that pack that
the pack, not the powdered ones. I don't like the
powdered ones. But all cake munchkins are so good, so
amazingly good.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Okay, sounds really good. Okay, last one for me, jelly donut.
You know powder maybe a powdered jelly donut?
Speaker 4 (12:32):
What or jelly in a donut?
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Ok we just have some different tastes and food.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Yeah, mine's better, no sense?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
But yeah again another basic one, jelly filled donut. Give
me one of those.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Eh. Okay, that was a good draft. But again, and
now I really want a donut and I'm not at
all hungy donuts.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
I'm still I am so sugared out I'm sugared out
from this past week it being Halloween and as you know,
as you folks probab you know, unless you don't know,
I have a really I have a big sugar tooth
or sweet tooth. Yeah. So I had a lot of
sugar over this past weekend with all the candy and
and stuff. So I'm like, and I had the coffee
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this morning and I'm like, oh, I gotta stop. I
might need to go on a sugar a sugar diet
or something.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Did you have a lot of trigger treaters?
Speaker 3 (13:24):
We did, Yeah, we did. We had a lot of
people like driving into our neighborhood and then parking and
then trigger treating. Yeah, that was fun our Kim. Before
Sam Lipkin comes on soon, real quickly, we're gonna draft
our favorite h O logos. I'll go first on this one.
I'm alexing myself to go first. This one's gonna get
a little bit of hate. This one's gonna get a
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little bit of hate, Kim, But uh, you know, I'm
trying to not be as biased as possible to get
uh two Son's not gonna be on this listener because
we already know we have the best logo. But these
are other logos and uh, honestly, most of mine are
from the Pacific Division because I do think we have
the best jerseys as well. But not gonna get much
love from this, but I gotta go with Coachella Valley.
It's a sick logo. It's a cool logo. It's literally
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a firebird. They have great jerseys as well. I'm sorry everybody,
but you have to respect your enemies sometimes, and Coachella
Valley has probably the coolest logo besides the Roadrunners. Rovers
Kachina logo is probably the best, even though it's not
technically our primary.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
But yeah, the colors are so good. They match everything.
They look so sharp. It's so clean, I do and
I think the Kraken marketing branding is killing it. Between again, mes,
we we're enemies.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
We don't like them, they don't like us, but you
have to respect them at the same time, and we
definitely do respect the rivalry that we have with them.
But they they definitely look good out there. Well they
play they do.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
That was actually my number three, so now, okay, there
you go. I'm salty. Okay, so my number one is
actually in conference too. The it's Henderson. I think their
logo the horse, the horse looking straight at you, it's
an H. So they took an H and then they
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made it look like a horse. Yes, it's an H.
Look at it. Tell me you don't tell me. Don't
see it. It's an age.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
I mean, I see a horse, but I don't see
an age.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Really, the gray in the gray, why are you looking at.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
I'm looking at the horse, the horse that's looking directly
at you.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Yes, it's it's an H. For person bro, it is
an age, Yes it is.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
That's pull on Twitter. Is the Henderson Silver Knight's logo
and H.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
I don't think it's hidden within the logo kind of
like there's like hidden things and logos. I think like
fat Ax has stuff hidden in their logo. Yeah, it's
super subtle, but it's an age and that's I think
why they probably chose that way that you look at
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at the horse and not from the side because it's
an AH. But yeah, they're the the Golden Knights and
the Kraken. I think their marketing and branding teams just
next level with their with their logos that entire the
entire brands.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Someone I'm gonna ask someone I'm gonna ask my contact
from Anderson and ask if.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
That's true, because I can just go for it.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I am not seeing it at all, but if I'm wrong,
I'm wrong, I'll admit when I'm wrong. I don't see it,
but it is a sick logo, and I personally like
I like when teams of the affiliation like have similar colors,
but it's their own things. Still. That's what I like
about some logos and like, yeah, sure some teams are
the same colors, but at least they kind of brand
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themselves a bit differently too. Uh similar to my next pick?
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Wait wait, wait, real quick, real quick, before we move
on for Henderson, have you seen you know the Golden
Nights logo. There's a V in it? Right for Vegas?
Speaker 3 (17:08):
There's a does a V in the Nights?
Speaker 4 (17:09):
One? I give up.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
I give up on you now. I'm looking this up too. Okay,
that one I see that one? I see clear.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Look at them next to each other. One's a V
and one's an H.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Actually I've never noticed it was a V. That's funny.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
You're giving me a migraine.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
I don't see the h. Oh. This is we're getting
too hung.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
We need people to call in. People need to call
in and pack me up on the please, Okay, go ahead, Johnny, all.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Right, next one for me. I like the Abertsford Canucks logo. Yeah,
it's just like it just screams hockey to me. You know,
it's literally a Canuck skating you know, and uh, you
know again it's a it's similar colors to Vancouver's jerseys,
but like at the same time, they had kind of
have their own style of the coloring. And I think
that logo is kind of just perfect for an affiliate
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team of a Canuck.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
You know, it looks like a hockey logo.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
It's a hockey logo and that's why I've I've always
liked it.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
So my number two is g RG Grand Rapid Griffins.
I love that Griffin. It's so good and it's it's
interesting because it you I don't think you can tell
that it's affiliated to Detroit. So they're very much kind
of like alone, yes, but it's so like intense, Like
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our road Runner is not intimidating, right, Our Roadrunner is
a little bit more cartoony, but like you see an
actual road runner in real life, like they're really like
they look like dinosaurs.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
So logos more intimidating. But we have the cartoony look
because it's like it's it's the road Runners, you know,
It's like I think it was supposed to be a
little cartoony, right, but.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
The grand rapid Griffin, and granted a griffin isn't a
real thing, but still it's like this big, intimidating like
it's off to the side, like it's super intense, so
like you could do a you know, you could do
a lot of branding with that. I love that logo.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Giant Bird. Next one for me, I'm gonna go with
the San Diego goals, just because I guess that one's
a little biased screw up a goals fan along with
the Ducks. Love their coloring. I love that the goal
has its own little hockey stick. That's what I've noticed
a lot about our Pacific Division. A lot of the
logos have a hockey stick with them. Let's see, because
you got you got Abbotsford with the stick, US with
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the stick, San Jose with a stick, Bakersfield with the stick,
San Diego with a stick as well. So a good
amount of our division rivals have sticks in their logos.
And I always like that too, So I like the goals.
One has a little glove too, So yeah.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
That's a good one. Okay, So my number three was
Coachellis and I'm having to move everybody up. So my
number three now is the Milwaukee Admirals.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Okay, I like it. I do.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
I love that the skull and then the A is
actual bones if you look at it close up. And
I like the color scheme too. I like the light
blue and the dark blue, and it's just it's really clean.
It doesn't look dated to me at all, Like this
is a this is a logo that could last. It
could stand some stand some time.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
It works. Next one for me? What is this? Fourth? Yeah,
fourth one for me.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
They're also one of my favorite jerseys in the league
as well, besides the Kachina Cleveland Monsters. I always I've
always liked the colors. Uh, like literally those are like
the blue and the black and the kind of khaki
t not catholic. What color would you call that? Like
goldish ish? I don't know, but saying the Cleveland Monsters. Yeah, okay,
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it's all like just some of my favorite colors. Like,
I like, I like that style. So I just have
to have like the logo too because of the coloring.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Gotcha. Okay, okay, So my number four is the Manitoba Moose.
It's really easy, It's really easy. It is again it's
another like really intimidating uh logo, And yeah, I think
it just works. It's so it's so Canadian, it's so
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hockey like. It's you don't need to say anything. Manitoba Moose,
Manitoba Moose. Last one for me, going to go with
the San Jose. Barracuda worked for them for a bit.
Love the again, love the style that they Oh wow,
I should have done to this.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Page, this page a lot better showing off the logos.
Love their style, you know, similar to the Sharks, but
they had the cool SJ in the background of their
logo with the Kuda holding the hockey stick. They kind
of changed it over the past couple of years. But
uh yeah, gotta go with the San Jose is my
last one.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Okay, And I have to pick a new one because
you took Coachella from me, So I'm looking at everybody
right now. I don't know. Maybe the Crunch I like.
I like the Syracuse Crunch.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Crunch is good. Yeah, and they have a cool one.
I never knew what that logo is, Like, who is
that goalie? Is that player?
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Like I think it, I.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
Don't know what it is. I've never like because I
get the crunch as in like crunching like someone along
the boards or something, or crunching a player when you're
hitting them, but like I've never known what they're like,
what it is.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
I don't know, But I like their mascot. He's really
funny looking. He looks like the guy in the logo, yeah,
which is like, I yeah, it's some futuristic dude. I
don't like the way the stitch like comes around. Oh
that's not the biggest fan of their colors. But the
crunch and.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
He has like a cape on. He's like a superhero.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Yeah, like from the future super that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Yeah, what is it? What is the crunch? Now? I'm
like really cureous. I've never you never think about this
stuff till you talk about it, and all of a
sudden you're like, what are the crunch? What is it? It's
just like I don't know, We'll have to uh.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
I like stuff like that though, that yeah, like yeah,
it's like an emotion or a sound or a feeling.
It's not like an actual tangible thing, but somebody made
it into a tangible thing and then you brand it,
and yeah, I think it's a really good representation of crunch.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
They just make it work, all right, Kim, great drafts drafting,
our favorite doughnuts, our favorite HL logos now number seventy
one forward, Sam Lip and Sam, how's it going, man, it's.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Going good, guys. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to
be a part of the radio.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Yeah, it's great to have you on. Congratulations scoring your
first professional Hockey League goal in last week's five to
victory over the Abbotsford Canucks. Talk to you about it
after the game, but yeah, just walk us through it.
It was a kind of a tougher once again. You
had to kind of crash into the blue pain one
hundredrew have fed you a good pass, but yeah, just
walk us through the moment and how you were feeling
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after that goal.
Speaker 5 (23:53):
Yeah, obviously that first one pretty special to get the
monkey off the back. So yeah, honestly, a really good chef.
We had a few chances, didn't bury then obviously kind
of just got to pucks in that jersey is there
and I had my stick on the ice at the
right time, right time, right place, And I'm just glad
to get the first one off so I can just
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keep rolling and keep growing on my game.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Yeah, and I know Adrian had you on during the
during rookie camp, right I believe. Oh yeah, back in
Utah and obviously it's been a while since then, But
just how are things going for you in the beginning
stages of this season. How is the rest of training camp?
And it just how are you getting acclimated to you know,
just getting more reps with the Roadrunners as the season
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goes on. And now that you've gotten the first goal
out of the way, how do you build off of that.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah, it's been great.
Speaker 5 (24:44):
Obviously, had some minor setbacks with a head injury during
the end towards the end of training camp, so obviously
just it was a fight to get back and get acclimated.
But yeah, ever since I've been back in Tucson, really
have been feeling like myself, just been trying to acclimate
myself within within the team, really emphasize on practicing when
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I wasn't playing at the time, So it was a
it was a little stumbley there, but we're again smooth
and starting again some games and again the game action.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
So it's been great and the guys have been great
as well.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
So so Sam, I haven't had a chance to meet
you yet. Hi. I'm Kim and so nice to meet you.
My questions are going to be more like, you know,
explain who you are, tell us where you come from.
For people who are listening to the show for the
first time, give us a little bit, give us a
little bit about your background, and tell us a little
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bit of the stuff that's not on on you know,
online that we can see. Yeah, where are you from?
What's going on?
Speaker 5 (25:45):
Yeah, I'm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lived probably town miles outside
the city. I come from Quinnipiac University and hand the
Connecticut I did two years there. Really fortunate enough to
to get my education there and win a national championship
there as well. It's been it was a great two
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years for me. And from there, I played two years
in the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
So I'm a guy.
Speaker 5 (26:13):
I kind of been everywhere east coast, west coast, mid coast, Midwest.
So yeah, it's been good. And obviously, yeah, I'm from Philadelphia.
My dad's from Winnipeg, Manitoba, so half Canadian there. Yeah,
so I so, yeah, a little bit of everything, okay.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
And what did you study at Quinnipiac?
Speaker 5 (26:34):
So technically I didn't have to declare a major the
year I left, but I was studying just general business.
I was probably gonna go into finance. I'm still looking
to try to finish that degree, so that's something I'm
gonna do.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Down the line.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
How much do you have left?
Speaker 1 (26:51):
I have a year and a half Quippi.
Speaker 5 (26:53):
I had a great program for us to kind of
accelerate and make sure we're on top of our grades
as well, so I was fortunate enough to get a
full semester done extra So it's close, but you just
gotta chip away at it.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
And yeah, how how did well Your dad, I know
you just said, is from Manitoba. Were you a Manitoba
Moose fan growing up?
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Honestly? Slightly? Yeah? We we.
Speaker 5 (27:18):
Honestly when I was younger, we went to the Moose games,
we went to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers games. So yeah,
I still got family over there in Winnipeg, so I'm
pretty pretty in tune with Winnipeg sports.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
So were you always going to be a hockey player.
When did you start playing?
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Around like two and a half three? So okay, pretty much?
Speaker 5 (27:38):
Yeah, wow, and kind of once I once I got older,
I really didn't play any other sports. My other sport
was considered a roller hockey at the time, big roller
hockey player growing up. Kind of started in roller hockey,
transition to ice and kind of just never looked back.
But yeah, you can say I'm a one sport athlete.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Okay, you're in and out of Tucson. We got you
a little bit last season and then I know you
Scottsdalen doing that stuff, rolled away from Connecticut. But have
you had a chance to explore to Son yet? Do
you have any favorite places you like to go anything
like that yet?
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (28:19):
I got one place, Charles Steakhouse. Honestly, it's one of
my favorites. And I've had a few dinners there with buddies,
so it's that that. Places been great. I really haven't
got to explore too much. I'd love to try to
get on a trail or a hike in the mounds.
Uh maybe on the season kind of wind's down or
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we have a little break. So uh yeah, I'm kind
of new to the area. But I'm trying to explore
the best I can.
Speaker 4 (28:47):
Are you a golfer? Are you or a hiker?
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Yeah? I'm a big golfer.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Okay, my summer's pretty much entailed golf and hockey. So yeah,
I've been for enough to go. A few of the
guys already see some golf courses. It's been great, but
it's nice that the weather is cooling down a little bit.
It's kind of tough to golf in the ninety degrees
ninety five degree heats.
Speaker 4 (29:11):
So but it's cheap. Oh yeah, these are cheap when
it's so oh god, just get a little bit of
sun burn, but you save some money.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Oh yeah, good deal.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Try golfing in a one hundred to five degree weather.
It's it's it's cheap, but it's not ideal.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
It's very not ideal at all.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
When we make it work, Sam, we had this past
weekend with no games. I know you guys still had
practices and still got to work, but yeah, we just
was it like to just kind of wind down a
little bit, kind of get the deserved rest. And what
were your plans for all the week? Did you do
anything fun?
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Yeah, we had a good team party then obviously we
got the weekend had practice, but uh yeah, it's kind
of kind of a new change playing midweeks, so being
able to get off, have some time, kind of just
chill really except my place, It's it's been great.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
So I saw I was told that someone saw on
social media Matthew Volalta and Igor Sokolov were Ninja Turtles
the teenage Any were there any other costumes that stood
out of our guys wearing at the party?
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Uh, honestly, that was that was a great deal.
Speaker 5 (30:22):
Uh you the other guys, I'm trying to think, uh, like, uh,
latsios a farmer. That was a good one. He's all
dressed up. But uh, Soaks and Matt may have taken
the best costume duo for sure.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
Wait who is a farmer?
Speaker 2 (30:38):
Lots?
Speaker 4 (30:40):
Oh oh, I would we definitely need to see pictures
of that.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Oh gosh, want to that's awesome. I was I was
a narwhal. I was in I was in a onesie
narwal costume, which I might be posting on social media
sometime in the next few days, so you'll you'll probably
see it out there.
Speaker 4 (30:59):
What color is a narwal? Johnny?
Speaker 3 (31:01):
It's well, mine's like light blue.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Okay, yeah, and then like a rainbow, like a rainbow horn.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
Or no, it's just a regular horn. It's just like
it was just a hoodie. I was gonna be a turtle,
but the shells just too big, and I'm like, it's
not gonna work with me in big crowds. So I
was looking still. I just wanted to be an aquatic animal.
And I saw narmal onesie and I was like, that's it.
Forty bucks nice or so, yeah, it was. It was fun.
Speaker 4 (31:28):
Yeah, Hey, Sam, how long do you think you would
survive in a zombie apocalypse.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Like a fall on zombie apocalypse?
Speaker 4 (31:38):
Is there like a half zombie apocalypse, like we're just
kind of.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Like like whole world takeover by zombies or what?
Speaker 4 (31:43):
Yeah, world War Z? How long are you lasting?
Speaker 1 (31:48):
I would like to say at least two weeks?
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (31:54):
I try to be a long term maybe maybe go
up in the woods or mounds, try to try to
get away from everything that I could buy you some time.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
But yeah, that's a good question.
Speaker 4 (32:04):
I think it's really it's interesting because like we asked
Cameron he big yeah, and I think Cam was one
of the ones who said he could last for a
while because he could just go out into the middle
of nothing. He's totally fine, you know, like being in
the middle of nothing. Yeah, and he's just gonna wait
it out.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Yeah. Yeah, probably the only thing you can do.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
Yeah, okay, So okay, So another weird question, What is
the nerdiest thing about you?
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I wear glasses?
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Is that nerdy? I don't want to be there?
Speaker 3 (32:36):
No, Sam, I've seen you because like I've seen you
in these past couple of trips and like you have
the full suit and the glasses on, and sometimes I
just don't recognize you because you just, uh, you look
like you're like a CEO of some big company on
travel and I'm like, Sam, oh that is Sam.
Speaker 5 (32:52):
It's my school look, yeah, it's my school. Luck, It's
what I like to wear a classroom. So I think
that gives me some as smart. So I gotta say that,
are you in.
Speaker 4 (33:02):
Your sighted or far sighted? And is it really bad?
Because you're not wearing your glasses right now?
Speaker 5 (33:06):
It's far side, far sided and it's not a very
low prescription. So I'm currently wearing contacts in right now,
but I do not need them on a daily basis.
But like, like Johnny said, we're on we're on the
road traveling.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
I like to like to be easy and just wear
the glasses.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
So, and is that what guys usually do, like, because
obviously you can't wear glasses out on the ice, so
most guys like have to wear contacts. Whether Yeah, that's scary.
I feel like that's scary. Anything could happen when someone
punches your eye or something.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Yeah, knock on wood. Nothing's ever happened.
Speaker 5 (33:36):
Yeah, mid game, but uh yeah, it's got to be
ninety percent contacts, maybe ten percent glasses.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
So that's fair.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Yeap.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Interesting. I never thought about that before that. Like now
I'm like going through every hockey player in my head,
and no, none of them were glasses, even like even
like the little guys. It's junior road runner.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (33:59):
Oh interesting, se yep. Okay, all right, what was I
going to ask you? Okay, Sam, if you were a donut,
what kind of donut would you be? And why? Ah,
you can take a minute to think about this because
I feel like it's really important.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
Yeah, I don't think I've ever been asked that, honestly, Sauce,
I'm pretty basic. I think just like a glazed donut,
like I think that just like go to down to
earth easy.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
You can eat it like eat in the morning, you
have glazed donut at night.
Speaker 5 (34:32):
Like I feel it's just simple and I feel like
that fits me. So got to keep it simple with
the glazed donut.
Speaker 4 (34:38):
That's a good answer. That's really thoughtful. I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Yeah, of course.
Speaker 4 (34:42):
Wait, Johnny, what would you be? Pink sprinkles?
Speaker 3 (34:45):
Probably pink with sprinkles. Yeah, I'm a very I'm a
very sweet guy. I guess you know I would go
with that, especially I have a big sweet tooth.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
So yeah, yeah, that's a good answer. Feeling it's really appropriate.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
Kim, what would you be? What do you think you
would be?
Speaker 4 (35:05):
Oh? A chocolate long john Oh, I love chocolate long
guns too. There they were not on my list today,
but I love chocolate long.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
I don't think i've heard of that one.
Speaker 4 (35:16):
Google it. It's just a long. It's just a long.
You you talked about the maple donut earlier. It's like that,
but with chocolate Oh okay, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
Okay, yeah, yeah, it's like.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
It's it's so funny to me because it's exactly the
same as like the circular donut. The chocolate covered donut.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yeah, but it's just.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
More of it and in a different shape. It's just yeah,
there's no reason for it.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
Sounds pretty good. Uh, Sam, this is going This is
me going back to the hockey topics. Usually the dynamic
of Kim and Kim's asking her questions. But then sometimes
I'm like, oh, crap, I have another question I want
to ask hockey related. So switching to topics. Uh, you
play with Josh done with the Chicago steel back in
the junior days. You guys won a championship together in
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twenty twenty one back with the road Runners for the
time being, having a good week with the two goals,
And just what has your friendship with him been like,
and just what's it been like to have him back
in the locker room just for the time being up.
I don't know how long he'll be down here, but again,
it's it's a great guy to have back in the
locker room, and it's a great guy who's going to
help us win games.
Speaker 5 (36:22):
Yeah, obviously Donor is a great player, but I think
he's the better guy off the ice. Yeah, we've been
able to get a good connection. He was he was
kind of a veteran guy in Chicago and I was
kind of a new rookie, so a lot of good talks,
a lot of advice from Donor. Yeah, it's been great
having him back though, just just shouting up old stories,
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good times, Like he's one of the better guys that
I met throughout throughout my career.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
So being able to.
Speaker 5 (36:50):
Play with him and just be around him again, it's
been great and obviously boost a team a lot, and
he does a lot of effective things out there. So
just trying to just try to still be a good
rookie with him being down, trying to get as much
information as I can through him and see what he
does because he obviously does a lot of great things
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out there.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
So yeah, I got nothing but good things to say
about the owner.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Yeah, now that we've gotten pretty much into the second
month of the season, we have eight games under our belt,
sitting at five hundred, and you know, it's still work
in progress as it's a new team and it's all
coming together still, But just what have you thought of
the chemistry so far? And again, you you've played three
games only you know, having that injury and just getting
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acclimated with everything. But yeah, how's the chemistry just been
so far with your linemates, and how is it going
to be looking moving forward.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Yeah, I think it's I think it's been good.
Speaker 5 (37:46):
Like you said, it's a work in progress where we're
a team that wants to be the best come the
end of the year. So obviously decent start. We've been
winning a lot of games. I think a lot of
our games to score. Score doesn't really say how the
game went. So yeah, we're just we're just kind of
keep billing where coach Coach Povin has been really really
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good on our process, just making sure we're practicing hard,
doing the little things, uh that add up towards the
end of the year. So I think we're in a
great spot and got two big games coming up against
San Diego, so we're just trying to get ready for
that and it be as prepared as we can be.
Speaker 4 (38:24):
Johnny, do we have time for me to ask Sam
a few more insane questions more? Okay? So Sam number
one going back to, is there besides Josh, anybody that
you know from your previous hockey life on the team
right now?
Speaker 5 (38:41):
So I guess a good connection. Peter Deliberatory, same school, Quinnipiac.
He's on a alum so, uh we did hang out
the past two summers. We have Pro Week at Quinnipiac,
so when I was there, he was there, so yeah,
that was also a good connection. Just another no knowing
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another guy in the locker rooms always great when you're
a new guy. So I think that's uh the only one,
but a lot of the guys I know throughout the
development camps and throughout the years since I've I've been
to for development camps, so kind of seen a lot
of the guys already and uh just kind of just
helped me get acclimated early.
Speaker 4 (39:19):
So Okay, do you have a roommate at home, and
who's your road roommate and then what's your goal scoring
song that you would want to play?
Speaker 5 (39:26):
Uh So, right now I live by myself my room.
My road roommate is Miko Metika, also another rookie, so
we've been power duo I think on the road. And
I guess the one song would be if you could
play it probably like Party in the USA. I think
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that's just really I think that's just like a banger song.
I think all ages that I think that's just uh,
that'd be that'd be good to play after a goal.
Speaker 4 (39:56):
That's awesome. I love that.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
Thank you that works? Are kim uh you ready for BuzzFeed?
Speaker 4 (40:04):
Yeah? You know what BuzzFeed is, right?
Speaker 1 (40:07):
I think I did it in the summer, right. Is
it just quick firing questions or a lot?
Speaker 4 (40:13):
No? No, no, Well I'm going to ask you a
bunch of questions and then I'm going to give you
an answer at the end. And every BuzzFeed quiz that
every player gets is a little bit different. They're all
they're all completely unhinged. It doesn't make any sense. But
so the quiz that you're going to get, we're going
to figure out your fall vibe based on your answers
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to these questions. They're super random questions.
Speaker 3 (40:35):
Are you ready?
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Yep? I?
Speaker 4 (40:37):
Okay? What's your typical Halloween costume style? Is it retro
fashion icon or historical figure or something trendy from pop culture?
Cozy like a sweater or a blanket burrito, or something
spooky like a witch or a ghost.
Speaker 1 (40:52):
Cozy and comfy?
Speaker 4 (40:54):
Okay, cool? All right? Pick a Fall activity for this weekend.
Visit a haunted house, go to a museum, host a
cozy movie night with friends, or a Tenna concert or festival.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
Uh, cozy movie I with friends?
Speaker 4 (41:07):
Okay. What's your favorite fall treat? Caramel apple, warm apple pie, anything,
pumpkin spice or a sharkuterie.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
Board charcuterery board.
Speaker 4 (41:17):
Okay cool? We need to have a door dash sharkutery
board like that needs to happen. I need that. I
would get that song, okay delivered? Yeah? Seriously. What's your
favorite fall wardrobe piece? Black leather boots, vintage trench coat,
knit sweater, or whatever's trendy.
Speaker 1 (41:35):
Uh, probably knit sweater. I'm a big sweater guy.
Speaker 4 (41:38):
Oh okay, okay cool. If you could time travel to
any era during the fall, where would you go Salem
during the Witch Trials the nineteen eighties with like cozy
sweaters and fall aesthetics, Paris in the nineteen twenties, Or
you'd rather stay in the present.
Speaker 1 (41:54):
Honestly, I'd rather stay in the present.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
Okay, all right, Okay, choose a favorite fall TV show
or movie Hocus Pocus, Gilmour Girls, Wednesday, or The Adams Family. Uh.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Personally, I have not seen any of those, so I
guess you could just.
Speaker 4 (42:11):
H that's what you need to do this weekend when
you're at home watching modies okay with the boys.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
Yeah, I'll throw one of those on. Yeah you could.
You could pick your favorite for that.
Speaker 4 (42:20):
The boys would like hocus Pocus. I think that's what
I'm picking. Okay, So this is what your result is.
You embody cozy. Cottage core falls all about comfort to you.
You're a cozy fall lover who enjoys stuff, sweaters, a
good book, and pumpkin spic slotts. You're the type to
host a snugly gathering with friends watching your favorite movies
with fairy lights and blinks, and you're wearing the perfect
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hoodie for a cottage core vibe. Right now. It's you're
nailing it.
Speaker 3 (42:47):
I can't wait for the I can't wait for the
Sam Lipkin cozy slumber party in the next couple of weeks.
So looking forward to invite Sam. We'll do perspective well, Sam,
thanks so much for joining us once again again. Congratulations
on the first goal man, and let's see if we
can get some more this weekend.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
Oh yeah, thanks for having me, guys, I really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (43:09):
Well, folks, this has been happy hour. In case I
didn't say that the first two times I've introlled our segments,
but just had Sam Lipkin on the show, Kim. That
was awesome, great to talk to him.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
You know.
Speaker 3 (43:21):
It's just one of those guys that I just don't
think fans have seen much yet. You know, he's only
played about ten career games. Got his first goal the
other night or I guess last week on that five
two victory, And I think fans should be excited to
see more of Sam Lipkin as he just continues to
grow as a player.
Speaker 4 (43:40):
I think too, I don't know Sam very well either,
Like I had, this is like really my first time
ever talking to him. I don't even think we've said
high in passing kind of thing. He seems very introverted,
you know, just kind of maybe like one of the
more quiet guys. But like I want to say, even
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at you know, when we had the Galla, I don't
even think that I talked to him at the gallat. Also,
his name is really easy to say, so he never
had to ask him, you know, like what his name
sounds like. Yeah, but so excited for him to be here.
Speaker 3 (44:12):
Yeah. I actually taught first talk to Sam last season
when he came to the team, obviously to just you know,
kind of get his background and and everything like that.
So we've had some good conversations. But yeah, I mean
I think he's wouldn't say he's flown under the radar,
but I think with you know, the seven games he
played last year, didn't play any games in the playoffs,
with you know, all the the power that we got
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back for the two playoff games. He's only played three
games this year because he's been injured. And again, we
have so much depth on the team that Sam's one
of those guys that we do want to play as
much as possible we can, and had the nice goal
over the two games over the weekend. He's kind of
playing on that fourth line right now at the moment,
but as I said, I think fan should expect to
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see him a little bit more as the season goes on,
and hopefully we gets some more this week and against
the Goals, two big games for the Roadrunners, big opportunity
for the Roadrunners to get get over five hundred for
the first time this year. I think that's the next
step for the team right now to we gotta get
over we gotta start making some noise we have in
the we have in that sweep over Biggers, field, but
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let's get another one to get a couple of games
over five hundred, going into a very favorable next few
games schedule wise for the Roadrunners.
Speaker 4 (45:24):
And I need to look it up. How is San
Diego doing this season? What's the expectation for three seven.
Speaker 3 (45:29):
Three and seven? I mean it's a team we went
seven to one against last year, but again nothing's given,
nothing's given at all, and it's gonna be a big
test for the guys, especially with no games over the weekend.
I mean it's the first couple of games in ten days,
so that's like the big tests. I think it's a
test for everybody to get up back up the speed
because because again we're not used to this time off, Kim,
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even for us too, you're not used to having two
full days off of no games. So I think for
everyone's sake, it's just all getting back up to speed
and getting ready for these two games.
Speaker 4 (46:03):
And what do you know, like what Steve has been
doing to kind of like bridge the gap, like having
a buy so early in this season is really interesting.
And how is he keeping them engaged? I should have
asked Sam, but I'm curious that you know.
Speaker 3 (46:15):
It's well, it's it's funny too, like we called a
bye week, but it's not really necessarily a bye It's
just it's just no games. Yeah, just had a big
scrunge of games, but guys had practice over the weekend,
so it was just the same as usual. It's just
they had some time to have their Halloween party and
kind of just uh just I wouldn't say relaxed, but
it just gets some much needed rest for the games
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this up and coming weekend. Well, Kim, it looks like
we're out of time, so we're gonna end things here,
Sam Lipkin coming on the show, and the Roadrunners going
up against the Goals this upcoming weekend. This has been
Roadrunners Happy. We will see you later on this week
It's five o'clock.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
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So I don't know, maybe we should start implementing some
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Fox Sports fourteen fifty am. Our usual Tuesday night get together.
My name is Jonathan Schaeffer joining me. Caim coder Robe
was once again we're gonna have Sam Lipkin on the
show momentarily, but Kim, we're doing a little things differently
today for today's show, as it's been an unordinary week
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or you know, a week we're not used to. Tucson
had two early games on Tuesday and Wednesday, they split
the series against Abbotsford. No games this past weekend. We
all had. We all had the weekend off essentially what
the players did. They still had practice and stuff, but
no games, which we're really not used to in the
middle of the season.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
And then all the all of a sudden we have
games this upcoming weekend. So the weekend went by quick.
It was a fun weekend. We're gonna get Sam Lipkin
on the show. He scored his first career goal last
week as well, and uh yeah, it was a good
week overall. And uh now it's just back to work.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
And then this weekend we're not Friday Saturday games. We're
Saturday Sunday games. So it's just been bizarre for like, well.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It's it's funny, Kim. What I noticed that I do is,
you know, even if we have a Friday Saturday game,
I always still call it a a weekend slate because
I don't know, to me, like Friday just feels like
a weekend now, especially when the jobs we work, we
don't work like regular nine to five jobs. We're you know,
we're constant. It's constant for us. And especially when I
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was in college, you don't usually take the Friday classes.
I don't know if you did when you went to school,
but Friday's just always felt like the weekend to me.
But now like now that we have a couple of
Saturday Sunday games, and I say, like, yeah, we truly
do have actually a weekend slate against the Goals this weekend.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Mm hmm. Yeah, I don't remember whether I took classes
on Friday. I feel like I did, but I might
not have gone as much as I would have any
other day. I probably had Freday classes.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, that's usually how it goes, all right, Kim. We're
gonna do things a little different newly here as Sam
Glipkin will be joining us shortly. So what we're gonna
do for this show. We're gonna start off right out
the top of the hour with our drafts. Kim. I
don't know if we've done this draft before the Insider podcast,
but at this point we're so far deep into doing
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all these draft topics. Is you know, if we've done
this in the past, we're just gonna do it again.
Maybe I gotta start looking at past shows to make
sure that we're not repeating drafts. But I don't think
we'd done this one before. You chose favorite donuts, and
then we're gonna do favorite HL logos, so I think
we should start off with the food. Let's get the
food out of the way, Kim. I always like to
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give you the first one, since you came up with
this idea Favorite donuts. Kim, You're on the You're on
the clock.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Absolutely the number one best donut of any donuts. Boston Cream.
It has everything. It's got chocolate, it's got donut, and
it's got pudding. Like what else Boston donut.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
I'm gonna look at that. I'm gonna look that up
right now.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Boston Cream donut. Oh I looked up Boston Creek.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
That's not it.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Boston Cream.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
See.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
This is why I can't look step up because no, no, no,
I want to see a picture of it. Oh that
looks good.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
It's kind of filled with vanilla pudding.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Oh you know what. That's like kind of similar to
one of my picks. But I didn't call it Boston cream.
But that's really similar to one of mine.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Is it the same?
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It might be, I don't know. Mine was just like
chocolate stuffed, but like it's just like the chocolate donut
stuffed with like the cream.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Okay, well, because they also do like they'll do donuts
with like like a whipped cream inside, and Boston cream.
Is not that a little different vanilla pudding?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Okay? No? Yeah, right, because yeah, the one I have
is like vanilla pudding. So you just took it off
my list. I just called it something else. Okay, all right,
my first pick. I feel like I'm surprised you didn't
take this one. This one's kind of a given. You
gotta go with the apple fritter, right for the first one.
You know, glazed apple fritter donuts absolute go to. They're
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usually huge, at least the donut shops I've been to,
so you're kind of getting a more bang for your buck.
And yeah, I'm gonna go with the apple fritter.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Okay, okay, And I feel like next time, maybe we
need to talk about where donuts like the locations that
we go to for maybe we need to draft donut
locations because this next one for me is very specific,
and anybody who's local to Tucson knows the bakery the Caves, Johnny,
I feel like you don't know it because it's on
twenty seconds and I don't think you it's like twenty
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second and Alvernon, I don't think you've spend a lot
of time in that part of town. But anybody who's
gone to the Caves knows they're glazed donuts, the super
simple glazed donuts, Like they hit different I don't even
know how to describe glazed. No, just just a regular
glaze donut.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
No.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
The Caves has been making donuts for I don't know
how long, and every Sunday when I was growing up,
my mom used to go get a dozen and then
we'd go to my uncle's house with my whole family
and we would all just eat the donuts. And but
there are like next level, amazing good donuts li Caves.
That sounds good.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, I don't know any donut spots here. I usually
don't like go out and get donuts. I mean, there
are a couple back in Riverside that I know of.
But you know what I'm gonna do, I'll tell you
here in Tucson.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
On Saturday when I come, when I come to the
arena ridiculously early, I will bring some of the Caves
donuts with me so you can have one to taste.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I would love that. That would be awesome, all right,
Next one for me. This one's kind of a main
staple as well. Just the maple bars.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Oh yeah, you can get the chocolate bar. I like
the maple bar a little bit more because it's just
it's something different, even though it's kind of a main
staple as well, but uh, those ones are good when
you dip in milk. I feel like any donuts are
good when you dip in milk, but those ones are because,
like it gives you the right angle for it gets
a long bar so you can like you can stick
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it into your glass.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Nobody else can see my face that made you make
that that like you have to like really hype it up.
I've never I don't think I've ever dipped a donut
in milk. Every's entirely's crazy. Yeah, is that a thing?
But you don't drink I don't drink coffee, Oh my god. No.
H And if I were to drink tea and eat
a donut, like that's just so much sugar. Oh my gosh, no,
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I would crashed so hard after I had.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I had coffee this morning. I went to Starbucks on
my way to work and I got a salted caramel
something cold brew and it was really good, but it
has just messed up my stomach this.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Whole day and oh my god.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Yeah, and I'm like really regretting it was good at
the time. Luckily, it's like kept me energized because I
went to bed a little late last night, so I'm
feeling great, but then now my stomach hurts. So I
got that's like the downfall of coffee sometimes it that's how.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
It gets you. I think it's post to do that, Like.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
No, it is, but yeah, at the same time it hurts.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Yeah yeah, no, not a fan. Okay, So my number
three is super simple, just around chocolate covered doughnut.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Yeah, yeah, it's just the go to. Yeah, I had
a similar one to that. My next one, Kim. I
don't know if you've had this one, but they've I've
seen about a couple of places, but a bacon donut
where like, yeah, they have like like they put bacon
on the donut and like in the donut as well.
You never had that.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
I'm trying to remember. Probably not. Is it like chocolate
and then bacon or is it just bacon on the
donut and then that's it and then the ba the
doughnut also tastes like bacon.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
It's like some places do it all differently, but I
think the place I had it, like it was just
kind of like a glazed donut with with bacon on it,
and you just you kind of get that that bacondy
sweet flavor. Probably doesn't sound good when you when now
and I'm just talking about it, but like it is
good if you're a big bacon lover like me. And
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it was kind of shaped like one of those bear claws,
at least the one I had, mm hm, and so like, yeah,
I had bacon bits on it. I think you had
bacon inside it too. I'm not sure if it's like
a special bacon glaze, but yeah, I mean it's you
get two and one in a breakfast, you get bacon,
and you get your donut. So bacon donut.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
This is making me so hungry for donuts that now
I'm definitely yeah, okay coffee from early, I am hungry
for donuts where I'm like yes, now, like this would
be an excellent opportunity for us to go visit the
different donut locations and then come back for a draft
with locations because we get to go taste them all. Oh,
we should we should.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Go do it. We should go do a donut tasting,
get an ultimate sugar crash, and then yeah, come back
and then do a draft the same day. That'd be awesome.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
No, I don't think I don't want to crash on
the on the on the show.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
I had a sugar crash after Halloween. But we'll talk
about that later on. Okay, that was not ideal.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Did you go trigger treating?
Speaker 3 (09:37):
We gave away candy?
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Way were you in costume?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I was in costume.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Do you remember what I told you I was going
to be last week? No?
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Oh, no, because I said I think I said on
the Insider podcast.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
You didn't. I don't think you told me.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
I feel like I would have remembered I was.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
I was a narwhale.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
No, you didn't tell me that.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Okay, I did not. We'll talk about that. We'll talk
about that later on. After we get we get Sam,
I'll ask him what is uh he did over the
Hollow weekend?
Speaker 4 (10:05):
Yeah, okay, my number four.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
I don't know if you've had this one, but a
blueberry cake donut. Have you ever had blueberry cake donut?
It's like it's almost like a blueberry muffin, but in
donut form, and like the outside is usually like a
little bit not crispy, but it's a little bit harder,
but the inside is like super super soft blueberry cake.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Every time we talked about these donuts, I keep looking
up photos even though it's probably like the exact one,
but like, this just looks good. It's something with like
like blueberry frosting on top and stuff.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
I'm like, oh, oh, I've never had that.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
They look amazing. All right, next one for me, I'm
gonna go with another basic one, just like a pig
donut with sprinkles on top, like from Simpsons, The Simpsons,
the Simpsons donut, the one that uh, Homer's dope always eating.
So yeah, basic, basic again, very basic here.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
I wonder what it's really called, because every time I
order one, I would say the pink donut, the pink
sprinkle donut. Does it have a name?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
No, I think it's just a pink sprinkle donut. Or
it's just like Conic from the Simpsons.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Yea.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
They even sell them at what's it called Universal? They
sell like the pink donuts.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Like Universal?
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Oh interesting, Yeah, what's it called Universal Hollywood or something?
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Yeah, Universal Studios, Yeah, studio, you go, they sell the
pink don's. I've been there once. It was very busy,
not not worth it in my opinion. But what are
you gonna do?
Speaker 4 (11:37):
I don't know. Okay, So my last pick, and it's
similar to my my number four, but a chocolate cake donut,
like have you ever gotten? You know, the little mini
circle ones from dunkin Donuts? What are those called? The
little circles, the little circles, what are they called? I
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need somethy to call into the show and tell me
what they're called?
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Doned little circles from dunkin Donuts. Oh like their little balls.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
Munchkins, Oh, munchkins. They're called munchkins, those little chocolate munchkins.
And then they have the blueberry munchkins that pack that
the pack, not the powdered ones. I don't like the
powdered ones. But all cake munchkins are so good, so
amazingly good.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Okay, sounds really good. Okay, last one for me, jelly donut.
You know powder maybe a powdered jelly donut?
Speaker 4 (12:32):
What or jelly in a donut?
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Ok we just have some different tastes and food.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Yeah, mine's better, no sense?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
But yeah again another basic one, jelly filled donut. Give
me one of those.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Eh. Okay, that was a good draft. But again, and
now I really want a donut and I'm not at
all hungy donuts.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
I'm still I am so sugared out I'm sugared out
from this past week it being Halloween and as you know,
as you folks probab you know, unless you don't know,
I have a really I have a big sugar tooth
or sweet tooth. Yeah. So I had a lot of
sugar over this past weekend with all the candy and
and stuff. So I'm like, and I had the coffee
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this morning and I'm like, oh, I gotta stop. I
might need to go on a sugar a sugar diet
or something.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Did you have a lot of trigger treaters?
Speaker 3 (13:24):
We did, Yeah, we did. We had a lot of
people like driving into our neighborhood and then parking and
then trigger treating. Yeah, that was fun our Kim. Before
Sam Lipkin comes on soon, real quickly, we're gonna draft
our favorite h O logos. I'll go first on this one.
I'm alexing myself to go first. This one's gonna get
a little bit of hate. This one's gonna get a
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little bit of hate, Kim, But uh, you know, I'm
trying to not be as biased as possible to get
uh two Son's not gonna be on this listener because
we already know we have the best logo. But these
are other logos and uh, honestly, most of mine are
from the Pacific Division because I do think we have
the best jerseys as well. But not gonna get much
love from this, but I gotta go with Coachella Valley.
It's a sick logo. It's a cool logo. It's literally
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a firebird. They have great jerseys as well. I'm sorry everybody,
but you have to respect your enemies sometimes, and Coachella
Valley has probably the coolest logo besides the Roadrunners. Rovers
Kachina logo is probably the best, even though it's not
technically our primary.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
But yeah, the colors are so good. They match everything.
They look so sharp. It's so clean, I do and
I think the Kraken marketing branding is killing it. Between again, mes,
we we're enemies.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
We don't like them, they don't like us, but you
have to respect them at the same time, and we
definitely do respect the rivalry that we have with them.
But they they definitely look good out there. Well they
play they do.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
That was actually my number three, so now, okay, there
you go. I'm salty. Okay, so my number one is
actually in conference too. The it's Henderson. I think their
logo the horse, the horse looking straight at you, it's
an H. So they took an H and then they
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made it look like a horse. Yes, it's an H.
Look at it. Tell me you don't tell me. Don't
see it. It's an age.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
I mean, I see a horse, but I don't see
an age.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Really, the gray in the gray, why are you looking at.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
I'm looking at the horse, the horse that's looking directly
at you.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Yes, it's it's an H. For person bro, it is
an age, Yes it is.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
That's pull on Twitter. Is the Henderson Silver Knight's logo
and H.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
I don't think it's hidden within the logo kind of
like there's like hidden things and logos. I think like
fat Ax has stuff hidden in their logo. Yeah, it's
super subtle, but it's an age and that's I think
why they probably chose that way that you look at
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at the horse and not from the side because it's
an AH. But yeah, they're the the Golden Knights and
the Kraken. I think their marketing and branding teams just
next level with their with their logos that entire the
entire brands.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Someone I'm gonna ask someone I'm gonna ask my contact
from Anderson and ask if.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
That's true, because I can just go for it.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I am not seeing it at all, but if I'm wrong,
I'm wrong, I'll admit when I'm wrong. I don't see it,
but it is a sick logo, and I personally like
I like when teams of the affiliation like have similar colors,
but it's their own things. Still. That's what I like
about some logos and like, yeah, sure some teams are
the same colors, but at least they kind of brand
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themselves a bit differently too. Uh similar to my next pick?
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Wait wait, wait, real quick, real quick, before we move
on for Henderson, have you seen you know the Golden
Nights logo. There's a V in it? Right for Vegas?
Speaker 3 (17:08):
There's a does a V in the Nights?
Speaker 4 (17:09):
One? I give up.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
I give up on you now. I'm looking this up too. Okay,
that one I see that one? I see clear.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Look at them next to each other. One's a V
and one's an H.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Actually I've never noticed it was a V. That's funny.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
You're giving me a migraine.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
I don't see the h. Oh. This is we're getting
too hung.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
We need people to call in. People need to call
in and pack me up on the please, Okay, go ahead, Johnny, all.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Right, next one for me. I like the Abertsford Canucks logo. Yeah,
it's just like it just screams hockey to me. You know,
it's literally a Canuck skating you know, and uh, you
know again it's a it's similar colors to Vancouver's jerseys,
but like at the same time, they had kind of
have their own style of the coloring. And I think
that logo is kind of just perfect for an affiliate
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team of a Canuck.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
You know, it looks like a hockey logo.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
It's a hockey logo and that's why I've I've always
liked it.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
So my number two is g RG Grand Rapid Griffins.
I love that Griffin. It's so good and it's it's
interesting because it you I don't think you can tell
that it's affiliated to Detroit. So they're very much kind
of like alone, yes, but it's so like intense, Like
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our road Runner is not intimidating, right, Our Roadrunner is
a little bit more cartoony, but like you see an
actual road runner in real life, like they're really like
they look like dinosaurs.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
So logos more intimidating. But we have the cartoony look
because it's like it's it's the road Runners, you know,
It's like I think it was supposed to be a
little cartoony, right, but.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
The grand rapid Griffin, and granted a griffin isn't a
real thing, but still it's like this big, intimidating like
it's off to the side, like it's super intense, so
like you could do a you know, you could do
a lot of branding with that. I love that logo.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Giant Bird. Next one for me, I'm gonna go with
the San Diego goals, just because I guess that one's
a little biased screw up a goals fan along with
the Ducks. Love their coloring. I love that the goal
has its own little hockey stick. That's what I've noticed
a lot about our Pacific Division. A lot of the
logos have a hockey stick with them. Let's see, because
you got you got Abbotsford with the stick, US with
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the stick, San Jose with a stick, Bakersfield with the stick,
San Diego with a stick as well. So a good
amount of our division rivals have sticks in their logos.
And I always like that too, So I like the goals.
One has a little glove too, So yeah.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
That's a good one. Okay, So my number three was
Coachellis and I'm having to move everybody up. So my
number three now is the Milwaukee Admirals.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Okay, I like it. I do.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
I love that the skull and then the A is
actual bones if you look at it close up. And
I like the color scheme too. I like the light
blue and the dark blue, and it's just it's really clean.
It doesn't look dated to me at all, Like this
is a this is a logo that could last. It
could stand some stand some time.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
It works. Next one for me? What is this? Fourth? Yeah,
fourth one for me.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
They're also one of my favorite jerseys in the league
as well, besides the Kachina Cleveland Monsters. I always I've
always liked the colors. Uh, like literally those are like
the blue and the black and the kind of khaki
t not catholic. What color would you call that? Like
goldish ish? I don't know, but saying the Cleveland Monsters. Yeah, okay,
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it's all like just some of my favorite colors. Like,
I like, I like that style. So I just have
to have like the logo too because of the coloring.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Gotcha. Okay, okay, So my number four is the Manitoba Moose.
It's really easy, It's really easy. It is again it's
another like really intimidating uh logo, And yeah, I think
it just works. It's so it's so Canadian, it's so
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hockey like. It's you don't need to say anything. Manitoba Moose,
Manitoba Moose. Last one for me, going to go with
the San Jose. Barracuda worked for them for a bit.
Love the again, love the style that they Oh wow,
I should have done to this.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Page, this page a lot better showing off the logos.
Love their style, you know, similar to the Sharks, but
they had the cool SJ in the background of their
logo with the Kuda holding the hockey stick. They kind
of changed it over the past couple of years. But
uh yeah, gotta go with the San Jose is my
last one.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Okay, And I have to pick a new one because
you took Coachella from me, So I'm looking at everybody
right now. I don't know. Maybe the Crunch I like.
I like the Syracuse Crunch.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Crunch is good. Yeah, and they have a cool one.
I never knew what that logo is, Like, who is
that goalie? Is that player?
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Like I think it, I.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
Don't know what it is. I've never like because I
get the crunch as in like crunching like someone along
the boards or something, or crunching a player when you're
hitting them, but like I've never known what they're like,
what it is.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
I don't know, But I like their mascot. He's really
funny looking. He looks like the guy in the logo, yeah,
which is like, I yeah, it's some futuristic dude. I
don't like the way the stitch like comes around. Oh
that's not the biggest fan of their colors. But the
crunch and.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
He has like a cape on. He's like a superhero.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Yeah, like from the future super that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Yeah, what is it? What is the crunch? Now? I'm
like really cureous. I've never you never think about this
stuff till you talk about it, and all of a
sudden you're like, what are the crunch? What is it? It's
just like I don't know, We'll have to uh.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
I like stuff like that though, that yeah, like yeah,
it's like an emotion or a sound or a feeling.
It's not like an actual tangible thing, but somebody made
it into a tangible thing and then you brand it,
and yeah, I think it's a really good representation of crunch.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
They just make it work, all right, Kim, great drafts drafting,
our favorite doughnuts, our favorite HL logos now number seventy
one forward, Sam Lip and Sam, how's it going, man, it's.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Going good, guys. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to
be a part of the radio.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Yeah, it's great to have you on. Congratulations scoring your
first professional Hockey League goal in last week's five to
victory over the Abbotsford Canucks. Talk to you about it
after the game, but yeah, just walk us through it.
It was a kind of a tougher once again. You
had to kind of crash into the blue pain one
hundredrew have fed you a good pass, but yeah, just
walk us through the moment and how you were feeling
(23:52):
after that goal.
Speaker 5 (23:53):
Yeah, obviously that first one pretty special to get the
monkey off the back. So yeah, honestly, a really good chef.
We had a few chances, didn't bury then obviously kind
of just got to pucks in that jersey is there
and I had my stick on the ice at the
right time, right time, right place, And I'm just glad
to get the first one off so I can just
(24:14):
keep rolling and keep growing on my game.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Yeah, and I know Adrian had you on during the
during rookie camp, right I believe. Oh yeah, back in
Utah and obviously it's been a while since then, But
just how are things going for you in the beginning
stages of this season. How is the rest of training camp?
And it just how are you getting acclimated to you know,
just getting more reps with the Roadrunners as the season
(24:39):
goes on. And now that you've gotten the first goal
out of the way, how do you build off of that.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah, it's been great.
Speaker 5 (24:44):
Obviously, had some minor setbacks with a head injury during
the end towards the end of training camp, so obviously
just it was a fight to get back and get acclimated.
But yeah, ever since I've been back in Tucson, really
have been feeling like myself, just been trying to acclimate
myself within within the team, really emphasize on practicing when
(25:06):
I wasn't playing at the time, So it was a
it was a little stumbley there, but we're again smooth
and starting again some games and again the game action.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
So it's been great and the guys have been great
as well.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
So so Sam, I haven't had a chance to meet
you yet. Hi. I'm Kim and so nice to meet you.
My questions are going to be more like, you know,
explain who you are, tell us where you come from.
For people who are listening to the show for the
first time, give us a little bit, give us a
little bit about your background, and tell us a little
(25:39):
bit of the stuff that's not on on you know,
online that we can see. Yeah, where are you from?
What's going on?
Speaker 5 (25:45):
Yeah, I'm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lived probably town miles outside
the city. I come from Quinnipiac University and hand the
Connecticut I did two years there. Really fortunate enough to
to get my education there and win a national championship
there as well. It's been it was a great two
(26:06):
years for me. And from there, I played two years
in the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
So I'm a guy.
Speaker 5 (26:13):
I kind of been everywhere east coast, west coast, mid coast, Midwest.
So yeah, it's been good. And obviously, yeah, I'm from Philadelphia.
My dad's from Winnipeg, Manitoba, so half Canadian there. Yeah,
so I so, yeah, a little bit of everything, okay.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
And what did you study at Quinnipiac?
Speaker 5 (26:34):
So technically I didn't have to declare a major the
year I left, but I was studying just general business.
I was probably gonna go into finance. I'm still looking
to try to finish that degree, so that's something I'm
gonna do.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Down the line.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
How much do you have left?
Speaker 1 (26:51):
I have a year and a half Quippi.
Speaker 5 (26:53):
I had a great program for us to kind of
accelerate and make sure we're on top of our grades
as well, so I was fortunate enough to get a
full semester done extra So it's close, but you just
gotta chip away at it.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
And yeah, how how did well Your dad, I know
you just said, is from Manitoba. Were you a Manitoba
Moose fan growing up?
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Honestly? Slightly? Yeah? We we.
Speaker 5 (27:18):
Honestly when I was younger, we went to the Moose games,
we went to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers games. So yeah,
I still got family over there in Winnipeg, so I'm
pretty pretty in tune with Winnipeg sports.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
So were you always going to be a hockey player.
When did you start playing?
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Around like two and a half three? So okay, pretty much?
Speaker 5 (27:38):
Yeah, wow, and kind of once I once I got older,
I really didn't play any other sports. My other sport
was considered a roller hockey at the time, big roller
hockey player growing up. Kind of started in roller hockey,
transition to ice and kind of just never looked back.
But yeah, you can say I'm a one sport athlete.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Okay, you're in and out of Tucson. We got you
a little bit last season and then I know you
Scottsdalen doing that stuff, rolled away from Connecticut. But have
you had a chance to explore to Son yet? Do
you have any favorite places you like to go anything
like that yet?
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (28:19):
I got one place, Charles Steakhouse. Honestly, it's one of
my favorites. And I've had a few dinners there with buddies,
so it's that that. Places been great. I really haven't
got to explore too much. I'd love to try to
get on a trail or a hike in the mounds.
Uh maybe on the season kind of wind's down or
(28:40):
we have a little break. So uh yeah, I'm kind
of new to the area. But I'm trying to explore
the best I can.
Speaker 4 (28:47):
Are you a golfer? Are you or a hiker?
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Yeah? I'm a big golfer.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Okay, my summer's pretty much entailed golf and hockey. So yeah,
I've been for enough to go. A few of the
guys already see some golf courses. It's been great, but
it's nice that the weather is cooling down a little bit.
It's kind of tough to golf in the ninety degrees
ninety five degree heats.
Speaker 4 (29:11):
So but it's cheap. Oh yeah, these are cheap when
it's so oh god, just get a little bit of
sun burn, but you save some money.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Oh yeah, good deal.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Try golfing in a one hundred to five degree weather.
It's it's it's cheap, but it's not ideal.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
It's very not ideal at all.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
When we make it work, Sam, we had this past
weekend with no games. I know you guys still had
practices and still got to work, but yeah, we just
was it like to just kind of wind down a
little bit, kind of get the deserved rest. And what
were your plans for all the week? Did you do
anything fun?
Speaker 5 (29:47):
Yeah, we had a good team party then obviously we
got the weekend had practice, but uh yeah, it's kind
of kind of a new change playing midweeks, so being
able to get off, have some time, kind of just
chill really except my place, It's it's been great.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
So I saw I was told that someone saw on
social media Matthew Volalta and Igor Sokolov were Ninja Turtles
the teenage Any were there any other costumes that stood
out of our guys wearing at the party?
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Uh, honestly, that was that was a great deal.
Speaker 5 (30:22):
Uh you the other guys, I'm trying to think, uh, like, uh,
latsios a farmer. That was a good one. He's all
dressed up. But uh, Soaks and Matt may have taken
the best costume duo for sure.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
Wait who is a farmer?
Speaker 2 (30:38):
Lots?
Speaker 4 (30:40):
Oh oh, I would we definitely need to see pictures
of that.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Oh gosh, want to that's awesome. I was I was
a narwhal. I was in I was in a onesie
narwal costume, which I might be posting on social media
sometime in the next few days, so you'll you'll probably
see it out there.
Speaker 4 (30:59):
What color is a narwal? Johnny?
Speaker 3 (31:01):
It's well, mine's like light blue.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Okay, yeah, and then like a rainbow, like a rainbow horn.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
Or no, it's just a regular horn. It's just like
it was just a hoodie. I was gonna be a turtle,
but the shells just too big, and I'm like, it's
not gonna work with me in big crowds. So I
was looking still. I just wanted to be an aquatic animal.
And I saw narmal onesie and I was like, that's it.
Forty bucks nice or so, yeah, it was. It was fun.
Speaker 4 (31:28):
Yeah, Hey, Sam, how long do you think you would
survive in a zombie apocalypse.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Like a fall on zombie apocalypse?
Speaker 4 (31:38):
Is there like a half zombie apocalypse, like we're just
kind of.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Like like whole world takeover by zombies or what?
Speaker 4 (31:43):
Yeah, world War Z? How long are you lasting?
Speaker 1 (31:48):
I would like to say at least two weeks?
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (31:54):
I try to be a long term maybe maybe go
up in the woods or mounds, try to try to
get away from everything that I could buy you some time.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
But yeah, that's a good question.
Speaker 4 (32:04):
I think it's really it's interesting because like we asked
Cameron he big yeah, and I think Cam was one
of the ones who said he could last for a
while because he could just go out into the middle
of nothing. He's totally fine, you know, like being in
the middle of nothing. Yeah, and he's just gonna wait
it out.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Yeah. Yeah, probably the only thing you can do.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
Yeah, okay, So okay, So another weird question, What is
the nerdiest thing about you?
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I wear glasses?
Speaker 4 (32:33):
Is that nerdy? I don't want to be there?
Speaker 3 (32:36):
No, Sam, I've seen you because like I've seen you
in these past couple of trips and like you have
the full suit and the glasses on, and sometimes I
just don't recognize you because you just, uh, you look
like you're like a CEO of some big company on
travel and I'm like, Sam, oh that is Sam.
Speaker 5 (32:52):
It's my school look, yeah, it's my school. Luck, It's
what I like to wear a classroom. So I think
that gives me some as smart. So I gotta say that,
are you in.
Speaker 4 (33:02):
Your sighted or far sighted? And is it really bad?
Because you're not wearing your glasses right now?
Speaker 5 (33:06):
It's far side, far sided and it's not a very
low prescription. So I'm currently wearing contacts in right now,
but I do not need them on a daily basis.
But like, like Johnny said, we're on we're on the
road traveling.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
I like to like to be easy and just wear
the glasses.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
So, and is that what guys usually do, like, because
obviously you can't wear glasses out on the ice, so
most guys like have to wear contacts. Whether Yeah, that's scary.
I feel like that's scary. Anything could happen when someone
punches your eye or something.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Yeah, knock on wood. Nothing's ever happened.
Speaker 5 (33:36):
Yeah, mid game, but uh yeah, it's got to be
ninety percent contacts, maybe ten percent glasses.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
So that's fair.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Yeap.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
Interesting. I never thought about that before that. Like now
I'm like going through every hockey player in my head,
and no, none of them were glasses, even like even
like the little guys. It's junior road runner.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (33:59):
Oh interesting, se yep. Okay, all right, what was I
going to ask you? Okay, Sam, if you were a donut,
what kind of donut would you be? And why? Ah,
you can take a minute to think about this because
I feel like it's really important.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
Yeah, I don't think I've ever been asked that, honestly, Sauce,
I'm pretty basic. I think just like a glazed donut,
like I think that just like go to down to
earth easy.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
You can eat it like eat in the morning, you
have glazed donut at night.
Speaker 5 (34:32):
Like I feel it's just simple and I feel like
that fits me. So got to keep it simple with
the glazed donut.
Speaker 4 (34:38):
That's a good answer. That's really thoughtful. I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Yeah, of course.
Speaker 4 (34:42):
Wait, Johnny, what would you be? Pink sprinkles?
Speaker 3 (34:45):
Probably pink with sprinkles. Yeah, I'm a very I'm a
very sweet guy. I guess you know I would go
with that, especially I have a big sweet tooth.
Speaker 4 (34:56):
So yeah, yeah, that's a good answer. Feeling it's really appropriate.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
Kim, what would you be? What do you think you
would be?
Speaker 4 (35:05):
Oh? A chocolate long john Oh, I love chocolate long
guns too. There they were not on my list today,
but I love chocolate long.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
I don't think i've heard of that one.
Speaker 4 (35:16):
Google it. It's just a long. It's just a long.
You you talked about the maple donut earlier. It's like that,
but with chocolate Oh okay, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
Okay, yeah, yeah, it's like.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
It's it's so funny to me because it's exactly the
same as like the circular donut. The chocolate covered donut.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yeah, but it's just.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
More of it and in a different shape. It's just yeah,
there's no reason for it.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
Sounds pretty good. Uh, Sam, this is going This is
me going back to the hockey topics. Usually the dynamic
of Kim and Kim's asking her questions. But then sometimes
I'm like, oh, crap, I have another question I want
to ask hockey related. So switching to topics. Uh, you
play with Josh done with the Chicago steel back in
the junior days. You guys won a championship together in
(36:02):
twenty twenty one back with the road Runners for the
time being, having a good week with the two goals,
And just what has your friendship with him been like,
and just what's it been like to have him back
in the locker room just for the time being up.
I don't know how long he'll be down here, but again,
it's it's a great guy to have back in the
locker room, and it's a great guy who's going to
help us win games.
Speaker 5 (36:22):
Yeah, obviously Donor is a great player, but I think
he's the better guy off the ice. Yeah, we've been
able to get a good connection. He was he was
kind of a veteran guy in Chicago and I was
kind of a new rookie, so a lot of good talks,
a lot of advice from Donor. Yeah, it's been great
having him back though, just just shouting up old stories,
(36:45):
good times, Like he's one of the better guys that
I met throughout throughout my career.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
So being able to.
Speaker 5 (36:50):
Play with him and just be around him again, it's
been great and obviously boost a team a lot, and
he does a lot of effective things out there. So
just trying to just try to still be a good
rookie with him being down, trying to get as much
information as I can through him and see what he
does because he obviously does a lot of great things
(37:11):
out there.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
So yeah, I got nothing but good things to say
about the owner.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Yeah, now that we've gotten pretty much into the second
month of the season, we have eight games under our belt,
sitting at five hundred, and you know, it's still work
in progress as it's a new team and it's all
coming together still, But just what have you thought of
the chemistry so far? And again, you you've played three
games only you know, having that injury and just getting
(37:37):
acclimated with everything. But yeah, how's the chemistry just been
so far with your linemates, and how is it going
to be looking moving forward.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Yeah, I think it's I think it's been good.
Speaker 5 (37:46):
Like you said, it's a work in progress where we're
a team that wants to be the best come the
end of the year. So obviously decent start. We've been
winning a lot of games. I think a lot of
our games to score. Score doesn't really say how the
game went. So yeah, we're just we're just kind of
keep billing where coach Coach Povin has been really really
(38:07):
good on our process, just making sure we're practicing hard,
doing the little things, uh that add up towards the
end of the year. So I think we're in a
great spot and got two big games coming up against
San Diego, so we're just trying to get ready for
that and it be as prepared as we can be.
Speaker 4 (38:24):
Johnny, do we have time for me to ask Sam
a few more insane questions more? Okay? So Sam number
one going back to, is there besides Josh, anybody that
you know from your previous hockey life on the team
right now?
Speaker 5 (38:41):
So I guess a good connection. Peter Deliberatory, same school, Quinnipiac.
He's on a alum so, uh we did hang out
the past two summers. We have Pro Week at Quinnipiac,
so when I was there, he was there, so yeah,
that was also a good connection. Just another no knowing
(39:01):
another guy in the locker rooms always great when you're
a new guy. So I think that's uh the only one,
but a lot of the guys I know throughout the
development camps and throughout the years since I've I've been
to for development camps, so kind of seen a lot
of the guys already and uh just kind of just
helped me get acclimated early.
Speaker 4 (39:19):
So Okay, do you have a roommate at home, and
who's your road roommate and then what's your goal scoring
song that you would want to play?
Speaker 5 (39:26):
Uh So, right now I live by myself my room.
My road roommate is Miko Metika, also another rookie, so
we've been power duo I think on the road. And
I guess the one song would be if you could
play it probably like Party in the USA. I think
(39:47):
that's just really I think that's just like a banger song.
I think all ages that I think that's just uh,
that'd be that'd be good to play after a goal.
Speaker 4 (39:56):
That's awesome. I love that.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
Thank you that works? Are kim uh you ready for BuzzFeed?
Speaker 4 (40:04):
Yeah? You know what BuzzFeed is, right?
Speaker 1 (40:07):
I think I did it in the summer, right. Is
it just quick firing questions or a lot?
Speaker 4 (40:13):
No? No, no, Well I'm going to ask you a
bunch of questions and then I'm going to give you
an answer at the end. And every BuzzFeed quiz that
every player gets is a little bit different. They're all
they're all completely unhinged. It doesn't make any sense. But
so the quiz that you're going to get, we're going
to figure out your fall vibe based on your answers
(40:33):
to these questions. They're super random questions.
Speaker 3 (40:35):
Are you ready?
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Yep? I?
Speaker 4 (40:37):
Okay? What's your typical Halloween costume style? Is it retro
fashion icon or historical figure or something trendy from pop culture?
Cozy like a sweater or a blanket burrito, or something
spooky like a witch or a ghost.
Speaker 1 (40:52):
Cozy and comfy?
Speaker 4 (40:54):
Okay, cool? All right? Pick a Fall activity for this weekend.
Visit a haunted house, go to a museum, host a
cozy movie night with friends, or a Tenna concert or festival.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
Uh, cozy movie I with friends?
Speaker 4 (41:07):
Okay. What's your favorite fall treat? Caramel apple, warm apple pie, anything,
pumpkin spice or a sharkuterie.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
Board charcuterery board.
Speaker 4 (41:17):
Okay cool? We need to have a door dash sharkutery
board like that needs to happen. I need that. I
would get that song, okay delivered? Yeah? Seriously. What's your
favorite fall wardrobe piece? Black leather boots, vintage trench coat,
knit sweater, or whatever's trendy.
Speaker 1 (41:35):
Uh, probably knit sweater. I'm a big sweater guy.
Speaker 4 (41:38):
Oh okay, okay cool. If you could time travel to
any era during the fall, where would you go Salem
during the Witch Trials the nineteen eighties with like cozy
sweaters and fall aesthetics, Paris in the nineteen twenties, Or
you'd rather stay in the present.
Speaker 1 (41:54):
Honestly, I'd rather stay in the present.
Speaker 4 (41:56):
Okay, all right, Okay, choose a favorite fall TV show
or movie Hocus Pocus, Gilmour Girls, Wednesday, or The Adams Family. Uh.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Personally, I have not seen any of those, so I
guess you could just.
Speaker 4 (42:11):
H that's what you need to do this weekend when
you're at home watching modies okay with the boys.
Speaker 1 (42:16):
Yeah, I'll throw one of those on. Yeah you could.
You could pick your favorite for that.
Speaker 4 (42:20):
The boys would like hocus Pocus. I think that's what
I'm picking. Okay, So this is what your result is.
You embody cozy. Cottage core falls all about comfort to you.
You're a cozy fall lover who enjoys stuff, sweaters, a
good book, and pumpkin spic slotts. You're the type to
host a snugly gathering with friends watching your favorite movies
with fairy lights and blinks, and you're wearing the perfect
(42:41):
hoodie for a cottage core vibe. Right now. It's you're
nailing it.
Speaker 3 (42:47):
I can't wait for the I can't wait for the
Sam Lipkin cozy slumber party in the next couple of weeks.
So looking forward to invite Sam. We'll do perspective well, Sam,
thanks so much for joining us once again again. Congratulations
on the first goal man, and let's see if we
can get some more this weekend.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
Oh yeah, thanks for having me, guys, I really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (43:09):
Well, folks, this has been happy hour. In case I
didn't say that the first two times I've introlled our segments,
but just had Sam Lipkin on the show, Kim. That
was awesome, great to talk to him.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
You know.
Speaker 3 (43:21):
It's just one of those guys that I just don't
think fans have seen much yet. You know, he's only
played about ten career games. Got his first goal the
other night or I guess last week on that five
two victory, And I think fans should be excited to
see more of Sam Lipkin as he just continues to
grow as a player.
Speaker 4 (43:40):
I think too, I don't know Sam very well either,
Like I had, this is like really my first time
ever talking to him. I don't even think we've said
high in passing kind of thing. He seems very introverted,
you know, just kind of maybe like one of the
more quiet guys. But like I want to say, even
(44:00):
at you know, when we had the Galla, I don't
even think that I talked to him at the gallat. Also,
his name is really easy to say, so he never
had to ask him, you know, like what his name
sounds like. Yeah, but so excited for him to be here.
Speaker 3 (44:12):
Yeah. I actually taught first talk to Sam last season
when he came to the team, obviously to just you know,
kind of get his background and and everything like that.
So we've had some good conversations. But yeah, I mean
I think he's wouldn't say he's flown under the radar,
but I think with you know, the seven games he
played last year, didn't play any games in the playoffs,
with you know, all the the power that we got
(44:35):
back for the two playoff games. He's only played three
games this year because he's been injured. And again, we
have so much depth on the team that Sam's one
of those guys that we do want to play as
much as possible we can, and had the nice goal
over the two games over the weekend. He's kind of
playing on that fourth line right now at the moment,
but as I said, I think fan should expect to
(44:56):
see him a little bit more as the season goes on,
and hopefully we gets some more this week and against
the Goals, two big games for the Roadrunners, big opportunity
for the Roadrunners to get get over five hundred for
the first time this year. I think that's the next
step for the team right now to we gotta get
over we gotta start making some noise we have in
the we have in that sweep over Biggers, field, but
(45:16):
let's get another one to get a couple of games
over five hundred, going into a very favorable next few
games schedule wise for the Roadrunners.
Speaker 4 (45:24):
And I need to look it up. How is San
Diego doing this season? What's the expectation for three seven.
Speaker 3 (45:29):
Three and seven? I mean it's a team we went
seven to one against last year, but again nothing's given,
nothing's given at all, and it's gonna be a big
test for the guys, especially with no games over the weekend.
I mean it's the first couple of games in ten days,
so that's like the big tests. I think it's a
test for everybody to get up back up the speed
because because again we're not used to this time off, Kim,
(45:52):
even for us too, you're not used to having two
full days off of no games. So I think for
everyone's sake, it's just all getting back up to speed
and getting ready for these two games.
Speaker 4 (46:03):
And what do you know, like what Steve has been
doing to kind of like bridge the gap, like having
a buy so early in this season is really interesting.
And how is he keeping them engaged? I should have
asked Sam, but I'm curious that you know.
Speaker 3 (46:15):
It's well, it's it's funny too, like we called a
bye week, but it's not really necessarily a bye It's
just it's just no games. Yeah, just had a big
scrunge of games, but guys had practice over the weekend,
so it was just the same as usual. It's just
they had some time to have their Halloween party and
kind of just uh just I wouldn't say relaxed, but
it just gets some much needed rest for the games
(46:37):
this up and coming weekend. Well, Kim, it looks like
we're out of time, so we're gonna end things here,
Sam Lipkin coming on the show, and the Roadrunners going
up against the Goals this upcoming weekend. This has been
Roadrunners Happy. We will see you later on this week
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Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.