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00:00Montreal Canadiens are entering what seems to be the most difficult part of their schedule this season.
00:15They'll get Florida tomorrow afternoon, they'll get Tampa Bay then New Year's Eve,
00:21an afternoon game against the Vegas Golden Knights before two more games on the road.
00:25It's always a hectic day getting back in and after the break we fly to Florida the gear just same time as us so it's just like a team thing like just everyone go grab a bag and kind of get on the ice get things moving quicker.
00:52Really happy with where we are right now we had a little shaky start but where our game's at right now is really good and I think if we just continue that we'll see a lot of success coming our way.
01:08Steve did you get new gloves for Christmas?
01:11Yeah.
01:12We had a nice little three days break so that helped a lot.
01:16Get your legs back, rest a bit and then yeah we just came down to Florida and we're just focusing on what we want to do on the ice.
01:24Goalies right there.
01:25Put Monty on the corner, no?
01:26Yeah.
01:27Primo did not get a start in the last ten games, he needs to play, he needs to find his game.
01:37Caden Primo, every time he plays, very unfortunately I see a goalie whose confidence is not very high, whose confidence is very fragile.
01:46And he is going down to play with the Laval Rocket in the American League.
01:51And we all ask who will get a call here at Laval?
01:55Hey Monty, don't sit here.
02:01I appreciate your work.
02:04Jakob Dobesh was called up from the Laval Rocket.
02:07Jakob Dobesh recently came back from injury.
02:11I don't know whether or not he's ready for the NHL.
02:14Oh wow.
02:15But if you call him up, if you commit to this, you've got to play him.
02:20Yeah, that's it.
02:24All good?
02:25Yeah.
02:26Alright.
02:27Dobesh, who has been remembered for the first time with the Canadian, he will surely have an action,
02:32because we're going to play two games in two nights in this five games.
02:36So we should see Dobesh do his debut in the LNH.
02:41You know, the American League, you're just on another step.
02:44You know, the National League.
02:45You're taking a phone call to realize your dream.
02:53The Montreal Canadiens, hockey's most iconic franchise.
02:57Expect a war out there.
02:5824 Stanley Cups and millions of fans waiting for their return to glory in this new season of The Rebuild.
03:11The Laval Rocket is the Habs AHL affiliate.
03:12It plays a crucial role in developing players for the rebuild.
03:14the laval rocket is the habs ahl affiliate it plays a crucial role in developing players for
03:38the rebuild these guys dream of getting called up and that makes for healthy competition good mix
03:46the guys younger older guys kind of figuring it all out and putting it together and uh like i think
03:51we got something good here and we know it in my use case i take a look at a couple of things the
04:00canadians obviously have a lot of defense that's where they're stacked that's where the cupboards
04:04are full they already have a lot of young defensemen on the team so there's already a lack of experience
04:09there the canadiens a des besoins en défense du côté droit et c'est certains de ses meilleurs espoirs
04:16en défense sont du côté droit logan mayhew david reinbacker mais tu peux pas simplement les rappeler
04:22à montréal pour pouvoir combler ce besoin-là parce que ces gars-là ça prend du temps à les développer
04:28ils ne sont pas prêt when developing young blue liners patience is a virtue however the habs urgently
04:45need help on d right now so they pick up some experience from nashville for us the fit of
04:54finding somebody at alex's age with his experience uh the type of character uh the way he plays we
05:01feel like it really fits into the way we want to play the canadians announced they've acquired
05:07defenseman alexander to carry it from the national predators in exchange for defenseman justin barrett
05:12i think just can respect a steady hockey player and that's what they wanted they want right side
05:16steadiness that they hadn't been getting enough i got one boy but uh je me rappelle après mon premier
05:33chiffre quand je suis revenu au banc là j'ai dit à david savoir qui était juste juste à côté de moi j'ai
05:37dit les canadiens de montréal tu sais comme c'est fou depuis le début de l'année on parle de vouloir être
05:48dans le mix donc pour ça il faut battre de bonnes équipes il faut être capable de rivaliser à 5 contre
05:535 contre de bonnes formations donc là en affrontant des équipes comme les panthers le lightning les
05:58golden knights ben rapidement on va voir si on est capable de se mesurer à ces équipes là on allait affronter
06:05ces défis là un bon moment parce que je trouvais que notre game était bonne notre game elle s'en
06:10venait je trouvais que c'était un bon moment pour le test mais qu'est ce qui me faisait peur c'est le
06:16break qu'on a eu tu sais on est-tu assez mature pour venir à ça parce qu'on a pas touché à l'équipe
06:21pendant trois ou quatre jours depuis que patrick langen est là on voit une équipe beaucoup plus
06:29complète on voit une équipe qui est capable de faire de bonnes choses dans les matchs mais encore une
06:33fois dans le cas de patrick linney tous ses buts ont été marqués en avantage numérique donc aucun but
06:38à force égale pour patrick linney il serait dû pour renverser un peu la tendance but i take a look at
06:44this schedule in the month of december those are going to be some big games because early on in
06:48december the canadians had winnable games and they won them however coaches will tell you that the
06:55players on the road they start having chemistry they start bonding and teams can become stronger because of it
07:02the guys piled into the bus next stop utica new york and even though they've got four and a half
07:31hours of winter road ahead the mood aboard it's pretty loose
07:47well we have two buses so maybe uh the coaches are on here be a little bit different but uh it's
07:52definitely nice that uh we got our own bus and you know the guys have fun the guys to be a little more
07:57laid back
08:00so there's a lot of people who can be quiet in the bus they often don't put on their phone
08:03to text their blondes
08:04and there's two cards cards so there's two cards cards so there's one of the rookie
08:09so there's one of the recruits
08:10so there's one of the players in the back so there's one of the players in the back so
08:16often it's like one of the players in the back so you've managed to graduate from one to another
08:19one of the players in the back so that's what's going on in the back so that's what's going on
08:33keeping it light helps everyone cope with the concentrated and tough schedule
08:39it's a it's a grind down there on the bus like the schedule is tough the road trips are longer
08:44everything's just a little less put together than it is here it's a grind for sure i mean bus trips
08:53three and threes stuff like that you don't get that in the nhl so and i think about this league it's
08:57hopefully a stepping stone to uh to play in the nhl one day so it's got to learn to learn how to be a pro
09:15hey guys what's up big cat hey how are you you made it on tv you made it on tv
09:21yeah you guys have a great dinner okay we're not eating yeah we're just going for a romantic
09:25stroll on the beach practice wasn't hard enough so we got to move our legs a little bit
09:32let's get a script on we'll just marcher
09:44let's get started
09:45let's get started
09:47let's get started
09:49let's get started
09:50let's get started
09:51let's get started
09:52let's get started
09:53let's get started
09:54so it's fun to be able to come and sweat it out a little bit.
09:59Just to find your feeling,
10:01it's been three days,
10:02it doesn't help a lot,
10:04but when you play every day,
10:06to take three of you,
10:08you lose your feeling, I think.
10:10I think it's good to go back on the road,
10:13to do drills that we're used to do.
10:15And also, after three days.
10:17Yeah, to find drills that you're used to do,
10:19it's not for you.
10:21It was my first practice today.
10:24It was my first practice,
10:26so I just tried to save more than other things.
10:29I went back to the leagues.
10:41The beach,
10:42it serves as memory lane for these guys,
10:45and their time in the American Hockey League.
10:51I've always enjoyed my time,
10:53like when I play in the American Hockey League.
10:55I think that all the guys who are here
10:56have been happy for the moments
10:58when we play well.
10:59There were times when we play well.
11:00There were times when we play well.
11:01The times are very different.
11:02You play a lot on the weekends.
11:04In the weekend,
11:05it's all the time.
11:06Monday, Sunday, Sunday,
11:07we don't play the rest of the week.
11:08We usually have a lot of food in the plane,
11:11or if we stay here,
11:12when we come to the hotel,
11:13we'll have a lot of food.
11:14But there, it's...
11:15When you arrive at the arena,
11:16there's a menu,
11:17there's a little pot,
11:18and there's some fun.
11:19You add an orange.
11:20When you come to the beach,
11:21there's some hot water.
11:22You get a lot of fun.
11:23You even get a lot of fun.
11:26The fans are lucky.
11:28They are lucky because they're in the place.
11:29They're in the place.
11:30They're in the place a lot.
11:31But in Milwaukee,
11:32we'll play a morning in the evening.
11:34There's a place like Bridgeport.
11:35I think there were 500 people in one match.
11:37person in a match.
11:38You would do the moths at 11am for the event.
11:42After the 2nd period, there was no one there.
11:47It's also a stage to live, I think, in terms of professional.
11:52I think it brings a lot of things to appreciate
11:54even more what the national league is.
11:57I think once you go to the national league,
11:59then you descend below.
12:00After that, the next time you come out,
12:02you don't want to be able to stay.
12:04I think it makes a lot of people
12:06who are still angry, who are still performing.
12:14I can't even see it on the ocean.
12:16Surely that one is there.
12:36Surprise!
12:38After multiple injuries,
12:40winger Raphael Harvey-Penard was sent down to Laval
12:44to recover and get in shape.
12:46Now he's pushing hard to get back to the NHL.
12:50In the end, I wasn't sure how it would react to the first part.
12:57I think it's even more difficult than what I thought.
13:00It was a process.
13:01I'm still in this process.
13:03I think there's a way to get more to the level.
13:06I know there's still place to improve.
13:09When you're in the American League,
13:11the chance is real to go up high.
13:15You have to believe it too.
13:17I think that's the goal for everyone.
13:19It's going to go up high.
13:21I think there's always someone who you look.
13:23Sometimes you don't know.
13:24But I think it's also what it's caught.
13:26It's positive, it's negative.
13:28If you continue to work,
13:29it's going to pay.
13:30It's going to be your chance.
13:32You don't have 25 chances.
13:35It's usually one or two in your career.
13:37You have to be able to do it at a good time.
13:40Raphael's roommate is Vincent Arsenault.
13:43He's a real vet.
13:44Ten years in the A.
13:46Still, he holds on to the dream
13:49of getting that life-changing call
13:51and making it to the big time.
13:54I still dream of playing in the National League.
13:57The fact that I came to the ball this year,
14:00I think I've been in three or four years.
14:02I come from the Île-de-la-Madeleine.
14:04I have an island behind me
14:07who motivates me regularly,
14:09game after game after game.
14:11Every time you put the Rockets,
14:14you have the ability to play,
14:15you have the ability to win.
14:16I think that's one of the reasons
14:18why I decided to keep my pants
14:21attached for a couple of seasons.
14:24I think that the Canadians are playing very good hockey.
14:38Listen, it's the best month point-wise
14:40that the Canadians have played.
14:42I think the vibes are good.
14:44I think the Canadians have found the right way to play.
14:47Hockey players are famously superstitious.
14:50And from the look of things
14:51on the seventh floor of the Bell Centre,
14:53so is the owner.
14:55It's not the first time that they do stuff
14:57that doesn't work.
14:58It's not the first time that they do stuff
14:59that doesn't work.
15:00So, for the next season,
15:01we're going to see if it's possible
15:02to make a really partisan space.
15:03It's a place where the partisans
15:06would be debout.
15:07We don't have that at the Centre.
15:08The people who are in the press gallery
15:09can be debout,
15:10but it's not acceptable.
15:11The club wants to revive
15:13an old tradition
15:15that they're not able to do
15:16and they're not able to do it.
15:17It's a place where the partisans
15:19would be standing.
15:20We don't have that at the Centre.
15:21The people who are in the press gallery
15:23can be standing,
15:24but it's not acceptable.
15:25The club wants to revive
15:27an old tradition
15:28from the days of the Forum,
15:30the legendary standing room tickets.
15:33...en arrière de la galerie de presse.
15:34La galerie de presse
15:35va être dans le chemin
15:36pour voir le scoreboard.
15:37Il va nous en manquer un bout,
15:38c'est absolument certain.
15:40Puis ça tient combien de monde?
15:42Alors, si on veut juste garder ça
15:44comme peu d'investissement,
15:46juste ouvrir l'endroit,
15:4760 personnes.
15:48Si on veut investir
15:49puis rendre ça un petit peu plus accessible,
15:50on peut facilement se rendre à 100.
15:52Nous disons qu'on l'approuve
15:53puis on commence la consultation.
15:54On commence la construction bientôt.
15:56Oui.
15:57Est-ce que ça va être prêt
15:58pour la saison prochaine?
15:59Ça serait prêt pour la saison prochaine
16:00parce qu'il y a peu à faire.
16:01En fait, tu vois,
16:02comme toute la zone en arrière,
16:03la zone de Monson, la zone de Ford.
16:04Ça, c'est la dernière rangée au Centre.
16:05La dernière, dernière, dernière rangée.
16:06Puis c'est ça ici.
16:07L'idée, ça va être comme,
16:08on est dans le Centre Bell,
16:09on sent comme la foule,
16:11les partisans,
16:12on va entendre la musique,
16:13on va...
16:14C'est vraiment le même feeling,
16:15sauf que c'est sûr que côté match,
16:16il y a des mous
16:17que les gens verront pas
16:18parce que c'est plus comme un truc de...
16:20un groupe, un party.
16:21Tu vois, c'est quand même
16:22très, très grand.
16:23Alors, là, on va aller faire la visite.
16:24On se promène?
16:25Ouais.
16:26Je pense qu'on va s'enligner
16:27sur le party deck.
16:28All right.
16:29Commencez par le cinéma
16:31puis après, c'est vous.
16:34Là, on va aller sur la pancelle.
16:35Si vous voulez voir la pancelle,
16:36je vous dis, c'est un petit peu...
16:38On va être dans les échelles, là.
16:40This new section
16:41will sit high above ice level.
16:44And some may find it steep right now.
16:47Là, à date,
16:48c'est juste les escaliers.
16:50Alors, un des critères,
16:51c'est qu'il faut être en forme
16:52pour assister à un match, ici.
16:55Oh, here we are.
16:57OK.
16:58I'm never gonna come here.
17:00I'm a little scared of heights.
17:01Are you?
17:02Yeah.
17:03Jeff, si tu n'aimes pas ça,
17:04laisse faire, là.
17:05No, just so far, so good,
17:06but I'm not going on a ladder.
17:07Zero chance I'm going on a ladder.
17:09Ouais.
17:10Tout va bien, tout va bien.
17:11L'échelle est ici.
17:15On va ouvrir le mur.
17:16Ça va être aussi grand que ça.
17:17Ça va être plus grand.
17:18Plus grand.
17:19On va l'extensionner un peu.
17:20Ouais.
17:21Let me know what...
17:22Take a picture for me, France.
17:23Tout le monde est stressé de mon affaire.
17:25C'est solide ici, là, Patrick, là,
17:27alors qu'on se promène là-dessus, nous autres, là.
17:29Ouais.
17:30Imagine que ta clé marche pas.
17:31Ouais.
17:32Imagine que ta clé marche pas.
17:33Pat.
17:34Ta clé marche pas pour t'oublier ton celluline.
17:35Qu'est-ce que tu fais?
17:36You go missing.
17:37You go missing.
17:38Imagine if you don't.
17:39Imagine que ta clé marche pas, Pat.
17:40Ta clé marche pas, pis t'oublies ton celluline.
17:41Qu'est-ce que tu fais?
17:42You go missing.
17:43Continuing on, into the holiday season.
17:44Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
17:45Yeah.
17:46Well, I think it's going to be a big building.
17:47It's going to be unique.
17:48It's going to be rowdy.
17:49It's going to be fun.
17:50And you're going to help create the energy from up high
17:51that will hopefully translate to down low.
17:54So come be a part of something special.
17:56Imagine que ta clé marche pas, Pat.
17:59Ta clé marche pas, pis t'oublié ton celluline.
18:02Qu'est-ce que tu fais?
18:04You go missing.
18:07Continuing on, into the holiday season.
18:11I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, and here we are on December 28th
18:16as the Montreal Canadiens continue this six game road trip as they play their first game
18:22against the defending Stanley Cup champions this year.
18:41Go! Go! Let's go!
18:43Now, with the team that is much more competitive, the Panthers,
18:46they have now their fans, they are present and they want to hear.
18:50We see that it has changed in the amphitheater, but it's not just the Canadiens that they have here.
18:55It would have been a little bit closer to the series,
18:58but we have still a little chance, but there are only a few weeks left.
19:01We don't have to lose today,
19:03so we'll have a chance to start with our partner.
19:06And we'll have a new roller this evening.
19:11Welcome to the NHL, Jakob Dobysch.
19:1465 games over a season and a half with the Laval Rocket in the American Hockey League
19:21gets his first call in the NHL tonight.
19:24I'm not like the biggest fan of the cameras in a sense like...
19:28Sorry.
19:29Like, right now, this is totally fine.
19:32Like, you know, I have nothing to do, but before a game, I, uh...
19:36I just, I don't look at people, really.
19:39Like, I'm kind of, like, zoned out and just looking what I need to do.
19:44So, you know, when I see the cameras, I'm like, um...
19:47I don't want to look at you guys.
19:49Okay, 13, he's got seven, and 19's got seven par-play goals.
19:56Everything is around the net, and a lot of it is...
19:59It's actually five, it's Ekblad.
20:00They're shooting it, and it's deflection, rebound, chaos,
20:03and they, they, that's how they've been scoring goals this year.
20:06Okay, so for me, you gotta make sure we're in the right spot,
20:09right in between the two, and we're ready to attack that,
20:11and we're ready to attack that, and we demand those low places.
20:13We've been good at it, okay?
20:15Let's make sure we're sharp with that tonight.
20:18I'm quite a part of the game, so I like to know exactly the A and Z.
20:23For me, the hybrid in the defensive zone, it's new.
20:26The piquet is also a lot of new.
20:28It's a lot of improvement.
20:30Honestly, there's a lot of information from the last days.
20:33There's so much nervousness.
20:36There's a lot of questions in your head, so, when you're in the match,
20:39When you arrive at the match, it's really to concentrate on what you do well and to do it.
20:46We are a relaxed team before games, until Marty comes to the room.
20:52Okay.
20:56This is a team, boys, it's about fucking skin and finishing check.
21:00They're going to do that to you all night, okay?
21:02We have to fucking be willing to do that ourselves.
21:04It's limiting the action that helps them.
21:05We've talked about that.
21:07Expect scrums.
21:09Okay, when we're in Ozone, let's try not to give them scrum.
21:13Get away.
21:14Unless it's fucking...
21:14When Marty comes to the room, it's...
21:17Because he is pretty good at giving speeches.
21:20I feel like after a speech, we are all pretty fired up and ready to go.
21:24So it's pretty relaxed until I feel like Marty comes to the locker room.
21:26After that, we are ready to go.
21:32It's a simple fact.
21:34The Habs got to play better on the road to have any real shot at the playoffs.
21:39If you're going to fucking walk to the end of the dock and dip your toe in, test the
21:46water, you're probably not going to play much, okay?
21:50But for me, a game like that tonight against that team, if we need the fucking 20 guys fucking
21:55running off the fucking dock, cannonballing in from the fucking start, and our start's
22:01been a fucking huge identity of our team right now, and that's what we need tonight.
22:04You can't fucking wait two, three, four shifts.
22:07Fucking right away.
22:08Expect a war out there, okay?
22:10And let's do it together.
22:10Let's go.
22:11It's also game day in Utica, a town that loves its hockey.
22:32So much so, there's ice everywhere.
22:35I was wondering if Bacon was allowed.
22:49Bacon is definitely allowed.
22:51Yeah, I think it's been good.
23:05I think we've kind of, we started off really hot, and then we kind of went on a little
23:09bit of a dip, but we're bouncing right back, and I think we're doing well.
23:12This is a really tight group, and I think that's kind of what's been helping us.
23:15We just bounce back from no matter what happens.
23:17Yeah, I've been really enjoying the season so far.
23:20We have a really good group of guys, older guys, younger guys.
23:22The mix is pretty good.
23:25I think we're a gritty, never-backed-out team.
23:28The Rockets have been on fire, and Pascal Vincent is a big reason why.
23:41Last season, he was head coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
23:44He's already had a ton of success in his career, and it's helping to steer Laval to a good place.
23:50But they all know, they want more.
23:53Celui qui va dire qu'il ne veut pas monter, c'est un mentor.
23:57Zone entries.
23:58Cause they're gonna come here, if you're trying to make plays, that's...
24:01Michael Pezzetta played over a hundred games in the Rocket jersey,
24:23before finally breaking that ceiling to the NHL.
24:26There were some dark days in the AHL.
24:31My second year, I remember, like, I wasn't playing, and it had been a decent amount of time,
24:35maybe seven, eight games in a row, and I'm sitting there in the minors, not playing,
24:38and I remember just, like, sitting on the bench, like, between reps to, like, catch my breath,
24:42and thinking to myself, like, where's the light at the end of the tunnel, you know?
24:45Like, there's so many players, there's so many guys ahead of me on the depth chart,
24:48and you're sitting there wondering, like, how am I gonna break through, you know?
24:52Thinking, I'm not gonna let them break me, you know?
24:53Like, if they break me, like, they win, you know?
24:55Not that they're trying to do that, it was just the way the cookies crumbled in that instance,
24:59but the minute you start losing faith in yourself and not doing what you can every day,
25:04now it becomes your fault, right?
25:06Don't guess, don't cheat.
25:10Make sure you steal the D side, and you finish hard, and you're gonna get the puzzle.
25:14Because now it's, there's too much, really much clean fun.
25:17You guys are smart players, you have the right spot.
25:19You see them having time on the wall, it's time, time, time.
25:22You're defenders, you know, will support.
25:23The two players that I think thought were gonna get called up more than they did
25:26are Logan Mayhew and Joshua.
25:29Joshua finished the season last year with the Canadians,
25:31probably had higher expectations.
25:33It's been a little bit of a rollercoaster ride for him.
25:35Logan Mayhew probably didn't get called up because the Canadians picked up Alex Carrier.
25:57If you pick up Carrier, there's one less spot on the right side for Mayhew.
26:04If I get the call up, I want to go up there and stay up there.
26:07So the goal isn't to go up, to come back, to go up, to go up there and then stay in the NHL for a long time.
26:14But obviously guys go up and down all the time, so you never know what's gonna happen.
26:17I'd say that all the players, veterans, say that if I play well enough, I'll have a chance and I think that it's super simple.
26:27And if they stop thinking about it, I think that they'll be able to play a lot more than they're going to play a lot.
26:33I think that's the best way to play a lot.
27:03It's Jakob Dobish's big moment, his first NHL game.
27:30And he wants to take a rookie solo lap, even if it's not what goalies usually do.
27:36He was like, I need to do my rookie lap without my helmet.
27:39We're like, I don't know if goalies do that.
27:41He's like, no, I saw guys do it, so I'm doing it.
27:48He wanted it.
27:48He wanted the moment.
27:49He wanted to step in and be the guy and have a good game, have a good start.
27:53I don't know if he was nervous before the match.
28:01I'm not in his space.
28:03You have to trust in yourself if you're at this level.
28:07There are some who are more than others.
28:08The Florida Panthers are the reigning Stanley Cup champions.
28:26This could be a tough night at the office, especially since they have only four wins and ten losses on the road.
28:37Kent Hughes has thoughts on how to turn it around.
28:43Well, I think you play a more mature, conservative game.
28:49That's what Florida does.
28:50They're a very patient hockey team.
28:52They're not running and gunning for 60 minutes.
28:55They wait for their opportunities.
28:57They play a hard, fast game, but they're very patient as much as anything.
29:02And we need to be able to match that.
29:10Here is Sunrise ready for the beginning of the match.
29:15We hope you'll pass a very good period of the match.
29:18Good match!
29:20We're going to start the match.
29:21We're going to start the match.
29:25We knew they were good teams and they have great players, but we knew if we would do what we talk about, play our system, play the right way, don't do anything stupid out there, make smart decisions, we could beat them.
29:42Obviously seeing dogs play and in the camp and stuff when I watched a couple of snow games and see him play.
30:00I knew he's a good goalie, I knew he's a big guy and did not expect.
30:03Going to the first couple of minutes, I feel like because they were the Sonic Cup champs,
30:31you have a lot of respect.
30:33But as the game went on, and the minutes were counting, and you get to the five-minute mark
30:48or ten-minute mark, you kind of realize that you belong with them on the ice, and you
30:52are talented, too.
30:53And yet, Jakub Dobech, this game does 16.
30:57We can only conclude that it's an excellent entry for him until now, Jakub Dobech.
31:01Jakub Dobech without being in its element, without being in confidence and calm, and that's
31:05a good sign for the organization.
31:08Everyone in this league is dedicated to the same thing, making the National Hockey League.
31:26That's all you're thinking about when you're here.
31:29You're one step away.
31:30And if you can make it, your life has changed.
31:33Let's see what the Comets can do.
31:35And we're ready to go with a puck drop at center right.
31:38Jason Shia calls play-by-play for the Utica Comets.
31:47He's also waiting for the phone to ring.
31:49I do believe I'm the best broadcaster outside the National Hockey League.
31:52Getting a job in the greatest league in the world is highly competitive.
31:55It's God's will.
31:56If it happens, it happens.
31:58Seamus scores!
32:00Third play goal!
32:13It's been 17 games since Logan Mayhew scored, but he's been focusing on his defense, knowing
32:19that the goals will eventually come.
32:22I feel like I always came in kind of as an offensive-minded D-man, but now hoping to play
32:27in the NHL, there's plenty of other guys out there who can do that work too, so it doesn't
32:32have to be me every single night.
32:35I feel like I just want to be able to bring a complete game.
32:45Mind you, what do you need?
32:46You need more repetitions, more touches, more games in the American Hockey League where
32:51you're not only a very good player, you become a dominant player for an extended period
32:55of time.
32:56Comets up 2-0.
32:57They're in the D-zone here in a longer shift.
32:59Rebound in front of Dawes.
33:00They stramble!
33:01And they score!
33:06Logan Mayhew scores.
33:07Goal number six.
33:08Fucking right!
33:09Way to get the boys started!
33:11And this is now a 2-1 game.
33:16Good play, Navy!
33:215-on-5, hell of a fucking period.
33:24You had one chance.
33:26We had ozone time, we had good forecheck, we're tracking right, and D, that quick-up is working
33:33really well.
33:34Right?
33:35Keep doing that, and you guys get open.
33:36That was a great period.
33:37You alright?
33:38Yeah.
33:39Okay.
33:40Alright, let's go, man.
33:50Like when they have a bumper, like they have somebody here, he slides, D, and they still
33:56have a guy here.
33:57Yeah.
33:58Does that make sense?
33:59Like this guy, he slides down, so technically the flank guy, that's your 2-on-1.
34:03Matty would keep this, and this is my 2-on-1, you know what I mean?
34:08You're saying on the other side?
34:10Yeah.
34:11Other side is not one-timer though.
34:12When I got to the NHL, and guys would be doing these crazy plays, and they'd be talking
34:16on the whiteboard, and Sal would be up there, I'd be like starstruck, like what the hell's
34:19going on?
34:20Like I, this is a little bit too much.
34:22Please stop.
34:23Then he stays here.
34:24I know, but I gotta, if I'm the flank guy, I gotta stay here.
34:29The more he does it, the more you kinda understand it, and you start jumping in the conversation,
34:34and start asking questions.
34:35And for that side of the game, I think I've grown a lot.
34:43When your players are able to coach each other, you're in a good place.
34:49Our Piquet has regulations, and they know these regulations, but the other teams, sometimes,
34:55they're going to do things, and they're going to test your regulations.
35:01And when you have players who are able to teach each other like that, and teach each other,
35:05it has a lot of power.
35:07It's even better than if it's the coach.
35:10Open up!
35:12Open up!
35:13Open up!
35:14Open up!
35:15Open up!
35:16Come on, Thomas!
35:18Open up!
35:21The Canadians need secondary scoring.
35:24Marty St. Louis can't rely on Suzuki and Caulfield or a power play goal from Patrick Leine every game.
35:31Oh, my God!
35:33Patrick Leine now needs to be able to score five on five.
35:36For that, he's going to need Doc to get going.
35:39Trevor!
35:40Even when I'm giving those passes to you, like, they're fucking sniffing.
35:43Like, they're coming right at you.
35:45So I might...
35:46I might have to go, like, down low with it, and then back up.
35:51You have to get that second line going, because if they can get secondary scoring,
35:56they're going to be dangerous.
35:58Patrick Leine, seven, one-on-one, in front of Kulikoff.
36:02Leine is going to be able to go for the field of the team.
36:05He's not supposed to be able to go for the team.
36:07He's not supposed to be able to go for the team.
36:08He's not supposed to be able to go for the team!
36:10Oh, yeah!
36:11Thank you, guys, Arthur!
36:16Let's go!
36:17Woo!
36:18It's not supposed to be a game, but Kirby Doc, Mark Confin...
36:23Finally!
36:24Five on five!
36:25One more happy with the plus!
36:26Me too!
36:27One more happy with the players, because they know what Kirby Doc traverse.
36:34And they also know how much this guy is important for the team.
36:38If Kirby Doc doesn't work, he's missing a top six center for Canadians,
36:42and I don't know where he could find it.
36:45It's been difficult, obviously.
36:47The start is not what I wanted, and it's definitely frustrating as a player.
36:52Coming back from the knee and all the work I've kind of been putting in,
36:56and it just kind of clicked.
36:57For me, it was nice to kind of turn a corner at Christmas and feel good and feel like I'm
37:03back at a hundred percent.
37:04Hey, hey!
37:05Gee, gee, gee.
37:10Hey, hey!
37:12Hey!
37:14Monkey and Docker!
37:17Come on, baby!
37:18We're fucking awesome!
37:20There are you!
37:21Yes!
37:22Woo!
37:23You're fucking right!
37:24Me and Doc are kind of started calling each other that.
37:27There's a lot of, I mean, you go to a lot of butcher shops anywhere,
37:31there's Alberta beef all over the place,
37:33and it's the best beef you can get, so it's Alberta beef, I guess.
37:37Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
37:39Yeah! Come on, Domi!
37:47Oh, yeah, boys! That's how we fucking come back!
37:50We're building on the positive side of the player.
37:53What's really good!
37:57We're going to solidify that.
37:59That's going to be your foundation,
38:00and we're going to build that game.
38:06I think, by doing that,
38:07players like Josh, Logan,
38:09or a team like Caden,
38:11it gives them a certain confidence.
38:14Okay, here's what I can do.
38:15I'm saved by Primo off the right bat again.
38:18And from there, you have to become so good
38:20in this foundation
38:22that you can say,
38:23I mean, my competition,
38:25at the end,
38:26and I have to be better than him in this role.
38:28And the Comets holding a 2-1 lead.
38:31Off the mare to the left-wing side.
38:33Fires! They score!
38:35Yay!
38:36Oh, the fucking pass!
38:3810 to 4, 5, 6!
38:40Ha, ha, ha!
38:42Fucking A, big boy!
38:43Hey, one on, one on!
38:45Five minutes,
38:46and now five seconds left to go.
38:47Perry Boulet,
38:48nice pass.
38:49Owen Beck,
38:50to the middle,
38:51shooting.
38:52SCORES!
38:53What a release!
38:54There we go, boys.
38:55That beats Dawes to make it 3-2.
38:57What a release!
38:58What a release!
38:59There we go, boys.
39:00That beats Dawes to make it 3-2.
39:02Well, if that's good for the Canadian,
39:04do you think Martin Saint-Louis
39:06will be able to push his back more?
39:07But not.
39:08But not.
39:09I don't know.
39:10Oh, fuck!
39:16Damn, you gotta act this shit out.
39:18Come on.
39:19That's where you can't get there.
39:21Oh!
39:22That's where you're going.
39:23Oh, fuck.
39:24That's where you're going.
39:25Oh, fuck.
39:26Oh, fuck.
39:27Oh, fuck.
39:28Evan, two corners,
39:29and a win!
39:30Oh, fuck!
39:31Oh, fuck!
39:32Oh, fuck!
39:33Oh, fuck!
39:34Oh, fuck!
39:35Oh, fuck!
39:36Oh, fuck!
39:37Oh, fuck!
39:38Oh, fuck!
39:39Time is running out.
39:40The shot coming up here.
39:42No, it missed.
39:43And that'll do it.
39:46But ultimately,
39:47Navajo skates away with the win.
39:49With the win.
39:50Victoire du Canadien.
39:52Victoire de Yacoub Tovesh
39:54à son premier match
39:55dans la ligue nationale.
39:57Et victoire
39:58par planchissage
39:59à parole.
40:05Here we go.
40:06Here we go.
40:08Sit.
40:09Sit.
40:10Yeah, it's been a while,
40:11that's for sure.
40:12So,
40:13I don't think I've really
40:14gone a stretch that long
40:16without getting one.
40:17But, uh,
40:18I think, uh,
40:19no,
40:20it feels good to get the monkey
40:21off the dock for sure.
40:22But, uh,
40:23it feels even better
40:24to get that win there.
40:25Hey!
40:26Hey!
40:27Hey!
40:28Hey!
40:29Hey!
40:30Hey!
40:31Hey!
40:32Hey!
40:33Hey!
40:34Hey!
40:35Hey!
40:36It was just, um,
40:37kind of a perfect game
40:38for everyone.
40:39I feel like we just,
40:40it was a good game for us.
40:42It just worked out.
40:44I have a couple of pops.
40:46Dovish on the plane.
40:47Hey!
40:48You deserve it.
40:49Oh!
40:50Oh!
40:51Oh!
40:52I think we played
40:53an excellent match
40:54in front of him
40:55to help him get in the match
40:56without having to make
40:57such gross errors
40:58of good luck.
40:59But, uh,
41:00he has given
41:01a very good performance.
41:02Yeah, yeah,
41:03this performance
41:04took a lot of nuts
41:05from...
41:06Oh!
41:07Oh!
41:08Oh!
41:09Oh!
41:11Oh!
41:14Come on!
41:15Oh!
41:16who put in the first place the strategy on the racetrack
41:19at the detriment of the individual part.
41:22And I feel like I've seen the birth of a hockey club.
41:32Man, Marte Saint-Louis had an easy day at the office,
41:35courtesy of his team.
41:38I thought they played a very strong defensive game,
41:41and I know hockey players are superstitious,
41:44so whatever Kirby Doc ate before this game
41:47or over the holidays, keep eating it.
41:49Because, boy, he looked rejuvenated.
41:52He was all over the place.
41:56Toby, get number one start? We're good.
41:59Probably Newby, Doc, and Toby, right?
42:03Oh, yeah, I'm sitting down there.
42:05It's good.
42:07On to the next one?
42:08Yeah. Turn the page.
42:10All righty.
42:12Turn the page.
42:14In the reconstruction of Canada,
42:16it's important that the young people
42:18from the Rocket of Laval stay at Laval
42:20the most long time possible,
42:22because it allows the organization to well evaluate
42:25who is close to their potential,
42:27who is also trying to stagnate.
42:29It's important that the organization
42:30gives us the time to get answers.
42:32I don't think there's a young people who say,
42:34I'm going to play in the American League.
42:40Our goal is to help Canadians.
42:42That's our first mission, to develop our players,
42:44to help Canadians, to create a positive environment
42:47that make sure that our players can grow up in all of this.
42:51And when they come up, we're happy for them.
42:58I think that's the mindset of the American League.
43:00It's going to win every day, and let's go, and convince us.
43:03There's nothing guaranteed, but if you don't control the things you can,
43:08you won't be able to win.
43:13The American Hockey League, and the National Hockey League,
43:16so interconnected, and yet worlds apart.
43:20Only 20% of AHL skaters ever climb that final ladder
43:25and play 200 in the big leagues.
43:28The last part of any journey is often the hardest.
43:32It's so competitive, and it's not fair.
43:38It's my first player ever, guys!
43:40I'm better ever!
43:44So the temperament of the city was,
43:47they're going on the road trip, they go 500,
43:50it'd be a great road trip, but that's not what happened.
44:00What happened was, the season, the light switch went on for the season.
44:08It wasn't the Canadians were playing well anymore.
44:15The Canadians were a good hockey team.
44:18Will you look at this?
44:20The Habs are in the mix.
44:24David Savard, a stay-at-home defender, right shot.
44:32I already talked to Sally.
44:33I mean, we could trade him today.
44:34You never know if you have your phone close to you
44:38in case something happens.
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