00:00In a Tuesday night game against the Islanders, you guys have had a string of like 14 straight sellouts.
00:04I wonder, Beck, like how it's been around here.
00:06You've been here for a couple of years now and seeing what this has all kind of grown to become
00:11over the course of this year.
00:14Yeah, you know, I think even just, you know, in my short time here,
00:18seeing the difference from the energy that we had in the arena last year to this year, it's almost indescribable.
00:27You know, our fans are so passionate. They care so much.
00:30And, you know, the amount of energy that they've been bringing into the rink this season and over the last,
00:36whatever it is now, like you said, 15 games.
00:39It makes our building a really hard place to play for other teams.
00:42And we really feed off that energy.
00:44So we really can't thank them enough for how passionate they are.
00:48Not to go too far back, but is that kind of how, you know, I'd heard you say at some
00:52point along the way,
00:53you don't like fighting, which I would imagine most guys don't love fighting.
00:56And, like, that Tampa game, the crowd's into it, everyone's into it.
01:01And did you drop the gloves pretty easily there?
01:04Like, did you just get swept up in the environment when the games have that type of atmosphere?
01:09Oh, absolutely.
01:10I mean, I think in that game, you know, emotions are running high.
01:16There's more energy in that arena than anybody knows what to do with.
01:20And, yeah, it was getting kind of chippy.
01:23And, you know, for me, I've always – I think for me, I have a hard time flipping that switch.
01:29But once it flips, I have no problem doing it.
01:32And it was pretty easy for that switch to be flipped in that kind of game, I think.
01:36Beck Malenstein on the Western Hotline ahead of tonight's Sabres-Islanders game.
01:39Beck, are you aware of one of your nicknames being the Malen Goat?
01:45I've heard some rumblings recently, but, no, I'm not a social media guy or anything like that.
01:50So it kind of had flown under my radar.
01:52But a few people have kind of let me know that that's been circling around.
01:57And, I mean, it's funny.
01:58I'll take it.
01:59Yeah, it's not only circling around.
02:00I think it's made it onto a T-shirt.
02:02So this thing is real for you at this point.
02:06Does it get the Beck?
02:07I'll definitely take it.
02:08Does it get the Beck Malenstein seal of approval?
02:12Absolutely.
02:13I mean, I'm never going to complain about it.
02:15All right.
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