 Welcome back to the Tracy Johnson show presented by Buffalo Wildwings. I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stevenson women's ice hockey head coach Tracy Johnson and coach. Let's talk about some milestones that happen. Let's start with with rookie Nikki Kendrick Having quite the first year. She set the rookie record for points in a season with 26 Surpassing Chelsea Blackburn. She's in the top five for a single season with a sis So talk about her play this year. We certainly had high hopes for her you know, obviously she was named as one of the the players to watch in terms of our conference and You know, just just really proud to see how she's been able to produce this year you know, I knew that she was she had the potential to produce the way that she is and You know, she's just got a great attitude and she's an awesome teammate So it couldn't it couldn't be happening for a better person for sure And then your duo of seniors Kellen Whitman and Sierra Samasko Kellen I believe a second in goals in a career fourth fourth in points She also set the single season record with her ninth power play goal with which also is tied for first in division three And then Sierra your captain became the seventh player in program history to record 50 points Yeah, just the I mean the energy that they bring to the team is you know, something that you you just can't You can't really put words due because it just it just lights a fire for everybody else And you know, certainly they're showing up on the on the score sheet a lot, which is great Nice to see, you know, they've worked their whole careers to lead to what they're doing now So very proud of them very excited for the season that they're having, you know, it's always nice when you see Seniors having their best year in their last year before we dive into the playoff scenario Let's talk about two meaningful games that you have coming up and not in terms of points when you host Newman It's your cause game for mental health awareness and then the following weekend when you host Elmira You're gonna honor five seniors. So the mental health awareness game. We're pretty excited about, you know We decided to go with that cause this year for for a cause game I think it's something that is just really important And you know, we have to work towards just ending the stigma which is kind of the hashtag that goes along with what We're using leading up to that. We're gonna have our team go to a Nami walk rally tomorrow just to learn a little bit more about mental health and the importance of taking care of yourself mentally and emotionally and You know, we we try to tell our team all the time It's okay to not be okay And I think it's a good opportunity to just really bring awareness to that and and just celebrate You know, the efforts put towards understanding mental health. So excited for that And then senior night, I mean, it's always gonna be senior day is, you know, always emotional. It's Crazy to me how quickly their four years go by and You know, it's to see that this group of five have to, you know Call an end put an end to their this chapter of their lives is sad but at the same time I'm very excited for what they have next and That'll be a great day to be able to do that and kind of close out our season at home Our regular season at home and and celebrate them And to wrap things up. Let's talk about that playoff race one spot left. It's the sixth and final spot. I Don't want to say it's it sounds as easy as paper as it is But win these next two games and and that's yours two big games coming up home and home with Newman So we have talked about as a team. We want to not be too focused on the fact that You know, we need we need to win them versus we will and just that's that change in attitude of You know, we want to play how we can and know that if we focus on putting forth our full effort and focus on Executing the little things that we've been practicing that the results will come with those but You know, it's certainly an exciting time. It's almost like playoff start now So, you know, I was pretty proud of how they played this past weekend and we just want to continue On that momentum push going into this this weekend here Well, coach, we wish you the best of luck the remainder of the regular season and hopefully in playoffs. Thank you so much For head coach Tracy Johnson. I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Tracy Johnson show