 Dominic Dawes show, I'm Joe Wombo, joined now with Ice Hockey head coach Dominic Dawes and coach. Two different types of games this week. One, first of all, the thriller and overtime on Friday night over Elmira. Yeah, no, I mean, Friday night was a great night, but we talked going into the game of we wanted to win our first league game and kind of get that get that monkey off our back and guys showed up, battled hard, hung with it. I thought got our heels a little bit late in the game, but I think we showed a lot of character and battled through it and you know, had a couple kind of bad beats in the game score or really score on yourself too often. But I think the guys handled it, handled it well, head on the highs and lows and got through it. We came away with two points. That's one of the interesting things about hockey is like that play is so rare, but it does happen. And then being able to bounce back and get that game time winner late in the game and overtime. I think it was it was huge. I think it was a big, a big step forward for us to know that we could, you know, handle some adversity and get through it and, you know, kind of come away with the with the win. And speaking of adversity throughout the game on Saturday with Hobart, a ranked team on your second conference game, you know, they it was a different type of game and guys spend a little quite a bit of time in the penalty box with that mentality. Yeah, I think as a whole, we played a much better game on on Saturday, except with the exception of the penalties. I think we were a little bit on disciplined at times and, you know, kind of flipped to the opposite of what we did Friday, kind of weren't able to handle it mentally. As the game went on, got a little, you know, just got lost, got lost in it and couldn't hang with it and took some some bad penalties or selfish penalties late. And that's what ended up ultimately. You know, it's a chance. I would argue that the game was, you know, called fairly, you know, they had their fair share of penalties. So you can't. Oh, absolutely. I mean, we, hey, we, I think they were two for 11 and we were, we were 0 for seven. So they definitely won the special teams battle and they won 3-1. That's the difference in the game. And we had our opportunity. So we had a couple of posts in there. We had quite a few quality chances late in the game and just, hey, that's gonna happen sometimes. Everything's not gonna go in the net. That's, that's the nature of the game, but you got to be able to hang with it and, you know, at least give yourself a chance to win. And I think that's what we didn't do. Right. You talked a little bit about, you know, our maturity level in your post-game interview after that game. Now that may change. Your experiences are gonna change this weekend on going on a trip on a road trip. Yeah. So this will be a good, good weekend. Good, you know, good to get on the bus, get out of here, get away from the place, you know, get the guys together. In our sport, the guys usually love being on the, being on the road, being on the bus. So it'll be fun. But it'll also be a good, good challenge for us. Nazareth, Utica, both, you know, tough places to play. We're kind of still in that mode of creating some rivalries here within our, within our league. So it'll be a good chance for us. Is that what you're expecting? Some sort of rivalry or big crowds like we've been seeing here to see them on the road there? Yeah, I mean, Nazareth, you know, kind of plays a similar ring to us, but you know, Utica seats 4,000 people and, you know, draws the most in the country. So it should be a fun atmosphere for our guys to, you know, experience and be part of. Goals go in there and win. Yep. Well, we wish you the best of luck on these trips and we'll talk to you next week. Awesome. Thank you. He's Dominic Dawes. I'm Joe Wamban. This has been the Dominic Dawes Show.