 Hello, and welcome into the Tracy Johnson Coach's show. I'm Joe Wamba, joined now with Tracy Johnson, head coach of the women's ice hockey team. And coach, opening up the season this weekend, past weekend, traveling up to Newman and playing two games there, first with UMass Poston and then getting that overtime thriller against Newman in their own house. Yeah, it was an exciting weekend overall. I think going into the first weekend of any season, there's all sorts of questions. You've only seen your team play against each other. You only have 10 practices before jumping into games. And so we were very excited to actually get on the ice against a really strong UMass Boston team that made it into the national tournament last year. They got votes to be in the top 10 this year. So we were excited to see how we were going to stack up. And it was tough letting in the first two couple quick goals. But I think we really fought, tried to fight our way back and never gave up and was a decent effort. And then obviously, like you said, it was a pretty thrilling game the second day to take it in overtime. Ideally, I would like to take care of things in 60 minutes. But if it takes 60 minutes and 30 seconds, then that's OK with me too. And it shows a little bit of a quick process in the maturation of the players. A lot of young players who graduated 13 from last season, being able to bounce back from a game like the UMass Boston game and finish out one against Newman has to be a source of optimism for you. Absolutely. And again, like I said, it was early and a good test for us against this strong team. And then to see how we were able to bounce back like that was pretty promising and a good sign for the remainder of the season. And another test coming up this weekend as far as the Colonial Hockey Conference goes, traveling up the becker for the first CHC games of the season. Long trip in overnight, how are you going to be feeling about that one? Yeah, it'll be a chance for us to test our bust legs because we're going to have to figure that out a decent amount this season, not that we weren't traveling to Newman, but that was the closest one for us. We were able to come back after the game. So it's going to be a battle. It's going to be a grind. I know that they're going to be coming in wanting to get a little bit of revenge of our playoff game, our playoff semi-final game. So we've got to be ready to weather the storm and really take it to them from the first drop of the puck. And it'll be another route for the growing process of the newcomers and the freshmen of learning how to travel in a Colonial Hockey Conference. Exactly. And just really trying to be diligent about making sure we're hydrating, making sure that we're getting active and shaking out the bust legs, like I said. All right, coach. Well, we wish you the best of luck this weekend and the rest of the season. And we'll talk to you next week. Thanks so much. She's Tracy Johnson. I'm Joe Wamba, and this has been the Tracy Johnson Show.