 Hello and welcome to the first-ever episode of the Dominic Dawes show. I'm Joe Wamba joined with Dominic Dawes and coach over the weekend You guys have a pretty stellar performance a 7-1 victory on Friday night and 5-2 over Morrisville and Saturday. Yeah, I know I think at the end of the day here I think we're very happy and very pleased with the weekend and the start and we've talked a lot all Fall about building the foundation and our goal going into the weekend was to You know kind of put the first couple blocks in place and and that's what we did I think the team came out and worked hard Friday night played with a ton of energy And I think that was as expected just in terms of being kind of the inaugural night And then I think the second night. I think we were a little bit flat I think there was obviously a little bit of a let down, but I think to the guys credit They responded well after after a slow start and being down two goals after the first period and showed a little bit of Resiliency and got the job done it could be difficult at times to come out and have that same intensity the second night after you know You go out put up a seven spot on night one and in your inaugural game Yeah, I mean it it can but it to be honest of what we talked about is it should Every night's a new night for you know all kinds of different different reasons And you have to if you're gonna be successful at this level You have to be ready to ready to play night in and night out and that's I think something We really talked about and we'll talk about this week, you know going into the weekend is Square doesn't matter. You know, we're still kind of in that process of of building and creating what our habits are And we need to you know show up every every shift and one of those guys that Everybody did show up on Saturday, but Nick Bodiuk has gets the first ever hatching in men's ice hockey at Stevenson Yeah, no, I mean he came out. He's a kid that Speed is his his best tool and best option and I think it's his feet were moving and created some opportunities for himself And I think it's good that what it's happy what I was happy with is over both nights We had quite a few guys contribute and that I think gets you know a lot of guys going as we get into the year And I think the discipline level was exceptional as well, you know It may not seem so way that way on the stat sheet, but there were the opportunities to You know, maybe get into a little bit of trouble and they neglected that discipline is something that we've we've talked a lot about I mean being a young team we can't put ourselves in a in a hole And I think we did a great job with it I mean if you look at the national statistics here at the end of the weekend We're at the in the bottom of the barrel in terms of penalty minutes, which is a which is a good thing That's the place you want to be that's the bottom. That's the barrel you want to be the bottom Yeah, for sure Now let's turn our sights to this weekend First conference games of the year with Almyra and Hobart coming in Again expecting a pretty large crowd Friday night for you guys. Yeah, no I we were obviously thrilled with the turnout both nights, but a little different story I think here this this weekend the level play will go up here Significantly, and I think we have to put in the work this week to prepare and get ready for it and yeah, I think it's another adding another component in terms of You know being our first conference games and now starting to establish some rivalries and You know teams that we'll be seeing a lot over the years and getting to play those first games at home Is going to be important too, you know, it's you're you get asleep in your own bed You get to have a little bit of Regularity to what the game might be. Absolutely. No, I think that Definitely holds holds some value Just the the comforts of home a little bit But I think regardless our our thing our focus needs a bond just Showing up and being ready and working hard and going from there. Well coach I appreciate your time this week and we wish you the best of luck in preparation for this week And we'll be watching these games this weekend. Absolutely. Thank you. He's Dominic Dawes I'm Joe Wamba and this has been the Dominic Dawes show