Road to the NHL Winter Classic Episode 3
Whose birthday was it yeah re how old are you bu so you’re old you’re getting old 22 like so you’re like an old rookie why do you get so much credit then I going like took you so long to get your first point anyway Is that cookie sheet a nonstick I got to heat the oven up just do yours first yours takes like what 20 minutes are you using the oven at all no can you tie this for me I what’ you say nothing I just
Feel awkward yeah I don’t know why you couldn’t tie yourself everybody likes cookies especially around holiday time so today Seattle teammates and roommates defenseman will borgan and the Krakens first ever draft pick Center Matty baners are about to engage in a friendly bake [Music] off
I’m making pelis my Nanie makes them legit she gave me the recipe and it’s kind of secret making Pillsbury Christmas trees how far do you spread these out how big do they get do you think that’s
Like a teaspoon I have no clue get a get workout mixer definitely would have been easier do want to text Yan and see if he has a mixer see if we can bring it over it’s not a bad idea I think we
Need it Yiannis do you have an electric mixer like baking you got to be more specific like blender no not like a blender like the thing to mix that Gordo yeah like the calling in their neighbor
Two time Stanley Cup winner Yanni gourd who came to Seattle from Tampa in the expansion draft is a pretty Savvy move for two of the younger players on the Kraken who clearly have a lot to learn
And experience playing on outdoor ranks is so fun you’re obviously a kid doing it but now you get to be an adult and go play an actual game I’ve never played an outdoor game so I think that’s pretty
Cool and kind of Lucky where’re having it I mean that looks pretty done no it might be a little soft can I try one this is this is pretty good he might have won I bet his grandma makes him better
I believe [Music] it water’s clean back here huh yeah oh good redge right here that’s good that’s what we want to see now he’s there if you don’t get bit after a minute or two just repick a spot
Ah look at that man you can tell you’re you’re Canadian dude you guys don’t even enjoy the fight you just rip them in just rip him just rip him out just rip him even coming off a lackluster
Loss in Carolina to the Hurricanes one of the few really bad outings his Vegas golden kns have had all year William kerer is nonetheless able to find time to clear his mind and enjoy one of
His favorite benefits of life on the road you on the first line will I run the Fort line man are you really yeah but the best Fort line in the league is it the seasons are grind right it’s uh
It’s tough and you’re playing every second day so uh not every city is is as nice as Tempo in Florida we come here once a year and I try to get out there if the if the weather’s nice and
It’s important to get your mind off the game to get reset and it’s it’s a great way of doing it will over here setting the hook like it’s a slap shot you know when you win the cup the
Year after it’s kind of tough to you know climb the mountain again so it’s been uh some up and downs but you know the team’s playing well ni you got a trout yes got a couple more games
Before the winter class growing up in Canada we played outside all winter so it’s going to be a special moment and you know a lot of emotion involved oh it’s a snook it’s a snook those are a very tough fish to hook in our winter months it’s always ni nice to have something
New like the Winter Classic to look forward to especially for a Stanley Cup winner like ker one of five original golden knights still with the team hey appreciate you coming though he man tting you guys yeah man great pleasure on the road to the 2024 discover NHL Winter Classic
Presented by Enterprise the official partner of the NHL Enterprise for lives in [Music] Drive for the golden knights they’re without their number one and number two Go tenders for at least the next couple of games before the Christmas break Logan Thompson out dayto
Day with an upper body injury Aiden Hill also out dayto day with a lower body injury thank you who’s your favorite who do you got in the back there oh he loves Wild Bill Wild Bill and Aiden Hill all right well Hill’s not here yeah good choices all right take care y
Have a couple of goalie injuries so we’re going to get a look at some of our younger guys in Nets hopefully it doesn’t change the mindset of the team that we’re preparing and playing to win every night usually when something like that happens you got to look at somebody else
Right so you got to look at the uh the bright side no NHL team goes through a season injuryf free with Aiden Hill and Logan Thompson now out for the two upcoming games in Florida for
The first one against Tampa Bay it’s it’s up to the Vegas coaches to keep the team focused and prepared okay men here tonight here a team that loves to be on the o so making sure we’re being disciplined staying out of the box again details sticks sticks we’re being physical big hit huge
Hit let’s bring that intensity tonight let’s play some hockey here when you’re races and battles all right let’s make sure we’re ready to go first period was good the other night let’s make sure we have a similar start we’re on top of the moving playing behind the managing the
Puck all right there’s their start Jack your line uh Marty petol and yri Nets here all right go let’s go Inn a period man for Yuri Patera it’s only his fourth career NHL start an opportunity to show his teammates they can rely on him too just as they do with
The knight’s two established [Music] [Applause] goenda boy Marty Marty hey we can ski against this group hey they’re not a heavy for che huh let’s make some plays here let’s get moving in their previous loss to Carolina the golden knights played well enough in the first
Period tonight the start is stronger but there are still some moments of concern a good job Paul by coner right in front of the Vegas pitch oh Paul boy nice Carl it’s a good start here man hey good Pace good Pace well it’s early and lots to go but
Vegas looks like a different team early on tonight good stick Mig shoots rebound score I didn’t mean to hit him I didn’t mean to hit him uhoh I’m in for a game here Z will softly Bank it in stone cuts into the circle off the
Barber 7 he scores Ian Barber 7 a wide open the net this is the fourth time that the golden knights have taken a two nothing lead to the second period they have won the previous three
There is however a first time for everything and it soon becomes apparent that this game has a good chance of being that one slides it behind Barry ble around to the left to the point for a drive
TI score lightning are on the board and Trail the night’s 2 one having a good period back to work behind them for Vegas the situation will eventually go from bad to worse when things get a little crowded in The Penalty Box here’s headman Waits shoots and Patera got that with a stick and
His stick a flat out his hands White Club gave it back to him he’s still scrambling than go COV the NHL’s top scorer has tied the game COV carries that down low goes off the SK that’s Go Power
Play Goals just seconds apart and this game is flipped Goodra out in front oh hits the post that was big po R scor brght Points again Knights have been great in the second period not on this
Trip listen things are going to happen in a game but it’s a 3-2 hockey game the puck comes in our end there’s a minute left and I got a Winger circling out here while we’re doing battle for
A puck here of course it ends up in the slot shot re rebound why don’t we start taking care of the slots where the game’s won and lost own your jobs that’s why this game got away from us it’s not
Gone yet just like it wasn’t the other night so take care of the front of our net and let’s get the to the front of their net all right let’s go even after the four lightning strikes head coach
Bruce Cassidy is right about one thing this game isn’t over yet tangelo around to the right wing side right Circle eel drops it down low quick stick score Jonathan Maro it’s a one goal game big get coming around here hunting back to mcnf here’s C with a shot scores Paul conter ties
[Applause] it now it’s Braden Point again point with two goals on the night takes the shot kicks sa R SC from the corner Nick P five four and the golden knights for just the second time this season have dropped two in a row in
Regulation two goals to tie and we probably should have had another we had lots of good looks lots of good looks so that that’s a response you want hopefully the guys understand that part
Of it that who we are that’s how we have to play Puck has eyes in the last one I feel bad for PETA I think he battles he’s played hard for us we got to get back to our identity and
How we play the game and that’s hopefully we’ll take from that third period will be the message tomorrow for the group for Saturday if Logan Thompson’s not available and Aiden Hill’s not available coming out of the Christmas break for the golden knights they would benefit
From just a couple of days away from the rink no matter who plays in the Nets this is a team that isn’t used to mediocrity but recently the golden knights have struggled to play even 500 hockey not a place they expected to be on the road to the 2024 discover NHL Winter Classic
Presented by Enterprise the official partner of the NHL Enterprise for lives and drive this is my positive here like we we still we still got beat to the inside several times right we’re doing everything right push to the bottom our for check that’s our structure okay we’re going to be
Fast on the for check we’re in through our Roots first man on it close the wall as they do every game day the Seattle Kraken coaching staff led by head coach Dave haxel is at work early reviewing
The previous game and figuring out a plan for the next one okay there we go y That’s the only one hack takes a lot of input from from his staff having been with hack now for three years
You start to learn what he looks for and how he sees the game Bad starts happen right poor starts happen but character and and the will to dig out of that hockey game the other night is what really
Counts right that says a lot about this group no better clip for me than our goal six on five last game so that’s how it has to look tonight let’s make sure we do that same thing it’s hard chasing
Games in this league okay we’ve had to do it the last two nights we don’t want to do that tonight we’re playing a team that’s on a back to back let’s make sure that they have to chase us in
This hockey game so it’s it’s ready from the start [Music] here normally the Kraken would be thrilled to spend a few days in sunny Southern California but not this time the usual great weather is a bit less than optimal and their first opponent the LA Kings have been playing exceptionally
Well Seattle continuing a three-game pre holiday road trip here tonight in Los Angeles to battle the Kings hoping to pay them back for a 3-2 shootout loss back in their building on Saturday night we had just played La a couple of games ago so we had a lot of information and a blueprint
That we wanted to try to follow you was really you know proud of our guys ability to be able to dial that in and feel good about themselves going into the hockey game nothing new than we talked about all day let’s be the harder team the hungrier team defensively right we’re playing off
The goal tender we’re finding retrievals and we’re getting it back to the net here okay all night long let’s go even before the game there are important coaching decisions to make tonight given his play so far it’s somewhat surprising that rer Evans the team’s impressive rookie defenseman will
Not be in the lineup this league can get heavy for a young player you know so we just wanted a rer to have an opportunity to step out of the lineup take a breath he’s not a guy that’s going
To be out of the lineup long that was more part of the process that you know we wanted to afford him to make sure that he was doing well in his transition into the league rker coming out of the
Lineup it’s just a great time for him to go sit and watch a a very structured team in La it’s a great opportunity for him to learn we’re underway second of three meetings between these division
Rivals there we go get it to the net go right at that Winger the stabbing down go right down on that we’re a team that a lot of nights we sort out the matchups in the first period of a hockey
Game there’s kopar back for K dropping it off on field by the cor block block take care of it just talk to each other talk to each other for the Kraken the first period is a bit troubling the
Kings are out shooting them by a wide margin forcing Seattle to rely a bit too much on goendale to England that shot comes off the end boards to cord makes the save Joy’s been giving our bench just that little extra bit of confidence that right save at the right time kopar back for
Key dropping it off save made on Byfield by dor lane lane up top m a shot kicked Away by Joey push push we spent too much time on our own Zone Joey had to make some some good saves a couple missed
Opportunities at the other end that may have been the best opportunities of the period until the two-on-one right at the end period winding down and here’s lafier two onone with Roy to the net Roy a shot Joey makes a heck of a locker save on that and that gets us through the [Applause]
Period the first period comes to an [Applause] end is that rig on the pinch there on the last one that was duner can I see the last one there so we had a couple simple messages as we went through
The first intermission sometimes we’ll use video other times not copar skated right through US ons to Timmy and Brady they’re not just video coaches like they know the game they know it well they know what went on in that period off that last for face off like why are we so slow punching
Out there we should be three up on that right away yeah intermissions happen quick from the time the horn goes they put 18 minutes on the clock and hack goes in at the 8 Minute Mark so we have 10
Minutes from when the buzzer goes to when we need to be ready to present whatever we’re showing the team I want that one first put Gordy’s this one next that probably leaves Tim about a minute to
Organize those clips manage them get things set up in the room and have it ready to present when we walk in there and they money they’re they’re on it every single time here we are in for check
Right drive it to the bottom the stab right here by OE right there is key we get it we put it right back to the net it’s a collaborative scramble to get it together but we we always seem to find a
Way grind them down let’s go fellas let’s go the Kings out sh Seattle 2 to8 in that first period Kraken going to need some more offensive punch here come on white got to make a difference
Every shift got to make a difference every shift wber get on the draw and off the draw in front it comes and 10 F scores it’s a one- nothing cracking lead Big Goal boys Big Goal getting
The first one and not chasing a game which we had done the the previous two nights that makes them have to chase the game and it’s a big difference in this league playing with the lead than it is playing from behind thanks to dord that lead remains into the third period and eventually
Grows looking for Everly comes Everly oving again on T he scores two nothing cracking oh that’s good that is good but when the game tightens after an unfortunate turnover a turned over and the King scores short-handed all right back to work here fellas let’s go let’s go the Kraken are
Forced to hold on from The 12-minute Mark right to the very [Applause] end the Seattle Kraken hold on for a 2-1 win against the Kings Seattle knew exactly what they had to do to get the two
Points that is a greasy win Joey dord his sixth win of the year this was his sixth straight start Joey did set a franchise record for saves in the game tonight if you want to
Men most sa is for a win I love that stat for Joey it’s obviously very very important uh and it’s something he should be proud of I went over and found him in a quiet moment and shook his head and congratulated him congrats good win greasy Road win nothing better than that
Fallas hey everybody is all in boys everybody’s all in hell of a win Yo’s given the individual speeches here couple great games up there Joey but I got to give it to the game [Applause] winner good day off tomorrow and uh pray for
Sunshine you don’t give very much time to to enjoy victories or wins in this league uh quite honestly that 3 four five minutes in the coach’s room right after is probably the best time as a coaching staff Stu and then you know you walk out of that
Room and head towards the bus and it’s on to the next one the next one is just down the I5 against the Anaheim Ducks the last game before a well-earned holiday [Music] break pretty legit costume huh how do I look pretty good I need the white eyebrows the White H it’s
Christmas time in Vegas and while a lost road trip doesn’t spread much comfort and joy a visit from Santa and his helpers does or defenseman Braden pahal and elves Yuri Patera and Kaden corac depending on what or who you choose to believe yeah this thing is
Very hot oh why do else have any teeth are we going to have another crier ho ho ho ho grabbing my beard we have a lot of kids on this team and obviously they’re so excited about the holiday season Christmas and getting a chance to meet Santa Claus come on we’re obviously a
Very Titan Nick group and that extends to you know our time away from the rink and the way that uh our significant others interact with each other yeah I think it’s uh it’s part of what makes our group so special you’re happier with Santa then you were with your
Dad in Seattle it’s family time too where the mood has brightened after beating the Anaheim Ducks to complete a sweep of Southern California the Kraken have points in six straight games it’s a taale of two teams headed in opposite directions heading into the Winter Classic don’t miss the
Final episode next week on the road to the 2024 discover NHL Winter Classic presented by [Music] Enterprise
In the third episode of Road to the NHL Winter Classic, see the Golden Knights spend time in Tampa as they face the Lightning and the Kraken face the Kings while getting a glimpse into the players’ lives, from Yanni Gourde assisting his Kraken teammates — Will Borgen and Matty Beniers — as they battle baking holiday cookies, to the Golden Knights’ family holiday party with Brayden Pachal dressed as Santa.
The Road To The NHL Winter Classic reality series, first introduced in 2010, has become a staple for hockey fans, offering engaging storylines and unrestricted access to the teams set to face off outdoors in the highly-anticipated event. This year’s four-part, limited series is produced by Radan Films in association with NHL Productions.
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