Bruins Beat Exclusive w/ Bruins’ Draft Pick Elliott Groenewold

Bruins Beat Exclusive w/ Bruins’ Draft Pick Elliott Groenewold

Bruins Beat is brought to you by Prize Pick. And welcome into the Bruins Beat presented by Prize Pix. Go use that promo code CLNS to get $50 back when you play just $5 and represented by CLS Media. Make sure to go subscribe to our YouTube channel, Bruins Ringside. Lots of great content throughout the off season. If you don’t like looking at us, you can also subscribe via audio, Spotify, Apple Podcast, wherever you get your podcast from. Uh, and joining me today is Elliot Grenald. Elliot, what is up? Not much. Thanks for having me. Excited to be on. Of course. I’m happy to have you. It must be tough uh you know for you to go out in public now since you’re on the cover of New England Hockey Journal. People probably running up to you and asking for autographs and things of the sort. I mean I it’s it’s got to be difficult. Yeah, it’s it’s awesome. You know, I grew up uh reading the New England Hockey Journal. So, you know, being being able to be on the cover and and featured in that is is something pretty special because, you know, it’s been shipped to my house the past, I don’t know, 10 years or whatever. So, seeing myself on the front is pretty pretty awesome. We’re going to use that as like an ad. We’ll take that out and we’ll clip it and be like, “See, see, look at that. He he he uh his uh his family loves it.” Um, how’s your summer been? It’s been great. You know, I’ve been I’ve been down here at Quinnipak during the weeks and and training and skating a little bit and then um on the weekends I I am able to go home and back to back up to Vermont. It’s only about two hours and, you know, see the family, play some golf, do some fishing. So, it’s been it’s been a great summer so far. So, a two-hour drive every weekend, right? There and back. Yeah. Yeah. There and back. So, not bad. What’s your go-to like for I know some people love long drives, some people don’t like them. Is there a thing in a long drive that you really like? Is there a podcast you listen to, music? Like what’s your sort of go-to for like a long drive like that? Yeah, I I usually mix it up. I mean, sometimes I’ll listen to Spit Chicklets or they got a good podcast there. Um, other times I just just rock with some music, some country usually. So nice. And Summer’s in Vermont like because you’re you’re from Bellow’s Falls. I assume your parents are still there. Yeah. Yeah, they’re still living there. So what are like what were the what are the big things you do when you go back? What’s what’s it really good for up there? Golf, different like what what’s good for you up there? Yeah, so we actually we actually live on the river, the Connecticut River there that separates Vermont and New Hampshire. So, um we got a we got a pontoon and a and a fishing boat out there. So, do a lot of swimming and then some a little bit of water skiing, a little bit of tubing. Haven’t done uh much this summer recently or anything, but um you know, it’s just great to be out in the water and and hanging out with the family. And then like you said, golf is is great up there. We’re members at a nice course. So getting up there and play is always fun with the brothers and and my dad. So that’s awesome. This water skiing and tubing, I mean it’s it’s so fun. Like it and it it it’s not an injury risk though, is it? Like you can’t really get I mean you could, but always you’re always thinking about like you know you want to be safe and careful because you know there’s bigger things that you got to focus on. So um but no, you can have fun with it, you know. So yeah, we don’t want to we don’t want to tweet out like Ellie Grenwald water skiing injury. That would be um that’d be unfortunate I think for everybody involved. Um I’m curious like for the summer like we focus on this a lot at New England Hockey Journal and I think our Bruins beat listeners would care about this too. Like how do you approach training in the summer? Is it a lot of off ice? Is it weight room? Is it skating? Is it all three of those things? Like what are sort of your big focuses in the off season? Yeah, I mean what you do in the off off seasonason kind of translates to like the inseason. So like I think developing good habits in the offseason is is really important and um so that’s a big piece of it. And then you know we have a great strength coach here at Kunipak that that works with us and um you know we going pretty hard in the gym about four days a week and then you know we usually take Wednesday as a recovery day. So, um, and then, you know, we skate twice a week about, um, you know, just to stay sharp and get out there, work on our skills, um, you know, be make it make the time worth worthy and, um, you know, keep it quick and, you know, maybe play a couple games at the end just to to have that compete aspect and don’t lose that throughout the summer. Growing up, were you a big skating in the summer guy? Uh, yeah. Like when I was younger, I I signed up for every tournament I could and I was I was playing hockey year around and um you know, I also played other sports, baseball and and football, but you know, I always just loved like going to the tournaments and going to the hotel and playing knee hockey and you know, playing in those tournaments are always a blast. But um you know I think now that like I’m older and playing in college like you know really honing in on like skill development and like you know getting in the gym and stuff like that is more important than just playing a bunch of games. So no more knee hockey when you guys go when Quinnipiac travels to a place you’re in a hotel like no one brings no one brings the mini sticks. What the hell? Yeah, I know. So funny. It would be a blast. And it’s so funny because growing up doing hockey tournaments that is the best part. Like I would that was what I looked forward to like running around the hotel like causing problems playing mini hockey in the hallway as the parents were up you know drinking like that was that was those were hockey tournaments growing up like that’s where that’s where like men were made you know and I I it’s so funny because you mentioned that and it is such a big thing when you’re a kid are those hockey tournaments and you probably did them all year as you said. Yeah, exactly. and like just like h running from the security at the hotel and like you know just causing havoc. There’s holes in the walls and you got to call your parents and you know at the time it might get yelled at or something but like looking back now you can just have great laughs about it with you know with my parents and stuff. So, and like other other like u friends from from back then that I played with like I see and you know we had all these memories from from those hotel days and and when we were playing. So, I had a friend who uh ordered like $500 worth of movies on the hotel TV and we were probably like 10 or 11 and the the mom went nuts like that $500 bill was added to the hotel at the end of it. So, that is a great memory of mine. Um, growing up in Vermont, I’m curious, like I was reading in a story someone did on you when you got drafted um about how when you were in middle school, you went and played club in New Hampshire and u Bellow’s Falls is I don’t know how to explain it. Like it’s probably you’d be better explaining this than me, but it’s probably like what like um you know it’s not super far up, but it’s not like close to Massachusetts really, right? Like it’s it’s pretty up there. It’s like 30 We’re 40 minutes from the mass border. So, um, you know, we’re we’re 30 minutes to to handover and then like 40 minutes to to or 30 minutes to broader, 40 minutes to the to the mass line. So, in kind of an odd spot. Yeah. But it’s interesting because like I’m wondering how much and what age did hockey become serious where you’re drive like were you driving uh were you having a lot of long drives with uh your tournaments or with your teams or things like that? Yeah, absolutely. Like like you said, I played I started playing club at at a young age in middle school there and um you know we still lived in Bellis Falls. I went to school there and stuff. But um the program we had and in Saxons River actually the town the town over. I just just got to the point where I wasn’t being challenged enough and you know my parents realized that like there might be something there and um you know I I wanted to explore other things and I really loved the game and they saw that so they were they were willing to to make the sacrifice and start driving me over there and man we had a lot of car rides together between my mom and my dad and it’s like three days a week you know hour and a half. We went to Manchester the first two years and then uh went went to Salem, New Hampshire after that that which was two hours. So, a lot of car rides, did a lot of homework in those cars and we always we always like made dinner and then like heated it up at the rink. So, a lot of dinners on the go and like all that kind of stuff. But, um no, my parents really made it all happen and can only thank them enough for that. So, it’s funny because like when I was watching, it was like a reals that came up. Um I think it was like Jeff Daniels, an actor, and he was talking about how the long car rides in hockey. Uh cuz other sports don’t have it as much. I mean, they might, but we’re hockey guys, so we you know, we we only know really know hockey and hockeyy’s big with that. And even, you know, I grew up around Boston and it’s still long car rides to different tournaments or different places. And you were in Vermont and and certainly had it um a lot. And it is interesting how you know the long car rides you you really grow your relationship with your family and your friends when they’re in the car with you. And like it is interesting years later looking back being like those are some of the most fun times you have is in those car rides and stopping for food or just causing problems. Like I I looking back I imagine you probably have similar similar memories. Oh yeah, absolutely. in like you know we like we’d go carpool to a game with with some guy like a couple other teammates and like just being in the car at that age too like you know hockeyy’s not too serious so like you can joke and have fun in the car before the game and like just be just be kids at that point and like you know obviously like if especially for me like I went to a public school and like everyone played the sports of of the town and like I was kind of different because you know I I was going away and I traveling all the time and um you know I had another friend group outside of just school and like being able to have that and like just have great relationships with them like really made it a lot um more enjoyable. So I imagine you probably weren’t home much on weekends growing up. So you mentioned like the school that you were at and and really not um you obviously weren’t playing with their team, you were playing with your own team. Was that difficult? I always wonder with kids like who have to spend a lot of time kind of traveling around different tournaments. Was that difficult or was it not so difficult because you just had a different group of friends? Yeah, I I would say it was pretty difficult, but you know, I knew like going into it that was a sacrifice that I had to make was that you know, I wouldn’t spend as much time at home with with my with my childhood friends, which you know, obviously I I’m still in touch with them now. And um but you know, that was a big sacrifice because, you know, I miss them during that like, you know, growing up period, I guess. And um but no, I I wouldn’t change anything about it. like I love that the path that I took. So, do you remember the age or do you remember a moment when you realized like I need you know hockey I need to take it more seriously. I want to kind of go all into this. Um I think once my parents started devoting their more of their time into it and and money like I realized that like you know I gota I got to put like even more effort to in than what they’re putting in to to get everything I can out of it you know. So, um, they never really put any pressure on me to to do well or to to go anywhere in particular. So, like it was all on me. I was all self-driven and, you know, I think, you know, that really helped me throughout the throughout the way. And, um, I appreciate that from them, their perspective. You know, they didn’t really they kind of just let me do my thing and they didn’t really push me to do anything and it was all kind of my decision and they were there to support me along the way. Were your older brothers super into hockey or were they different sports? Yeah, they were they were both hockey players. Um they ended up staying in staying local and and staying in town and you know they played for the high school and stuff. So, um but no, they were a big part of my growth and development when I was young just because they were older than me and you know they beat down on me a little bit, made me a lot stronger. So, I always find it interesting um kids with older brothers, older brothers and older siblings in general, and older sisters as well, I feel like make a big impact because as you said, they beat you down. You have to go against them in in different yard sports or or different, you know, real sports. And like I I always find it interesting um like I remember when the Patriots drafted Drake May, I think he had a ton of older siblings. And it’s like sometimes the the the youngest can end up, you know, really flourishing later on because they grew up in such a competitive environment, right? 100%. And like just having them around like they would always drag me to the rink when they were going to stick and puck and like we were really fortunate enough to to have a rink where it was pretty much open 24/7 for us and and we knew the rink guys. So he’d always let us through like the back door there and we’d skate. They’d usually end up throwing me in the net and firing pucks at me all day, but um you know, like even that like just made me so much stronger. Like you know, even like just more mature as a as a person. Like I I had to know how to act around them because if I was messing around, like there were days where they left me at the rink because they didn’t want to take me home. That’s how mad they were. So, um, you know, I had to learn pretty quick like how to how to handle myself and how to hand handle myself on the ice and off the ice. And, you know, I think they they really helped me in that area. And like, you know, I maybe I didn’t realize it then when I was when I was super young playing with them, but certainly now I think that, you know, it’s a big part of like they shaped kind of who I am today. You’re cussing them out now. You’re like years later like, “Oh, man. Maybe they they actually did a lot of good for me.” Yeah. They used they used to put you in net. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Ruthless. Ruthless. It came through my head out there. That’s awesome. I love that. Um, when did you like obviously when you’re little you play both positions or this or that. Everybody wants to be a forward. When did D kind of come into the um into the cards for you? Yeah. Um, so one of my brothers is a D, one, the other one’s a Ford. Um, and I don’t know. I I I kind of played both, like you said, like usually you do in in minor hockey. And then I think I just I just played D one one one one game uh when I was still uh at at my uh team from from from home there. And um I I just fell in love with it. And you know, I love loved like skating the puck all the way up and and going end to end back then. And I just just loved skating so so fast. and it and it brought me back to the game every time and you know I just I I just fell in love with it I guess. So there’s something about a rush. There’s something about rushing the puck and then and then you then somehow you you know either you lose it or you pass it or the play’s going the other way and you’re like I got to skate back now. Like that’s just this this stinks. When did um like you’re known as sort of a shutdown guy as a shutdown defender. Um shutdown defenders don’t get a lot of press. shutdown defenders aren’t the flashy ones. When did that sort of come into your into your repertoire and when did you sort of start to figure out that might be your role? Yeah. So, I would say it was in prep school. So, I went to prep school up north in Canada at Bishop’s College School and you know the coaching staff up there was was unreal like for high school. Like it was unbelievable. And um obviously we worked on on our skills every day and stuff like that. And I remember definitively one day like I walked into the office of the the coach’s office and I was like, “Yeah, like I’m an offensive guy. Like I can put up points.” And he goes, “No, like your best skill is you’re you’re a great defender.” And you know, he wasn’t saying that I was wasn’t good at with the puck or whatever. But he was saying like that you should focus on defending and you know that will take you somewhere. And you know, I kind of listened to him there. And obviously I’m still trying to develop my my offensive game, my game with the puck and and stuff like that, but really honing in on the defense is is important for me. And you know, I carried that over to the USHL a couple years ago and then and then last season. 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Like I I was looking at um Cardigan Mountain School and then really Bishops was the only other option I had and um I wasn’t really all in on on like the the mid um prep school there like the the what is it like grades seven to nine or seven? Yeah, Cardigan Mountain’s not full. So yeah, you don’t mean mid like mid crappy. You mean like mid great. I know what you mean. Yeah, exactly. So um you know I just went up there for a visit and like the same thing when I came to Quinnipak there just had a I had a gut feeling and you know I felt like I should be there like like I felt like I would fit in well. So that ended up happening and and I was exactly right with my decision. And obviously the first year there it was during co so it was a tough first year because Canada was pretty strict at that time and didn’t play many games but like even then I I loved the school and like I said earlier the coaching staff there was unreal so made the best out of it. It’s interesting that you went up to Canada in at for the high school ages because now a lot of kids um as you know with the CHL ruling are going up to Canada. And it’s funny that you you didn’t go for Canadian Junior, you went for Canadian prep school which is kind of the opposite sometimes of what most kids are doing. Um and I’m I’m it’s it’s interesting that you did that um at that point. How different was the was the Canadian lifestyle for you because you were in Quebec, right? Yeah. Yeah. I mean it was everything’s in French, right? So, it was definitely a culture shock for me. Um, but actually the town like that the school was in, like they call it the Eastern Townships and there’s a lot of uh English pockets in there and it happened to be that the town that we were in is was primarily English. So, it was easy to like get around and and go to Starbucks or whatever Tim Hortons and and speak English to them. So, but uh no, there were definitely times like when we traveled to like Quebec City or Montreal and I was like, “Oh, I’m the lost.” Like fish out of water. Yeah. And and but we had good teammates that help us out. Like we had a couple other Americans and some Euros that that didn’t speak French, so we got got some help and uh made it a good time though. A lot of good Google Translate exists. it works. And it’s it’s interesting because now like a lot of the kids who are coming up now, whether they’re, you know, um 09’s, 08s, 07s, they’re considering going to um the queue from New England. And it’s so interesting because a lot of them, a lot of people like, oh, they’re going to want to go to French-speaking places. But from a lot of the kids I’ve talked to, like they like they don’t mind it. Like you probably do know a little bit of French. My Oh, yeah. I picked up a bit when I was there. Three years I was there. So, yeah. And that’s applicable for the rest of your life. Like you’re not going to forget that stuff better than do D do D do D do D do D do D do D do D do D do D doingo. So um and then so you’re you’re up there and you’re sort of going through the process for college. Uh what was it about Quinnipiac that struck you? I think um you know on the visit and and they still do this now. they really just like harp on the culture here and like, you know, I think that really stuck out to me and and it really made it like they made it feel like this is a place that I wanted to be. And um you know, I thought that the same thing with with Bishops that I could fit in really well here and just be myself. And I think that was a big part of it. And um you know, I ended up making this the the decision pretty quickly after I made my my visit here. So, and how’s it lived up to those expectations? everything that I imagined and even more like I’m so happy with my decision and the facilities here are awesome and the and the people are are even better like from our strength coach, our trainers, our coaches, you know, the guys on the team, my teammates and and even people part of the school just like it’s world class and I wouldn’t change anything. So, you left Bishops a year early, right? You did you not graduate? You I went to uh Cedar Rapids and then a year online there. That’s right. because I was gonna like I’m very curious. Um, adjusting to the USHL is hard for anybody, but adjusting to Cedar Rapids from what I’ve heard is a different animal. Mark Carlson is very tough coach to play for. It’s a very pro environment. They develop a lot of guys like Ryan Walsh is a Cedar Rapids guy and there’s a lot of great Cedar Rapids guys out there, but you develop a thick skin and I’m very curious like what that adjustment was like because that’s a big that’s a big jump, especially also just you’re in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Like I’m curious like how that how that sort of manifested for you. Yeah, absolutely. And uh I’m so thankful for for everything that coach Carlson did for me. Like certainly made me a better player and um like you said, gives you thick skin because you go through it there and and but it, you know, it makes you a better player when you come out of it. So um but yeah, like going to Iowa like I I never would have thought. I was originally drafted to to Omaha and USHL and then I got traded and um you know walked into main camp that summer to to CR and you know ended up making the team and I was like Iowa that’s crazy and actually I had family in Iowa so it was nice to to have them there. They were there to support most most of the home games so um you know it made it made the transition a little bit easier. Did you um I’m very cur like did you uh when you were like when you’re going into the USL was your NHL draft year like that thought in the back of your head was that something you were thinking about a lot a little cuz I’m always wondering with kids go when they’re in their U8 year and they’re in their draft year like how prevalent is that in your head was that something you thought about a lot when you were out there or not really? I think so. like it’s hard not to like it’s your dream since you since you even know what hockey is. So, um you know just knowing that every game you have to give it your best because there’s there’s always someone watching. You know, all the games are on on video and and there’s scouts in the stands every every night. So, you know, really just putting your best foot forward and, you know, I tried tried not to think about like, you know, what the scouts think of me or whatever and and just play my game and and know that and just be confident in in myself and my game and, you know, wherever that went went from there and then it worked out. So, and then the draft comes around. Were did you grow up a Bruins fan? It’s okay if you I did. Yeah. Yeah. That’s awesome. I I was reading because you loved like Brad Marshian, right? Yeah. Yeah. That’s that was an idol of yours because we grew up we’re around the same age so I think we grew up with the same teams and liking those same teams and the 2011 cup winning team like that was an exciting time. Um was it it’s got to be a different animal when the Bruins start expressing interest about you in the draft process right? Yeah. Oh my gosh. I remember like calling my mom one day in in Iowa and I was like, “Yeah, I talked to the ruins today and like she was like almost crying and like she’s like, “Oh my gosh, that’s unbelievable.” And like and and like even me, I was like it’s an honor to even like talk to them just because you know that’s that was my childhood like growing up watching them every night and um stuff like that. And then once it got closer to the draft and and things got more serious and had more meetings with them, you know, I I felt like it was coming closer to being real and and draft night happened and then it came came true. So I was with uh do you know Teddy Mutrin? Uh yeah, I’m familiar with the name. Yeah. So, I was I was doing a story on kind of behind the scenes uh for New England Hockey Journal, behind the scenes of a draft day of what it’s like. And he was picked in the third round. And one of the things that was interesting was there were a few teams that showed a lot of interest in him. And so starting in like the third round when those teams would come up, everybody in the room would kind of like tense up like, “Oh man, this could be it.” Like this. And then it would go past like a like Pittsburgh was a team who I guess had showed a lot of interest. And so when I think the Penguins traded one of their picks, they had a backto-back in the third round. traded one of them and everybody like the the it was like oh no this is going to go on for a long time and it didn’t he obviously went to San Jose at the end of the third round which was awesome for him but I’m wondering if like you know there were probably other teams as well but the Bruins too have picks and they go past and you’re like oh no come on please like going into draft day are you like man I hope the Bruins pick me or you trying to put that out of your head like oh if any you know as long as I get picked I don’t really care like how did you kind of go about that? Yeah. So, actually out in Vegas there, I went to the draft and um I went to their to the Boston’s hotel and um we had like a really really good conversation and leaving that I was like I really hope that I’m able to get drafted by them just because like you know we had a great conversation and um you know I’ve been a Bruins fan my whole life but um Utah was was talking to me quite a lot too during that uh time and they had uh they had told me like you know in the in the fourth round sometime and they had they had three picks in the early four uh in the early fourth round. So I was like, “All right, like I’m going to go here.” And then like they pass passed up and I was like, “Oh, everything just gets so tense. My heart’s beating out of my chest.” And you know, that moment I’ll never forget. And then once Boston traded up and and picked me, like it was it was almost a sigh of relief, but like I’ll never like forget that experience. Like I wouldn’t have wanted it to go any other way. So how stressful is that in person? It’s It’s pretty intense. I think uh my mom and dad were struggling a bit with it all just because you know they didn’t know either. And you know it’s the first time they’ve been through it. They didn’t they don’t really have any hockey background with you know a little bit with my brothers but my mom mom and dad never played so it was kind of our first go around all of us. So Oh my god. Yeah. No it seems and the Vegas spectacle was incredible. You probably couldn’t fully enjoy it because you were too wrapped up in your own draft but like it it looked really cool. Um, and I do wonder if they try to at least at some time in the future go back to that, but that was unreal. I know my my parents and and brothers had a good time after. So, do you remember the mo like the first couple seconds after getting picked? Uh, I don’t even remember walking down the stairs. Like I know my So, my prep school coach was there. I remember hugging him and my and my agent and then walking down the stair. I I don’t remember after that. And then I the I remember like going up to Boston’s table and shaking everyone’s hand, but there’s a there’s a space in there where I was blacking out. I think I that’s what I’ve heard from a lot of people is that there’s that sort of moment right after where like I remember a couple years ago when Will Smith got picked to the Sharks and Emily Kaplan had him um had him uh uh do Fresh Prince of Bair and he actually fully did it. whereas I was thinking like if I you know if I was getting picked there I don’t know if I’d be like I’d be so wrapped up like what did you ask me you know and he like fully did it and I I was always in awe of that. So it is it seems incredible and it’s it seems also really stressful as well and it’s got to be just a crazy moment when it finally happens. Um and then you’re like right into development camp right like that was either the I think it was like the next week right? Yeah, it was the So that that night I got or that day I got drafted. I got flew out the night from Vegas to Boston and overnight redeye and then camp started the next day. So it was a cool. Yeah, that is incredible. Now, how’s it been like working with the Bruins? I mean, it’s been you’ve done two dev camps. I know they keep in touch with you during the year. Um, what’s that been like? It’s been awesome. Um, you know, Adam McQuade and and Parker there have been really really uh good for me. like you know they send me a lot of video after games and stuff here and um a lot of instructional stuff that you know they think I can implement in my game and then stuff I’m doing well and you know having them as a resource is is awesome and then um you know the the training staff there as well like they got some great strength coaches and stuff like that. So having those resources is awesome to be able to use and and you know help grow my game to to get to that next level. and we’re talking to you uh this will come out after, but we’re talking to you the day before you go to the World Junior uh summer showcase. That’s got to be a really cool group to be a part of to be uh try basically trying out for the World Junior team, right? I mean, that’s an incredible group of players. Yeah, absolutely. It’s an honor to be to be selected and, you know, represent my country like that on a on a smaller level, but you know, hopefully we’re trying to trying to make the make the big team. And um you know, like I said, it’s an honor to be to be a part of that group and and to be selected. When you I don’t know if you’ve had a chance to take a step back, but when you think about it, when you’re a kid from Vermont, um you know, playing in New Hampshire, you know, paving your own path in a sense, what’s it like when you see your name um make a when you make a make a showcase like that, vying for a team like the Team USA for the World Juniors? Does that does that register like how impactful that is? How big that is? Yeah. I mean, honestly, not really because like there’s days I walk into the rink and I I can’t believe that I’m a division one hockey player. Like, you know, like I said earlier, my family doesn’t have really much of a background in hockey other than my my two brothers playing. So, like, you know, having that is is something like that’s awesome. And, you know, I’ll never take anything for granted um like that. So really excited for the opportunity to to to put on a good a good showing there. Well, Elliot, good luck and I really appreciate you taking the time to do this. I think uh fans really enjoyed this. Um and that’s Elliot Grenald. We’ll talk again soon and that’s Bruins beat. I’m Evan Marinowski Bruinsby listeners. Have a great rest of your week. [Music]

On this episode of Bruins Beat, Evan Marinofsky is joined by Bruins fourth-round pick Elliott Groenewold to discuss his upbringing in Vermont, his journey up and being picked by his favorite team.

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