Aaron Ward, Bruinis Defenseman

Fourth and final hour Dennis and Callahan are up pregame chat. Defenseman Aaron Ward is brought -- you by twin reverently in Rhode Island so much so close. If you missed any part of this upcoming interview you'll be able to hear it again -- log onto W week eEye dot com good morning mr. ward how are you. Very good good good good good hey -- applying all the sports theories known to man this morning. Trying to figure out the results of game seven tonight -- might have -- momentum history experience Aaron what do you know for sure about game seven tonight.

What I haven't practiced never -- notify the media listen to them but I was throughout much selloff that schooler socialist you guys on the land and you had some pretty interesting series.

Then they make any sense.

Well I will go back to and I get to -- start know what the crowd -- 40. Well why it's so important. It is it's imperative that but you get almost injured people like to play out because you always need -- can immediately continents -- psyche. I will tell you about -- braver but you feel a little higher level of confidence going into a corner record and a battle or just you're just. You're composed of more composed you feel as if you have the masses behind -- but for some reason not just -- here accomplished what will actually can't explain why but it just it is. It's a fact of life and I played out there. When you have a rowdy crowd whether it's intimidating or not it is team it is uplifting --

So those 5050 battles for loose pucks and whatever the case may be just a little bit edge. Exist because -- 18000 people screaming in your favor.

There's a church -- no I listened to. Then you're the guy when he referred to in his beard -- in her early -- matters yeah.

is there any kind of bonding thing that goes on when you are outnumbered when you're coming into the enemy arena. And the whole world is against you can that work in any way in favor of the arcades.

Are you can. It always if you ducked just in the world underdog we're under the radar nobody respects us and that's that's always an approach that that works well for athletes that. I I honestly think -- the decision playoffs and that's a pretty good the first -- coming second I don't think there's. There's just that this just matter of fact it is the game is played out there and and end of the crowd -- appearing in the game to have influence some on the positive energy of the of the -- team.

They are the last that we talk we ask you about the you know getting your game face on in the of the timing for all out of what helps the shiner looking this morning.

not actually too bad -- now don't know about it you know -- is it I've got one. He got. Got -- outside in my mind soul up at all it's I'm sure the cause we keep coming and let you think it's fine right now my it's sort of my kids are taught to.

It used several NFL guys use the face paint me I've -- the look -- you're not getting to that Robin -- provides separate makeup on a bigger issues. Gee is there any fractures there and.

I I -- in the playoffs were not allowed -- we're repeal would want ballplayer what I have to the lower body injury.

I was gonna say don't -- thousands what's the point you lying about your injury as we can all see it. Fact real saw the cause of that injuries given his lower body. When you live audio.

There's there's another factor involved whether auto or revise or doctor's recommendations almost things -- that are somehow on a whole melee -- some -- well.

Now did you try a visor on did you put on aids did you consider going that well.

Can 1990. Three exit off all of college and I -- never wear again blog widgets I've I've I've I wore it once before at a puck shatter my just on my face and had written to us reconstructive surgery. Fresh bubble over my right side shattered my nose and broke -- actually put. Or that's for -- probably two months but I just I can't stand that can't handle on the what was left candidate Randy Carlyle bluster AdAware -- socialist.

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Just I understand sometimes I was -- these guys not want to cover it further but principally in the background. Bob Simon of the equipment room right now in here that the guys cut certain aspects that's always wondered how locals got to the world -- you know just seeking blanket and then you -- It ought to try -- adopting grandfather advisers and understand now is just the way you've been in the -- change.

As I educate our what's on those fairy goalies who wear masks I mean back when Dino was a kid and ultimate Gabor galore and ask Ali you mask for.

Well we'll get those guys predictably I think that we don't. Whatever respect what -- let them cross site like how it helps keep that position back in the day and I understand additional -- in the six understand that maybe. -- the players were different in the animals. But you know once once by the whole side with the current -- I I would've been putting on. Master Armstrong's special comment. Anything Benedict on my head at that point.

Ager was saying earlier this morning he's concerned because some of the key Bruins that would be you and Savard and -- a little bit nicked up and I am. Make in the point this isn't baseball this guy US -- a tight squad and can't run in the outfield this is hockey. To what extent will any or all of those injuries have 110 of 1%. On the play of the three guys that.

There ought to civic it's so expensive vehicles that with the game it's about of water and you expect to get injured if if you're not getting injured and and and and distorted way -- target on the corners and -- dirty and like integrity. And that's a scoreless you into the box and listings so those -- is little different work so place and that I think. It's made in the I don't know if if that's the question what do whatever but. So I think that it refinement and museum in just by nature intended. You've -- guys away from hard objects with a B a player of the board's top posts you'd be looking for contacts so. He's actually going to have a happen tortured or nutritional there was it was awesome and as you go to twelve. It's teams can best handle and best managed. Their injuries and that's where your medical staff comes into play and end Paula that's like support for -- doctors are.

Now and as more -- momentum game to game and even -- shift to shift -- period to period in odd kind of way was going up to nothing in game six both a blessing and a curse because it's seen them and obviously you want to brother -- nothing -- down to nothing. But it seems that once the Bruins went up to nothing. You played a little more conservative kind of game fair to --

You can look at both sides of the of the court because trusting giving up two nothing did the biggest atrocity called -- No that's that's a pretty rabid crowd out there and to have them -- of the word as a disinterested but I didn't know about sitting down there there. But I didn't schedule won't name has not -- shot right there hadn't. But I learned it's tough as as a as a road team to go into. -- building and not. You're fighting -- back and try to protect. And that's what we get caught and -- as there's. As as easy -- to sit there and have a quote state of one of us in terms and -- it's essential that we made terror are our ourselves when we gotta get election. It's it's it's a fellow -- human nature to it just -- back -- and try and protect for some reason I don't know why it is an I could have -- Veteran status it doesn't go and experience the playoffs it's it's just human nature and help fight it and so it's it's -- shift by shift on on the bench. Players talking to others insuring that it'll -- got to change so. It was tough but I'd rather I'd rather have a two nothing lead if someone told me eligible to go and -- the first -- which enough -- Carolina would have. Taking the -- content.

Aaron notes but a couple days of it time to think about it may be time to talk to some people because any reasonable explanation. As to why walker did not get suspended.

I -- read what solution no I got. My eight including mine clean it wasn't it was again what we talked vote but that news conference. Sometimes that -- those. What if you don't want to do any about it than you can just find there are reasonable. Explanation of this except that I think that's that's what happily and it'll at this point. But let me start grapes in all my biggest concern going into game six was that this was our discretion to my team I like my my biggest. Retribution missile situation beat shakes someone's -- to have it --

Yeah and you'll do that if you win tonight you'll --

I'm open and and that's what people say you know who do you want to eventually really know I'm Mike I would love -- shake hands and ultimately gonna put that the payments. In the near future but the whole situation make it. It. It it became a situation when. Is the punch happened but it was more. I think a result of them and afford nothing score -- them feeling like in order to was broken and -- at a certain style that's different but are we were able to. -- not impose our will will we were able to exercise the way we want and I came out it was frustrating. And -- the level of frustration boiled over and that's the guy or one of the two or three guys they have taken. They cannot make some statement obvious no matter.

But he implied in these statement that there was some exchange between you -- some conversation. That led him to believe. It was in a fight we've we've seen the tape doesn't look like.

The tape and that is where I I if I were someone in the media I would be insulted my in my intelligence to be insult that. That's what I try to my voice to shake and I'll start Carroll likes to have talked about to be human and talk fought the following day. And then what I'll just talk like that it was that was cut about intimidating experience -- have Sony media members from all over Canada now because this has been something that's effective in the hockey. It's been there and and and public it's it's a joke but it and why I called media cheapest if if they accepted this explanation. Then then you're not doing your job as as as responsible journalist or -- in in this in this. In this field but you know what. -- so they're -- equity units you can look at that YouTube video in and in. Little motion and -- Everything that -- a word no word that I do anything while I was just you know the only thing I'd it would it would -- it was kind of brushed off as left. People went to the global. He'd done the right punch -- couple so -- what I want now Canada's only if the media. The investigator or on the symbolic idiot -- situation it baffles me like raw right now I'm I'm -- like historical all like I'm I've now become public enemy number one well I'm representative everything that's gone wrong in the series for the for the -- and but just that manner which would put it we're we're pretty agree teams so there let's start really are just there's also in this story. Howard how it came out to meet with with a walker saying that. This was somehow I was involvement that is a complete deal.

If you look at the tape as. -- point well taken you're about the as an open you'll say an outing and illustrate our accomplishments request I.

Out of aborted humor side of the economic take away from the fact that I was serious but the fact that I had nothing I mean nobody said nothing. Management -- notice that nothing nothing happened the problem is the first hurricane with a book. In protecting column because that discussions to remember I got knocked LSU by -- on that. That's -- the war I was totally -- also was a little bit of manipulation to inevitably like that gives some story that works well we can just settle on.

What do you -- inconvenience. What does that mean what are they what -- they want walker.

White boy do you want or really do you want to have to do with the -- disciplinary in the playoffs you want them. Do the attention beyond the great style of play in the ever have a starters like you questions but Crosby's I -- I will go back effectiveness -- this has happened -- because you're someone. So one of high value of what that would mean I'm. I'm realistic I really normal amount of public school. And -- full operation. And ordered it it's not it's it's understandable that that's not high value target so it's it's easier to sweep of the drug.

They are on the heels of last night's very disappointing seventh game between the caps of the penguins if somebody to say do you. It's either going to be a blow off of that proportion tonight and ill will whichever side wins a blowout or.

A double overtime game which will be more likely tonight. -- Seoul I think I think in the situation such -- game I think some -- triple -- in the game just him it's vote today. There -- at the -- I I literally watch agreement could not believe it to resolve it was a definite totally different personal from Washington SATA consistently. -- but if you if you don't face question Narnia on on the bench he just is baffled. -- excellent care -- so far.

What happened why is the perceived struggling to survive. Series against the sixth seed and what what happening guys in those middle games at 23 game the -- the second in the third game what went wrong.

It's playoffs -- the went wrong it's just support costs and that's it's. It's it's symbolic yes you know he might have an advantage all the sudden you don't see some coming in and and maybe they've figured out something about your system. And you're stifled near perfect some not come back and at all. That's that's what they make it to get seven game series and it felt like cliche cliche when people talk with the fact that you prepare for seven games that. It is truly it's it's -- war where it's a political which is its its players point system properly. It's momentum changes and that's really what it is the ability to other competence. We somehow -- of the first little bit what's needed to to to find our momentum and now we've we've found it. So it's just it's it's a natural evolution of twelve different -- I don't think it's any one given recent or or anybody specific --

In arguments of momentum and ebb and flow to see it -- in the series -- certainly see it was coming in in the games of the NBA knows the same thing that that a teammate what fifteenth when he points but there will be a run by the other team was at the oddest thing about last night's game there was no ebb and flow there was never any life whatsoever without. All may be the -- make money here at Mike at the missiles back in this game there was the moment contained within it don't want.

Momentum changer it seemed like the moment that it's it's that's it's such political there was not that okay a calming effect like okay that first goals are scored looks worked her way back -- want one. It was more or less like. A look at what we do now that looked like there was a there was there was panic and so instead of more affordable but they kind of they can look back and show. I I want to game recommends that was gonna.

Via probably at this than gets all the things I we have an email on that night I it's I don't know whether it's true or not but only you can can promise one or email or -- said. Hey guys just you know Aaron Ward is one great guy he donated 15000. Dollars of his own money. The buy American troops tickets to a game he's Canadian he lives and American now this is clearly a guy. Who gets it true or false fifteen grand old money American two tickets great guy yeah.

Step military and I -- journalists tickets for the military but again I I think actually -- once before military which features most under estimated under respected yeah. Personal in the world. You know people they protect our freedom -- gotta tilt and so. You should always look so do some actual.

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Hey I'm looking to get their business and I'm done right I got to know about myself to my table I got -- that I got an angle for a.

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Do you live down in Carolina he said.

I live there that's my prominent home.

Really. There -- other hell heart came fans are they just kind of -- and on because. The team is trendy right now.

there you know what it's it's it's the one major sport there. It's it's originally got there are I'd I'd attribute from Detroit Carolina and I was so -- and I was pretty young 25 point six. I think to myself okay. The only thing and it it was stereotype -- and nobody was. Schools UNC duke NC state were down that area and then you had you got what was what was would be NASCAR's. Central area in the home or stole all that I got down there -- I get there I mean I've never an epidemic -- my home. It's it's a great breakdown notions about fifteen bit to the east -- solid fifteen the last. The weather is unbelievable in elected public they're urban planning to compliment that literally I I could be the tourism minister perpetrated -- The drug tourism for us to North Carolina I love it.

Welcome to call for quite some time Aaron bacteria I hear a good luck that I appreciate the -- on game day. Thank you all right Roosevelt and Aaron -- brought to you by twin -- in Rhode Island so much so close if you missed any part of that interview you -- again by logging on to WEE. Dot com.