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Our Friday conversation with Andrew Ference -- brought to you by Dave's top five dot com an online directory of outstanding local businesses if your local business -- use the yellow pages when you can be found on Dave's top five dot com. And by -- Brothers Toyota in Kingston and Sullivan Brothers used vehicle outlet in Hanover. And by -- Chevrolet in random. The first place and the last glacial need to shop -- new or used Chevrolet. Andrew Ference joins us on the AT&T hotline get at best with forgy AT&T reaping possible good morning -- how are yeah. Workers here. -- okay have you played in a more frustrating game in the what you played it last night in fact I think you just hit the post again.
But. Pro bit and one that -- more and play out somewhere. In adoption that's. You know it'll of course but it was their. Our greatest game ever so. It is hard area -- the -- went through.
When you're getting scoring opportunities and they're not going and whether there hitting post of the stops are being made or maybe there's not enough traffic in in in front I assume that between periods the coaches saying keep doing what you're doing it'll come. But when it doesn't then. That's wanna start to get frustrating I assume.
It does that mean meaning yet terrific good bounces you get your credit instrument that -- him out. I'm so frustrating is I mean it's it's. Well there are. It's gonna happen anything like that McCain rather change clothes slots so. Not security keeps pretty -- about you. You try to determine -- injury help as well.
Do these last two games and he proved the fine line between the historic success of November and just BM you know rolled along and struggled a bit in December.
Well these Q and crossed the start of the student right. We played. I'm better -- these -- isn't it certainly here but it's. You know I think just tiny little -- you know and also changer. -- if we don't get look at entry pass and so it's. It takes a lot of really good hockey question to a.
I'd cut I know you're a coach wants to move on him may be added to it Andrew but we've got to ask we have questions here why didn't you or someone like Q some team leader. Captain. Get Tyler -- and get his ass out of bed the other morning.
Well that certainly a meeting in reproach editors. And is that from being. Urged leaders others there as soon start. -- you cannot roll call and so sort of poster.
where we view as a as a leader at the captain and veteran. Are you disappointed in your teammate.
Not news real honest mistake -- if you get out of trouble their blackberries. The phones we're a little most of the time changing his arms which takes.
But -- said it's it's happened more than several times in the past if you had a opportunity or or desire or did you speak to -- about this in the past.
I'm not -- And it is that he's -- should be urged console can. Richard. -- from the moment came in this team until now it's. It is completely different person and he's. Everybody's. Restrict product you know how much you -- much how far along actions. So -- and mystery it would have. Could -- in Winnipeg. Of course bring you record player but you know toward Israel but also very clear at all on any given any. Now president -- step in and -- just aren't so it's. I think that's it's unfair to Jordan to say that. A little of the game is the he into currency in that country.
you're twenty when you came -- and played with Pittsburgh deeply you knucklehead when you're twenty Andrew.
I didn't have a clue what was going on -- years ago during a -- I think that are a little more hopeful but it these guys -- and a little bit more. Who better atmosphere for -- him.
This one is now this team is now is better for kids. --
Part of the enlightenment has done this differently. But also our rooms also. And has been the last few years and look at some success -- the end of the it's. I think it's in Hartford also because of the note to comfort level the city's. Our team and in -- that comes expectations as well you know it's who wrote recently. Like it's.
In in what I was at work I mean do you feel like you personally. Helped -- get accustomed to life in the NHL last year or maybe earlier this year did you take a play a part in that.
Although I always felt votes in the weather be nowhere to move you know what few. On the road whether oracle announced. You know gore -- there's one the speaker of the gravity and more. Around you know being around town Austin or accuser. To trick or treat a party. And all the little things that -- more anxious. You know including people -- Greg you know week. And then announced something it's it's a lot more quickie and -- it's nationalities or ages there or what have you. People you know clump together and the -- outside their little little group of buddies on the team. You know it's definitely completely theories. And so it's but it says a lot. --
Did you ever advise him to. Get a wake up call or use the alarm clock in the room instead of his Blackberry.
article in the series you have all sorts bluntly. You know I can cities that you're responsible for not having -- arms. So. I think it is on the.
When you work on a struggle around early in your career who straighten you out or it was just like an osmosis thing you figured it out over the year to some people decides they Andrew we have -- talk here.
They probably had his here though from what they -- sure Pittsburgh. My news on the -- fourteen year. You know which -- and Calgary is actually really. Your own. You know became good friends with that drunken mother I was captain. And -- animator and target matured a lot. Some such a thing everything he you don't. It's. It's occurring across the structure needs to console -- forget are you guys are. Because of well especially -- you know what he's doing on a sleaze. Party competitions current and like -- said. The difference between you know they stepped into our locker and now its -- meaning dating as maturity and hikers and so Alia. How he -- so -- you know I forget how old is how we will let our young musicians.
Hey -- was barges hit on high eight clean over the line. Are -- you know litigation program a program or you know -- and yet where you are. So you Ukraine over their resilience in head to head to me. Children had a head to head. There are sitting here so I can. I don't lecture -- play after the game locker didn't back in the game. I didn't sit here and I think that UN project so production. -- it harder. -- Before --
Any what do you think about these studies there showing increasing data I mean volumes and volumes of it. That's CTE is caused by repeated blows to the head and these studies have been -- first obviously and boxing. It's it's certainly in football on the National Football League resisted this for a while until the data was placed in their lap. Soccer players who had the soccer ball have a lot of the CTE damage in the brain which leads to dementia. The the -- guard story in three or four other guys who have died from from this kind of thing. Does that make you wonder about what you're doing for living and whether fighting really ten years from now something viable it's going to continue in your league.
It's. Yeah I mean it does Sherman studies that. In other audience this year concerned about right there more about it. You know it's. It's a very science -- I mean. It's. In I don't know I think the league's position is that there's not control studies. People that haven't been you know in the sport that that renders her players are fighters. Their principally. You know also. I get of the more foresight becomes so hurt in -- those sports military. Eminent danger. And in question. Later on sugar. That kind of living here for electric even just getting that. A lot in order to bring. I think. You know I'll -- any. Criticized some that probably agree from Al justice. You know it Kroger might actually hurt my shoulder strap and soup human or animal there either. I'm you don't that it. It you know it's it's. Slows things. Ten years maybe maybe rating has gone on with that we do or adding it is hitting all the problems and things. So it's it's it's close -- draw the line goes you know living -- some players work and and you are saying which sectors that -- enters it is -- or things like that you know that to treat injured. -- cassette frequently left -- what you were to hear. Things that can be damaged hair and I don't know its literature really -- It's really tough thing.
Andrew generally speaking over the course of your career as German -- taken more of a punishment in terms of individual hits against the border hits by somebody vs the punch in the face what what what has done your head more damage -- accumulate individually.
structure yup there I mean you know whether it's and uneven and it's. -- Turn -- back so the one that you know actual worst of that are actually go to -- guys and he kind of missed some going to here or he's back first year at yeah its support accurate. -- into the glass or order a little -- from. You and yet it's I don't myself from. You know. Almost always you know -- Very very rare to hear their you know when you're not ready for -- my apple wants the year. And and it knows its. I can't remember. Him giving China you know but -- I don't know it's excellent pit road damage. But but definitely you know personally -- so it's -- career as -- and economist at. It.
Last year in your playoff run news -- it was an amazing thing but it was there -- some -- key nights wouldn't agree Andrew where things went your way you won on some one goal games. This November or this a fifteen game stretch where -- Didn't lose and regulation was in some ways more impressive would you agree with that.
Walked -- when you have route to Africa and it bounces. In I mean. So of those games where. Yeah exactly a counselor from him you know dot com. You know what ought to -- a little bit more. Terribly political the other -- give her a little more out of artery tree so that it was I mean. If it's. It's you know well that too but it's. You know and I think that's. It was impressive some of the -- that you know in control of over the -- I think we're -- under. Criticism about that law. --
Are you happy that the occupied Boston people out your neighborhood didn't scrub it down to get back to normal. -- they don't almost yeah almost their leading.
So -- you're doing that's so. Here you know finally. -- and the warning.
had put down the warnings and attic like 75% of the tense of come down analysts are still few pockets of real -- your people the right Andrew the good environmentalists on that.
Well. I think that's. You know like anybody else I mean there's there's certain ideals that. You know you know I can recruit and so much of the -- that -- scrapers and -- But everything now that we're not I take bits and pieces from. From everybody else think and political theory yet.
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