Road to the NHL Winter Classic Episode 4

[Music] at first glance they couldn't be  more different one is hot and dry noisy and bright the other can often be chilly  and wet a dark place where craft beer and coffee keep you warm against the howling  winds and sea spray that comes off the Puget [Music] Sound neither are too large in  size yet both both are big loud Sports towns with great sports fans who aren't shy to let  you know how they feel about the two newest NHL franchises each already successful the Kraken  of Seattle and of cou

rse the current Stanley Cup champions the Vegas golden knights two  teams set to meet on January AR 1st outdoors in Seattle the final stop on the road to the  2024 discover NHL Winter Classic presented by Enterprise dogs are great they don't care  if you win or lose he's he's always happy to see me when I come home he  just wants some attention and some love and make sure someone puts food  in his bowl right buddy come on give me a kiss hey go B see you later lately there hasn't been much for ev

en  Harold the Bulldog to like about the play of the Vegas Golden Nights although his owner Center Jack  eichel has been around long enough to know that every team no matter its pedigree is bound to go  through a stretch like this these last four games haven't really been us just having a little lull  in our season I think uh it's time of the year where you're just facing some adversity you got to  figure out a way to dig yourself out of it and you know get the train back on the tracks uh runnin

g  the right way and we're at home playing against a you know divisional opponent that I think everyone  will be invested in this one understanding where we've been as a group the last few games so this  would be a good opportunity for us to try and uh you know get some good momentum on our side  and and go into the Winter Classic feeling better about our game I think when you're going  to celebrate and be a part of an event like that of course you want to be going in in a good Noe  and you know

I'm sure it'll allow guys to enjoy the experience a little better too coming off of a  championship being in first place for the majority of the season uh you you kind of get used to being  on top of the mountain and now the golden kns are kind of in a position where they I don't want to  say they have to chase it because they're in a good spot with how many points they've banked so  far this season but they do have to get back into the win column this it's not an overly physical  group and for

us I wouldn't think it's the end of the world if we use that to our advantage all  right let's let's think about getting through people finish some checks driving the net and  and driving through people's hands let's bring that element to our game right it always drives us  into the fight so let's make sure that that's part of we're emotionally engaged in the game tonight  Playing for Keeps all right when it comes to Puck battles and checking to get pucks back attack at  the appropriate times P

uck placement is important play it hard all right uh Carly your line will  start Heidi petol and LT nuts here let's go in the first from the strip tonight final home game  of 2023 it's a golden Edge blose out this most magical year in team history they take on the  LA Kings a good home team Vegas 123 and2 here at T-Mobile Arena against the team that's got  the best road record in the NHL at 131 and one Bruce Cassidy's team looking for answers trying  to end a four game losing streak let's go pla

y our game play our game get our feet moving it's all  right it's all right play through it let's test this guy early on their recent four-game losing  streak the golden knights haven't gotten off to the best of starts fortunately for them tonight  is different you can see different urgency from the gold Knights right off the bat coming  coming side eel feeds the middle just out of Stone's reach and it's brooked Away by tal  but the goalie Mel again left down shooting score Jack eel what a shot

Vegas takes a one  nothing lead eel 16 goal is a critical one to get momentum and confidence back on the  side of the teaming goal bcn on high looking thought about shooting it in around it and it's  Center nice try good play a one-goal lead in the first eventually grows on the rush Amo coming it  scores Michael amario it's two nothing Vegas I can't decide which is better the pass or the  finish first goal for Michael Mato as a new father seven minutes to go in the second two  nothing Vegas gabo

v into the slot temp shoot score K front and the kings are on the board  and stays a two through the end of the second this is not going to be an easy one for either  come on let's go we're fine C skates down the right boards C on his back his shoulder goes  behind the net Cent score will Paul cter push is coming here he push is coming heavy on pucks  all over the ice and while the Kings keep closing the Gap La within one with 159 to go angles guys  angles Vegas manages to clamp down and hold on

3 seconds needs left into the corner out this  one is over the night survive deat the Kings 32 Logan Thompson exhales our first start tonight  for your Vegas golden knights number 22 Michael Amo hell of a win boys that's uh way to come  back after last night I know we were skiding a little bit there that's a really good hockey  team I think we did a lot of really good things tonight uh LT credit to you coming back to back  hell a job tonight I think what you have 30 32 saves 35 saves it was a g

reat game but uh the new  dad with the with an nice ni little [Applause] bingoo nice win boys LT way to kick for us way to  grind that up boys let's go have some fun and see a hockey team is a family and Milestone moments  like the birth of a teammate's child are not to be taken lightly so there is celebrating all  around after a much needed win before the knights head off to Seattle my dream actually I I wrote  a little thing in a in school I wanted to attend the Winter Classic game so I guess

playing in as  a as a step up I think once it's game time it'll be you know back to the rink but until then it's  it's uh more about the experience I think should be really cool for me and my family to be a part  of it I'm looking forward to all of it the players tend to have a little bit of some sort of theme as  they show up how they dress Etc there's all those things that go into it you got your family and you  got your hockey family you get to merge those for you know a big it was just a cou

ple of weeks ago  that Michael amario and his wife bronwin welcomed their first child a daughter Scotty Marie and  like Harold the Bulldog she too won't care much about wins or losses at least for the foreseeable  future on the road to the 2024 discover NHL Winter Classic presented by Enterprise the official  partner of the NHL Enterprise for lives in Drive Emma do you want to show our balloons what were  the balloons for yeah for Daddy yeah what's the number do you remember no 500 500 oh and wh

at does  that mean 500 G yeah thank you good job another high five good job yeah are you excited for the  game tonight so excited are you going to see yeah yeah you want to Pok in and warm-ups yeah maybe a  few if you want three three that's a lot what do we usually do after a game we go to bed but before  that do we have like something to eat yeah we have McDonald's yeah yummy yummy yummy to his wife  Marie and daughters Denny and Emma Yanni gourd of the Seattle Kraken is a dad first then a hoc

key  player although with the two Stanley Cups he won in Tampa Bay he has had quite a career unlikely  even to him I never thought I was going to make it to D NHL and like being able to play 500 uh  it's a very big number kind of puts everything in perspective and we've been playing good on  the last little stretch um it's it's good that we kind of turn it around a little bit it's always  good in like knowing that um that you're on a good stretch and like you you know what you got to do  when wh

en you show up to the rank and you know you feel confident about your game and that's that's  the key the Kraken 5 and two in their last seven trying to tie a franchise record eight game point  streak here tonight and close out 2023 on a high note as they take on the Philadelphia Flyers in  their final tuneup before Monday's Winter Classic hits your guys finish your checks everywhere get  on the four check baby simple and hard tonight simple and hard that Pion coming in nice [Music]  but n quick

they're coming they're coming we'll be ready [Music] M yeah let's go B have fun out  there brosi the Winter Classic weekend kicks off here in the Emerald City on a beautiful  Friday night the Kraken and the Philadelphia Flyers mooving it quick here D going north right  away get in the north sit back and enjoy this one let's get everybody rolling here we got to  have Pace we got a lane in the net let's shoot let's shoot what's Daddy's number you remember  one got to get a touch on him every time

zamula punished by Yanni Gore Good Hits Good Hits much  of the kraken's recent elevation in play can be attributed to two things solid grinded out  hockey and exceptional goal tending by Joey dord look out look out dord want a stop Mercy w a  save on Sha cier good job Joey Joey breakway Joel fary mono Mano stopped by Joey dord fary to the  slot Tatar stopped by but even dord can't stop them all off of stick connec me in tight they  score pinballs off Vince done Philadelphia's ninth short-handed

goal the season and time runs  out on period number one the Flyers end up with the lead courtesy of what else their penalty  kill as the game moves into the second period it's soon Seattle's penalty kill that gets  a chance to show what it can do that could to played the puck while coming over the boards  he sitting on the boards and they can't do that always we got a short buring up a little with the  puck coming up ice here let's get some emotion in this game boys on the off Wing out in front

  steered right on break shot by fary denied by dord great shift by wenberg he's in shorthanded  stopped by Carter har PK that's a big kill right right time real good kill once the play ends up  right here we've got one they've got three four guys dive in on that we got to get numbers  in on rebounds get numbers around the blue paint find a greasy one here come on let's go  done out in front tip tie it hit the crossbar come on Daddy yes daddy pushed yeah he pushed  someone he pushes a lot of peo

ple sometime make them work make them defend bang it to the net  there it is oh you kidding me right wing dis York Strand down low G and the save by hard it  comes back out in front goes wide on connly the shot glov save heart Seattle offensive Z face  off wenberg wins it here's Vince D power play goal vinston Seattle has tied it bers wins the  draw and that is it we will go to overtime okay boys it's a good point earned right there now we  go get the other y TR to moves up he's got help coming

Dirk sprad waits he waits he waits some  more hold shot save har no Circle power out lay it out oh good job good job d a great shift you  three York Strand right in picked off by Carter Hart okay Daddy's on come on go faster than tell  yes come on Skate all the way to the Blue Line near wall and go back to D [Music] [Applause] in  the Seattle Kraken win this one in overtime 5 2 1 they are now 60 and two in their previous eight  games so they have literally undone the work that they did in that r

ecent 06 and2 stretch going  into uh the biggest game the biggest event in your franchises history that of course the Winter  Classic on Monday night PP comes in answers the bell for for the tying goal fellas that's huge PK  gets the job done right end of the third period takes care of it Shy come back in make a huge  difference game winner congrats man all right hello game boys uh Joey great job uh D ni school  but it's the [Applause] no-brainer great job boys way to grind that one out we'll se

e you Sunday you  weren't playing that well there not too long ago and guys have done a great job turning this around  and star to get some points and get back in the race here and obviously we want to have a great  game on on Monday it's important for everyone to narrow their focus and you know there's  still two points in the line um it's a great experience no matter what but you want to win uh  it's going to be a a great experience for all of us any time of the year that you can get positive 

momentum going like this and get the confidence growing as a group and going into the game Monday  I think we're we're starting to really feel it now wey buoy you got another one yeah she loves  she's enjoying coming to games and she loves seeing buoy or and uh yeah it's a lot of fun and  uh I'm glad uh she's here tonight tonight's win has everyone looking forward to something special  for the Kraken it's the Winter Classic for Emma gourd and her dad it's off to the golden arches  for chicken M

cNuggets and a Happy Meal with no more games till New Year's day the last one of  2023 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 right here we got the Kraken  logo that's going to be the logo on U the Winter Classic Jersey up top here we got mountains  and kind of the forest Vibe that's uh you know Pacific Northwest and then we got uh on this  side we got three current Mariners players on thi

s side we got three of the the Legends and  then on the back we got a big 35 Winter Classic logo and then just my nickname Dax you know  every night that we play at home we get such amazing support from the fans and I think uh for  them to get to see a winter class play a hockey game in a baseball stadium it's a huge Sports  town with the Mariners and uh Seahawks and and us now and you know the Women's Basketball team  too is is doing great and I think it's going to be really special and you kno

w hopefully it's  a it's a great time and hopefully we can get a win today Jordan Eberly and Jared mccan Seattle  Kraken teammates since the team's inaugural season are taking advantage of one of the benefits  of being the home team at a Winter Classic getting a first look at an event that's been  years in the planning and weeks in the making there's been a lot of excitement around this game  since we announced that we got it to see it all come to fruition and and get a chance to see the  rink w

e've been I've been here before to watch the Mariners play but get a chance to see how  they've transformed it it's pretty neat I think this is always a game that guys look forward to  is this one of those heavy ones yeah it's still an NHL game you know we're still looking to to  get the two points and um obvious you know uh We've haven't had the the best of games against  Vegas so we're looking to to change that here it's it's ringing it's ringing that's pretty  cool it looks amazing obviously

the uh being on the bright lights right now and the weather  cooperating with us is pretty cool so you just got to enjoy the moment and um because you never  know when it's uh might be your last [Music] one a win makes any trip better and after beating  the Kings to end their four-game losing streak the golden knights make their way to the Emerald  City to play a game in an unfamiliar setting against a team they have dominated winning eight  of the nine times they have played how look looks grea

t sick coming out is it fully open or is  it yeah it does fully open fully open fully closes like it goes all the way over yeah that's  sweet let's go since the beginning of the Season Vegas has known its plans for New Year's Eve a  hockey practice in a baseball stadium in Seattle TT advisor is what I'm saying bro no matter the  location the road to the Winter Classic always ends in the same place outdoors in a city that's  always excited in a venue that never fails to amaze eyes your attention

yeah that's good  maybe we should do that now yeah seriously oh my God [Applause] never do you see your daddy yes  where is he I can't see him D oh you see your daddy good work today men all right let's get to  find your uh kids spouses all that stuff let's get them out here for a skate I think it's uh  important that that's part of it hey it's our hockey families with our own families and let's  have a good time with it enjoy it but you're going to remember it better it's going to be a great  m

emory if you get the W all right so let's enjoy today come tomorrow Focus ready to go here we go  have some fun there is no other Road in any sport that leads to something like this to a ballpark  in Seattle transformed as custom dictates into a winter wonderland an idea that never seems to grow  [Music] old for weeks both the Seattle Kraken and Vegas golden knights have stared down this date  headon now they are finally here one last skate around each in the open air on the very sheet of  ice w

here they'll play a game they always wanted to be a part of the Winter Classic on New Year's  Day when everyone in hockey feels young [Music] again my dear for [Music] all we'll  take a cup of kindness yet for own