Welcome into the C.HGO Blackhawks podcast.

Hope we're having a nice Tuesday.

I'm Jay Zawaski with Mario Tirbossi.

And to my far left, Blackhawks defenseman Alex Flesic.

Thanks for being here, man.

Thank you.

When last we spoke, you had a different head coach. We did. It was the day,

the last time you were here, you left and Luke Richardson was fired. What was that day like?

Yeah, it was kind of crazy. I heard some rumors, like maybe a few minutes before it happened.

Some of my friends texting and stuff, and then all of a sudden I just like pull up social media and it was everywhere.

So yeah, it was a crazy day.

I don't know.

How long ago was that out, like over a month?

Yeah, that was December, like, 5th or something like that because the first game with Anders was

December 7th. And I know you guys had, like, one practice before then with him and stuff. What,

I mean, if you want to, you don't have to, but but what's the what's the vibe like after that happens

like are you are all you guys kind of calling and texting each other are you trying to reach out to

Luke like what what goes on the rest of that day um yeah I think it's a a lot of gossip I think

in the hockey world it's a it's a pretty dramatic thing to happen. I mean, it's the first time for me

playing professional hockey that a coach has gotten fired. So it was kind of strange for me. And I think

for some of the older guys, like they've, who have been around the block a few times, like that's

kind of just the normal thing that happens when teams don't have success, when people think that they

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