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Here he is, hawks chairman and

CEO danny words joining us now on c hgill black hawks is black hawks chairman and CEO danny

we appreciate you taking some time out of your day for us here know it's a busy time of

year for you welcome Welcome to the show.

Oh, thanks for having me, guys.

Appreciate it.

I think we want to start with, we're fresh on the heels of the home opener.

And despite the results of that game, what a fantastic night, start to finish top to bottom.

Can you tell us like how much planning went into that and when you saw it all come to fruition? How did that feel to pull it off?

You know, a lot of planning. I mean, the Centennial has probably been a couple years in the making, you know, in terms of just even high level.

And then of course, within the last year, it got more specific. All summer, the team was working really hard and they wanted to make home opener a real statement to how the season was going to be

and i got up to date along the way but up to a certain point then i kind of wanted just to like i'll just wait and see

how it all comes together because at that point i trust the the team is going to make a great, do a great job.

So I was actually surprised. And the first time I saw like especially the kind of opening presentation on the ice was all the first time I had seen it.

And I was just tremendously proud of the team for for the effort they put into it and

the care and and just the emotion that those videos and the music and the imagery and the way

the whole program kind of came together I was very very proud yeah the the first couple

video packages of the new season I think hit hit pretty. I know for me personally, the use of rush

and rise against in the in the presentation was, was pretty good. But I mean, as far as the

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