Joining us now on CHGL Blackhawks are AHL All-Stars Kevin Kortinski and Nick Lardis. Thanks for being with us fellas. Thank you having us. Yeah, thanks. How's the week been? I know the skills competition last night looked like a lot of fun. How's it been? Yeah, it's been fun. Just hanging around with the obviously scenes and Lardy, me and new guys and seeing some familiar faces. so it's been fun and fun to have it at home in front of the hometown fans.

Yeah, like Hep's status. already meeting new guys and seeing some familiar faces. So it's been fun and fun to have it at home in front of the hometown fans.

Yeah, like I've said, it's been special to kind of experience this,

especially for me my first year, but not just to experience an all-star game,

but kind of here in Rockford too.

And alongside Kevin, Brett, too.

So it's been special.

You have any time to connect with any guys that are here you might have played before

or known before over the last few days?

Yeah, a little bit.

Obviously, guys playing them in junior in the OHL.

Cool to catch up with them, see how they're doing with their teams.

And cool to meet some guys, too, some fellow rivals, whether it's guys in Milwaukee or Chicago.

So, yeah, that's been fun.

I can imagine after that Milwaukee game the other day, was there any awkwardness or just kind of letting it go?

Not really.

I think just out here trying to have fun.

Obviously, when we play them again again it's going to be the same

kind of intensity but i think just for this week just enjoy it uh meet new guys and like you said have

fun the crowd's definitely played into the the rivalry booing uh the wolves and the admiral's guys

last night how much have you guys kind of just fed from uh the crowd night and the community the last few days having this event here?

Yeah, it's been unbelievable.

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