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Unbuckled Chinstrap with Jules Heningburg

Tim Troutner: From 4th Round Draft Pick to Rookie of the Year

Unbuckled Chinstrap with Jules Heningburg

PLL

Sports

5.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Moments before the start of their first game, Tim Troutner found out that he was going to start for the Redwoods. As a 4th round draft pick, Troutner didn’t expect to get the nod, but with the trust of his coach and teammates, he was determined to make the most of the opportunity. Over the next 3 months, Troutner did just that - leading the Redwoods to the inaugural Championship with a dominant 57.1% save percentage. In this fast paced interview at Ticketmaster Studios, Paul and Tim talk about what makes the Rookie of the Year tick, Troutner’s infamous trash-talking and what he defines as a good teammate. He also reveals which player’s shot is the hardest to save, how he learned to use the shot clock to his favor as the season went on, and what went through his mind in the final moments of the Championship. Please rate and review and leave a question you’d like us to ask an athlete on future shows. Let us know your favorite bits from the episode by tagging us at @UnbuckledPod and you can follow Tim on Instagram @timothytroutner. Enjoy the show!

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up everyone?

0:04.0

What's up everyone? Welcome to an all-new episode of Unbuckled Chincetrap. I'm your host Paul Rabel.

0:09.0

Now just last year we launched the PLL we had our inaugural season we built the teams based on a

0:14.3

proven set of veterans who had accolades out the door and championships to

0:19.1

their name it was unclear though how big of an impact our rookie class would have then came along golly Tim

0:25.7

Shroutner who proved that it didn't matter how many years you've played in the pros if you can play

0:31.6

You can play now you can play.

0:32.6

Now as a fourth round pick, Tim led the Redwoods in the championship game with 116 saves

0:38.6

and a 57.1 save percentage.

0:42.0

So I'll give you context.

0:44.4

When I was at Johns Hopkins,

0:46.2

you were considered an all-American goalie if you could save above 55%.

0:50.7

That was in college.

0:52.1

Tim Troutner takes on a bunch of volume at the pro level with the best shooters in the world and saves at a 57% clip.

1:00.0

And that's why he took home Rookie of the Year honors.

1:03.0

And now perhaps Timmy's greatest accomplishment,

1:07.0

he joins us here on unbuckled chin strap.

1:10.0

So let me begin with our first guest was Rider Garnsey. Then I had

1:16.8

Kyle Harrison more recently Joe Walters and now we have Tim Troutner. Four

1:22.2

fucking Redwoods.

1:23.4

What's going on?

1:24.6

Roll Woods, that's the way to do it.

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