>>> THE WILD ARE FINALLY
GETTING BACK TO ACTION WITH
THEIR FIRST GAMES COMING UP
NEXT WEEK.
THE HEAD COACH DEAN EVISON IS
JOINING AFTER HIS FIRST FULL
SEASON.
WHAT'S IT LIKE HEADING INTO
THIS YEAR?
>> IT'S EXCITING.
IT'S EXCITING FOR THE ENTIRE
STAFF AND THE ORGANIZATION
OBVIOUSLY.
THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR, BUT THE TRAINING CAMP
FEELS THE SAME.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
COMMITMENT OF THE GROUP,
ALREADY RETURNING TO TRAINING
CAMP HERE.
SYSTEMICALLY THE EFFORT, THE
FIRST INTERSQUAD GAME LAST
NIGHT WE WERE VERY PLEASED
>> HOW DID ALL THAT GO?
>> IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE AS
GOOD SYSTEMICALLY AS YOU WANT
TO, BUT IT'S NICE TO GET IN
THERE.
WE HAVE VIDEO WHERE WE'RE
CHOPPING IT UP TODAY SO WE CAN
SYSTEMIC STUFF STRUCTURED THE
RIGHT WAY.
WE SAW REAL GOOD THINGS AND
SKILLS, GOOD DEFENSE AND
GOALTENDING.
SO IT'S A GOOD START.
>> GREAT TO HEAR.
A LOT OF NEW FACES THIS SEASON.
HOW HAS THE TEAM LOOKED IN
PRACTICE AS THEY START GELLING?
WE HAVE NEW FACES AND WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAS
CHEMISTRY WITH WHO AND ON
DIFFERENT LINES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE
WHO FEELS GOOD WITH THE OTHER
GUY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, STILL
TINKERING A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE LIKED WHAT WE SAW
THROUGH PRACTICE, AND LAST
NIGHT WAS REAL GOOD.
>> GREAT TO HEAR.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW
PLAYERS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY
>> SAY THAT AGAIN?
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEW
PLAYERS AND WHAT YOU HOPE THEY
BRING TO THE TEAM?
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THE NEW PEOPLE
THAT WE BROUGHT IN, THE ONE
THING THAT STANDS OUT TO US AS
THEY ARE.
WE BROUGHT IN SOME VETERAN
PEOPLE THAT WE FEEL CAN REALLY
FILL SOME HOLES.
AND WE THINK THE PEOPLE THAT WE
BROUGHT IN ARE PROS, AND
CONDUCT THEMSELVES LIKE THAT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM HELPING
LEAD OUR HOCKEY CLUB, HOPEFULLY
HAVING THE SUCCESS WE WANT.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT
TOO.
NOW, YOUR PICK FOR CAPTAIN,
>> HE'S A FIRST TEAM GUY.
HE CARES ABOUT HIS TEAMMATES.
HE'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL GOAL
GUY, VERY TEAM-ORIENTED AND
VERY SOFT SPOKEN, BUT WHEN HE
SPEAKS HE'S SOMEBODY THAT ALL
THE GUYS HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR
AND LISTEN.
CLEARLY WE HAVE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT CHOICES, WHICH IS
GREAT TO HAVE THAT DIFFICULT
DECISION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES HERE,
BUT THE MORE WE TALKED ABOUT
IT, THE MORE WE FELT THAT
SPURGE WAS THE RIGHT GUY FOR
THE SPOT.
>> AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING A NEW
RETRO JERSEY?
>> YEAH, IT'S GREAT.
I PURCHASED A LOT FOR MY
FAMILY, I KNOW THAT.
THEY'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT'S A SHAME WE DIDN'T GET TO
UNVEIL THEM AT THE WINTER
CLASSIC, BUT WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT PUTTING THEM ON OUR
BACKS.
THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY
POPULAR, SO WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO PUTTING THEM ON.
>> THEY LOOK GOOD, CAN'T WAIT
TO CHEER YOU ON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SEE YOU LATER.
THE WILD'S FIRST GAME IS
THURSDAY IN LOS ANGELES, TAKING