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BEATTY: HERE AT RITTER ARENA
THE ANNUAL SKATE WITH THE TIGERS
EVENT ALLOWS FANS TO MEET THEIR
FAVORITE PLAYERS AND GIVES THE
TEAM A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH
THE COMMUNITY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO YOU PERSONALLY SEEING ALL
THESE LITTLE KIDS COME OUT HERE
JUST TO SKATE AROUND WITH YOU
GUYS? NEW SPEAKER: PERSONALLY
YOU KNOW I MEAN JUST LIKE ALL
THE GUYS ON THE TEAM THIS COULD
HAVE BEEN US WHEN WE WERE
YOUNGER SO IT’S GREAT TO KIND OF
GIVE BACK TO OTHER KIDS AND YOU
KNOW, IT’S GREAT. NEW SPEAKER:
IT DOES MEAN A LOT. WE KNOW
WE’VE GOT A GOOD FAN BASE ALL
THE TIME, 100 PERCENT OF THE
TIME AND IT IS GOOD TO JUST
REPRESENT THEM WELL AND HAVE FUN
WITH THEM. THEY DO MEAN A LOT TO
US AND THIS IS A NICE TIME TO
KICK BACK AND RELAX AND ENJOY
THIS. NEW SPEAKER: BEING FROM
ROCHESTER, WHAT DOES AN EVENT
LIKE SKATE WITH THE TIGERS MEAN
FOR YOU PERSONALLY? NEW SPEAKER:
IT’S PRETTY AWESOME. BEING FROM
HERE, BEING A KID AND COMING OUT
TO THESE GAMES AND THESE SKATES
WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND NOW BEING
ON THE TEAM AND BEING ABLE TO
GIVE BACK AND SKATE WITH THESE
KIDS, IT’S AWESOME TO BE OUT
HERE. NEW SPEAKER: BEING FROM
HERE YOU SAY YOU KNOW, WHERE DID
YOU GROW UP PLAYING HOCKEY AND
YOU KNOW, I PLAYED IN A COUPLE
OF ORGANIZATIONS AROUND
ROCHESTER SO IT’S PRETTY NICE TO
SAY HEY I PLAYED AT THE SAME
PLACE YOU PLAYED AND YOU KNOW
IT’S PRETTY COOL TO SEE THE
REACTIONS WHEN I TELL THEM THAT
I WAS IN THEIR SPOT ONCE. NEW
SPEAKER: DURING YOUR TIME AT
RIT, HOW HAS THE SKATE WITH THE
TIGERS EVENT CHANGED AND WHAT
DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN TO YOU?
NEW SPEAKER: IT MEANS A LOT TO
ME AND I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO
THE WHOLE TEAM TOO. THE FANS
COME HERE NIGHT IN NIGHT OUT AND
CHEER AS LOUD AS THEY CAN. IT
MAKES IT ENTERTAINING TO PLAY
HERE SO TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE
FANS LIKE THIS IT MEANS A LOT TO
EVERYONE IN THE ORGANIZATION.
NEW SPEAKER: HOW IS IT DIFFERENT
BEING OUT HERE ACTUALLY PLAYING
WITH THE TEAM RATHER THAN
SITTING IN THE STANDS WATCHING
THE GUYS? NEW SPEAKER: IT’S AN
UNBELIEVABLE FEELING. GROWING UP
IN ROCHESTER, YOU KNOW, REALLY
THE BIG HOCKEY IN THIS TOWN IS
RIT COLLEGE HOCKEY AND THE FAN
BASE HAS ALWAYS BEEN STRONG HERE
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND TO
FINALLY SUIT UP HERE AND TO WEAR
THIS JERSEY IT’S AN UNBELIEVABLE
FEELING AND IT’S EVERYTHING I’VE
EVER DREAMED ABOUT AS A HOCKEY
PLAYER AND GROWING UP. NEW
SPEAKER: HOW DOES AN EVEN LIKE
THIS HELP YOU SEE HOW EXCITED
THE FANS ARE FOR THE SEASON? NEW
SPEAKER: TONS, A LOT! I RAN INTO
A NUMBER OF KIDS WHO WERE
GOALIES SO THEY KNOW WHAT I
SHOULD BE DOING IN THE NET AND
THEY KNOW WHEN I MESS UP SO IT’S
GOOD TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM
THEM BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE IT
SHOWS THEIR DEDICATION COMING
OUT HERE AFTER A GAME AND WE’RE
GOING TO SHOW THEM OUR
DEDICATION LATER IN THE, WELL,
AS NEXT THURSDAY STARTS AND OUR
SEASON GETS ROLLING.