Bakersfield Condors GM Keith Gretzky (02-24-26)

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Bob Stauffer 1:22

The man that Craig McTavish calls the good one. Keith Gretzky, brought to you by Equus, Alberta's largest power co-op. Choose community, choose Equus at equs.ca. Keith joins us tonight from the state of Colorado. The Bakersfield Condors have a pair there. Hello, Keith. How are you doing? Good, Bob. How are you? Good. Tell me the truth. Did you watch Canada, U.S. and the Gold Medal? Of course you did, right?

Keith Gretzky 1:51

Yeah, so I got up at 5 to watch the game. It was a good game. Just a bad ending. That's all.

Bob Stauffer 1:57

Yep. It's hard, eh? It's a hard game sometimes. Now, do you ever think it was just their time? Like dating back to 96, of course, your brother was part of the Canada Cup team in 1996. Or was that the first World Cup? Was that the first World Cup? Yeah, I think it was. And it was a big win for the U.S. And I got to tell you, Keith, I'm actually surprised they haven't won more best-on-best tournaments since. And Canada, of course, beat them in the final in 2002 and beat them in the final in 2010 and beat them in the medal round in 2014. Was it just simply the United States' time?

Keith Gretzky 2:35

You know what? It's one of those, that's why you play the game. They were two great teams, and you know what? The U.S. came on top and scored a big goal, and they got the gold.

Bob Stauffer 2:48

Yeah. Connor Elbach played a heck of a game, too, in between the plays. Yeah, he did. I mean, Keith, three on three in overtime, you got Connor, And Nathan McKinnon and Cal McCarty, you're going to take your chances with that all day. So there you go. All right, Bakersfield Condors, how would you assess the week that was for your team?

Keith Gretzky 3:11

You know, we played pretty good. We got three out of four points. I thought we should have got all four. We let a point slip away. You know, just not get along the boards, and they score with a couple minutes left to tie the game, and then they won in overtime, so... I thought the team played well. We have a big stretch in Colorado for two and then up to Coachella Valley and then down to Ontario. It's a big four games for us.

Bob Stauffer 3:40

Yeah, you're going to be playing some real good teams right now. Are you getting healthier on defense?

Keith Gretzky 3:45

Yeah, we have everybody back. You know, I think the plan is for, unless Regula's knee is, you know, he hasn't played a lot, but, you know, he says he's healthy and ready to go. And so we have Leppinen back with his injury and Benin with his broken foot. We're excited with the team we have and getting Szymanski back from the Olympics. And he played the other night. He was tired, but he's still, you know, he's a great player for us. And to have a number one center back is huge.

Bob Stauffer 4:18

All right, well, let's talk a bit about that defense because with the guys coming back, does that mean Bo Akey's boxed out? Because he's played pretty well for you, hasn't he?

Keith Gretzky 4:29

Yeah, you know what? That's the unfortunate thing. And we, you know... It's one of those things that there's nothing you can do.