Benny Walchuk: Emery, thanks for taking the time. I’m sure it was quite an emotional weekend — a tough loss on Friday, followed by a nice bounce-back win in Warman the next night. How do you even describe that kind of swing from one night to the next?

Emery Olauson: To be honest with you, Benny, it was a tough one. We felt ready to go and excited for the Flin Flon game, but maybe it was just an emotional letdown. The first shift really told the story — we threw a big hit, they came back with one, then they scored right after, and it just seemed to deflate us completely. We couldn’t blow the balloon back up, and it turned into a domino effect.

Our defensive-zone play wasn’t good, and every mistake seemed to end up in the back of our net. Usually, when you pull your goalie five minutes in,

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