Tourny Talk - SEP.14.08
Entry posted by Cory Schneider
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<table align="center" border="0" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload//2008/06/cory_blog.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="4" vspace="1"> It felt good to hit the ice again today, me and the guys had another solid practice and I think we all feel pretty good heading into this week's prospects games against Edmonton and Calgary.
I think the games will be a good test for us. It's good to be back on the ice practicing but you also want to be playing games. The practices have been good and high-paced but the games will really help us get ready for main camp because they'll bring out the intensity and the focus that everyone's been looking forward to.
<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/09/sep1408_prospects_onice05_t.jpg" align="right" border="0" hspace="4" vspace="1"> These games will be a good opportunity to work on stuff that you might not want to in a regular game situation and just getting the jitters out before we get into the real bright lights of main camp will be nice.
The other goalies and I have been working a lot with Ian Clark over the last few days and that's really been good for me. It's been a while since I worked with him and he's one of the best in the business so anything he has to say you listen and he's pretty supportive and imaginative at what he finds to critic good and bad. It's been good to get back with him to work on my technique a little bit.
I've been working on getting my timing back, timing the rushes coming in and getting ready and also rebound control as always, just trying to eat up those rebounds because they cause a lot of problems at the NHL level if you give them up.
<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/09/sep1308_prospects_onice05_t.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="4" vspace="1"> I'm looking forward to the light travel to Alberta, it shouldn't be too taxing, which is nice, and it'll give me a chance to get to know a few more guys. There are still a few unfamiliar faces that I don't know, and while they are competition, they're wearing a Canucks jersey at the same time so they are teammates as well.
It's been a good experience just to get to know some guys I didn't know before and hopefully I'll keep seeing them in the development system.
Someone asked yesterday if I am a fan of rap music at all and I'll admit that I like certain rap. Not generic rap, that stuff just doesn't quite do it for me because I think it all sounds the same and it gets pretty repetitive.
There are some rap songs that I like that really get me pumped up, there are a couple of songs by T.I. that I like, I like the old school rap like the Beastie Boys and stuff like that, but I don't really have a favorite rap artist per se.
<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/09/sep1408_kanye_t.jpg" align="right" border="0" hspace="4" vspace="1"> I am a fan of Kanye West though, I saw him when he came to Boston College to do a concert and I really liked what he had, he's more creative than some of the other artists so I like him actually.
There are some good mixes between rap and rock that I like, the songs with Linkin Park and Jay-Z were great, I like when they collaborate like that. It's a little bit of both worlds so it works pretty well.
That's all for today, I've got some relaxing to do before the game on Monday.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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