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Welcome to Bismarck Insights with mayor Mike Schmitz, a transparent and engaging conversational dive into meaningful topics impacting local government and Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck Insights is dedicated to removing barriers between the city of Bismarck and the citizens we serve every day.

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Welcome to Bismarck insights on Bismarck Mayor Mike Schmitz. And today we're going to switch from being government centric to community centric. Today I have with me Tom Brengle, owner of the Bismarck Bobcats, a great community partner here in town or in the community. And so, Tom, welcome. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Um, let's talk a little bit about yourself. And then what got you involved with the bobcat organization? And frankly, I had one question people would probably want to know is, were you a hockey fan when you grew up?

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Yeah. You know, I tell you, I was born and raised in Mandan, North Dakota, as was my wife, Brenda, formerly Brenda Schulte. And, um, you know, at that time, we didn't have I'm old, like, we didn't have rinks in Mandan. And I was just glad to throw on some skates and and we'd run down and chunk charcoal off the edge of the, the ice. That was our pole, our net. Uh, and so we played a little bit, but no, not really, uh, didn't really have hockey and but, um, my wife and I went to school at Und, so we were fighting at the time, fighting Sioux fans, right. And fighting hockey fans today, I guess, um, and fell in love with the game there. And I can't skate to this day, I, I just can't. My kids all played hockey in Minneapolis, and, uh, so I love the game and I love, uh, you know, I love our mission with the young boys here. Yeah, but I definitely love the game. And as far as, um, Bismarck, Mandan, I like to include Mandan, Bismarck. hand down. Um, you know, I love being part of this community. And if it wasn't for living in the cities, I would. I would live here. But, you know, I'm a Dakotan at heart.

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Sure. And we're glad to have you in the community. And I'm glad you brought up, man, because this really is birthmark man and man. And Bismarck, we're we're one community here, and we have to share our successes together. Yeah, because because that's just the way it works best. So what what caused you to actually bring this hockey team to Bismarck?

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Yeah. Well, my my standard answer there. And a lot of my friends or acquaintances in sponsored have heard it was mental illness. And so before it was defined. And so I actually I didn't bring them here so much. It was actually started in 1997. And I think Chad Walker actually had them for a year. And then there were several owners over the years. And in 2001, uh, a former partner of mine in another business, uh, got involved with the Bobcats and it was bleeding profusely And so he knew I was from here. And so he said, geez, Tom, can you come out and be a consultant? And I said, sure, I'll give it a whirl. You know, I like hockey and my kids all play, and I love the game and I love the area. So I came back, you know, having had some success in, in life and, you know, I can do anything. I can do anything. And. Long story short, two years later they both left and I was holding holding the bobcat bag. Okay. And and we continued to bleed profusely. It was just very difficult business to be in. And so I was with it for, you know, 8 or 9 years. And then in 2010, I went to the community, Mike, and I just said, you know, I think you guys really liked bobcat hockey. I seems like you do, but I just can't keep writing the checks because they were they were significant. And, you know, I got together and met with a lot of the city leaders. And, you know, we had a luncheon at Center Ice. It was called, uh, you know, uh, puck hockey. Let's talk. And so we just kind of visited about the community and what the Bobcats could mean to it. Uh, aside from that, at that time, we also won a Robertson Cup, our first one. And you can see the one over my shoulder, uh, here today. And now it's our second one that we won last year. And we can visit on that further. But the history is that at that time, in 20 1011, I just I couldn't sustain it. And, uh, the city partners meaning businesses came around winning really helped. Coach CB and Byron Poole won a championship, drew a little attention. And um, so since that time we worked towards breaking even. And now whereas I used to beg and plead and just, um, you know, please support us now. I saw it as the go to place because if people have been to a game that are watching or yourself, um, the, the barn rocks and, you know, we sell it out really well and the sponsors are fantastic. And, um, so it started out as like, oh my God, has turned out to be oh my God. Yeah. And so the Bobcats are you know, I think they're well received. And youth hockey is grown. And you know we love it.

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Yeah. And I can feel the pain because I was involved in a minor league baseball team once. Yeah. Before the current, uh.

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Larks.

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Before the larks? Yep. Um, and it is. It's a challenge. And I, you know, I think, um, I'm glad you're able to get the business community to buy into it. And because it is, I think, in the winter time or actually not that you may be already almost started. Yeah. Um, you know, it is a place for people to go and have some entertainment, um, and enjoy what's going on. And we're, and we're really helping some young people who are the players maybe achieve a goal. Yeah. Well, at least or live or at least give them a step in that direction.

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Yeah. For sure. And maybe not to bore you with details, but, you know, in terms of everyone has a mission statement, right, Mike? And so our primary mission is relates to young men is these boys. And I always get the question, how much do they get paid? Well. Our primary mission is to get 16 to 20 year old boys to play and get college scholarships. And so that's our primary mission as it relates to hockey. Our second mission is to be in the community and be community partners. And so we're we're out there in a lot of the teachers and kids know that we're out there with an anti-bullying campaign that really has been a trademark, and it's really been a terrific program, and we do it every year. So we want to be in the community. We try to never say no in terms of community events. And, you know, people had no scratch. Our mascot. We always say, everyone know scratch whether you're two months or or 90 years old and so want to be in the community. But the third is, um, is we want to provide high end quality entertainment and it's taken a long time. But you know, the show with live flames and and Zeus are 30 foot inflatable. Like, the show is good and people seem to, uh, seem to be enjoying it. And we enjoy having them. And the boys love it, of course.

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So you talk about the the boys that are playing there. Ages are 16 to 20. Yeah. Um, are they going to school while they're also playing hockey?

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Yeah, it's a great question. So the times have changed a little bit. So the 16 and seven year, 17 year olds, uh, unlike us, where you had to go to brick and mortar, a lot of those boys are doing online. Okay. The other dynamic that has changed over time is we used to be only have two imports. So it would be Europe or Canada or really anywhere. Now we're up to eight. And so those players of various ages, sometimes they have to do the online school as well. Um, but they all need to graduate, of course, but they also need to keep their NCAA eligibility. Although that has changed of late too. With all the Nil money and things, it's a different world, as we all know. But yeah, they so they spend their time with school. They spend their time living with billet families, which are people that open their home to them. And it's a big commitment. Nine months. Yep. And so they spend their time with them. But mostly they're just very serious young men about hockey. So they train, uh, they train hard. They train a lot. And, um, and we play to win.

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Well, that's what helps make success and actually helps you attract those sponsorships, those community partners and puts fans in the stands, so to speak. And you need that gate revenue as well. I'm certain.

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For sure. You know, it's just like a mini business. You know, our our our streams, our sponsors primarily. And they've been absolutely terrific. Um. Just terrific. It's just great partners. And, you know, they want to help the community. Just like us. You know, with all the same cloth. Yourself, myself, you know, our sponsors. We want a strong and a good. Bismarck, Mandan area and surrounding community. It kind of surprised me. Fans we have from Dickinson just really all over. It's kind of fun. Um, but yeah, it's, uh, you know, it is about being, um, impactful and fun. Um, in, in the community and, and also about developing young men, but also about winning.

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Yep. So how do does your team go about attracting these individuals to come here and play to get the talent? And who does that for you?

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Yeah, no, it's a great question as it's not me, I will tell you that because again, I can't even skate, but I it's not that I know a little bit about hockey, but you know, I stay out of it. Uh, but it's really quite, the, quite the process and it's not so unlike a professional team in the sense that people will say at times, oh, geez, what are your coaches doing the summer? Well, they're just busy as hell. They're really busy finding the next team, for example. Just use this as a real quick example. Um, we won the Robertson Cup as we discussed, and we only have two players back. So then it's like, oh my God, we're starting over. Starting over and they're starting over. But you know we still want to be competitive. You know we don't we kind of say we don't rebuild. We reload. So we'll be competitive. But um, my general manager lives in the cities and we have probably 5 or 6 scouts across the country. And then a lot of the players have agents these days. It's gotten a little different that way. Uh, so they it's all about building relationships just like every business. And so we build relationships. Um, people love to come and play in Bismarck. You know, we're proud of that. Uh, we we particularly also like to go after young boys who like to fish or hunt. Imagine that. Right.

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Yeah. North Dakota?

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Yeah. And. Yeah, in North Dakota. Right on the river. Um, so we compete heavily for a lot of players in the off season. We signed contracts with players that we really want. Uh, beyond that, we tried out 300 boys this summer. Wow. In in various places. And, uh, so from there, you have a draft and you put together, you know, your roster of 30 people to start, and then you cut it down to. We have to cut down to 24 now. Sure. So it's a it's a big effort and um, and attracting players and we go head to head with Aberdeen and mine. Not a lot of times for the same guys. And, and so it's competitive. But that's what makes it fun too.

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So these young men I'll call them that because even though only 16 maybe they're still they're certainly I think progressing towards manhood. Yeah. Yep. Um, do they actually get directly paid by the Bobcats under the new Nil out process. I mean, how's that? Because you're now you're competing with colleges too. Well, we have some degree.

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To some degree we are. Although so I may not have articulated two. So they they can be 16 to 20. Okay. The year they turned 20. And the colleges know our mission is to prepare them for college and for them to come and scout them and take them. And so I think that, um, in terms of they're not paid because they historically have had to keep their amateur status to go to college. And again, it's too lengthy about a topic for, for this visit. Right. But nonetheless, it's changed. The landscape has changed. And so but the year they turn 20, they need to leave and uh, to because they age out. Yeah. And so then we just continue and continue to develop the next group. Sure.

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Um, so what how do they survive then? In Bismarck, they really don't have a job. They have a job, but it's not a paying job per se.

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Yeah, exactly. Well, a couple things there. One goes back to the billet families. So the billet families, you know, they house them, obviously they feed them. Um, beyond that, you know, they're young men again, some of them at high school age. Right. So the bills take care of them, and then we take care of them. They don't pay for anything. Okay. We on the road, you know, we buy all their equipment. And so there aren't costs that way. Um, their parents, you know, in terms of, uh, going to the movie money or, um, playing video games, that's kind of on their parents. And so their parents aren't totally disengaged, but, um, but they're taken care of, if you will. That makes sense. Between the housing people and us. Okay. And, um, you know, it's, uh, it's a big investment. And that's why I'm appreciative to have the sponsors, because you just couldn't do it. So it's a big investment, about $28,000 per player.

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I believe that fact, I'm surprised. Might not even be more.

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Yeah.

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So we know these these young men are here. Nine months of the year. Maybe some of them are here longer, even outside of the season. But what is their engagement with the community? What are they doing? Because that's part of what the expectation is, right? So like, what types of things are they doing.

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Yeah. Yeah. And for example, I alluded a little bit to the anti-bullying campaign, which is something that we actually authored here in Bismarck just pre-COVID. And we went out to, you know, Washburne we tested it it in the outskirts, if you will. Uh, 14 elementary schools outside of Bismarck, in Mandan. And this is our marquee program. Okay. And we go into the schools ages, you know, after seventh grade. They don't care about us too much. We're all parents. We get it. Yeah, but, you know, ages one through six or grades one through six. We go in, uh, the boys read from a caricatured comic book about how bowling is not cool. And, uh. Uh, and then they read a book on kindness. And then they, uh, they create a kindness. Jane. In the school. Awesome. A very cool program, but that's our marquee one beyond that. We were actually one of the founders with Basin Electric of what used to be called Saint Baldrick. And now Brave the Shade. And so we're kind of proud to have that feather. And so every, every year in March, uh, Mike, we we bring all the cancer fighter, North Dakotan kids, and we get their siblings because sometimes the siblings are forgotten and we get them all on the ice. And it's a it's a tear jerking night. Very emotional. And and, uh, the kids, they all get a puck and they're on the ice, and they get recognized by the stands. Mike. And and we see them from year to year, and sometimes we lose them from year to year. But, uh, you know, we do that as well. And then, of course, there's the standard stuff like ringing the bell at Christmas and we go into schools, we go into senior homes too, because these young boys love hockey, but they play too much hockey. You know, we want to bring up young men and go out to senior homes or memory care homes, which for a lot of people is, uh, including myself. It's just like it's different environment.

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Very different environment.

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And so for them to get that exposure to other real life things and also give back, you know, to the, to the seniors as well. Um, so, um, the boys are busy and we try to be in the community. Uh, you know, we're mentors for youth, not just youth hockey, but youth. And, um.

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I think it is great.

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To be.

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Everywhere. Yeah. I mean, I think you're right. I mean, we got to make sure that these individuals. Because they're going to be an adult. Yeah. And they're going to have another life after hockey someday. Yeah. And to understand and experience something besides hockey.

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Without.

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A doubt. And, um.

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And the boys are open to it. You know, it's it's interesting, you and I, you know, being similar, at least in age. You know, it kind of grew up. And I actually think that in spite of how sometimes, uh, people think, well, geez, the kids these days. I'm telling you why. These kids are phenomenal. Like just phenomenal boys. They are kind and they are engaged and they they bring a lot and sort of develop them into being future leaders like yourself or, or in their community. It's really fun to watch. But the boys, they gobble it up because they go anywhere. And of course, they're, you know, they're gods. Yep. You know, there's 17 year old celebrities.

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Yeah, they.

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Are in their own, in their own mind. And they are in fact. And so, um, yeah, the development is really, really important beyond the hockey.

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Yeah. Well, it's it's great for us as a community to have those individuals. And I agree with you, by the way, I think you could say that about most of our individuals who are not adults at this point in time, who are young people. They're all very much awesome people. They are, you know.

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Sooner than we were, I think we were actually a little bit more redneck, to be honest.

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Could have been. Yeah. You know, I you know, I think that there are generally speaking, our youth are very kind individuals. And sure, there's always a one out here there for sure, for sure. But there are as adults too. And yeah, I think we could learn a lot sometimes from those first graders through sixth graders as to how to act. Um, yeah.

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It's very.

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Interesting, actually. I think it is. So, you know, the Bobcats of this long history now in the community and done a lot of things, certainly with The Brave, the Shave. But you're involved in other charitable types ways within the community. Maybe not necessarily writing a check, but helping raise some money.

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Yeah we do. And so, you know, maybe the biggest one that way is the Bravest Shave because I think we've raised I think it's about $110,000 now for For the Brave, the Shave. And, you know, we were kind of instrumental at first. It went to the National Foundation when it was Saint Patrick's. And so we sat on base and it's like, geez, you know, we do have kids in our backyard. Yeah. And so we we brought it to the backyard. So we do that. But also we're very into military every game. We, we, uh, recognize like shields uh, is sponging recognition, where we get a person on the ice and they're on the jumbo screen to get their story and get recognized in just a real quick one. We had a gal from Dickinson. Her husband was also in the military. He was stationed, I think it was in Afghanistan at the time. And, uh, we were able to, uh, the staff was able to get a surprise video of him and his two children are at the game with his wife, and he was on the jumbo screen. And so we're in the military on in the fun. Yep. Yeah. For sure. So we do that, we help send the honor guard. Okay. We have a military game every year. In fact, it's November 7th and, um, it's going to be a great night. And we auction off the jerseys and proceeds to help with the honor guard. And, you know, we do what we can. Yep. You know, we do. We can. We're not all things to everybody, but we sure, we sure try.

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Sure. So hockey in North Dakota what does it mean from your perspective now that you've you've been away for a number of years living wise. But obviously you're very involved because of the Bobcats but hasn't hockey. I mean, there's pretty deep roots here. But hasn't it evolved in the state? What what what is your view of that?

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Well, my view of that I guess, would be since I've owned the Bobcats since 2001. So at that time, um, you know, came back and there was a hockey community. We had Mikey Peluso and we had guys like Mitch Vig and but it was a narrow circle. And, um, you know, at that time we might get a hundred fans in the stands. And again, we're we're a humble we're a humble group. But, you know, we've built and worked hard to build something that is much more impactful on the game of hockey and certainly not attributable to just us by, by any means. But there are a number of boys in Bismarck and Mandan that play hockey and look up to the Bobcats. And so I feel like in terms of mentoring the hockey sport. I know that, Lane said. To be our former coach, now the head of the boosters. I think they're at all time record numbers, and that's attributable to a lot of their work. I mean, their work. But we like to think or want to believe. I should say that, you know, we're impactful on young kids. And and we've had a number of young kids from, from Bismarck that have played for the Bobcats, which is a feat that I don't want to sound wrong. Sometimes people say, well, you should have more players from Bismarck. And and I get that, and sometimes I get in trouble. But, um, we play at such a high level of hockey that if the young man from Bismarck or Minot or Mandan can play at this level, by God, we're going to take them and we make mistakes. But if not, you know, we want the boys to sound so Pollyanna ish. We're all about the boys, and if they're in a place like that, they can't be successful or be the best they can be. But they're a bobcat for the sake of we don't ever do that. you know. And this is why you get more fans in the stands. It's about the boy, you know. If you choose not to come. You know, we'd love you to come. But it's about the boy. And so, um. But we have had 64 North Dakotans. Having said that, in in the time that I've been here and, and, uh, you know, some of them have gone on to really have terrific careers. And hockey has gotten way better.

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Without a doubt. Yeah. So.

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How often? This is a personal question now for you. Probably. And it's not on our our list here. Maybe. But how often do you get back to Bismarck. Because obviously you have an investment here, but you've got a life elsewhere too. So.

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Well, I do have a life, you know, and I'm blessed with a great life. I have a wife again.

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She's from Mandan, and she's been a very supportive and and such. And I have three kids in the city and five grandkids, like we were talking about earlier. But, uh, in 2001, when I first was involved with the Bobcats, I drove back and forth for 17 years. And it was 16, 600,000 miles, which I figured out it's twice around the world or something. It's kind of weird, but I'm one of those guys that works in the car is my employees know and and probably not shouldn't, but I do and, um, spend a lot of time here. So the first the first eight years, you know, I had staff help and it just wasn't working. And I don't want to sound wrong, but I just concluded at that time is that the community needed to know the passion of the owner. And I don't want that to sound wrong, but they needed to see and look me in the eye and say, this guy is trying to do something. And so I'm here a lot. I've got I've really been able to rekindle, but also kindle a lot of terrific relationships with terrific people.

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Wonderful.

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Yeah. And so I probably I'm probably I missed two games a year maybe. But beyond that I spend a lot of the summer doing sponsorships.

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Yeah. Thank you for your commitment to our community.

00:23:52,601	S3:
Well, it's kind of selfish too, to be honest. I am committed, there's no doubt. I love Bismarck. Mandan. I just do. And North Dakota. At one point, I wanted to be the the governor. And then I found out that you can't live in Minnesota and don't know what the hell. But I love North Dakota. Truly I do, and it's my pleasure, really, to be part of this community, without a doubt.

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Well it's wonderful. We've talked about a few things here, and you kind of mentioned a little bit about game experience. But, you know, what would the spectators expect to see when they come to maybe their first bobcat game. What's going to wow them?

00:24:28,667	S3:
Well, I think what's going to allow them initially is the beauty in our arena is darkness. And so when we do our introductions, like everything's dark, we've got flames that shoot. You know, like I said, 16ft high and and we've got a number of other lights and camera in action. It's if people have watched the Und game, um, you know, it's a little more entertaining than theirs, but we just say that. But it's um, it's kind of crazy and it's loud. We got a lot of cowbells. We got a lot of horns, which is a mixed blessing. Uh, people either love or hate the horns. There's no in between. And then we have this 30 foot Zeus, which is our, in essence, our mascot. It's a big bobcat. And, um, so the introduce the introductions are are good. Every time we score a goal, the lights go down, the smoke comes out. And, um, you know, we're just trying to create.

00:25:23,567	S2:
Some kind of a party.

00:25:25,000	S3:
Hell, yeah, it's a real party. And, uh, that's our objective. And I think I have you and some others to think in terms of partying. You mentioned that. So we just passed you guys past the new, uh, I don't know what word to use, but the liquor ordinance, if you will. So now we're in a position to, uh, um, be able to offer beverages that kind of got ahead of the statutes, if you will. And all of a sudden, here they are. And everyone wants this particular drink, so we appreciate that adds to the party. We're not a drunken brawl or any of that, but, um, our staff and our fans, they they know how to have fun.

00:26:04,000	S2:
And that's important. So you've got a partnership with the Bismarck Parks and Rec because you use your facility, right? Yeah. And how is that partnership?

00:26:11,801	S3:
Oh, it's been good. You know, I started with Steve New back in the day. Right. And Steve, of course, he was kind of hard nosed and sometimes would bump heads and and he's still my friend today. You know, we talk and he knows that, um, but been working with him and then Beena and now Kevin. And, um, the relationship is solid for sure. And they're very they're very supportive. And we try to be their, their best customers. We don't try to wine. We just kind of we just try to be a good citizen. Really. Perfect.

00:26:44,067	S2:
Um, any personal highlights from your memory of being an owner? And you know what?

00:26:50,667	S3:
There's a lot of stories. It's a great question. It's a question. And I honestly haven't contemplated. And, uh, um, I can remember the first Robertson Cup. Um, because I'm a passionate person. I have a big heart, and I. I remember winning the first Robertson Cup and being on the air in Wenatchee, Washington, and, um, just starting to cry and just really cry. And I was so because it was such a financial challenge and there were so many emotions. And then to win that and see these boys win that, it was just like.

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Wow.

00:27:30,367	S3:
Yeah, it was wow. And uh, and that cup is hard to win. So that was a highlight, um, for sure. Um, a more recent little highlight that the, the locals will appreciate as Ian Engel, our captain for the last three years, um, was, uh, really didn't get a sniff in college like, from colleges. And so he signed, uh, out east and, uh, about three now, maybe it's five weeks ago, my coach got a call from Dane Jackson, the head coach in Grand Forks for for Und, right. And says, geez, you know, Garrett, what is it about this kid? You know, and Garrett said, he's a great kid. Great kid. So anyways. Und signed. And that's our first direct signed at Und. And so that was an emotional and a terrific day. Called the boy. And the boy was just like, you can't believe it. And so in terms of rewards.

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That's a big.

00:28:24,467	S3:
Reward. That's a big reward. And, you know, I'd like to stay in two of them. We have like 450 alumni and I know them all. And so we'll talk sometimes. And we've got guys competing for the next the first, second generation bobcat. Okay. One in the Czech Republic and one in Duluth. And so it's it's been pretty cool and a great ride. A lot of memories.

00:28:45,100	S2:
Good. Well, Tom, how can the listeners get your schedule and get tickets? Yeah. Why don't you tell them how to access that?

00:28:52,868	S3:
Yeah, we're pretty digital and, you know, they can just jump online. I appreciate you asking. We have an app. It's a pretty cool app that has a lot of data and stories, but they can just jump. Online is the easiest way they can pick their their seat. Um, just like, you know, we're not, like I said, the Minnesota Wild in terms of technology, but we're pretty techie. And so it's like any event and, you know, how can they help just come out and make some noise and have fun. Oftentimes people say, oh, it's cold in there. No, the parking records are really nice. It's warm. And, you know, beyond football season, we sell out, you know, quite often actually. And, you know, if you like to have fun, people say, I don't know the rules. Who cares? You know, bring your friend, you know, have a cold beer or a soda and just want and make noise for the boys because they they love it.

00:29:39,868	S2:
Wonderful. Well, Tom, thank you for being with me today. And it's been a pleasure. And hopefully our listeners will buy some of those tickets.

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Well, I hope they come out and have fun for sure. And I appreciate you. Thank you so much for having me.

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You bet.

00:29:51,767	S3:
Mhm.

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