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"Let me ask you the most important question you'll hear in this offseason:

You ever heard of fuckin Tekken?

You want a great way to spend your offseasons while maintaining that competitive fire that's so important to a professional hockey player, you oughta look into your city and region's local fighting game scenes. The beauty of hockey ending in the summer, especially, is that your schedule is wide open for EVO when it comes around. Now, I'm not saying you're going to be winning top 8 at EVO or even that you're going to be getting out of POOLS for fucks sake, but getting involved with your local fighting game scene is the easiest way to retain your competitive edge without risking any serious injuries that would set back your professional playing career.

And that's why I spend my offseasons absolutely obliterating Tampa Bay local tourneys and running commentary for regional event streams. I just do this whole hockey thing to fund my stick building obssession." - Benny Fiorentini to Pyotr Gallen on their podcast.