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Pittsburgh Penguins move to 8-5 on the season with 18 points with a 5-2 loss in Winnipeg.

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Hey sports Porchers, it's your
hockey Jesus and I'm back with

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analysis of a 5 two loss in
Winnipeg's for the Pittsburgh

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Penguins.
Well tonight the Penguins

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couldn't extend their streak to
9 games.

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It's going to end at 8:00
tonight, really this afternoon.

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Let's face it, they, they just
weren't in this game from the

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very beginning.
Two goals in the first 3 minutes

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for the Winnipeg Jets.
Hey, speed kills.

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What can I say?
When when you got that much

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speed and you're as talented as
the Winnipeg Jets, You know,

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Penguins were in first place in
the NHL.

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We, we knew that wouldn't last.
Well, let's face it and Winnipeg

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is a very talented team.
Hey, they didn't even face Hella

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Buck tonight, but still lost
nonetheless.

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The backup goal is undefeated
too.

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So that Winnipeg team's super
talented, love the way they

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play.
They did tell off in the third

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period a little bit, but maybe
that was just because just

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because they had such they were
leading so much they they could

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have scored that first line,
could have scored eight goals

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tonight.
That's what Colby said and I

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totally agree with him.
The other thing the Pens had

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going against them tonight, this
afternoon was that Brazeau was

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kind of a surprise out.
He has an upper body injury and

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he's day-to-day.
So Thomasino gets called up off

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the scratch line and joins the
second line and really did

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nothing with them all night.
Tough afternoon for Sheila.

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If he was 833 save percentage at
one point tonight, I was

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surprised that because of the
Brazeau injury they kept that

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kid line together.
So I like that Kendall Novak and

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Koven and still playing together
on that third line.

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They looked a little sussed
tonight against some speed for

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sure.
I I still like their I still

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like their energy in the
offensive zone, but they got

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definitely some work to do in
the defensive zone.

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So yeah, like I said, first two
shifts, the thing that really,

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really bothered me was Brunick.
Brunick and Pickering were

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playing together for the very
first time.

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They get a start and on the very
first shift they give up a goal.

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And the second time they were
out there, they also gave up a

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goal.
So in their first two shifts

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together, they they give up
goals.

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When they played together, they
were immediately separated after

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that.
Maybe they're just not ready to

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play together yet.
That's OK.

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Hey, that's all part of what's
going to happen for the

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Pittsburgh Penguins this season.
You're going to have that where

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that you don't know how well the
rookies going to play together.

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The one thing that Muse did
tonight to kind of bug me a

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little bit was, you know, they
had doers start the game

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because, you know, he's from
Winnipeg.

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He he grew up in the pods pretty
close to Winnipeg, close enough.

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It was as close as you can get
the Winnipeg.

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I guess to me, that's a little
too cute and it I think it

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contributed to that first goal,
honestly.

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The Penguins outshot Winnipeg in
the first period 11 to 8, but in

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the second period, once again it
was all Winnipeg.

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Brunicki fell down at the blue
line.

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Give up the third goal and that
fourth goal on that short handed

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penalty shot.
Yes, that's right.

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I said short handed penalty
shot.

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Sheila just blew up through his
through his stick it I don't

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even remember who it was.
I think it was Connor.

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Maybe it was Shifley.
I think it was Connor and what

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are you going to do?
You know, he just he totally

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misplayed that puck as it was
coming down and I threw his

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stick at it.
That's a penalty shot.

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He definitely threw his stick,
but that is rare.

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I don't I don't I can't.
I don't even know if I've ever

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seen that before where it was a
penalty shot that ended up being

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a short handed goal.
That was pretty bizarre.

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No doubt about that.
Something I want to try tonight

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for the first time.
I'm going to call this HJS

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highlight of the night.
I'm going to do a little bit of

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analysis of what I thought was
maybe the best thing about

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tonight and there wasn't a lot,
but let me pull this up for you

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guys.
It is of that save that she Loft

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had.
And here's here's here's why I

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want to here's why I want to go
through this because she Loft

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had a terrible game, OK, there's
no doubt about it.

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But they're down for nothing at
this point, right?

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And I'm pulling up, I'm pulling
up the footage here.

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And this is this is just kind of
a it's you can see for nothing.

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And Gino is going to head off
the ice.

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OK, right here.
They're just, you know,

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Winnipeg's been been in the zone
for about 30 seconds or so.

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Gino is going to go off the ice.
Let's let's move it forward here

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and see what happens.
So Shay got it.

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You can see Mantha and Tomasino
are still on the ice.

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Tomasino is going to try and get
it up, but Gino's not there.

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He went to make a change.
So nobody's there and what

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happened?
Kendall's trying to get on, but

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as you can see here, he's going
to get on a little right there.

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He missed it right there.
Now the Tang's pinching,

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probably ill advised.
Pinch right there and you can

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see these two guys, they're
going to head up the ice and

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watch what happens.
Oh boy, There's really nothing

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Shea can do at this point.
You can see Kendall's trying to

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get back, but it's a it's a two
on one at this point.

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You're you're you're hung out
the dry.

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You know, Shea could go down
here and try and stop the pass,

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but Shifley makes a great pass
over to the Velardi and watch

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what happens.
Watch what happens right here,

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Sheila.
Oh my God, he just robbed him on

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that play.
Wasn't that that that was

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beautiful.
And here's the thing about that.

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It's for nothing.
Sheila could have just given up,

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you know, two on one beautiful
pass by Shifley over to Velarde.

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He could have just give it up,
you know, give it up the fifth

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goal and it would have been
over.

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But you know, 2 minutes left,
two plus minutes left in the

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second period.
He makes a nice save.

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That's what I like about this
Penguin teams, even though they

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could have definitely they could
have definitely just give it up,

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just give it in.
They still got some fight in

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them.
I like that about this team.

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I didn't see that last year with
the Penguins and I like to see

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that Sheila once once again had
a terrible night, had a really

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rough night.
But to me that shows that muses

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got them thinking that they can
be in it no matter what.

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I liked it.
I like that a lot and what

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happened.
Sid gets a power play goal at

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the end of the period.
Made a four one.

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They they were mixed up the line
a little, a little bit.

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They had Sid and Gino playing
together.

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Those guys just don't have any
speed anymore.

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I'm sorry, 39 and 38 year olds
out there, but whatever, I get

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it, got to mix it up.
Why not put Sid and Gino

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together out there?
Lizotte gets a gritty goal,

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makes it 42, but it wasn't
enough.

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Honestly.
Winnipeg was in control this

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whole game.
Kyle Connor finally gets the

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empty net.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are out

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shot 14 to 7 and the third
period and that was really it.

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I mean, Winnipeg's definitely
the better team tonight.

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They deserve the win.
Pittsburgh should learn from

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this.
They should learn that that

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speed is something they got to
contend with and sometimes

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they're going to have to match
and sometimes they're going to

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they're going to have to just
decide to back off and and not

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do it.
I like Carl's, Carlson's play

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tonight.
I thought he was really trying

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to dial it in to get his first
goal tonight off the face off

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twice.
He just took the took the took

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the puck right to the net, but
the goalie just stayed right up

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against the post and didn't give
him a chance at getting that

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short side goal.
So what are you going to do?

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You're going to run into these
things eight points in a row.

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You're playing against the
second best team now, the best

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team in the NHL in the Winnipeg
Jets and you get the loss.

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And that's what's going to
happen in hockey.

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You're not going to win them
all.

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So Pittsburgh Penguins once
again lose tonight at Winnipeg.

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They lose 5 to 2, eight game
point streak is over.

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And what else I got to say, hey,
that's Stanley, that defenseman.

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He's a tough guy, man, I I liked
I like that for Winnipeg.

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I hate playing against guys like
that.

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He was all over.
He was all over.

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Gino in the first period, cross
check Sid in the last period.

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That's why I don't mind that
Mantha stick to the face there

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at the end.
They were playing a little

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nasty.
We're going to give it a little

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bit back.
Mantha didn't mean to hit him in

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the face.
He was just trying to protect

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himself.
And Morrissey ran right into his

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right, right into his stick.
So Penguins lose tonight.

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They're heading out to they're
heading out to Toronto to no not

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to watch the Game 7 tonight.
They're heading out to play

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Toronto Monday night 7:30.
I don't know, there might be

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there might be a parade they get
to watch.

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I hope so.
I don't really care honestly not

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a big baseball fan.
But tonight Penguins lose win

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streak over and I will be back
Monday night after the Toronto

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game.
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