Leeds Knights v Milton Keynes Lightning - Preview: Ryan Aldridge interview - video Dailymotion

Interview with Leeds Knights head coach Ryan Aldridge ahead of his team's NIHL National play-off semi-final against Milton Keynes Lightning

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00:00It's going to be a massive, intense two and a half, three hours, isn't it?

00:26Yeah, it is. Yeah, I don't think it's probably a bigger game.

00:33Yeah, it is. Obviously, the boys have been there twice before now.

00:37Won one, lost one, so I think mentally we know what to expect.

00:42But yeah, again, it's a massive game and we've just got to go out there and give our best and whatever happens, happens.

00:47Is that a big help, actually, having done it twice before, do you think?

00:50Yeah, I think so. And experience both sides of it.

00:52I think so, I think so. Yeah, I think so. You've got to learn something from it, right?

00:57I think, yeah, I think it's a positive.

01:01Last game ever for Matty Heywood, he got a great send-off, didn't he?

01:06Are you planning for that, obviously?

01:07Yeah, no. We obviously wanted to send him off on his way, in the right way.

01:13I don't think he did that. She's obviously been an incredible player for us, an incredible person for us,

01:21and we wanted to send him off on the right way. Yeah, I don't know.

01:24A good thing to say about Matty. Lovely person, great hockey player.

01:28Had a massive impact on British Hockey and a massive impact on our hockey team.

01:32Do you think he's left a legacy here, as well, in terms of what he's achieved, or what he's helped the club achieve here,

01:38and we'll rub off on those younger guys around?

01:40Yeah, I think so. I think so. I hope so. Especially with the fans.

01:47I think with the team, we were a young team, he's been incredible with them.

01:50Hopefully they can learn from what he's taught them, and his personality.

01:55But yeah, he's definitely left a legacy here.

01:58We started something three years ago, and he's been very successful.

02:02Again, a massive part of that.

02:04I think there's 12 players in the locker room of one or five trophies, or three league titles.

02:10There's a lot more that have won two and three, but it's...

02:16Yeah, he's been a massive, massive part of that.