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Humble, shyness, respectful. There's not just one word [to describe him.] - Evgeny Svechnikov

"Five years ago, my Strength & Conditioning Coach, Bill Burniston, and our Head Athletic Trainer, Doug Bennett, went into Home Depot. They were trying to figure out how to finish off your day with a lift," the head coach explained. "They put a cinder block on the scale, and it ended up being 35 pounds. It just hit them that it was the same weight as a Stanley Cup. So they sent me a picture of it, and I'm like, 'You've got to bring that in.'"

Implemented as a "blue collar press", Burniston mildly misled the players about its meaning, saying, "I grew up in a blue collar neighborhood. Maybe one of the most important blue collar jobs is the mason. The mason builds the foundation of buildings, your homes..."