Why does my crush mention other girls?

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So I'm friends with my crush, but not super close. We skate at the same rink (he's a hockey player and I'm a figure skater) and we go to the same school. We will be talking one day at school and he will randomly mention another girl. For example, this happned a couple weeks ago:
Him: "Yeah I only go to Friday sessions cause all the hot-" and then he totally cuts himself off and gets really red in the face. And then the conversation continues and ends. But then he says "Wait (my name), dont you usually go to Friday sessions?" (Which I dont) and I said no and he said "Really? I swear I've seen you there before. You're always upstairs doing off ice..."

And then this other time I told him he should come to a Saturday session, and he said "I dont think I can. I'm going to stick and puck that morning. (A girl hockey player) told me she's going." Then I was like oh okay and the conversation ended. But then he said "(my name) you should become a hockey player!"

I dont know what this means... Cause this one sign is confusing me, all the others point to him liking me... But this one is just confusing. Why would he be mentioning other girls? To make me jealous or on accident? Or does he not like me?
Why does my crush mention other girls?
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