Author: Al Daniel
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Penguins White House visit: Whether to go and what to do
A statement from team president and CEO David Morehouse indicates the Pittsburgh Penguins White House visit in honor of their latest Stanley Cup triumph will go on as normal. In his report, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Dave Molinari noted that Morehouse and owner Ron Burkle are committed despite longtime opposition to the incumbent party. However,…
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Women’s WCHA should give Lindenwood a fair, long look
There is no cause to assume Minnesota-Duluth head coach Maura Crowell was dismissing the Lindenwood Lions when she spoke with the Duluth News Tribune’s Matt Wellens last month about expanding the women’s WCHA. But her remarks leave less reason to believe she would give the Saint Charles, Mo.-based program an easy endorsement. Since the University…
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The ‘Sweetest’ gig in the minor leagues
Zack Fisch and professional hockey are not in Kansas City anymore. The last team to represent the first-year Hershey Bears broadcaster’s native locality — the United League’s Outlaws — came and went when he was a mere 14 years old in 2004-05. Their predecessors, the International League’s Blades, started before Fisch was old enough to…
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Best TV/movie actor from every Big Ten Hockey school
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a six-part series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment alum from each school in a Division I hockey conference. The seven institutions that will comprise the Big Ten Hockey conference in 2016-17 make up this week’s edition. All filmography and…
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How Bob’s Burgers can stay fresh longer than The Simpsons did
This author winced for one or two seconds while watching this year’s Easter episode of Bob’s Burgers. Linda dangled five toes over the line when she spent multiple sentences referencing Kelly Ripa. It was not the first time a present-day real-life figure has received a mention on the ordinarily wholly-separate-universe Fox animated sitcom. But Linda…
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What else can the college hockey culture teach its NHL counterpart?
With the Nashville Predators’ fan base on full national display for the first time this week, College Hockey Inc. was apt to note the way the relatively new NHL market takes after the college hockey culture. Fittingly enough, this comes at a time when the Stanley Cup Final bears an unprecedented volume of NCAA influence…
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Krzyzaniak preserving a program’s all-round picture
Halli Krzyzaniak only needed to stand for her first Canadian national team portrait in 2014 to tell an as-yet-unfamiliar world what she was — and still is — all about. Her choice to keep on her eyewear for the shoot set her apart from her teammates, fashion-wise. Three years later, it retroactively symbolizes her status…
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The best TV/movie actor to attend every ECAC Hockey school
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a six-part series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment alum from each school in a Division I hockey conference. The 12 institutions that will comprise ECAC Hockey make up this week’s edition. All filmography and award information is courtesy of…
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Joe Shawhan rewarded for familiarity, forbearance at MTU
Joe Shawhan should have the easiest time telling his pupils that ageless adage about letting an opponent hang around. The recipients of such an allowance have a way of capitalizing when the big break emerges, and the flavor of triumph is bolder for it. The 54-year-old Shawhan will replace Mel Pearson — aka Red Berenson’s…
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The best TV/movie actor to attend every Hockey East school
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a six-part series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment alum from each school in a Division I hockey conference. The 11 institutions that will comprise Hockey East in 2017-18 make up this week’s edition. All filmography and award information comes…