Author: Pucks and Rec Staff
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The greatest year in hockey in every U.S. state: Part II
Editor’s note: Throughout November, the Pucks and Recreation staff will alphabetically recount every state’s most memorable all-round hockey calendar year. The second installment of the five-part series covers Hawaii through Maryland. In descending priority, we will take into account achievements by major professional, college, minor professional and junior teams plus players born or raised in…
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The greatest year in hockey in every U.S. state: Part I
Editor’s note: Throughout November, the Pucks and Recreation staff will alphabetically recount every state’s most memorable all-round hockey calendar year in order. The first installment of the five-part series covers Alabama through Georgia. In descending priority, we will take into account achievements by major professional, college, minor professional and junior teams plus players born or…
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10 best Mighty Ducks quotes
The official silver anniversary of The Mighty Ducks is finally here. The NHL Network will shrewdly honor the occasion by screening the film Monday evening. Meanwhile, this site has gone on a, shall we say, Flying XXV for the last 25 days, touching on a comprehensive array of Duck-related topics. Today’s finale of the 25…
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Mighty Ducks movie viewership: The rookie and the revisit
The first Mighty Ducks movie, if not the whole trilogy it begat, can pass as a Slap Shot for kids. It takes a protagonist team of athletes of roughly the same age as the intended audience on an age-old Cinderella path. Along that road, it spawns a slew of you cannot get out of your…
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Coach Conway, anyone? Four proposals for a D4 plot
Those who were born the year the Eden Hall Warriors gave way to a Mighty Ducks mascot have reached or are on the cusp of legal drinking age. Is that enough time for the opening and closing slow-motion flashbacks from D3 to lose their authority? Can the vault reopen for a long-rumored/proposed D4 late in…
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Stars who should follow Aniston back to TV
Jennifer Aniston is reportedly the next A-lister seeking seconds on the small screen. The Hollywood Reporter’s Lesley Goldberg wrote last week that the former Friends star is teaming with fellow movie mainstay Reese Witherspoon for a series revolving around a fictitious morning talk show. The finer details of the program, and whether anyone will even…