Author: Zach Green
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Blanchet’s big impact on a small campus
Bowdoin senior forward Camil Blanchet has a lot on his plate while at school. He played every men’s hockey game this season for the Polar Bears, and had been playing lacrosse as well. Statistically speaking, Blanchet’s contributions have been modest on the ice. He tallied 32 points over 85 career games, and only broke double-digit…
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Dane Birks learned to ‘become independent’ through ranching
Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Dane Birks grew up in the small town of Merritt, B.C., where his family had a ranch. After two years in the BCHL for his hometown Centennials, Birks journeyed to Michigan Tech to play college hockey for the Huskies. Arriving in Houghton one year after the Pens selected him in the sixth round of the 2013…
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Hughes has a future on both sides of the contract table
If and when playing does not pan out, working in the front office of a professional sports team is a dream for fans around the world. Quinn Hughes is setting himself up to live out the latter after he is done fulfilling the former. The Michigan freshman has emerged as one of the premier defensive prospects for this year’s…
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Jack White loves a cohesive team; on ice or in film
Originally from Windsor, Ont., Jack White moved to Los Angeles in the ’70s to pursue an animation career. While there, he set up hockey clinics to help share the game he loved in a relatively new market. White would eventually become one of the premier hockey technical directors in Hollywood, working on movies like The Mighty Ducks…
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Boyhood playmates, college teammates, future business allies?
Sophomore goaltender Peyton Jones and junior defenseman Kevin Kerr grew up in Pennsylvania’s Delaware Valley playing hockey together, usually on the same team. Now together again at Penn State, they are looking at a minimum of two more overlapping seasons on the ice. Depending on how far their playing careers and their studies take them,…
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Rappleyea extra Charged as UAH defenseman, pitcher
In late October of 2016, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians did more than assure vindication for one long-suffering fan base. They also reignited a hard-dying hardball interest for Alabama-Huntsville hockey freshman Sean Rappleyea. Less than two years ago, Rappleyea was playing junior hockey in Ottawa, his baseball days ostensibly behind him. Before that, it…
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Future of Netflix Original hinges on past lessons
There was a time when Netflix was best known for being widely considered the cause of Blockbuster’s death spiral. The movie-rental giant of the past is now as good as a thing of the past. Its one-time refusal to ally with the then-upstart web service has been blamed for its eventual downfall. Now Netflix Original must make sure it has the…
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Kenan Thompson: From knucklepucks to New York bucks
Kenan Thompson was just getting his start as an actor with the Mighty Ducks series. First appearing on the small screen on Nickelodeon’s old sketch program, All That, he established a niche that now has him becoming Saturday Night Live‘s all-time longest-tenured cast member. The 2017-18 premiere will officially begin Thompson’s 15th year at the time-honored New York City…
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Matt McConnell shares his fond Pond memories
Matt McConnell is entering his seventh season as the play-by-play TV broadcaster for the Arizona Coyotes. As such, he will witness the inaugural home game for the expansion Vegas Golden Knights as a visiting announcer Oct. 10. McConnell is no stranger to watching new NHL brands break out, having done so on the home side twice before. He…
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10 best one-movie Mighty Ducks actors
Like all hockey franchises, the Mighty Ducks trilogy had its share of personnel changes during its run. The protagonist team dressed 19 players over the course of the three films, but only seven kid actors were in all of them. Aside from that, only Emilio Estevez (coach Gordon Bombay) appeared as the same character from…