Category: Life After Hockey

Kerstin Pietzsch-Somnell has lived an ordinary life for much of her 50-plus years. Born in Sweden, she still lives there now with her husband and has raised three children: elder daughters Mikaela and Petra, along with youngest child Jens. Perfectly ordinary, except, at one time in her younger years, she was affectionately known as “Shastine,”…

Mike Williamson accepts that an on- or off-ice career in hockey is likely no longer in his long-term prospects. He hopes to become a general-practice dentist, although the door is open for other specializations in the field. “I’m hoping to start with just dentistry,” the Penn State undergraduate senior told Pucks and Recreation this week. “It’s four years of more school,…