Category: Profiles
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What Happened to Joseph Woll: Current Status, Injury, and Career Update
Joseph Woll, the 27-year-old goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL, has been a focal point of both performance and concern this season due to a mix of personal matters and injuries that have affected his availability. This article gives you overview of what happened, his current status, and the context of his…
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Kevin Fiala Biography: Wife, Contracts, Net Worth and More
Kevin Fiala Biography Highlights Few players in today’s NHL have the combination of skill and determination like the current hockey sensation, Kevin Fiala. This Swiss-born offensive forward, known for his speed and unique techniques with the puck, has built his reputation as one of the league’s most impressive players. From his junior days on the…
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Clair DeGeorge to the third power
It all started when Clair DeGeorge sought a much-needed time-killer. Fast-forward five years, and open season on her agenda is a distant memory. Free moments are now an endangered species, as they are wont to become for a Division I student-athlete. Fortunately, the Bemidji State women’s forward and U.S. national team prospect who cites the…
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Stewart knows the joy of sax
If anyone ever sees a need to make Ethan Stewart feel more at home at Ewigleben Arena, a menu of options exists. There are public-address system staples like “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “It’s My Life” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.” If Ferris State’s visitors incur a penalty and Stewart is summoned to the…
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Maine hockey in 15th year as a key cog for MAAV
For members of the University of Maine’s Male Athletes Against Violence (MAAV) initiative, numbers stick like preseason statistics. That is if the experience of its two most recent hockey ambassadors is any indication. “I can’t remember many specifics,” junior Chase Pearson told Pucks and Recreation. “But I know they shocked me enough to really get…
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How soccer, track in Texas influenced hockey in ND
Daniel Huntley may have created a monster at the University of Mary. So many fans packed the Schwan Cadillac Arena for a first glimpse at the new hockey program in action that the gatekeepers had to start turning would-be spectators away. On Sept. 15, exactly one year after announcing that they would add a hockey program, the Marauders hosted…
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Teaching moments abound for Neumann
Kelsey Neumann knows all about playing backup and paying one’s dues. The Les Canadiennes de Montreal draftee played one period of intercollegiate Division I hockey. On Groundhog Day 2010, her Clarkson Golden Knights made a simple drive down the road to St. Lawrence. There she gave junior goaltender Lauren Dahm her only night off of…
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Denver’s Mendel proof of hockey-hoops harmony
Griffin Mendel hails from a British Columbia town, Kelowna, whose name is the local First Nations term for “female grizzly.” A public sculpture symbolizing the etymology came along in 1998, the year before Mendel was born. Some four-to-five hours southwest, there was once an NBA franchise representing the province with the same mascot. But the…
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Book series connects hockey mom and son
While teammates for the San Antonio Rampage, forward Brady Shaw and goalie Spencer Martin developed an instant, yet unlikely connection. Shaw and Martin both had read a children’s book series called Brady Brady. This series featured 15 stories in total. The central character Brady had many adventures playing hockey in 12 stories, football once and baseball twice. As…
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Pyrotechnics, public outreach and, oh yeah, puck
Approaching their 25th anniversary, the Chicago Wolves have achieved a rare feat by sticking as a minor-league franchise in a definitive major-league market. They have done so, in large part, by being an entity that almost anyone with on- or off-ice ties would just as soon stick with. The Chicago Wolves have prepared future stars…