#Bobby Farnham

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dan Akroyd, Pamela Anderson, The Beatles’s 1963 recordings of “I’ll Get You” and “She Loves You,” Marc Benno, James Cotton, Delaney Bramlett, Andre Braugher, Geneviève Bujold, Leslie Caron, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Andraé Crouch, Bobby Day (“Rockin’ Robin”), Olivia de Havilland, Princess Diana, Willie Dixon, the great gospel music legend Thomas A. Dorsey a.k.a. Georgia Tom, Missy Elliot, John Farnham, John Ford (The Strawbs), Jamie Farr, Farley Granger, Randall Hall (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Deborah Harry, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Charles Laughton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Terrence Mann, June Montiero (The Toys), Franz Xaver Murschhauser, Cavan O'Connor, Sydney Pollack, David Prowse, Alvino Rey, Alan Ruck, George Sand, Marty Schneider (of the fab band Trip Wire), Amanda Seales, Ignaz Semmelweis, The Sony Walkman (1984), Johann Ludwig Steiner, Sufjan Stevens, Twyla Tharp, the Tour de France (1903), Liv Tyler, Jeff Wayne, Keith Whitley, Brandee Younger, and my old friend + one of my first music mentors Mike Kanski. He was “an influencer” long before social media, going way back with me (age 10). While I watched in awe, he was the first singer-songwriter I witnessed to perform a live demo of an original song, and he set an example by getting a “real job” so he could purchase a quality guitar (vs. cast-offs and cheapies), showing that if you want to get somewhere you had to make sacrifices. Musical milestones in our long friendship include a handful of demos, impromptu house concerts, and a couple public performances (not to mention countless turntable gab sessions over tea and mix tape swappings). Here’s a clip from a cafe set we did in Florida (read the video caption for an expanded Kanski tribute!). Meanwhile, HB MK—thank you for your years of cheerful music-making!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpsqObpXyK4

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Zach Stortini vs. Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond, Jay Rosehill tries fighting Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond and Steven Deslisle tries fighting Bobby Farnham January 31, 2015.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Springfield Thunderbirds forward Bobby Farnham has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of his actions in a game at Charlotte on Apr. 7.

Farnham was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 28.1 (supplementary discipline). He will miss Springfield’s game Friday (Apr. 12) vs. Bridgeport.

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Photo by Danny Baxter by Springfield Thunderbirds

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Then&Now || Bobby Farnham

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Michael McCarron vs Matt Martin & Bobby Farnham vs Frederik Gauthier  |  Jan 7th, 2017

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McCarron *fighting*

Farnham *fighting*

Scherbak *supervising* 

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After Martin crushed Petry along the boards, a line brawl ensues with Martin fighting McCarron and Gauthier going at with Farnham.

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Rolling Stone Magazine Top 200 Singers - The Omissions List

Once in awhile, I’ll do a music themed blog post and boy do I have a post for you. Rolling Stone Magazine opens 2023 with a list that no one asked for. Their 200 Singers list is an all time low for the once flourishing magazine. When you include auto-tuned singers like Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Ariana Grande, Lana Del Ray and dull as dishwater singers (again, my opinion) like Morrissey, Courtney Love, Michael Stipe, Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder, you lose credibility in my book. Here are the singers of different backgrounds, genres, and vocalizations (in alphabetical order) that Rolling Stone failed to include on their inept list:

Jon Anderson

Julie Andrews

Paul Anka

Tina Arena

Charles Aznavour

Michael Ball

Jimmy Barnes

The Bee Gees (Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb)

Pat Benatar

Tony Bennett

Andrea Bocelli

Jay Black

Colin Blunstone

Michael Bolton

Gary Brooker

Jack Bruce

Eric Burdon

Maria Callas

Eric Carmen

Paul Carrack

Enrico Caruso

Shirley Cesar

Peter Cetera

Eric Clapton

Petula Clark

Joe Cocker

Nat King Cole

Phil Collins

Perry Como

Burton Cummings

Bobby Darin

Sammy Davis Jr. 

Neil Diamond

Judith Durham

The Everly Brothers (Don and Phil)

John Farnham

Dan Fogelberg

Marie Fredriksson

Art Garfunkel

Judy Garland

Vince Gill

Ian Gillan

Lou Gramm

Daryl Hall

Johnny Hallyday

Morten Harket

George Harrison

Russell Hitchcock

Noddy Holder

Mick Hucknall

Billy Joel

Brian Johnson

Tom Jones

Eddie Kendricks

Carole King

Johnny Maestro

Steve Marriott

Dean Martin

Michael McDonald

Meat Loaf

Ethel Merman

Klaus Meine

Liza Minnelli

Jim Morrison

Anthony Newley

Harry Nilsson

Luciano Pavarotti

Gene Pitney

Leontyne Price

Maddy Prior

The Righteous Brothers (Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley)

Paul Rodgers

Sam and Dave (Sam Moore and Dave Prater)

Neil Sedaka

Bon Scott

Beverly Sills

Carly Simon

Paul Simon

Levi Stubbs

James Taylor

Frankie Valli

Sarah Vaughan 

Anthony Warlow

Dionne Warwick

Ann Wilson

Carl Wilson

Steve Winwood

Robin Zander

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New England Born AHL Players Playing Tonight February 1, 2019

Cleveland At Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Tommy Cross, Cleveland (Simsbury, Connecticut)

Cam Brown, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Natick, Massachusetts)

Ryan Haggerty, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Stamford, Connecticut)

Jimmy Hayes, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Dorchester, Massachusetts)

Ryan Scarfo, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (North Chelmsford, Massachusetts)

Lehigh Valley At Bridgeport

Colin McDonald, Lehigh Valley (Wethersfield, Connecticut)

Mike Vecchione, Lehigh Valley (Saugus, Massachusetts)

Chris Bourque, Bridgeport (Boston, Massachusetts)

Ryan Bourque, Bridgeport (Topsfield, Massachusetts)

Providence At Charlotte

Paul Carey, Providence (Weymouth, Massachusetts)

Ryan Donato, Providence (Scituate, Massachusetts)

Wiley Sherman, Providence (Greenwich, Connecticut)

Hartford At Springfield

Connor Brickley, Hartford (Everett, Massachusetts)

Bobby Butler, Hartford (Marlborough, Massachusetts)

Bobby Farnham, Springfield (North Andover, Massachusetts)

Paul Thompson, Springfield (Derry, New Hampshire)

Colorado At Tucson

David Warsofsky, Colorado (Marshfield, Massachusetts)

Iowa At Bakersfield

Luke Esposito, Bakersfield (Greenwich, Connecticut)

Jake Kulevich, Bakersfield (Salem, Massachusetts)

Nolan Vesey, Bakersfield (North Reading, Massachusetts)

San Jose At Stockton

Cavan Fitzgerald, San Jose (Boston, Massachusetts)

John McCarthy, San Jose (Boston, Massachusetts)

Jon Gillies, Stockton (Concord, New Hampshire)

Michael Paliotta, Stockton (Westport, Connecticut)

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards, selected by their respective clubs for their outstanding contributions to the local community and charitable organizations during the 2018-19 season.

From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2018-19 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award. The AHL’s annual Man of the Year award is named after the late Yanick Dupre, who died in 1997 at the age of 24 following a 16-month battle with leukemia. Dupre, an AHL All-Star in 1995, played four seasons with the Hershey Bears and also skated in 35 National Hockey League games with the Philadelphia Flyers.

This year’s winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards are:

Keegan Lowe, Bakersfield Condors (1st-time winner) Boston Leier, Belleville Senators (1st) Tariq Hammond, Binghamton Devils (1st) Ben Holmstrom, Bridgeport Sound Tigers (1st) Zack Stortini, Charlotte Checkers (3rd) Tyler Wong, Chicago Wolves (1st) Doyle Somerby, Cleveland Monsters (1st) Mason Geertsen, Colorado Eagles (2nd) Chris Terry, Grand Rapids Griffins (2nd) John Gilmour, Hartford Wolf Pack (1st) Beck Malenstyn, Hershey Bears (1st) Landon Ferraro, Iowa Wild (1st) Alex Belzile, Laval Rocket (1st) Alex Lyon, Lehigh Valley Phantoms (1st) Peter Stoykewych, Manitoba Moose (1st) Tom McCollum, Milwaukee Admirals (5th) Brett Sutter, Ontario Reign (2nd) Chris Breen, Providence Bruins (1st) Nathan Paetsch, Rochester Americans (3rd) Will Pelletier, Rockford IceHogs (1st) Bobby MacIntyre, San Antonio Rampage (1st) Sam Carrick, San Diego Gulls (1st) Antoine Bibeau, San Jose Barracuda (2nd) Bobby Farnham, Springfield Thunderbirds (1st) Matt Taormina, Stockton Heat (2nd) Daniel Walcott, Syracuse Crunch (2nd) Nicholas Caamano, Texas Stars (1st) Colin Greening, Toronto Marlies (2nd) Dakota Mermis, Tucson Roadrunners (2nd) Jaime Sifers, Utica Comets (3rd) Tristan Jarry, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (1st)

The winner of the 2018-19 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be announced at a later date.

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Bobby Farnham by Tori Hartman

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Kaj Pousar släpper låt om sin hemstad Kaj Pousar har flera singlar och album i bagaget. Nu släpper han nya singeln Min Hemstad, en låt som handlar om att blickar tillbaka på uppväxten och hemstaden. Med sig har han musiker och producenter som trott på och delat hans vision: gitarristen Tommy Denander (som spelat med bl.a Michael Jackson och Toto) och producenten Samuel Waermö (Bon Jovi, Journey South, Elena Paparizou, John Farnham m.fl)

”Redan då Kaj och jag gjorde hans första skiva ”Livet” 2012 etablerade vi hans perfekta sound i mina öron.  Bredbent äkta rock på svenska! Folk älskar dessa låtar och sjunger med varje gång vi spelat live. Kajs nya singel Min Hemstad är en tydlig återgång till det soundet och jag tror folk kommer sjunga med i den också inom kort!”, säger gitarristen och producenten Tommy Denander

Kajs texter är ofta självbiografiska och handlar om vardagsting så som hur det är att vara människa, att älska, längta, mista, skratta och gråta och flera av hans låtar har spelats på radiostationer runt om i Sverige. Han sjöng bland annat in en duett med Tone Norum, Egen Staty som resulterade i en turné både i Sverige och Norge. Han har varit en av finalisterna i P4 Nästa i Sörmland och bland annat öppnat för TOTO-sångaren Bobby Kimball och Legends Voice of Rock.  

”Kajs röst sätter en prägel på låten vilket gör den unik. För att kunna sticka ut bland all musik som släpps idag så måste man beröra folk, antingen ogillar dom eller älskar dom men man måste beröra och det är precis det Kaj gör”, säger producenten och låtskrivaren Samuel Waermö

”Min Hemstad handlar om att blicka tillbaka till uppväxten i staden där man växte upp på både på gott och ont. Om gemenskapen och känna den känslan man hade under ungdomstiden. Livet lekte och man var lite naiv och livet kändes så lätt då”, säger Kaj

På låten medverkar 

Kaj Pousar – sång, Thomas ”Blindberg” Lindberg – bas, Tommy Denander – gitarr, Andreas ”Habo” Johansson – trummor, Producerat Tommy Denander och Samuel Wermö Mixare Stefan Glaumann Mastering Svante Forsbäck

För mer information: http://www.kajpousar.se/

https://www.facebook.com/kaj.pousar?fref=ts

För intervjuer kontakta: 

Anette Ståhl / Enmusa Music, tel: 0707-180 120  

anette@enmusamusic.com

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17/18 Training Camp Roster is Here!

It’s finally here people: training camp! The Blueshirts announced their roster for training camp which begins today. The 54 players taking the ice are outlined below: 

Forward: Lias Andersson, Pavel Buchnevich, Paul Carey, Daniel Catenacci, Adam Chapie, Filip Chytil, David Desharnais, Andrew Desjardins, Bobby Farnham, Jesper Fast, Steven Fogarty, Gabriel Fontaine, Tim Gettinger, Michael Grabner, Ryan Gropp, Kevin Hayes, Scott Kosmachuk, Robin Kovacs, Chris Kreider, Dawson Leedahl, Vinni Lettieri, JT Miller, Rick Nash, Boo Nieves, Matt Puempel, Ty Ronning, Cole Schneider, Malte Stromwall, Adam Tambellini, Jimmy Vesey, Mika Zibanejad, Mats Zuccarello.

Defense: Alexei Bereglazov, Brandon Crawley, Sean Day, Tony DeAngelo, John Gilmour, Ryan Graves, Nick Holden, Steven Kampfer, Brenden Kotyk, Ryan McDonagh, Vince Pedrie, Neal Pionk, Brady Skjei, Brendan Smith, Marc Staal, Sergey Zborovskiy

Goalie: Alexander Georgiev, Brandon Halverson, Henrik Lundqvist, Chris Nell, Ondrej Pavelec

The Rangers will have medical testing today, followed by on-ice testing on Friday. After that, the players will be split into three groups for practice on Saturday and Sunday.

Preseason on Monday at home against their arch foe, the Islanders.

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CANTLON'S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 14

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - With just about sixty days remaining until the start of the 2019-'20 professional hockey season gets underway, teams are beginning to ramp up their final roster decisions and making more signings. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT The Hartford Wolf Pack have been busy. They announced the signing of a forward, Lewis Zerter-Gossage, to a one-year, AHL deal. Zerter-Gossage played four years at Harvard (ECACHL) playing in 128 games scoring 42 goals adding 43 helpers for 85 points. He joined the Wolf Pack at the end of last season on an ATO deal. Zerter-Gossage played in five games in which he tallied two goals. He played his prep school hockey in Connecticut at Kent, which is also where Rangers head coach David Quinn played when he was a young man. The Rangers made it official and brought out Kevin Shattenkirk (Greenwich/Brunswick Prep). The move gives the Rangers immediate cap relief for this year. It puts the Blueshirts under the $81.5M cap at $80.4M. The team's two remaining UFA’s, Brendan Lemieux and Tony DeAngelo, are expected to play for their NHL qualifying offers for this coming season. Coming from out of left-field, former New Haven Nighthawk, and Hartford Whaler, Paul Fenton, was relieved of his duties as the Minnesota Wild's GM after just one season. In a "Hide-and-seek" move to rid the team of the contract of ex-Wolf Pack and Ranger, Ryan Callahan, who you may remember retired last month as a result of a diagnosis of degenerative back disease, was “dealt” by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Ottawa Senators along with a fifth-round pick in the 2020 entry draft for goalie Mike Condon and a sixth-round 2020 draft pick. Sens had the cap space to spare while Tampa needed to create some. Totally legal within CBA rules. Tampa Bay also signed ex-Sound Tiger, Stephen Gionta, as an amateur scout. Ex-Pack, Vince Pedrie played very sparingly in Hartford last year and included an ECHL reassignment to the Maine Mariners before being released. He then signed with the Milwaukee Admirals where he played quality minutes into the Western Conference Final has signed with the Tucson Roadrunners on an AHL contract for next season. Ex-Sound Tiger, Casey Bailey, returns from HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia–KHL) and signs a try-out deal with the Hershey Bears. Wade Megan (South Kent Prep) who played with the Grand Rapids Griffins last season and had some recall time with the Detroit Red Wings, announced his retirement at age 29. He will concentrate on his hockey school in his native Canton, NY. The Charlotte Checkers announced the hiring of Pat Dwyer as a new assistant for new head coach Ryan Warsofsky. On the same day of his hire, Dwyer announced his retirement as a player after spending last season with the Belfast Giants (Northern Ireland-EIHL). The Texas Stars announced the retirement of Travis Morin, 35, and noted that his number 23 will be retired. It was also announced that he is being hired as a skills development coach. Former New Haven Nighthawk, and Hartford Whalers draft pick, Jerome “Boom-Boom” Bechard, has been hired to be one of two associate coaches with the expansion Columbus (GA) Fire Dragons (FHL). He coached the SPHL Columbus Cottonmouth for seven years before the team folded after the 2016-17 season. Matt Finn, who played four games in Hartford with the Wolf Pack, as well as with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and had two other AHL PTO signing stops in Ontario and Grand Rapids, signs in Europe with EHC Linz (Austria-EBEL). Finn played the majority of his season with the Florida Everblades (ECHL). Jamie Arniel, the nephew of former Nighthawk and Rangers assistant coach, Scott Arniel, split last season with Vienna (Austria-EBEL) and then Augsburger (Germany-DEL) has signed with HC Bolzano  (Italy-EBEL). Another pair of Euro AHL signings. Bobby Farnham of Springfield signs with Belfast (Northern Ireland-EIHL). Ryan Murphy, who played with two AHL teams (Binghamton, Iowa) and two NHL squads (New Jersey, Minnesota), signs with Neftekhimik (Russia-KHL) making 63 AHL’ers to sign overseas for the upcoming season. European camps start in the next week. Ex-Pack, Brendan Kotyk, re-signs with Toledo (ECHL). Ex-Sound Tiger, Scott Burt, is named the new assistant coach with Boise (ECHL). Ex-Sound Tiger, and Rangers draft pick, Daniel Maggio, leaves Norfolk (ECHL) for Herning IK Blue Fox (Norway-NEL). Ex-Sound Tiger, Alan Letang, the head coach for Owen Sound (OHL), has been added to the Canadian WJC Team as a scout. Former Whaler, Jody Hull, signs a two-year extension as the head coach of the Niagara IceDogs (OHL). He hires a longtime AHL’er Mark Mancari, as a new assistant coach. Mancari played in Rochester, Portland, Chicago, and San Antonio. He concluded a four-year stint in the German DEL to end his playing career. The Sudbury Wolves (OHL) have hired one-time Whalers scout, Tony MacDonald. He went to North Carolina and worked with the Hurricanes and retired there as the Director of Amateur Scouting after the draft in Vancouver. He was their top scout for the final three years in Hartford. He will be a Special Advisor in Sudbury. The Wolves also hired a new assistant coach. He is long-time AHL enforcer, Zach Stortini, who retires from Charlotte to become the Wolves second assistant coach replacing former Nighthawk and Springfield Indian, Bud Stefanski. Stefanski coached with his son-in-law, the team's head coach, Corey Stillman, last year. He officially retires from coaching. Stortini finished 16th on the all-time AHL PIM list with 1,825 in 603 AHL games. He tallied 109 points and played 257 NHL gamers with 41 points and 725 PIM. He is also the all-time PM leader in Sudbury history with 746 in 247 games. His total numbers, 1,109 games played, 124 goals scored, 270 total points, and 3,296 PIM. A few more to add in college player signing categories. Meirs Moore, from RPI (ECACHL), signs with the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL). His college teammate, Brady Wiffens, signs with the Reading Royals (ECACHL).  Spencer Trapp of Holy Cross (AHA), signs with South Carolina as well. Trapp’s older brother, Bear Trapp, played four years for Sacred Heart University. Liam Morgan leaves two years early from Union College (ECACHL) and heads to Belfast (Northern Ireland-EIHL). Jack Jenkins of Notre Dame (Big 10), signs with the Indy Fuel (ECHL). Marly Quince of Clarkson University (ECACHL) heads to the Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) while Brett Supinski of Union College (ECACHL) inks a deal with the Rangers' secondary farm team, the Maine Mariners (ECHL). He did play two games in the spring with the Ontario Reign. That makes for 188 Division I players to have signed North American pro deals Cory Anderson of Division III's Manhattanville College (UCHC) signs with Huntsville (SPHL) making 24 Division III players to have signed pro deals. 50 college players have signed in Europe and 254 overall between Division I and III have signed. The first Canadian college transfer occurs as Andrew Dodson of the University Alabama-Huntsville (WCHA) will play for the University of Guelph Gryphons (OUAA). There was just one college transfer to the Canadian major junior ranks as Sam Comrie leaves Denver University (NCHC) for Kelowna (WHL). Former Sacred Heart University assistant coach, Josh Beal, is hired as an assistant coach with Bentley University (AHA). Ex-Pack, Layne Ulmer, 38, retires after four strong seasons at Cardiff (Wales-EIHL) that included several championships, He is retiring from hockey and moving back to Canada. Ex-Pack, Juris Stals, re-signs with HK Kurpads (Latvia-LHL). Ex-Pack, Richard Nejezchleb, goes from HC Nova Zamsky (Slovakia-SLEL) to HC Poruba (Czech Republic Division-2). Goalie, Kohl Reddy, leaves Loomis Chaffe Prep (Windsor) for Kirkland Lake of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, (NOJHL) one of the ten Canadian Junior A leagues. One of the all-time wildest players in AHL and minor pro history, Kevin “Killer” Kaminski, becomes the head coach of the La Ronge Wolves (SJHL). UCONN ANNOUNCES REMAINDER OF 2019 CLASS After reporting several of the incoming freshmen class for UCONN, the school announced the remainder of their incoming class. There is plenty of reason for optimism when the group hops over the boards on opening night October 5th in Bridgeport at the Webster Bank Arena against Sacred Heart University (AHA). Jacob Flynn, Defenseman - Bridgewater, Mass./Thayer Academy (USHS-MA Prep) The 5-foot-10 defenseman from Bridgewater, Mass., concluded his high school career in 2018-19 at Thayer Academy.  Flynn was Thayer’s top-defenseman this past season. He finished with a career-high seven goals and 23 points in 28 games as his team finished 13-10-4 in the ISL. In his senior season, Flynn earned ISL all-league honors.  During his junior season, he posted three goals and 12 assists in 30 games.  During his four years at Thayer, Flynn appeared in 119 career games with 12 goals and 33 assists for 45 points.  Ryan Keane, Goaltender - Lewisville, Texas/Jamestown Rebels (NAHL) The 5-9 goaltender from Lewisville, Texas spent the past two seasons in the NAHL. Keane played in 36 games with the Jamestown Rebels. In 2018-19, he finished second in the league with a 1.81 Goals Against Average (GAA). He posted a 23-10-0 record and had three shutouts.  He finished the year with a .927 save percentage.  In 2017-18, Keane saw action in 33 games with the then Philadelphia Rebels and was 24-7-0 with a 1.90 GAA and a .924 save percentage. He earned the NAHL (East) Goaltender of the Year honors. Keane ranked second in the league in GAA and had three shutouts. He was named to the NAHL All-East Division team. Prior to his two seasons in the NAHL, Keane played nine games with the Omaha Lancers (USHL). In 2016-17, the second Texas-born and bred Huskies goaltender, comes out of the Dallas Stars U-16/U-18 program. The other was Rob Nichols (Dallas) who played from 2013-2017. He will be the number two goalie behind returning sophomore, and Czech native, Tomas Vomacka. Yan Kuznetsov, Defenseman - Murmansk, Russia/Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) The 6-3 defenseman from Murmansk, Russia comes to Storrs after playing last season in the USHL with the Sioux Falls Stampede, the 2019 Clark Cup champions. He was the 157th overall pick in the 10th round of USHL Futures Draft in 2018. Kuznetsov played in 34 games and had four assists. In international play, in November, he helped lead Team Russia to its fourth gold medal in the six-game showcase, World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in New Brunswick, Canada. In addition to earning a medal, he was named to the WHC All-Star team.  He also played for Russia’s U16 team in 2017-18 and has skated for CSKA Moscow U-16.18 squads as well. No relation to the former pro player Sergei Kuznetsov. Harrison Rees, Defenseman - Oakville, Ontario/North York Rangers (OJHL) The 6-2 defenseman from Oakville, Ontario has played the last two seasons with North York of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL).  In 2018-19, he helped lead the Rangers to the top of the OJHL South Division while putting up 44 points on six goals and 38 assists in 53 games.  In 16 playoff games this past season, Rees scored six goals with seven assists. At the end of the season, he was named to the 2018-19 OJHL All-Star second team. In 2017-18, Rees had a 14 points season in 50 games, scoring three goals with 11 assists.  He spent the 2016-17 season with The Hill Academy's U16 Prep team, playing in 12 games. In 2016, he was drafted in the 11th round, 221st overall pick of the OHL Priority Draft by the Erie Otters. The foursome all join previously announced incoming players of, Carter Berger (North Vancouver, British Columbia), Matej Blümel (Tabor, Czech Republic), Vladislav Firstov (Yaroslavl, Russia) and Eric Linell (Great Neck, N.Y.). They round out this coming season’s eight-player freshmen class. This year’s class features three players taken in June’s NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, Firstov (Minnesota/2nd round/42nd overall), Blumel (Edmonton/4th round/100th overall) and Berger (Florida/4th round /106th overall). (Portions of a UCONN press release were used in the formation of this piece) WORLD JUNIOR SUPER SUMMER SHOWCASE Now in its third year in Plymouth, MI, this a summer hockey appetizer preview of the World Junior Championship. This year it will be held in Ostrava, and Trinec, Czech Republic. The four countries that participate are the host US, Sweden, Canada, and Finland. The US team features a few important names including the NY Rangers first-round pick (22nd overall) in 2018 in defenseman K’Andre Miller of the University of Wisconsin. It also includes a pair of former Avon Old Farms Players in Spencer Knight (Darien/Boston College), Trevor Zegras (Boston University), and Christian Krygier. Also on the list is the son of former Whaler, UCONN Husky, and Nighthawk, Matthias Samuelsson (Western Michigan) who is the son of ex-Nighthawk, Kjell Samuelsson. Lastly, there's Shane Pinto (US Selects Academy at South Kent Prep). Rangers draft pick, Zac Jones, (Tri-City USHL 2019, third round, 68th overall), a defenseman, and current Sound Tiger, Oliver Wahlstrom, and Jack Drury (Harvard), the son of former Whaler, Ted Drury who also is the nephew of Wolf Pack GM, Chris Drury from Trumbull. On Friday, Miller had another solid offensive rush from the US goal-line but was denied as Rangers' President John Davidson was in attendance. In the waning minutes of the first period, Cole Caufield, and Drury were each denied on Grade-A chances. Miller nailed Drury with a shot in front of the net, and he, of course, was back at in the second period. The US battled back from a 4-1 deficit after giving up four goals of the seven scored in the second period. They got a late goal from Trevor Zegras with 1:31 left in regulation but fell one short in the 6-5 loss to Finland despite 51 shots on goal. Miller assisted on Zegras' tally, and Drury added a power play goal from the right-wing circle set-up by Caulfield. The US routed Sweden on Wednesday, 6-0. Knight recorded the shutout with 22 saves. His best work came in the first period stopping four point-blank shots including one on Ranger prospect, Karl Henriksson. His former Avon Old Farms teammate, Zegras, scored one of the six goals while Jones has another strong game with an assist and five shots on goal. The US lost to Canada 4-1 in the opener with Caulfield scoring the only US goal. Miller had two good strong plays, one on a coast-to-coast rush and a screen shot that Canadian netminder Olivier Rodrique snatched away from the top right corner spot he was shooting for. Miller set up Drury for an in-front tip in play, but that was denied by Rodrigue as well. The series concluded with the US winning over Canada on Saturday. Of note on the other three teams are Jack McBain of Canada, the son of former New Haven Senator, Andrew McBain, and the goalie coach for Canada is all-time Wolf Pack great, Jason LaBarbera. Sweden had three Ranger draft picks in defenseman Nils Lundkvist (2018 first-round, 24th overall), Karl Henriksson (2019 second-round, 58th overall) and goalie, Olof Lindbom (2018 second round, 39th overall). While both are eligible to play in the WJC in December, both Jack Hughes (New Jersey), and Kaapo Kakko (Rangers) are expected to be in the NHL and were not invited to this tourney. Read the full article

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New England Born AHL Players Playing Today: January 13, 2019

Springfield At Providence

Bobby Farnham, Springfield (North Andover, Massachusetts)

Paul Thompson, Springfield (Derry, New Hampshire)

Paul Carey, Providence (Weymouth, Massachusetts)

Wiley Sherman, Providence (Greenwich, Connecticut)

Lehigh Valley At Hershey

Colin McDonald, Lehigh Valley (Wethersfield, Connecticut)

Mike Vecchione, Lehigh Valley (Saugus, Massachusetts)

Brian Pinho, Hershey (North Andover, Massachusetts)

Steven Whitney, Hershey (Reading, Massachusetts)

Stockton At San Jose

Michael Paliotta, Stockton (Westport, Connecticut)

Cavan Fitzgerald, San Jose (Boston, Massachusetts)

John McCarthy, San Jose (Boston, Massachusetts)