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Conceptual cover for a Bloomsbury Wildlife Field Guide to the Butterfly and Moth Pupae of Great Britain and Ireland (or 'Fgttbampogbai' for short).

Cover pupae artwork is of the Wood White, Cryptic Wood White, and Orange-Tip Butterflies. From pictures taken of Richard Lewington's Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland

There's no need for this field guide to exist because of the highly cryptic nature of pupae themselves and the fact so many moth pupae would be the same nondescript brown blob.

However, the collector in me dreams of a complete 5-book British Lepidoptera Field Guide set, up-to-date this would include:

• Field Guide to the Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland (2020) by Henwood, Stirling, and Lewington

• Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Third Edition) (2017) by Waring, Townsend, and Lewington

• Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland (2012) by Sterling, Parsons, and Lewington

• Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Second Edition) (2015) by Lewington

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NHL Expansion Draft 2021: Full list of players available for Seattle Kraken

The NHL announced the protected lists for the 30 teams involved in the NHL Expansion Draft. (Vegas is exempt.) With the names of those protected come the guys who could be snatched up by the Seattle Kraken. There are a number of big names that have everyone trying to figure out just what general manager Ron Francis will do. Will he take Canadiens netminder, and future Hall of Famer, Carey Price and his hefty cap hit? Is Vladimir Tarasenko the sniper he needs or is his health a big question mark? There's also a number of guys who would fit in nicely but are free agents and the chances of signing them are not high (i.e. Alex Ovechkin).  EXPANSION DRAFT: Date, time, rules & more for Seattle Kraken team selectionRegardless of what Francis, coach Dave Hakstrol and Co. end up doing, there's a good chance the Kraken will be a playoff contender in just their first season. For now, let the intrigue and the guessing WWRFD (that's: what will Ron Francis do?) begin. Here's a look at every player they can pick.

List of players made available by all 30 NHL teams

Anaheim DucksAndrew Agozzino (F) David Backes (F) Sam Carrick (F) Chase De Leo (F) Ryan Getzlaf (F) Derek Grant (F) Danton Heinen (F) Adam Henrique (F) Vinni Lettieri (F) Sonny Milano (F) Andrew Poturalski (F) Carter Rowney (F) Nick Sorensen (F) Alexander Volkov (F) Trevor Carrick (D) Haydn Fleury (D) Brendan Guhle (D) Jacob Larsson (D) Josh Mahura (D) Kevin Shattenkirk (D) Andy Welinski (D) Ryan Miller (G) Anthony Stolarz (G)Arizona CoyotesDerick Brassard (F) Michael Bunting (F) Brayden Burke (F) Michael Chaput (F) Hudson Fasching (F) Christian Fischer (F) Frederik Gauthier (F) John Hayden (F) Dryden Hunt (F) Andrew Ladd (F) Lane Pederson (F) Tyler Pitlick (F) Blake Speers (F) Tyler Steenbergen (F) Jason Demers (D) Cam Dineen (D) Alex Goligoski (D) Jordan Gross (D) Niklas Hjalmarsson (D) Ilya Lyubushkin (D) Dysin Mayo (D) Aaron Ness (D) Jordan Oesterle (D) Vili Saarijarvi (D) Josef Korenar (G) Marek Langhamer (G) Antti Raanta (G)Boston BruinsAnton Blidh (F) Paul Carey (F) Peter Cehlarik (F) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (F) Taylor Hall (F) Cameron Hughes (F) Ondrej Kase (F) Alex Khokhlachev (F) Joona Koppanen (F) David Krejci (F) Karson Kuhlman (F) Sean Kuraly (F) Curtis Lazar (F) Greg McKegg (F) Nick Ritchie (F) Zach Senyshyn (F) Chris Wagner (F) Linus Arnesson (D) Connor Clifton (D) Steven Kampfer (D) Jeremy Lauzon (D) Kevan Miller (D) John Moore (D) Mike Reilly (D) Jarred Tinordi (D) Jakub Zboril (D) Callum Booth (G) Jaroslav Halak (G) Tuukka Rask (G)Buffalo SabresDrake Caggiula (F) Jean-Sebastien Dea (F) Cody Eakin (F) Steven Fogarty (F) Zemgus Girgensons (F) Andrew Oglevie (F) Kyle Okposo (F) Tobias Rieder (F) Riley Sheahan (F) Jeff Skinner (F) C.J. Smith (F) Will Borgen (D) Brandon Davidson (D) Matt Irwin (D) Jake McCabe (D) Colin Miller (D) Casey Nelson (D) Michael Houser (G) Carter Hutton (G) Dustin Tokarski (G)Calgary FlamesByron Froese (F) Glenn Gawdin (F) Justin Kirkland (F) Josh Leivo (F) Milan Lucic (F) Joakim Nordstrom (F) Matthew Phillips (F) Zac Rinaldo (F) Brett Ritchie (F) Buddy Robinson (F) Derek Ryan (F) Dominik Simon (F) Mark Giordano (D) Oliver Kylington (D) Nikita Nesterov (D) Alexander Petrovic (D) Michael Stone (D) Louis Domingue (G) Tyler Parsons (G)Carolina HurricanesMorgan Geekie (F) Steven Lorentz (F) Jordan Martinook (F) Max McCormick (F) Brock McGinn (F) Nino Niederreiter (F) Cedric Paquette (F) Sheldon Rempal (F) Drew Shore (F) Spencer Smallman (F) Jake Bean (D) Jake Gardiner (D) Eric Gelinas (D) Jani Hakanpaa (D) Dougie Hamilton (D) Maxime Lajoie (D) Roland McKeown (D) Joakim Ryan (D) David Warsofsky (D) Antoine Bibeau (G) Jeremy Helvig (G) Petr Mrazek (G) James Reimer (G) Dylan Wells (G)Chicago BlackhawksRyan Carpenter (F) Brett Connolly (F) Josh Dickinson (F) Adam Gaudette (F) Vinnie Hinostroza (F) Brandon Pirri (F) John Quenneville (F) Zack Smith (F) Calvin de Haan (D) Anton Lindholm (D) Nikita Zadorov (D) Collin Delia (G) Malcolm Subban (G)Colorado AvalancheTravis Barron (F) Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (F) Matt Calvert (F) J.T. Compher (F) Joonas Donskoi (F) Sheldon Dries (F) Vladislav Kamenev (F) Gabriel Landeskog (F) Ty Lewis (F) Jayson Megna (F) Liam O'Brien (F) Brandon Saad (F) Miikka Salomaki (F) Kiefer Sherwood (F) Carl Soderberg (F) T.J. Tynan (F) Mike Vecchione (F) Kyle Burroughs (D) Dennis Gilbert (D) Erik Johnson (D) Jacob MacDonald (D) Patrik Nemeth (D) Dan Renouf (D) Devan Dubnyk (G) Jonas Johansson (G) Hunter Miska (G)Columbus Blue JacketsZac Dalpe (F) Max Domi (F) Nathan Gerbe (F) Mikhail Grigorenko (F) Ryan MacInnis (F) Stefan Matteau (F) Cliff Pu (F) Kole Sherwood (F) Kevin Stenlund (F) Calvin Thurkauf (F) Daniel Zaar (F) Gavin Bayreuther (D) Gabriel Carlsson (D) Adam Clendening (D) Michael Del Zotto (D) Scott Harrington (D) Dean Kukan (D) Cameron Johnson (G)Dallas StarsNick Caamano (F) Andrew Cogliano (F) Blake Comeau (F) Justin Dowling (F) Tanner Kero (F) Joel L'Esperance (F) Adam Mascherin (F) Matej Stransky (F) Taylor Fedun (D) Ben Gleason (D) Joel Hanley (D) Niklas Hansson (D) Julius Honka (D) Jamie Oleksiak (D) Mark Pysyk (D) Andrej Sekera (D) Sami Vatanen (D) Ben Bishop (G) Landon Bow (G) Colton Point (G)Detroit Red WingsRiley Barber (F) Kyle Criscuolo (F) Turner Elson (F) Valtteri Filppula (F) Sam Gagner (F) Luke Glendening (F) Darren Helm (F) Taro Hirose (F) Vladislav Namestnikov (F) Frans Nielsen (F) Bobby Ryan (F) Evgeny Svechnikov (F) Dominic Turgeon (F) Hayden Verbeek (F) Alex Biega (D) Dennis Cholowski (D) Danny DeKeyser (D) Christian Djoos (D) Joe Hicketts (D) Dylan McIlrath (D) Marc Staal (D) Troy Stecher (D) Jonathan Bernier (G) Kevin Boyle (G) Kaden Fulcher (G) Calvin Pickard (G)EXPANSION DRAFT: Full list of players protected by all 30 teamsEdmonton OilersTyler Benson (F) Alex Chiasson (F) Adam Cracknell (F) Tyler Ennis (F) Joseph Gambardella (F) Seth Griffith (F) Dominik Kahun (F) Jujhar Khaira (F) Cooper Marody (F) James Neal (F) Alan Quine (F) Patrick Russell (F) Devin Shore (F) Anton Slepyshev (F) Kyle Turris (F) Bogdan Yakimov (F) Tyson Barrie (D) Oscar Klefbom (D) Slater Koekkoek (D) Dmitry Kulikov (D) William Lagesson (D) Adam Larsson (D) Kris Russell (D) Mikko Koskinen (G) Mike Smith (G) Alex Stalock (G)DUNCAN KEITH: Oilers add three-time Stanley Cup championFlorida PanthersNoel Acciari (F) Patrick Bajkov (F) Juho Lammikko (F) Ryan Lomberg (F) Brad Morrison (F) Aleksi Saarela (F) Frank Vatrano (F) Lucas Wallmark (F) Alex Wennberg (F) Scott Wilson (F) Lucas Carlsson (D) Kevin Connauton (D) Tommy Cross (D) Radko Gudas (D) Noah Juulsen (D) Brady Keeper (D) Brandon Montour (D) Markus Nutivaara (D) Ethan Prow (D) Anton Stralman (D) Philippe Desrosiers (G) Chris Driedger (G) Sam Montembeault (G)Los Angeles KingsAndreas Athanasiou (F) Michael Eyssimont (F) Martin Frk (F) Carl Grundstrom (F) Bokondji Imama (F) Brendan Lemieux (F) Blake Lizotte (F) Matt Luff (F) Drake Rymsha (F) Austin Wagner (F) Mark Alt (D) Daniel Brickley (D) Kale Clague (D) Olli Maatta (D) Kurtis MacDermid (D) Jacob Moverare (D) Austin Strand (D) Christian Wolanin (D) Troy Grosenick (G) Jonathan Quick (G)Minnesota WildWilliam Bitten (F) Nick Bjugstad (F) Nick Bonino (F) Joseph Cramarossa (F) Gabriel Dumont (F) Marcus Johansson (F) Luke Johnson (F) Victor Rask (F) Kyle Rau (F) Mason Shaw (F) Dmitry Sokolov (F) Matt Bartkowski (D) Louie Belpedio (D) Ian Cole (D) Brad Hunt (D) Ian McCoshen (D) Brennan Menell (D) Dakota Mermis (D) Carson Soucy (D) Andrew Hammond (G) Kaapo Kahkonen (G)Montreal CanadiensBrandon Baddock (F) Joseph Blandisi (F) Paul Byron (F) Phillip Danault (F) Laurent Dauphin (F) Jonathan Drouin (F) Michael Frolik (F) Charles Hudon (F) Corey Perry (F) Michael Pezzetta (F) Eric Staal (F) Tomas Tatar (F) Lukas Vejdemo (F) Jordan Weal (F) Cale Fleury (D) Erik Gustafsson (D) Brett Kulak (D) Jon Merrill (D) Gustav Olofsson (D) Xavier Ouellet (D) Shea Weber (D) Charlie Lindgren (G) Michael McNiven (G) Carey Price (G)Nashville PredatorsMichael Carcone (F) Nick Cousins (F) Matt Duchene (F) Mikael Granlund (F) Rocco Grimaldi (F) Erik Haula (F) Calle Jarnkrok (F) Ryan Johansen (F) Sean Malone (F) Michael McCarron (F) Rem Pitlick (F) Anthony Richard (F) Brad Richardson (F) Colton Sissons (F) Yakov Trenin (F) Frederic Allard (D) Matt Benning (D) Mark Borowiecki (D) Erik Gudbranson (D) Ben Harpur (D) Josh Healey (D) Tyler Lewington (D) Connor Ingram (G) Kasimir Kaskisuo (G) Pekka Rinne (G)New Jersey DevilsNathan Bastian (F) Christoph Bertschy (F) Brandon Gignac (F) A.J. Greer (F) Andreas Johnsson (F) Ivan Khomutov (F) Nicholas Merkley (F) Brett Seney (F) Ben Street (F) Marian Studenic (F) Will Butcher (D) Connor Carrick (D) Josh Jacobs (D) Ryan Murray (D) David Quenneville (D) Colby Sissons (D) P.K. Subban (D) Matt Tennyson (D) Colton White (D) Evan Cormier (G) Aaron Dell (G) Scott Wedgewood (G)New York IslandersJosh Bailey (F) Cole Bardreau (F) Kieffer Bellows (F) Casey Cizikas (F) Austin Czarnik (F) Michael Dal Colle (F) Jordan Eberle (F) Tanner Fritz (F) Joshua Ho-Sang (F) Ross Johnston (F) Otto Koivula (F) Leo Komarov (F) Kyle Palmieri (F) Richard Panik (F) Dmytro Timashov (F) Travis Zajac (F) Sebastian Aho (D) Braydon Coburn (D) Andy Greene (D) Thomas Hickey (D) Mitchell Vande Sompel (D) Parker Wotherspoon (D) Ken Appleby (G) Cory Schneider (G)New York RangersColin Blackwell (F) Jonny Brodzinski (F) Phillip Di Giuseppe (F) Gabriel Fontaine (F) Julien Gauthier (F) Tim Gettinger (F) Barclay Goodrow (F) Anthony Greco (F) Ty Ronning (F) Anthony Bitetto (D) Brandon Crawley (D) Tony DeAngelo (D) Nick DeSimone (D) Mason Geertsen (D) Jack Johnson (D) Darren Raddysh (D) Brendan Smith (D) Keith Kinkaid (G)EXPANSION DRAFT FRENZY: Ryan Ellis, Jared McCann, Barclay Goodrow among players swapped before trade freezeOttawa SenatorsAvailable Vitaly Abramov (F) Michael Amadio (F) Artem Anisimov (F) J.C. Beaudin (F) Clark Bishop (F) Evgenii Dadonov (F) Jonathan Davidsson (F) Ryan Dzingel (F) Micheal Haley (F) Jack Kopacka (F) Zachary Magwood (F) Matthew Peca (F) Logan Shaw (F) Derek Stepan (F) Chris Tierney (F) Josh Brown (D) Cody Goloubef (D) Mikael Wikstrand (D) Joey Daccord (G) Anton Forsberg (G) Marcus Hogberg (G) Matt Murray (G)Philadelphia FlyersAndy Andreoff (F) Connor Bunnaman (F) David Kase (F) Pascal Laberge (F) Samuel Morin (F) German Rubtsov (F) Carsen Twarynski (F) James van Riemsdyk (F) Jakub Voracek (F) Mikhail Vorobyev (F) Chris Bigras (D) Justin Braun (D) Shayne Gostisbehere (D) Robert Hagg (D) Derrick Pouliot (D) Nate Prosser (D) Tyler Wotherspoon (D) Brian Elliott (G) Alex Lyon (G) Felix Sandstrom (G)Pittsburgh PenguinsPontus Aberg (F) Anthony Angello (F) Zach Aston-Reese (F) Josh Currie (F) Frederick Gaudreau (F) Mark Jankowski (F) Sam Lafferty (F) Sam Miletic (F) Evan Rodrigues (F) Colton Sceviour (F) Brandon Tanev (F) Jason Zucker (F) Cody Ceci (D) Kevin Czuczman (D) Mark Friedman (D) Jesper Lindgren (D) Andrey Pedan (D) Marcus Pettersson (D) Juuso Riikola (D) Chad Ruhwedel (D) Yannick Weber (D) Casey DeSmith (G) Maxime Lagace (G)San Jose SharksRyan Donato (F) Kurtis Gabriel (F) Dylan Gambrell (F) Jayden Halbgewachs (F) Maxim Letunov (F) Patrick Marleau (F) Matt Nieto (F) Marcus Sorensen (F) Alexander True (F) Christian Jaros (D) Nicolas Meloche (D) Jacob Middleton (D) Greg Pateryn (D) Radim Simek (D) Martin Jones (G)St. Louis BluesSam Anas (F) Sammy Blais (F) Tyler Bozak (F) Kyle Clifford (F) Jacob de la Rose (F) Mike Hoffman (F) Tanner Kaspick (F) Mackenzie MacEachern (F) Curtis McKenzie (F) Austin Poganski (F) Zach Sanford (F) Jaden Schwartz (F) Nolan Stevens (F) Vladimir Tarasenko (F) Nathan Walker (F) Robert Bortuzzo (D) Vince Dunn (D) Petteri Lindbohm (D) Niko Mikkola (D) Mitch Reinke (D) Steven Santini (D) Marco Scandella (D) Jake Walman (D) Evan Fitzpatrick (G) Jon Gillies (G) Ville Husso (G)Tampa Bay LightningAlex Barre-Boulet (F) Blake Coleman (F) Ross Colton (F) Yanni Gourde (F) Tyler Johnson (F) Mathieu Joseph (F) Boris Katchouk (F) Alex Killorn (F) Pat Maroon (F) Boo Nieves (F) Ondrej Palat (F) Taylor Raddysh (F) Gemel Smith (F) Otto Somppi (F) Mitchell Stephens (F) Daniel Walcott (F) Luke Witkowski (F) Andreas Borgman (D) Fredrik Claesson (D) Sean Day (D) Cal Foote (D) Brian Lashoff (D) Dominik Masin (D) Jan Rutta (D) David Savard (D) Luke Schenn (D) Ben Thomas (D) Christopher Gibson (G) Spencer Martin (G) Curtis McElhinney (G)MORE: Maroon fourth player to win three straight Stanley Cups with two different teamsToronto Maple LeafsAvailable Kenny Agostino (F) Joey Anderson (F) Adam Brooks (F) Pierre Engvall (F) Nick Foligno (F) Alex Galchenyuk (F) Zach Hyman (F) Alexander Kerfoot (F) Kalle Kossila (F) Denis Malgin (F) Jared McCann (F) Riley Nash (F) Stefan Noesen (F) Nic Petan (F) Scott Sabourin (F) Wayne Simmonds (F) Jason Spezza (F) Antti Suomela (F) Joe Thornton (F) Zach Bogosian (D) Travis Dermott (D) Ben Hutton (D) Martin Marincin (D) Calle Rosen (D) Frederik Andersen (G) Michael Hutchinson (G) David Rittich (G)Vancouver CanucksSven Baertschi (F) Justin Bailey (F) Jay Beagle (F) Travis Boyd (F) Loui Eriksson (F) Jonah Gadjovich (F) Tyler Graovac (F) Jayce Hawryluk (F) Matthew Highmore (F) Lukas Jasek (F) Kole Lind (F) Zack MacEwen (F) Petrus Palmu (F) Antoine Roussel (F) Brandon Sutter (F) Jimmy Vesey (F) Jake Virtanen (F) Madison Bowey (D) Guillaume Brisebois (D) Jalen Chatfield (D) Alexander Edler (D) Travis Hamonic (D) Brogan Rafferty (D) Ashton Sautner (D) Josh Teves (D) Braden Holtby (G)Washington CapitalsDaniel Carr (F) Nic Dowd (F) Shane Gersich (F) Carl Hagelin (F) Garnet Hathaway (F) Axel Jonsson-Fjallby (F) Alex Ovechkin (F) Garrett Pilon (F) Brian Pinho (F) Michael Raffl (F) Michael Sgarbossa (F) Conor Sheary (F) Zdeno Chara (D) Brenden Dillon (D) Nick Jensen (D) Lucas Johansen (D) Michal Kempny (D) Paul LaDue (D) Cameron Schilling (D) Justin Schultz (D) Craig Anderson (G) Pheonix Copley (G) Zach Fucale (G) Vitek Vanecek (G)Winnipeg JetsMason Appleton (F) Marko Dano (F) Jansen Harkins (F) Trevor Lewis (F) Skyler McKenzie (F) Mathieu Perreault (F) Paul Stastny (F) CJ Suess (F) Nate Thompson (F) Dominic Toninato (F) Nathan Beaulieu (D) Jordie Benn (D) Dylan DeMelo (D) Derek Forbort (D) Luke Green (D) Sami Niku (D) Nelson Nogier (D) Tucker Poolman (D) Mikhail Berdin (G) Laurent Brossoit (G) Eric Comrie (G) Cole Kehler (G) Read the full article

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Nicklas Backstrom: Nicky or Backy.

“I’m a boring guy,” he said with a wink and a smile.

Travis Boyd: Boydo or Boyder.

John Carlson: Carly.

Nic Dowd: Judy. As in Judge Judy. As explained by Dowd himself:

“It happened while we were playing sewer ball last year. It’s called sewer ball because you basically try and screw each other over. You get two touches. If you don’t get the two touches you’re out. You can kick shitty balls at people, so it’s sewer ball. It happened at Cap One. Quite frequently, Ovi will plead his case as to why he should not be out. Then it usually comes down to rock-paper-scissors, and whoever wins stays and whoever loses is out. Frequently it comes down to that, even though maybe Ovi should be out most of the time. But he’s the big man so, you know…

“One game I said something right away. I was like, ‘No, you should be out. You should be out.’ Ovi looked at me – and he had said this before to other guys, it’s just kinda one of his Ovi Sayings – he looked at me and said, ‘Whatever, Judge Judy.’ Willie (Tom Wilson) was there and had never heard it. Willie just loved it. He looovvveeed it. It was one of those things, like it didn’t even cross my mind because Ovi had said it so many times to other guys. ‘Whatever, Judge Judy.’ But Willie loved it. And it stuck.”

Lars Eller: Lar or Tiger.

As for “Lar,” that was a Nate Schmidt creation. “He was like, Lar!” Eller, recalled, referring to the former Washington defenseman who now plays for Vegas. “He was just walking around here yelling it as loud as he could every time he saw me. It was for no particular reason, as I remember. And it just kinda stuck.

“It’s mostly Lar, but it’s Tiger, too, when guys want to have a laugh.”

Bonus story: Eller’s teammates in Montreal called him “Larry.” He hated it. The nickname briefly followed him to Washington, but he nipped it in the bud before it had a chance to become a thing.

Radko Gudas: Gudie.

Carl Hagelin: Hags.

Garnet Hathaway: Garf.

Wait, what?

Dowd “has been calling me Garf. He’s been trying to get it (to) go,” Hathaway explained. “Then I got some people calling me Garfunkel. Dowder kept getting called Judy and he wanted to call me something. He’s the biggest salesman I’ve ever seen trying to sell it.

“I don’t know,” Hathaway added, shrugging. “You got me.”

Braden Holtby: Holts or Beast.

Nick Jensen: Jens.

Michal Kempny: Kemps or Psycho.

Yes, there’s an explanation for the latter.

“I think it’s because I like going in the cold tub,” he said. “I’m going whole body most time, so that’s why it’s ‘Psycho.'”

Pressed for more, Kempny shrugged and laughed. “Maybe it’s because I’m kind of an explosive person, too” he joked.

Evgeny Kuznetsov: Kuze or Kuzy.

Brendan Leipsic: Leiper.

Tyler Lewington: Lewy.

Liam O’Brien: Big Tuna or Tuna.

“It’s just Tuna,” the recent call-up said. “It was Big Tuna, but everyone just calls me Tuna now. It was Nate Schmidt when he was in Hershey my first year. I’m pretty sure it came from ‘The Office.’ He would just come in the room and say, ‘The biiiggg Tuuunnnaaa.’ He liked it and he said it fit me really well. It just kinda took off. Coaches call me it. Friends back home call me it.”

Dmitry Orlov: Snarls.

“My first year in the NHL, my roommate was Cody Eakin,” Orlov explained. “He did this nickname for me.”

The first time Orlov heard it, he needed someone to translate Snarls into Russian.

“I can live with this,” he recalled thinking at the time.

“It’s kinda funny,” Orlov added. “Even my family knows this nickname. They said it’s the perfect nickname for you.”

T.J. Oshie: Osh. Osh Babe. Babe.

“That started in St. Louis. I say to a lot of people, ‘What’s up, Babe?’ So a lot of people became ‘Babe’ when we got here. Yeah, I don’t know. It’s something with hockey players – half the time you aren’t called anything related to your name. It’s crazy.”

Alex Ovechkin: Ovi or O.

“Everyone calls him ‘O,'” Oshie said. “No one on the team really calls him Ovi.”

Richard Panik: Pans.

Ilya Samsonov: Sammy.

Jonas Siegenthaler: Siegs.

Chandler Stephenson: Steve or Stevie.

Jakub Vrana: V.

“There’s a few, but most guys call me ‘V,'” he said. “That’s my main nickname. It was right away, since my first day in North America. (Head equipment manager Brock Myles) and all those guys started calling me V. It makes sense. I like it. It’s nice and easy. It suits me.”

Tom Wilson: Willie or Whip.

“I was Willie for my first two years and then Stick (Justin Williams) came,” Wilson said. “So there were two Willies, and Trotzy (Barry Trotz) said we had to come up with something else.”

OK, but why Whip?“

Eric Fehr is the one that came up with it,” Wilson said with a smile. “That’s all I can tell you. No comment. You can call him.”

Tarik bringing us valuable up-to-date info on current Caps nicknames.

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Washington Capitals 2019-20 Opening Day Roster

Forwards Nicklas Backstrom “A” Travis Boyd Nic Dowd Lars Eller Carl Hagelin Garnet Hathaway Brendan Leipsic T.J. Oshie Alex Ovechkin “C” Richard Panik Chandler Stephenson Jakub Vrana Tom Wilson

Defensemen John Carlson “A” Martin Fehervary Radko Gudas Nick Jensen Tyler Lewington Dmitry Orlov Jonas Siegenthaler

Goaltenders Braden Holtby Ilya Samsonov

Injured: Kody Clark, Michal Kempny, Riley Sutter

Suspended: Evgeny Kuznetsov

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Champions Cup: Saracens v Glasgow

Champions Cup: Saracens v Glasgow

A quick reminder of the teams before we get under way.

Saracens: 15. Liam Williams,14. David Strettle,13. Nick Tompkins,12. Brad Barritt (capt), 11. Alex Lewington, 10. Alex Goode, 9. Ben Spencer; 1. Mako Vunipola, 2. Jamie George, 3. Vincent Koch, 4. Maro Itoje, 5. George Kruis, 6. Jackson Wray, 7. Schalk Burger, 8. Billy Vunipola.

Replacements: 16. Christopher Tolofua, 17. Richard Barrington,…

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Veldgids Bijen in Nederland en Vlaanderen

Veldgids Bijen in Nederland en Vlaanderen

De Bijen veldgids voor Nederland en Vlaanderen is één van de meest complete veldgidsen over de 272 bijensoorten die leven in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Het boek heeft een uitgebreide inleiding over de leefwijze van wilde bijen, het herkennen en bestuderen ervan en bevat meer dan 1000 prachtige illustraties van de beroemde natuurtekenaar Richard Lewington. Bovendien wordt het herkennen van de…

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Ignore calls to protect the elite, relegation from Premiership rugby keeps everyone honest

The timing of Newcastle's demise is particularly sad – with the club's relegation from the Gallagher Premiership confirmed just a week before the city stages two European finals at St James 'Park.

There was no shortage of defense and class from Dean Richards' team as they fell to defeat against Gloucester at Kingsholm, but they just couldn't engineer a miraculous escape.

Soon after their fate was sealed, there was further defiance and class from the Falcons, with a prompt statement of intent to bounce straight back from the Championship and continue all their sterling work to develop and nurture the sport in the North East.

Newcastle Falcons were relegated from the Gallagher Premiership after defeat by Gloucester

It is right to sympathize with a fine institution and many fine people within it, but this is not an occasion to lament the system of promotion and relegation. Far from it. It's a time to celebrate how the system promotes the essential sporting honesty and integrity of the league.

Newcastle's duty, especially given their strategic value in the English game, has led to renewed calls for the Premiership to be ring -fenced. Those calls should be ignored. Such a move would have implications at the top of the table, as well as at the bottom.

As a perfect example of this, Worcester went to Franklin's Gardens on Saturday and were put to the sword by play-off Northampton contenders. They were a pale imitation of the intensely committed side who had been in Gloucester six days earlier, to secure their top-flight status. The Warriors didn't have the same fight in them, as they had nothing left to play for. That's not unprofessional so much as unavoidable human nature, in a sport founded on primal emotion.

On Friday night, Harlequins – also in the hunt for the play-offs – were made to fight every inch of the way before beating Leicester to advance their play-off cause, because the Tigers were in desperate survival mode , which Worcester no longer needed to be. If there was no relegation, several clubs could spend several months with precious little to play for, and that could impact on others vying for titles and trophies, if not all opponents are committing body and soul to their weekly work.

There have been calls for the Premiership to be ring-fenced, calls which should be ignored

Ring-fencing would lead to a raft of meaningless fixtures in March, April and May every year. Surely, that would not appeal to CVC, after their huge investment in the Premiership. Maybe, as a means of actually acting in rugby's best interests, the private equity firm could plow some of their fixed financial resources into the Championship. That would win hearts and minds in the English game, by making the second tier more viable and fostering ambitions in Cornwall, Yorkshire and elsewhere.

Guided by the canny Richards, Newcastle will bounce back next season, even if they lose several players. Their demise needn't be terminal. And ring fencing should not be approved in their name. The Premiership's honesty and integrity is a large part of its appeal.

Saturday's result at Allianz Park has added intrigue to the Premiership play-off equation, as it raises the possibility of Saracens snatching top spot. The champions' largely reserve line-up battered Exeter.

Rob Baxter's Chiefs have wobbled lately and if Northampton upset them at Sandy Park on May 18, their prize will be a trip to Barnet, as Saracens will surely run a riot at Worcester, for a bonus-point win. That scenario would mean the semi-finals are Saracens vs. Northampton and Exeter vs. Gloucester.

If Exeter revive to see off the Saints, Harlequins can sneak in by beating Wasps, to make it Exeter vs. Harlequins and Saracens vs. Gloucester. That's the more likely outcome, but this league specializes in plot twists, so don't bank on it.

This league specializes in plot twists, so don't bank on anything in the play-off race yet

European tournament organizers EPCR must take urgent action to overhaul and simplify the complex Champions Cup qualification formula, as it is leading to a farcical scenario involving three Welsh regions.

The Blues, Ospreys and Scarlets have to wait for the outcome of next weekend's final – and the final positions in the English and French leagues – before knowing which of them will face a play-off to earn a place in the continent's top event next season.

That fixture could be delayed until May 29, a full month after their last regular-season matches. It is, frankly, a shambles. Each league should have a fixed representation in the Champions Cup. This fluid system is not working.

Shaun Edwards' decision to become France's defense coach, after the World Cup, is a major coup for Bernard Laporte.

The president of the French federation is often appreciated as a comic figure, but he won his country the hosting rights for the 2023 World Cup and now he is putting together a strong Test management team to prepare for the event.

Shaun Edwards's decision to become France's defense coach after the World Cup is a coup

Edwards will transform France. Some lazy players won't know what has hit them. While France are being organized for a change, the same cannot be said of the RFU, when it comes to succession planning.

Dean Ryan has been building a power base at Twickenham, but now he is reportedly set to take charge of the Dragons. Laporte is making headway while his cross-channel rivals are going around in circles.

Australia are in a state of chaos, just four months before the World Cup. Israel Folau's code of conducting hearing will continue on Tuesday, with his union determined to declare that 'hell awaits' gay people. It has emerged that Folau turned down an offer or $ 1million to walk away from his Rugby Australia contract.

The Wallabies are set to be without one of their marquee match winners in Japan, and there are signs of tension and division within their squad, as Polynesian players are feeling alienated and persecuted due to their religious beliefs. Comments are being twisted and offense is being tasks at every turn.

The game Down Under is on a knife-edge. Michael Cheika, the Wallabies' head coach, faces a huge task to instil unity and harmony before Australia face Wales in the World Cup pool stage – and potentially England in the quarter-finals.

Disgraced Australia full-back Israel Folau's code of conductive conduct will continue on Tuesday

The Last Word

Eddie Jones was at Kingsholm on Saturday for another first-hand view of Danny Cipriani in action. Six days earlier, England's head coach watched Gloucester's playmaker deliver another sublime personal performance, despite his side's defeat at Worcester.

This week, Cipriani could be named Players' Player of the Year, after being included on a five-man shortlist for the RPA award. Jones has shown no inclination to recall the 31-year-old, since he played against South Africa in Cape Town last summer. Evidently, his face just doesn't fit.

But at the end of a sensational season, there must be a strong case for including Cipriani in England's World Cup training squad. If the unthinkable happens; a serious injury to Owen Farrell or George Ford, Jones would have a serious problem – and Cipriani is the obvious, outstanding solution.

WEEKEND ROUND-UP

Pass of the week

Maxime Medard's reflex overhead assist for Cheslin Kolbe's wonder try capped a scorching, long-range counter-attack by Toulouse as they routed feeble Pau 83-6 in the Top 14.

Near miss

Sale's inspirational Springbok scrum-half, Faf de Klerk took a last-minute penalty shot at Bristol, which bounced back off a post. If it had gone over, the Sharks could have reached the playoffs.

Best premiership try

Newcastle went down off-loading, as an Alex Dunbar midfield break and some exceptional handling and support play in Micky Young crossing for their first try at Kingsholm.

Freak try

Alex Lewington truck for Saracens after a gust of wind blew Richard Wigglesworth's kick back towards the home team, the ball was hacked on and fell invitingly for the wing, who picked up and raced away.

Cartoon tribute

When Will Skelton blasted Gareth Steenson out of the way to set up a Saracens try, Lawrence Dallaglio – commenting on BT Sport – said: 'It was like Road Runner. He just marmalized him. "

Hard done-by

Treviso were cruelly denied a place in the Pro 14 semi-finals when Munster were awarded a contentious late penalty against them and the Italians were sent back 10 meters for throwing the ball away.

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European Rugby Champions Cup: Saracens v Cardiff Blues

European Rugby Champions Cup: Saracens v Cardiff Blues

European Rugby Champions Cup: Saracens v Cardiff Blues

Maro Itoje is likely to miss the rest of 2018 with a knee injury

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool Three Venue: Allianz Park Date: Sunday, 9 December Kick-off: 13:00 GMT Coverage: Live score updates on BBC local radio and on the BBC Sport website

Saracens will be without injured lock Maro Itoje when they host Cardiff Blues in the Champions Cup on Sunday.

He will be out for “a number of weeks” after returning from England duty with a knee problem, but prop Mako Vunipola makes his comeback from a calf injury.

Wales fly-half Gareth Anscombe returns for the Blues as one of four starting changes.

Jarrod Evans comes in at centre, George Earle at lock and Dillon Lewis and Kirby Myhill in the front row.

Owen Farrell is reinstated as Saracens fly-half with Alex Goode switching back to full-back.

Wales full-back and wing Liam Williams remains sidelined after his late withdrawal from last weekend’s game against Leicester.

Unbeaten Saracens top Pool Three, while Blues are third having beaten Lyon and lost to Glasgow.

Gareth Anscombe returns for Cardiff having impressed in the number 10 jersey for Wales during their autumn clean sweep

Blues head coach John Mulvihill said: “We are right in the mix in Pool Three and these back-to-back matches against Saracens will be decisive. We have to rise to the occasion and we have already demonstrated we can step up in Europe with a great win over in Lyon.

“This week is all about staying in the contest, competing for every piece of possession and putting their structured game plan under pressure, and [getting] a good lead into our derby games that are just around the corner.”

Saracens: Alex Goode; Sean Maitland, Alex Lozowski, Brad Barritt (capt), Alex Lewington; Owen Farrell, Richard Wigglesworth; Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Vincent Koch, Nick Isiekwe, Will Skelton, Mike Rhodes, Schalk Burger, Jackson Wray

Replacements: Tom Woolstencroft, Richard Barrington, Christian Judge, Dom Day, Calum Clark, Ben Earl, Ben Spencer, Nick Tompkins.

Cardiff Blues: Matthew Morgan; Blaine Scully, Harri Millard, Jarrod Evans, Jason Harries; Gareth Anscombe, Lloyd Williams (capt); Rhys Gill, Kirby Myhill, Dillon Lewis, George Earle, Seb Davies, Josh Turnbull, Olly Robinson, Samu Manoa

Replacements: Ethan Lewis, Brad Thyer, Scott Andrews, Macauley Cook, Nick Williams, Lewis Jones, Steven Shingler, Garyn Smith

Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Assistants: Cyril Lafon (France), Stephane Boyer (France)

TMO: Denis Grenouillet (France)

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“Admiral! We have enemy ships in sector 37!” “It’s a trap!”―Captain Verrack and Admiral Ackbar

In a recent interview, I managed to speak to actor Gerald Home about his work portraying Tessek and Mon Cal Officer Verrack in Return of the Jedi. Tessek was a Quarren who worked as a bookkeeper for Jabba the Hutt.

Verrack was a Mon Calamari computer technician and specialist who held the rank of captain. Verrack’s expertise in power systems was greatly appreciated as well as needed by the Alliance to Restore the Republic’s fleet. In addition to his technical skills, Verrack also had experience as a gunner. He served aboard Home One during the Battle of Endor, sitting behind Admiral Ackbar at one of the bridge consoles.

Following the Battle of Endor, Verrack was promoted to captain of the Maria, in the New Republic Third Fleet. He destroyed Grand Admiral Syn’s Silooth during the Liberation of Kashyyyk.

You played Tessek and a Mon Calamari Officer, how did you get these roles and I believe you had extra scenes with Admiral Ackbar that were cut, can you provide some info about those scenes?

One of the subjects taught at drama school is mime because there are times in an actor’s career when he won’t have any dialogue to help him express emotion. Mime is really acting without words, and studying it helps the actor learn how to express different emotions using only his body. So I studied mime at drama school – in fact, my first job after drama school was a mime show called PRUFROCK, which we performed throughout the UK and in France.

I met a mime teacher and director called Desmond Jones when he came to see PRUFROCK in 1977, and we kept in touch. Five years later, early in 1982, I heard from Des that he had been asked to put together a group of 9 performers to work on a “new film”, playing masked characters. He didn’t tell me the name of the film at that time. So a lot of us performers auditioned, and 9 of us were eventually chosen. By then we knew the film was the next STAR WARS film, to be called REVENGE OF THE JEDI. Which characters each of us played was decided by how the production people saw us – and I was chosen to play Squid Head (given the name Tessek much later, in 1999, I think) and a “Calamari Man”. Not all of us 9 played Mon Calamari, but we are all credited as Mime Artists at the end of the film.

During filming the Battle of Endor scenes, the producers found that there was “a hole” in the plot – it didn’t make sense – there was some information missing – and so they wrote 2 pages of additional scenes which would “fill the hole” and make sense of what had been filmed. These additional scenes would be between Admiral Ackbar and a speaking Mon Cal – so the producers needed an actor to speak the lines.

Stuart Ziff is credited as Chief Articulation Engineer on ROTJ, and worked as part of Phil Tippett’s team, who looked after us creatures. Stuart knew I was more than a mime artist and that I had recently been in a theatre play in the West End of London, so when he heard about the speaking Mon Cal, he recommended me for the part. That’s how I came to play the 2 pages of dialogue scenes, along with Tim Rose as Ackbar. As you see in the call sheets, I was named as Officer/Aide/Controller. That’s how I went from being one of several Mon Calamari to The Mon Calamari Officer. Unfortunately, our experimental dialogue scenes didn’t work because my Mon Cal mask was not articulated to speak –  I couldn’t move the mouth to make it look like my mask was speaking, and so those scenes are not in the film. Maybe one day I’ll be a speaking Mon Cal!

How long did it take to get into each costume?

It didn’t take long to get into my costumes. Most parts of the costumes were in my dressing room, and I put them on myself. My masks and hands were separate, looked after by my dresser, the late Ken Lewington, and he put them on me on-set.

The Tessek-Squid Head mask was bigger and heavier than the Mon Cal mask. It was so heavy that there were straps on it which had to be tied around my waist so the mask wouldn’t move. You can just see where the straps used to be in this photo of the mask when it was in an exhibition in Brazil several years ago. The human in the photo is Vinicius Ayres, the sponsor of my Honorary Membership of the 501st Legion. You can see how big the Tessek-Squid Head mask is in comparison with Vinicius’s head.

Can you describe your time filming the Jabbas Palace scenes?

We had two days to rehearse on the Jabba’s Palace set before filming began, just us Mime Artists and Puppeteers. It was great to have the set (mostly) to ourselves, and we were able to practise moving in our costumes and masks. We were told previously that we would be featured in all the scenes with Jabba, but everything changed when filming started and over 100 other people arrived on set – production people, other actors, extras, carpenters, lighting people, electricians, painters, dressers and other wardrobe people, assistants, and other technical staff! The result was that we Mime Artists often got lost in the crowd, and we weren’t featured in the filming as much as we thought we would be.That was disappointing, but it was still thrilling and exciting to be there. The Palace set wasn’t as big as you might think, and it got very hot with so many people, hot lights and smoke from the smoke guns.

What was it like being a part of the Rebel briefing scenes?

The Briefing Room set was much bigger than the Jabba’s Palace set and was, therefore, cooler and more comfortable to work on. None of us had much to do in the Briefing Room other than to listen to Mon Mothma, General Madine and Admiral Ackbar. I had much more to do in the Mon Cal Bridge scenes, before, during and after the Battle of Endor.

Was there much interaction between yourself and the directors, if so, what sort of things would you discuss?

No, there wasn’t much interaction between director Richard Marquand and us. It was mostly First Assistant Director David Tomblin who gave us directions.  The only character note I was given about Squid Head was that he/I worked for the meanest, most vile gangster in the galaxy, Jabba the Hutt, and when we moved to the Briefing Room set I was told I now worked for the nicest man in the galaxy, Admiral Ackbar! George Lucas was sometimes on set, but I never heard his voice. He was very quiet and didn’t speak to us. He and Richard Marquand would often discuss things, in a quiet, collaborative way.

How does working on Star Wars compare to all your work on other projects?

As we know, RETURN OF THE JEDI was the third STAR WARS film, the first two had been incredible international successes – so we knew we were working on a film which was going to be hugely successful and part of cinema history. It was very exciting working on this iconic film, but once you’re on-set, you can’t think too much about the history involved – you have to concentrate on the work you’re actually doing, make it as “real” as possible, and not think too far ahead.

What are some of your favourite memories, characters and scenes from the films and also, if you could play any other character, who would it be and why?

The highlight of working on RETURN OF THE JEDI for me was seeing Harrison Ford working up close. I think he’s one of those rare creatures: a major film star who is also an excellent actor. I was standing just a few feet away from him when he filmed his “defrosting” from carbonite scene, and his concentration was intense. It was as if he and Carrie were the only two people there. It was a good lesson to see how he was able to “tune out” the many other people around him and the activity that was happening on-set. I guess it’s that ability to concentrate so deeply that all great actors have.

The character I’d love to play in STAR WARS is the Emperor. It’s usually more rewarding and more interesting for an actor to play a baddie than a goodie, and the Emperor is the ultimate STAR WARS baddie!

What does Star Wars mean to you?

STAR WARS is the gift that keeps on giving! Who would have thought, way back in 1982, that STAR WARS would still be playing such a big part of my life all these years later? And the popularity of my two characters continues to grow, which amazes, and delights, me.

Did you ever think your work would lead you to be in a franchise like Star Wars?

No one can plan to be in a franchise like STAR WARS, but given my background as an actor, mime artist and puppeteer, I had all the necessary experience to play STAR WARS characters, and looking back on it now, I think I was destined to play Tessek-Squid Head and the Mon Calamari Officer! And of course, I’d jump at the chance to work on any future STAR WARS projects.

Do you attend many comic conventions, and if so, do you have any appearances coming up?

Some years I do 6-8 conventions, sometimes more. I’m still an actor, so conventions have to fit in with my working life. Last year I did 15 events because it was the 40th anniversary of STAR WARS. This year will be busy too, travelling the world to help fans celebrate the 35th anniversary of RETURN OF THE JEDI. I’ll be going to Spain, France, the US, Mexico, and several other countries this year. An example of a great event was when I was the guest at Star Wars Day, Movie Park Germany. Almost 20,000 visitors came, and I paraded through the park with over 120 members of the 501st and Rebel Legions, all in costume. It was a spectacular event.

What does fan interaction mean to you?

Interaction with the fans means everything to me. It was fans who tracked me down in 2003 and fans are the reason why I’m doing conventions and other events. I owe everything to the fans. We actors from the Original Trilogy are very lucky that fans still want to meet us.

Also, I’m very involved with fans online, principally through my long-running, very popular RETURN OF THE JEDI Creature History thread. Fans can chat with me and ask me questions there. Here’s the link to it: http://forum.rebelscum.com/showthread.php?t=1069050 I’m sure STAR WARS will keep us all busy for years to come!

A huge thank you to Gerald for giving me these very insightful answers, I hope you all enjoy them.

May the force be with you all!

Gerald Home Interview – The Actor Behind the Masks of Tessek and Mon Cal Officer Verrack. "Admiral! We have enemy ships in sector 37!" "It's a trap!"―Captain Verrack and Admiral Ackbar In a recent interview, I managed to speak to actor Gerald Home about his work portraying Tessek and Mon Cal Officer Verrack in…

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Washington Capitals Projected Lineup | Nov. 20

Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie

Richard Panik -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Travis Boyd

Beck Malenstyn -- Chandler Stephenson -- Brendan Leipsic

Michal Kempny -- John Carlson

Dmitry Orlov -- Radko Gudas

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Nick Jensen

Braden Holtby

Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Tyler Lewington

Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (upper body), Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body)

Suspended: Garnet Hathaway

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CRAWFORD: (SAT) PACK HIBERNATES WHILE BEARS DOUBLE THEM UP

BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hershey, PA, December 8, 2018 – Mike Sgarbossa and Liam O’Brien scored two goals apiece Saturday night at Giant Center, to lead the Hershey Bears to a 6-3 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack. Bobby Butler and Vinni Lettieri had a goal and an assist each for the Wolf Pack, and Vince Pedrie had two assists.  Colby Williams added three assists for Hershey. “We weren’t able to get pucks stopped in the zone, spent too much time defending and were not able to sustain a forecheck,” Wolf Pack head coach Keith McCambridge said.  “We had waves of it, but Hershey, for the most part, put us on our heels.” The Wolf Pack opened the scoring three minutes into the game, on a power-play goal by Butler.  With O’Brien in the penalty box for tripping, Lettieri moved the puck across the Bear line and handed to Tim Gettinger on the left-wing boards.  He fed across to Butler, who fired home a shot from the right side of the slot. Hershey equalized at 13:20.  The Wolf Pack won a defensive-zone draw, but couldn’t clear the puck, and a shot from the left point by Williams was tipped by Nathan Walker, and it hit the inside of the goal post to the left of Hartford goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (31 saves).  Sgarbossa got to the carom in the goalmouth and pushed it into the net. The Bears jumped in front for the first time 3:27 into the second period, on the first North American pro goal for Maximilian Kammerer.  After Hartford’s Peter Holland was dragged down near the blue line trying to move the puck out of the zone, Mason Mitchell passed to Williams, and he worked a give-and-go with Kammerer, who finished the play from the right side. The Wolf Pack man-advantage clicked again to tie the score at 10:31, with Walker in the penalty box for hooking.  Butler got the puck off the right-wing boards to Pedrie at the point, and he set Lettieri up at the top of the left circle for a one-timer.  That shot beat Hershey netminder Ilya Samsonov (28 saves) to the glove side. The Hershey power play responded, though, on its first opportunity of the game, at 17:11.  Connor Hobbs prevented Shawn O’Donnell’s clearing attempt at the right point and handed across to the opposite point to Williams.  He quickly whipped a pass to the front of the net, and O’Brien, headed to the middle from the right side, deflected the puck past Georgiev. The Bears then broke the game open with three goals in the third, starting with O’Brien’s second of the game at 6:30.  O’Brien carried into the Wolf Pack zone on the left wing and got to the middle with an outside-inside move, before losing the puck.  He got back to it on the right side, though, got his stick loose and put a backhanded swipe into the net. Garrett Pilon made it 5-2 for Hershey in a 4-on-4 at 10:13, with his first pro goal.  He worked his way free along the goal line on the left wing and stickhandled toward the front, before flicking a shot by Georgiev on the glove side. Sgarbossa then got his second of the game on a power-play deflection at 11:38, after a slashing call against Georgiev 12 seconds earlier.  Former Wolf Pack Jayson Megna played the puck from near the left-wing corner out to Aaron Ness high in the slot, and Sgarbossa tipped Ness’ snapshot into the net. The Wolf Pack cut the margin to 6-3 with 4:33 left, with Alex Kile scoring his first Wolf Pack goal.  Pedrie centered the puck from the right-wing corner, and it went off of O’Donnell at the side of the goal and deflected to the front.  Kile, playing his second game up from Maine of the ECHL, drove the middle and knocked the loose puck in. The Wolf Pack’s next game is this Thursday night, December 13, the first of two games against the Charlotte Checkers at Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte.  Faceoff is 7:00 PM and all of the action can be heard live on News Radio 1410 WPOP, and online at newsradio1410.com and iHeartRadio.  Video streaming is available at theahl.com/AHLTV. The next home game for the Wolf Pack is Wednesday, December 19, when they host the Providence Bruins at 7:00 PM.  That is another chance to take advantage of the Wolf Pack’s “Click It or Ticket Family Value Pack”, which includes two tickets, two hot dogs and two sodas, all for just $40. Tickets for all 2018-19 Wolf Pack home games are on sale now at the Agera Energy Ticket Office at the XL Center, online at hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877) 522-8499.  Tickets purchased in advance for kids 12 or younger start at just $13 each, and all tickets will have a $3 day-of-game increase. Season ticket information for the Wolf Pack’s 2018-19 AHL season can be found online at hartfordwolfpack.com.  To speak with a representative about all of the Wolf Pack’s many attractive ticketing options, call (855) 762-6451, or click here to request more info. Hartford Wolf Pack 3 at Hershey Bears 6 Saturday, December 8, 2018 - Giant Center Hartford 1 1 1 - 3 Hershey 1 2 3 - 6 1st Period-1, Hartford, Butler 5 (Gettinger, Lettieri), 3:00 (PP). 2, Hershey, Sgarbossa 10 (Walker, Williams), 13:20. Penalties-O'Brien Her (tripping), 2:10; Gilmour Hfd (instigating, fighting, misconduct - instigating), 15:37; Malenstyn Her (fighting, match - check to the head), 15:37. 2nd Period-3, Hershey, Kammerer 1 (Williams, Mitchell), 3:27. 4, Hartford, Lettieri 4 (Pedrie, Butler), 10:31 (PP). 5, Hershey, O'Brien 10 (Williams, Hobbs), 17:11 (PP). Penalties-Walker Her (hooking), 9:09; Gettinger Hfd (holding), 15:17. 3rd Period-6, Hershey, O'Brien 11 (Lewington, Kammerer), 6:30. 7, Hershey, Pilon 1 (Geisser, Lewington), 10:13. 8, Hershey, Sgarbossa 11 (Ness, Megna), 11:38 (PP). 9, Hartford, Kile 1 (O'Donnell, Pedrie), 15:27. Penalties-Williams Her (holding), 8:33; Lettieri Hfd (holding), 9:27; Georgiev Hfd (slashing), 11:26; served by Lettieri Hfd (bench minor - too many men), 16:46. Shots on Goal-Hartford 12-14-5-31. Hershey 17-11-9-37. Power Play Opportunities-Hartford 2 / 4; Hershey 2 / 4. Goalies-Hartford, Georgiev 2-4-0 (37 shots-31 saves). Hershey, Samsonov 4-8-0 (31 shots-28 saves). A-7,479 Referees-Alex Ross (7), Peter Tarnaris (17). Linesmen-Richard Jondo (55), Colin Gates (3). Read the full article

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Features Britains bees and other important group of insects. This guide covers over 270 species, and is fully illustrated with photographs and colour

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European Rugby Champions Cup: Saracens v Lyon OU

European Rugby Champions Cup: Saracens v Lyon OU

European Rugby Champions Cup: Saracens v Lyon OU

Liam Williams comes into the Sarries side for David Strettle

Heineken Champions Cup Venue: Allianz Park Date: Saturday, 20 Oct Kick-off: 17:30 BST Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

British & Irish Lions wing Liam Williams is restored to the Saracens starting XV to face French side Lyon in the Champions Cup at Allianz Park.

The Welshman takes the place of David Strettle, with Ben Spencer coming in for Richard Wigglesworth at scrum-half.

Jackson Wray comes in for injured number eight Billy Vunipola, with Richard Barrington taking the place of loosehead prop Mako Vunipola.

Lyon have Lionel Beauxis at fly-half and Noa Nakaitaci on the wing.

Number eight Carl Fearns, who pulled out of a move to Gloucester in 2017 to stay in France despite interest from Eddie Jones in adding him to the England ranks, is on the bench.

Delon Armitage, who won 26 caps for England between 2008 and 2011, is out with a serious knee injury sustained in August.

Champions Cup Pool 3 Played Won Points 1. Saracens 1 1 4 2. Cardiff 1 1 4 3. Lyon 1 0 0 4. Glasgow 1 0 0

Lyon’s maiden Champions Cup campaign began with a defeat to Cardiff Blues last weekend, while Saracens, champions in 2016 and 2017, beat Glasgow in a feisty encounter at Scotstoun.

Saracens suffered a number of injuries with the Vunipola brothers each facing significant spells on the sidelines and second row Nick Isiekwe obtaining an ankle sprain.

Centre Alex Lozowski was banned for two weeks for entering a ruck dangerously and is replaced by Nick Tompkins this weekend.

Saracens: Goode; Williams, Tompkins, Barritt (cap), Maitland; Farrell, Spencer; Barrington, George, Koch, Skelton, Kruis, Itoje, Rhodes, Wray.

Replacements: Tolofu, Thompson-Stringer, Lamositele, Earl, Burger, Wigglesworth, Bosch, Lewington.

Lyon: Ngatai; Mignot, Wulf, Regard, Nakaitaci; Beauxis, Doussain; Menini, Ivaldi, Gomez-Kodela, Lambey, Roodt, Puricelli (cap), Goujon, Sobela.

Replacements: Maurouard, Chaume, Ric, Carizza, Fearns, Cretin, Delord, Barassi.

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CRAWFORD: PACK TAKE BACK-END OF HOME-AND-HOME

CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK TAKE BACK-END OF HOME-AND-HOME

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Hartford Wolf Pack 4, Hershey Bears 2 BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hershey, PA, March 25, 2018 – Defenseman Ryan Lindgren, in his second pro game, had the game-winning goal and an assist Sunday at Giant Center, as the Hartford Wolf Pack defeated the Hershey Bears, 4-2, in the second game of a home-and-home set between the two teams. The Bears had won the first of the two games Saturday at the XL Center, defeating the Wolf Pack 2-1. Vinni Lettieri scored his 20th goal of the season for Hartford in Sunday’s win, John Albert had his first Wolf Pack goal, and Adam Tambellini added an empty-netter.  Dan DeSalvo had two assists, and Marek Mazanec got the win in goal with 30 saves. “Our special teams were real good,” Wolf Pack head coach Keith McCambridge said, of a Hartford power play that went 2-for-5 and a penalty-killing unit that was 5-for-5.  “We had the opportunity to tweak our power play a little bit.  In the AHL it’s always changing, but I thought that was strong.   The penalty kill was real good, we were able to get up in the game early, and overall play the way that we wanted to, with our identity and using our speed.” The Wolf Pack were outshot 11-17 in the first period, but came out of the frame with a 2-0 lead, thanks to goals by Lettieri and Albert. After going 0-for-7 on the man advantage in Saturday’s loss to the Bears, the Wolf Pack clicked on their first opportunity in Sunday’s game, after Tyler Lewington was called for boarding at 3:21. Lindgren, who had made his pro debut with the Wolf Pack Saturday out of the University of Minnesota, got his first pro point on fellow ex-Gopher Lettieri’s 20th of the season.  Lindgren passed the puck from the top of the left circle across the slot to Cole Schneider, who dropped it off to Lettieri.  Bear goaltender Vitek Vanecek had no chance on Lettieri’s quick release from 25 feet out. Albert then scored his first goal in 16 games in a Wolf Pack uniform at 12:56, against the team whom he played for before being acquired by the Rangers organization February 9.  Dawson Leedahl fed the puck to DeSalvo on the right wing, and he handed it to Albert.  His shot from just inside the hash mark beat Vanecek on the stick side. The two teams traded goals 1:10 apart midway through the second period, starting with a tally by Hershey’s Zach Sill at 9:32.  Hampus Gustafsson won a faceoff from the Wolf Pack’s Dan Catenacci to the left of Mazanec, and the puck came to Sill in the slot.  His quick shot got by Mazanec on the stick side. The Wolf Pack restored the two-goal lead at 10:42, though, with their second power-play goal in two opportunities.  With Sill off for high-sticking, Simon Denis lifted the puck high in the air toward the Hershey net, from outside the blue line.  It went off of Vanecek’s catching glove out into the slot, and Lindgren got two whacks at it.  The first one was blocked, but the second one found its way inside the goal post to Vanecek’s left, for Lindgren’s first pro goal. “Always happy whenever you see a guy come in and get his first pro goal,” McCambridge said of Lindgren.  “Smart, poised, plays with a little bit of grit on the back end.  But two strong games and a real good impression.  Vinni Lettieri with his 20th, that’s always nice to see that take place for a first-year player, and was good for us in the net.” Lindgren’s tally turned out to be the game-winner, as the Bears got back to within one with 5:14 remaining in the third.  Wayne Simpson threw the puck at the net from high in the slot, and Liam O’Brien was able to jam the rebound underneath Mazanec and in. Tambellini sealed the victory, though, with 13.7 seconds left, after the Bears had pulled Vanecek.  DeSalvo intercepted a Hershey pass in the slot in the Hartford zone and feathered the puck down the left side into the Bear end.  Tambellini caught up to it just below the goal line and slipped it inside the left post. The next action for the Wolf Pack is on home ice this Wednesday night, March 28, as the Springfield Thunderbirds come to the XL Center for a 7:00 PM game.  That is the next opportunity to take advantage of the Wolf Pack’s “Click It or Ticket Family Value Pack”.  The Family Value Pack includes two tickets, two sodas and two hot dogs, all for just $40. Tickets for all Wolf Pack 2017-18 home games are on sale now at the Agera Energy Ticket Office at the XL Center, online at hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877) 522-8499. Season ticket information for the Wolf Pack’s 2017-18 AHL season can be found online at hartfordwolfpack.com.  To speak with a representative about all of the Wolf Pack’s many attractive ticketing options, call (855) 762-6451. Hartford Wolf Pack 4 at Hershey Bears 2 Sunday, March 25, 2018 - Giant Center Hartford 2 1 1 - 4 Hershey 0 1 1 - 2 1st Period-1, Hartford, Lettieri 20 (Schneider, Lindgren), 5:08 (PP). 2, Hartford, Albert 4 (DeSalvo, Leedahl), 12:56. Penalties-Lewington Her (boarding), 3:21; Nieves Hfd (hooking), 8:50; Leedahl Hfd (slashing, fighting), 15:44; Walker Her (fighting), 15:44. 2nd Period-3, Hershey, Sill 6 (Gustafsson), 9:32. 4, Hartford, Lindgren 1 (Fontaine, Denis), 10:42 (PP). Penalties-Beleskey Hfd (fighting), 9:50; Lewington Her (fighting), 9:50; Sill Her (high-sticking), 9:50; Crawley Hfd (holding), 13:51; G. Mitchell Her (tripping), 18:52. 3rd Period-5, Hershey, O'Brien 17 (Simpson, Graovac), 14:46. 6, Hartford, Tambellini 14 (DeSalvo), 19:46 (EN). Penalties-Pedrie Hfd (holding), 2:25; Sill Her (hooking), 5:53; DeSalvo Hfd (tripping), 9:06; Lewington Her (high-sticking), 15:15. Shots on Goal-Hartford 7-14-10-31. Hershey 11-7-14-32. Power Play Opportunities-Hartford 2 / 5; Hershey 0 / 5. Goalies-Hartford, Mazanec 9-5-1 (32 shots-30 saves). Hershey, Vanecek 11-9-2 (30 shots-27 saves). A-9,297 Referees-Tyler Puddifant (9), Brandon Schrader (24). Linesmen-Richard Jondo (55), Bob Goodman (90). Related articles

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