#dave tanguay

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Looney Tunes #122 -March 2005- DC Comics

"If the Earth Moves You"

writer: Frank Strom

penciler: Neal Sternecky

inker: Scott McRae

Letterer: Nick J. Napolitano

colorist: Dave Tanguay

"Medical Cat-tention"

script: Frank Strom

pencils: Omar Aranda

inker: Alberto Saichann

colors: Dave Tanguay

letters: Nick J. Napolitano

"Ralph Wars" & "Caped Ralph"

writer: Earl Kress

pencils: Neal Sternecky

inks: Scott McRae

colors: Dave Tanguay

letters: Nick J. Napolitano

"Premium Blend Bunny"

writer: Sam Agro

pencils: Omar Aranda

inker: Alberto Saichann

letters: Nick J. Napolitano

colors: Dave Tanguay

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE BOOGIE DOWN PARTYING STOPS HERE -- TOWNSVILLE POWER IS ON THE SCENE!

PIC INFO: Spotlight on textless cover art to "DC The Powerpuff Girls Issue 25," the twenty-fifth [special editon] issue of the "The Powerpuff Girls" comic-book series. Published May, 2002. DC Comics. Artwork by Philip Moy & Dave Tanguay.

Source: https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Vol_1_25.

[nhsoa]

NHSOA Longevity Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the New Hampshire Soccer Officials Association's longevity awards!

Those who have been officiating high school soccer games for 20 years have been awarded a gold whistle, those with 25 years of experience have received a clock plaque, and those with 30 years of experience have received a New Hampshire-shaped plaque.

Well done to Jason Ayotte, Dave Chestnut, David Harrington, Bruce McAdam, James Smith and Peter Tanguay for their 20 years of service, Gerry Desrocher, David Edkins, Dennis Melanson, and Eric Rossetti for 25 years, and Bill Aubin, Jim Rauscher, Bill Thornton, and Jim Walsh for 30 years.

Your dedication and hard work have not gone unnoticed, and we thank you for your contributions to the world of high school soccer officiating. Keep up the great work!

[dccomicsnews]

Review: Looney Tunes #260

Review: Looney Tunes #260 @DCComics #LooneyTunes #DCComicsNews

Review: Looney Tunes #260   [Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers] Writer: Ivan Cohen, Sam Agro, Brian Swenlin, Jesse McCann Frank Strom, Sholly Fisch Artist: Walter Carzon, David Alvarez, Omar Aranda, Pablo Zamboni Colors:   Horacio Ottolina ,Silvana Brys, Dave Tanguay Letters:   Saida Temofonte Gabriela Downie, Nick J. Nap, Tom Orzechowski Reviewed by: Carl Bryan   Summary Three…

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Looney Tunes #249 by Derek Fridolfs and Robert Pope (Mixed Signals), Frank Strom and Omar Aranda ( Cars and Bars ) and cover by Robert Pope and Scott McRae

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SPLOOOSH!!

Looney Tunes #245 L: John Costanza P: Walter Carzon C: Dave Tanguay W: Frank Strom

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"Yesterday's" Comic> Krypto The Superdog #1 (TV tie-in)

BW's "Yesterday's" Comic> Krypto The Superdog #1 (TV tie-in)

I hope he takes walkies before he takes flyies. Krypto The Superdog #1 DC Comics (November, 2006) “Here Comes Krypto” (based on the episode “Krypto’s Scrypto” by Alan Burnett & Paul Dini) and “The Dark Hound Returns” WRITER: Jesse Leon McCann PENCILER: Min S. Ku INKER: Jeff Albrecht COLORIST/LETTERER: Dave Tanguay ASSISTANT EDITOR: Rachel Gluckstern EDITOR: Joan Hilty Continue reading

[castlewyvern]

Looney Tunes (1994-) #79 Cover by David Alvarez, Mike DeCarlo and Dave Tanguay.

[awardseason]

2019 Annie Awards Film Winners

Best Animated Feature

“Early Man”, Aardman Animations

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios

“Isle Of Dogs”, Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios

“SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”, Sony Pictures Animation

Best Animated Independent Feature

“Ce Magnifique Gâteau !”, Beast Animation, Vivement Lundi !, Pedri Animation

“MFKZ”, Ankama / Studio 4ºC

“MIRAI”, Studio Chizu

“Ruben Brandt, Collector”, Ruben Brandt LLC

“Tito and the Birds”, Bits Productions, Split Studio

Best Animated Special Production

“Back to the Moon”, Google Spotlight Stories, Google Doodles, Nexus Studios

“MARY POPPINS RETURNS”, Walt Disney Studios

“The Emperor's Newest Clothes”, HBO / Starburns Industries

“The Highway Rat”, Magic Light Pictures

Best Animated Short Subject

“Grandpa Walrus”, Caïmans Productions

“Lost & Found”, Wabi Sabi Studios

“SOLAR WALK”, Nørlum

“Untravel”, Production: Film House Baš Čelik, Serbia, Co-production: BFilm, Bratislava / Your Dreams Factory, Bratislava

“WEEKENDS”, Past Lives Productions

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production

“Early Man”, Aardman Animations Nominees: Howard Jones, Dave Alex Riddett, Grant Hewlett, Pat Andrew, Elena Vitanza Chiarani

“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Patrick Witting, Kiel Gnebba, Spencer Lueders, Joe Pepper, Sam Rickles

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Greg Gladstone, Tolga Göktekin, Jason Johnston, Eric Lacroix, Krzysztof Rost

“Next Gen”, Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix Nominees: So Ishigaki, Graham Wiebe

“RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Cesar Velazquez, Marie Tollec, Alexander Moaveni, Peter DeMund, Ian J. Coony

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

“Early Man”, Aardman Animations Nominees: Laurie Sitzia

Incredibles 2″, Pixar Animation Studio Nominees: Lance Fite

“Isle of Dogs”, Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures Nominees: Jason Stalman

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Vitor Vilela

“SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: David Han

Character Animation in a Live Action Production

“Avengers: Infinity War”, Marvel Nominees: Paul Story, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Eteuati Tema, Jacob Luamanuvae-Su'a, Sam Sharplin

“Christopher Robin”, Walt Disney Pictures Nominees: Arslan Elver, Laurent Laban, Kayn Garcia, Claire Blustin, Marc-André Coulombe

“MARY POPPINS RETURNS”, Walt Disney Pictures Nominees: Chris Sauve, James Baxter, Sandro Cleuzo

“Paddington 2”, StudioCanal, Heyday Films, Marmalade Films Ltd Nominees: Pablo Grillo, Laurent Laban, Kyle Dunlevy, Stuart Ellis, Liam Russell

“The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”, Walt Disney Pictures Nominees: Richard Oey, Adrien Annesley, Allison Orr, Wei Liang Yap, Shan Hao

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Matt Nolte

“Mary Poppins Returns”, Walt Disney Studios Nominees: James Woods

“Next Gen”, Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix Nominees: Marceline Tanguay

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Ami Thompson

“SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Shiyoon Kim

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

“Early Man”, Aardman Animations Nominees: Nick Park

“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Genndy Tartakovsky

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Brad Bird

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Rich Moore, Phil Johnston

“SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Bob Persichetti, Rodney Rothman, Peter Ramsey

Music in an Animated Feature Production

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”, Illumination Nominees: Danny Elfman, Tyler, The Creator

“Early Man”, Aardman Animations Nominees: Harry Gregson-Williams, Tom Howe, Harry Gregson-Williams, Tom Howe

“INCREDIBLES 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Michael Giacchino

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Henry Jackman, Alan Menken, Phil Johnston, Tom MacDougall, Dan Reynolds

“Smallfoot”, Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group Nominees: Heitor Pereira, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

“Early Man”, Aardman Animations Nominees: Matt Perry, Richard Edmunds

“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Scott Wills

“Isle of Dogs”, Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures Nominees: Adam Stockhausen , Paul Harrod

“Mary Poppins Returns”, Walt Disney Studios Nominees: Jeff Turley

“SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Justin K. Thompson

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”, Illumination Nominees: Habib Louati

“INCREDIBLES 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Dean Kelly

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Bobby Alcid Rubio

“Mary Poppins Returns”, Walt Disney Studios Nominees: Ovi Nedelcu

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Michael Herrera

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

“Early Man”, Aardman Animations Nominees: Eddie Redmayne

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Holly Hunter

“ISLE OF DOGS”, Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures

“Next Gen”, Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix Nominees: Charlyne Yi

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Sarah Silverman

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Brad Bird

“Mirai”, Studio Chizu Nominees: Mamoru Hosoda, Mamoru Hosoda, Stephanie Sheh

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Phil Johnston, Pamela Ribon

“SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Phil Lord , Rodney Rothman

“Teen Titans Go! to the Movies”, Warner Bros. Animation Nominees: Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”, Illumination Nominees: Chris Cartagena

“Incredibles 2”, Pixar Animation Studios Nominees: Stephen Schaffer, Anthony J. Greenberg, Katie Schaefer Bishop

“Ralph Breaks The Internet”, Walt Disney Animation Studios Nominees: Jeremy Milton, Fabienne Rawley, Jesse Averna, John Wheeler, Pace Paulsen

“Ruben Brandt, Collector”, Hungarian National Film Fund Nominees: Milorad Krstic, Marcell Laszlo, Laszlo Wimmer, Danijel Daka Milosevic

“SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”, Sony Pictures Animation Nominees: Bob Fisher , Andrew Leviton, Vivek Sharma

[goalhofer]

Every Junior/Professional Peter Budaj Teammate

Toronto St. Michael’s Majors

Keith Delaney (1999-2000)

Ryan Walsh (1999-2001)

Darryl Bootland (1999-2002)

Kenny Corupe (1999-2000)

Mark Popovic (1999-2002)

Matt Ellis (1999-2002)

Adam DeLeeuw (1999-2001)

Matt Bannan (1999-2002)

Jeffrey Doyle (1999-2001)

Chad Woollard (1999-2000)

Chris Minard (1999-2001)

Chris Boucher (1999-2001)

Dave Csumrik (1999-2000)

Michael Gough (1999-2002)

Greg Mizzi (1999-2001)

Lorne Misita (1999-2001)

Brian Simpson (1999-2000)

George Nistas (1999-2000)

Tyler Cook (1999-2002)

Brad Pierce (1999-2000)

Philippe Lakos (1999-2000)

Mike Sellan (1999-2001)

Steve Farquharson (1999-2001)

Michal Kolarik (1999-2000)

Kyle McAllister (3 games 1999)

Dwayne Bateman (1999-2000)

Ryan Delaney (1 game 2000)

Ryan Rasmussen (1 game 2000)

Brent Mulder (2 games 2000)

Rory Glaves 6 games 2000)

Frank Lukes (2000-02)

Tim Brent (2000-02)

Drew Fata (2000-02)

Kevin Klein (2000-02)

Lindsay Plunkett (20 games 2001)

Matt Bacon (2000-02)

T.J. Reynolds (2000-02)

Ryan Robert (2000-02)

Scott Talbot (3 games 2001-02)

Andy Chiodo (2000-02)

Joe Guenther (2001-02)

Scott Heffernan (2001-02)

Darryl Boyce (2001-02)

Ryan Rorabeck (2001-02)

Scott Horvath (2001-02)

Daryl Knowles (2001-02)

Jordan Freeland (2001-02)

Jerrod Smith (2001-02)

Geoff Patton (2001-02)

Steven Rawski (2001-02)

Kyle Spurr (2001-02)

Matthew Seymour (2001-02)

Mike Carlesimo (1 game 2002)

Tyson Gimblett (2001-02)

Hershey Bears

Eric Bertrand (2002-03)

Brian Willsie (2002-03)

Mark Freer (2002-03)

Charlie Stephens (2002-04)

Steve Brule (2002-04)

Brett Clark (2002-05)

Jordan Krestanovich (2002-04)

Cail MacLean (2002-03, 2004-05)

Steve Moore (2002-04)

Bryan Muir (2002-03)

Mikhail Kuleshov (2002-04)

Brent Thompson (2002-03)

Alexander Riazantsev (2002-03)

Riku Hahl (2002-03)

Marek Svatos (2002-03, 2004-05)

Marc Busenburg (2002-04)

Brad Larsen (2002-04)

Bruce Richardson (2002-04)

Travis Brigley (2002-04)

Tim Wedderburn (2002-03)

Vaclav Nedorost (5 games 2003)

Kent Davyduke (14 games 2002-04)

Jeff Paul (2002-03)

Rob Voltera (2002-03)

Agris Saviels (2002-05)

Philippe Sauve (2002-04)

Sylvain Deschatelets (4 games 2003)

Joe Goodenow (2002-03)

Pierre-Luc Emond (4 games 2003)

Nick Bootland (16 games 2003)

Daniel Goneau (3 games 2002)

Adam Edinger (5 games 2002)

John-Michael Liles (5 games 2003)

Michael Henrich (9 games 2003)

Sandro Sbrocca (1 game 2003)

Simon Tremblay (1 game 2002)

Chris Bogas (1 game 2002)

Dylan Gyori (1 game 2002)

Steve Rymsha (2 games 2003)

Brad Wingfield (2 games 2003)

K.C. Timmons (2 games 2003)

Mike Verhaug (2 games 2002)

Sergei Klyazmin (2003-05)

Eric Perrin (2003-05)

Shane Willis (2003-04)

Pascal Trepanier (2003-04)

Gavin Morgan (2003-04)

Sheldon Keefe (2003-04)

Martin Hlinka (2003-05)

D.J. Smith (2003-04)

Ryan Craig (2003-04)

Tomas Slovak (2003-05)

Jeff Finger (2003-05)

David Masse (2003-05)

Dennis Bonvie (2003-05)

Cody McCormick (2003-05)

Chris Bala (2003-05)

Yevgeni Artyukhin; Jr. (2003-04)

Jean-Francois Soucy (12 games 2004)

Darren Rumble (5 games 2004)

Rob Voltera (2003-04)

Dean Arsene (2003-05)

Mark Jerant (2003-04)

Dwayne Hay (4 games 2004)

Jeremy Van Hoof (5 games 2004)

Brian Fahey (12 games 2004)

Nikita Alexeev (14 games 2004)

Martin Cibak (1 game 2004)

Jon Cullen (1 game 2004)

Frantisek Skladany (2004-05)

Judd Medak (5 games 2004)

Lanny Gare (9 games 2004)

Tom Lawson (2003-05)

Mike Amodeo (2004-05)

Greg Barber (2004-05)

Adam Borzecki (2004-05)

Johnny Boychuk (2004-05)

Ed Campbell (2004-05)

Carl Corrazini (2004-05)

Nicolas Corbeil (2004-05)

Mathieu Darche (2004-05)

Jean-Francois David (2004-05)

Trevor Johnson (2004-05)

Evgeni Lazarev (2004-05)

Carl Mallette (2004-05)

Graig Mischler (2004--05)

Nick Naumenko (2004-05)

Josh Olson (2004-05)

Jamie Rivers (2004-05)

Andre Savage (2004-05)

Darrel Scoville (2004-05)

Mike Souza (2004-05)

Ryan Steeves (2004-05)

Jeff Ulmer (2004-05)

Mikko Viitanen (2004-05)

Martin Wilde (2004-05)

Colorado Avalanche

Joe Sakic (2005-09)

Alex Tanguay (2005-06)

Andrew Brunette (2005-08)

Milan Hejduk (2005-11)

Rob Blake (2005-06)

Marek Svatos (2005-10)

John-Michael Liles (2005-11)

Pierre Turgeon (2005-07)

Ian Laperriere (2005-09)

Brett McLean (2005-07)

Joseph Brisebois (2005-07)

Brett Clark (2005-10)

Antti Laaksonen (2005-07)

Steve Konowalchuk (2005-06)

Karlis Skrastins (2005-08)

Dan Hinote (2005-06)

Brad Richardson (2005-08)

Cody McCormick (2005-09)

Bob Boughner (2005-06)

Brad May (2005-07)

Wojciech Wolski (2005-10)

Kurt Sauer (2005-08)

Ossi Vaanaanen (2005-07)

Jim Dowd (18 games 2006)

David Aebischer (2005-06)

Vitali Kolesnik (8 games 2006)

Paul Healy (2 games 2006)

Jose Theodore (2005-08)

Paul Stastny (2006-11)

Tyler Arnason (2006-09)

Ken Klee (2006-07)

Mark Rycroft (2006-07)

Ben Guite (2006-09)

Jordan Leopold (2006-09)

Jeff Finger (2006-08)

Kyle Cumiskey (2006-11)

Scott Parker (2006-08)

George Parros (2 games 2006)

Tyler Weiman (1 game 2008)

Johnny Boychuk (4 games 2008)

Scott Hannan (2007-11)

Ruslan Saliej (2007-10)

Adam Foote (2007-11)

Wyatt Smith (2007-08)

T.J. Hensick (2007-10)

David Jones (2007-11)

Cody McLeod (2007-11)

Ryan Smyth (2007-09)

Peter Forsberg (9 games 2007-08, 2 games 2010)

T.J. Galiardi (2008-11)

Raymond Macias (6 games 2009)

Lawrence Nycholat (5 games 2009)

Derek Peltier (14 games 2008-10)

Andrew Raycroft (2008-09)

Chris Stewart (2008-11)

Daniel Tjarnqvist (2008-09)

Darcy Tucker (2008-10)

Mike Vernace (12 games 2009)

Brian Willsie (2008-10)

Chris Durno (2008-10)

Matt Hendricks (2008-10)

Craig Anderson (2009-11)

Matt Duchene (2009-11)

David Koci (2009-11)

Peter Mueller (15 games 2010)

Ryan O’Reilly (2009-11)

Kevin Porter (2009-11)

Kyle Quincey (2009-11)

Ryan Stoa (2009-11)

Ryan Wilson (2009-11)

Stephane Yelle (11 games 2010)

Brandon Yip (2009-11)

Philippe Dupuis (2009-10)

Shawn Belle (4 games 2011)

Brian Elliott (12 games 2011)

Tomas Fleischmann (2010-11)

Jonas Holos (2010-11)

Matt Hunwick (2010-11)

Erik Johnson (2010-11)

Jay McClement (2010-11)

Ryan O’Byrne (2010-11)

Mark Olver (18 games 2010)

Daniel Winnik (2010-11)

Montreal Canadiens

Mike Blunden (2011-14)

Rene Bourque (2011-14)

Chris Campoli (2011-12)

Erik Cole (2011-13)

Mathieu Darche (2011-12)

David Desharnais (2011-14)

Raphael Diaz (2011-14)

Lars Eller (2011-14)

Alexei Emelin (2011-14)

Brian Gionta (2011-14)

Scott Gomez (2011-12)

Josh Gorges (2011-14)

Tomas Kaberle (2011-13)

Andrei Markov (2011-14)

Travis Moen (2011-14)

Petteri Nokelainen (2011-12)

Max Pacioretty (2011-14)

Tomas Plekanec (2011-14)

Carey Price (2011-14)

Brad Staubitz (19 games 2012)

P.K. Subban (2011-14)

Yannick Weber (2011-13)

Ryan White (2011-14)

Brendan Gallagher (2012-14)

Alex Galchenyuk (2012-14)

Michael Ryder (2012-13)

Brandon Prust (2012-14)

Francis Bouillon (2012-14)

Colby Armstrong (2012-13)

Davis Drewiske (9 games 2013)

Gabriel Dumont (12 games 2012-14)

Jeff Halpern (19 games 2013)

Jarred Tinordi (2012-14)

Nathan Beaulieu (2012-14)

Greg Pateryn (3 games 2013)

Daniel Briere (2013-14)

Thomas Vanek (2013-14)

Michael Bournival (2013-14)

Mike Weaver (2013-14)

Dale Weise (2013-14)

Douglas Murray (2013-14)

George Parros (2013-14)

Joseph St. Pierre (1 game 2014)

Louis Leblanc (8 games 2014)

Joonas Nattinen (1 game 2014)

Christian Thomas (2 games 2014)

Patrick Holland (5 games 2014)

Dustin Tokarski (3 games 2014)

St. John’s IceCaps

Jason Jaffray (19 games 2014-15)

Jerome Samson (19 games 2014-15)

Andrew Gordon (19 games 2014-15)

Kael Mouillierat (19 games 2014-15)

Brenden Kichton (19 games 2014-15)

John Albert (19 games 2014-15)

Carl Klingberg (19 games 2014-15)

Eric O’Dell (19 games 2014-15)

J.C. Lipon (19 games 2014-15)

Kyle MacKinnon (19 games 2014-15)

Will O’Neill (19 games 2014-15)

Adam Lowry (19 games 2014-15)

Patrice Cormier (19 games 2014-15)

Zach Redmond (19 games 2014-15)

Blair Riley (19 games 2014-15)

Ben Chiarot (19 games 2014-15)

Jordan Hill (19 games 2014-15)

Julian Melchiori (19 games 2014-15)

Josh Lunden (19 games 2014-15)

Paul Postma (4 games 2015)

Austen Brassard (19 games 2014-15)

Kris Fredheim (19 games 2014-15)

Travis Ehrhardt (8 games 2015)

Ryan Schnell (19 games 2014-15)

Ian O’Connor (3 games 2014)

Jamie MacQueen (5 games 2015)

Josh Morrissey (8 games 2015)

Tyler Beskorowany (12 games 2014-15)

Michael Hutchinson (19 games 2014-15)

Eddie Pasquale (19 games 2014-15)

Cody Sol (1 game 2015)

Eric Comrie (2 games 2015)

Colton Beck (3 games 2015)

Adam Pardy (3 games 2015)

Jussi Olkinuora (10 games 2015)

Cody Lampl (19 games 2014-15)

Ontario Reign

Sean Backman (2015-16)

Nic Dowd (2015-16)

Michael Mersch (2015-16)

Justin Auger (2015-16)

Vincent LoVerde (2015-16)

Jonny Brodzinski (2015-16)

Adrian Kempe (2015-16)

Kris Newbury (2015-16)

Jordan Samuels-Thomas (2015-16)

Andrew Crescenzi (2015-16)

Kevin Gravel (2015-16)

Jeff Schultz (2015-16)

Kurtis MacDermid (2015-16)

Ryan Horvat (2015-16)

Valentin Zykov (2015-16)

Nick Ebert (2015-16)

Joel Lowry (2015-16)

Derek Forbort (2015-16)

Brett Sutter (2015-16, 2018-19)

Scott Sabourin (2015-16)

Derek Army (12 games 2016)

Zac Leslie (2015-16)

Kevin Raine (2015-16)

Matt Leitner (15 games 2016)

Paul Bissonnette (2015-16)

Christian Ehrhoff (5 games 2016)

Matt Schmalz (3 games 2016)

Jamie McBain (3 games 2016)

Sam Herr (9 games 2016, 2018-19)

Mike Amadio (11 games 2016, 2018-19)

Paul LaDue (3 games 2016)

Kenton Miller (1 game 2016)

Damir Sharipzyanov (1 game 2016)

Maxim Kitsyn (2 games 2016)

Kyle Clifford (2 games 2016)

Ray Emery (3 games 2015)

Derek Arnold (4 games 2015)

Michael Houser (7 games 2016)

Curt Gogol (7 games 2016)

Mason Bergh (2018-19)

Daniel Brickley (2018-19)

Kale Clague (2018-19)

Jamie Devane (2018-19)

Aidan Dudas (2018-19)

Michael Eyssimont (2018-19)

Max Gottlieb (2018-19)

Jacob Ingham (2018-19)

Alex Lintuniemi (2018-19)

Matt Luff (2018-19)

Philippe Maillet (2018-19)

Connor McDonald (2018-19)

Zack Mitchell (2018-19)

Brad Morrison (2018-19)

Matt Moulson (2018-19)

Cal Peterson (2018-19)

Chaz Reddekopp (2018-19)

Sheldon Rempal (2018-19)

Nikita Scherbak (2018-19)

Austin Strand (2018-19)

Craig Wyszomirski (2018-19)

Los Angeles Kings

Anze Kopitar (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Drew Doughty (1 game, 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Milan Lucic (1 game 2016)

Alec Martinez (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Dustin Brown (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Jeff Carter (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Marian Gaborik (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Tanner Pearson (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Tyler Toffoli (1 games 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Kevin Gravel (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Dwight King (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Vincent Lecavalier (1 game 2016)

Trevor Lewis (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Brayden McNabb (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Jake Muzzin (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Jordan Nolan (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Luke Schenn (1 game 2016)

Nick Shore (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Nic Dowd (2016-17)

Derek Forbort (2016-17, 1 game 2018

Kyle Clifford (2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Devin Setoguchi (2016-17)

Jarome Iginla (19 games 2017)

Paul LaDue (2016-17)

Adrian Kempe (2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Tom Gilbert (18 games 2017)

Matt Greene (2016-17)

Andy Andreoff (2016-17)

Teddy Purcell (12 games 2017)

Jonny Brodzinski (6 games 2017)

Jhonas Enroth (1 game 2017)

Jonathan Quick (17 games 2016-17)

Ben Bishop III (7 games 2017)

Jeff Zatkoff (17 games 2016-17)

Jack Campbell (1 game 2017)

Dion Phaneuf (1 game 2018)

Mike Amadio (1 game 2018)

Oscar Fantenberg (1 game 2018)

Derek Forbort (1 game 2018)

Alex Iafallo (1 game 2018)

Ilya Kovalchuk (1 game 2018)

Cal Peterson (1 game 2018)

Nate Thompson (1 game 2018)

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov (15 games 2016-18)

Victor Hedman (15 games 2016-18)

Jonathan Drouin (7 games 2017)

Ondrej Palat (15 games 2016-18)

Tyler Johnson (15 games 2016-18)

Brayden Point (15 games 2016-18)

Alex Killorn (15 games 2016-18)

Vladislav Namestnikov (7 games 2017)

Anton Stralman (15 games 2016-18)

Steven Stamkos (15 games 2016-18)

Andrej Sustr (15 games 2016-18)

Braydon Coburn (15 games 2016-18)

Jake Dotchin (15 games 2016-18)

Cedric Paquette (15 games 2016-18)

Jason Garrison (7 games 2017)

Yanni Gourde (15 games 2016-18)

J.T. Brown (15 games 2016-18)

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OHL All-Stars

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Radovan Somik (2008)

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Roman Kukumberg (2010)

Richard Lintner (2010)

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Michal Handzus (2014)

Jaroslav Halak (2014)

Jan Laco (2014)

Martin Marincin (2014)

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Looney Tunes #121 -February 2005-

"The Right Stink"

writer: Jesse McCain

penciler: Leo Batic

inker: Horacio Ottolini

Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher

colorist: Dave Tanguay

"Present Tense"

script: Earl Kress

pencils & ink: Mike Decarlo

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letters: Nick J. Napolitano

"Sweep Stakes"

script: Sholly Fisch

pencils: Walter Carzon

inks: Ruben Torreiro

colors: Dave Tanguay

letters: Ken Lopez

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Looney Tunes #265 Review

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Writers: Derek Fridolfs, Bill Matheny, Sam Argo     Art: Robert W. Pope, Scott McRae, Silvana Brys, Mike Decarlo, Dave Tanguay, Walter Carzon, Ruben Torreiro, Publisher: DC Comics Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 15th, 2022 Reviewer: Jamie Robinson  If you’re interested in this comic, series, related trades, or any of the others mentioned, then simply click on the title/link to snag a copy…

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Review: Looney Tunes #259

Review: Looney Tunes #259   [Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers] Writer: Ivan Cohen, Brian Swenlin, Frank Strom, Sholly Fisch Artist: Walter Carzon, Omar Aranda Colors:   Silvana Brys, Dave Tanguay Letters:   Gabriela Downie, Nick J. Nap   Reviewed by: Carl Bryan   Summary Three tales accompany Looney Tunes #259 that celebrate the space exploration….Mars is a funny place! In Sell…

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Brooke Henderson looks to set Canadian golf record in 2019

Brooke Henderson looks to set Canadian golf record in 2019 Brooke Henderson looks to set Canadian golf record in 2019 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

On the airplane from Ottawa after her Christmas holidays, everyone recognized Brooke Henderson.

“That was just kind of different, but kind of cool,” said Henderson with a laugh from Naples, Fla., as she prepared for the LPGA season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions this week in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

While the 21-year-old native of Smiths Falls, Ont., insists life hasn’t changed much as she’s rocketed up the golf rankings the past few years, the airplane scene shows just how far Henderson has come in the general Canadian sport landscape.

With seven LPGA victories, Henderson enters 2019 one back of the all-time win record by Canadian professionals held by Mike Weir, George Knudson and Sandra Post.

Brooke Henderson repeats as Postmedia's Female Athlete of the Year

To match or eclipse that mark, the reigning Canadian Press female athlete of the year (an award she has won three times in the past four years) said she’s focused on keeping her scoring average below 70. Her 2018 average of 69.99 was good enough for fourth on tour and if she meets that goal again, she said everything else would fall in line.

The key to her success will be her putting, as it’s the one area of her game that has held her back in the past. She said she’s been working hard with her father Dave (who is also her coach) on speed. Having good pace on the greens, she said, would be a difference-maker this year.

“I’ve been working on consistency and make sure I’m ready for 2019,” she said. “And I feel like I am.”

Henderson earned a legion of new fans at least year’s CP Women’s Open in Regina, when she won by four shots and became the first Canadian woman to win on home soil in 45 years. She also won the Lotte Championship in Hawaii in April.

“I feel like I’ll be in contention a lot of the time and hopefully that leads to getting at least one win this year,” said Henderson. “But I’d love to keep that streak going of having at least two (she’s won two tournaments each of the past three years).”

Adam Hadwin, Canada’s top-ranked male golfer, certainly wouldn’t doubt that possibility. He calls Henderson “a force.”

“With someone like her, with her being so young, the world is her oyster,” said Hadwin. “My hope is that she continues to enjoy the game and she stays the young, happy kid that she is and she continues doing what she’s doing. If she can do that, she’ll have an extremely long, successful career.”

Despite the money (she’s earned more than US$1.4 million the last three years in a row and counts Rolex as one of her sponsors), and the fame (a bobblehead doll made in her likeness has become a collector’s item), Henderson doesn’t feel like her life is that much different.

It’s been a big adjustment going from a town of 9,000 to being recognized around the world, she admitted, but Henderson remains close to the people who have been by her side for years.

After dropping the ceremonial puck before an Ottawa Senators game in December and receiving a standing ovation, she watched the game in a box surrounded only by family and some friends she’s known since grade school.

“The people that have always been there for me and always been important to me … they haven’t changed at all,” she said. “I feel like I’ve just grown friends around the world. I’ve brought things in, in addition to those people from my life in Smiths Falls.”

Henderson, who joked at the 2017 CP Women’s Open about retiring early, said she’s not looking too far ahead these days.

The 2019 season is her main focus.

“I feel like I’ve handled everything pretty well so far,” said Henderson. “I’m just trying to get a little bit better every day, and have a great year.”

Henderson is the lone Canadian in the winners-only event this week. The first full-field event of the LPGA Tour season goes Feb. 7-10 in Australia.

CANADIANS TO WATCH ON THE LPGA TOUR IN 2019

Brittany Marchand — Marchand, 26, managed to secure LPGA status for 2019 after finishing tied for seventh at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic in July, her best result of the year. The native of Orangeville, Ont., is Canada’s second-ranked female golfer behind Henderson.

Alena Sharp — Sharp, 37, said in 2018 she battled depression as she struggled on the course. But a run of solid results to end of her year secured LPGA Tour status once again in 2019 for the native of Hamilton. She’s looking for her first win.

Jaclyn Lee — Calgary’s Lee finished in sixth place at the LPGA Tour’s Q-Series (an eight-round qualifying tournament) to comfortably earn status for 2019. The 21-year-old announced in December she would be leaving Ohio State University to turn professional. While she’s still going to get her degree, she won’t play on the golf team.

Anne-Catherine Tanguay — The native of Quebec City is back on the LPGA Tour for the second year in a row after finishing eighth in Q-Series. She finished 126th on the money list last year.

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Bison, Dukes have been on collision course for FCS showdown

FARGO, N.D/January 03, 2018(AP)(STL.News)— The North Dakota State Bison and their fans owned Frisco, Texas, for five straight championship seasons, not only on the football field but in area hotels, restaurants and sports bars. Now returning after a one-year interruption, the Bison will find suburban Dallas a bit more crowded.

The top-seeded and defending champion James Madison (14-0) and the No. 2-seeded Bison (13-1) will square off Saturday for the Football Championship Subdivision title in a matchup of the dominant FCS programs with well-traveled contingents. Dukes coach Mike Houston has described the quest for tickets as a contest in itself.

Fans are in “a fight right now for every ticket that’s out there,” Houston said.

It’s the first time since 2011 and the first time since the FCS playoff field expanded to 24 teams that the top two seeds will face one another in the title game. Their resumes in the last half-dozen years include the two longest winning streaks in FCS. The Bison won a record 33 straight games between 2012 and 2014. The Dukes are currently riding a 26-game winning streak.

Houston, who last month signed a 10-year contract extension with James Madison, unabashedly said on the way to the top that he was building his team to beat the Bison, and that’s what the Dukes did last year in the FCS semifinals. Houston said the win gave his team respect for North Dakota State’s program and confidence it had reached its level. Asked what he could take from that game, Bison coach Chris Klieman said, “Nothing, really.”

“We just watched the film and decided what we liked and didn’t like … and moved on,” Klieman said. This year the teams seem evenly matched in all phases, including the presence of two veteran quarterbacks who have combined to win 62 games. Junior Easton Stick is 33-3 as a starter for the Bison.

Senior Bryan Schor is 29-3 in his career with the Dukes.

“Both players, I think their teams know how valuable they are,” Klieman said about Stick and Schor.

Both teams have moved on from a rash of injuries. The Dukes kept on rolling despite being particularly hard-hit on their offensive line. The Bison saw four of their top five running backs go down and lost their two starting cornerbacks in the playoffs. Klieman said the first step in overcoming injuries is expecting them to happen.

“That’s just the nature of football. You’re going to have guys injured,” Klieman said. “Nobody wants that. I hope we’re at our best, I hope JMU is at their best. But that’s the reality and both teams have lost guys for the season.”

Thanks in part to the three-week break between the semifinals and finals, some of those injured players could see action on Saturday.

North Dakota State standout defensive tackle Nate Tanguay said his advice to his younger teammates during championship week is to “lock in” during practices and meetings, but relax and enjoy the flurry of activities that includes meeting with former Bison football players and an annual bowling tournament.

“Hey, take it all in, because this could be taken away in an instant,” said Tanguay, who suffered a season-ending knee injury late in the 2016 campaign.

One person happy to be taking in Bison fans is Robert Verich, an owner and general manager of Tight Ends Sports Bar and Grill, a 450-seat watering hole in Plano with 42 TVs and 118 employees. He said the difference in his sales from 2017 to 2016 was “the Bison week,” or lack thereof.

“If you take the busiest day we’ve ever had, it doesn’t compare to when the Bison are here. And we’re busy. We’re one of the most popular places in the state of Texas,” Verich said. “What a great way to start the year. Imagine having a week where you can double your income for everybody.”

By DAVE KOLPACK by Associated Press, published on STL.NEWS by St. Louis Media, LLC (US)

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Puck Daddy Bag of Mail: Bad decisions, PDO and the best place for Karlsson

The Carolina Hurricanes, forever doomed by a low PDO. (Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Does it strike anyone else as weird that so many teams in the league seem to be winning like five of their last seven games, or six straight, and things like that? Seems to be a lot of that going around this year for no readily apparent reason, and a lot of the time, it’s teams where you look at their underlying numbers and you say, “Well, they’re not this good.”

On some level it’s the same Flames/Avs/Panthers/Blue Jackets disease that makes itself all too pervasive at this time of year; teams get to the 30-game mark and start to ignore the PDO. I’ve had a bunch of Golden Knights fans say to me, “Well clearly we’re one of the best teams in the league. Look at the record against other current playoff teams.” That whole thing. Kings fans are saying the same stuff. Very familiar to those of us who’ve been around the block with a high PDO and middling-or-worse underlyings.

Anyway, because I’ve been thinking about that kinda stuff lately, I chose a lot of questions this week about percentages, classic hockey wisdom, making bad decisions, and the like. It’s been on my mind, folks!

Here we go:

Dixon asks: “Why do the Flyers insist on playing old bad vets over young talent?”

The Flyers are in a weird spot, as I’ve said over the past few weeks. Their roster has very few good players in their mid-20s, and most of the talent is either entering or departing those players’ respective primes. Tough way to win.

But what you have to understand about coaching in this sport — and someone sent in a question about why some coaches insist on playing defense-first hockey, but this was in the same vein — is that they are risk-averse. That’s why when you talk about guys like Subban or Karlsson, you often hear that they take “too many” risks, when in fact there’s basically no such thing.

Those old, bad veterans on the Flyers roster, particularly on the blue line, get a pass because they don’t visibly screw up constantly, but are just low-level players who present as “steady.” But if Shayne Gostisbehere, with his high skill level, tries to make something happen and it doesn’t work, well, that’s a bad turnover that probably leads to a high-quality scoring chance, and high-quality scoring chances have a really high conversion rate. Then you get to say, “Well, this is why he needs to be demoted to the third pairing/benched for a period/healthy-scratched” while Andrew MacDonald has a 28 percent CF% in a game but blocks a few of those shot attempts against and gets kudos.

Basically, the answer to your question is, “This is a dumb sport for idiots.” It’s not a Dave Hakstol thing. It’s an everybody thing.

Mike asks: “When is Dustin Byfuglien going to get around to scoring a goal?”

Well, now that’s he’s out until after Christmas, it’s probably going to be a while, but the larger point is that he has no goals on 69 shots in 28 games. And while the obvious answer to your question is that a guy with a seven percent career shooting percentage is going to score a goal eventually — he’s scored at least 12 in every full season of his career — you also have to be concerned with the declining shot rate.

But this is kind of a thing with elite defensemen this year, isn’t it? Brent Burns went a good long while with only one goal despite the fact that he still shoots the puck a ton (he’s up to four now, but that’s still only four on 122 shots), and Erik Karlsson only has one on 66 shots.

So hey, it happens, especially when you shoot from as far as out as defensemen typically do.

Sasha asks: “Where should Karlsson go?”

It won’t happen for fairly obvious reasons, but I would freaking cry with joy if he got traded to Toronto for a raft of futures. The Leafs probably couldn’t keep him long-term, but they’re a good defenseman away from being legitimately dangerous. If they get, say, the best defenseman alive to address that problem, well, they’re gonna start scoring a lot of goals all of a sudden, and their problems with allowing a million shots a night won’t matter as much.

Cameron asks: “Are the Red Wings bad enough to get a top draft pick? What do you expect from this organization?”

Sure they are. They’re not 31st-in-the-league bad, but they’re absolutely capable of being 26th-in-the-league bad, and that’s pretty much all you need to assure yourself a pretty good crack at a top-three pick these days.

There’s a lot of struggle ahead for the Red Wings. They’re gonna try to rebuild on the fly, but the cap- and talent-based realities dictate that they will not be able to. The Wings love to sell themselves as drafting geniuses, but the recent history tells a very different story.

Of course, it’s pretty hard to screw up a top-three pick these days, and most end up working out just fine. But the Wings’ overall strategy should be a lot less focused on nailing a top-three pick, and compiling enough first-round picks to have more than one or two difference-makers.

Danny asks: “What in the world is going on with James Reimer? Is it a product of bad defense/bad moves that include getting rid of Demers for no reason?”

When I saw this question it occurred to me that I hadn’t seen James Reimer’s save percentage in a while, but I knew it wasn’t good or anything. Then I checked and, well, it was about what I thought: .894.

Certainly the quality of the team in front of him having been eroded so badly over the summer isn’t going to help his numbers at all, but then how do you explain Roberto Luongo having a bounce-back year and posting a .928 in 15 appearances? (The fact that Luongo has more losses than wins despite a .928 save percentage is, of course, indicative of Florida’s problem.)

Honestly, I’m willing to chalk a lot of this up to, “It’s just one of those things.” Goalies, shooters, they all go through fallow periods where they’re off their game, or they can’t catch a break. Reimer was a career .915 goalie coming into the season, and he’s only 29, so he didn’t turn into an awful goalie all of a sudden. Maybe he’s not 100 percent, and again the fact that the defense is giving up 10 high-quality shots per appearance (on average) isn’t helping.

I say give him a minute. Let’s not freak out about 18 games.

Andy asks: “At what point do certain stats like PDO stop becoming indicative of luck and start becoming indicative of an underlying trend? I’m a ‘Canes fan and at this point I think it’s safe to say our consistently low PDO isn’t an accident.”

On a team level, it’s very rare anyone can sustain a PDO of more than 101 for more than a season. If you have high-end talent, especially in net, that’s different. The Bruins and Rangers had PDOs north of 100 forever, because Tim Thomas, Tuukka Rask and Henrik Lundqvist are always going to have high save percentages, and that’s a big part of the battle.

But teams that shoot 9.5 or 10 percent for any decent stretch? That’s unsustainable. Even if you have elite talent like Stamkos, Ovechkin, Crosby, Getzlaf, etc., it’s hard to score goals, team-wide, at that kind of rate.

As far as the Hurricanes go, their low PDO was, for a long time, weighed down by both horrible goaltending and low shooting percentages. Scott Darling was supposed to be the fix to the former issue, and an influx of highly regarded talent the fix for the latter. Neither have been to this point (currently .899 from Darling, and the team is still shooting less than eight percent).

Everything else has improved in Raleigh, but the percentages are still quite bad. I’m with you in that I’m not sure this is a luck thing anymore, but I don’t know how to explain it either.

Zack asks: “What is a big enough sample size that you’re comfortable with to judge shooting percentage? Thinking of Brayden Point and his 98-game career.”

Point has a career shooting percentage of 16.1, but he’s only on 192 shots in 98 games. That’s fewer than two shots per game, which isn’t a lot at all.

For that reason, it’s not a “games” thing, it’s a “shots on goal” thing. Much like we probably don’t know a goalie’s “true talent” level until he’s faced a few thousand shots at the NHL level, I wouldn’t be comfortable saying this is Point’s reliable shooting level for until he hit maybe 600, 700 shots.

The other thing to consider, though, is that Point’s shot total might be so low because he’s in the Alex Tanguay mold: Tanguay is a guy who didn’t shoot much either — 1.4 per game, which is fewer than Point, actually — but has one of the highest career shooting percentages in NHL history despite playing through two Dead Puck Eras.

Why? Because Tanguay pretty much only shot the puck when he had a really good chance of putting it into the net. If that’s Point’s “thing” too, we’ll probably find out in a year or three.

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Ryan Lambert is a Puck Daddy columnist. His email is here and his Twitter is here.