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[kungpowkingshockey]

Just wrapped up another successful Sunday morning coaching session with the Kung Pow Kings u9 ice hockey team! So proud of these young athletes and their dedication to the sport 🏒💪 Thanks parents for your support and trust. . . . . . #coachlife #HKIceHockey #KungPowKings #YouthSports #CoachingSuccess #SundayMotivation 📸 @kungpowkingshockey #kungpowkingshockey #icehockey #hongkong #therink #elements (at The Rink - HK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaIVhNu7Ga/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[confusedhockeyslut]

Because of the emotion and the pressure and everything else that goes with it, is a relationship like you and Conor have almost deeper than a brotherhood?

Leon: Yeah, I think we've just been through, you know, the identical things in a way. You know, obviously, there's always more attention on Conor, and rightfully so, that's the way it's supposed to be. But in a way, you know, we've gone through the same ups and downs in our organization. We're chasing the same things. Our priorities over time have changed together. And I think we've just gone through a lot of the similar things in a way. And, you know, it's just amazing to have someone that understands you, that understands what you're feeling, understands what you're going through, and ultimately understands me as a person better than me as a player, right? He knows me as a player. But I think our relationship is so special because I see when he's struggling, he knows exactly what I need when I'm struggling. And I think that's something very special and that, you know, we're very proud of.

Why don't I switch subjects with you a little bit? because Sean had asked me one time if you could pick any NHL player to live with, who would it be?

You have a unique perspective on this that I don't have, obviously. If you could had if you had to do it, who would you if anybody on the oilers that you had to do, who would you live with if you had to live with a teammate? And there's a lot that goes into this personality.

You know, yeah, live with a cooking ability.

Leon: Yeah, I'm going to need that. God, man, that's a that's a really hard question. I was not prepared for this.

No, you never thought about that one.

Leon: No, I never thought of that one. Maybe Connor, because I think we're very alike and very similar in certain things. And I think we always, you know, we enjoy talking about hockey. We love the game. We love getting better. We love watching. So we love sports in general together. And I think he would be a pretty easy guy to live with.

You were talking about Connor before, too, and I had thought of this. And now the way you were just talking about it here. If you guys weren't linked together with Edmonton, do you think you'd be buddies?

Like, because of the personalities that you have?

Leon: Yeah, I mean, it's a possibility, yeah. A lot of times, you know, you become really close with teammates or people that you play with. You spend a lot of time with, right? Friendships, they take time to develop. But definitely a character that I would probably gravitate towards.

[tkachuktkaching]

Tkachuk to be full participant at start of Panthers training camp

Forward ‘feeling great’ after fracturing sternum during Stanley Cup Final

LAS VEGAS -- Matthew Tkachuk will be a full participant when the Florida Panthers begin training camp Sept. 21.

The forward said at the NHL North American Player Media Tour on Tuesday during an interview for a future episode of the "NHL @TheRink" podcast that he is healthy more than three months after sustaining a fractured sternum in the first period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights on June 8.

"I am feeling great," Tkachuk said. "It's been a very short summer, the way I want it to be every year going forward. The worst timing for the injury, obviously, Stanley Cup Final, but in a weird way I had time after where I wasn't missing X amount of months of game action, so I had the summer to get ready. I definitely improved on some things. The injury allowed me to work on some parts of fitness and conditioning and that is in the best form right now possible, and I just improved on some strength, which was my goal."

Tkachuk returned in the third period of Game 3 and scored the tying goal with 2:13 remaining. The Panthers won 3-2 in overtime.

He said he was given permission by team doctors to play through the pain in Game 4. He skated 16:40 and had four shots on goal in a 3-2 loss that put Florida down 3-1 in the best-of-7 series. Tkachuk did not play Game 5, which Vegas won 9-3 to win the Stanley Cup.

"I think I realized I was in the most pain when we won that Game 3," Tkachuk said. "I missed a big portion of it, came back and we won it in overtime. After the game, I'm walking around and normally you have the high spirits after a win, especially in the playoffs. It doesn't matter what you're going through, you're on top of the world. And I was pumped, but I still knew that half of my body felt like it was [in pain]. I knew something wasn't right.

“I didn't know what it was at the time. We did all my tests the next day, then I came back and basically with doctor's orders was given the opportunity to do everything I could to play just one game. [I] did it. I would have done it all over again if I had the chance."

Tkachuk said he wasn't worried about long-term effects of the break in his sternum, knowing that would heal, but there were some internal issues that that led to some scary moments.

"I'll try to keep it short, but there's all the blood vessels and stuff and that was the scary part at the time and that was the most concerning part in my health at the time," Tkachuk said. "But right now, it's good."

He was able to play Game 4 despite not even being able to get out of bed without assistance from his brother, Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk.

"I'm not going to lie, that was the craziest thing I've ever kind of been a part of," Brady said Tuesday, also for a future episode of the "NHL @TheRink" podcast. "I just flew in for the game because I wanted to see a Stanley Cup Final game and he came back from the rink in the morning and just looked awful. He was like, 'I’ve got to go take a nap.' And then he calls me at 3:30 and I'm downstairs. He says, 'Can you come up here?' We were just mucking it up and then he's like, 'Alright, I need you to help me up.' I'm like, 'You're joking.' He's like, 'No, I legit can't get up. I just sneezed and I thought I died.'

“He was going through some serious pain and just to see him be able to find a way to just play in that game and have the mindset of treating this as my last game, do whatever it takes, try to get a win and put ourselves in a better position going into Game 5, I was so proud of him. The way he played, trying to work around it, not many people can do, especially at the pain level he was at."

Tkachuk finished last season tied for sixth in the NHL with 109 points (40 goals, 69 assists) in 79 games. He led the Panthers and was tied for third in the NHL in playoff scoring with 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) in 20 games.

Florida is not expected to have defensemen Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour on the ice for the start of training camp; each has been rehabbing from offseason shoulder surgery. Tkachuk said they may not be back until around Christmas.

[whosthehottestrapper]

NEW YORK pt2

New York City! This is Pt2 of a short series of reels documenting my last visit to New York City! Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, the bible verse found over the entrance of 30 Rock in NYC. #NewYorkStateOfMind There is so much #GreekInfluenced architecture in NYC. Wall Street and Broadway! #CharlieMac #Amazing #Macamillion #Music #Reels #NewYork #Manhattan #EmpireStateBuilding #FifthAve #NBC #ObservationDeck #RadioCityMusicHall #RockefellerPlaza #TheRink #WallStreet #TheWallStreetBull #innov8tors @macamilliondollarman @rockefellercenter @topoftherocknyc @radiocitymusichall

[stephynow]

Make fun your favorite. Find the ones that keep the fun alive. Love our fun bunch. Happy birthday, @xantheplescia! #funbunch #discoisnotdead #flowstate #flowstateonskates #therink #bombshells #discobirthdays #rollergirl (at The Rink) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8VZmRzhCik/?igshid=7sjjs0frlxyq

[kornkidd]

#Richie went to a #rollerskating #birthdayparty and it was a blast. Haven’t gone “skating” in more than 30 years. Great to see modern kids have so much fun GREAT idea for a child’s birthday party. @marcia20 #skating #rollerskating #80’ #90’s #therink #longisland #longislandarena #longislandfleamarket #RE3 @marcia20 https://www.instagram.com/richevangelista/p/CXs_fPVOPka/?utm_medium=tumblr

[fashionartfilmalien]

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[trini2015]

Have a super blessed wonderful special Bornday and many more 💯 🎉 🎆 👊🏿 👍🏿 👍🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿 🌟 🌟 👑 👑 👑 Remembering going to #House #Parties, #Basementparties, in #QueensNY #TheRink in Bergenfield, Teaneck, Englewood, Hackensack and Brooklyn just slaying all even older #Rappers. Still #1 @Regranned from @llcoolj - Be prayerful. Be grateful. Sow seed. Dream. Set Goals. Work smart/hard. Achieve Goal. Repeat cycle... What we choose to do in 2018 is up to Us. To be continued.... #2017bestnine - #regrann

[rosebowlhockey]

It was tile installation day in Irvine. Just in time for NARCh Winternationals. What do you think of the darker blue tile color? Swipe for the pics. 📸 @terrydillon21 👈🏼 Thank you! #irvineinline #narch #stilmat #therinks #rollerhockey #coronainline #sportcourt #hockey #inlinehockey #odr #streethockey #calstreethockey #roller #bauer #ccm #missionhockey #mavinhockey #labedahockey #labeda #rinkrat #rinkrathockey #icehockey #rosebowlhockey #pasadenahockey #irvine (at The Rinks - Irvine Inline) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmvFSyQL9FN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[billyblass]

#TBT where I came up and where all the ballers balled on Tuesday nights,I was off the porch & outside early, if you know you know, Tuesday nights was popping, parking lot pimping at it’s finest.. Car Show, Fashion Show, Crew Show & then after that hit RT.4 and across the water.... #TheRink #Bergenfield #NewJersey #skating #WillieBurger #145St #8ThAve #NewYorkCity #NYC 🏙🌃 #rollerskating #hamburger https://www.instagram.com/p/B5seay7nbO_/?igshid=1vgob1zo5gykz

[ibogard]

#Yaaaoooo Salt n Pepa’s here; and they’re in effect.. Yo @KiddieConfessionals, @BOGARDbyMikeB ( links in bios); crush and style icons since ‘85 no lie! Bout to take it back for a sec; not sure how any other city did it. But durin the winter flows back then; if y’all ever did #TheRoofTop #LatinQuarters ( the original) #UnionSquare #SkatingDownAtTheCenter ( in Greenburgh) #TheRink ( in Jerz) #EmpireRollerRink #SkateKey ( Allernton Ave) and let’s not figet #Act3 Jus to name a few; it was always showtime! This is how your favorite Supa- Fly Girls, Honey Dip crews floated around. With their A si- metrical cuts, bamboo ear- rings at two pair, leather bombers, furs and shearlings! Cheryl "Salt" James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton & Deidra "Spinderella" Roper; the Regal Queens from Queens were jus a few who had it on smash- and the three bottles of red wine are still fine! #HipHopAtItsFinest #RoyalFlyness #Swaganomics #BlackAppleStateOfMind #MyEra #NYC #NuevoYork #80s #Hustlerettesinstyle #Cactchthemifucan cc @djspinderella @saltnpepaofficial • Oh get your ol’school fave crush or style icon T-shirt and Sweaters at www.KiddieConfessionals.com AND your unisex leather bombers and shearlings at www.BOGARDbyMikeB.com boom!!! (at New York, New York)

[tkachuktkaching]

Matthew and Brady on @ The Rink Podcast

Most of what they said bits of it has already come out in previous articles a few weeks back

Brady discussed his summer wedding, his excitement going into the season, the growth of his team and what he learned watching Matthew and the Panthers go on their run to the Stanley Cup Final last season.

Brady : "Just to see the every-day grind of taking care of himself, making sure he's ready for the game, and just as a leader too, taking care of yourself so you're able to demand from the rest because you're doing it right," he said. "I'm definitely ready and hopefully it'll be me in the playoffs soon.

"Seeing what he did created a lot of motivation for me over the summer."

Matthew discussed the broken sternum he sustained during the Stanley Cup Final and the pain he was in, the help he got from his brother at that time, Brady's bachelor party in Miami, and feeling a different vibe in the South Florida market after last season.

"Very different," Matthew said. "A lot more buzz. There's a lot of buzz around every sports team. It's turning into a sports crazy town and that makes it fun. [Soccer star Lionel] Messi coming in makes that much more buzz. The past few years the Dolphins have been great. What us and the Heat did last year really gave a lot of traction for us as a hockey team. So it's pretty cool." via NHL.COM

Listen to Brady from 16.04 Matthew from 40.30

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A few added things from Matthew's interview on the podcast some of which we've already heard & posted previously but included here for anyone that missed it first time round.

His injury allowed him to work on his strength & conditioning.

He wishes there was no social media after all the wedding stuff posted online, his family like to have a good time at weddings and doesn't know where people get this stuff (footage that goes viral).

Things Brady is better at than him: a better shot, video games & being a all round better human being than him (but he'll work on that!), Matthew says he himself is a ball buster, Matthew takes the bragging rights when it comes to Golf though he says his Dad is better at chirping and more witty & more funny than him & thinks his dad's game was underappreciated & underrated at the time he played, people realise from Matthew & Brady's game style how good & valuable he was and his dad gets belated recognition which he appreciates.

Says Brady's bachelor party in Miami took a few years off his life!

His summer consisted of the trip to Nashville for the player Awards, laying around in the hotel doing nothing, Bachelor parties, four weddings, and a trip to Montana in August, though he hasn't really done much of anything over the last month.

The Blood vessels and stuff were the the scary part of his injury at the time and half his body felt like it was out here, he knew something wasn't right, he didn't know what it was at the time, until they did his tests the next day. He was in the most pain after winning game three the overtime win. But now he's all good.

It was doctors who gave him the go ahead to do what he could to play just one last game. Despite the serious nature of his injury he would do it all over again if he had the chance.

He's excited to get going for camp & the new season though mentions the missing guys until around Christmas will be a tough ask (Montour & Ekblad) he feels The Panthers have more depth especially with the D this year.

Calls Alex Lyon The Lyon King & Big praise for his (Lyon) & Bob's heroics. How they had to play with only six D & two Goalies with Knight's absence last year.

The goal is to again make the playoffs, and be in the mix he wants to get of to a good start and how it sucks to have to chase for a spot like they had last year.

The Allstar was a good jump start because the Panthers weren't doing well as a team at that point which created a buzz that carried on leading on the cup run.

[milkfrost]

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[djdannydee1]

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[3decades3kids]

They want to skate at The Rink every single time we are in the area!! #therink #rockcenter #rockefellercenter #newyork #nyc #rockcenternyc (at The Rink at Rockefeller Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu495NEgMPp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gaknz055smci

[fashionartfilmalien]

Icon Liza Minnelli is Sally Bowles 1972-73 #happybirthdaylizaminnelli #sallybowles #chicago #filmicon #styleicon #hollywoodroyalty #arthur #newyorknewyork #thesterilecuckoo #theact #floratheredmenace #therink #victorvictoria https://www.instagram.com/p/CMWHhUCBWfZ/?igshid=1gstx3w9gy7qm