will i ever shut up about it , no
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Men’s national team for Finland at Karjala Tournament
GOALTENDERS
29 Säteri Harri, EHC Biel NLA
35 Westerholm Niclas, SaiPa Lappeenranta
DEFENCE
2 Pokka Ville, Färjestad BK SHL
3 Friman Niklas, Brynäs IF SHL
4 Lehtonen Mikko, ZSC Lions NLA
6 Kivistö Tommi, Kärpät Oulu
18 Saarijärvi Vili, SCL Tigers NLA
33 Vittasmäki Veli-Matti, Tappara Tampere
40 Lindbohm Petteri, Frölunda HC SHL
41 Melart Ilari, HIFK Helsinki
50 Riikola Juuso, IK Oskarshamn SHL
52 Seppälä Mikael, Tappara Tampere
FORWARDS
12 Anttila Marko, Kärpät Oulu
15 Aaltonen Miro, EHC Kloten NLA
21 Lehterä Jori, Tappara Tampere
22 Räsänen Aapeli, KalPa Kuopio
23 Ikonen Joona, Ilves Tampere
24 Björninen Hannes, Brynäs IF SHL
38 Innala Jere, Frölunda HC SHL
39 Merelä Waltteri, Tappara Tampere
46 Hakulinen Anrei, Lukko Rauma
48 Antonen Joose, KooKoo Kouvola
72 Liukas Eetu, HPK Hämeenlinna
74 Suomela Antti, IK Oskarshamn SHL
77 Turunen Teemu, Kärpät Oulu
81 Pakarinen Iiro, HIFK Helsinki
91 Lammikko Juho, ZSC Lions NLA
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Women’s Pittsburgh Penguins Juuso Riikola Black Home Breakaway Hockey Jersey
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first intermission: the ‘stache
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3 Down. 23 (10 Roster players) to go
Evgeni Malkin
Kris Letang
Rickard Rakell
Bryan Rust 6x5.125M Signed With PIT
Kasperi Kapanen
Nathan Beaulieu
Casey DeSmith
Juuso Riikola (Dead Cap, AHL but on Roster) Signed with IK Oskarshamn
Cameron Lee (AHL)
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (AHL)
Danton Heinen
Evan Rodrigues
Joshua Maniscalco (AHL)
Niclas Almari (AHL)
Justin Almeida (AHL)
Jan Drozg (AHL)
Alexander Nylander (AHL)
Will Reilly (AHL)
Kasper Bjorkqvist (AHL)
Taylor Fedun (AHL) 2x762.5K Signed 2-Way contract with PIT
Brian Boyle
Louis Domingue
Michael Chaput (AHL)
Anthony Angello (AHL)
Jordy Bellerive (AHL)
Alex D'Orio (AHL)
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Joe Batista, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ former coordinator of amateur hockey development: So many Pittsburgh area kids now are getting opportunities to play Division I college hockey, to go play in the OHL, and even make it to the NHL. Look at Sam Lafferty. I had Sam Lafferty in hockey camp when he was young. He was 45 minutes away from State College and here he is playing for the Penguins. How cool is that?
-Pens Pulse: Youth Hockey (feat gifs of baby Pens with babies)
As a kid growing up in Hollidaysburg, Pa. - which is about two hours away from Pittsburgh, just outside of Altoona - Sam Lafferty fell in love with hockey after watching the Penguins' playoff run in 2001 when he was 6 years old.
A few years later, his beloved Penguins drafted Sidney Crosby with the first overall pick in 2005, and he immediately became Lafferty's favorite player.
Needless to say, it was incredibly surreal for Lafferty to make his NHL debut with the Penguins - who drafted him in 2014 - on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena in their 4-1 loss to Winnipeg, with his first shift being centered by Crosby himself.
“You can't draw it up any better,” said Lafferty's stepdad, Dave Weaver. “We were watching warmups and he's standing next to Sid, and then we're standing there looking around at the crowd going, ‘Holy cow, this is pretty real.’”
Crosby being drafted certainly had a huge impact on growing hockey in the area and inspiring more kids to play.
“Sid getting drafted by the Penguins saved hockey in Pennsylvania, in my mind,” said Dave. “It galvanised youth hockey. They started the Little Penguins program and it just got so many more kids playing. At that time, there was talk about them moving the team. So it was a big deal when he got drafted. For Sam and Charlie to be able to watch Crosby is pretty awesome.”
Though Sam wouldn't just watch him play. After taking in a game, he would go to the rink the next day and try to replicate whatever he had seen Crosby do on the ice the night before.
“You would see Crosby make a move and the very next day, you'd see Sam in practice trying to mimic the same exact move,” said his childhood friend, Adam Badorrek. “And he would do it. I would do that and fall over right away (laughs). Sam was just so determined to be a great player, even from early on.”
-Lafferty’s Childhood Dream Comes True, Oct 9 2019
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It’s getting to be holiday season and you know what that means: gift basket auctions from your favorite hockey teams! (or at least mine)
I just looked at the auction baskets for the pens this year and I have two (2) conclusions:
(a) Male hockey players are the most boring people on earth. The ones who actually put in something other then merch chose starbucks and iTunes gift cards, maybe a red wine if they were feeling really frisky. Then they round it out with sour patch kids or some other grocery line candy (dark chocolate from the slightly more mature palates). There is no way these men have actual personalities if they had any say in the baskets. There are few exceptions.
(b) The main exception is our man Juuso Riikola who actually includes a signed bag of Ricola cough drops. What a legend.
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