JONAH C. WILLIAMS

Dir. of Player Personnel, Gilmour Academy • Bridgton Academy ‘16

[Avery Chenier @AveryChenier]

Oracle Park does it the right way

[Cam Janssen @CamJanssen25]

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[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Happy 4th of July everyone

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Happy 250th birthday to the greatest country that’s ever existed 🇺🇸

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

“1 more”

Happy 250th! 🇺🇸

[Paul Bissonnette @BizNasty2point0]

I hate to say it but the Leafs are winning the cup.

[Penticton Vees @PentictonVees]

🚨SIGNING ALERT🚨

The Vees have signed 2009-born American D Whitaker Rewertz to a Western Hockey League Scholarship and Development Agreement!

Welcome to Penticton Whitaker!

INFO | https://t.co/ywn5Q5a4iY

[NHL @NHL]

The Plante brothers are both @DetroitRedWings! ❤️

Victor was just drafted 47th overall, just like his brother Max in the 2024 #NHLDraft!

[David @undervalu]

A USHL junior team in a town of 60,000 in Iowa became one of the best player-development pipelines to the NHL in American hockey.

The architect: Kalle Larsson.

A Swedish Division-III college player who built a pathway machine.

A thread on development done right.

[Ashley Chase @AshleyChaseTV]

This is general commentary about the state of employment in junior hockey in the U.S. not the USHL specifically.

Owners in junior hockey want pro quality at every level of organizations but more often than not don’t pay employees working hardest to achieve that, a living wage.

[Charlie Yaeger @ShotOfYaegerIV]

Ahead of this year’s NHL Draft, we look back 40 years to a Paul Bunyan sized legend, George Pelawa

In honor of him being drafted in the 1st rd by the Calgary Flames in 1986, we are airing a special segment tonight, early in our newscast, about the “Great White Shark”

Preview:

[Hockey Dad in the Corner @dadinthecorner]

You can cheat your kid in hockey. More ice than everyone else, more privates, hockey only, year-round, starting at seven. And it works -your kid is better at 10, 11, 12. Then 13 or 14 hits. Physical development kicks in, and the kids who can actually train hard start training hard. The ones who are fresh take huge leaps. The ones who've been grinding for six straight years find out they're running on empty. You didn't give your kid an advantage. You borrowed against their future.

[Brendan Cahill @brendancahill_]

Committing to play D3 isn’t “settling”, it’s a significant achievement of commitment, focus and hard work especially when 7% or less of HS players go onto college.

[Ryan Bowlin @rybo_2]

Evan Wanner and Zak Devig went from helping @Spud_Hockey win a state title to breaking records with @Spud_Lacrosse.

Wanner has scored 123 career goals (Spuds record)
Devig has recorded 31 career wins (Spuds record)

Now they hope to help the Spuds win a SIXTH straight section title.

@Spuds_TV | @MHSSpuds | @spudsports

ONLINE VERSION: https://t.co/7lhe0BN1DH

(@MNHockeyStar @mnhshockeytalk @MNHockeyDog
@mnhockeytv @MNHockeyLife @MNStateOfHockey
@Homeicemn @FollowThePuck @Legacy_Hockey @LetsPlay_Hockey @MinnyHockey @StateOfHoppy
@AlexMicheletti @MHDHockeyHub @jfammerman @LoganWiemken)

[Jason Harmon @JasonHarmonNFL]

The most beautiful sight on earth.

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

I signed to UCLA my junior year of high school and was told I was going to start Day 1.

Opening Day at UCLA?

I was sitting the bench. 😭

I had 2 choices:

1. Complain, pout, and blame the coaches

OR

2. Find the holes on the team and become valuable.

So for 3 weeks, I sat the bench.

I showed up early.
Stayed late.
Cheered for my teammates.
Dragged the field every 3rd inning.

Meanwhile, I studied the team.

The middle infielders were doing well.
Third base wasn’t.

So I told the coaches:

“I can play third.”

Then I noticed something else:

Offensively, we were either hitting home runs or getting out.

I saw the gap.

If I could become a tough out, get on base, and bring energy to the team…
I could create value.

Then we played Miami.

The starting third baseman was hitting .115.

They gave me a shot.

I went 2 for 3 with a walk.
Played solid defense.
Brought energy.

I never sat the bench again.

Eventually, I became team captain…
and we were ranked #1 in the country.

One thing baseball taught me:

Opportunities don’t always go to the most talented player.

Sometimes they go to the player who becomes the most valuable.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

College hockey is uniting to challenge the NCAA's proposed "5-in-5" rule to give athletes a five-year window to compete.

Hockey's unique development pipeline means some players' eligibility windows could shrink to 2-3 years. The sport doesn't want to be "collateral damage."

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: President Trump announces that 9/11 hero Welles Crowther will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Known as “The Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther repeatedly ran back into the South Tower on 9/11 to help others escape, saving as many as 18 lives before losing his own.

Allison Crowther said her son’s legacy continues to endure nearly 25 years later: “Welles’ light still shines brightly.”

[JONAH C. WILLIAMS @jmagic_21]

Nelson/Faber #bucciovertimechallenge

[Minnesota Vikings @Vikings]

An absolute Legend.

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