"Risk something or forever sit with your dreams"~Herb Brooks. Husband & Dad. Ex-HS 🏈 Coach. Lover of hockey, football, fishing, Boston, and N. Carolina beaches
MASSIVE. Imagine telling someone in 1993. "Some day there will be a Stanley Cup Final between a team from Nevada and North Carolina and Game 3 will peak with 6 million viewers."
THE STANLEY CUP FINAL HAS BEEN ELECTRIC ⚡️
The Hurricanes and Golden Knights have combined for 33 goals in the first 4 games of the Stanley Cup Final, T-3rd most for a single Stanley Cup Final 😮
Today is the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, over 34,000 Americans came ashore at Omaha alone on June 6.
The Allies suffered over 10,300 total casualties (killed, wounded, or missing).
Heroes who should always be remembered. 🫡🇺🇸🙏
June is Men’s Mental Health Month.
80% of suicides are men.
Men are 4x more likely to die by suicide.
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for men under 50.
6 of 10 gun deaths in America are suicides.
17 veterans take their lives every day.
Men, please ask for help. ❤️
St. Francis grad Brendan Furry credits Knights for flourishing pro career.
“I’d love to contribute to hopefully them taking the next step. To be able to give back and to try to persuade those guys to take the next step, I love to do that.”
@SFSAthletics
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.@Jase_bowen32 (@CCHSIrishBSBL alum) is set to make his MLB debut with the @Padres after hitting 13 home runs with a .962 OPS in AAA this season
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The NHL Alumni Association is devastated to share that Claude Lemieux has passed away at the age of 60.
Born in Buckingham, Quebec, Claude was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and would make his NHL debut just a few months later on October 13, 1983 and scored his first career NHL goal on December 4, 1983.
Claude split time between the Canadiens organization and the QMJHL from 1983 to 1985, capturing the President’s Cup with the Verdun Junior Canadiens in 1985 as QMJHL playoff champions, while earning the Guy Lafleur Trophy as Playoff MVP.
The very next season, Claude recorded 10 goals and 16 points in 20 playoff games as he and the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Claude remained with the Canadiens for an additional four seasons before joining the New Jersey Devils ahead of the 1990-91 season.
In 1994-95, his fifth and final season with New Jersey, Claude led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup championship, registering 13 goals in 20 playoff games, taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP. As a member of the Colorado Avalanche in 1995-96, Claude was once again an integral part of team history as the Avalanche hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup for the very first time in 1996.
Claude played 297 regular-season games in an Avalanche uniform before rejoining the New Jersey Devils in November of 1999, and for a fourth and final time, would be crowned a Stanley Cup champion on June 10, 2000. Claude later played for the Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas Stars before making a comeback with the San Jose Sharks during the 2008-09 season.
Internationally, Claude represented Canada on several occasions, including capturing a gold medal at the 1985 World Junior Hockey Championships and winning the 1987 Canada Cup.
He was loved by his wife and four children, and on behalf of the Lemieux family, we kindly ask that everyone respect their privacy during this difficult time.
Memorial service details to follow.
The Minnesota Twins released David Ortiz because they didn’t want to pay him around $2 million.
The Red Sox signed him for $1.25 million.
Boston then got 541 career HRs, 3 World Series titles, and Big Papi.
One of the greatest bargains in sports history.
Memorial Day is a sad, somber day of remembrance for those who died, most of them very young, while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. And for the parents, siblings, spouses, daughters & sons, that feel an irreplaceable and irredeemable emotional loneliness that we can not fathom