#Tokohu

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Baru saja nemuin keseruan di jurusan tekpang, ternyata ya masih selaras dengan keahlianku di bidang makhluk hidup dan kimia. Kalau memang dengan ditakdirkannya aku di tekpang bisa menjadi kebermanfaatan untuk orang lain, nggak apa-apa aku ikhlas, semoga segalanya dipermudah, semoga aku selalu diberi kesehatan supaya bisa menebar manfaat untuk orang lain dengan ilmu dan keahlianku. Semoga bisa ikut exchange ke Tokohu University, semoga bisa ikut penelitian dosen, semoga bisa bikin jurnal dari PKM yang kuajukan, dan semoga-semoga lainnya yang tak bisa kusebutkan satu per satu. Ternyata ini apa yang ingin Allah berikan untukku.

Perihal mimpiku dari kecil yang ingin menjadi dokter, tak apa kalau memang harus pupus di tahun ini, aku masih punya banyak cara untuk dekat dengan dunia medis, ya salah satunya relasiku banyak dari tenaga medis, seperti perawat hemodialisis, dokter umum, bahkan dokter spesialis dan mahasiswa kedokteran. Aku pun ngga akan berhenti buat terus belajar mencari tahu Kuasa Allah yang ada di dalam tubuh manusia bahkan sekecil mitokondria dari sel telur ibu yang diberikan kepada calon janin ketika masa pembuahan. Allah memang tidak pernah berhenti membuatku takjub dengan Kuasa yang ditunjukkan melalui tubuh manusia.

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OBRAS DE MEDIDAS DE SEGURANÇA ATRASAM E A USINA NUCLEAR DE ONAGAWA SÓ VOLTARÃO A OPERAR EM 2023

A conclusão das contramedidas de segurança na unidade 2 da usina nuclear de Onagawa, na província de Miyagi, no Japão, não será concluída até março de 2023, dois anos depois do previsto. A informação  é da  Tohoku Electric Power Company, proprietária da usina. Ainda assim, o regulador nuclear do Japão concluiu em fevereiro que a unidade atende aos padrões de segurança revisados, abrindo caminho para retomar a operação. Tohoku espera gastar cerca de US$ 3,2 bilhões em contramedidas, que incluem reforço sísmico de Onagawa 2  e a construção de um paredão de 29 metros de altura e 800 metros de comprimento para proteger a usina de tsunamis. A empresa originalmente planejava concluir essas obras em abril de 2017, mas o cronograma foi adiado várias vezes. O plano mais recente era que as contramedidas estivessem em vigor até o final do exercício financeiro de 2020 (que termina em março de 2021).

No entanto, a Tokohu anunciou agora que revisou seu plano de atualização para a operação do Onagawa 2. Com base nas discussões que teve com a Autoridade de Regulação Nuclear (NRA), a Tohoku decidiu expandir  suas obras para melhorar as instalações da usina. Como resultado, todo o plano de obras foi adiado e agora é esperado que seja concluído em março de 2023. No final de novembro de 2019, a NRA aprovou um projeto de documento de triagem que concluiu que a planta atualizada atenderá aos padrões de segurança revisados, introduzidos em janeiro de 2013. Em  fevereiro deste ano, a NRA aprovou o relatório final de triagem, abrindo caminho para a unidade retomar Operação. O utilitário ainda precisa concluir as atualizações de contramedida e obter a aprovação das autoridades locais antes de poder reiniciar o Onagawa 2.

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Why Yu Darvish is the final word risk-reward signing for the title-chasing Cubs

The Chicago Cubs struck again within the NL Central arms race, inking Yu Darvish to a six-year contract value a assured $126 million.

The deal, which may pay Darvish as much as $150 million general, fills a obvious space of want for a workforce that is made the NLCS three years in a row, with just a little one thing else thrown in for good measure. With Jake Arrieta submitting without cost company and John Lackey retiring, Chicago wanted beginning pitching assist, even after nabbing Tyler Chatwood on a considerably speculative three-year pact.

That is greater than only a big-revenue workforce filling a gap by throwing cash at an issue, although. By signing the four-time All-Star, the Cubs perked up what had been a quiet offseason for one in all baseball’s glamour groups, and a surprisingly quiet Sizzling Range season for MLB as a complete.

The Cubs taking this lengthy to signal Darvish is not merely a operate of a slow-moving offseason. Few big-ticket free brokers of latest classic have introduced this putting a mix of danger, and reward.

When he calls it quits sooner or later, Darvish will go down as one of many best prodigies in baseball historical past. Six-foot-five, robust and athletic, with blazing fastball velocity and a beguiling array of breaking pitches, he was already a celebrity at Tokohu Excessive College in Japan. With that stardom got here the horrifying workloads that managers heap on star pitchers of their quest for the coveted Koshien Nationwide Excessive College Baseball Championship. It was Darvish’s 2004 no-hitter in that event that rocketed curiosity within the huge righty into orbit.

By age 18, Darvish was firing high-leverage innings on the professional stage, for the Nippon Ham Fighters. At age 19, he led the Fighters to their first pennant in 25 years, whereas firing 149 2/Three innings and clocking a 2.89 ERA. That is the good paradox of wunderkind pitchers, after all: The dazzling skill at a younger age that makes scouts drool additionally make medical doctors and trainers wince on the prospect of rebuilding a broken arm in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.

In Darvish’s case, that setback did not crop up till a decade after that magical no-no, with elbow irritation knocking him out for the stretch run in 2014, adopted by Tommy John surgical procedure the next March. Going beneath the knife did not sluggish him down at first, although; quite the opposite, Darvish’s fastball spiked to career-high ranges after his return from surgical procedure.

However after a powerful 17 begins in his 2016 return season, Darvish posted a few of the worst numbers of his main league profession in 2017, together with his ERA spiking to a close to career-worst Three.86, largely as a result of career-high 27 homers he surrendered over 31 begins. Nonetheless, Darvish stays some of the prolific strikeout artists in baseball, rating seventh amongst MLB beginning pitchers in Okay charge since since his return.

Darvish additionally suffers from the incurable situation of being a pitcher. Whereas the speed of Tommy John surgical procedures has dropped considerably from just lately terrifying peak ranges, predicting how a pitcher will fare over the subsequent six seasons is a idiot’s errand of the best diploma. As data-heavy and details-focused as at this time’s entrance places of work are, baseball by and huge nonetheless does not know a rattling factor with regards to predicting long-term pitching efficiency. Provided that Darvish’s contract may take him previous his 37th birthday in what’s more and more changing into a younger man’s sport, it is arduous to not see the pink flags flashing all over the place.

The flip aspect to all that gloom and doom is there are actual rewards available right here. For starters, the going charge without cost brokers is approaching $9 million per win, if we use Wins Above Substitute as a baseline. WAR is under no circumstances an ideal measuring software, and a panoply of different components can and do have an effect on how a lot groups pay for expertise on the open market. Nonetheless, the Cubs have valued Darvish as roughly a 2.5-win participant primarily based on the $21 million a 12 months he’ll rake in. Sure, his historical past of massive workloads and elbow points are alarming. He is additionally going to make much less per 12 months than the far, far, far much less gifted Jordan Zimmerman received again in 2015. That is a cheerful final result.  

There’s additionally this: The Cubs won’t should hold paying Darvish till he is 37. In accordance with ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick, they may not should pay him for greater than two seasons, if Crasnick’s report of a potential opt-out clause after two years proves to be correct.

Most significantly, the Cubs are nonetheless rolling out a loaded core led by All-Star corners Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo. That core turned threatened by the upstart Brewers this offseason, after Milwaukee reeled in two toolsy-as-hell outfielders in Christian Yelich (who the Crew favored sufficient to commerce a number of high quality prospects to get) and Lorenzo Cain (who’d been the highest-paid free agent this winter earlier than the Darvish signing).

When the Brewers made a suggestion to Darvish as a possible coup de grace, the Cubs had good purpose to get nervous, and to succeed in into their warfare chest. With employees ace Jimmy Nelson presumably out till June and Milwaukee already loading up on expertise, anticipate the membership’s consideration to show to different free brokers equivalent to Lance Lynn or Alex Cobb, with the potential for an Arrieta signing looming as a scrumptious method to additional stoke what could possibly be an electrifying NL Central race (even when a few of the computer systems do not agree). With Darvish off the board, do not be stunned if this winter’s stalemate breaks, and the opposite important arms nonetheless on the market get scooped up within the subsequent few days.

One common narrative that emerged final fall painted Darvish as a very delicate soul who folds beneath stress. His ugly outings in Sport Three and Sport 7 of the World Collection, by which Darvish turned simply the second pitcher in World Collection historical past to final fewer than two innings in two completely different begins, turned whispers into horrified screams.

Shade me skeptical. Sportswriters love each post-hoc evaluation and psychoanalyzing gamers virtually as a lot as they love Springsteen. Barry Bonds was a flashy jerk of a participant who could not come by within the clutch … till he annihilated all the things in his path through the Giants’ 2002 run to the Fall Traditional. Alex Rodriguez was a prima donna stat-padder who saved his dwelling runs for Eight-Zero video games … till he put the Yankees on his again and led them to their 27th World Collection crown in 2009.

Baseball’s playoffs whack us with the dreaded one-punch of misleadingly tiny pattern sizes and heightened stakes, which may trigger to lose our minds and push half-baked theories, fairly than simply accepting the common reality that generally, dangerous issues simply occur. Darvish crapped the mattress in two straight begins, with your complete baseball world watching … and likewise dominated in his two earlier 2017 postseason begins, permitting a single run in each his NLDS and NLCS outings final 12 months.

The Cubs have World Collection aspirations of their very own, and there is a good likelihood Darvish will get a number of alternatives to show his mettle in October. The good cash says that this deal will nonetheless sink or swim primarily based on how effectively his oft-used golden arm holds up beneath the 30-start grind of a number of common seasons, not the bizarre randomness that washes over playoff baseball. Yu can wager the home on it.

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bữa book xong vé tết năm sau đi hokkaido và kansai một tuần, nghĩ nghĩ thế nào lại muốn tháng 4 đi nốt tokohu cho trọn tour nước nhật. sau đó nữa vẫn chưa chốt được đi đâu, có thể tháng 9 về nước, hoặc tháng 11 đi osaka, hoặc chơi lớn tháng 12 làm chuyến đi Pháp Ý Bỉ Hà Lan trong 2 tuần luôn. 

đi nhiều quá ông quản lý cứ hỏi mình kiểu sao  mày đi chơi lắm thế chắc cần nhiều tiền lắm hả, well anh ơi hãy tăng lương cho em chứ đừng hỏi vô nghĩa nữa mà.

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Wonderful opportunity tonight at @ozartsnashville to have listened to the crew of and seen the final dress rehearsal for Falling Out, the third in a series by @phantomlimbcompany exploring #climatechange, #environmentalism, and the #human footprint. If you can see it Friday or Saturday, go. This performance in particular fell close in the currents of my mind, dealing with #fukushima and #tokohu; the #tsunami; living with the #ocean as natural and unstoppable force. "What kind of hope do we think we can learn in environmentalism from disaster we cannot prevent?" "The hope of small things." (at OZ Arts Nashville) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0WDgrhAJa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cdcxk699fl19

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Japan Month 2

I may have forgotten to mention that Shiogama, where base camp (lol) would be located lies on Matsushima Bay, one of the Three Great Scenic Views of Japan, a large bay on the Sanriku Coast, dotted with sharp rocky pine clad islands to which it owes its name. Sometimes it was hard to remember the bay was only a 15 minutes away, and often found myself biking or wandering around with nothing else to do on days without plans when Emily was off teaching bratty kids English. We once were shown around by Roger, who works in tourism in Matsushima, getting a group of us in onto Fukuura Island for free on a sunny day with a blanket of fresh snow crunching under out feet.

I went off the Iwate for two days, stayed in Ichinoseki which not a place of particular interest but nearby Genbeki Gorge was just a bike ride away where I found the creepy, out of date, Glass Works Park, which had seem to be built a few decades ago and probably needed a fresh coat of paint as rust and once vibrant colours turned pastel from soaking in the sun. I went to my first onsen which was exciting considering tattoos are generally not allowed in Japanese hot springs, but maybe due to the town's economic woes they let me in after a bit of hesitation. The next day I biked for 8km through one foot of fresh falling snow, finding a few snow covered dead ends along the way to Hiraizumi, a town famous for its gold covered shrine. I had a nice winter walk though the forest while signs warned of bears around what seemed like every corner. The signs had a hammer attached on a string meant to make noise by hitting the sign and warn bears of your presence, maybe they would have been more useful as weapons against a charging bear.

It was time for more skiboarding, we did a day trip to Onikoube, a small but super fun resort with no competition for the trees and powder. Emily took some days off from work and we took an overnight ferry, which was in itself a hilarious and novel experience for us but probably nothing new for any Japanese person. We drank probably too much beer cause what else are you supposed to do after you've done all the ship's activities, the one arcade, the massage chairs, and the live entertainment, in the first few hours, and you still have 10 hours to go including sleeping on a mattress the equivalent to lawn chair cushions with roomful of strangers and a pillow which resembled a yoga block. It was great, loads of fun, and the next day we were off for Sapporo and the Yukimatsuri, the famous Snow Festival with giant snow and ice sculptures.

The streets were crowded, and extremely slippery, I wonder how many broken and bruised coccyx filled the emergency room that week. We wandered around with not much of a plan enjoying each others company and the sights that only winter in northern Japan can offer. We rode a ferris wheel on top of a 20 story building, ate Sapporo's famous Soup Curry dish, and walked in the woods. Sapporo Teine is just a short bus ride away from downtown, although a fairly small resort, it had the most intense view I've seen at a ski resort, with one side looking down to Sapporo and the Sea of Japan, the other, snow peaks of Hokkaido's back country. Combine that with lift accessed backcountry, decent vertical drop, and fun terrain for all levels, its not wonder PowderHounds gave it two Best Ski Resorts in Japan awards.

Otaru is a train ride away and hosts their own Snow Festival. Smaller, candle illuminate snow sculptures fill an old railroad track, but a few minutes after we got there, volunteers where quick to blow out the hundreds of candles in the sculptures precisely at 9pm, closing time. Instead we found lots of laughs looking at the sad but funny melting snow sculptures in the dark with big muddy holes where there would be candles, and almost forgot about stressing out earlier over possibly missing the festival.

Emily went back to Shiogama to get back to work and I stayed for a few extra days, heading to Kiroro, which sadly was mostly closed due to high winds but finding plenty of snow and no lift lines, and followed a group of other powder hounds slightly off piste into a short, but deepest bucket of snow I've ever skied, followed by the longest, flattest green run back the the chairlift I've ever seen, passing scores of snowboarders, clutching their boards in hand, and another 1km or so before the lift. Kiroro is hell for snowboarder, and even my thighs where burning from lactic acid from all the skating to the lift. Regardless it was a great day.

The next day I went to Rusutsu. The large quantity of rain forecasted had over night switched to snow, lots of it! And by the time the free shuttle bus from Sapporo arrived almost two hours late to the resort, the sun was bright and winds down to nearly nil. Most shredders headed for the summit of the main area, but I opted for the smaller glades across the highway along with only about a dozen or so other shredders with permanent grins on our faces, cheering at each other from the lifts as we laced turns through in the 3 feet or fresh wiggling through the trees. I could have stayed there all day, but hopped on the gondola that crosses over the highway to the main area out of curiosity. The snow was not as deep, but still fun, and it was nice to get more vertical and to sea the view from the summit of crater lakes and the Sea of Japan.

That evening I tried to chat with some other shredders at the hostel. They had never heard of Rusutsu or Kiroro, instead, they all went or were on their way to Niseko, the most popular Hokkaido Resort, which I had purposefully left out but was now having second guesses and no more days left in the prefecture. I talked to a Korean kid who had made his way to Sapporo with the little vacation days we was allowed at his overly demanding new job for Yukimatsuri, and the Sapporo Beer Garden, only to find out the first finished two days before he arrived, and the beer garden was not open in winter and was drowning his bad planning in beer. I may not have gone to Niseko, but at least I wasn't in his situation.

Back in Miyagi, Emily and I went up to Minamisanriku for a friend's birthday. It was here I first got a real gut wrenching feeling about the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Shiogama and Matsuhima where not hit as hard as the rest of the Sanriku Coast, and the cracks in foundations or sidewalks go by nearly unnoticed to a foreigner. But the barren landscape of Minamisanriku was hard to miss. We waited for our bus back at the station just beside the decrepit railway tracks, and looked over the large pyramid like piles of dirt which will elevate the new town 20-30 meters above sea level. In front of us stood a small blue bridge which survived, but seemed to lead nowhere.

When I arrived back in Shiogama I stood out on the balcony, my arms leaning on the railing and enjoying the sun and milder temperatures of Tohoku, grateful for having skied Hokkaido, a dream of mine for so long, but also feeling like Shiogama was starting to feel like home. Then I saw an elderly lady walking down the street groceries in hand. She noticed me and was immediately startled by my presence, sidestepping into the shadows behind a lamp post, frigid and starring at me. She did not move until I retreated back inside, it was a reminder of how much I stick out in Japan, and that I am far, far away from home.

I spent more time biking and walking around the Matsushima Bay area, Shichigahama, Rifu, Tagajo, sometimes alone, sometimes with Emily, at times going into Sendai for museums or art shows, and by now was eating natto almost daily, fermented soybeans which most foreigners cannot stomach. I may not be a local, but at least I could almost eat like one.

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"Ken Watanabe fullfiled a promise" Ken visiting tsunami devastated area in Tokohu. Source You.Tube : Retohoku account : http://www.youtube.com/user/retohoku

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CANTLON: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON - VOL. 8

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The final trophy in professional hockey for the 2018-2019 has been awarded when the Stanley Cup was presented to the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. But now the real work begins as every team will start to make their plans to fill their rosters with the best possible talent in search of a championship in 2019-20. STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS It was a classic Game 7, and the AHL played had a big role in directing Lord Stanley to St. Louis. It's been 49 years since the Blues last appeared in a Stanley Cup final (1970) and it was their first win in the franchise's 52 years in existence. The Blues' 4-1 victory was aided by a spectacular performance from goaltender Jordan Binnington. He made 32 saves including 12 superlative stops in the first period. Remember, the Blues were dead last in the NHL on January 3rd. They were 31st out of 31 teams when they fired head coach Mike Yeo and named Craig Berube their interim head coach. But that wasn't the only move that turned their franchise around. The first move was to relegate their then-starter, Jake Allen, to his being their backup goalie. They traded away ex-Pack Chad Johnson to the Anaheim Ducks and elevated Binnington from the AHL's San Antonio Rampage. The Rampage started off just as bad as their parent club. They went 2-8 in October but were able to get back to near .500 with a 16-7-1-0 run that included a seven-game winning streak. Binnington, who was nicknamed Winnington by his Rampage teammates, was summoned to calm the icy waters between the team's 4 x 6 cage. What's truly ironic is that a year ago Binnington was playing for the Bruins AHL affiliate in Providence, just 50 miles south of where he hoisted hockey’s Holy Grail on Wednesday. He was assigned there because St. Louis out of Chicago for an affiliate had to assign prospects throughout the AHL before getting their affiliation in San Antonio this year. Binnington becomes just the fourth rookie goalie to win a Stanley Cup Game 7. The other names on that list are pretty good goalies. They include Ken Dryden (Montreal 1971), Cam Ward (Carolina 2006) and Frank McCool (Toronto 1935). The AHL is an NHL development league. It would be fitting for the cover of the 2019-20 AHL Media Guide to feature Binnington. CALDER CUP PLAYOFFS The Checkers pulled off checkmate in five games and captured their first AHL Calder Cup in team history. The Checkers were the AHL’s best team in the regular season and now post season as well. The Checkers on the road in Chicago captured the top prize of the AHL with a 5-3 win over the Chicago Wolves. Andrew Poturlarski scored two goals including the game’s first goal just 1:31 in and the eventual game-winner. He was awarded the Jack Butterfield Playoff MVP trophy registering 12 goals and 23 points in 18 games. Morgan Geekie also chipped in a goal and assist in the championship-clinching win. Ex-Pack goalie, Dustin Tokarski, was amazing and earned his second Calder Cup ring. Since his loan reassignment to Charlotte on February 28th, Tokarski didn’t lose a game. While with the Checkers during the regular season he went 7-0-0 with a 1.14 GAA and a .935 save percentage. In the regular season with the Pack, he was 10-6-2-1 with a 3.10 GAA and a .901 save percentage. Following a 9-1-1-0 hot streak, Tokarski finished by going 1-5-1-1 and was pulled in his last game with the Wolf Pack on February 17th against the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins. It was the second time he was pulled from a game in two weeks. In the postseason for Charlotte, Tokarski went 5-0 and posted a 1.74 GAA and a .935 save percentage. He will likely head next year to play in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) after having received four offers. Ex-Whaler Mike Vellucci, who was voted the Louis A. Pieri AHL Coach of the Year, as well as ex-Nighthawk Don Waddell, the team GM, will get Calder Cup rings. Ex-Pack Bobby Sanguinetti played in ten playoff games leading up to the finals, added a goal and five assists, However, Sanguinetti didn’t play in any of the game's Calder Cup Finals. Neither did Zach Stortini, who's one of the toughest guys in AHL history and who's likely to retire this summer that’s the only blemish on one of the best AHL teams along with Manchester to capture the tile in the last ten years. The team should send a ring to former Hurricanes GM and Whaler great Ron Francis. The players on that roster are his draft picks and helped fuel this championship run. Next stop Saturday, October 5th, the Wolf Pack home opener. PLAYERS & COACHING MOVEMENT The first of JD’s roving development coaches to work with younger prospects has been hired. Ex-Pack, Tanner Glass, 35, hung up the player skates after playing for GHC Bordeau (France-FREL) last year. He played 527 NHL games and 186 in the AHL. The Dartmouth grad was a superb blend of hard work, skill, toughness, and brains. It's a good first choice by JD. Head coach Jay Woodcroft of the Bakersfield Condors has been given a two-year extension by Edmonton. The Ontario Reign's assistant coach, and one-time Springfield Falcon player and assistant coach, David Bell, has left the team. He's bounced around the last few years between the OHL and AHL. John Madden, the former NJ Devil, not the Oakland Raider Coach, was let go by the Cleveland Monsters after two seasons. Officially, it was mutually agreed, but it is rumored that Madden and his players didn’t mesh well. AHL TO EUROPE LIST GROWS The fourth player lost by The Bridgeport Sound Tigers to heading across the pond is goalie Jeremy Smith. He signed with Kunlun (China-KHL). Joining him in China is Spencer Foo (Stockton), an Asian-Canadian kid who could potentially play for the Chinese Olympic Team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Ex-CT Whale Tim Erixon finally heads back to Sweden. He signed with Vaxjo (Sweden-SHL), Goalie, Eddie Pasquale, goes from Syracuse to Barys Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan-KHL), Emil Petterson Tucson/Milwaukee joins Erixon at Vaxjo HC (Sweden-SHL) and Sam Carrick leaves San Diego to EV Zug (Switzerland-LNA). Leaving the AHL to Euro number at 43. Ex-Pack and former captain, Mat Bodie, moves from Torpedo Novgorod (Russia-KHL) to Vaxjo HC (Sweden-SHL) on a one year deal. Ex-Pack Simon Denis leaves the Daemyung Killer Whale (South Korea-ALIH) and signs with Tokohu Free Blades (Japan-ALIH) next season. Mike Little (Enfield) leaves EC Kassel Huskies (Germany DEL-2) for SonderyskE (Denmark-DHL). Goalie, Patrick Spano (Yale/Westminster Prep), goes from HC Chambery (France Division-2) to Liege (Belgium-Netherlands BEL-NED) next season. Chad Staley of the University Alaska-Fairbanks (WCHA) heads to Hamburg (Germany- Division-3). That makes 34 collegians to sign Euro deals and 219 total US collegians Division I and III to sign pro deals. Ex-Pack, Garth Murray was named the full-time head coach for Aalborg Pirates (Denmark-DHL). He was the assistant coach for a year-and-a-half and was elevated on February 5th, 2018 to the head spot. Former Whaler, Robert Petrovicky, was named the coach of Slovakia’s U-20 team that will play in the 2020 World Junior Championship (WJC). The Championships will be held in the Czech Republic in Ostrava and Trinec, which is near the Czech Republic-Slovak Republic border from December 26th to January 5th. In his playing days, Petrovicky played for the last Czechoslovakia WJC team in 1993 before the country split into two separate republics. Missed this one from the NAHL Draft. Will Dineen, the son of former Hartford Whaler great, Kevin Dineen, was drafted by the Odessa Jackalopes in the seventh round (162nd overall) and he was also selected in the April USHL Draft by the Omaha Lancers in the seventh round (98th overall). The younger Dineen played for the prestigious Chicago Mission U-18 program that plays in the HPHL U-18 Division. Hockey is in this family tree. His daughter, Hannah, finished her college hockey career at Colby (Maine) and his niece, Ashley, finished her D-III career as well at St. Michael’s, VT. Kevin's brother, Gord is the assistant coach with Rochester. His brother Shawn is an ex-Nighthawk is a pro scour for Nashville, brother Peter is an assistant coach with Adirondack (ECHL) after 19 years as a scout with Columbus and brother and Jerry has been the Rangers video coach for the last 16 years. Their late father Bill started the hockey lineage as he played on two Stanley Cup championships back to back with the Detroit Red Wings 1953-1955 with Gordie Howe. He coached the WHA Houston Aeros all seven years of their existence in the league with his old linemate, Gordie Howe, still playing, winning two Avco Cups. He coached the last WHA New England Whalers team. He was a scout for the Hartford Whalers their first two NHL seasons. From the “They-Grow-Up-Up-Quickly" department, after receiving a text from ex-Wolf Pack great, Derek Armstrong, his oldest son, Dawson, now 18, and who was born in Hartford will be trying out in the fall for the Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL). The Jr. Sabres assistant coach is one of Army’s old Wolf Pack teammates, Tony Tuzzolino, whose older brother, Nick is the Head Coach). The other assistant is former CT Whale, Tim Kennedy. Army's second son, Easton Armstrong, just finished his second junior camp with Regina (WHL), but he will play for the LA Kings AAA U-18 (TIEHL) squad this year. KEVIN DINEEN Click HERE for a great article on Kevin Dineen In addition, a companion video of Dineen’s discussing his favorite hockey memorabilia is HERE. Dineen would make the perfect next coach for the Hartford Wolf Pack. Dineen fits what the team so badly needs right now, a strong leader. No offense is not meant in a disparaging way the last two head coaches in Keith McCambridge, and Ken Gernander. A coach with a strong playing background in the NHL 1,188 games with 355 goals, 405 assists for 760 points and 2,229 PIM. He played two stints with the Whalers 1984-1991 and from 1995-1997. He played in that fateful last game in Whalers history and was the captain for the last Whalers team and the Carolina Hurricanes first team. He played for Philadelphia where he wore the A twice, skated for Ottawa and closed out his playing days the last three years with Columbus. Dineen has a solid NHL coaching resume. He spent three years as Head Coach of the Florida Panthers. He then spent a little over four years in Chicago with the Blackhawks earning a Stanley Cup ring as the assistant coach with his close friend and former Whaler teammate, Joel Quenneville. Ironically, he just took the head coaching job at Florida last month. Dineen, Quenneville, and Ulf Samuelsson, the three Whalers amigo’s, were let go by Chicago last November 6th, but their Whaler jersey numbers 5, 10, and 11 remain “retired” in the rafters of the XL Center. Between his Florida and Chicago gigs, Dineen helped guide the Canadian women to the Gold medal at the Olympics. He was also the Head Coach of the Canadian U-18 team at their WJC tournament. Dineen is a former Whaler who was highly popular here is second in all the top player categories with 587 games, 235 goals 268 assists and 503 points tops is, of course, Ron Francis (714-264-557-821) and he is second in PIM at 1,237 to Torrie Robertson’s 1,368. and met his wife here and their kids were born here. When he was in Portland, where he spent six years as the team's head coach, the players there spoke highly of his motivational value and willingness to work with younger players and incorporate new ideas. Give him some good new younger assistant coaches seeking to patch the holes in the Wolf Pack ship, and get some energy in the locker room, and maybe jump start the non-existent marketing of this team with that big smile and love of Hartford from Dineen. It’s worth a shot. QMHL DRAFT From a CT point of view Selects Academy of South Kent Prep school was the big winner with eight players selected at the QMJHL Draft last Saturday in Quebec City. The first part is an open-ended draft and there is a second American only draft where three of the eight were taken. Oscar Plandowski was the first taken in the 1st round (18th overall) by the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. He is a Quinnipiac University (ECACHL) commit for 2020-21. Cam MacDonald was taken in the 3rd round (51st overall) by the Saint John Sea Dogs. He is scheduled to play for the Sioux City Stampede (USHL) next season but has no current college commit. Ryan Greene was taken in the 4th round (59th overall) by the Charlottetown Islanders. Greene is a Boston University (HE) commit for 2021-22. Eli Barnett went in the 11th round (188th overall) by the Quebec Remparts and is a University Vermont (HE) 2021-22 commit. Cam Miranda went in the 12th round (200th overall) by Saint John and has no college commit. There had to be some silence when in the 5th round (74th overall) selection was announced…Robert Orr by Saint John. No relation to the great Robert Gordon Orr #4 in Boston. The second overall pick of the draft, Justin Robidas, by the Val d'Or Foreurs, is the son of former NHL’er, Stephane Robidas. The only other NHL/AHL father/son combo was Zack Morrissette, the son of Dave “Moose” Morrissette was taken in the 3rd round (53rd overall) by his hometown team, Baie Comeau. In the American-only portion of the draft, a familiar name was a high selection in Ryan St. Louis (Riverside/Brunswick Prep) was taken in the first round (5th overall) by the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. He is the eldest son of former Rangers and recent NHL Hall of Fame inductee, Martin St. Louis, and is a Northeastern (HE) 2021-22 commit. Jack Kurrie, another Selects Academy at South Kent Prep product was taken in the 1st round (9th overall) by the Sherbrooke Phoenix. Kurrie a Vermont native is a commit to University Vermont (HE) for 2022-23. Two picks later he saw his teammate Jake Bongo (Ridgefield) selected by the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. Then 1st round (13th overall) pick was John P. Turner (Westport/Avon Old Farms) by the Charlottetown (PEI) Islanders. He was also taken by Sioux City (USHL) 6th round (89th overall) in April and is a University New Hampshire (HE) commit for 2021-22 Goalie, Jake Fillion from the Connecticut Chiefs (Newington) U-16 team in the AYHL (Atlantic Youth Hockey League) was taken in the 1st round (15th overall) by the Baie-Comeau Drakkar who just hired a new head coach. Then in the 1st round (16th overall) Paul Davey (Greenwich/Brunswick Prep) was taken by the Memorial Cup finalist Halifax Mooseheads. He is a Boston College (HE) 2021-22 commit. The next pick saw Oliver Flynn (Wolcott) of the Connecticut Chiefs U-16 team taken by the Drummondville Voltigeurs. He was also taken by Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 6th round (89th overall) in April. Then in the 2nd round (23rd overall) Matt McGroarty (Westport/Brunswick Prep) was taken by Blaineville-Boisbrand and was selected by Madison (USHL) in their draft two months ago. He is a Quinnipiac University (ECACHL) 2021-22 commit. Then in the 2nd round (26th overall) Casey Raffone (Guilford) the last of the Selects Academy at South Kent Prep players was taken by the Quebec Remparts. Then in the 2nd round (34th overall), Luke Holyfield (Cromwell) of the Connecticut Chiefs U-16 squad was taken by Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. The last players taken went in the 2nd round (36th overall) in Matt Samokevich (Newtown) by the newly-crowned Memorial Cup champion, Rouyn Noranda Huskies. He played this year for nationally-renowned Shattuck’s St. Mary’s program (MNPREP) and few games for the Chicago Steel (USHL) who drafted him in 2018 in the 4th round (63rd overall) and is a University Michigan (Big 10) commit in 2020-21. POOLSIDE CHATTER With hockey playing in North America and Europe completed everybody is undefeated and now the business of hockey 2019-20 takes center stage with first the NHL Awards in Las Vegas on the 19th, then the NHL Draft in Vancouver June 21-22, free agent frenzy on July 1st for the NHL and AHL. Rumblings from the West Coast say that Calgary is likely to move their AHL farm from Stockton after next season and a possible location will be Fresno, a onetime ECHL market. The issue isn’t the building or the fans they like both very much, but the gang violence in Stockton is considered a bad environment for the players and team staff alike. Any possible changes however will wait until Seattle makes its selection for its AHL team. The same Western source says that Palm Springs is a possible location for an AHL team for expansion Seattle. It's not a fantasy and that there is plenty of serious talk going on. The potential team would be centrally located for the Pacific Division for Ontario and San Diego. Easy short, inexpensive flights to the Northern California teams and direct flights to Tucson and Colorado, two other Pacific Division teams. Keeping the rink viable in the desert in the heat will be an issue, but Arizona and Las Vegas are not Edmonton both in desert climates have rinks and there is an ice rink in Abu Dhabi, and it gets crazy hot there and Palm Springs, maybe it can work. Rejected the first team suggested name - The Palm Beach Conquistadors. Yes, resurrecting the old ABA name from the San Diego franchise would be great and make a superb logo for merch sales… The AHL could see that team in two years, a truly universal homogenized schedule of 70 or 72 games than the present 76-68 East-West split which everyone agrees is not very professional for the second best league in the world. The key is whether the teams in the East particularly teams like Hershey, Cleveland and Grand Rapids would give up two lucrative home dates will likely have to be compensated in some other manner and the West wants no three in three-game structure a deal. This could allow for a compromise and a deal to be struck and once the new Seattle team is finalized. Staying out West, some early word is that an initial sketch of an NCAA Division I Western conference is taking shape with Arizona State currently, and, independent D-I program being the first school. The Sun Devils are starting to break ground on their brand new on-campus arena that is expected to be ready by the 2021. Some of the schools being bandied about for such a conference are; USC, UCLA, University of Oregon, University of Washington, Boise State and Stanford. There could be some wild cards in that mix, possibly UNLV, Portland State, or Montana. Players are not the issue, it’s the lack of a conference. Once all the details are worked out, like rinks and leases, travel, NCAA compliance issues and regulations for a conference this is going to be another shot in the arm for hockey out West on the heels of Seattle being awarded an NHL expansion franchise. Speaking of Seattle, the price tag for the renovations for the KeyArena (which will be renamed with a new title sponsor upon reopening) have seen their costs ballooned already to $930 million (take note CT residents) from its original $600 million initial price tag back in October. The completion date has moved to the summer of 2021, four months before their first NHL season is slated to start in 2021-22. The work has also begun on its brand new training facility that is said to be state of the art and will hopefully meet any new requirements in the next NHL CBA agreement as well as the current one. Here is an update from KING-TV Channel 5 in Seattle; Watch it HERE. The name Sockeyes might be one of the finalists for a team name as a logo with salmon colors (thank God no black) is circulating. I’m still partial to Sea Lions and I think a great mascot name, Sammy the Sea Lion could emerge. Seattle has trademarked 13 possible names and Sockeyes and Sea Lions are among them. Closer to home the Islander new arena at Belmont Park is awaiting three final approvals before putting the shovels in the ground. The Empire State Development, the Franchise Oversight Board and Public Authority Central Board are slated to sign off on the deal in the next 60 days so the 18,000 seat arena can be built by the 2022 season. Read the full article

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CANTLON'S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 17

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The summer months are winding down and teams are finalizing their rosters for their respective training camps in North America. Around the world, however, some seasons have already begun. It was another busy week in the hockey world. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT Ex-CT Whale/Wolf Pack Kris Newbury signs with the Brampton Beast (ECHL), the ECHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens after a year in Europe. Ex-Pack, Alexandre Giroux, 37, signs with the Thetford Mines (LNAH) for next season as he winds down his playing career. Ex-Pack, Devin DiDiomete, has gone from SHC Fassa (Italy-AlpsHL) to SG Cortina (Italy-AlpsHL) for next season. Ex-Pack goalie, Miika Wiikman, stays in England, shifting from Milton Keynes Lightning to the Coventry Blaze (England-EIHL). Now an ex-Pack defenseman, Brendan Kotyk, who played seven games last year in Hartford, has signed a deal with Toledo (ECHL). Hershey signed ex-CT Whale defenseman, Logan Pyett to a one-year AHL deal. Pyett was out of hockey for a year batting sarcoma cancer, a bone cancer in his upper thigh. Pyett beat that strain of cancer and has been working his himself back into game shape. The 30-year-old defenseman played last year with the Tokohu Free Blades in Japan in the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH) as part of his game training. In 26 games, Pyett scored four goals and 15 points and 49 PIM. Pyett borrowed some playbooks from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms head coach, Scott Gordon, to aid his rehab training. He was supposed to play with the Phantoms two years ago when the cancer was discovered. Should Pyett have a full and successful AHL season next year, he would certainly be a frontrunner for the AHL Hunt Trophy. AHL’ers moving to Europe continues. Zach Sill of the Hershey Bears heads over to play with HC Sparta Prague (Czech Republic-CEL). Paul Postma of the Providence Bruins heads to AK Bars Kazan (Russia-KHL) and Lance Bouma Rockford goes to HC-Geneva Servette (Switzerland-LNA). Yaroslav Dyblenko has already switched teams after leaving Binghamton his contract was traded from St. Petersburg to Spartak Moscow (Russia-KHL) in training camp. The AHL to Euro list stands at 72 players from 26 teams. Three AHL free agent signings. Wayne Simpson goes from Hershey to the Rochester Americans while Chase Balisy, who bedeviled the Wolf Pack the last two years in Springfield with the Thunderbirds signs a one-year, two-way deal with the Ottawa/Belleville Senators for $650K-NHL/$135K–AHL. Six more collegians sign North American pro deals. Brady Tkachuk leaves BU after just one year and signs an NHL entry-level with Ottawa. He can be assigned to Belleville (AHL). He was drafted fourth overall in June’s NHL Draft. Former Terrier teammate, Nikolas Olsson, signs with Adirondack Thunder (ECHL). Jordan Klimek goes from Northern Michigan University (NCHC) to Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL). Joining him in Kansas City will be Brett Beauvais from Robert Morris (AHC), Tim Shoup heads from Dartmouth College (ECACHL) to Orlando (ECHL) and Dexter Dancs goes from the University Michigan (Big 10) to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL). Three more college players are off to Europe in Tanner Jaillet who had the nation’s best GAA at 1.89 with Denver University (NCHC) signs with EHC Wolfsburg (Germany-DEL), Dan Kelly goes from Tufts University (NESCAC) in Boston to Toulouse BHC (France Division-2) and Kevin Loppatto Manhattanville College (UCHC) to Vannas HC (Sweden Division-1) . That makes 30 college players from all divisions to sign in Europe, 178 Division I players have signed North American deals and 235 total who have signed North American and European pro deals. Former Nighthawk, Bud Stefanski, is stepping back behind the bench. Stefanski joins the OHL Sudbury Wolves with his son-in-law, former NHL’er Riley Stillman, as an assistant coach. Stefanski’s grandson, and Stillman’s son, Riley, will be with the Springfield Thunderbirds in the fall. After 12 years in Peterborough, the last six as head coach, ex-Hartford Whaler and New York Ranger, Jody Hull, was named the new associate head coach of the Niagara Ice Dogs (OHL) for next season. Hul played in 831 NHL games over a 16 season career, including 118 with the Whalers and 50 with the Rangers. Former Whaler, Mark Hunter, left the Toronto Maple Leafs to return as the GM of the London Knights (OHL) coached by his brother, Dale. In a very surprising move, Austin Mikesch, the eldest child of former Beast of New Haven forward Pat Mikesch, played with the Nipawin Hawks (SJHL), the team the Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) were heading to play on that fateful day last April. Mikesch has decided to join the Broncos this season. Pat Mikesch is the head coach/GM of the Green Bay Gamblers (USHL). Hlinka-Gretzky Cup results The Canadians captured gold in the five-day Hlinka-Gretzky Cup tournament held in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta this year. The Canadian team defeated Sweden 6-2 in Edmonton last Sunday. The tourney was held in Canada for the first time since 1986. Former Wolf Pack goaltending great, Jason LaBarbera, was part of the gold medal squad as a goaltending consultant. Alexis Lafreniere from Rimouski (QMJHL) scored twice. He will clearly be a top five draft pick next summer. Canada has secured gold 22 times in 28 years in this summer hockey tourney honoring the memory of great Czech great, Ivan Hlinka. The US lost to Russia in the bronze medal game 5-4. Vasili Podkolzin had a hat-trick with two-of-the-three-goals coming on spectacular shots. He led the tournament with eight goals and clearly increased his draft stock for next year. The US's Connor Hughes was a standout and earned a top five-star rating toward the draft as well. Russia's Ilya Nikolayev may have scored an even better goal then Podkozin and Hughes. He first went with a backhand spin-a-rama and the shot got blocked, then he got the puck back and scored to the short-side displaying tremendous agility. ECHL AFFILIATIONS MAP Lots of movements in the Double AA affiliate map for the AHL as the leagues try to sync up with a 31-NHL, 31-AHL, and 31-ECHL pyramid structure being the desired goal. The ECHL is always will be difficult because they fall outside of the current CBA agreement with the NHL and the AHL CBA agreement. The ECHL has its own player agreement. The switches have been numerous with Toronto leaving Orlando and going to St. John’s (Newfoundland Growlers). Orlando then hooks up with Syracuse (Tampa Bay). Meanwhile, the Rangers departed from Greenville to go to Maine (Portland). The Minnesota Wild makes a change too after the Quad City Mallards dropped to the SPHL. They now have a new agreement with the  Allen Americans in Allen, TX. The St. Louis Blues, now in San Antonio, hooks up with the Tulsa Oilers after the Winnipeg Jets left there. The Jets, in turn, hooked up with Jacksonville, FL while Arizona/Tucson is now in Norfolk. Then there's the Colorado Avalanche who have a new AHL affiliate in the Colorado Eagles (Loveland) who now have Utah, who split from Anaheim. Three ECHL teams are without NHL/AHL affiliates. That makes five NHL organizations without a Double AA affiliate. The ECHL cities are Ft. Wayne, Greenville, and Rapid City. The NHL teams without an ECHL affiliation are San Jose, Columbus, Florida, Las Vegas and Anaheim. SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HOCKEY In Australia, the nation’s capital city team, the Canberra (CBR) Brave, sit atop the short, thirty-game season AIHL as their season comes toward the end. They will then start their Goodall Cup playoffs. Canberra is 20-4-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) for 60 points. The team's leading scorer also tops the AIHL. He is former UCONN Husky, Trevor Gerling. His 18 goals and a league-best 38 assists (56 points), is one better than Perth Thunder’s, Pierre-Luc Grandmaison, as of the start of the weekend action starts. Cheshire native, Rob Malloy, and his Newcastle Northstars teammates are batting his former team, the Sydney Ice Dogs for the fourth and last playoff spot. Newcastle and Sydney ice Dogs are tied at 35 points as the Northstars have a record of 8-9-0-3-4. Malloy in his sixth AIHL season has 21 points in 21 games played with five goals and 16 assists. In New Zealand, the Southern (Queenstown) Stampede, the defending Birgel Cup champions, will seek their fourth straight title next Friday against the winner of this Friday’s semifinal meeting between the West Auckland Admirals and the Dunedin Thunder. The Stampede still has its player-assistant coach in Adam Blanchette (Berlin/Hartford Jr. Wolf Pack). The Stampede topped the Admirals in the short season regular season finishing first with one more win with a 13-0-0-3 record and topped the five-team league with 110 goals for and the best defense surrendering just 44 goals. Read the full article