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Be Bold and Educate Yourself: Slavin Provides Unique Perspective on Racism

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RALEIGH, NC – Like many of his peers, Jaccob Slavin has been reflecting on systemic racism in North America over the past 10 days.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” he tweeted Monday, quoting Desmond Tutu, the South African anti-apartheid leader and human rights activist.

Slavin has a different vantage point than the typical white NHL player. A year ago, the Carolina Hurricanes star defenseman and his wife Kylie adopted a daughter, Emersyn, who is black.

Avalanche’s Ian Cole fully supportive of potential NHL return: “Whatever gets us back and playing, I’m 100 percent for”

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DENVER, CO – Avalanche defenseman Ian Cole is “100 percent” for the reported NHL proposal to skip the end of the regular season and go directly into a 24-team playoff to award the Stanley Cup by late August or early September.

A two-time Cup champion with Pittsburgh Penguins, Cole would vote for any plan that gave him a shot at a third crown. And he knows the Avalanche is capable of winning its third Cup in 24 years.

“To be honest with you, I like to keep it simple: Whatever gets us back and playing, I’m 100 percent for. Whether that’s 16 teams, 24 teams — 30 teams, 31 teams — whatever gets us back and playing I’m 100 percent on board with,” Cole said in a phone interview with The Post.

Compher Created NHLPA Open Featuring Fortnite Results In $200,000 Going to Charity

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TORONTO, ONT – The National Hockey League Players’ Association is pleased to announce the final results of Monday’s NHLPA Open featuring Fortnite and the seven charities that will share a piece of the $200,000 charity prize pool.

Created by J.T. Compher and Zach Hyman, the tournament featured more than 70 professional hockey players competing in Trios while it was streamed live on ESPN Esports. 

Tournament results for the top five trios and prizing details:

  • First place – Robert Thomas, Vince Dunn and Jordan Kyrou of Team St. Louis have chosen to split the donation of their $100,000 winnings, split between St. Louis Children’s Hospital ($50,000), Muscular Dystrophy Canada’s Fill the Bootinitiative ($25,000), and St. Louis Area Foodbank($25,000). 
  • Second place – Zach Aston-Reese, Brian Dumoulin and Bryan Rust of Team Pittsburgh will donate their $50,000 winnings to the University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer Disease Research Center.
  • Third place – Anthony Bitetto, Connor Hellebuyck and Jack Roslovic of Team Winnipeg will donate their $25,000 winnings to Project 11.
  • Fourth place – J.T. Brown, Victor Rask and Mat Robson of Team Minnesota will donate their $15,000 winnings to Second Harvest HEARTLAND.
  • Fifth place – Jayce Hawryluk, Joe Morrow and Jayson Megna of Team PB&J will donate their $10,000 winnings to Roblin District Community Foundation.
  • The tournament field was highlighted by several star NHL players, such as Nathan MacKinnon, Mitch Marner, Thomas Chabot, Sebastian Aho, Johnny Gaudreau, Clayton Keller, Zach Werenski, William Nylander andCale Makar.“Hockey pros can game,” said pro-streamer and twitch personality, Nicholas Amyoony, AKA Nick Eh 30. “Besides playing, my favorite thing to do is watch, learn and comment on the great gamers competing in events like this. It was a real pleasure to support the NHLPA and its charitable efforts. Looking forward to hosting the next event!”

    Hyman combined his hockey and gaming knowledge as a colour commentator for Monday’s three-hour tournament, while Bil Carter was the in-studio host as NHLPA members and other professional hockey players came together for charity to compete in Fortnite online for fans. Serving as a remote broadcaster, professional streamer,Nick Eh 30 averaged 16,822 viewers; 20,615 max viewers; 469,834 live views; and 3,112,152 minutes watched.

    ESPN’s stream of the NHLPA Open featuring Fortnite is part of its commitment to bringing the sports community together through its #oneteam initiative.

    Find all of the highlights from the NHLPA Open featuring Fortnite with #NHLPAOpen on Twitter, Instagram andFacebook.

NHLPA Open featuring Fortnite, Live Charity Gaming Tournament created by JT Compher

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TORONTO, ONT – The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) is proud to announce the NHLPA Open featuring Fortnite, a live charity tournament created by J.T. Compher and Zach Hyman. Over 60 NHL players will represent their cities as they compete as Trios in Fortnite. The three-hour live Fortnite tournament will be streamed onTwitch.tv/espnesports, Monday, May 18 (2-5 p.m. ET). The NHLPA Open featuring Fortnite will be highlighted by a $200,000 USD charity prize pool, which will be directed to player-chosen charities.

Compher will be playing with Colorado teammates Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Nieto, while Hyman will lend his gaming expertise from the sidelines as colour commentator. Other notable player participants include Sebastian Aho, Thomas Chabot, Johnny Gaudreau, William Karlsson,Clayton Keller, Travis Konecny, Mitch Marner, Bryan Rust and Alex Tuch.

The full roster of player trios will be announced prior to the event on NHLPA social media platforms, and

Frontenacs’ Shane Wright Named OHL Rookie of the Year

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KINGSTON, ONT – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that forward Shane Wrightof the Kingston Frontenacs is the 2019-20 recipient of the Emms Family Award handed out annually to the OHL’s Rookie of the Year presented by Wawanesa Insurance.

“Wawanesa Insurance is proud to present the OHL Rookie of the Year award to Shane Wright of the Kingston Frontenacs,” said Selena Hinds, Vice President of Brand, Community and Communications for Wawanesa Insurance. “Although the season was abbreviated, fans still had the opportunity to see some terrific hockey, with Shane Wright’s skill really standing out. We are excited to see what the future holds for you, Shane – way to go!”

Frontenacs’ Wright living up to exceptional expectations

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KINGSTON, ONT – After they selected Shane Wright first overall in the Ontario Hockey League draft last year, the Frontenacs invited the Don Mills Flyer product to Kingston City Hall to formally introduce him to the community.

“We forgot to mention to Sh​ane that he would have to get up and speak,” recalled general manager Darren Keily with a smile. “We said basically, ‘Hey Shane, you got to say a few words,’ and he didn’t skip a beat. He got up in front of a large crowd of people and handled himself really well. It goes to show his maturity.”

Avs forward J.T. Compher has familiar workout partner — his sister — during coronavirus pandemic

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CHICAGO, IL – Avalanche forward J.T. Compher has been working out with a familiar face while hunkered down with family at their Chicago-area home during the coronavirus pandemic.

And she isn’t too bad herself: Boston University All-American Jesse Compher, who just so happens to be J.T.’s sister.

“We still can’t skate, but we’re doing similar to what we do in the summer — off-ice training and keeping the conditioning up, obviously, because we don’t know when the next time we’ll be playing,” Compher told The Post in a phone interview Tuesday. “Just trying to stay as ready as possible.”

As graduation nears, former Colorado youth hockey star Cale Morris awaits NHL future

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DENVER, CO – Having grown up a short walking distance from the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur, Cale Morris has traveled far to become a historical figure in Notre Dame hockey lore.

Morris, who was named to the Big Ten all-conference team for a third consecutive year, will graduate Sunday as the Fighting Irish’s all-time leader in career save percentage (.931) and second in both goals-against average (2.18) and victories (58).

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