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At a time of increasing commercialization of youth sports nationally, hockey is particularly vulnerable to capture by corporate interests.
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Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
The Greyson story starts in Detroit where Schaefer grew up playing sports, excelling at lacrosse, hockey and especially golf.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
In the original film, Happy, a hockey fanatic whose weak skating skills inhibited his pro hockey aspirations, reluctantly takes up golf for one reason: to earn enough money to save his beloved grandmother's home from a bank foreclosure, and to return her there from a hostile nursing home.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
The Wild use the building 44 times out of 365 days a hockey season, and with Leipold willing to contribute almost half of what is felt is needed to renovate the arena, the majority of fans who voted feel that’s appropriate and that the city and/or state need to step up.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
The Greyson story starts in Detroit where Schaefer grew up playing sports, excelling at lacrosse, hockey and especially golf.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
In the original film, Happy, a hockey fanatic whose weak skating skills inhibited his pro hockey aspirations, reluctantly takes up golf for one reason: to earn enough money to save his beloved grandmother's home from a bank foreclosure, and to return her there from a hostile nursing home.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
The Wild use the building 44 times out of 365 days a hockey season, and with Leipold willing to contribute almost half of what is felt is needed to renovate the arena, the majority of fans who voted feel that’s appropriate and that the city and/or state need to step up.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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“Hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hockey. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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hockey
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hock·ey
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