SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 8/22/2019 Anaheim Ducks Minnesota Wild 1107679 Ducks’ sled hockey events empower athletes with 1107702 A closer look at new Wild General Manager Bill Guerin disabilities 1107703 Minnesota-based ex-teammates sing praises of new Wild GM Arizona Coyotes 1107704 The 12 best playing careers of Minnesota pro head 1107680 Coyotes’ prospect pool still middle of the pack led by coaches or top executives Hayton, Soderstrom 1107705 Restricted free agent Joel Eriksson Ek re-signs with Wild 1107681 The Athletic: Coyotes could make leap, become breakout 1107706 Five things to know about new Wild General Manager Bill playoff team Guerin 1107682 2019 NHL farm system rankings: No. 17 Arizona Coyotes 1107707 Wild hire Bill Guerin as new general manager 1107708 Bill Guerin will be Wild's next general manager Boston Bruins 1107709 Attack on neighbor puts 'Miracle on Ice' skater Mark 1107683 Boston Pride add a goalie; Bruins ink defensive depth Pavelich in jail; family suspects CTE behind violence 1107684 Bruins forward Brett Ritchie brings lacrosse background to 1107710 Wild sign Joel Eriksson Ek to two-year, $2.975 million ice contract 1107685 Nathan MacKinnon gives perfect description of training 1107711 Wild name longtime NHL player, executive Bill Guerin with Brad Marchand general manager 1107686 Charlie McAvoy and the Bruins play the waiting game 1107712 Wild name Bill Guerin fourth general manager in franchise history Buffalo Sabres 1107687 10 storylines to watch as Sabres prepare for training camp Montreal Canadiens to open 1107713 Can Canadiens star Carey Price hang on until GM's reset 1107688 Sabres draft pick Dylan Cozens back on Harborcenter ice is complete? following thumb surgery 1107689 As summer nears its end, Rasmus Ristolainen is still on New Jersey Devils the Sabres. So what next? 1107714 Devils’ most important players: No. 14 Will Butcher | Still a factor on power plays Calgary Flames 1107690 Matt Gaudreau, Johnny's lil' bro, signed to Flames' farm New York Islanders team 1107715 Derick Brassard’s odyssey brings him to Islanders in New 1107691 Flames hoping a fresh start and an old coach can help York return Milan Lucic find his game 1107716 Derick Brassard agrees to one-year deal with the Islanders Carolina Hurricanes 1107717 Thomas Greiss hoping to form bond with new Islander 1107692 After summer of deliberation, Hurricanes pressing Justin Semyon Varlamov Williams for an answer 1107718 It’s not too late: Where the Islanders can still turn for top-9 forward help Chicago Blackhawks 1107719 2019 NHL farm system rankings: No. 16 New York 1107693 SportingNews Top 50 NHL Prospects lists Boqvist at 10 Islanders and Kirby Dach at 13 New York Rangers Colorado Avalanche 1107720 Mark Pavelich, former Rangers and ‘Miracle on Ice’ player, 1107694 Colorado’s ‘special’ teams: What to expect from charged in attack on neighbor Colorado’s power play and penalty kill 1107721 Mark Pavelich, former Rangers star, accused of beating man with pole over ‘spiked’ beer Columbus Blue Jackets 1107722 Limited options for Tony DeAngelo, Brendan Lemieux in 1107695 Zach Werenski seeking three-year contract at $5 million- Rangers contract standoffs plus annually, source says 1107723 What's the holdup with the NY Rangers signing Tony 1107696 ‘God gives us only what we can handle’: Blue Jackets pay DeAngelo and Brendan Lemieux? surprise visit to ailing fan 1107724 Rob O'Gara gets a 'clean slate' in the AHL, with an eye on making it back to the NHL Dallas Stars 1107725 Tanner Glass rejoins Rangers as part of hockey 1107697 Inside the offseason training program and the gym that operations staff helped build Stars center Tyler Seguin 1107726 The Gifted: Rangers prospect Adam Fox has all the 1107698 Bill Guerin named new Wild GM, becomes latest ex-Star makings of a perfect power-play quarterback employed by Minnesota this offseason Ottawa Senators Detroit Red Wings 1107727 Training camp intrigue: Battle of the prospects looms for 1107699 Jonathan Ericsson facing battle to remain in Red Wings’ the Senators lineup 1107728 Senators sign Colin White to long-term deal Florida Panthers Philadelphia Flyers 1107700 2019 NHL farm system rankings: No. 15 Florida Panthers 1107729 Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere working hard, trying to rebound from last season Los Angeles Kings 1107730 Why Travis Konecny may be most important factor for a 1107701 KINGS ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE CHANGE + SPORTING successful Flyers season NEWS PROSPECT RANKINGS Pittsburgh Penguins 1107731 Penguins assistant Bill Guerin named Wild general manager 1107732 Penguins Predictions: Will Patric Hornqvist rediscover his power-play prowess? 1107733 He had served as Pittsburgh's assistant GM since 2014 1107734 State of the Penguins Franchise: Is this another beginning? 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The Kings help fund a six-year-old sled hockey program in Riverside Ducks’ sled hockey events empower athletes with disabilities whose teams travel to tournaments and host a tournament each year. Ralph DeQuebec, a Paralympic hockey gold medalist from Harbor City, Providing a way for kids and adults to gain confidence is a win that participates in a sled hockey clinicat Great Park Ice rinks in Irvine on doesn’t show up in the NHL standings. Saturday. “Programs like this are really refreshing because it gets back to the basics of what hockey’s all about: creating a sense of community while By HELENE ELLIOTT we’re out on the ice together and having fun and trying something new,” said Jesse Chatfield, director of marketing for The Rinks facilities and SPORTS COLUMNIST Great Park Ice. “It gets away from the triple-A level hockey, the competitive nature, and goes back to having fun and developing bonds AUG. 21, 2019 10:22 AM and teamwork.” The Ducks have a head start toward launching a sled hockey program: Their smiles were tentative at first, a reasonable reaction from the brave Rink 1 of their four-sheet complex was built with glide-on benches to souls who had never before been strapped into a small sled and shown enter and exit the ice and low glass panels so hockey players can see how to propel themselves around the ice using short hockey sticks the ice when they’re resting. equipped with a sharp pick at one end and a flat blade at the other. Without a glide-on bench, players must sit on the ice and wait for line A few mishaps occurred, but it wasn’t long before joyful chaos reigned changes. Having a glide-on bench “totally legitimizes it,” DeQuebec said. among the armada of about 50 sleds that darted around Rink 1 at Great “Any time you can do something like that to make the sport feel normal, Park Ice in Irvine last weekend at the Ducks’ try-it sled hockey clinic. I’m all for it, any time.” Longtime sled hockey players, including many who participated in an Aaron Loy of Carlsbad, who lost his lower legs to bacterial meningitis exhibition tournament featuring adult teams backed by the Ducks, Kings during his freshman year at UC Santa Barbara, also appreciates the and Vegas Golden Knights helped the newcomers adjust to their sled-friendly features. surroundings and the sensation of speed. “It’s great, especially for some of these younger kids,” said Loy, who has Participants ranged from 7 years old to 50-somethings and their skill played on the U.S. national development sled hockey team. “It’s already levels varied, but their enthusiasm overcame their chilled hands. In a sled awkward enough for them mobility-wise. For them to have these little they were all athletes and all part of a family — the hockey family, which ramps and to have really nice sleds is what makes it inclusive.” welcomed them with open arms, sleek sleds and the promise of new Ralph DeQuebec goaltends during a sled hockey clinic at Great Park Ice adventures. rinks in Irvine on Saturday. Sled hockey — sometimes called sledge hockey — gave a new purpose Loy was playing club lacrosse and intramural soccer when he was to Ralph DeQuebec, a Purple Heart recipient who lost his legs above the stricken in 2013. Afterward, while rehabilitating, “I didn’t have a team knee in June 2012 while serving as a Marine bomb technician in sport, which I’d always grown up with, both helping the physical aspect Afghanistan.