Memo to Citizens Bank of Philadelphia: James van Riemsdyk is ready to open an account.
Van Riemsdyk, New Hampshire's leading scorer this year, signed a professional contract this afternoon with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Van Riemsdyk, a sophomore forward from New Jersey, led the Wildcats with 17 goals and 23 assists this season. The Flyers selected van Riemsdyk as the second overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, behind Chicago's Patrick Kane.
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Just an April Fool's joke: Buffalo will not be adding college hockey in the fall of 2010. If you read the entire story, you probably read the fine print at the end, too.
*April Fool's Issue Disclaimer - The content of this article was published as a "joke" and may contain invalid or false information.
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This one's no joke: The Toronto Maple Leafs signed Notre Dame forward Christian Hanson, AKA Son of Slap Shot.
Hanson's father, Dave, was one of the famed Hanson brothers from the cult film classic "Slap Shot."
UNH can have the fancy players that leave schhol early, I'll take the kids like Simon Danis-Pepin and allow Coach Whitehead to work his magic for four years.
Posted by KeepWhitehead April 1, 2009 10:30 PM
Let New Hampshire have their fancy players like vanRiemsdyk who leave college after two years to turn pro. I'd rather Maine get a kid like Simon Denis-Pepin and let Coach Whitehead have four years to work his magic.
Rachel is in her fifth year as a sports reporter at the Portland Press
Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A former college soccer and softball player,
she covered sports at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado before
joining the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram staff in June of 2004.
Rachel takes over coverage of the University of Maine hockey team and was
introduced to Maine hockey as a seventh-grader in Annapolis, Maryland, after
reading a 1988 Sports Illustrated story about Shawn Walsh's impact on the
program. Nearly 20 years later, she still has the four-page article in her
possession.
She and her husband, Tommy (who also works for MaineToday Media, Inc.)
are avid sports fans who root for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh
Penguins and Kansas Jayhawks. After a year of marriage, their next step in
life is to find a bigger house!
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