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CALGARY – Forward Brett Connolly fell awkwardly into the boards during the third period of Sunday nights Red-White intra-squad game at Canadas world junior selection camp sustaining a lower-body injury. "It doesnt look too serious," head coach Don Hay said moments after the game, won 3-2 by Team White, concluded. "Well re-evaluate tomorrow." Connolly took to his Twitter account late on Sunday to update his condition. "Everything is okay. Just a little banged up. Not serious at all," Connolly wrote. Losing Connolly, recently loaned to the junior program by the Tampa Bay Lightning, would have been a big blow to Canada. He is one of four players at the camp, who was also on last years silver-medal-winning squad. Earlier in the day Connolly cramped up during practice. He said that was the result of not getting enough fluids in his system during the up-tempo workout. NOT SO FAST Phil Di Giuseppe scored a goal and added an assist to lead Team White to the win. However he remains a longshot to make the team. "I think hes got to have three really good days," Hay said. "Thats important. I think he did good things today. Hes got good speed. He went to the net, scored a real nice goal by driving the net, but hes got to do it consistently tomorrow and the next day." "[Hay] said right away, Dont step up late," said Di Giuseppe. "He said, Come in, work your hardest, and thats what Im trying to do." Di Giuseppe, one of four players entering their draft year at the camp, opened the scoring five minutes into the first period. The University of Michigan product drove hard to the net before beating Mark Visentin high on the short side. With just over eight minutes left in the third period, Christian Thomas banged home a rebound off a Di Giuseppe shot to give Team White a 3-2 lead, which they would not relinquish. CATCHING THEIR BREATH Hay has cancelled a pair of practices originally scheduled for Monday morning in order to give some of his players more rest. Most of the 42 players at the camp also played on Friday night before flying to Calgary on Saturday. The break will give a couple banged-up players more time to heal before Monday nights intra-squad game. Jonathan Huberdeau is still recovering from a broken foot and has not skated since Nov. 7. Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Brad Ross was a late scratch on Sunday with a lower-body injury. The first round of cuts are expected on Tuesday morning. ray ban outlet . For the longest time, there was a sense of inevitability about Woods when he was in front going into the weekend at a major championship. Ray Ban Aviators Sunglasses . -- Greg Zipadelli met Danica Patrick just over a week ago, with very little time to prepare for their first test session together. http://www.officialraybansunglassesoutlet.com/ . 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Many people in Atlantic Canada know of Pat as he spent most of his life here. There was a seven-year span where he worked in London and Chatham, Ontario doing - what else - hockey games for the London Knights and Western Mustangs and Chathams hockey teams of the 1960s. But for the most part, he was a Maritimer who started his career in a Sydney newspaper. I first met Pat when I came to Halifax in 1972. He was the play-by-play voice of the Nova Scotia Vees and called the game when they became the first Canadian team to win a Calder Cup in 1971. As soon as I heard him, I said that man belongs in the NHL doing play-by-play. Connolly had two chances to go to the NHL, one with the Chicago Blackhawks and in 1969 - when Bud Poile called him and offered him the Philadelphia Flyers broadcasting job. "I said no at the time for different reasons," he once told me. "One is that I had a very young child and another is I never aspired to a big city. I had been in Halifax and I loved it here." How big was Pat in Maritime Canada? He was the first ever CBC TV sportscaster in the Maritimes back in 1954. There are two daily papers in Halifax and Pat wrote for both of them. He worked at many radio stations, but his biggest strength was hockey. He loved the sport and had many friends in hockey, including NHL people. He would often go up to Montreal or Toronto for meetings and ended up in Maple Leaf Gardens or the old Montreal Forum. Ive been around sports for a while, and Pat was the best hockey man I knew. He served on the selection committee for the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and knew just about every hockey general manager on a first name basis. Now the Hewitt story goes back to 1945 when the Sydney Millionaires made it to the Allan Cup in Toronto. Connolly ran into Foster, who invited him to broadcast from the Gondola. "Youre not bad kid," he told Connolly after one period.dddddddddddd. "Slow down a little and always be a second or so behind the play." How many guys get instruction from Foster? For nearly 25 years he called the AHL games for the Vees, the Nova Scotia Oilers, the Cape Breton Oilers and the Halifax Citadels. He lived hockey. In 1994, the Halifax Mooseheads were formed. From the first game through to 2009, Pat was behind the microphone as the teams public address announcer. When he retired in 2009, the Mooseheads named the press box after him and put his name on the rafters with a banner showing his name and microphone - a nice touch. He was also the voice of the Saint Marys Huskies for many years. And he was the voice of any sports group who wanted him, as he was one of the best emcees around and would volunteer his time to do events. He hardly charged, saying, "someone gave me a great voice if I can use it for good things, and then I will." Polished, poised and professional is what he was in everything he said and did. I have never heard anyone in 40 years say anything bad about him (not one) and let me tell you in this ego driven business that is rare. He was involved in sports in other ways. He was the chairman of the Nova Scotia Hall of Fame from 1982 to 1998, which caused a problem because as chairman he would not allow his name in for membership. A year after he distanced himself he was inducted to the Hall. In other words, they had to get him out as chairman in order to get him in the Hall. I knew him for most of the 23 years that the AHL was in the Maritimes. Some of those Vees teams were so strong they could have played in the NHL and made the playoffs. "We had great teams," he said. "The first team that came here in 1971-72 had Ken Dryden, Bob Gainey and Larry Robinson on it. The 1972-73 club that (Montreal Canadiens GM) Sam Pollock had featured four first-round draft choices. They were talented teams." How good was Connolly? To me, the only voice thats better was the NFLs inaugural voice - John Facenda. Now, thats exclusive company. Indeed, the golden voice of sports and a Maritime legend was silenced this week. For TSN.ca, Im Alex J Walling. Alex J. can be reached via email at: ajw@eastlink.ca ' ' '
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