10 Minute Misconduct: An Introduction

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on November 5, 2009 1:39 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Hey, all you NHL fans out there. Welcome to 10 Minute Misconduct, the new NHL/hockey section of the MAKE PLAYS blog. Sports Chief Dave Miniaci here and I'll be spearheading this whole thing. Now don't worry if you're a fan of my weekly Musings. Those will still happen every Tuesday. What I will be doing with this is talking about all things hockey. I will also hope to have commentary from other hockey-loving Collegian Staffers, possibly Icers reporter Tom Copain, men's basketball reporter A.J. Cassavell, columnist Patrick McDermott and Web editor Ian Brown. You can definitely feel free to email me, let me hear your thoughts and even provide ideas for me to blog about. I'd love to hear from you. So, without further delay, let's get this show on the ice.

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With Alex Ovechkin scratched from the lineup, the Devils took advantage of the Caps last night. While the Caps have other strong players on the team, such as Alex Semin and Mike Green, they need Ovechkin to be healthy. He's the catalyst.

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Bruins' center David Krejci is the latest athlete to be diagnosed with the H1N1 disease. He will be kept way from the other players on the team until he displays no symptoms for 24 hours. It's a blow for the Bruins, as Krejci posted 73 points last season with a +/- of 37. Though he only had one goal and four assists in 14 games this season, he's still a scoring threat.

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Do you enjoy skating? Do you have $10,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Well, you're in luck!. You can rent out the rink at Fenway Park. Fenway is hosting the next Winter Classic in January between the Bruins and the Flyers, and the rink will be rented out in December for those rich people what want to skate somewhere other than their local rink or frozen pond. I wish I had $10,000 to spend.

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Because we all love big hits, I can't think of a better way to kick this thing off with than a video of big hits. Enjoy:

Well, that's all I'll touch on for now. Be sure to keep checking MAKE PLAYS regularly for more coverage of the NHL and keep checking Tuesdays for my Musings.

- Miniaci

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Dave Miniaci is a senior majoring in journalism and is the Daily Collegian's sports chief. He has previously been sports night chief and a sports copy editor. He has also covered men's rugby, men's track and field and field hockey. He is from New Jersey and is a big Devils fan and proud of both, and he doesn't care if you hold that against him.


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Adam Clark is a senior majoring in journalism and is the Daily Collegian's sports editor. He previously covered fraternity and sorority life, crime and courts and was the Collegian's summer 2009 news/sports editor. His favorite athlete died on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 and his favorite football team is coming off the worst six-year stretch in NFL history. He does hold it against Dave Miniaci that he's from New Jersey.


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Dan Rorabaugh is a senior majoring in sports journalism and minoring in English. He is the sports copy desk chief, and was previously a reporter for the men's rugby, men's cross country, men's volleyball, women's soccer, women's basketball and men's lacrosse teams. Last year, the impossible dream happened - one of his favorite teams, the Phillies, won a championship. Now if only the Eagles could catch some of that magic, he might be able to actually find peace with sports.


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Michael Oplinger is a junior majoring in media studies and political science and the Collegian's assistant sports copy desk chief. He previously covered the men's tennis and men's volleyball teams. Even though he enjoyed the Phillies' World Series victory, he misses the days of Jose Mesa and David Bell.


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Eddie Gentile is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in history. He works on the sports copy desk and previously has covered the women's tennis team, the Lady Icers and the Penn State baseball team. Gentile is your stereotypical Philly fan - he considers every game a loss until they actually win... and even then he'll probably still be moaning. Go birds.


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David Rung is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in kinesiology. He works on the sports copy desk and previously has covered the women's swimming team and the men's rugby team. Rung isn't as die hard about pro sports as his sports staff brethren from Philly and Pittsburgh, but he does take pride in being a Red Sox fan before the bandwagon started.