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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘My parents are with me': Maxim Naumov back on Norwood home ice since losing parents in Jan. tragedy
Maxim Naumov, son of two Skating Club of Boston coaches who both died in January's Washington, DC plane crash, performed for the first time on home ice since the tragedy. The 23-year-old performed as part of the travelling Stars on Ice program, featuring several world champion skaters. Naumov bowed and kissed to the roaring crowd after performing to One Last Breath by Creed Saturday night. He told Boston 25 before the show, 'It's really special to be in this building that I practice in, train in, and coach in. I'm incredibly honored to be a part of it, honestly.' His parents were two of six who died in January with connections to the club in Norwood. He continued, 'It just means so much more. I feel like my parents are with me. I have a lot more energy, and I really feel that with every step I take on the ice.' Evan Bates and Madison Chock are two of the headliners for Stars on Ice. They won their third consecutive Ice Dance World Championship in Boston this March. Chock, before the show told Boston 25, 'We always say Stars on Ice is a family.' Bates added, 'This area and this club, it's been a cornerstone of US figure skating for decades. We've seen and felt the support over the last few months, especially.' Naumov celebrated his performance with a fist pump in front of roughly 1,800 in attendance, giving a standing ovation. The skaters will perform a second time on Sunday, beginning at 4 pm at the Skating Club of Boston. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
New York Post
23-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Miracle on Ice's Ken Morrow will always have second home in Northport, LI
One day, Islanders great and Miracle on Ice member Ken Morrow was going for a leisurely drive in Huntington Village when a pair of police officers suddenly pulled him over. 'When they came up, I didn't know why. I didn't think I'd been speeding or anything,' Morrow told The Post. 'And their first words to me were, 'I thought that was the Stanley Cup in the back of your car.' With their lights going, they stood at my back window looking at the Stanley Cup and reading the names.' Ken Morrow (center) is flanked by fellow former Islanders Bobby Nystrom (left) and Butch Goring while being honored before an Islanders' 2015 game at Nassau Coliseum. NHLI via Getty Images It became one of the many memorable moments for longtime Northport resident Morrow, who won Lord Stanley's hardware four straight times with the Isles — the first coming mere months after defeating the USSR juggernaut in Lake Placid. In the Michigan native's words, it didn't take long to become a bona fide everyday Long Islander. 'You were just part of the local community, and you didn't get mobbed or anything like that,' said Morrow, who now calls Kansas City home as director of pro scouting in the Islanders organization. Still, the defenseman who fell in love with local beaches and drives on the scenic North Shore would 'get a couple of people that would come up and knock on the door' occasionally. 'I remember one time, we had a school bus driver pull in our driveway, and we were trying to figure out what the heck was going on until he came up to the door,' he recalled. 'I struck up a lot of conversations with people. It certainly didn't bother me at all that people wanted to do that.' Now, nearly 45 years to that fateful day of May 24, 1980, when Morrow and the team celebrated their first Cup win in overtime of Game 6 against the Flyers, he remembers it all like it was yesterday. Ken Morrow and Jim Craig celebrates after Team USA defeated the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympic Center in Lake Placid, famously now known as the 'Miracle on Ice.' Getty Images 'When Bobby Nystrom scored, I think the feeling was relief as much as it was joy,' Morrow said, adding that even climbing stairs became challenging when the Stanley Cup Final rolled around. The Olympic gold medalist, now 68, returned to the island two summers ago and recounted his days on top of the world in his memoir, 'Ken Morrow: Miracle Gold, Four Stanley Cups, and a Lifetime of Islanders Hockey,' co-written by sportswriter Allan Kreda. From gold to silver It was a blur when he arrived in Nassau County just weeks after the greatest hockey game ever played. Morrow and his family first stayed in a Holiday Inn on Old Country Road near the beloved Nassau Coliseum, but they didn't catch much of an authentic glimpse of the island he adores at first. What he did see, however, were fans salivating for their first chance to win it all in the spring of 1980. 'You had a lot of interactions with the fans, which was a really great thing.' His playing days were when spectators were much more accessible, as players parked outside the arena — right by pregame festivities that Morrow distinctly holds dear. 'The tailgating is something I'll always remember — probably unique to Long Island. The people were out there tailgating hours before games,' he said, adding it was the first time he ever saw the grills going for hockey games and fans escorting players toward the door. Leaving after a victory, when cars would blare a honk to the tune of 'Let's go Islanders!' is also something Morrow cherishes deep down. 'I probably did it, too, at some point,' No. 6 said with a laugh. Rocking the barn The real magic, however, came inside the Uniondale walls that shook with the passion of thousands who showed up every spring to watch their Isles vie for another title in the early 1980s. 'The roar,' Morrow, who still gets standing ovations at games, recalled, 'that's a memory that will stay with me. You could hear it through the walls of the locker room. It just gave you chills to walk out.' Rather than looking back at the glory days that well predate state-of-the-art UBS Arena, he's enthusiastic about what the team has done since — especially when the old barn rocked at dynasty-level decibels. Morrow distinctly recalls the shaking that followed the Shawn Bates penalty shot of 2002 and the Isles' conference final run nearly two decades later in 2021. 'There's something about the old barn, and there have been some great moments in the history of the New York Islanders — especially in the playoffs,' Morrow said. 'It doesn't take much to bring that out in our fans today.'
NBC Sports
06-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
New York Islanders win the NHL draft lottery, securing the No. 1 selection. Sharks will pick second
New York Islanders pro scouting director Ken Morrow knows a thing or two about so-called hockey miracles. Witnessing the Islanders win the NHL draft lottery on Monday and vault nine other teams in the order for the right to have the No. 1 pick represented yet another memorable moment for the four-time Stanley Cup champion and member of the 1980 gold-medal-winning 'Miracle on Ice' U.S. Olympic team. 'I've had a lot of thrills in my hockey life, but this is right up there at the top,' Morrow said. 'The hockey gods smiled on us. I can't tell you how thrilled I am for Islanders fans, for our ownership, for the entire Islanders organization.' The Islanders, who missed the playoffs for the second time in four seasons, are in the midst of a front-office shakeup after not renewing general manager Lou Lamoriello's contract on April 22. And they earned a remarkable lottery win by entering the day with a 3.5% shot — the 10th-best odds — of seeing their numbers come up. New York wasn't the only team to buck the lottery odds. The Utah Hockey Club won the second round of the lottery, and made the jump from 14th to fourth under the rules limiting teams from moving up no more than 10 spots in the draft order. 'A couple of seconds ago, we were just like 10 back, so it still hasn't sunk in,' Utah GM Bill Armstrong said of a first-year franchise that finished just seven points out of a playoff spot. 'This is an exciting moment for us. It's a game-changer for us.' The San Jose Sharks will pick second after entering the day with the best odds, 18.5%, to win the lottery and a 25.5% chance of landing the No. 1 choice. San Jose, which finished last for a second consecutive year, was seeking to become the NHL's first team to win the lottery and pick first in consecutive years. 'We definitely lucked it out last year to be able to select Mac,' Sharks GM Mike Grier said in referring to selecting Boston University center Macklin Celebrini first overall . 'This year would have obviously been nice to have the pick and have the choice of all the players. But picking two, we're still in a pretty good spot so we're happy.' The Chicago Blackhawks had the second-best chances to win the lottery and will pick third. The remaining 12 teams moved two spots back in the order, starting with Nashville dropping from third to fifth. The final 16 draft spots will be determined following the playoffs. The Islanders have the right to pick first for the fifth time in team history, and first since selecting John Tavares with the No. 1 choice in 2009. This year's draft will be held in Los Angeles with the first round taking place on June 27, followed by the final six rounds the next day. Top prospects will convene for the weeklong predraft combine being held in Buffalo next month. The prospect pool is not considered as deep at the top as last year's class, or next year's group, with Canadian junior forward Gavin McKenna long regarded as the No. 1 candidate . Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer is NHL Central Scouting's top-ranked North American prospect followed by OHL Saginaw center Michael Misa and Boston College center James Hagens, the top-ranked U.S. born prospect. Hagens is from Long Island and grew up an Islanders fan. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 183 pounds, Schaefer maintained his No. 1 position despite missing the final three months of the season after breaking his right collarbone representing Canada at the world junior championships in December. Schaefer has the potential of becoming only the fifth defenseman selected No. 1 since 2000, and first since Buffalo chose Owen Power in 2021. And he also has the chance of being the first OHL player to go No. 1 since Edmonton drafted Erie's Connor McDavid in 2015. The top-ranked international skaters are center Anton Frondell and right wing Victor Eklund, who are teammates with Djurgarden of Sweden's second division league. New York's jump from 10th to first is the biggest involving a team winning the No. 1 selection. And it comes after the last-place team won the lottery to retain the first pick in four of the past five years and 12 times overall since the NHL launched the format in 1995. The New York Rangers enjoyed the previous largest move up to No. 1 in 2020, when they were grouped among eight teams — ranked eighth to 15th — with the same odds to win the lottery after being eliminated in the COVID-altered play-in round of the expanded 24-team playoff format. The lottery was held at the NHL Network studios in New Jersey, and conducted live for the first time in the event's 30-year history. Previously, the lottery was held shortly before the broadcast in front of a limited audience of sequestered observers, followed by the draft selections being revealed in reverse order. Page 2
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Running on Ice: Breaking down the state of cold chain
Artyc, manufacturer of temperature-controlled pharmaceutical and grocery storage devices, has published its inaugural report on the cold chain's most urgent challenges. 'Chain Reaction 2024' looks at what happens when the cold chain fails, as well as market forecasts, the evolution of pharmaceutical demands and fresh food moving farther. Among the findings: '40% of food requires refrigeration, 35% of pharmaceuticals require temperature management, 2.5% of global emissions are attributed to the cold chain (more than aviation). When this system works, it's invisible. When it fails, the consequences cascade through society, from wasted resources to spoiled groceries, from compromised medicines to lost lives.' The cold chain exists to prevent spoilage. Currently billions of dollars worth of products are lost annually as a result of spoilage in the cold chain, which, when functioning properly, extends shelf life, safeguards efficacy of drugs and reduces loss. However, the very infrastructure built to reduce emissions from waste is also contributing to climate change. The report found that, 'Cooling systems consume about 5% of the world's total energy supply and generate approximately 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions – surpassing the aviation industry.' When it comes to pharmaceuticals, nearly half of new drugs need cold storage, and 45% of the top 20 drugs by sales already do. This includes common treatments like gene therapies and mRNA vaccines, as well as a growing class of drugs like GLP-1s, which are used for diabetes and weight loss. These therapies are more sensitive, more valuable and often serve patients in more dispersed locations. The other heavy hitter of the cold chain is food. Frozen food sales jumped by 22% in 2020 and have stayed well above pre-pandemic levels. People want convenience, long shelf life and products that are ready to go. That creates a ripple effect across the system: More refrigerated space, more last-mile cooling, and more staff and equipment to keep things moving. Friends of the Running on Ice world, Grip has expanded once again, marking another milestone in its growth. This time, the AI-driven perishable direct-to-consumer fulfillment and logistics company has ventured out West, opening a new state-of-the-art facility in Las Vegas. This expansion allows Grip to serve a broader range of customers by ensuring that perishable goods reach their destinations faster and more efficiently. The new facility is designed to get goods to 80% of the U.S. in under 24 hours, a critical factor for maintaining the quality and freshness of perishable shipments. As the demand for perishable goods transportation continues to grow, industry reports show an impressive market forecast. According to Precedence Research, 'The global perishable goods transportation market size accounted for $5.32 billion in 2024 and is predicted to increase from $5.77 billion in 2025 to approximately $12.06 billion by 2034, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 8.53%.' This significant growth reflects the increasing importance of reliable, high-speed logistics solutions that can handle the complexities of perishable goods transportation across the country. 'This expansion strengthens our ability to deliver faster, smarter, and more cost-effective logistics and fulfillment solutions nationwide,' said Juan C. Meisel, CEO and founder of Grip. 'We're scaling quickly while maintaining the high level of service our customers expect. We're proud to work with the best and fastest-growing brands in the space.' Hopping on the GLP-1 drug craze is ice cream manufacturer Two Scoops Creamery. It has launched the first high-protein ice cream with no added sugar and GLP-1 compatibility. The debut flavors are Rocky Road, Strawberries & Cream, Caramel Swirl, and Fudgy Brownie. This brand aims to be different from some of the other low-carb and high-protein ice creams as Two Scoops has focused on texture and inclusions, the chocolate chips and bits inside ice cream, something that ice cream alternatives are often lacking. 'We're bringing back nostalgic American classics made better,' says co-founder Gabe Zichermann in a news release. 'We grew up loving ice cream but want a healthier option without compromise. I've lost weight and improved my health on Ozempic and Wegovy. Knowing Two Spoons has the right macros and is just as satisfying as other brands — that's a win for us, our families, retailers, and our country. GLP-1s are the future, and we're meeting this moment.' This week's market under a microscope is Raleigh, North Carolina, with a massive jump in reefer outbound tender rejections – hitting 20.69%, an 819-basis-point week-over-week increase. Reefer outbound tender volumes have fallen 28.93%. Depressed outbound tender volumes and increased reefer tender rejections have led to a capacity crunch in Raleigh, driving spot rates up. As spot rates continue to increase, shippers can expect low contract carrier compliance as maybe 80% of carriers are accepting tendered volumes. Secondary and tertiary carriers on the routing guide will see more action until reefer outbound tender rejections return to a more manageable level. Is SONAR for you? Check it out with a demo! Snickers 'Drafts' hot NFL prospect Travis Hunter to drop cool two-pack Fresh Del Monte Produce's Danny Dumas discusses the banana's journey from harvest to consumption Inside the climate tech financing ladder: part II – the disruptors Cold storage warehouse opens in Georgia Dr. Praeger's introduces better-for-you Pizza Stars Wanna chat in the cooler? Shoot me an email with comments, questions or story ideas at moconnell@ See you on the internet. 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Fox News
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Famed ‘Miracle on Ice' captain praises Team USA ahead of 4 Nations final vs Canada: ‘Best team in the world'
If the anticipation for the rematch between Team USA and Team Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off wasn't high enough, Mike Eruzione's speech will just about do it for every supporter of the Stars and Stripes. The NHL teased their "4 Nations Face-Off: Unveiled" show, a behind-the-scenes look at the NHL stars playing for their countries, with the "Miracle on Ice" captain making a speech at a team dinner. The "Miracle on Ice" American team was the famous squad that took down the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics to win the gold medal. Eruzione, 70, was captain of that famed team. While it's unknown when the speech took place, the words Eruzione said to Team USA are simply perfect ahead of the championship game. "When you put that jersey on, it separates yourself," Eruzione said. "This is a big deal, and you're going to send a message to how far we've come in this country and the type of players that we have." The message was already sent in Montreal when these two teams met this past Saturday, a game where three fights broke out in nine seconds and Team USA eventually scored three unanswered goals for the 3-1 victory. There was also some controversy and tension leading up to those fights once the puck dropped, as Canadian fans let out boos during the U.S. national anthem, which players like Matthew Tkachuk, who fought Brandon Hagel immediately, admitted he didn't like. But when the animosity was over, it was clear that Team USA could compete with Team Canada — a group of stars playing for a country where hockey is its national sport, and they've proven why many times in the past. Eruzione, though, couldn't be more confident in saying he believes the best team in the world was right in front of him at dinner. "You are so damn good," he said. "Embrace it, enjoy it. Because this is special. I can't wait to watch you guys play because guess what? The best team in the world sitting right in front of me right now. "Go out and show it, and bring something special back. That's something you'll remember the rest of your lives." It may not be the Winter Olympics — that will be played in Italy next year — but there is a massive sense of pride that Team USA felt in Montreal, and will surely feel in Boston on Thursday night when puck drops in the TD Garden. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
