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Danielle Marmer, Meghan Turner go from friends to rival GMs

“I think those three months were great for me to kind of come to terms with making a pivot that I had not anticipated,” Turner said. “It was one of the things that really got me through a difficult experience down at basic training.” A letter from Marmer arrived at a crucial time. In it, […]

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“I think those three months were great for me to kind of come to terms with making a pivot that I had not anticipated,” Turner said. “It was one of the things that really got me through a difficult experience down at basic training.”

A letter from Marmer arrived at a crucial time. In it, Marmer detailed for Turner all the decisions she had made in her first few months with the PWHL: staff hirings, the first few player signings and draft decisions, and the identity she wanted to create for her team.

“Joining the army at the ripe age of 29 is not an easy experience,” Turner said. “You’re used to your autonomy. And when she sent that to me, I was like, ‘This is amazing. I’m so excited.’ It reminded me of a world in which I had some freedom.”

Marmer’s goal in writing the letter wasn’t necessarily to convince her friend to make a career change, though that was part of it. Mainly, she wanted someone to share in her excitement about the future of women’s hockey.

“I didn’t know at the time how important [the letter] was to her,” Marmer said. “I would have written her more if I had known.”

After three months of mulling it over, Turner returned from basic training ready to take the leap.

She talked it through with her wife, Alexis, and left her stable job at PwC to become Marmer’s assistant general manager with PWHL Boston (now the Boston Fleet), a position she held through the league’s first two seasons while remaining an active member of the Army National Guard.

When the league announced it would expand to Seattle and Vancouver, PWHL executives asked Marmer and the five other general managers if there was anyone they would recommend to take the reins for the new teams. In Marmer’s mind, Turner was not only the obvious choice, but the only choice.

“They were like ‘Great, glad you said that, because we were going to talk to her anyway,’ ” Marmer said.

Within weeks, Turner was named the inaugural GM of PWHL Seattle — a step Marmer said felt inevitable after playing and working with Turner for the better part of a decade.

“I couldn’t be more excited for her,” Marmer said. “She’s going to do a phenomenal job. She’s incredibly bright, she’s organized, she’s a great leader. She’s culture driven. She’s going to have something really special in Seattle.”

Danielle Marmer (second from left), coach Courtney Kessel (second from right), and Meghan Turner (right) pose with draft pick Hadley Hartmetz at the 2024 PWHL Draft.Courtesy of The Boston Fleet

For years, when a young Marmer got in the car after youth hockey games and tryouts, she and her father broke down her performance before the conversation inevitably turned to his favorite player to watch: No. 12 on the New Hampshire team, Meghan Turner.

Marmer couldn’t fault her father for that. Turner, with quiet confidence and undeniable skill, was the young Marmer’s favorite player to watch, too.

Turner was one of the best players in her age group in New Hampshire, and Marmer was performing similarly in Vermont, so their paths crossed regularly on the youth hockey circuit. They each attended top boarding schools — Marmer at Loomis Chaffee in Connecticut and Turner at Philips Exeter in New Hampshire — before their paths crossed again at Quinnipiac University.

The pair became fast friends.

“Meghan became such a great hockey player because she believed in herself in a different way than I did,” Marmer said. “The thought of embarrassing herself wasn’t something that stopped her from trying to be great.”

Meghan Turner (center, facing the camera) and Danielle Marmer (behind her) celebrate winning the 2016 ECAC Championship.Courtesy of Quinnipiac University

Turner worked her way up to play on the top line and served as an assistant captain for the Bobcats. She earned her B.A. and M.B.A. in four years, then began a career in consulting.

On top of working 55 hours per week at PwC, Turner played professional hockey, first for the CWHL’s Worcester Blades and later the PWHPA. She’d often leave her house at 7 a.m., work a full day before heading to practice, then return home around 10 p.m. and keep working until late into the night.

But after a few years, the game started getting faster, her responsibilities at work and with her family grew, and Turner couldn’t keep up. She hung up her skates in 2022.

Around the same time, Marmer, who had just taken a job in scouting and player development for the Bruins, came to live with Turner and her wife. The timing was serendipitous, and the pair picked up right where they had left off at Quinnipiac — staying up late into the night to talk about the game they both loved.

“I was happy to be talking hockey again, and it was cool to be a bit of a fly on the wall and learn from her how the player development world works in the NHL,” Turner said.

Those conversations were equally enlightening for Marmer.

“I always thought in those moments, ‘You should be doing this,’ ” Marmer said.

That thought lingered in the back of Marmer’s mind throughout the year she worked with the Bruins, and in 2023, while she weighed the decision to jump ship to an upstart league, a mentor within the Bruins organization posed a question:

It’s a tough job, and you can’t go at it alone, so who are you going to take with you who you trust with your life?

“Meghan’s name immediately popped into my head,” she said. “There was no other option.”

Emma Healy can be reached at emma.healy@globe.com or on X @ByEmmaHealy.





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New college sports agency is rejecting some NIL deals with donor-backed collectives

Eddie Pells  |  Associated Press The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools. Those arrangements hold no “valid business […]

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The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools.

Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo said, and don’t adhere to rules that call for outside NIL deals to be between players and companies that provide goods or services to the general public for profit.

More: Ex-Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez’s return to lead West Virginia a homecoming, too

The letter to Division I athletic directors could be the next step in shuttering today’s version of collectives, groups that are closely affiliated with schools and that, in the early days of NIL after July 2021, proved the most efficient way for schools to indirectly cut deals with players.

Since then, the landscape has changed yet again with the $2.8 billion House settlement that allows schools to pay the players directly as of July 1.

Already, collectives affiliated with Colorado, Alabama, Notre Dame, Georgia and others have announced they’re shutting down. Georgia, Ohio State and Illinois are among those that have announced plans with Learfield, a media and technology company with decades of licensing and other experience across college athletics, to help arrange NIL deals.

Outside deals between athlete and sponsor are still permitted, but any worth $600 or more have to be vetted by a clearinghouse called “NIL Go” that was established by the new College Sports Commission and is being run by the auditing group Deloitte.

In its letter to the ADs, the CSC said more than 1,500 deals have been cleared since NIL Go launched on June 11, “ranging in value from three figures to seven figures.” More than 12,000 athletes and 1,100 institutional users have registered to use the system.

But the bulk of the letter explained that many deals could not be cleared because they did not conform to an NCAA rule that sets a “valid business purpose” standard for deals to be approved.

The letter explained that if a collective reaches a deal with an athlete to appear on behalf of the collective, which charges an admission fee, the standard is not met because the purpose of the event is to raise money to pay athletes, not to provide goods or services available to the general public for profit.

The same would apply to a deal an athlete makes to sell merchandise to raise money to pay that player because the purpose of “selling merchandise is to raise money to pay that student-athlete and potentially other student-athletes at a particular school or schools, which is not a valid business purpose” according to the NCAA rule.

Sports attorney Darren Heitner, who deals in NIL, said the guidance “could disproportionately burden collectives that are already committed to spending money on players for multiple years to come.”

“If a pattern of rejections results from collective deals submitted to Deloitte, it may invite legal scrutiny under antitrust principles,” he said.

On a separate track, some college sports leaders, including the NCAA, are seeking a limited form of antitrust protection from Congress.

The letter said a NIL deal could be approved if, for instance, the businesses paying the players had a broader purpose than simply acting as a collective. The letter uses a golf course or apparel company as examples.

“In other words, NIL collectives may act as marketing agencies that match student-athletes with businesses that have a valid business purpose and seek to use the student’s NIL to promote their businesses,” the letter said.

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Wilkes-Barre City Council considers changing handicap parking requirement

WILKES-BARRE — Council at Thursday’s voting session discussed making changes to an ordinance that requires those who want to get a handicap parking space in front of their home to have a handicap license plate. Councilmember Bill Barrett asked council to consider the possibility of amending the ordinance to require applicants to have either […]

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WILKES-BARRE — Council at Thursday’s voting session discussed making changes to an ordinance that requires those who want to get a handicap parking space in front of their home to have a handicap license plate.

Councilmember Bill Barrett asked council to consider the possibility of amending the ordinance to require applicants to have either a handicap licence plate or a handicap placard instead.

Barrett said he was inspired to bring up the possible change because a resident, who is disabled, reached out to Barrett and said he didn’t want to get a license plate because he didn’t want to advertise his disability.

“I understand that,” Barrett said.

The council member said similar ordinances in Philadelphia and Allentown allow for applicants to have a placard or plate.

“Other cities do it and PennDOT allows it,” he said.

Barrett said he would put his thoughts in writing for the council to review and also asked the city’s attorney Tim Henry to look into what would be involved in changing the ordinance.

Keystone Mission closure

Also at the meeting, Mayor George Brown was asked questions related to the closure of Keystone Mission’s overnight homeless shelter, which officially shuttered on Thursday.

Located at 90 E. Union St., the Innovation Center for Homeless and Poverty opened in October 2023 and provided homeless men and women with a daytime place to shower and wash clothes, receive breakfast and access community resources and services that may help them get off the streets. The overnight homeless shelter at the facility opened last summer.

Resident Sam Troy asked whether Wilkes-Barre would consider litigation against Keystone Mission, as Luzerne County is, to recover funds it previously gave the organization.

According to previous reporting, Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo said the county filed a praecipe for a writ of summons on June 26, which was intended to protect and preserve the county’s right to reclaim federal American Rescue Plan Act funds distributed to Keystone Mission.

Troy also wanted to know how to city was going to address losing the services that the mission provided.

“The problem is going to be only aggravated. The homeless situation is going to increase, and we may see more and more camps over at Kirby Park,” he said.

Brown said the $224,000 in ARPA funds given by the city to Keystone Mission went right to the contractors to remodel the former Thomas C. Thomas building. The other $109,000 given to Keystone Mission was for operating costs for a year, from June 2024 to June 2025.

“So, our money is accounted for. I can’t speak for the county, but our money was accounted for,” Brown said.

Furthermore, the mayor said he previously had a series of meetings with local organizations, including CEO, Salvation Army and Volunteers of America, to find out how many people would still need help after Keystone Mission relocated some of the people who were regularly visiting the center.

“We did not get any indication on how many people were left,” Brown said.

Keystone Mission told the Times Leader last month that, of the 63 homeless people regularly visiting the center, 21 had been placed. Some received bus transportation to return to family members, while others have been accepted by other organizations across the state willing to take more people.

Agenda items

At least two residents objected to the city acting as a pass-through for King’s College to apply for a Multimodal Transportation Fund grant of $597,855 for phase two of its North Main Street Streetscape Improvements Project, which would cover areas around Public Square to North Street.

“It’s not like the city of Wilkes-Barre can get even a discount for going there,” said Wilkes-Barre resident Angel Mathus. “It’s not like we get special treatment for our kids to go there. You take 10 to 15 tuitions and they can raise that money.”

Despite objections, council approved the item, along with approval for the city to apply for a Multimodal Transportation Fund grant in the amount of $3 million for its own streetscape project.

The project will focus on the areas of Academy/Hazle Street to Wood Street and include the following improvements: new concrete sidewalks, curbs, sidewalk connections, crosswalks and paving of the street.

ADA accessibility improvements, such as curb cuts and sidewalk-detectable warning surfaces for the new ADA ramps, will be replaced.

Additionally, new benches, garbage receptacles, and signage will be installed, and trees will be planted to improve the overall quality of the city district.

Additionally, council approved awarding the Wilkes-Barre Police Department Alarm System contract to the most qualified firm, Eastern Time Inc., a Division of Sciens Building Solutions in the amount of $38,250.



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Mount Savage native gaining interest as college soccer prospect

MOUNT SAVAGE — Mount Savage native and Mountain Ridge rising senior Jesseca Kline is garnering interest from numerous college soccer programs after spending the last decade playing high-level travel and club soccer. Kline has a chance to become the first Division I women’s soccer recruit from Mountain Ridge since 2016. × This page requires Javascript. […]

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MOUNT SAVAGE — Mount Savage native and Mountain Ridge rising senior Jesseca Kline is garnering interest from numerous college soccer programs after spending the last decade playing high-level travel and club soccer.

Kline has a chance to become the first Division I women’s soccer recruit from Mountain Ridge since 2016.

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Talented trio: Langford siblings thriving in U.S. college hockey

Adamek siblings set for second season together at Liberty University, now sharing a townhouse They didn’t plan it. In fact, none of them really expected it. But this fall, three siblings from the West Shore – Zosia, Michael and Sophia Adamek – will not only be lacing up for Liberty University’s hockey programs again, but […]

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Adamek siblings set for second season together at Liberty University, now sharing a townhouse

They didn’t plan it. In fact, none of them really expected it.

But this fall, three siblings from the West Shore – Zosia, Michael and Sophia Adamek – will not only be lacing up for Liberty University’s hockey programs again, but also living under the same roof in a townhouse just off campus in Lynchburg, Va.

It’ll be their second season together at the school – a rare family setup that’s only brought them closer.

“It’s going to be a full house,” Sophia grinned. “But honestly, it’s pretty special. How many people get to do this with their siblings?”

All three skate in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) – Zosia, 22, is a veteran forward on the women’s team, while 20-year-old twins Sophia and Michael patrol the blue line for the women’s and men’s teams, respectively.

Their hockey journeys took different paths, but they all trace back to the same place: the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, where they learned to skate and fell in love with the game.

Michael was the first on the ice – he joined CanSkate at age three and never looked back.

“Once I was on the ice, I never really wanted to be anywhere else,” he said.

Sophia and Zosia followed close behind. Before long, hockey wasn’t just something the Adamek kids did – it was who they were.

Their parents, Mike and Wendy, leaned in fully. Five years ago, they even installed a synthetic ice surface in their West Shore basement so the kids could sharpen their skills at home.

“It was really a no-brainer,” Mike said. “Our kids love hockey, we love hockey, and we wanted to give them every opportunity we could. We’re proud of what they’ve done with it.”

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The synthetic ice surface positioned in the basement of the Adamek. Tony Trozzo/Goldstream News Gazette

Zosia, the eldest, was the first to head south, charting a course from Shawnigan Lake School to Liberty after COVID-19 complications rerouted her from a previous commitment to Long Island University.

“Looking back, I can’t imagine it any other way,” she said. “It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.”

She’s now a three-time national champion and was recently named Liberty’s Female Athlete of the Year. Her fourth season ended in unforgettable fashion – scoring the double-overtime winner in the national final, with Sophia on the ice beside her.


“That was a moment I won’t forget,” she said. “We’d lost in the semis the year before, so to come back and win it in that fashion – and to do it with my sister there – made it even better.”

Zosia currently ranks 17th on Liberty women’s all-time scoring list.

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Zosia, 22, shows off her first two championship rings – with a third on the way. The 2025 ring, which she helped design, will soon be in her hands. Tony Trozzo/Goldstream News Gazette

Michael, the youngest by a few minutes, arrived last fall after a BCHL career that included time with the Victoria Grizzlies, Prince George Spruce Kings and Coquitlam Express.

His final junior season was disrupted by a broken ankle, but he bounced back in time to make an impact in his freshman year, recording nine points on the Flames’ back end.

“Having my sisters already at Liberty definitely opened the door,” he said. “I wasn’t sure what was next after junior, especially with the injury, but this turned out to be a great fit.”

He’s studying business and volunteers with a local fire department, planning to pursue firefighting after his playing days.

Sophia, also a Shawnigan alum, captained their U18 team prior to her commitment to Liberty. 

In her first two seasons at Liberty, she’s tallied 28 points in 46 games and is building a strong foundation off the ice, too – studying sports management with a minor in statistics and computer science, with an eye on a future in sports analytics.

“Watching my sister before I was eligible was just so much fun,” Sophia said. “I remember going to watch games with my parents and knowing that I wanted to join Zosia one day.” 

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Sophia, a mobile right-handed blueliner, will aim for her second national championship next season with Liberty. Tony Trozzo/Goldstream News Gazette

The Adamek name carries weight in West Shore hockey circles.

Their grandfather Rudy – who chose Zosia’s name as a nod to the family’s Polish roots – was the first president of Juan de Fuca Minor Hockey in 1971 and played a pivotal role in developing local sports infrastructure, including the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, Esquimalt Recreation Centre, and Triangle Baseball Park.

“She ended up playing in the rink he helped build,” said Mike. “That’s something special.”

That legacy lives on through the R&D Adamek Hockey Camp – a summer program at Shawnigan Lake that their dad ran for years and the siblings have now taken over.

“It’s really cool to be part of something that our family started,” said Sophia. “Shawnigan was such an important place for Zosia and I – to now run a camp there and work with kids just starting out is full-circle for us.”

Two of their Liberty teammates will fly north to help run this year’s camp – just another example of how the Adameks continue to blend their roots with their current chapter.

“Liberty has helped me grow in a lot of ways,” Zosia said. “As a player, but also off the ice. The coaches care, and the team atmosphere is special.”

That atmosphere – and the family ties – played a big role in bringing Sophia and Michael to campus.

And now, with all three under one roof, the next chapter of the Adamek hockey story is set to be their most memorable yet.

“It’s not something we ever really planned,” said Michael. “But somehow, it all worked out.”





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‘Local Legends’ push for success in Moorhead girls hockey camp

MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) – Several Division I players, all from the Fargo-Moorhead area, are driving others to success in a ‘Local Legends’ girls hockey camp. The drive for success starts early, and practicing for the next level begins at all ages. More than 90 youth girls hockey players attended the Local Legends camp […]

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MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) – Several Division I players, all from the Fargo-Moorhead area, are driving others to success in a ‘Local Legends’ girls hockey camp.

The drive for success starts early, and practicing for the next level begins at all ages.

More than 90 youth girls hockey players attended the Local Legends camp at The Cullen Hockey Center in Moorhead. The camp was led by six, local, Divsion I Women’s Hockey athletes: Olivia Dronen, Bria Holm, Ella Holm, Kate Kosobud, Taylor Brueske and Rylee Bartz.

They offered both on and off the ice training, as well as nutrition and sports psychology workshops.

After the camp, Moorhead 8U Girls Hockey player, Nora Deitz, said, “I had so much fun! I just keep working hard and keep practicing.”

Some traveled far and wide to attend the camp, like high school players, Ella Ketring and Madi Lisell of Roseau, Minnesota.

“It was really nice to hear from the college players that it’s all going to be okay, this is all just fun. Playing college hockey sounds really stressful, but we do this to have fun, so it was nice to hear it’s not going to be that stressful,” said Ketring.

Growing up in the FM community, Rylee Bartz of St. Thomas Women’s Hockey, said as girls hockey continues to evolve, so do the opportunities.

“There wasn’t much for girls hockey, I actually grew up playing boys hockey. Now, I look and there’s a ton of teams and a ton of opportunities for these younger girls,” she explained. “Getting to coach these girls and seeing them grow with a smile on their faces, it’s just so much fun.”

Moorhead native, Kate Kosobud, is set to transfer to The University of Minnesota-Duluth and emphasized players’ actions outside of the sport.

She said, “Not just as players on the ice, but the person and attitude you have off the ice is just as important. I told the girls giving back to your community… and having good relationships with your teachers, friends, and family can set you up for the next level.”

A next-level learning experience for those preparing for the future.

Some said they’re seeing their dreams now more than ever with the recent formation of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).

“When we were younger, I remember watching the NHL and saying, that’s not fair… but now there’s the PWHL, so there’s really something to look forward to,” the Roseau High School girls said.

The camp finished with an awards ceremony and autograph signing from the local legends.

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11 Home Matches Highlight 2025 Racer Soccer Schedule

The schedule for the 26th season of Murray State Women’s Soccer finds the Racers hosting 11 games at Carlisle Cutchin Field beginning with a pair of exhibition matches against Western Kentucky (Aug. 2) and Bellarmine (Aug. 8). The Racers host Troy, Lindenwood, Tennessee Tech, Marshall and Southeast Missouri prior to opening their fourth season in […]

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11 Home Matches Highlight 2025 Racer Soccer Schedule

The schedule for the 26th season of Murray State Women’s Soccer finds the Racers hosting 11 games at Carlisle Cutchin Field beginning with a pair of exhibition matches against Western Kentucky (Aug. 2) and Bellarmine (Aug. 8).

The Racers host Troy, Lindenwood, Tennessee Tech, Marshall and Southeast Missouri prior to opening their fourth season in the Missouri Valley Conference at Illinois State (Sept. 18).

MSU’s first home games in the 2025 MVC season happen (Sept. 25) against Northern Iowa and Drake (Sept. 28).

The nine-game MVC schedule finishes with a trio of road games at UIC (Oct. 23), Valparaiso (Oct. 26) and Indiana State (Oct. 30).

In 2025, the MVC Tournament will be played among the top-6 teams from the regular season. The event begins with quarterfinal matches hosted by the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds hosting the semifinals and the highest remaining seed being host for the championship (Nov. 9).

The MVC season closes out at Northern Iowa (Oct. 24) and at Drake (Oct. 27), before the MVC Tournament is hosted at various campus sites (Oct. 31, Nov. 3, Nov. 7 & Nov. 10).

Follow the Racers on Twitter (@MSURacers), Instagram (@RacersAthletics) and Facebook to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Murray State Athletics. Follow Murray State women’s soccer on Twitter and Instagram (@RacersSoccer).
 

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