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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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College football leaders react to Donald Trump’s NIL order plans

President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to establish a single NIL standard across college football and other sports and has plans to sign an executive order to that effect. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell are two of the sport’s biggest voices pushing for changes to the NIL market. “It’s not […]

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President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to establish a single NIL standard across college football and other sports and has plans to sign an executive order to that effect.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell are two of the sport’s biggest voices pushing for changes to the NIL market.

“It’s not a secret. I had a chance to visit with the President, along with Pete Bevacqua, the athletics director at Notre Dame,” Sankey said, via ESPN.

“We met and played golf at Bedminster, and his interest is real. My takeaway: he wants to be supportive of college athletics, make sure that it’s sustainable, the Olympic program, and the Olympic development.”

He added: “Work that’s done on college campuses was on his mind. The support of women’s athletics was on his mind, but having some kind of real boundaries, and we’ve been in active conversations.”

Sankey has also spoken with Congress on the matter.

“I talked to members of Congress yesterday as they look at a bill in the House of Representatives, went through a subcommittee markup. This is all the gobbledygook. I think those Congressional activities are still a real priority for us,” he said.

News of President Trump’s interest in signing an executive order on NIL comes amid the White House appearing to scrap, or at least pause, plans to create a college sports commission, as Mr. Trump and members of the House of Representatives instead moved forward to introduce the SCORE Act.

That piece of legislation, known as Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements, aims to “protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student-athletes to promote fair compensation with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.”

The bill would overrule the current standard of various state laws and offer guidance on how players are paid through NIL mechanisms and aims to create a single federal standard.

Campbell, a Texas Tech booster and member of the school’s Board of Regents, was thought to be one of the people earmarked to run President Trump’s planned commission, with former Alabama head coach Nick Saban being the other.

“I haven’t heard anything,” Campbell said, via USA Today, about imminent plans by Mr. Trump to sign an executive order.

Though he added: “It wouldn’t be surprising.”

College football coaches and decision makers have not been shy about expressing their opinions, whether positive or negative, on the current NIL landscape and potential legislation regarding revenue-sharing with players.

But what happens on that front is still anyone’s guess.



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WOLF PACK UNLEASHED: COOPER MOORE

Jul 17, 2025 HARTFORD, CT – Who says you can’t go home? Defenseman Cooper Moore, a native of Greenwich, CT, did just that ahead of the 2023-24 season. After playing three seasons of college hockey at the University of North Dakota, Moore transferred to Quinnipiac University for the final two seasons of his career. There, […]

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HARTFORD, CT – Who says you can’t go home? Defenseman Cooper Moore, a native of Greenwich, CT, did just that ahead of the 2023-24 season. After playing three seasons of college hockey at the University of North Dakota, Moore transferred to Quinnipiac University for the final two seasons of his career.

There, he enjoyed back-to-back career best seasons and earned a professional contract. To make matters even more special for the Connecticut native, that professional contract came from home with the Hartford Wolf Pack.

“The New York Rangers have always been my favorite team growing up, so being able to sign with Hartford is a dream come true,” Moore said when asked about inking a deal with the Wolf Pack. “I have even been on the mailing list for the Wolf Pack for as long as I can remember. Being a kid from Connecticut, it was a huge factor for me to play pro hockey in the same state that I started my career in. I would say the biggest factor would be staying close to home, allowing me to start my career in a familiar area.”

Moore began his collegiate career in 2020, suiting up in 18 games for the University of North Dakota. After three seasons, he transferred to Quinnipiac University in time for the 2023-24 season. That campaign proved to be his best, as he tied his career-high in goals with three while setting new career best marks in assists (19) and points (22).

A season ago, Moore enjoyed his second most productive NCAA season, notching 14 points (1 g, 13 a) with the Bobcats.

“I have to thank my coaching staff from the University of North Dakota for the first three years of my college career. They developed me into the player that stepped into Quinnipiac,” he said of his success with the Bobcats.

“I believe being back home was a huge help in my success at Quinnipiac. Many family and friends were able to come see me play and play a bigger role in my life. However, the entire coaching staff at Quinnipiac was the biggest reason for my success. Coach (Rand) Pecknold, (Joe) Dumais, (Rick) Bennett and (Mike) Corbett played essential roles in me taking a big jump over my two seasons at Quinnipiac. I would say the biggest difference would be coach Brijesh Patel in our weight room at Quinnipiac. Not only did he help me surprise myself in the gym but also played a huge role as a life coach on and off the ice.”

Relying on family, friends, and his coaches at Quinnipiac doesn’t stop just because he won’t be suiting up for the Bobcats this fall. Moore is well aware of Quinnipiac’s success in sending players to the professional ranks during Pecknold’s tenure behind the bench. He plans on using the veteran bench boss and his staff as a sounding board as he prepares for a new challenge in September, his first training camp with the Wolf Pack.

“I am lucky enough to have many friends that have entered the pro ranks recently that I can rely on for first-person advice on training camp and my first pro season,” Moore said when asked about how he’ll prepare for the challenge. “It has been awesome to see the support through texts and calls giving me advice for my first season. I will rely heavily on the coaching staff at Quinnipiac to help me navigate my first season as well, as they have had many players in the same situation and have a plethora of knowledge.

“There are also many people in my family that I will rely on to help me prepare and approach my first pro season. I’m excited for this summer to prepare and learn as much as I can from everyone in my corner before I enter my first professional training camp and season.”

Moore will have plenty to prove in his first professional training camp and season. The Wolf Pack’s blueline group is both crowded and experienced, meaning Moore will have to quickly prove himself to Head Coach Grant Potulny and his staff.

What can Potulny, and Wolf Pack fans, expect when they see Moore jump onto the ice in training camp and in game action?

“I would say I’m a two-way defenseman,” Moore responded when asked about his game. “I believe I skate well, and I can play a physical style of hockey.”

Not much is guaranteed in professional hockey. One thing that is guaranteed for Moore, however, is how special it will be to put on the Wolf Pack jersey this fall.

“I played for Mid-Fairfield out of southern Connecticut for over ten years, and out of the 20 years I’ve been playing hockey, only four have been for a non-CT based team,” he said. “It means everything to me being a Rangers fan growing up, playing for the Mid-Fairfield Rangers, to be able to sign with the Hartford Wolf Pack in my home state.

“I remember watching Wolf Pack games with my family when I was younger and I know my younger self would be ecstatic for me to be wearing the red, white, and blue.”

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Preston Stout Named Golfer of the Month

FORT WORTH, Texas – Oklahoma State’s Preston Stout has been named the Ben Hogan Award’s Golfer of the Month for June following a vote conducted via committee balloting and social media fan vote. A rising junior from Richardson, Texas, won the Northeast Amateur, Invitational, the highest-rated event of the month according to the World Amateur […]

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FORT WORTH, Texas – Oklahoma State’s Preston Stout has been named the Ben Hogan Award’s Golfer of the Month for June following a vote conducted via committee balloting and social media fan vote.

A rising junior from Richardson, Texas, won the Northeast Amateur, Invitational, the highest-rated event of the month according to the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He used a 9-under total of 267 to run away from the field, tallying an eight-stroke victory. Stout tied the tournament record with a 61 during his second round.

Stout, who is currently ranked fifth in the WAGR, posted a 2-1-1 mark as a member of  Team USA at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup as well.

The Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month selection committee is comprised of foundation members from the Ben Hogan Award and Friends of Golf as well from as the award’s selected partners. In addition, a fan vote on social media earned the top vote getter on each of the @benhoganaward social media channels a bonus committee vote.

 

The other finalists for the June honor were Oklahoma State junior Ethan Fang and Arizona senior Filip Jakubcik.

 

The Ben Hogan Award presented by Baird annually recognizes the top men’s collegiate golfer considering all college, amateur and professional events played over the 12-month period beginning with the 2025 NCAA Championships and running through the 2026 NCAA Regionals.



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MHSAA Member High Schools Report Highest Participation Since 2018-19

MHSAA member high schools reported a combined participation of 275,684 athletes in MHSAA-sponsored tournament sports during the 2024-25 school year – the highest number of participants in those activities since 2018-19 and despite another decrease in combined enrollment across those 754 schools. This past year’s participation total was 5,020 students – or 1.9 percent – […]

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MHSAA member high schools reported a combined participation of 275,684 athletes in MHSAA-sponsored tournament sports during the 2024-25 school year – the highest number of participants in those activities since 2018-19 and despite another decrease in combined enrollment across those 754 schools.

This past year’s participation total was 5,020 students – or 1.9 percent – higher than in 2023-24, while enrollment at member schools fell by 1.3 percent. Boys participation was up 1.9 percent to 161,329 – also its highest since 2018-19 – and girls participation was up 1.8 percent to 114,355, its highest count since 2019-20. MHSAA participation totals count students once for each sport in which they participate, meaning students who are multiple-sport athletes are counted more than once.

Two sports set participation records during 2024-25. Boys track & field counted 24,759 participants – a 3.7 percent increase from a year ago in breaking its previous record from 2005-06. Girls lacrosse participation was up 0.9 percent from last year to 3,970 participants in setting a record for the second-straight season.

Another 15 sports saw participation increases this past school year. Girls tennis saw an increase of 6.4 percent to 9,485 athletes, followed by boys and girls wrestling’s combined increase of 5.2 percent to 12,422 participants – with boys wrestling participation up 3 percent and girls up an incredible 24 percent to 1,505 athletes. Girls track & field (18,108 athletes) and boys cross country (8,209) also saw some of the largest jumps at 4.5 and 4.1 percent, respectively.

Also reporting increased participation during 2024-25 were boys tennis (3.7 percent, 6,163 total athletes), football (3 percent, 36,210), girls volleyball (2.9 percent, 19,679), boys golf (2.7 percent, 7,416), girls competitive cheer (2.4 percent, 6,319), boys basketball (1.7 percent, 20,541), girls cross country (1.4 percent, 6,826), boys soccer (1.1 percent, 14,112), boys bowling (1 percent, 4,333), boys swimming & diving (0.9 percent, 4,073), and girls soccer (0.7 percent, 11,090).

Although 11 sports saw participation decreases during 2024-25 from the previous school year, those for girls basketball (-0.4 percent) and boys ice hockey (-0.7 percent) were lower than the 1.3-percent enrollment decline at MHSAA member schools.

Football remains the most popular sport in terms of participation at MHSAA member high schools, with that total of 36,210 athletes its highest since 2017-18. Girls volleyball remained the most popular girls sport in 2024-25, with its 19,679 athletes the highest total since 2012-13.

The participation figures are gathered annually from MHSAA member schools to submit to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) for compiling of its national participation survey. Results of Michigan surveys from the 2000-01 school year to present may be viewed the “Sports Participation Listing” page.

The following chart shows participation figures for the 2024-25 school year from MHSAA member schools for sports in which the Association sponsors a postseason tournament:

 

BOYS

 

GIRLS

 

Sport

Schools (A)

Participants

Schools (A)

Participants (B)

Baseball

650/9

16,044

-/13

Basketball

741/2

20,536

689

13,063/5

Bowling

408/12

4,312

380

2,689/21

Competitive Cheer

335

6,319

Cross Country

658/3

8,205

626

6,826/4

Football – 11 player

522/65

33,427

-/79

                 8-player

132/12

2,692

-/12

Golf

535/46

7,333

390

3,970/83

Gymnastics

86

497

Ice Hockey

285/12

3,092

-/15

Lacrosse

173/11

5,023

134

3,194/15

Skiing

106

762

111

727

Soccer

485/13

14,063

470

11,909/49

Softball

616

11,368

Swimming & Diving

266/17

4,031

276

4,648/42

Tennis

288/15

6,133

328

9,485/30

Track & Field

685

24,759

677

18,108

Volleyball

731

19,679

Wrestling

503

10,917

 379

1,505

(A) The first number is the number of schools reporting sponsorship on the Sports Participation Survey, including primary and secondary schools in cooperative programs as of May 15, 2025. The second number indicates the number of schools that had girls playing on teams consisting primarily of boys.

(B) The second number indicates the number of additional girls playing on teams consisting primarily of boys and entered in boys competition.

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by more than 1,500 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract more than 1.4 million spectators each year. 



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Men’s Hockey Announces 2025-26 Schedule

Story Links CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men’s hockey announced its 2025-26 schedule today, featuring 15 games at Bright-Landry, including highly anticipated matchups against Cornell, Boston University, and Michigan — all coming to Cambridge. Next season, the Crimson returns leading scorers Casey Severo, Joe Miller, and Ivy League Rookie of the Year Mick Thompson […]

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men’s hockey announced its 2025-26 schedule today, featuring 15 games at Bright-Landry, including highly anticipated matchups against Cornell, Boston University, and Michigan — all coming to Cambridge.

Next season, the Crimson returns leading scorers Casey Severo, Joe Miller, and Ivy League Rookie of the Year Mick Thompson up front, while veteran defensemen Ryan Healey and Mason Langenbrunner anchor the blue line.

The Crimson will open the 2025-26 season with an exhibition matchup against Northeastern in its final trip to historic Matthews Arena. Since 1963, Harvard has gone 9-4 at Matthews Arena as it looks to begin the season with a win in one of the oldest arenas in the country. Last season, Mason Langenbrunner scored twice against the Huskies in the Beanpot third-place game, becoming the first Crimson defenseman since at least 2002-03 to have two goals in a single game at the Beanpot.

Harvard opens the regular season on the road at UConn on Friday, Oct. 31, marking the first of seven non-conference games this season. The Crimson have now played UConn in three consecutive seasons and have opened the regular season on the road in two of the last three years.

The Crimson will then open its home slate with Stonehill on Nov. 4 before hosting rival Cornell and Colgate on Nov. 7–8. Opening the ECAC season with one of its biggest games of the year, Harvard fell to the eventual ECAC champions in a shootout on home ice last season.

Hitting the road for its first trip of the season, Harvard will head to the North Country to take on Clarkson and St. Lawrence the following weekend. Harvard forced a game three in the ECAC Quarterfinals last season after a Casey Severo goal in overtime helped set up a win-or-go-home game at Cheel Arena. Mick Thompson scored a shorthanded goal early in game three, but the Golden Knights scored once in the third and once in overtime as the 2024-25 season came to a close.

In its second non-conference game of the season, Harvard will travel to Burlington for the first time since 2017 to take on the Catamounts at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Since Vermont left the ECAC after the 2004-05 season, the Crimson have played them only five times.

Harvard then returns home for another big matchup as the Crimson welcomes the Michigan Wolverines to Bright-Landry after Thanksgiving. In a two-game series, Harvard will host the Big Ten opponent to complete their series after the Crimson traveled to Ann Arbor in the 2022-23 season. Harvard tied the opener 4-4 before falling to the No. 5 Wolverines by a score of 4-1, with now-senior captain Joe Miller scoring two goals over the two games at Yost Ice Arena.

Following Thanksgiving, the Crimson returns to ECAC play as it hosts Ivy rivals Yale and Brown heading into the winter break. Last season, Harvard went 3-0-1 in four games against the Bears and Bulldogs.

After the winter break, Harvard resumes play on the road with a trip to Quinnipiac on Jan. 2 before playing Princeton on Jan. 3. Last season, the Crimson opened its road schedule with the Tigers, staging a third-period comeback and forcing overtime when Mick Thompson scored his first career goal with time expiring in the extra frame. Closing out the road trip the following weekend, Harvard will travel to Hanover to play Dartmouth before returning home for a busy week.

The Crimson then hosts Boston University on Jan. 12 in a midweek matchup just ahead of Beanpot season. Harvard played the Terriers twice last season — once in the preseason and once in the first round of the Beanpot. The following weekend, St. Lawrence and Clarkson come to Bright-Landry before a Monday matchup with Union on Jan. 19 to close out a stretch of four games in seven days.

Harvard then travels west to take on Colgate and Cornell on Jan. 24 and 25, before returning to Cambridge to play RPI on Jan. 30 in the last tune-up before the Beanpot.

The Crimson will open the first round of the Beanpot against Boston College on Feb. 2 at TD Garden. Harvard will face the Eagles in the first round for the first time since 2023, when Marek Hejduk scored the overtime winner to send Harvard to the finals. The Crimson will welcome Dartmouth in between Beanpot games, on Friday, before returning to the Garden on Monday to play either Boston University or Northeastern.

The Crimson opens the final stretch of the regular season with four straight road games, beginning with a trip to Brown and Yale on Feb. 13–14 before heading to Union and RPI in the final road trip of the regular season.

Harvard will host Princeton and Quinnipiac in the final weekend before the ECAC playoffs begin.

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Jack Devine Did It All At DU

Story Links Not many players have accomplished what Jack Devine did in his four years at the University of Denver.   He joined the Pioneers hockey program as one of the youngest players in the country in 2021-22 and finished his collegiate career with two national championships, three Frozen Four appearances, two […]

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Not many players have accomplished what Jack Devine did in his four years at the University of Denver.
 
He joined the Pioneers hockey program as one of the youngest players in the country in 2021-22 and finished his collegiate career with two national championships, three Frozen Four appearances, two All-American first-team honors and was recognized as a Hobey Baker Award top-10 finalist in his final two seasons.
 
On the ice, Devine leaves as the highest-scoring player in the modern era of Denver hockey. His 163 points are the most by a Pioneer since Rick Berens had 180 from 1987-1991 and rank 12th overall in the school record book. With 57 goals and 106 assists, the Glencoe, Illinois, native is also one of just 10 players to record at least 50 goals, 100 assists and 150 points in their time in crimson and gold, and his 162 games played are tied for the eighth-most in program history.
 
Devine’s many great accomplishments on and off the ice wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the ones he loves and the friends he made along the way. They motivated him and shaped him into the person, athlete and student he is today. Always striving to be the best version of himself.
 
 “My teammates pushed me every day to get better, and just strive for greatness, especially at this program.” Devine said. “Then my family, I want to represent them well. They sacrificed so much to put me in the position I am today.”
 
Since starting hockey at a young age, Devine says the sport has influenced the person he has become. It has given him well-nurturing values and set standards for him to reach on the ice and in his personal life.
 
“Hockey has taught me so many valuable life lessons,” Devine said. “Hockey continues to teach you teamwork, perseverance, and it’s kind of allowed me to get a lot of qualities that I believe represent myself. It’s allowed me to get some of my best friendships I’ve had and build connections with people; deeper than surface level.”
 
Devine has done in all at DU, culminating in the two national championships he won with the team.
 
“Those were dreams of mine growing up as a kid, and to win in Boston (in 2022) with my family there, and also be able to do it in Minnesota (in 2024) with my family there was super special,” Devine said. “And to do it with two different groups of guys was also surreal, where you can build those bonds not with one team but a second team for the rest of your life.”
 
As writer A.A. Milne scribed in The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, “How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
 
It is a feeling that Devine certainly shares, as his time at Denver will bring back nostalgia of the good times he had with his teammates.
 
“Just the culture of the guys, this super close-knit team, hanging out a lot with each other outside the rink,” said Devine of what he’ll remember of his time as a Pioneer. “Honestly, you live so close; I lived with four other guys and just living in a house with that many guys, it’s pretty awesome. You just always know you’re like a two-minute drive, five-minute walk away from each other. You have a good weekend and all the guys get together. That’s pretty special, so it’s hard to replicate. I just think the jokes you get day-in and day-out in the locker room—it’s pretty special.”
 
Inspiration comes in many forms for Devine, but his gratitude goes out to his family.
 
“My dad, my granddad, my mom, my sisters; they pushed me,” he said. “My mom and dad made so many sacrifices to put me in this position and to have this success I’ve had both in hockey and life. Yes, I wouldn’t be here today without them. And my granddad; he’s a little bit older now, so he can’t make it to many games, but he is one the hardest working guys. I know he still gets up at 5 a.m. every day, so that’s someone I strive to be like.”
 
With four years filled with many memories, Devine has accomplished lifelong goals, gained a family within the program and shared these amazing times with the ones he loves the most.
 
Cliché as it may be, Devine’s advice for the next generation of student-athletes is to enjoy their time in college because four years goes by fast.
 
“It goes by quick, and it really does,” Devine said. “Make sure to do what you enjoy and love. If you don’t enjoy your sport or don’t love your major, try to change that or pick something different.
 
“I would also say manage your time, it really does help. If you manage your time early on in the week, it allows you to honestly enjoy your time a little more and not feel so overloaded and if you get too stressed, it might affect your relationships. So if you get your stuff done and in a timely manner, that can really positively set up your life and set up your relationships.”
 
 



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