Jackie Spiegel
At-large-contributor. Former ESPNer. Currently works at SNY and SNY.tv. 4-time Emmy winner, 2-time NY Emmy nominee for short form writing.
Author's Posts
For Lebanon, Ball Hockey World Championships Meant More Than a Medal
July 26th, 2017 Each one was smiling bigger than the guy standing next to them. They stood arm-in-arm draped in red, white and green. The colors represented a country some were born in or their parents, but none live there today. Together, united, they had just completed their first-ever ISBHF World Ball Hockey Championships. Yes, part of the...
Flyers Prospect Shines on International Ball Hockey Stage
June 30th, 2017 At 22 years of age, Danick Martel's professional hockey career is just beginning. The diminutive forward wrapped up his second season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in May where he netted 20 goals and 20 assists in 68 games. While he is eyeing a leap to the NHL in the near future, Martel recently reached another milestone in his hockey...
Kevin Westgarth and the Road Less Traveled
June 2nd, 2017 This past April, Kevin Westgarth stood in the visitor's locker room at the Prudential Center grinning ear-to-ear. The former Los Angeles King had just wrapped up a charity ice hockey game with several former NHL players. In the game he did something he had only done seven times during his NHL career - he scored a goal. While he...
Isobel Cup Champion Now Aiming for Gold
May 5th, 2017 If anyone has a shooter tutor, Paige Harrington is looking for one. While the rest of her Buffalo Beauts teammates may be reveling in their Isobel Cup championship, Harrington is busy preparing to take on the world after being named in April to the U.S. Women's National Ball Hockey Team that will compete in the ISBHF's Ball Hockey...
NHL Alumni Lace up the Skates for Mikey
April 24th, 2017 The New Jersey Devils' season is over, but the sounds of hockey were emanating from the Prudential Center Friday night. Former NHL foes from the Devils, New York Rangers and New York Islanders shook the cobwebs off their gear to skate in the Third Annual Mike Nichols Charity Hockey Game to raise awareness and funds to benefit spinal cord...
Isobel Cup Champion Beauts Hit the Dek
March 30th, 2017 Less than a week after skating around the Tsongas Center with the Isobel Cup raised above their heads, members of the Buffalo Beauts packed a car and headed southeast hoping for another championship. But this time, they left their skates home. Hockey Is Hockey In a small community just outside of Philadelphia, down a small winding...
