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Jackie Spiegel

At-large-contributor. Formerly ESPN, SNY, and SNY.tv. 4-time Emmy winner, 2-time NY Emmy nominee for short-form writing.

Isobel Cup Champion Now Aiming for Gold

Jackie Spiegel | May 5, 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…

Categories Buffalo Beauts, International Hockey, NWHL, Women's Hockey

NHL Alumni Lace up the Skates for Mikey

Jackie Spiegel | April 24, 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…

Categories Commentary, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers

Isobel Cup Champion Beauts Hit the Dek

Jackie Spiegel | March 30, 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…

Categories Buffalo Beauts, NWHL, Women's Hockey

Alana Blahoski on USA Hockey, the USWNT and the Boycott

Jackie Spiegel | March 18, 2017

When Alana Blahoski first laced up her hockey skates at the age of six, it was her mother who didn’t – initially – want her to play. As she grew older…

Categories International Hockey, Women's Hockey

Flames Take a Skate Through Central Park

Jackie Spiegel | February 5, 2017

He’s used to facing 80 mph slapshots, but for netminder Chad Johnson stopping those shots with the sun in your face is a different story. “It was difficult,” said Johnson with a laugh.…

Categories Calgary Flames

The Rebirth of Patrick Eaves

Jackie Spiegel | January 30, 2017

Everyone knows dogs are your best friend. They come running to the door when you get home, get excited when you throw their favorite toy, and lick your tears when…

Categories Dallas Stars, Player Profiles

True Blue: Steven McDonald

Jackie Spiegel | January 12, 2017

Silence. More than 18,000 people so quiet you could hear a pin drop. No one was moving. Even the air seemed to stay still. All eyes were fixated on the…

Categories New York Rangers, Rangers History

Different Types of Hockey

Jackie Spiegel | December 7, 2013

Anyone interested in the history and theory of sport should be intrigued by hockey, far from being the modern game one may imagine, hockey has ancestral variants reaching right back…

Categories NHL News
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