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Free-agent frenzy, and a Twitterrific WednesdayToday's the biggest day of the NHL's free-agent signing period, and former New Hampshire goalie (and Maine summer resident) Ty Conklin wasn't out of work for long. Conklin, who was Chris Osgood's back-up this past season in Detroit, will join the St. Louis Blues, who signed Conklin to a two-year contract worth $2.6 million, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. As for former UMaine goalie Ben Bishop, Blues president John Davidson said last week that the Blues want Bishop to continue developing in the American Hockey League this season. In case you want to keep track of today's free-agent signings, click here, via NHL.com. *** As for it being Wednesday, it's Twitterrific. As always. Here are five to follow (and five I follow @rlenzi) this week: @nhl_canes - the team that now holds the rights to Biddeford's Brian Dumoulin @portlandpirates - don't miss a beat on the local AHL team @USAHmagazine - USA Hockey Magazine's updates, in 140 characters or less @thehockeynews - great cover this week for The Hockey News @wyshynski - Greg Wyshynski, AKA Puck Daddy at Yahoo.com Don't forget to follow the Press Herald sports department @PPHSports Bookmark/Search this post with:
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Rachel is in her fifth year as a sports reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A former college soccer and softball player, she covered sports at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado before joining the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram staff in June of 2004. Rachel takes over coverage of the University of Maine hockey team and was introduced to Maine hockey as a seventh-grader in Annapolis, Maryland, after reading a 1988 Sports Illustrated story about Shawn Walsh's impact on the program. Nearly 20 years later, she still has the four-page article in her possession. She and her husband, Tommy (who also works for Maine Today Media) are avid sports fans who root for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Kansas Jayhawks. After a year of marriage, their next step in life is to find a bigger house! Tags2011 Adam Shemansky AHL Ben Bishop Blues Boston College Boston University Brian Dumoulin Brian Flynn Dave Wilson Greg Moore Gustav Nyquist Hockey East internship Jeff Dimmen Klas Leidermark Maine Maine hockey Merrimack Michigan State national polls national rankings New Hampshire New York Islanders NHL Northeastern Providence recruits Robby Dee Scott Darling season opener Shawn Sirman St. Louis Blues Stephane Da Costa Tanner House Twitter UMass UNH Union hockey Vermont |
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