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Though an owner’s lockout has thrown the upcoming season and the National Hockey League’s long-term viability as a professional enterprise in North America into serious question, neither Welch nor any of his teammates who have been drafted by big league clubs are abandoning their dreams of a career in the ice hockey business...
...hear about it on TV,” Lannon said. “The sport is struggling enough as it is as far as the ratings and the viewpoint the American public has of hockey. It doesn’t have the following it needs to survive a lockout...
Prior to the lockout, Welch had expected that he—like Dom Moore ’03 and several of his other former teammates—would begin his professional career in the AHL before eventually earning a call up to the Penguins...
...since there is a lockout, the only way it affects me is hopefully we’ll have more people in the stands this year because there’ll be no Bruins to watch and hopefully we’ll get some of their fans,” he added...
...course, if there is still a lockout when the season does end—whenever that may be—both Lannon and Welch will have a trusted source to turn to for advice: Donato...