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...There is no respite for Kasatka, however. She was back performing at SeaWorld on Thursday afternoon. The marine park does not believe in punishment and will not deprive her of food nor inflict anything corporal. Mike Scarpuzzi, vice president of zoological operations for SeaWorld California, says the facility's tradition has always been the use of positive reinforcement: "We focus on what we like them to do." Indeed, he says, when Peters was dragged down, the trainer sought to calm Kasatka rather than do anything that would agitate her further. He rubbed her comfortingly in order to extricate himself, even...
...Wildcats] were on our shooters and our postmen, so that opened up a gap for me,” Lin said. “And then I just tried to attack it and see what would happen.” Harvard thought it had won when UNH forward Mike Christensen missed an open three as time was running out. But Lin fouled forward Sam Herrick with .5 seconds left, giving the freshman a chance to tie the game at the free throw line. Herrick missed the first and his intentional miss on the second was rebounded by senior center Brian...
...land the puck in the back of the net, as the offense missed out on numerous shot opportunities and failed to capitalize on the three power-play opportunities. Junior Alex Meintel’s man-advantage shot 3:12 into the game was blocked by Catamount netminder Mike Spillane, as was Reese’s slapshot from the right nine minutes into the period. “There are a lot of areas of our game we need to improve, special teams being one of them, and execution of the puck in our own zone,” Donato said...
...stats sheet for Friday night’s game against Quinnipiac will tell you that 17:33 into the second period, freshman Alex Biega scored the game-winning goal, with junior Mike Taylor contributing an assist. What it doesn’t say, however, is that it was Taylor’s highlight-reel puckhandling that allowed the play to develop, leading to perhaps the most important goal of the season for the Harvard men’s hockey team and a victory over the top-ranked team in the ECAC. “When you lose some games, mentally...
...time to hit the “panic-button.” We’re still in this thing, and our biggest problems go far beyond the guy under center.Unfortunately for me, I’m not the coach of the Denver Broncos—Mike Shanahan is.He’s the coach of a Denver team that sits at 7-4, tied for second in the AFC West and still poised to grab a Wild Card spot in the NFL playoffs less than six weeks away. And it was his decision to name rookie Jay Cutler...