Quick Strikes for Monday, August 24

The Canadian Women’s Hockey League held its entry draft yesterday. Here are some results from the day. [Pension Plan Puppets]
And our very own AshonIce has collected her latest round of news from around the NWHL and CWHL. [Ash on Ice]
A local girls hockey team has been assembled in Clinton, N.Y., a town outside of Utica. Challenges still remain, however, for the team looking to make history as the area’s first girls high school hockey team. They need to raise a minimum of $25,000 to get the program going. [Utica Observer Dispatch]
Josh Pauls, who has won two gold medals as a Paralympian for Team USA in sled hockey, is taking on an important role coaching kids without disabilities at a camp in Little Falls, N.J. “Hockey is hockey,” Josh says. “They’re standing up. I’m sitting down, that’s pretty much the only difference. The concepts are the same.” [CBS News]
A reunion after more than 25 years: Mike Bossy has been reunited with the puck in which he scored his 50^th goal in 50 games. Casino magnate Gavin Maloof heard it was being auctioned off and won it back for the NHL Hall of Famer. [Lighthouse Hockey]
Patrick Kane has been adopted as the face of USA Hockey for years now. With the recent allegations he has faced, USA Hockey must now find a new face of their organization. Who would be better than Minnesota native Zach Parise? [Rant Sports]
This is a great feature on Sidney Crosby, who is just a regular guy off the ice that enjoys fishing and conducting his Sidney Crosby Hockey School in his hometown of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. [TribLive]

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