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#70 Biscuits and Breezers      Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog we will be talking about the two recent deaths of 2 NHL prospects, ECHL player Pierre Luc- O'Brien retiring, and the Stanley Cup Finals. Starting off with the ECHL. Quite a while ago, long time South Carolina Stingray left wing Pierre - Luc O'Brien announced his retirement from professional hockey. I know this is dated but I felt that I finally had time to tell you all. Pierre was definitely one of my favorite players of all time in the ECHL and for the Stingrays organization. In his last season with the Stingrays, he had 24 goals in 71 games played, 28 assists, 52 TPs, 55 PIMs, and a +/- of  21. He played 2 seasons with the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the BCHL, 4 years at Sacred Heart University in the NCAA serving as assistant captain in his 3rd year and captain his 4th year, games with the Portland Pirates and Iowa Chops in the AHL, 4 seasons with the S
#69 Biscuits and Breezers            Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog we will be talking about the NHL Scouting Combine, Gregory Campbell breaking his leg, and Duncan Keith's suspension. Starting off with Campbell. During game 3 of the Eastern Finals, Gregory Campbell of Boston suffered a broken right fibula due to blocking a wicked slap shot from the Russian Beast Evgeni Malkin. Even though Boston went on to unfortunately sweep Pittsburgh, I have to give enormous credit to this guy. He stayed out on the ice and finished a more than a minute long shift before going back to the bench to the team physicians. He knew he was in a shooting lane, Geno was going to score on Rask, and he had to do something about it. He sacrificed his own being for the team and ultimately for the cup. This is proof of enormous amounts of dedication and drive to succeed. In the end the Bruins went on to win the game 2-1 in double overtime. I was watchi