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Regional sports editor for St. Catharines Standard, Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune
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IceDogs new braintrust ready to roll: Niagara heads into OHL draft with 16 picks

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By Bernd Franke 
| Welland Tribune
Three men with a combined 50 years of experience scouting for teams in the Ontario Hockey League’s Western Conference have come east. Literally and figuratively. After Dale DeGray joined the Niagara IceDogs as general manager after 19 seasons in the same position with the Owen Sound Attack, Sean LaFortune and Brian Teakle have followed him to St. Catharines.
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Tigers earning their stripes: Ridley doesn’t consider CSSRA Regatta as a ‘warmup’ for Henley

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By Bernd Franke 
| Welland Tribune
Martindale Pond, which hosted the 79th Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association (CSSRA) Regatta that wrapped up Sunday, will also be home to a national championship less than two months later. Race week for the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta this year is taking place Aug. 4 to 9. Many of the student-athletes who participated in the CSSRA Regatta will be back on the St. Catharines course, this time competing at the club level.
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IceDogs coach out: Krys Barch won’t be back behind the Niagara bench

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By Bernd Franke 
| St. Catharines Standard
Apparently, leading the Niagara IceDogs to their first winning season since 2019 wasn’t enough to give Krys Barch a second year as the Ontario Hockey League team’s head coach. It didn’t even warrant an in-person interview for the job. While Barch called Dale DeGray, the new general manager, and talked with him on the phone, and then asked DeGray in a text if he wanted a face-to-face meeting, he learned that he would not be back behind the bench in an email.
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