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THE DALLAS POST
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Sem’s Skudalski is
NHL draft
eligible for
NHL Central Scouting re-
cently ranked Wyoming Semi-
nary ice hockey player Craig
Skudalski, of Wyoming, on its
Preliminary Futures Prospects
list of all North American play-
ers eligible for this year’s NHL
draft. :
Skudalski is listed as a C skat-
er who plays for the Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton Knights in the
Atlantic Junior Hockey League
and is a projected fourth-
through-sixth round pick in the
draft.
Last season the 6’6”, 218 lbs.
senior forward scored 28 goals
and 33 assists for a total of 61
points in 25 games for the Blue
Knights, ending the season as
the teams leading scorer.
Skudalski entered Sem as a
freshman and was a role player
for the Knights varsity team, re-
ceiving the Offensive MVP
Award as a junior. He has been
playing ice hockey for 10 years
and began his ice hockey play
with the Pocono Pirates.
In addition to his three varsi-
ty letters in ice hockey, Skudal-
ski has three varsity letters in
baseball where he is the starting
pitcher and also plays first and
third bases.
“It has been a pleasure to
coach Craig for these past three
seasons and I have never met
anyone who is more passionate
about ice hockey,” said Joshua
Morgan, Sem head ice hockey
coach. “Craig is a great all-
around player who has used his
SKUDALSKI
plays a physical game when nec-
essary and has a great set of of-
fensive skills.
“More importantly, he plays a
defensively-sound game which
is what coaches at the next level
will be looking for,” Morgan
continued. “Craig has worked
hard all summer training with
the Wilkes Barre-Scranton Pen-
guins strength and condition-
ing coaches and I am excited to
see how he moves up the rank-
ings leading up to the 2013 NHL
draft.”
If Skudalski is drafted, he
would be the third former Sem
player to be so honored, follow-
ing Eric Tangradi (2007 draft),
now center for the Pittsburgh
Penguins; and Dennis Packard
(2001 draft), a former left wing
for the Bridgeport Sound Ti-
Lake-Lehman’'s Mike Novak goes down in heavy traffic against Dallas.
Lehman soccer team
upsets Mountaineers
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
large frame to his advantage. He gers.
SPORTS BRIEFS
The No. 8 seeded Black Knights of Lake-Lehman jumped out to a
4-1 lead over the No. 1 seed Dallas, then held off a late charge to hang
on for a 4-3 victory in boys soccer playoff action.
Austin Harry had one goal and one assist in the victory for Lehman
which defeated Dallas in either a Wyoming Valley Conference of play-
off game for the first time in nearly 10 years. The win advanced the
Black Knights to play at Crestwood in district semifinals.
Matt Saba led Dallas with two goals. The Mountaineers lost in the
first round of the tournament as the No. 12 seed for the second time in
PSU/WD plans. = Hei*@psucdu.
TV Tailgate party Gymnastics
The P State Wilkes-
Bats Af stint P rogram : begins
Society will host its an- registration
nual TV Tailgate Party
for the Penn State fans
in Northeastern Penn-
sylvania a half hour be-
fore the kickoff the Penn
State’s game gainst the
Nebraska Huskers on Sat-
urday, Nov. 10 at the Riv-
er Grille in Wilkes-Barre.
The party boasts tail-
gate style food and
drinks, as well as a half-
time raffle and a 50/50
drawing. Cost per person
is $27 and all attendees
must be 21 or older.
For more information
and to RSVP, contact
Karen Brace-Hodle in the
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Alumni and Development
Office at 675-9228 or
Shooting Starz Gymnas-
tics, 250 Johnston St.,
Wilkes-Barre, will accept
enrollment for 2012 on
Dec. 22.
For more information,
contact Joelle Rose at
822-1212.
Fastpitch players
sought
The Endless Mt Blast
Ul14 travel fastpitch pro-
gram is still looking for a
few qualified players to
round out its teams for
the upcoming season.
Anyone interested is
asked to call 840-6433 or
email ronh@sbsmod.com.
three years after being district runner-up last year.
Dallas’ Danny Saba, left, and Lake-Lehman's Mike Symeon pre-
pare to head the ball.
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Dallas’ Danny Saba, right, Nate Wood, left, and Lake-Lehman's
Mike Novak watch the ball ricochet off the post in a District 2
Class 2A boys soccer playoff game 3 0% 2
Dallas’ Zach Goodwin goes down hard against Lake-Lehman.
Misericordia Nursing Department is recipient of Professional Education Award
The Misericordia University De-
partment of Nursing has been
named as the recipient of the 2012
Innovation in Professional Nursing
Education Award by the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing
(AACN).
Representatives of the nursing
department received the award at
the fall semi-annual AACN meet-
ing in Washington, D.C. in October.
The Innovation in Professional
Nursing Education Award recog-
nizes the outstanding work of
AACN member schools to re-envi-
sion traditional models for nursing
education and lead programmatic
change. The annual Innovation
Award includes a $1,000 monetary
prize.
AACN is the national voice for
baccalaureate and graduate nurs-
ing education. Through various
educational, research, federal advo-
cacy, data collection, publications
and special programs, AACN
works to establish quality stan-
dards for nursing education. It also
assists deans and program direc-
torsto implement set standards, in-
fluences the nursing profession to
improve health care, and promotes
public support for professional
nursing education, research and
practice, according to the AACN
website. :
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vised that, if power was not re-
stored by evening, they should
seek shelter elsewhere. Manage-
ment was concerned about the
residents being without heat.
Matilda Moreck, Tilly Kalish
and Elaine Evansky toured an
emergency shelter set up by Red
Cross Disaster Services volun-
teers at the Dallas Middle
School. The ladies wanted to be
prepared in the event power
wasn’t returned to their apart-
ments before nightfall.
Dallas Middle School Principal
Tom Duffy said, “I hope we don’t
see anyone. That means every-
thing went well and everyone is
alright.”
Crews from UGI and Asplundh
repaired power lines along
Hunstville Road in Dallas Bor-
ough. According to Asplundh
worker Bob Bevan, lines were
damaged near Reservoir Road
from the intersection at Hunst-
ville Road to the substation locat-
ed off Reservoir Road.
Residents Allison Freedman
and Bob Anstett reported an ex-
plosion on Reservoir Road late
Monday evening.
“I heard a big explosion,” said
Anstett. “I called 911 to report the
fire, but it went out pretty quick.”
Power lines were ripped down in
the high winds, causing a brief
fire on the unpaved portion of
Reservoir Road.
Misericordia University was
without power, but backup gener-
ators did maintain heat and hall-
way lighting in the housing areas.
Students Jamie Opela, Maria
Weidemoyer and Brian Quinlan
said that power went out at about
1 a.m. but emergency lights were
on immediately. The cafeteria on
campus was still open but was
serving only cold foods such as
sandwiches.
Shavertown Volunteer Fire
Anprian fed Uri
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Tilly Kalish, Matilda Moreck and Elaine Evansky from Hi-Meadow
Apts. in Dallas register for relief at the Dallas Middle School.
Company officials said Monday
was a slow evening. According to
Captain Jeff Biesel, the company
had a call about water in a base-
ment and two calls about downed
trees. Power was back on in Sha-
vertown at approximately 11:30
a.m. Tuesday.
Dan Downey, a volunteer with
the Red Cross, said the shelter
repair lines in Dallas.
only had two individuals on Mon-
day evening. Mina Hontz, a vol-
unteer with the Red Cross, said
all shelters were closed by
Wednesday afternoon. The Dal-
Utility crews from Western Energy, a company in Kansas, review
work plans with a local UGI representative before setting out to
las Middle School had one wom-
an stay overnight on Tuesday, but
all others seeking shelter return-
ed home once power was re-
stored.