Playoffs elsewhere (almost everywhere), Daniels takes the fall: Thursday notes

Ran up to Hartford this morning for a chat with Ryan Haggerty, with Game 5 of their series Friday night at the Former Mall.

Down on the Island, Brock Nelson told Arthur Staple he’s off to Worlds. The U.S. tournament begins Friday morning against Finland; it’s on NBCSN at 10 a.m. The full rosters don’t appear to be updated yet, but Anders Nilsson is on the Swedish roster.

Tough news from Charlotte: coach Jeff Daniels, former Beast of New Haven co-captain, won’t be back next year.

TEAM Old New
SD-a Jarrod Skalde (4/21)  — 
CHA Jeff Daniels (4/30) — 


a-Former Norfolk Admirals, new San Diego Gulls.

Back in the playoffs: Remember when Manchester was romping past Portland? Not so much anymore. The league’s regular-season champs face a Game 5 on Saturday in Manchester.

These Twitter Rockford-Texas travel stories are insane.

Nice story from Minnesota on the Sauer family, the hockey and football players whose careers ended because of concussions, and their sister Kelly, the doctor working on preventing and treating concussions.

And tip of cap, Messenger.

Michael Fornabaio