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  Dave McMenaminOct 18, 2025, 02:43 AM ET

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  • Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.
  • Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.

LOS ANGELES — Using Friday’s preseason finale as a “dress rehearsal” for next week’s regular-season opener, Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick put Gabe Vincent in the starting lineup to fill in for the injured LeBron James.

Vincent capped a strong individual training camp with 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting (4-for-5 from 3), but the Lakers lost 117-116 to the Sacramento Kings to finish the preseason 1-5.

The regular season starts Tuesday night when L.A. hosts the Golden State Warriors. Though the Vincent decision was made, there is plenty more for the Lakers to figure out in the next few days.

“We have two more practices, so we need to clean up some things,” said Luka Doncic, who scored a game-high 31 points to go with nine assists in 33 minutes.

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Vincent said the coaching staff informed him about the lineup change Friday morning. If the staff was uncertain about the choice, Vincent helped his cause in the Lakers’ preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday when he scored 18 points in the first four minutes, going 5-for-5 from 3.

“I think I just bring what I’ve been doing since I’ve been here,” Vincent said when asked about his fit with the starters. “Just defending, try to defend at a high level. Playmake when I have opportunities, space the floor while Luka and [Austin Reaves] are creating themselves.”

James is not expected to return to the lineup until mid-November, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania, as he continues to recover from sciatica affecting the right side of his body.

Though Vincent will join Doncic, Reaves, Deandre Ayton and Rui Hachimura on the court to tip off the 2025-26 season, Redick made it clear that the current starters are not permanent.

“I don’t know anything about who I’m going to be starting the rest of the season because, again, there’s injuries, and there’s things that happen throughout a year,” Redick said. “I have a pretty good idea who’s going to start Game 1, after that, I don’t know. But I do think in that lineup there’s lot of shooting around Luka and DA, and Gabe is another ball handler, another tough defender.

“I think he fits in well, but you have to take a look at every matchup we play against and have to make a decision there.”

Redick has downplayed the magnitude of his starting lineup decision repeatedly during training camp, pointing out that he used 25 different starting lineups last season.

Redick and his team sounded far more concerned about their defense after allowing 59 second-half points to a Kings team that shot 54.7% overall and 44.8% from 3.

“I think in practice we were more physical,” Doncic said. “We need to work on our physicality.”

The Lakers were without one of their more physical defenders in center Jaxson Hayes for the second half Friday. He left the game because of a right wrist contusion after finishing a lob dunk in the first quarter. Redick said X-rays on Hayes’ wrist were negative, and the Lakers will have a further update on Hayes when they practice Sunday.

Former Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart, who had 14 points and four steals off the bench against Sacramento, vowed to help with the physicality in the meantime.

“Just follow my lead,” Smart said. “That’s really it. I’m going to try to set the tone each and every night. And just kind of piggyback off me.”

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October 12, 2025

(by Steve Hopkins)

With their location on Main Street in Port Washington, the Gold Coast Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to Long Island, Queens, and the Bronx in New York.  The club is just a block from the Port Washington LIRR rail station, and easily accessible by other public transportation.   The club is 3500 square feet with 8 tables, 14 foot high ceilings and a G-floor surface.

The club offers national and regional tournaments as well as weekly leagues, and lessons.  The club features group training sessions on Fridays with coaches Ahmed Elmallah and Fei Zhai, which are followed by a league.  USATT League is every Friday night at 7:30pm.

The goal of Gold Coast Table Tennis is to offer a modern, professional and friendly club that caters to beginners and advanced players of all ages.  The club is open every day – stop by and check them out.

Contact: https://goldcoastttc.com  |  GoldCoastTTC@gmail.com

Location: 52 Main St (Rear), Port Washington, NY 11050

Hours: Mon-Fri 3pm – 9pm, Sat 11am – 7pm, Sun 11am – 6pm

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Skins Game is coming back to the golf calendar after 17 years, with a few new aspects.

The Skins Game will be played on the Friday after Thanksgiving. As it did when it started in 1983, it will feature among the top six golfers in the world: Ryder Cup star and FedEx Cup champion Tommy Fleetwood, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele.

The Skins Game returns to the golfing calendar on Black Friday, and will include FedEx Cup champion Tommy Fleetwood, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele. David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images

What’s new: The Skins Game is moving from the California desert to South Florida and will be broadcast on Prime Video instead of network TV.

It will be held at Panther National, a new course in Florida that opened two years ago and was designed by Thomas and Jack Nicklaus. Bradley, Schauffele and Thomas all live in the area.

The Skins Game, which began in 1983 with some of golf’s biggest stars, was last played in 2008 and won by K.J. Choi. It was the cornerstone of what once was known as the “silly season” in golf. It began in 1983 with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Gary Player (Vin Scully was the announcer) and held over Thanksgiving weekend in California.

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The new Skins Game will have a similar format. A player wins the dollar amount for each hole, and it carries over if the hole is tied. The difference is a “reverse purse,” in which all four players start with $1 million and their fortunes rise or fall with every hole won or lost.

Coverage will start at 9 a.m. This is the second golf event for Prime, which last month announced it would stream two additional hours of weekday coverage at the Masters.

October 5, 2025

(by Steve Hopkins)

With their location just South of central Rochester along Hwy 390, the Genesee Valley Table Tennis Club is in a great location to serve the Greater Rochester Community of Northern New York.   The roots of table tennis in Rochester go back to the 1930â€s as not one but TWO clubs were founded in the year 1938.  The club moved a few times, and and some different incarnations through the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

The move to the current location (RSG) occurred in 1986. The club is now full time.  They offer leagues on Monday and Tuesdays and open play is available all other days (when the Rochester Sports Garden is open).  Dustin Zemaitis and AJ Carney are club coaches and they offer private and group lessons for all levels.  Last year, the club installed professional table tennis flooring and upgraded the lights to enhance visibility on the courts.

Contact: geneseevalleyttc@gmail.com
Website: www.gvttc.com

Location: Rochester Sports Garden (RSG), 1460 E. Henrietta Rd., Rochester NY 14623

Hours: Monday -Friday: 3:30pm – 10:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9:00am – 10:00pm

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  Sean AllenSep 30, 2025, 09:41 AM ET

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  Sean Allen is a contributing writer for fantasy hockey and betting at ESPN. He was the 2008 and 2009 FSWA Hockey Writer of the Year.

Connor Hellebuyck’s Vezina-and-Hart-Trophy-winning campaign in 2024-25 looked like a throwback to another era. While tandems have largely defined the modern crease, Hellebuyck, along with a handful of others, suggests the classic No. 1 goaltender is far from extinct. We might just have to redefine it.

Let’s look at the last 16 seasons of data — eight seasons before the Vegas expansion, eight seasons since. From 2009-10 to 2016-17, the average crease share of a top-12 fantasy goalie was 74.1%, with an average of 35.2 wins and 215.7 fantasy points. Among all teams, 25% had a goaltender with 75% crease share or higher and 54.2% had at least 65%.

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From 2017-18 to 2024-25, the average crease share of a top-12 fantasy goalie was 65.0%, with an average of 32.6 wins and 181.2 fantasy points. This time, only 7.9% had a goaltender with 75% crease share or higher and 33.3% had at least 65%.

(The 2012-13, 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons have all been prorated to 82 games.)

The average goalie spent a lot less time in the crease since the most recent expansion. Only two goalies had a crease share larger than 75% in 2024-25, and you know exactly who they are, as Hellebuyck and Andrei Vasilevskiy are responsible for 11 of 20 such campaigns. Hellebuyck and Vasilevskiy are a clear concentration of power here. Aside from them, only Juuse Saros and Carey Price have hit 75% twice.

In the 2009-10 to 2016-17 stretch, prior to expansion, there were 17 goalies with multiple individual seasons of at least 75% crease share and only 11 others who managed it just once. It wasn’t a concentration of power then; goaltenders with massive workloads were common.

But if we lower the bar just a little, instead of the classic 75% threshold, we get some growth in single-goalie usage when we make 65% the minimum for a “No. 1.” Whereas we had only eight in 2023-24, there were 15 that took at least 65% of their team’s crease last season.

Tying it all together, 65.0% is a fair threshold for crease share for a top-12 fantasy goalie since 2017-18. It’s a good target for the set-and-forget variety of goaltender, especially in leagues with weekly lineup changes that don’t allow you to shuffle in backups for a night.

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That’s 15 goalies that received and should continue to receive 65% of their team’s crease. Blackwood and Knight didn’t get 65% on the season as a whole, but cleared it when considering just the time with their new teams.

But we can add a few more to the list. Injuries and veterans in the way played a role in keeping five other goaltenders from clearing the bar last season but we can pencil them in for this season, with no tandem in sight.

Likely No. 1 Workloads

There is still a need to monitor tandems for the coming season. Firstly, just because a goaltender gets the workload, doesn’t mean they get the fantasy results. Just ask Saros and the Predators from last season.

Secondly, there is value, especially in daily lineup leagues, in leaning into tandem deployments because of the cost of acquisition, as they go in drafts much later than the full-time starters.

Thirdly, tandems don’t have to stay tandems forever. Goaltenders, especially young ones still getting their feet wet in the NHL, can emerge from a time-share to become a force in fantasy.

So let’s check on the 12 remaining NHL teams that don’t necessarily have a goaltender projected to get 54 or more starts (65%) for the coming campaign, presented in alphabetical order.

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2024-25 season

• Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: 64.8% crease share, 33.2 fantasy points (26.5 years old)

• James Reimer: 33.9% crease share, 32.6 fantasy points (37.5 years old)

• Devon Levi: 9.8% crease share, -13.0 fantasy points (23.7 years old)

2025-26 roster

• Alexandar Georgiev: 54.79% crease share (with COL, SJS), -35.4 fantasy points (29.6 years old)

• Devon Levi

• Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

• Alex Lyon: 31.66% crease share (with DET), 40.2 fantasy points (32.8 years old)

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It wouldn’t be a surprise to see all four goaltenders get reps this season, but Luukkonen has the most upside. The bottom line to remember is that unless the Sabres are way more competitive than they are projected to be, there isn’t likely to be much fantasy value. Even the “starter” barely cracked 30 points last year.

2024-25 season

• Pyotr Kochetkov: 57.0% crease share, 84.8 fantasy points (26.2 years old)

• Frederik Andersen: 27.0% crease share, 44.0 fantasy points (36.0 years old)

• Spencer Martin: 8.5% crease share, -8.4 fantasy points (30.3 years old)

• Dustin Tokarski: 7.3% crease share, 16.8 fantasy points (36.0 years old)

• Yaniv Perets: 0.2% crease share, -0.8 fantasy points (25.6 years old)

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Andersen and Kochetkov are probably destined to split time, as Kochetkov has earned enough trust. If the Canes weren’t in a compete window, we would probably see more of a changing of the guard, but they are, so we should see plenty of the reliable Andersen. This tandem might be one of the rare ones worth drafting into, as both Andersen and Kochetkov should return value.

2024-25 season

• Elvis Merzlikins: 64.3% crease share, 53.6 fantasy points (31.4 years old)

• Daniil Tarasov: 22.3% crease share, -1.0 fantasy points (26.5 years old)

• Jet Greaves: 13.4% crease share, 57.4 fantasy points (24.5 years old)

2025-26 roster

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Fedotov adds some competition, but Greaves posted stellar numbers in just 11 appearances last season, so he certainly has the most shine heading into 2025-26. The Blue Jackets appear poised to win more, meaning whoever emerges from the fray could be a sleeper, but any kind of split puts a cap on non-streaming usage for all. That said, Greaves is someone to stash for keeper leagues if he and the team continue to take strides.

2024-25 season

• Cam Talbot: 53.6% crease share, 70.4 fantasy points (38.2 years old)

• Alex Lyon: 31.7% crease share, 40.2 fantasy points (32.8 years old)

• Petr Mrazek: 25.0% crease share, 9.4 fantasy points (33.6 years old)

• Ville Husso: 12.6% crease share, -13.0 fantasy points (30.6 years old)

• Sebastian Cossa: 0.9% crease share, 2.4 fantasy points (22.8 years old)

2025-26 roster

Ideally this isn’t even close to a tandem, as Gibson should be a No. 1 for a club at this stage of his career. But he’s toiled through so many down years with the Ducks that it’s a genuine question as to whether he’s faded overall or just needed this change of scenery. Think back to Darcy Kuemper at this time last season: Usurped in Washington and off the fantasy radar; only to storm in, recapture his magic and finish near the top of the pack for goaltending. Gibson is a solid investment at the draft if you’re willing to wait.

2024-25 season

2025-26 roster

• Calvin Pickard

• Stuart Skinner

Is this a tandem? Ideally for the Oilers, it’s not even close to one. But Skinner keeps leaving the door ajar for Pickard to steal away starts. Even though this is a team destined for 50-plus wins and Skinner is certainly the 1A, it’s just hard to trust recent results. Did you even remember that they both won the same number of games in the playoffs this past summer? Skinner will be given the chance to take the ball and run with it, but he certainly shouldn’t get drafted as if that’s fait accompli.

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2024-25 season

• Samuel Ersson: 52.8% crease share, 32.6 fantasy points (25.9 years old)

• Ivan Fedotov: 29.0% crease share, -12.0 fantasy points (28.8 years old)

• Aleksei Kolosov: 18.3% crease share, -16.6 fantasy points (23.7 years old)

2025-26 roster

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*Editor’s note: Fine

2024-25 season

• Tristan Jarry: 40.9% crease share, 39.4 fantasy points (30.4 years old)

• Alex Nedeljkovic: 43.5% crease share, 28.8 fantasy points (29.7 years old)

• Joel Blomqvist: 15.6% crease share, -5.8 fantasy points (23.7 years old)

2025-26 roster

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We saw some signs of potential from Blomqvist early in the season, some signs of life from Jarry late in the season and Silovs is a wild card. The big picture is that the Pens are likely in the draft lottery competition more than the wins column, so fantasy results in the crease will be limited. But with Sidney Crosby still driving the bus, we can’t completely discount the possibility that the Penguins stumble into a groove and that one of these three benefits from it.

2024-25 season

• Alexandar Georgiev: 56.8% crease share, -35.2 fantasy points (29.6 years old)

• Mackenzie Blackwood: 54.1% crease share, 29.4 fantasy points (28.8 years old)

• Vitek Vanecek: 26.2% crease share, -17.0 fantasy points (29.7 years old)

• Yaroslav Askarov: 14.6% crease share, 8.0 fantasy points (23.3 years old)

• Georgi Romanov: 8.5% crease share, -15.6 fantasy points (25.8 years old)

2025-26 roster

• Yaroslav Askarov

• Alex Nedeljkovic: 43.51% crease share (with PIT), 28.8 fantasy points (29.7 years old)

• Jakub Skarek: 1.55% crease share (with NYI), -3.2 fantasy points (25.9 years old)

Sometime in the next two to three seasons, the Sharks will emerge as a contender. That bodes very well for Askarov as he develops into a full-time starter. With Nedeljkovic likely forming a tandem this season, Askarov is still a season or two from full-time status, but don’t look away if San Jose heats up. In the meantime, Askarov should be stashed in keeper leagues.

2024-25 season

• Anthony Stolarz: 40.5% crease share, 133.6 fantasy points (31.7 years old)

• Joseph Woll: 49.8% crease share, 110.6 fantasy points (27.2 years old)

• Matt Murray (TOR): 2.4% crease share, 0.2 fantasy points (31.3 years old)

• Dennis Hildeby: 7.3% crease share, -0.6 fantasy points (24.1 years old)

2025-26 roster

• Dennis Hildeby

• Anthony Stolarz

• Joseph Woll

This is our gold standard for tandems, with both goaltenders eclipsing 100 fantasy points last season. They finished No. 11 and No. 16 in fantasy points from the crease, despite neither cracking 50% in share. The Leafs return with an equally formidable defensive game under coach Craig Berube, and early ADP trends clearly favor Stolarz (82.3 vs. 207.9), which makes Woll the goaltender to target.

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2024-25 season

• Arturs Silovs: 11.0% crease share, -15.8 fantasy points (24.5 years old)

• Kevin Lankinen: 61.0% crease share, 100.0 fantasy points (30.4 years old)

• Thatcher Demko: 26.3% crease share, 21.2 fantasy points (29.8 years old)

• Nikita Tolopilo: 1.7% crease share, 2.2 fantasy points (25.5 years old)

2025-26 roster

• Thatcher Demko

• Kevin Lankinen

• Nikita Tolopilo

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Demko remains on a team-friendly deal this season, but his salary jumps next year, locking the Canucks into $13 million for the Demko-Lankinen duo through at least 2028-29. Lankinen was a strong fantasy pickup while Demko was injured last season, though both stumbled down the stretch. Demko has top-tier fantasy potential with a heavy workload, but Lankinen’s emergence likely limits him to around 45 starts if both stay healthy. Demko is a solid mid-round pick, though you may want to insure him with Lankinen in the late rounds.

2024-25 season

• Adin Hill: 59.7% crease share, 137.2 fantasy points (29.4 years old)

• Ilya Samsonov: 35.5% crease share, 43.8 fantasy points (28.6 years old)

• Akira Schmid: 4.8% crease share, 16.0 fantasy points (25.4 years old)

2025-26 roster

Hill is the prime age for goaltenders (literally; in the data above, the average age of a top-12 fantasy goaltender is 29). His 59.7% crease share was a career high, and this season his stamina will be tested, with only Schmid backing him up. There’s a strong case for including Hill among the starters mentioned above. His ADP as the eighth goalie off the board is justified — a true tandem seems unlikely in Vegas this season.

2024-25 season

• Charlie Lindgren: 46.3% crease share, 54.8 fantasy points (31.8 years old)

• Logan Thompson: 51.3% crease share, 139.4 fantasy points (28.6 years old)

• Hunter Shepard: 1.2% crease share, -10.2 fantasy points (29.9 years old)

• Clay Stevenson: 1.2% crease share, -3.4 fantasy points (26.6 years old)

2025-26 roster

• Charlie Lindgren

• Logan Thompson

Although last season was nearly a 50-50 tandem, Thompson emerged as the superior goalie. He likely earned a larger share this season, but it may not be enough to crack the fantasy elite at his position. There’s also the question of whether the Capitals will repeat anything close to their surprise President’s Trophy-winning campaign. That said, Thompson’s ADP as the No. 13 goalie is a discount, and Lindgren is worth considering as insurance.

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September 28, 2025

(by Steve Hopkins)

Fullerton Table Tennis Academy is located off Imperial Highway in Fullerton, California.  The facility is near Bonita Pl and S Harbor Blvd/E Imperial Hwy in the neighborhoods of La Habra.  This positions the club just North of Anaheim with easy access to all of the greater Los Angeles area.

Fullerton Table Tennis Academy focuses on the skills necessary for table tennis as well as the spirit of table tennis in general.  The club offers professional coaching and facilities with an eye towards creating a community space for healthy leisure.  There are programs for young people which can help develop skills from beginners all the way up to those aspiring to be professional athletes, and on the other end of the spectrum there are also healthy lifestyle programs offered for seniors.  All players of all ages are welcomed.

Coaches are ready to help new players learn the fundamentals or to help advanced players reach the next level.  Whether you are looking for private lessons, single day sessions, or equipment, you should visit this table tennis academy.  Monthly memberships are also available.

Contact: (714) 332-9562
Email: team_cltta@yahoo.com

Location: 241 E. Imperial Hwy #350,  Fullerton, CA 92835

Hours: Monday – Friday: 11:00am to 10:00pm
Saturday – Sunday: 1:00pm to 7:00pm

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The Pittsburgh Penguins enter Saturday on the back leg of a pre-season back-to-back, and everyone in North America is aware that a special someone is back in town for one last hurrah.

But Marc-Andre Fleury won’t be the only source of entertainment when the Penguins take on the Columbus Blue Jackets for second and final time this pre-season.

In their 3-2 comeback win against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, the Penguins featured mostly a prospect- and AHL-focused lineup. There were a few exceptions in guys like Danton Heinen, Blake Lizotte, Philip Tomasino, Connor Dewar, and Matt Dumba, but may others were players fighting for role positions on the NHL roster.

That’s not the case for Saturday’s game.

Not only are the big veteran players in Fleury, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust, and Rickard Rakell slated to start, they will also ice most of their top organizational prospects – offering fans a glimpse into what the future could look like for the Penguins.

During the summer, we released our full Top-20 Penguins’ Prospects list. As it turns out, many of them are going to be in the lineup Saturday for the Penguins. Top-five prospects Harrison Brunicke, Ville Koivunen, Ben Kindel, and Sergei Murashov are all listed on the roster, as are Owen Pickering, Tristan Broz, Filip Hallander, Finn Harding, and Avery Hayes.

It should be a nice blend of past, present, and future, gift-wrapped within a game that may not have any meaning in terms of standings and points but hold significant emotional value.

“We felt like this was one… today’s a little bit unique,” head coach Dan Muse said. “You got the uniqueness there of Marc-Andre Fleury being here and the celebration of him going into the game, so I think this is just the way it lined up.”

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Here are the lines and pairings for Saturday’s game:

Forwards
A. Hayes – Crosby – Rust
Anthony Mantha – Malkin – Justin Brazeau
Koivunen – Rakell – Kindel
Boko Imama – Broz – Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Hallander

Defensemen
Parker Wotherspoon – Karlsson
Caleb Jones – Letang
Pickering – Brunicke
Harding

Goaltenders
Murashov
Fleury

It is already known that Fleury will suit up for the third period and Murashov will anchor the opening two. Murashov has emerged as a legitimate prospect candidate to take the reins as the Penguins’ goaltender of the future, as his dominance at every level of professional hockey has been something to marvel at.

In some ways, Murashov is remniscent of a young Fleury – quick, athletic, agile, cool, confident, and poised. So it’s only fitting that – akin to the rest of the roster – past and future get to suit up in the same game.

And Fleury’s advice for Murashov and other young Penguins’ goaltenders?

“You better try hard,” Fleury said Friday. “I’m coming to take your spot.”

And for one night, one period only, he will.

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Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA) has locations in both Fremont and San Ramon. Regular tournaments, open play, and coaching options are all features of FTTA.  The club locations provide plenty of hours (morning, afternoon, and evening).  They have facilities open 6 days each week. Group and private table-tennis lessons are available for all levels and ages.  All levels are welcome.

FTTA provides a premier location to play table tennis that is easily accessible to San Jose in the Southern part of San Francisco Bay as well as the other major cities that surround the Bay.  The Fremont location is on Warm Springs Blvd., sandwiched between the 680 and 880.  The facility is a USATT National Center of Excellence.  The Fremont Table Tennis Academy Tri-Valley Branch is on San Ramon Valley Blvd. in San Ramon.

National level coach, Shashin Shodhan leads the academy coaching programs at FTTA.  He has represented the US at the North American Olympic Trials, and has trained and competed internationally in China, Sweden, and Germany.  As a junior, he was a member of the US Junior National Team, winning a variety of titles and accolades along the way.

Contact: (510) 366-5234 (Shashin Shodhan)  |  www.fremonttabletennis.com
Email: info@fremonttabletennis.com

Locations: Fremont Location is at 47998 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539  |  San Ramon location is at 2410 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Suit 235, San Ramon CA 94583

Hours: Fremont Hours – Monday 1 PM-8 PM, Tuesday 1 PM-9 PM, Wednesday 5-10 PM, Thursday 12 PM-8 PM, Friday 11 AM-9 PM, Saturday closed, Sunday 9 AM-9 PM  (*Check the website for most up to date hours and activities)

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