Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern
Jeffrey Craig Halpernis an American former professional ice hockey player...
currently large negative provider services transport wholesale
This could be a significant negative for Qwest, which is currently a large provider of wholesale transport services to BellSouth.
adam advantage games hunter invaluable job looked steve talk took year
I always looked up to those guys, ... I was able to have Dale Hunter to talk to my first year when he had a job in the organization. Just being able to talk to him after games and after practices, it was an invaluable experience. And to play with Adam Oates and Steve Konowalchuk, there was a lot to learn. Hopefully, I took advantage of that.
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The telecom sector has significant exposure to the economy.
entertain fans game paid quite
That's not quite accurate. There are still things to play for. You're still getting paid to play, this is still a game where you try to entertain the fans so you try to go hard.
brings closest figure gets group guys hard road team trips
This is probably the closest group of guys we've had. Trips like this help, because it gets everybody, especially the guys with families, involved. It brings us together. The way our team plays, we should play as well as on the road as we do at home. It's hard to figure out.
couple team
That's a team that embarrassed us a couple times this year. You get up for things like that.
brought family hockey people sure thinking thursday
I'm sure on Thursday I'll be thinking about things, ... But at the same time, I'll be thinking about Thursday's game, too. Hockey is a big part of my life. It's brought people in my family a lot of joy.
advance expectation few past quarters results shown wheels
Clearly, the past few quarters of above-expectation results have shown that the wheels have not come off at AT&T in advance of the merger.
along build chances net second teams third time trying
Part of what we're trying to do is get pucks to the net and outwork teams along the boards, something we'd like to build on. But now pucks are just going to the net. Some of the time when we're getting a lot of those chances we're trying to get second and third opportunities. It's really just getting the bounces.
breakdown difference playing power
We're playing a lot better, but it's still a loss. We had a breakdown at the end of the second. Then they had a power play at the end and they scored. That was the difference in that game.
calls heels
We were on our heels a lot and they were able to capitalize. We didn't get many calls and we could have used a break.
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We estimate Qwest's at-risk revenues from this arrangement total several hundred million dollars annually.
enabling fan fans favorite game great guy line opens red score
You get a guy like that, he's going to score 25, 30, 35 goals. It will be interesting to see if the game opens up without the red line enabling him to use his speed. I don't know what Bonzai is going to do. He's been a fan favorite for so many years. It would be great for the fans to see him come back.
chance game gave half
We had a chance, we were up 3-0 with half the game done. We gave them a chance to come back.