RAILERS ACQUIRE FORWARD TYLER KOBRYN FROM FLORIDA EVERBLADES Kobryn got into 18 games for first-place Everblades WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Railers Hockey Club (@RailersHC), proud ECHL (@ECHL) affiliate of the New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) and Head Coach & General Manager Nick Tuzzolino announced today that forward Tyler Kobryn has been acquired via trade with the Florida Everblades in exchange for cash considerations In 18 games played this season with the Florida Everblades Kobryn tallied 32 points to go with 54 penalty minutes and a -22 rating Kobryn started the season in the Southern Professional Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen NJ native spent four seasons with Wesleyan University playing NCAA III hockey He was a New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament champion during the 2019-20 season helping to lead Wesleyan to their first ever NCAA III tournament bid before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 508 Club Memberships are now on sale for the 2025-26 season! Get access to games this season, exclusive events and additional benefits by calling the Railers front office at 508-365-1750 or by visiting RailersHC.com Sign up for our email newsletter to be the first to know about news and upcoming games The Hun School of Princeton: Played four years of varsity softball as a pitcher … Three-time first team all-state and all-conference … twice a league-MVP and a three-time selection for the Iron Women award … Pitched 219 innings and struck out 433 batters from her freshman through junior year … Totaled 83 hits 75 RBI and 14 home runs in her time at the plate … Plays travel with Newtown Rock 18U Gold - Garvey … Earned three mentions on the academic honor roll Personal: Born 1/7/06 … One of four children and only daughter of Marjorie and Scott Kobryn … Has three brothers: Tyler Troy and Trevor … Tyler and Troy are professional hockey players and both played in college Tyler at Wesleyan and Troy as a Merrimack goalie … Trevor is a pitcher for Siena College baseball … Chose to attend Villanova because of the "exceptional academics school spirit and proximity to home" … Planning to major in psychology Orchard on Kobryn: "Lexi is a dominant force on the mound that gets lots of swings and misses and she'll contribute with the bat as well She's a hard worker who challenges herself on and off the field." There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Louis Blues and the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds announced that the team has signed forward Tyler Kobryn to a standard player contract enters his second season with the Blades since 2023-2024 Launching his professional career with the Tulsa Oilers in the 2020-21 season Kobryn played in 33 contests recording three goals and three assists before seeing time on five ECHL teams throughout two seasons to amass 10 goals and 10 assists in 91 appearances These teams included the Atlanta Gladiators the Indy Fuel and the Reading Royals.  Kobryn developed his foundational skills at the USHS Prep level with Delbarton School where he competed in four consecutive seasons before transitioning to NCAA hockey he continued his development with four years at the collegiate level at Wesleyan University where he accumulated 29 points in 97 games (16 goals and 11 assists).  Season ticket plans for the 2024-25 campaign are on sale now! 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To view the Blades 365 Membership savings, benefits, and options click HERE. Group Packages are available for a group of 10 or more There is no handling of money or tickets and no limit to the amount of money your group can make with the Everblades' easy-to-run online Fundraiser or to reserve a Fundraiser Night at an Everblades regular-season home game As the Hun School softball team headed into the spring it was facing a major challenge as it looked to fill the void left by the graduation of stars and program stalwarts Lexi Kobryn and Jamie Staub produced a record-breaking career for the Raiders as a pitcher and a hitter with 638 strikeouts and a 0.41 ERA and a batting average of .537 with 123 hits ands 119 RBIs while Staub also starred in the circle and at the bat as she had 134 strikeouts and a 0.40 ERA and batted .427 with 88 hits and 61 RBIs Longtime Hun School head coach Kathy Quirk who guided the Raiders to an 18-3 record and the Prep A state final in 2024 is looking for senior and Haverford College commit Anna Murphy to excel in the circle who will also be giving innings to senior Kailey Jacobs and freshman Payton Poandl “We are looking forward for her to step it up She has good movement on the ball and her speed is pretty good.” Quirk saw some good things on team’s recent trip to Florida over spring break “We hit the ball well in Florida which was surprising,” said Quirk whose team opened its 2025 season by edging Lawrenceville 7-6 last Thursday Junior star and Sacred Heart University commit Sam Jolly (.524 batting average with 33 hits in 2024) will be the table setter for the Hun batting attack “She will lead off like she did last year,” said Quirk of Jolly who went 3 for 3 with one run and one RBI in the win over Lawrenceville “She is a hardworking young lady and does a nice job for us at second base The Raiders should get some hitting punch from junior Rowan Lacy (.433 “Rowan will probably bat second for us like she did last year,” said Quirk Eisenberg batted third and Murphy batted fourth We are looking for some big things from the two of them.” Quirk believes that freshmen Poandl and Quinn Schweer can also contribute with the bat “Payton has got a pretty strong bat,” said Quirk The Raiders feature a battle-tested infield with Eisenberg back at catcher and slick fielding senior Brianna Riviello at third “I feel pretty confident with my infield,” said Quirk who is moving Lacy to first base from the outfield we are still trying to figure out our starters,” said Quirk who is looking at senior Sophia Troiano and junior Natalia Landamia in the outfield along with a quartet of freshmen in Claudia Price In order to maintain the program’s winning ways our defense is going to see the ball a lot more than they have the past couple of years,” said Quirk whose team hosts the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (Pa.) on April 3 and the Pingry School on April 4 before playing at South Hunterdon in April 5 and at Villa Joseph Marie High (Pa.) on April 7 "Allow us to help you, to help your busines! Call us on +0044 1034 5623 or get in touch via email at mentor@mentorbiz.com" Thanks for visiting PEORIA — The Peoria Rivermen signed a goaltending tandem and a pair of brothers Thursday as they continued assembling their roster for a President's Cup title defense in the 2024-25 SPHL season the latter with extensive experience in the Double-A ECHL "One of the advantages we can offer goaltenders in Peoria is a full-time goaltending coach," Rivermen assistant coach and former elite SPHL goaltender Eric Levine said "At the minor league level it's rare for players to have access to that We want goaltenders who want to put on the Rivermen jersey Rivermen hockey: Peoria brings in 'elite veteran' hockey player with experience at the next level 185-pounder who has served several stints in the ECHL He played three seasons at Merrimack College and then finished at American International College turning pro in the spring of the 2022-23 season with ECHL Norfolk Kobryn played three games with SPHL Fayetteville last season a 1.97 goals-against and a .942 saves rate He went up to the ECHL with Adirondack and Tulsa then returned to the SPHL for brief stints with Pensacola and Knoxville The New Jersey native was named the 2017 high school hockey Player of the Year by nj.com and was a second-team All-USA pick by USA Today "He's going to start off at ECHL Tulsa camp," Levine said "We told him he needs 20-30 games in Peoria and prove he can be a starting goaltender at the SPHL level so he can get that longer chance at ECHL "He does goaltender instruction back in New Jersey and that's important because he'll understand coaching and how we can make him better." he's my …The Rivermen signed another Kobryn on Wednesday night — goaltender Troy Kobryn's older brother with significant next-level experience in the ECHL He'll start off in ECHL Tulsa's training camp in the fall Kobryn played four seasons for NCAA Div.-III Wesleyan University before turning pro in 2020-21 with class-AA ECHL Tulsa where he played 33 games and scored three goals as a rookie He has been in the ECHL for all four of his pro seasons He's played 127 ECHL games with 14 goals and 14 assists Peoria's long and icy road: Rivermen, Civic Center locked in negotiations over lease, ice plant "We saw him play against us in the SPHL last season and know what kind of player he can be," Rivermen coach Jean-Guy Trudel said But he has so much next-level experience in the ECHL we can lean on him to be a leader here and a strong presence." He came down last season to the SPHL and spent 43 games with Fayetteville notching 14 goals with 13 assists and serving as an assistant captain Kobryn knows the Rivermen dominance at Carver Arena — where they went 28-1-3 last season — quite well 170-pound rookie goaltender from Fort McMurray He appeared in 13 games over three seasons for Boston University then finished up in Canada's collegiate system with 40 games over two seasons at Grant MacEwan University with a 3.63 goals-against and .900 saves rate As a freshman at Boston University in 2019-20 Abel opened unbeaten in his first five college starts (3-0-2) He finished with a 3.15 goals-against and .891 saves rate Peoria hockey: 14 notable facts about the Rivermen schedule for 2024-25 "He was a backup at Boston University," said Levine who was busy completing a move to central Illinois this week as he and his wife bought a home here measured guy who doesn't show emotion or body language in the net Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com Game Recap: Softball | 2/16/2025 1:55:00 PM BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lexi Kobryn delivered another lockdown performance in the circle for Villanova softball on Sunday allowing just three baserunners in a two-hit complete game shutout and 3-0 victory over Dartmouth The victory moved the freshman right-hander to 3-0 on the season with a pair of shutout wins at the Joan Joyce Classic striking out four batters in each of her starts in Boca Raton Ava Franz, Maranda Runco and Grace Reed provided all the scoring the 'Cats needed with Franz going yard for the second time this weekend Runco recording an RBI double and Reed scoring once and reaching base twice on a pair of walks coming through with a strikeout in each of the first two stanzas and keeping the Big Green off the board Reed drew a leadoff walk to open the home half of the second moving station to station on another walk and a groundout before crossing the plate on a wild pitch for a 1-0 Wildcat edge after two Franz kept up her strong weekend in the third frame, blasting a home run off the palm trees in left field to put her team ahead 2-0. A hit-by-pitch of Kelsey White followed before Runco belted a pitch into the gap for a double scoring White all the way from first for a 3-0 lead Kobryn also recorded her first collegiate hit when she laced a one-hop double off the wall in the fourth but couldn't reach the plate to add to the tally Kendall Spivey and Jaclyn Morra each came through with pinch-hit base knocks in VU's sixth-inning chances though neither could get past second to keep the lead at three and it was up to the New Jersey native in the circle to close out the win Kobryn came back out looking for the shutout and delivered just as she had all day working out of a one-out error to stifle the Big Green and deliver a three-win Wildcat weekend with a 3-0 victory Thanks for visiting Matt Arujo scored at 3:39 of the overtime period and the Knoxville Ice Bears dropped its fifth straight game in a 3-2 loss to Fayetteville Saturday night at Crown Coliseum With Fayetteville on the power play in overtime Tyler Barrow slid the puck to the right circle for Arujo who teed off on a one-timer to beat Kobryn up high Arujo scored 35 seconds into the game with a backhand from the slot to give Fayetteville the early lead He received the puck on the left side of the zone skated to center and lifted the puck past Kobryn Brady Fleurent scored his team-leading 11th goal of the season at 6:49 to leave the score tied at the first intermission Seth Ensor sent the puck from the left point down behind the Fayetteville net to Rex Moe Moe slipped the puck out in front to Fleurent Roman Kraemer scored by finding a loose puck on a net-front scramble when the puck came free by the crease Kraemer lifted it over an outstretched Kobryn at 10:16 of the second Fleurent tied the game right before the horn with a rebound with less than a second remaining Troy Murray kept in a clearing attempt at the right point fired the puck on net and Fleurent slipped the rebound past Kenny after the Fayetteville goalie made the initial save Knoxville closes out the weekend with a trip to Roanoke Sunday night Fayetteville is off until Friday when it hosts the Ice Bears ABOUT The Knoxville Ice Bears: The Knoxville Ice Bears organization began in 2002 and was an inaugural charter member of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) in 2004 As four-time SPHL Champions and five-time regular season champions the Ice Bears are an experienced and established organization offering the city and its visitors a balanced product of highlight-reel hockey unique and exciting intermission activity and endless fan interaction family-friendly way to enjoy sports and entertainment Partial Season and Flex Tickets are now on sale visit www.knoxvilleicebears.com or call (865) 525-7825 Ticket SpecialsMerchandise SpecialsNews & AnnouncementsMORE… and discount ticket and merchandise offers Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" David Kobryn (10) of Bayonne drives to the basket as Tomas Monteiro (20) of Dickinson tries to defends during the boys basketball game at Bayonne High School in Bayonne 2025 Duncan Williams | For NJ Advance Media .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Jason Bernstein | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comFreshman Dave Kobryn made five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points and six rebounds to lift fifth-seeded Bayonne to a 60-48 victory over 13th-seeded Weehawken in the second round of the Hudson County Tournament in Bayonne 10 rebounds and five assists for Bayonne (12-10) which closed the first half with an 18-6 run to take a four-point lead Noah Shaw added 13 points with five rebounds and four assists and Mouhamed Diawara had 10 points Bayonne plays fourth-seeded Hoboken in the quarterfinals on Monday Ean Britt scored 21 points while Jadon Sarabhayavanija had 14 The N.J. 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Maranda Runco and Brooklyn Ostrowski got the team's only two other hits both getting aboard twice on a single and a base on balls The Wildcats got a pair of runners aboard in the opening frame thanks to back-to-back walks but couldn't advance anyone beyond second base Kobryn caught a break right away as a leadoff single was called back due to a batter stepping out of the box then worked out of a two-out double for a scoreless first It was another pair of bases on balls in the ensuing frame for a two-out runner in scoring position though a strikeout ended the chance for VU to be the first on the board Runco laced a single off the pitcher and Ostrowski sent one up the middle in the third Burrows singled to begin the fourth and moved up to second on VU's second sacrifice bunt of the season and game The Tigers' lineup created the most dangerous situation of the afternoon to that point with a pair of leadoff singles putting two aboard in the fifth inducing outs from each of Clemson's top three power hitters to remain scoreless Burrows reached on a walk in the sixth but couldn't score then a 1-2-3 seventh for the Villanova lineup put the onus on Kobryn to extend the contest stranding a one-out single and getting a two-out flyout to give the fans some free softball so a runner was placed on second to begin each team's extra-inning hacks The Wildcats put three balls in play and got their runner to third using a leadoff single to walk it off in the eighth and escape with a 1-0 victory Thanks for visiting – Villanova softball picked up its first top 25 victory of the season on Friday 25 Florida Atlantic Owls to draw a split in the team's opening day at the Joan Joyce Classic Game Recap: Softball | 2/14/2025 5:20:00 PM Villanova (3-4) fell to Louisville 5-1 in the tournament's opener at 9:00 a.m. then took down the event's host in a 1-0 pitchers' duel to finish the day Ava Franz and Elizabeth Gray were the catalysts of the Villanova offense in the first game each totaling two hits against the Cardinals Franz reached base three times on a single walk and solo homer while Gray singled twice in the matchup Kat Gallant went all six innings in the circle for the Wildcats tying her season high in strikeouts with four while inducing 12 batted-ball outs The Cardinals put a five-spot on the board to start out the game a single and three doubles to secure an early 5-0 lead Villanova threatened in the third on an Elaina Wagner single before Gray beat out a bunt but the 'Cats couldn't get any runs back in that frame Franz changed those fortunes in the next stanza belting a solo shot out to right-center for her first bomb of the year to lessen the deficit retiring 11 batters in a row to close the contest but the offense wasn't able to capitalize on any more opportunities in a 5-1 loss Lexi Kobryn was dominant in the circle tossing a complete game shutout with four strikeouts and just six baserunners allowed en route to the second win of her freshman campaign Alexa Raphael notched two hits and scored the game's lone run while Grace Reed doubled and Franz added VU's only other base knock against the Owls both pitchers had to work out of trouble in the second as Reed led it off with a double but couldn't score then Kobryn got out of a bases-loaded jam to keep it at zero The Wildcats added to the board right after, stringing together a Raphael single, Kelsey White walk and Franz base knock before Jaclyn Morra put the ball in play and forced an error The freshman right-hander Kobryn worked around baserunners in the third and fifth and it all came down to her in the seventh as FAU loaded up the bases with two down inducing a popout to deliver her side a 1-0 ranked victory Thanks for visiting – The Villanova University softball program will welcome five newcomers for the 2025 season with each of them signing to play for the 'Cats this week N.J.) as well as utility options Maddy Burns (Fallston N.Y.) each signed letters of intent on Nov with each of the players signing to the 'Cats this week Fallston High School: Earned four varsity letters in softball as a pitcher and outfielder … All-County selection in all four years three-time all-state and three-time Player of the Year … Struck out 100 batters in 50 innings pitched as a junior … Served as a four-year team captain … Spent five years with the PA Chaos travel team ranked 19th by Extra Innings …Also played two years of varsity basketball as a shooting guard … Earned distinguished honors for academic work in each year … Maintained a 4.75 GPA two years in a row with straight A's four years straight Personal: Born 02/27/06 … One of four daughters of Amy and Jeremy Burns … Has three sisters: Mackenzie Brooklyn and Kaelyn … Chose to attend Villanova for "the amazing academic and athletic programs" … Plans to major in nursing She brings a ton of energy to everything she does and will contribute as a hitter The Hun School of Princeton: Played four years of varsity softball as a pitcher … Three-time first team all-state and all-conference … Twice a league MVP and a three-time selection for the Iron Women award … Pitched 219 innings and struck out 433 batters from her freshman through junior year … Totaled 83 hits CSI High School for International Studies: Ranked No 31 in the Class of 2024 by Extra Innings … Plays travel with PA Chaos 18U Gold - Spina … Member of the National Honor Society … Selected as Congress of Future Medical Leaders Award of Excellence winner for outstanding academic achievement Personal: Born 1/31/06 … One of four children of John and Jeannette Mahnken … Has three siblings: Gianna Adrianna and Valentina … Chose to attend Villanova because it "had the most welcoming environment while attending my visit Orchard on Mahnken: "Ava will come in and immediately compete for the starting catcher position and she's a gritty athlete that can also play the infield." Anthony's High School: Played four years of varsity softball as a shortstop … Earned Catholic League Player of the Year as a junior in addition to three selections to the All-Long Island and All-New York State teams … Three-time honoree as the team MVP and a two-year championship game MVP … Has maintained a .500 batting average in each of her three high school seasons including 108 hits and 116 RBI … Played travel with Lady Dukes Gold Torres the 24th ranked team per Extra Innings … Earned a varsity letter as a forward for the basketball team … Member of the National Honor Society … Earned High Honor Roll in every quarter and All-Academic Athlete Team in each of four years … St Bonaventure Award winner for keeping GPA over a 94.5% Personal: Born 3/28/06 … Youngest daughter of Daniel and Lori Morra … Younger sister of Taylor (Villanova '24) and Danielle …Father played football at Central Connecticut State as an offensive tackle … Chose to attend Villanova "to receive a great education while being able to play softball at a high level" … Noted the coaching staff's ability to make her feel at home and the welcoming atmosphere created by the players … Plans to major in nursing Orchard on Morra: "Jaclyn is a fierce competitor who expects and knows how to win she understands the winning culture coming off several state titles bringing elite athleticism to the left side of the infield and RBI potential at the plate." Livingston High School: Earned four varsity letters for softball … Two-time first team all-county and all-conference … Earned second team all-state as a freshman and led the team to its first state championship in program history … Struck out more than 350 batters over 228 innings with an 0.41 ERA through her junior season … Has played travel with the NJ Pride since 12U Personal: Born 2/28/06 … Oldest of two children of Bill and Semira Mount … Older sister of Olivia … Grandfather played defensive end and tight end for Villanova in 1961 before suiting up for the New York Giants … Enjoys being around family and friends working out and being outdoors … Chose to become a Wildcat because "Villanova has been my dream school ever since I was little I have always wanted to be a part of the amazing softball program as well as attend the school because of the high academics" … Noted the resources Villanova has and the beauty of the campus … Plans to major in communications Orchard on Mount: "Sophia is a powerful pitcher who moves the ball well and wants to win She gets after it and her intensity on the mound really stands out she's a tireless worker who has competed at a high level." Thanks for visiting Game Recap: Softball | 3/23/2025 2:25:00 PM – Villanova softball emerged victorious in a pitcher's duel at the Washington Nationals Youth Academy on Sunday sweeping a second straight BIG EAST series with a 4-2 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas Lexi Kobryn and Kat Gallant were the stars of the game for Villanova (15-14 each allowing just one run in the ballgame while splitting the pitching duties Kobryn received the win as the starter with four strikeouts on her ledger as Gallant earned her second save of the year with three frames of five-strikeout The Wildcats threatened right away by loading up the bases in the first on a trio of free passes Villanova put leadoff runners aboard in each of the second and third as well though nobody could get to the plate and break the tie in those frames Georgetown got the game's first hit with two outs in the second on a double into right center but Kobryn kept the runner there for a scoreless game The Hoyas generated a dangerous chance in the fourth with a hit-by-pitch and single putting two on the basepaths inducing a groundout and flyout to keep GU off the board The third time through the order was the charm for the Wildcats as Wagner started a rally by poking a ball down the third base line for a one-out threat Runco lined a single through the right side to put runners on the corners before Franz grounded one to third to score Wagner Ostrowski and Burrows each followed with laced singles into right field to get a teammate home then Ostrowski dashed home on a wild pitch for a 4-0 edge in the fifth Georgetown answered right away with a trio of leadoff hits to score one but Gallant entered in relief and got three straight outs to minimize the damage to one The Hoyas struck again with two outs in the sixth taking advantage of a leadoff walk and two-out single for a 4-2 ballgame Gallant took the circle again for the bottom of the seventh and delivered for the Wildcats generating two strikeouts and a groundout to guarantee a plus-.500 record for her squad Thanks for visiting PERFECT DAY: Hun School softball player Lexi Kobryn celebrates after scoring a run in a 2022 game Last Wednesday against the Hill School (Pa.) junior star Kobryn produced a brilliant performance in a 12-0 victory pitching a perfect game with 14 strikeouts in a contest that ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule also hit a two-run homer in the win which improved Hun to 5-0 the Raiders are slated to host Hamilton West on April 15 and the Pingry School on April 17 chilly afternoon last Wednesday with  temperatures hovering in the high 40s as the Hun School softball team hosted the Hill School (Pa.) But Hun junior star pitcher Lexi Kobryn was undeterred by the nippy conditions it was a little cold but I had my Under Armour on,” said Kobryn with a smile The talented right-hander proceeded to bring a lot of heat from the circle striking out 14 of 15 batters she faced with nobody reaching first base hurling a perfect game as Hun defeated Hill 12-0 in a game that ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule “Everything was really working,” said Kobryn whose brilliant effort helped Hun improve to 5-0 Kobryn has worked hard to improve her pitching “I have increased my speed a lot; I go to the gym every day who also played for the New Jersey Intensity travel team I have definitely increased that from last year.” smacking a two-run homer over the center field fence in the first inning “That was my first homer of the year,” said Kobryn “This pitcher was a little faster than the ones we faced in the last couple of games so I just made sure that I had my timing down from the beginning.” Kobryn’s desire to improve also includes daily work on her hitting I do a lot of hitting off the tee almost every day,” said Kobryn who went 2 for 2 with two runs and two RBIs in the win Kobryn’s pitching and hitting prowess had resulted in her committing to attend Villanova and play for its Division I softball program “It was a really exciting September 1st for me,” said Kobryn “I had a really successful summer with my travel team While Hun has dominated most of its foes so far this spring it was a five-run seventh inning rally in a 10-6 win over Lawrenceville on March 30 that best reflected its competitive fire “They have always been our rival and we just found something in us that got us fired up in that game,” said Kobryn Hun head coach Kathy Quirk was excited by Kobryn’s pitching effort against Hill but not as well as she did today,” said Quirk “Today was her best outing — she is throwing with confidence I was nervous because she threw yesterday and I wasn’t sure how it was going to go you have to tell me because I am not going to play around.” Seeing Kobryn do well with the bat was a plus “I think it was a big something off of her shoulders too.” Quirk got good hitting throughout the lineup from her squad against Hill as it pounded out 15 hits with Sam Jolly and Anna Murphy each getting two hits in addition to Kobryn we just hit the ball; yesterday we struggled (in a win over Peddie) and we couldn’t hit the slow pitching,” said Quirk We have the target on our backs and everyone is after us She will draw the walk and she will hit the ball With the Raiders slated to host Hamilton West on April 15 and the Pingry School on April 17 Quirk likes how her team is coming through so far this spring “I am pleased with what we are doing; it is hard to say that we are playing excellent defense because they are not hitting the ball off of Lexi,” said Quirk “They know what they have to do and I think they are confident with each other With Hun coming off an 18-1 season in 2022 that saw it win the Prep A state title Kobryn believes this year’s squad has the talent and chemistry to match that excellence “I definitely think we can build on last year,” said Kobryn I think we really set the tone for what our capabilities are for the year.” WORCESTER – It can be really hard to project the outcome of a game between a team that has nothing to lose and one that has everything to lose. Such was the case Saturday night in the match here between the Railers and the Adirondack Thunder. Worcester won by a goal, of course, 3-2. Each of the Railers’ last seven victories have been by one goal including a shootout triumph. Adirondack is out of the playoff race and using many new faces. The Railers’ battle for the final playoff spot in the North Division leaves them no margin for error. The math is simple even if the task is not. The Railers have three games left, one with Adirondack Sunday and two at Reading next weekend. If they win them all, they make the playoffs with 80 points. Saturday, the Worcester scorers were Justin Gill, Tanner Schachle and Tyler Kobryn. Ian Pierce and Kaleb Ergang had the Adirondack goals. It was Pierce’s first professional goal. Gill scored in the first period, Schachle in the second and Kobryn in the third. At one point the Railers had a 2-0 lead, then backslid in the second half of the second period. Ergang scored with 10 seconds to go in the period and it was 2-2 heading into the third. Kobryn broke the tie with a shot from between the circles at 14:37. It was his ninth goal in 23 games with Worcester. Kobryn had two in 18 games with Florida this year before being traded to the Railers and 16 in 145 career ECHL games prior to his arrival here. “Any time you get that kind of production out of a player who was kind of a ‘nothing’ trade,” coach Nick Tuzzolino said, “that definitely helps, but everybody has to fit a role and he fits his role with that line. “And when he gets chances he doesn’t miss.” Gill, in contrast, has been a difference maker on offense. He is 7-13-20 in 20 games with Worcester this season and plus-11. The Railers are 12-6-2 when Gill is in the lineup. Schachle’s goal was his first in a Worcester uniform to go along with three assists. The Railers were in control of things until they went on a power play halfway through the second period. The power play was, in a word, inept. Momentum turned in Adirondack’s direction and the Thunder dominated the rest of the period. “It’s not anything they did, it’s something we did,” Tuzzolino said of the power play. “It’s self-inflicted. The biggest problem with our power play right now is that it’s killing momentum. It’s not just that we’re not scoring, it’s killing momentum.” Michael Bullion continued to be a momentum creator in net, though. He stopped 22 of 24 shots and is 7-1 in his last eight starts. Worcester’s playoff push is largely a result of a recent great record at the DCU Center. The Railers did not play well at home during the early part of the season but are 14-3-2 in its last 19 games here. That is good for a .789 winning percentage. Overall, Worcester is 24-13-3 in its last 40 games. The victory was the Railers’ 34th of the season and brought them to 74 points. They will finish above .500 for the first time 2018-19, their second season in the ECHL. Worcester was 32-29-11 for 75 points that year. MAKING TRACKS – The Fan Appreciation crowd was 5,070. The Railers are averaging a nifty 4,465 in their last 19 games at the DCU Center. … The three goal scorers were the three stars. With three games left in the season, it looks like Anthony Callin will be this year’s Stars leader. He has 44 points with Anthony Repaci second with 37 points. … The season series and weekend conclude at 3:05 Sunday afternoon with the two teams playing again. Sign up for our email newsletter to be the first to know about news and upcoming games! but his job right now is churning out incendiary Facebook memes for a controversial senator wooing the far-right ahead of this month's elections."There's tight competition for the alternative right-wing vote," said Kobryn-Coletti who works for Queensland Senator Fraser Anning frequently posting on his smartphone from his bed waiting for a plane or stuck in traffic."For your political candidate to win and you don't energise the base with corporatised It's what will get the maximum of attention."With at least six far-right groups with limited funding vying for what political analysts believe is one available Senate seat in the largely rural state of Queensland victory in the May 18 election is down to who can get the most eyeballs for the least money.There are 76 Senate seats nationwide but whoever wins a seat as an independent gets outsize influence the ruling Liberal-National coalition and opposition Labor is expected to win the 38 needed for outright control of the upper house.Currently 19 Senate seats are held by independents or minor parties Anning is running for "Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party"."Facebook is definitely the go-to for these groups to easily spread their message to a potentially large audience," said Jordan McSwiney a researcher at University of Sydney's Department of Government and International Relations who specialises in far-right politics."The cost of a coordinated meme campaign on Facebook is dramatically cheaper than other forms of advertising."In a recent Facebook posting Kobryn-Coletti declared "White South Africans are being murdered yet the left remains completely silent" with a photo of a black man holding a sign saying "KILL ALL WHITES."Senator Anning would "ensure our Boer brethren get emergency visas," the post added.After two days A Labor party meme posted the same day on saving overtime pay had just 360 likes and 58 shares.Australian fringe politics is not confined to hardline conservatives but anti-immigration sentiment has surged since two hostages were killed during a 17-hour siege by a "lone wolf" gunman in a Sydney cafe in 2014.Rightwing groups used Facebook to communicate and organise - until March 15 when 50 people at two New Zealand mosques were shot dead Facebook swiftly deleted dozens of anti-immigration pages but not those of politicians.A suspected white supremacist has been charged with 50 counts of murder and will next appear in court in June."Unless there's some sort of violence inherent in the (post) for the most part (social media companies) toe this sort of conservative line 'don't stir up too much trouble by banning an elected official'," said Joshua Roose a political sociologist at Australian Catholic University who advises the federal government on violent extremism.A Facebook spokesman said the company applied its community standards to politicians and other public figures but "at times we will allow content that might otherwise violate our standards if we identify that it is newsworthy or important to the public interest"."We do this only after weighing the public interest value of the content against the risk of real-world harm," he said.Facebook has removed certain posts on Anning's page and even taken down the page itself temporarily according to Kobryn-Coletti.CROWDED FIELDKobryn-Coletti's output has seen his client's Facebook following explode to 130,000 - he got 19 direct votes at the 2016 election and assumed office only when another senator left mid-term - but most analysts believe Anning will lose his seat because of a coordinated effort by rival parties to urge voters to direct ballot preferences away from him.Under Australia's complicated voting system if no candidate gets more than half the primary vote the candidate who comes last is removed from the ballot and voting starts again with voters' next preference counted instead This continues until a candidate gets a majority.Adding to the challenge is running candidates for the Queensland Senate in the hope that two decades of name recognition will neutralise a series of scandals involving undercover footage taken by Al Jazeera of its senior officials on a trip to Washington DC.A recent poll showed One Nation's support falling but its lost votes would probably return to mainstream parties an associate at University of Melbourne's School of Mathematics and Statistics."Greater polarisation between the major parties is drawing more voters back to them," Beaumont said.Kobryn-Coletti who learned his craft by studying the social media activity of U.S President Donald Trump before the 2016 election meanwhile said he would consider working for other parties after the election if he agreed on an issue."I'm working for Fraser," he said "But I've worked for a lot of different people and I'll continue to work for different people."Reporting by Byron Kaye; 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All rights reserved The study looks to understand the psychology behind sexually violent behaviors by researching intimate relationships and examining the reasoning behind men’s ability to successfully comprehend or disregard a lack of consent By - December 7 To aid in the effort to combat sexual violence the Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Intimate Relationships has been studying the relationship between men’s emotional regulation and the degree to which they perceive consent an associate professor in Binghamton University’s psychology department focuses on men’s consideration of empathy when making sexual decisions a fifth-year Ph.D candidate studying clinical psychology and the perpetration of sexual violence and its emotional predictors Shaw explained that the goal of the study was to discover more effective modes of sexual assault intervention by understanding the psychology behind sexually violent behaviors The lab began by researching intimate relationships shifting focus behind the “#MeToo” movement to observe how people perceive consent for sexual activity It also examines the reasoning behind men’s ability to either successfully comprehend or disregard a lack of consent for certain types of men … the research calls it hostile masculinity and it’s describing a group of men who really subscribe to aggressive ideologies about gender roles that have specific beliefs about how men should emotionally feel [and] how they should conduct themselves,” Shaw said “Those are the people who never really get the chance to learn how to regulate their emotions because they’re so focused on kind of pushing them away and not accepting them It’s that same kind of emotional avoidance that ultimately leads itself as a risk factor for kind of impulsive behavior and if you put those same men into sexual scenarios what our lab has shown over the last few years is that they are more likely to engage in aggressive behavior.” Subjects are presented with imagined scenarios where consent may be ambiguous and a transcranial direct current stimulation — a cap with sponges — applies small bolts of direct electricity to the brain They are then tested with similar scenarios to see if they have advanced emotion regulation by seeing how they would reach in those situations “It’s a pretty interesting thing that I don’t think anybody here at [BU] has done before The lab is funded through the American Psychological Foundation Trust Grant the Harpur Dean’s Graduate Investment Initiative Fund and the BU Dissertation Year Fellowship Award Researchers and their assistants are able to share their findings at conferences and poster presentations They are continuing research through the spring semester and intend to apply their findings toward sexual assault training “Some of those [sexual assault] trainings don’t have any research basis behind them,” Shaw said “They’re just kind of put together to satisfy a school need and some of them appear to be making the men who are most at risk of engaging in engaging in sexual assault worse.” Kobryn described her interest in contributing to the lab’s research “The research that we do in this lab is really important and especially relatable to the environment that we’re in because sexual assault and problems with consent are often problems that we see happen on college campuses,” Kobryn said “Diving deep into why this happens [when] we have a population right at our fingertips to get information from and to pull data from is pretty cool.” Sexual assault continues to be a leading issue on college campuses throughout the United States According to the Biennial SUNY Uniform Campus Climate Survey sent out in 2023 13 percent of male students and 58 percent of gender non-binary students reported being victims of sexual harassment the prior year 13 percent of male students and 43 percent of gender non-binary students reported that they were subject to sexual assault the year prior “Some people are actively trespassing against other people’s boundaries and we don’t have a clear understanding of what the right kind of intervention [is] for them,” Shaw said one of our goals is to figure out what that is and then start to shape up that kind of intervention.” Editor’s Note (12/13/23): This article has been edited to correctly state that Richard Mattson runs the lab Photo via FIBA.com The competition has started off with surprises with all the teams giving their best to reach the London 2012 Olympics One team that won’t be there is the big favorite After losing to Croatia in the last game of the second phase the Spanish side (where Sancho Lyttle has left a lot to be desired…) is living one of the worst basketball moments of  these last years  But we’ll analyze that in another article For now, all the American attention has turned to Ewelina Kobryn, after the Seattle Storm signed her to help out after  the loss of center Lauren Jackson, reportedly out 12 weeks due to injury. Seattle had already shown interest in Kobryn during the preseason, but, as she told to the Polish website pracuj.pl "they wouldn’t let me play Eurobasket and I couldn’t accept that" Kobryn was able to play Eurobasket in her own country and will have now a place on the roster of the defending WNBA champions Kobryn was the mainstay of the Polish game in Eurobasket She led the team in points (14.7 ppg) and rebounds (7.7 rpg) while recording the team's most minutes on court One of her most prominent assets is her physical power and her ability to use her body to have an impact on her adversaries She is a strong defender and could impose an insurmountable front in the paint Kobryn has some difficulties attacking the basket as she lacks the pace and mobility to be a major player in WNBA When she did manage get to the line at Eurobasket Her effectiveness when fouled could give her another opportunity to add points and prompt the opposition to attempt to avoid giving Kobryn free throw tries Seven players representing six countries were born in the United States We check their stats:PG Laine Selwyn (Israel) – 24 mpg 4 rpg SG  Anna De Forge (Montenegro) – 37 mpg 4 rpgPF  Kim Butler (Great Britain) – 26 mpg 6.3 rpgC Nevin Nevlin (Turkey) – 19 mpg 4 rpgLisa Karcic (Croatia) and Jennifer Fleischer (Israel) had little minutes in their teams rotations This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page POWER SOURCE: Hun School softball player Lexi Kobryn smacks the ball in a game last season Junior Kobryn enjoyed a huge sophomore campaign last spring hitting .500 with team highs in homers (7) and runs (30) in addition to being the team’s pitching ace with six no-hitters and 190 strikeouts in 87 innings Kobryn’s heroics helped Hun go 18-1 and win its first Prep A state title since 2017 the Raiders started their 2023 campaign by sweeping a doubleheader from Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) last Sunday Hun will be playing at the Lawrenceville School on March 30 There is a target on the back of the Hun School softball team as it comes into its 2023 campaign Having rolled to an 18-1 record last spring and winning its first Prep A state title since 2017 Kathy Quirk warned her players that they will be getting the best efforts of their foes this spring every team is going to be out to get you,” said head coach Quirk who is entering her 48th season at the helm of the program for their annual preseason trip and some bonding “It was a great experience that way; the girls had a lot of time together “It is one of these places where you are stuck on a compound where we do everything together.” Junior star Lexi Kobryn will be looking to build on the great season in the circle last spring when she hurled six no-hitters and had 190 strikeouts in 87 innings she is very happy and excited so I am hoping she can just have some fun,” said Quirk starting its 2023 campaign by sweeping a doubleheader from Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) last Sunday “I think she has gotten better and more confident with herself on the mound The Raiders feature pitching depth with junior Jamie Staub and sophomore Anna Murphy “Anna will see some time when the opportunity arises.” Kobryn provides punch in the middle of the Hun batting order having hit .500 with team highs in homers (7) her hitting has also improved,” added Quirk Hun should have good hitting throughout the order as freshman Sam Jolly “We brought in a slapper this year in Sam Jolly we are hoping that she may bat first,” said Quirk “Kat will be batting second — she committed to Colby so she is going to play softball after Hun Anna did a nice job with the bat last year the Raiders have players who can get the job done “Emma will probably be our starting catcher; it is between her and Kailey Jacobs “At first will be Jamie when Lexi is pitching and vice versa who is a first baseman and did a nice job at spring break At second we have Sam Jolly to fill in that spot we took Sammy Kandel out of left field and put her in at shortstop The Raiders are pretty set in the outfield As the Raiders aim for another championship campaign Quirk believes the keys to success will be a maintaining a positive mindset and taking care of the fundamentals “I think we have to play with confidence,” said Quirk whose team will be playing at the Lawrenceville School on March 30 2015Get email notification for articles from David B the last chief rabbi of Kovno (today Kaunas) Shapiro is remembered not only for his rabbinical prowess which is on display in the three-volume anthology of responsa – answers to questions of Jewish law – he left behind but also for his insistence on returning to the city to be with his community even though he was outside the country when World War II began Thanks for visiting Director of Solomiya Krushelnytska Musical Memorial Museum in Lviv was invited to the Discussion Club of the XIV International School of Ukrainian Studies «Step to Ukraine» by the International Institute of Education The event was moderated by Nazar Danchyshyn The museum worker met students from Brazil Germany and Serbia in the house of opera singer Solomiya Krushelnytska with the interior of the early twentieth century Here Mykhailo Kobryn conducted a virtual tour of the exhibition rooms and told interesting facts from the life of the diva Students saw a piano played by Solomiya Krushelnytska and composer Myroslav Skoryk and recreated theatre costumes of the artist The atmosphere of the house with its exhibits and the story of Mykhailo Kobryn revealed to the members of the Discussion Club Solomiya Krushelnytska as a woman of progressive views who decided to get married at a very late age – 38 loved to play roulette and was the first Ukrainian to drive a car the opera diva was an actress who from a noble woman transformed into a fragile Japanese woman on stage and gave new life and triumph to seemingly failed operas as was the case with Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly Head of the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University took place within the Discussion Club of the XIV International School of Ukrainian Studies «Step to Ukraine» by the International Institute of Education Full text (ua) E-mail: coffice@lpnu.ua © Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2005-2025. ABC News News HomePolitics Andrew Wilson claimed to be working for Senator Fraser Anning producing online content Link copiedShareShare articleLeaked messages have revealed the Australian alt-right's secret plan to use Queensland senator Fraser Anning to expand its extreme agenda in the Australian Parliament and beyond offer a rare insight into the strategy the movement intends to use to further its goals and spread its ideology Members of the group are seen discussing plans for confrontational racist stunts to be performed during the current federal election campaign designed to attract global attention and help Senator Anning get re-elected include performing in "blackface and other taboos" and "burning the Koran" Another stated goal is "obtaining and accessing a giant email and SMS database" in order to send messages that are "extremely right-wing" Leaked messages also reveal the alt-right plans to engage in ''highly provocative'' letterboxing who has a long history with Australia's white nationalist movement is one of the men identified in conversations Mr Wilson claims to be working for Senator Anning as an online content producer He also states he is recruiting members for his fledgling Conservative National Party The party is just the latest organisation to be targeted by a group of white nationalists with a long track record of covertly infiltrating politics and institutions to gain access to their platform and assets Located in the heart of progressive inner-city Sydney the NSW Humanist Society was an unlikely target for a white supremacist takeover bid The organisation's ideals are based on the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights There is even a rainbow painted on the exterior of their community hall But in the mid-2000s a shadowy group called Klub Nation rented out the facility to host neo-Nazi forums Andrew Wilson and fellow members of a neo-Nazi group attempted a takeover of the NSW Humanist Society in 2009 One of the attendees had been in prison for killing his mother and throwing her body a white supremacist who dreamed of bombing a shopping centre He was later found guilty of weapons and child sex offences and remains in jail he and 30 other Klub Nation members signed up to the NSW Humanist Society and hijacked its annual general meeting is convinced the group's members voted themselves onto the committee to access the organisation's assets The NSW Humanist Society's 2009 general meeting was hijacked by a fascist group called Klub Nation Mr Flatow discovered Klub Nation had been promoting the Society's meetings on Stormfront The original members of the Society fought back by calling the police and eventually expelling Mr Wilson and his co-conspirators he entered the Mosman Park Council elections in Perth who was previously unknown to the community soon attracted media attention for his unusual tactics He campaigned on a controversial platform of evicting all public housing tenants from the area Andrew Wilson wanted to shift public housing tenants from Mosman Park to Fremantle a young candidate named Georgie Carey had become the target of online abuse Her comments about the older members of council being "male and stale" were posted on an alt-right website called Abhorrent Australian Memes Its users discussed ways to bombard Ms Carey with hateful messages by sharing her phone number on the bulletin board 4Chan she began receiving abusive calls from unknown numbers Her Facebook page was subjected to thousands of aggressive posts targeting her for being "anti-white" and discriminating against men Mr Wilson was in a business relationship with Radomir Kobryn-Coletti who would later become Senator Anning's media advisor Mr Kobryn-Coletti also scrutineered Mr Wilson's vote It is not clear who coordinated the campaign against Ms Carey but she was ultimately elected to council and Mr Wilson was not Around the same time Mr Wilson was running for council he and Mr Kobryn-Coletti were honing their skills in political messaging by producing online content for Clive Palmer When Mr Palmer was staging a return to federal politics in 2017 he employed Mr Kobryn-Coletti to create animated videos of his quotes set to music Mr Wilson was separately producing videos shared by Mr Palmer's official Facebook page But later that year something strange happened to the page A United Australia Party spokesperson said Clive Palmer did not endorse anti-Semitic posts on his Facebook page A post depicting Mr Palmer in a Nazi uniform gassing a room full of his political opponents appeared Other users began competing with each other to share the most offensive Hitler-related memes The messages seen by Background Briefing show Mr Wilson boasted he was behind the anti-Semitic content A spokesperson for Mr Palmer's United Australia Party told the ABC they did not have any record of Mr Wilson working for their leader Mr Palmer does not endorse the images shared on his page Mr Kobryn-Coletti's contract was not extended because "his views were extreme" a manifesto appeared in a closed Australian fascist Facebook group called The New Guard The manifesto laid out the group's plans for influencing mainstream politics and institutions Their tactics included creating propaganda building wealth by opening businesses and amassing property and helping to elect state and federal parliamentarians Who are its members and what does their manifesto reveal about their political ambitions ListenMore great ABC podcastsMembers of The New Guard alternated between sharing white supremacist memes and plotting to infiltrate Australian politics Background Briefing gained access to the group before it was shut down and exposed an attempt to seize control of the NSW Young Nationals Background Briefing can now reveal Mr Wilson and Mr Kobryn-Coletti belonged to The New Guard Mr Newton denied any involvement and subsequently deleted his Facebook account "If in fact my name appears in such a Facebook group I can only assume it was added by someone else without my knowledge or permission," he said "I have never sought to join or work with any groups bearing that name or holding those views." Andrew Wilson (far right) and Radomir Kobryn-Coletti (far left) produced online content for Clive Palmer's Facebook page on the same day a far-right terrorist stormed into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 people Mr Newton posted a meme using the last words the shooter posted: "Screw your optics Another user accused Mr Newton of disrespecting the victims suggesting he should have waited at least a day before distributing the meme Mr Newton replied: "Waiting a day and lose all edge factor Mr Newton told Background Briefing it was a reference to a video game and to imply anything else was manifestly false In the last sitting week before the federal election was called Mr Newton was reflecting on his increased access and influence since being hired by Senator Anning "Amusing to think I went from shitposting at home and now I'm shitposting in parliament Mr Newton's arrival in Canberra has not gone unnoticed Mr Newton is seen just behind Greens senators Larissa Waters and Mehreen Faruqi during a recent debate in the Senate chamber over whether to censure Senator Anning for his comments linking the Christchurch massacre to Muslim migration a photo of the two senators appeared on an alt-right Facebook page called Abhorrent Australian Memes Did Nothing Wrong Greens Senator Larissa Waters said the person who took this image should have their parliamentary pass revoked It appears the photo was taken exactly where Mr Newton had been sitting although he maintains he has no knowledge of the image The office enforcing the rules of the Senate said the photo amounted to a potential breach of the rules "We will continue to make enquiries in relation to this issue and take action as appropriate," a spokesperson said If it is established that a member of Senator Anning's staff took the photo Senator Waters said she hoped their parliamentary pass would be revoked "There are clear rules about photography on the floor of the chamber and it appears those rules have been blatantly breached with the aim of disseminating the photo on social media as another way to spread the alt-right's message of hatred and division which Fraser Anning is now well known for," she said said the fact Mr Newton and Mr Kobryn-Coletti are employed by Senator Anning is proof of a concrete connection between his office and the alt-right "If I were Andrew Wilson or one of his comrades Mr Fleming said the alt-right has been looking for a political home for years and the movement can gain power through Senator Anning He said it was Senator Anning's controversial "final solution" maiden speech that put him on the radar of white supremacists in Australia. Richard Howard, the man who reportedly wrote the speech, is accused of being fascinated with Nazi Germany. He denies being the author and is currently on leave from the Federal Department of Home Affairs. Regardless of who wrote the speech, a burgeoning alt-right media scene began spruiking Senator Anning online. "I think it's a mutually beneficial arrangement," Mr Fleming said. "The alt-right activists look to Anning for inspiration and for resources. "Anning is seeking to establish a political base not only in Queensland but across the country." Senator Anning's election to Parliament was an accident of history unlikely to be repeated. Should he fail to retain his position in the upper house, Mr Fleming warns the alt-right will find another target. "These individuals don't just disappear, they carry on and reappear somewhere else," he said. "They look for moments and opportunities across the board and will utilize them in a collective fashion whenever they think they can essentially get away with it." CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) The latest campaign from the Canada Protection Plan (CPP) is shifting the organization’s marketing to encompass a wider segment of the country The life insurance agency’s new approach to advertising is rare for the space It’s focusing more on everyday enjoyment in life whereas the CPP’s AVP of marketing Julie Kobryn notes that life insurance marketing can often focus more on loss and legacy those are all the mournful feelings that go along with life insurance [But] people are enjoying longer healthier lives how do we provide them with the tools to enhance that?” Kobryn tells strategy The campaign underscores how life insurance can often be something that families don’t think to spend on It’s not seen as being as essential of a spend for many families as more pressing needs like food and often takes a backseat for other more enjoyable everyday expenditures in family budgets The CPP wanted to craft a campaign that could highlight the ease with which one can apply for life insurance making it seem less complex and difficult to understand and as something that’s useful and valuable by touching on member benefits and rewards available through the CPP for active living and giving back to your community The challenge that the CPP is working against is that almost half of Canadians don’t have life insurance or are dependent on life insurance through their work while the agency notes that its own research shows more than 80% of Canadians think life insurance is too expensive “Nobody wants to talk about their own end The fact is they think it’s costly so they deprioritize it.” Kobryn says your rates are often quite low and it probably doesn’t make a huge dent in your budget.” The CPP’s new strategy also represents a shift in the target audience of its advertising the CPP has advertised mostly towards people who are harder to insure due to their lifestyle or health with its target audience middle-aged Canadians with families with materials also being pulled together to support it online and on social media Fuse is the main creative lead on the campaign , , ,