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Landon Slaggert U.S. alternate captain for world junior championships

Nice honor.

[autotag]Landon Slaggert[/autotag] has another chance to do this country proud. Before the forward came to Notre Dame, he was a member of the U.S. National Team Development Program. Since then, he has been a reliable selection for the world junior championships. Now, he gets to serve as alternate captain for the U.S. at this year’s event, which will begin Tuesday in Edmonton, Alberta.

Slaggert, a South Bend native and 2020 third-round pick of the Chicago Blackhawks, won the gold with the U.S. in 2021 despite not recording a point in seven games, although he did have 12 penalty minutes. [autotag]Andrew Peeke[/autotag] previously was the last Irish player to medal at the event in 2018, during which he won a bronze.

In 65 games over two seasons with the Irish, Slaggert has scored 48 points, 20 of which have come on goals. His 26 points during the 2021-22 season, which included 12 goals, netted him an Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection.

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Watch: Wild horses chased by grizzly bear run for their lives

A network of trail cameras in Alberta, Canada, captured an extraordinary scene recently involving wild horses running for their lives from a grizzly bear.

Trail cameras in Alberta, Canada, captured an extraordinary scene recently involving wild horses running for their lives from a grizzly bear.

In the accompanying footage, uploaded Thursday by Viral Hog, the horses charge past one camera with the bear following at full sprint, perhaps 40 yards behind. A second view picks up the chase, with the bear trying to close ground.

A young horse, perhaps the target, is in the mix. All of the animals look tired.

Viral hog stated that the grizzly bear was a mom with two cubs, and that the chase occurred May 26 in Central Alberta.

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From the nonprofit that captured the footage: “These trail cameras are part of a large network of cameras collecting video data on the plight and mortality of Alberta’s Wild Horses, from both natural causes and large predators.

“Help Alberta Wildies Society has been conducting this research since 2014, and uses the data to promote worldwide awareness about our threatened population of Wild Horses here in Alberta, Canada.”

The Help Alberta Wildies Society (HAWS) shared the same video via Facebook. The description reads, in part:

“The next time someone tells you that the Wild Horses have no natural predators, send them to me. We are losing a lot of horses this year, sooner and quicker than in past years. Not just the foals. Adults also.”

The post generated more than 1,000 comments from people expressing emotions ranging from sadness to anger. The most extreme sentiments called for the culling of grizzly bears, which are native to the region and the focus of an ongoing population recovery effort.

Grizzly bears can run in bursts up to 40 mph. It was not clear, however, whether the bear was successful in this chase.

Notre Dame’s Landon Slaggert invited to U.S. junior camp again

The Irish might have national representation soon.

Only 19 years old, Notre Dame forward Landon Slaggert already has plenty of experience with Team USA. Before coming to the Irish, the South Bend native played with both the under-17 and under-18 teams. Now, Slaggert is getting his second straight crack at competing for the U.S. in the upcoming world junior championship. The camp will determine the U.S. roster, which will then attempt to defend the gold medal won at last year’s championship.

Slaggert was part of last year’s gold-medal winning team, and he played in all seven games involving the U.S., though he failed to register a point. This season, Slaggert has four goals and assists apiece in 13 games during his sophomore season for the Irish. While making the national team would force him to miss a couple of games with his collegiate team, he would become the seventh player in program history to compete in the world junior championship twice. The event runs from December 26 to January 5 in Alberta.

Landon Slaggert Makes U.S. World Junior Championship Camp Roster

Landon Slaggert could have something other than Notre Dame on his mind for most of December.

Landon Slaggert could have something other than Notre Dame on his mind for most of December. The Irish’s freshman forward has been named to the U.S. roster for the camp in preparation for the World Junior Championship. The camp begins Dec. 6, and the roster will have 25 names for the tournament, which runs from Christmas Day to Jan. 5 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Slaggert, a South Bend native, recorded the first point of his collegiate career in the Irish’s 3-2 win over No. 3 Michigan on Friday. He and his brother, Graham, both had assists on Nate Clurman’s goal. He has played in all four of the Irish’s games played thus far.

Notre Dame has sent 22 players to the World Junior Championship previously. Last year, Spencer Stastney and Jake Pivonka became the most recent Irish players to take part. Irish medalists in this tournament over the years are Andrew Peeke, Anders Bjork, Mario Lucia, Kyle Palmieri, Kyle Lawson and Ben Simon.

Hunters react as huge momma grizzly towers over truck

Two hunters were stopped on a road recently by a momma grizzly that approached their truck and towered over them as they watched in awe.

Two hunters were stopped on a road recently by a momma grizzly bear that approached their truck and towered over them as they watched in awe.

“We were about to go on a deer hunt, but then saw the grizzly,” Justin Giesbrecht, who was with his father Ray, told For The Win Outdoors.

Giesbrecht captured the footage Oct. 31 near Edson in west-central Alberta, Canada. (Warning: The footage contains a profane word.)

It shows the massive bear approaching with three cubs, and reveals the hunters’ reactions as the bear stands on her hind legs, seemingly doubling in size.

“Oh … my gosh!” Giesbrecht says, in apparent disbelief.

“Did you get a picture?” Ray asks, nonchalantly.

Finally, momma bear lowers her stance, turns, and leads her cubs into the woods.

The footage was uploaded to YouTube on Monday by Viral Hog, which quotes Giesbrecht as saying, “We left the area out of respect for the grizzly family.”

Clearly, any subsequent deer hunt would have proved anticlimactic.

–Image courtesy of Viral Hog via Justin Giesbrecht