Washington Capitals' web producer Brett Leonhardt provided one of the most unlikely and endearing stories of the 2008-09 hockey season, when he signed an amateur tryout contract with the Caps in order to back up Brent Johnson before a game against Ottawa on December 12. But that wasn't the story he wanted to detail for me when he arrived in Hershey this past weekend to cover the Calder Cup finals for the Caps' web site. Leonhardt's college hockey career included two seasons with the Newman College Knights of the ECAC West, a hockey-only conference in Division III. One of Newman's conference foes was Lebanon Valley College, and the Dutchmen play their home games at venerated Hersheypark Arena. Meaning, Leonhardt was in net for the Knights against Lebanon in a building he'll never forget. I asked Leonhardt if his Newman teammates and he knew about Hersheypark's legacy in hockey history before they arrived there the first time, and if his coach ...
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