By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor Green Bay – The Green Bay Gamblers recently hired Amy Brolsma as the team’s skating and skills development coach. She will work under Gamblers Head Coach/General Manager Pat Mikesch. Brolsma is the first on-ice female coach in the history of the United States Hockey League (USHL), which traces its roots …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – Mason Appleton, a 2014 Notre Dame Academy graduate, recently signed a two-year contract extension with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). The deal has a reported annual average value of $900,000. The 24-year-old Appleton played in 46 games for the Jets during the 2019-20 …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – 2019 was a banner year for sports in the Green Bay area. Here are the top-10 most-viewed stories from this past year on The Press Times website. Drastic weight loss: Josh Robak, a 2019 Bay Port graduate, weighed 313 pounds 10 months ago but has lost a …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Eleven games into his NHL career, Mason Appleton was eager to score his first goal. He finally got his opportunity to shine, and he made the most of it against the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 20, 2018. When his Winnipeg Jets teammate Nic Petan got to a …
