The obvious gathering place is a large family room with beamed ceiling and chocolate-brown walls. When the massive pecan-wood entertainment center that has relocated with the family many times happily found a perfect fit against a side wall, Sylvie celebrated.
With a fireplace crafted of the same stone as the home's facade, there is a natural and striking focal point in the room. Underfoot stretch hand-carved planks of walnut flooring. Danny credits his wife with most of the decorating, though he takes a bow for the spectacular sectional sofa in the great room.
He selected its muted tapestry fabric, a handsome blend of toasts and beiges. Then there's the ultimate "guy" recliner in the family room, a black-leather beauty complete with built-in massager that Danny says is very well used - by him.
With their casual lifestyle in mind, the Brieres rethought the space that might have been the dining room and transformed it into a game room, dominated by a classic pool table with a Tiffany-style light fixture above it. He was around Portland all summer and into the fall, and no one has asked for an autograph.
And yet the team's opener drew 5, fans for a building that holds about 6, Briere and his vice president of business operations, Adam Goldberg, aren't banking on that to continue.
They're hoping to average around 3, for the season, about what the AHL Pirates did in their final season here. Where it goes from here, he isn't sure. He likes being on the ice, teaching, "but I don't think I have the demeanor to be a head coach, to deciding the fates of people's lives,'' he said.
His was one of those lives once. And for a while, his future was uncomfortably uncertain. As it is now. He's newly remarried, to an Air Force physician who has been deployed four times, and the two of them were looking forward to spending more time together as her career settled into one place. If I wake up in December and say this is not for me, I'm not having fun anymore, then we'll find a way to change.
But I don't see that happening. I'm percent aboard this Maine Mariners thing. Skip to content Share Icon. Facebook Logo. Link Icon. Published Oct. Sam Donnellon Email. I report on all manner of sports topics, with an emphasis on hockey. Unfortunately, the duo ended their relationship in the late '90s due to some unknown reasons. Daniel Briere stands a perfect height of 5 feet 9 inches and has a bulky body that weighs about lbs 79 kg.
Besides, talking about his appearance, he has a fair skin tone and a pair of brown eyes followed by black hair. Apart from that, Daniel holds Canadian nationality and is of white ethnicity. During his teenage periods, he used to play minor hockey leagues with the local teams. Now, as vice president of operations for the Maine Mariners of the ECHL, Briere is involved in all aspects of the game, on and off the ice.
And he loves it. He won an All-Star MVP Award while with the Sabres in , when he also amassed the highest single-season point total of his career with These days, Briere lives outside of Philadelphia and spends most of his work days on the phone with the front office staff of the Mariners, which last April switched its affiliation from the Flyers to the New York Rangers.
How were you able to play that long and what was it like to finally walk away from the ice? But I did. I wish I had a clear answer on that. Already a subscriber? Log In. Subscribe now to get full access to the new sports page. Must read content, player grades, stuff you can't get anywhere else.
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