{"id":190580,"date":"2025-07-30T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=190580"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:04:47","slug":"eichel-uses-platform-to-support-best-buddies-inspire-young-hockey-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2025\/07\/30\/eichel-uses-platform-to-support-best-buddies-inspire-young-hockey-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Eichel Uses Platform to Support Best Buddies, Inspire Young Hockey Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VGK forward hosted third JE9 Hockey Camp to benefit Best Buddies<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;190584&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Eichel is one of the best hockey players on the planet. It\u2019s given him a voice and he\u2019s not afraid to use it for himself or others. Giving back is as much a part of his game as his ability to skate, shoot or pass.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <strong><a href=_-341.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eichel is one of the best hockey players on the planet. It\u2019s given him a voice and he\u2019s not afraid to use it for himself or others. Giving back is as much a part of his game as his ability to skate, shoot or pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,819,4485],"tags":[280,726,1678,4585],"class_list":["post-190580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-front-page","category-news-sidebar","tag-anthony-k-shriver","tag-best-buddies-international","tag-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities","tag-volunteer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eichel Uses Platform to Support Best Buddies, Inspire Young Hockey Players - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<!-- Added by HTTrack --><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /><!-- /Added by HTTrack -->
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