Brent Thompson
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"Brent Keith Thompson" is a retired professional defenceman who played 121 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)/Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, and Los Angeles Kings. He was formerly the head coach of the Alaska Aces (ECHL)/Alaska Aces of the ECHL, where he led them to a Kelly Cup Championship in the 2010-2011 season. During the 2011-2012, Thompson was the head coach for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League, affiliate of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. In June 2012, the Islanders announced that Thompson would be promoted to Assistant Coach under Islanders Head Coach Jack Capuano.

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As we started lifting, he was still with us, but shortly thereafter he lost consciousness.

I would suspect this would definitely be a private sector initiative.

It ought to be done in a content-neutral fashion.

Our primary interest is not the sports aspect. We're interested in seeing the region do this together as a cooperative mechanism. It will take three states and all the counties working together on this.

We were actually able to talk to the little boy while he was trapped under the bus. He was definitely wanting out from under there.