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Fallon hauled his sleepy-looking golden retriever onto the stage Monday night for a special edition of "If Puppies Could Vote: 2012 Presidential Edition."
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Here's a second try at it I believe the noise is cleaned up.
Here's a second try at it I believe the noise is cleaned up.
I listened to Jeff Blake as you suggested your interest in that style of Dunmer. I have 3 variations in this minute and a half mp3. Hope you like.
Hello Smitehammer,
Lower and raspier, per request. Lines from Morrowind itself.
Apparently upload failed. Trying again...
Lower and raspier, per request.
Redoing this, working on that british accent. getting there, getting there. :D
( This was recorded before the accents were summed up in the op. )
Hey folks! I'll toss a few attempts into the ring. Dunmer ladies all up in it.
Feedback is ever so welcome!
Oooh, very nice! We'll definitely sign you up for some Dunmer. Especially Ashlanders. Your pronunciation and delivery are beautiful.
You speak Dunmeri like a native! Amazing. Be my ashlander wife :3
Well hawt damn! So glad y'all like it! Hook me up with scripts, and I'll get started right away-like.
I'd like to (finally) submit a few auditions, as I'm very excited about the project and would absolutely love to contribute. Below is a link to a reading for a male Dunmer rogue.
Thank you for listening, and I look forward to hearing everyone's auditions!
My attempt for a Dunmer! I copied someone's lines just because I didn't know what to say.
Here is my attempt at Alvela Saram
FlaviusD wrote:
Some of my old work before the shake-up
Flavius, these are honestly really awesome, and absolutely dead on to what the Morrowind Dark Elves sounded like. Also, I've just realized how similar they sound to a ghoul in the Fallout universe.
Thanks BishopOfWakes! Like Smitehammer said we should avoid non-audition posts here, but I appreciate the compliment none-the-less. :) They sound so similar because Jeff Baker did the voices for both
I'm auditioning for specifically the Ordinators.
Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/adam-achewracks/ordinator-auditions
My Jenassa style dark elf.Strong, dominant, cold and merciless. Of course I can soften it down and make it crisper for a more noble, refined character.
Female dark elf.
I do believe this voice might work for High Elf as well, as long as I emphasize the hightened British accent a bit more. Let me know if it is what you are looking for and if the quality is acceptable.
These lines are Jenassa's from Skyrim.
Teldryn Sero's lines from Dragonborn.
Here's my audition for male Dunmer voices. In this case, I went with one of my favorite characters in the game, Divayth Fyr. I hope you enjoy and feedback is greatly appreciated.
Tried out good old Jiub and Abassel Asserbassalit
Let me know if I need more practice on the rasp.
Dunmer attempt, using the lines from Ano Vando - a vampire hunter.
This is my Audition. I am reading the greeting line from Alvis Teri. "Just what I need. Another stupid Redoran."
Greetings TES Renewal Team,
Here is my audition for the Dark Elf/Dunmer voice. I read a few lines from Manat Shimmabadas, a Dunmer barbarian. Let me know what you think.
I might as well join the Night Elf Auditions speaking some lines from Hairan. A huge thanks to Langotriel for sending me these lines. It really helped a lot, and I hoped you all enjoy it.
Here is my Tholer Saryoni audition if its not already taken. Sorry for the file name typo.
To cover my grounds here, I'm going to post a sample of the work I previously did for Hassour Zainsubani. The complete .zip of all his dialog can be found here.
This is my take on a hardened Ashlander Adventurer or follower
This is my take on a hardened Ashlander Adventurer or follower
The voice is okay, but the delivery is too rushed. Dunmer live a long time and are very pragmatic. Let this come across in their speech.
This is my audition for Dunmer. I couldn't find where you get your lines so I used my own.
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This is my audition for Dunmer. I couldn't find where you get your lines so I used my own.
The voice is pretty good, but there are some artifacts from incomplete noise reduction in there. Follow Langotriel's tutorial (linked in the new voice hub) and make sure your noise reduction is thorough.
This was what I came up with. It's short because I couldn't think of anything to say, but if you want to send a script or something, I'll do an actual reading for you.
Hey there! I saw the Reddit call for Dunmer VO's, and I figured this would be perfect. I've spent many years playing Morrowind, and enjoyed the Dunmer voices the most. I was horrifically disappointed when Skyrim basically made them pseudo-Australians (which I am).
I missed the wonderful balance of rasp and depth, yet still having character in their voice, so I went on to master Jiub's style of Dunmer. I can fluently drop any line in said voice, and can maintain it for entire conversations without tiring. I feel I've really nailed that wonderful Ashlander-style Dunmer.
Attached is a test that I did for the now-abandoned C0DEX project on Reddit. The test was for a Dunmer, Imperial and Breton. Feel free to ignore the second half, which is Imperial and Breton, unless you enjoy my recreation of Morrowind's classic intro scene.
I need to get a new battery for my Rode VideoMic (nothing too impressive sorry!) but coupled with my few years of Audio Engineering training, I know enough tricks to really make my recordings hit that in-game-voice quality - something else I've studied in the past, too.
PM me (or reply here if you want! :D) if you'd like to hear more, or different lines. I'm always happy to run lines in Dunmer voices!
I worked on skyblivion once making NPC's but then the version I worked on got abandoned, so Iv'e decided it's best to contribute to skywind if I can, so the effort of the community can shift to skyblivion in the future. :P
Anyway here is my audition.
Hello. Heard about this on reddit. I couldn't find a script, so I just recorded a few seconds of my low scratchy voice so you can see if you want to use it. Thanks, have a nice day.
Added three new files to my post above, recorded this evening on my iPhone of all things! They've been noise-cancelled and have had SOME terrible EQ added to them (I'm really rusty on my EQing, it's been a few years... And I learned through a higher/older program than Audacity... Also it was on Mac mostly. Egh.)
Adding them here too, just for extra awesomeness.
|Several repetitions of 'You N'wah!' and variations.
|Classic Dunmer Silt Strider Pilot lines.
|Several repetitions of 'Wealth beyond measure, outlander... and variations.
I'm new here, first time doing something like this. The sound isn't very good, but here goes. I just did the voice, I didn't choose a specific character or lines, I only said stuff.
New try, with the sample lines in the OP, and some improvements. The sound is hissy, though.
Here are a couple of male Dunmer. I've done my best given the descriptions.
Then I did these two with extra gravel.


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Seventy-six trombones lead the big parade at the University of Iowa's football games and wrestling matches. The Carver-Hawkeye Arena is not the only place of action; the Hawkeyes also compete and work together in the classroom. At UI there are twelve colleges, from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to the College of Nursing to the College of Dentistry. The school offers several resources for students in need of tutors, academic guidance, or instructional services regarding technology. Overall, students are happy with their experience at UI, and find that the people of Iowa are not as stubborn as the Music Man would suggest. That is why 70% of undergrads opt to live off campus!
There were birds in the sky, but you never saw them winging, till there was Iowa. Students are attracted to Iowa, and Iowa City is attracted to students. The town revolves around the school, and locals have just as much university pride as the students do. Though Iowa City is relatively small, the mass of activities offered makes this Midwestern town feel big. There are music venues, bars and restaurants, shopping areas like the Pedestrian, Coral Ridge, and Old Capitol Mall, and tons of parks and hiking trails. Students find that getting around is easy since there is public transportation-a-plenty. The Cambus is the campus bus that will get you around school, while the Iowa City Transit will take you to the attractions in town. The people, activities, nightlife, and public transportation make renting an off-campus apartment in Iowa a pleasant experience for all. College Street and Ralston Creek are lousy with available apartments within walking distance from campus. Coralville and Downtown are popular too, but apartments farther from campus are likely to have cheaper rent. For help learning how to search for apartments see our apartment search guides!
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama plans to speak Wednesday night to donors and Democratic activists who are building support for a nonprofit group formed to promote his agenda.
Two people involved in the planning confirmed the president's speech to the founders' summit of Organizing for Action, which was first reported by Politico Monday morning. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the event planned at a Washington hotel has not yet been officially announced.
The two-day meeting at a Washington hotel will include addresses by OFA chairman Jim Messina, a former White House aide who served as campaign manager for Obama's re-election; David Plouffe, a former White House senior adviser and Obama's 2008 campaign manager; and Jon Carson, a former White House official and the group's executive director.
A contribution form for the conference said tickets cost $50,000 per person. The form was part of a three-page "save the date" for the event obtained by The Associated Press.
Organizing for Action is being run by former Obama advisers who have transformed his re-election campaign into a grassroots machine to support his initiatives. The group is raising millions from donors and generating support among activists for issues like gun control and an immigration overhaul.
White House press secretary Jay Carney reiterated Monday that OFA is "a separate organization" but said Obama will meet "periodically" with members of the organization. He likened the group to any other organization that promotes public policy and said "any notion, as we've talked about, that there is a price set for a meeting with the president is absurd and wrong."
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Topics for the meeting with include a rundown of the policy issues the president intends to pursue and a discussion of recruitment and mobilizing strategies. Other speakers include former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, Sara El-Amine, OFA's national organizing director, and Lindsay Siler, OFA's issues director.
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Toxic plume reaches Danube, raises questions about safety in multitude of other sites
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As the mixture of red sludge and alkaline water from Monday's breach of a waste dam at a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube this morning, the river's second major similar disaster in just over a decade is shifting attention to a multitude of other sites storing bulk liquid wastes in close proximity.Kolontar, Hungary: As the mixture of red sludge and alkaline water from Monday's breach of a waste dam at a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube this morning, the river's second major similar disaster in just over a decade is shifting attention to a multitude of other sites storing bulk liquid wastes in close proximity.
Hungary alone has two other sludge ponds storing similarly toxic and highly alkaline red muds from bauxite processing – one, at Almásfüzitő right on the river bank just 80 km upstream from Budapest, stores around 12 million tones of sludge in seven pools covering around 200 hectares.
WWF-Hungary acting CEO Gábor Figeczky witnessed the anger of villagers in Kolontar yesterday as company representatives under police escort explained that water limits in the dam had not been exceeded before a corner wall breached Monday, unleashing a wall of water and sludge that inundated six villages, killed four, left six missing, injured around a hundred and left hundreds homeless.
"We still don't know what caused this accident and what was in the waste," said Figeczky. "And while we are assured the dam has stopped leaking, authorities have closed the airspace over the site to any but official and company flights."
WWF's Danube Carpathian programme produced a map and list this morning of toxic sites between Hungary and the Danube Delta, itself in the shadow of a steel plant's mountains of abandoned drums with peaks reaching over 100 metres high and the Tulcea aluminum plant's 20 hectare dump of red sludge leaking into the environment through wind and water.
"While the European Union can lay some claim to being relatively advanced in river and water policy, the fact that the company behind this spill is hiding in the fine print of EU definitions of hazard suggests we still have some way to go," said Andreas Beckmann, head of WWF's Danube-Carpathian program.
The EU Mining Waste Directive, which was introduced following major toxic spills at Baia Mare in Romania in 2000 and at Donana in southern Spain in 1998, was meant to prevent exactly this kind of disaster from happening.
"Unfortunately, the EU Mining Waste Directive – which WWF was substantially involved in developing – was significantly weakened as the result of industry lobbying," said Beckmann.
"There are a string of disasters waiting to happen at sites across the Danube basin. A spill from Hungary's Almasfuzito residue reservoir would seriously impact drinking water drinking water supplies and the fragile ecosystems of the middle Danube.
A spill from the facility in Tulcea in Romania, which has already experienced some leaks in the past, would have a devastating impact on the Danube Delta, an area of global importance for flora and fauna."
Acid dump tempers alkalinity, raises its own questions
According to information solicited yesterday and today by WWF-Hungary from the State Representative for Environment Protection, acid dumping in around five locations has reduced alkalinity of waters and sludge from a caustic 13 to around nine in nearby areas.
Plume alkalinity is reported to be under 10 in a side arm of the Danube, near the entry point at Győr, compared too a usual near neutral 7.5.
"There is a chance that at these levels the alkalinity won't kill all fish, as happened in the Marcal River, the tributary bearing the first brunt of the outflow," said Figeczky.
Meanwhile, groundwater readings around Kolontar, the worst hit community, are near normal – although the speed of percolation may mean the main impacts are yet to materialize.
"It is important to handle acids carefully during the neutralization because of the presence of the heavy metals," said Figeczky. "As the alkalinity is reduced, the heavy metals are becoming more soluble and more likely to end up in groundwaters and river flows."
On other hand as the sludge dries, its toxic contents become more likely to reemerge in airborne dust.
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Almásfüzitő's reservioirs, built over earthquake prone swampland by the river, contain the red sludge byproducts of bauxite refining between 1945 and 1995 mixed with other chemicals, industrial wastewater, communal wastes and oil, according to local NGO's affiliated into the Environmental Culture Association of Esztergom.
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This is my latest newspaper conservation column.
The ongoing battle between the pro-natural gas drilling people and conservationists who see and realize more value in a natural landscape not punctured by drill rigs and drill pads and heavy-equipment roads hacked out of former wildlife habitat have taken their respective campaigns to roadside billboards.
This is, coincidentally, something that would never happen in the Green Mountain State (where I sit) because nearly a half-century ago the people of Vermont wisely voted to permanently outlaw billboards and impose stringent limits on the size and height of business ID signs and such.
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Here in Vermont, there is no shale formation underground, its rocks harboring natural gas. There is no danger lurking of a drilling rig suddenly showing up one day to start punching a hole into terra firma outside the front door. But through much of the mid-Atlantic region just the opposite is the case. And like much else these days, many people whose lives are disconnected from wild nature see only money when a drilling company rep knocks on the door.


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Jenni 'JWoww' Farley Gives Birth to Baby Girlby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
It's a girl for Jenni 'Jwoww' Farley!
The former MTV 'Jersey Shore' reality star, 28, gave birth to a baby girl named Meilani Alexandra Mathews today. The announcement was made by fiancé Roger Mathews on his Twitter account.
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The aim of this prospective controlled study was to explore the diagnostic value of repeated polysomnography (PSG) post-nasopharyngeal tube insertion in the setting of glossopharyngeal obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).
Patients were eligible for this study if they were diagnosed as OSAHS by the first PSG and presented with moderate to severe OSAHS by repeated PSG scanning post-nasopharyngeal tube insertion (NPT-PSG). Fifty-nine patients were enrolled into this study and assigned to received either modified uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (H-UPPP; n = 25) or H-UPPP in combination with glossopharyngeal surgery (n = 34).
General data and PSG data were collected prior to and following nasopharyngeal tube insertion and were found not to be significantly different. However, both the PSG and Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) were significantly superior in the combination group compared to the UPPP alone group post-surgery. The success rates of surgery were 82.3% and 40.0%, respectively.
Patients with moderate to severe OSAHS post-nasopharyngeal tube insertion generally have glossopharyngeal obstruction. Glossopharyngeal surgery can significantly improve surgical outcome in the setting of OSAHS.
Li S; Wu D; Bao J; Qin J. Nasopharyngeal tube: a simple and effective tool to screen patients indicated for glossopharyngeal surgery. J Clin Sleep Med 2014;10(4):385-389.
Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is characterized by apnea and hypoventilation arising from the collapse or obstruction of the upper respiratory tract during sleep. OSAHS may be accompanied by symptoms such as snoring, disordered sleep structure, frequent decreases in blood oxygen saturation, and daytime sleepiness.1 The key feature of OSAHS is the collapse or obstruction of the upper respiratory tract during sleep. The oropharyngeal zone is most commonly obstructed, and the glossopharyngeal airway is the next most commonly obstructed.2,3 However, it is difficult to confirm or exclude the diagnosis of glossopharyngeal obstruction. Conventional physical examination, electronic endoscopy and computed tomography (CT) examination can offer some clues in the waking state of the patient,4–6 but the most accurate diagnosis depends on the airway examination during sleep. Endoscopic airway examination and imaging examination during sedative-induced sleep can be used to observe morphological changes of the glossopharyngeal area during apnea, and can be used to confirm or exclude the presence of glossopharyngeal airway obstruction.7 Whether inspection performed during induced sleep represents the actual condition of the airway during normal sleep is uncertain. Continuous airway pressure measurements or the AG200 diagnostic system require special equipment and training,8,9 thus limiting their broad use. Nasopharyngeal intubation is generally used to rescue the upper respiratory tract obstruction.10,11 In recent years, some scholars have attempted to use nasopharyngeal intubation to treat adult OSAHS, which has some demonstrable efficacy.12,13 Theoretically, nasopharyngeal intubation can keep the respiratory tract from the naris to the peak of the nasopharyngeal tube unobstructed. Hence, if nasopharyngeal intubation is ineffective, airway obstruction is likely within the respiratory tract, below the peak of the nasopharyngeal tube. Based on this, we placed the peak of the nasopharyngeal tube at the level of the free edge of the soft palate and then repeated the PSG (NPT-PSG) to confirm glossopharyngeal obstruction to guide subsequent glossopharyngeal surgical treatment.
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: The glossopharyngeal airway is the second most commonly obstructed site in adult obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). However, the diagnosis of glossopharyngeal obstruction is challenging. The aim of this study was to explore the diagnostic value of repeated polysomnography following insertion of a nasopharyngeal tube (NPT-PSG) in the setting of glossopharyngeal obstruction in OSAHS.
Study Impact: NPT-PSG is a simple and effective tool used to screen patients who are indicated for glossopharyngeal surgery. Patients with moderate-to-severe OSAHS diagnosed by NPT-PSG generally present with glossopharyngeal airway obstruction. Glossopharyngeal surgery can significantly improve surgical outcomes in the setting of OSAHS.
The current study was a prospective clinically controlled study. Subjects were selected from inpatients in the Department of Otolaryngology at our hospital from January 2010 to May 2012. Patients were eligible for the study if they met criteria including: (1) confirmed diagnosis of OSAHS; (2) male; (3) no significant rhinal or nasopharyngeal obstructive diseases; (4) no craniofacial structural abnormalities such as micrognathia; (5) apnea hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 15/h by PSG post-placement of the nasopharyngeal tube; (6) inability or unwillingness to use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP); (7) strong desire for surgical treatment; and (8) providing signed and informed consent.
Sleep monitoring was conducted with the Polywin PSG system (Respironics, USA). In accordance with sleep monitoring regulations and diagnostic criteria of OSAHS set by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,14 patients who were diagnosed OSAHS for the first time and who planned surgical treatment, were entered into the examination procedure of nasopharyngeal tube insertion. This study was approved by the local ethics committee. All patients provided written informed consent. The nasopharyngeal tube was placed as previously reported,13 with an internal diameter of 7 mm in 35 patients and 8 mm in 24 patients, respectively. Proper or successful placement of the nasopharyngeal tube should be fixed properly in the anterior naris to prevent dislocation during sleep and the inferior extremity slightly exceeded the free edge of soft palate. Then PSG was repeated (NTP-PSG), with the procedures and data collection approaches the same as with the first PSG.
Besides PSG, all patients received conventional physical and auxiliary examinations, including Friedman tongue position (FTP) grading, CT examination, conventional electronic endoscopy of the upper respiratory tract, and Muller's manoeuvre and observation.4–6
Potential rhinal and nasopharyngeal diseases had been excluded in the patients prior to enrolment into the study, and thus rhinal and nasopharyngeal surgeries were not conducted. If the AHI was ≥ 15/h after nasopharyngeal tube insertion, glossopharyngeal obstruction was considered. In combination with the above and conventional examination results, FTP grading, endoscopy, and CT results, treatment with modified UPPP15 combined with glossopharyngeal surgery was suggested. All patients were well informed of their disease condition and surgery, and it was noted that some patients agreed only to treatment with UPPP but refused glossopharyngeal surgery. Therefore, there were 2 patient groups who were comparable in terms of the collated general data. However, these patient groups received different surgical treatment schemas: modified UPPP and modified UPPP in combination with glossopharyngeal surgery. All patients were followed up > 12 months (an average of 16 months). After 12 months, both PSG and ESS scoring were repeated. Patients were dropped from the study if postoperative PSG and ESS data could not be obtained. The absolute change and improvement in the rate of AHI, lowest oxygen saturation (LaSO2), and ESS scores were calculated. The number of patients showing a reduction ≥ 50% in the AHI to levels below 20, 15, 10, and 5 events/h were counted.16 Surgical outcomes were classified as cured (AHI < 5) or markedly effective (AHI decreasing > 50% and ≤ 20) and inefficient (beyond cure and markedly effective criteria). Success was defined as cure and markedly effective outcomes, and failure as inefficient outcome.
SPSS 13.0 software program (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) was used for statistical analysis. ESS and PSG data were compared (1) between the 2 groups; and (2) before and after surgery. The success rate of surgery was compared between the 2 groups. Continuous data were analyzed using the Student t-test, and categorical data were analyzed using the χ2 test.
NPT-PSG was planned in 131 patients diagnosed with OSAHS. Three patients complained of nasal cavity or nasopharyngeal pain, significant discomfort, and difficulty falling asleep; thus the NPT-PSG was incomplete, and these 3 patients were excluded from the study. An additional 63 patients were removed from the study for AHI < 15 on NPT-PSG. Of the remaining 65 patients, 6 did not complete 12-month follow-up and were subsequently dropped from the study. Finally, 59 patients were enrolled into the current study, with a mean age of 39.42 ± 7.53 years (range 21 to 56 years), mean body mass index (BMI) of 28.66 ± 2.91 kg/m2 (range 20.0 to 35.7 kg/m2), mean AHI of 40.52 ± 4.77/h (range 21.2 to 96.5/h), mean LaSO2 of 0.66 ± 0.10 (range 0.41 to 0.87), and mean ESS score of 11.22 ± 5.08 (range 2 to 21). All patients had evidence of snoring, breathlessness, and apnea during sleep, daytime somnolence and fatigue, morning headache, and poor memory. Tonsil sizes of 0, I, II, III, and IV were found in 0, 14, 14, 18, and 13 cases, respectively. Friedman tongue position I, II, III, and IV were found in 5, 15, 26, and 13 cases, respectively. Friedman stage I, II, and III were found in 10, 29, and 20 cases, respectively. There were also 26 patients who presented with lingua hypertrophy and 8 patients who presented with lingual tonsil hypertrophy confirmed by endoscopic examination.
All patients were assigned according to the willingness of the patient to receive modified UPPP (n = 25) and modified UPPP in combination with glossopharyngeal surgery (n = 34). Some procedures were applied according to the causes of glossopharyngeal obstruction and included UPPP in combination with midline partial glossectomy (n = 18),17 UPPP in combination with lingual base suspension (n = 11),18 and UPPP in combination with lingual tonsil resection (n = 5). General data, ESS scores, tonsil size, Friedman stage, endoscopic results, and PSG data prior to and following nasopharyngeal tube insertion were not statistically different between the 2 groups (see Tables 1 and 2). AHI, LaSO2, and ESS post-surgery were statistically superior in the UPPP in combination with the glossopharyngeal group compared with the UPPP alone group (Table 3).
Preoperative clinical data comparison of both groups (mean ± SD or the number of cases)
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Preoperative PSG data comparison of both groups (mean ± SD)
Postoperative group comparison
In the UPPP alone group, AHI, LaSO2, and ESS significantly differed before and after surgery (Figure 1), with an average absolute changes of 17.04, 0.08, and 4.88, and improvement rates of 43.5%, 12.3%, and 43.0%, respectively. The results suggested that surgery was effective. In the UPPP in combination with the glossopharyngeal surgical group, measurement of AHI, LaSO2, and ESS also showed significant differences prior to and post-surgery (Figure 1), with an average absolute change of 29.52, 0.12, and 6.68, and an improvement rate of 75.3%, 17.9%, and 60.1%, respectively. This also suggested that surgery was effective. The average absolute change and improvement rates of the 3 indices were significantly higher in the combined treatment group than in the UPPP alone group.
Both in the UPPP alone and the combination groups, AHI, LaSO2, and ESS were significantly different before and after surgery. The improvement rates of the three indices were significantly higher in the combination treatment group than in the group treated with UPPP alone.
Both PSG and ESS scoring were repeated in the postoperative 12-month period (Table 4). Results showed that the curing, markedly effective, and ineffective rates were significantly different between the 2 groups (χ2 = 11.92, p = 0.003), and the successful rate of surgery was significantly higher in the combination treatment group (82.3%) than in the UPPP alone group (40.0%) (χ2 = 11.273, p = 0.001).
Efficacy of treatment: comparison of both groups
Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) results from collapse or obstruction of the upper respiratory tract during sleep.1 The first choice for treating OSAHS is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) without the need for either AG200 or sedated endoscopic examination. However, in some patients unwilling or unable to accept CPAP, surgery is an alternative approach, and the obstructive site of the upper airway must then be diagnosed. The oropharyngeal zone is the most common site involved, closely followed by the glossopharyngeal zone.2,3 However, glossopharyngeal obstruction is difficult to diagnose. Common methods include conventional physical examination, electronic endoscopy, CT scanning in the waking state, upper airway endoscopy, and imaging examinations in sedative-induced short sleep, and continuous airway pressure measurement and AG200 localization diagnosis in whole night sleep.4–9
However, these methods have some disadvantages, such as being poorly accurate, expensive, and requiring specific equipment and devices. In recent years, some investigators have tried to use the nasopharyngeal tube to treat adult OSAHS and have obtained some efficacious outcomes.12,13 Theoretically, the nasopharyngeal tube can keep the respiratory tract from naris to the peak of nasopharyngeal tube unobstructed. In this situation, if patients still have OSAHS by PSG, the airway below the peak of the nasopharyngeal tube is confirmed as being obstructed.13 Based on this, we placed the peak of the nasopharyngeal tube at the level of the free edge of the soft palate and then repeated PSG to get important information on the obstruction of the glossopharyngeal airway and below this zone. In the current study, an AHI ≥ 15 post-nasopharyngeal tube placement was the key criterion for treatment with glossopharyngeal surgery.
Potential rhinal and nasopharyngeal diseases had been excluded prior to surgery, and thus rhinal and nasopharyngeal surgeries were unnecessary under these situations. All patients were well informed of their disease condition. According to the willingness of the patients, 25 patients agreed to UPPP and refused glossopharyngeal surgery; the other 34 patients received both surgical procedures. The two groups were comparable in terms of general data, ESS scores, and PSG results prior to and following nasopharyngeal tube. However, postoperative indices were superior in the combination group compared with the UPPP group alone, with success rates of 82.3% vs. 40.0%. In the same group, AHI and ESS were greatly decreased and LaSO2 was significantly increased post-surgery. However, the average absolute change and the improvement rates of the three indices were significantly much greater in the combination group than was found in the UPPP alone group; this might have contributed to the different outcomes between the two groups. These results illustrate that patients with an AHI ≥ 15/h post-nasopharyngeal tube do indeed have glossopharyngeal obstruction and can greatly improve with intervention by proper glossopharyngeal surgery.
It is of note that of the 25 patients undergoing UPPP alone, three recovered completely and seven had effective outcomes, yielding a success rate of 10/25. Of these 10 patients, one had an AHI of 67.7/h in the first PSG and 16.4/h post-nasopharyngeal intubation, suggesting that glossopharyngeal obstruction existed but was not dominant. UPPP improves dominant oropharyngeal obstruction, and an AHI of 18.6/h promoted a successful surgery. The other nine patients had greater than grade III hypertrophy of the palatine tonsilla (9/10). Only four of the remaining 15 patients undergoing UPPP alone showed poor surgical outcomes and presented with greater than grade III palatine tonsilla (4/15). The inferior extremity of the nasopharyngeal tube only slightly exceeded the free edge of the soft palate; therefore, hypertrophy of the palatine tonsilla might induce an AHI that is too high. In UPPP, the tonsil is resected. Consequently, UPPP alone is successful.
In conclusion, repeated PSG post-placement of nasopharyngeal tube requires no specific devices and can be used as a simple and effective method to diagnose glossopharyngeal obstruction. Glossopharyngeal surgery should be recommended to patients with an AHI ≥ 15/h post-placement of the nasopharyngeal tube and with no obvious hypertrophy of the tonsils.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Isono S, Remmers JE, authors. Anatomy and physiology of upper airway obstruction. In: Kryger MH, Roth T, Dement WC, editors. Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1994.
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Tweedie DJ, Skilbeck CJ, Lloyd-Thomas AR, Albert DM, authors. The nasopharyngeal prong airway: an effective postoperative adjunct after adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnoea in children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2007;71:563–9. [PubMed]
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DVD previews: 'Saving Santa,' 'The Greatest Ears in Town,' more
Nov. 1
"Saving Santa" (animated family film, Anchor Bay)
Nov. 5
"Girl Most Likely" (PG-13, 103 minutes, Lionsgate): Kristen Wiig delivers another spaced-out star turn in "Girl Most Likely," a picaresque romance of self-discovery that delivers a near-constant flow of small delights until veering too far into screwball preposterousness. Wiig plays Imogene, who's introduced in a prologue as a precocious young actress who, when she's uttering the line "There's no place like home" in "The Wizard of Oz," turns to the director to say, "This just isn't working for me." Flash forward 20 years and the grown-up Imogene is an aspiring playwright whose early ambition has been thwarted by the comfort and distraction offered by her wealthy boyfriend. In its bravura opening sequence - filmed entirely from Imogene's point of view - we hear only Wiig's voice as her character leaves a series of voicemails for her errant beau as she makes her way into a snooty Manhattan fundraiser. By the time the camera finally reveals Wiig's face in a powder room mirror, her carefully made-up expression of self-deception and defeat speaks volumes. Eventually, events transpire to send Imogene back home to Ocean City, N.J., a place she has been running from all her adult life and where she's now forced to live with her mother, Zelda (Annette Bening), a compulsive gambler; her troubled but sweet brother, Ralph (Christopher Fitzgerald); and her mom's boyfriend, George (Matt Dillon), who insists he's in the CIA and has a coffee mug to prove it. Contains sexual content and profanity. Extras: making-of featurette, deleted scenes, gag reel and "Life in the Human Shell" featurette.
"The Greatest Ears in Town The Arif Mardin Story" (unrated, 103 minutes, Shelter Island): This tribute to producer-arranger-composer Arif Mardin continues a 2013 trend of great behind-the-music-scene documentaries ("Twenty Feet From Stardom," "Muscle Shoals"). Mardin, raised in Istanbul, was a fan of both Duke Ellington and Stravinsky and came to the United States to study at Berklee College of Music, aspiring to be a big band leader. But his greatest success came at Atlantic Records, where he guided rock and pop stars from the Little Rascals, to Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, the Bee Gees, Carly Simon and Chaka Khan, and many more. Later, at EMI, he produced Norah Jones' breakout album. The film includes the usual tributes from those appreciative stars, but there's a twist: in the twilight of his life, Mardin, assisted by his son Joe, decided to produce a record of his own widely ranging compositions, enlisting old friends (Dr. John, Willie Nelson) as well as new ones (Nicki Parrott, Raul Midon) to sing them. Despite failing health, Mardin's genius shines through each intricate tune, and the scenes of artists working with the Mardins to craft the songs give the film a contemporary feel not often seen in such a biographical documentary. And if the music doesn't move you, the interwoven story of Mardin's 50-plus-year romance with his wife, playwright Latife Mardin, surely will. Extras include 24 minutes of deleted scenes, additional studio footage and music video of "All My Friends Are Here," title song from that final recording.
"White House Down" (PG-13, 129 minutes, Sony): A riotous display of serial explosions, helicopter crashes, car smash-ups, sniper attacks and at least one slap on the face of a winsome little girl, "White House Down" is the kind of celebration of rampant mayhem in which everyone seems to have a rocket launcher at the ready, just in case they need to dispatch a scrum of vile and cruel villains. But "White House Down" also clearly wants to be a lighthearted comedy. At least that seems to be the aim in a film that, in the midst of sadistic violence, throws in jokes and bits of buddy humor as blithely as its protagonists toss those grenades. If cognitive dissonance ensues for an audience unsure whether to laugh or wince, that's nothing compared to the level of sheer volume - and preposterousness - the film inevitably reaches for with its we-can-top-that finale. Contains prolonged sequences of action and violence including intense gunfire and explosions, some profanity and a brief sexual image. Extras include "A Dynamic Duo," a look at the chemistry between co-stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx and their dynamic on-screen presence; featurette on Tatum's stunt work; a look a director Roland Emmerich vision for the film; and "Meet the Insiders" supporting cast featurette. Also, on Blu-ray: gag reel and nine more featurettes, including "Recreating the White House" about the detail that went into replicating, and wrecking, the presidential home.
"Grown Ups 2? (PG-13, 101 minutes, Sony): Adam Sandler is capable of portraying nuanced characters, as he did in "Funny People" and "Punch-Drunk Love," but he's clearly happy to settle for his go-to routine of acting like a child and spewing lazy jokes that include his comic holy trinity: bodily fluids, flatulence and ogling scantily-clad women. "Grown Ups 2? revisits the group of longtime friends that made "Grown Ups" a hit in 2010. But the sequel isn't merely mindless; it wastes a talented cast of "Saturday Night Live" alums who are capable of being much smarter and so much funnier. The film follows four men (Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade) over a single day as the quartet plans a 1980s-themed summer kickoff party. But every man also gets his own story line, each of which seems plucked from a bad sitcom. Sandler's Lenny is dealing with the fact that Roxanne (Salma Hayek) wants another baby; Kurt (Rock) needles Deanne (Maya Rudolph) that he remembered their anniversary and she didn't; Eric (James) hides frequent trips to his mom's house from Sally (Maria Bello); and Spade's Marcus finds out he fathered a son, who's a tattooed teenage thug. All these threads, plus many more involving the younger generation's love lives, math deficiencies, sports aspirations, broken bones, dirty diapers and bullying, vie for attention over the course of the relatively short run time. Contains crude material, language and bare backsides.
Also: "Parkland," "Lovelace," "Passion," "Oil City Confidential" (2009), "Out in the Dark" ( Israel-U.S.-Palestine), "Clear History" (HBO), "Syrup," "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas," "East End Babylon: The Story of the Cockney Rejects," "Journey to the Christmas Star" ( Norway), "Bonnie & Clyde: The Real Story" (compilation of two History Channel specials), "House of Eliott Complete Collection" (nine-disc set, BBC drama series, Acorn Media) and "Bonnie & Clyde: Justified" (A&E miniseries).
Television Series: "Mad Men: Season 6," "Beverly Hills 90210: The Complete Series" (71-disc set with new extras material), "Dexter: Final Season," "Dexter: The Complete Series Collection" (2006-13, 33-disc DVD or 25-disc Blu-ray), "Law & Order: The 13th Year," "Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga," "Boy Meets World: The Complete Collection" (1993-2000, 22-disc set), "The Hive" (Disney), "Duck Dynasty: I'm Dreaming of a Redneck Christmas," "Ice Road Truckers: Season 7," "Naked City: The Complete Series" (1958-63, Emmy Award-winning police drama, 29-disc set), "Farscape: Complete Series" (1999-2003, 27-disc DVD or 20-disc Blu-ray) , "Magic City: Second Season," "Robotech: The Complete Set," "Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely All of It" (10-disc set, BBC), "Saved By the Bell: The Complete Collection," "Dora the Explorer: Dora's Ice Skating Spectacular!" and "Ben 10 Omniverse: Aliens at War" (Cartoon Network).
Washington Post staff writer Kay Coyte contributed to this report.


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BOSTON—The Harvard men's takes on No. 3 Boston University in the semifinals of the 60th Beanpot tournament, looking to take the first step toward its 11th title in Boston's annual tournament. The Crimson and Terriers meet Monday at 5 p.m. at TD Garden, home of the Boston Bruins.
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Standings: ECAC Hockey | Ivy League
On the Air
Both Beanpot semifinals and the Feb. 13 championship game will air on the New England Sports Network. NESN is available through cable and satellite providers in NESN's home broadcast territory (all of New England except Fairfield County, Conn.). Much of NESN's programming is also available outside NESN's home broadcast territory through NESN National, the network's national television service. Click here for NESN channel listings.
Follow From Home
Live statistics and live audio are available at the link above. Brendan Roche and Raafi Alidina will have the call on WHRB-FM 95.3 and WHRB.org.
In the News
Boston Herald: Beanpot no mystery to Alex Killorn now
ESPNBoston: Beanpot remains something special
Game On
• The Crimson (7-6-9) is seeking its 11th Beanpot championship and first since 1993. Harvard looks to advance to the tournament final for the first time since 2008.
• Harvard scored five unanswered goals to win, 6-3, at Quinnipiac Friday for its fifth come-from-behind victory this season. The Crimson has trailed during play in 19 games, but has rallied to win or tie 14 of those games (5-5-9).
• With three weekends remaining, Harvard is tied for third place in ECAC Hockey, alongside Colgate. The Raiders have a game in hand on the Crimson, but Harvard owns the head-to-head tiebreaker.
• The Crimson leads the NCAA in power-play efficiency at 30.8 percent (28 for 91). Harvard has scored at least one power-play goal in 19 of its 22 games and netted multiple power-play goals in eight games.
• Alex Killorn (Montreal, Que.) leads Harvard with 29 points and 14 goals. He ranks 13th nationally with 1.32 points per game and 10th with 0.64 goals per game. Linemate Marshall Everson (Edina, Minn.) has 22 points (9-13-22), after notching four goals and eight assists in the last seven games.
• Harvard boasts two of the nation's highest-scoring defensemen. Danny Biega (Montreal, Que.) ranks second nationally among defensemen, tied for 22nd overall, at 1.18 points per game (7-19-26). Patrick McNally (Glen Head, N.Y.) ranks eighth among defensemen and ranks seventh among freshmen at any position with 0.86 points per game (4‑15‑19).
Last Time Out
The Crimson rallied from deficits of 2-0 in the first four minutes and 3-1 after a period to defeat Quinnipiac, 6-3, Friday. Raphael Girard (Saint‑Hyacinthe, Que.) stopped all 26 shots he faced for his first collegiate win as Harvard won a road game against the Bobcats for the first time.
Marshall Everson led the comeback with a goal and two assists, while Danny Biega scored twice and Alex Killorn had three assists. Eric Kroshus (Calgary, Alta.), Luke Greiner (Faribault, Minn.) and Alex Fallstrom (Stockholm, Sweden) also scored. Fallstrom added an assist, while Patrick McNally and Colin Blackwell (North Andover, Mass.) logged two helpers each.
On a Roll
Harvard's six-game unbeaten streak (3-0-3) is its longest of the season and its longest in the regular season since heading into the 2007-08 playoffs on a 5-0‑1 run. The last time the Crimson took an unbeaten streak of this length into the Beanpot was when it entered the 1994 tournament on a 6-0-1 spurt. That run reached 9-0-1 before being snapped by a 2-1 overtime loss to Boston College in the Beanpot final.
Comeback Crimson
Harvard has entered the final period trailing in 14 games but has rallied to win or tie in nine of those, including two of its last three games.
Harvard has trailed 29 times during play this season and has come back to tie 24 times. The Crimson trailed twice each in its win against No. 18 Colgate (Nov. 12) and its ties against No. 19 Quinnipiac (Nov. 5), Dartmouth (Nov. 25), No. 18 North Dakota (Dec. 30), No. 14 Union (Jan. 6) and No. 9 Cornell (Jan. 21). Harvard scored seven goals over the final two periods to rally from a four‑goal deficit and defeat New Hampshire, 7-6 (Nov. 22), and erased four separate one‑goal deficits in a 4-4 tie at Massachusetts (Dec. 2). Harvard is 2-5-7 when trailing after two.
Closing Time
The Crimson holds a 28-14 advantage against its opponents in third-period goals, including a 10-1 edge over the last five games. Harvard is 5-1-2 when entering the third period leading or tied.
Point Men
The Crimson has taken at least one point from 13 of its 17 ECAC Hockey games. With a 3-1-5 record in league road games, Harvard has taken points from eight of nine away contests.
Big Stages
The Beanpot games will not be Harvard's first in front of large crowds. The Crimson skated before five-digit crowds in both of its games at North Dakota (11,500 Dec. 30 and 10,980 Dec. 31) and an ECAC regular-season-record 8,891 fans in its Frozen Fenway game against Union (Jan. 13). Three Harvard home games and two road games have been sold out.
Upward Mobility
Third-place Harvard has climbed five places in the ECAC standings in the last six games.
Head-to-Head Tiebreakers
Harvard has won its season series against Colgate and Quinnipiac, tied its series against Dartmouth and Princeton and lost its series against Cornell and Union. The Crimson leads its series against Brown, Clarkson and Yale; is tied with Rensselaer and trails St. Lawrence.
The Drawing Board
Tuesday's tie against Dartmouth was Harvard's seventh in ECAC play, matching the league record held by the 1991-92 Yale (11‑4‑7), 2003‑04 Dartmouth (10‑5-7) and 2010-11 Quinnipiac (6‑9-7) squads. Harvard has tied nine games overall, breaking the previous program record of six set in 1991-92 and matched in 2008‑09. Minnesota State set an NCAA record with 10 ties in 2002‑03. Colorado College matched that mark in 2008‑09, as did Western Michigan last season.
Magic Numbers
The Crimson is unbeaten when scoring four goals or more (5-0-2) and has lost just once when allowing three goals or fewer (6-1-7).
Time and a Half?
Ten of Harvard's 22 games have gone to overtime, including nine of the last 15. The Crimson has played 45 minutes, eight seconds of overtime.
Harvard has held six of its last nine opponents to two goals or fewer and limited each of its last 10 to three goals or fewer in regulation.
Power Surge
Dating back to 2010-11, Harvard has netted 32 power-play goals in its last 23 ECAC games. The Crimson has had three man-advantage goals in three of those games and two in nine others. The Jan. 13 shutout loss to Union ended a Harvard streak of 18 games with a power-play goal.
Special Forces
The Crimson is the nation's only team converting 30 percent of its power plays. The last team to convert at least 30 percent of its power plays in a full season was Colorado College in 2002‑03 at 30.8. The last team to break 35 percent was the 1986-87 Harvard squad at 35.9. The NCAA record for power-play efficiency is 40.2 percent, recorded by Boston University in 1970-71.
Power Players
Danny Biega has a league-high 12 ECAC power‑play points (1‑11‑12), leading four Harvard players ranked tied for fifth or better.
Outside the Box
Harvard averages the seventh-fewest penalty minutes per game in the nation at11.0.
Power Outage
The Crimson has allowed its opponents only 79 power plays this season, the nation's lowest total and an average of just 3.59 per game. That is eight fewer than Hampshire, which has surrendered the nation's second‑fewest power plays against. Only seven teams besides Harvard have allowed their foes fewer than 100 power plays.
Close Calls
Only two of Harvard's games have been decided by more than two goals. Seventeen of the 22 games, including 16 of the last 18, have been tied in the third period. At a point in every third period but one, the score has been tied or the teams have been separated by one goal.
Survey Says ...
Harvard has received votes in 12 of the 16 weeks of the USCHO.com national poll, including four points last week. The Crimson is a team under consideration for the NCAA tournament and is ranked 23rd in the PairWise Ranking.
Poll Positions
Harvard had played seven ranked opponents in games in December and January. The Crimson was 0-3‑4 against those seven ranked opponents and is 1-3-5 against ranked foes this season. Dating back to last season, Harvard is 3-5‑6 against its last 14 ranked opponents.
League Leaders
In ECAC Hockey play, Danny Biega leads league defensemen in points (7-12-19), while Patrick McNally (3-9-12) is tied for second among freshmen, first among rookie defensemen, in scoring. Harvard's power play is operating at a league-high 30 percent (21 for 70) in ECAC play.
Marshall Plan
Marshall Everson registered two points each in four straight games in January and has four points (1-3-4) in the last two games. He has scored or assisted on 13 of Harvard's last 22 goals.
Danny Biega had registered seven points (3-4-7) during his current five-game point streak, while Eric Kroshus has five (2-3-5) during a four-game run. Luke Greiner has scored goals in each of the last two games. Colin Blackwell has a goal and five assists in the last five contests.
A New Streak?
Alex Killorn was held off the scoresheet for just the fifth time this season Tuesday against Dartmouth. He rebounded with three assists Friday. He has five goals and six assists in the last seven games. The senior had an eight‑game point streak earlier this season and a 10-game run in 2010-11.
Instant Impact
Brendan Rempel (Willington, Conn.), who missed the first 18 games with an injury, has two assists in his four games.
The Hot Hand
Steve Michalek owns a 2.33 goals‑against average and .924 save percentage during Harvard's five‑game unbeaten streak, improving his league numbers to 2.53 and .914 for the season. Overall, the freshman sports a 3.02 goals-against average and .900 save percentage.
The Century Mark
Alex Killorn has 92 points on 44 goals and 48 assists in 118 career games for the highest point total by a Crimson player since Jon Pelle graduated in 2008 with 97 points (39-58-97). Harvard, which plays only 29 games per regular season, has not had a 100-point scorer since Tom Cavanagh '05 registered 117 (48-69-117). Harvard's last 50‑goal scorer was Tim Pettit '04.
The Other Century Mark
Colin Moore played in his 100th game Friday. Alex Killorn and Ryan Grimshaw had already eclipsed that mark this season. Daniel Moriarty (Bienfait, Sask.) is two games shy of the 100 mark. With 88 games played so far, junior Danny Biega could reach 100 in the ECAC tournament.
Balancing Act
Through 22 of its 29 regular-season games, Harvard has nine players with double-digit scoring totals. The Crimson had seven such players all of last season. Twenty‑two players have recorded points for Harvard, and 15 have scored goals.
Jan. 14 at Bright Hockey Center
No. 6 Boston University rallied from a two‑goal third-period deficit and topped Harvard in overtime, 4-3. Alex Fallstrom scored Harvard's first two goals, while Alex Killorn added a goal and an assist. Their linemate, Marshall Everson, notched two helpers, as did Danny Biega. Steve Michalek stopped 30 shots. Garrett Noonan scored the game-winning goal for BU at 2:08 of overtime. Chris Connelly (2-1-3) and Alex Chiasson (0-3-3) had three points apiece for the Terriers.
Series History: Harvard vs. Boston University
BU leads the all-time series against Harvard, 75‑63-6 overall and 26-14 in Beanpot matchups, but the Crimson holds a 49-47‑6 edge in non‑Beanpot games. The teams first met Dec. 13, 1922, a 2-0 Crimson win at the Boston Arena. Harvard won 15 of the first 16 meetings and in 1952 claimed a 7-4 victory in the inaugural Beanpot championship. The Terriers have won 16 of the 20 Beanpot semifinal matchups. Eight of the Crimson's 10 championship-game wins have come against the Terriers, and Harvard is 8-9 against BU in Beanpot finals.
Scouting the Terriers
Boston University (16-8-1) had a six-game unbeaten streak snapped with consecutive losses to Maine Jan. 27-28 but bounced back by winning at No. 4 Merrimack, 4-1, Friday. The Terriers are led by senior goaltender Kieran Millan (2.50 goals‑against average, .923 save percentage) and a trio of 26-point scorers: Matt Nieto (10-16-26), Alex Chiasson (10-16-26) and Chris Connolly (4‑22‑26). Wade Megan paces the balanced offense with 12 goals. The Terriers lead the nation in combined special teams at 56.9 percent, thanks to a power play ranked fifth nationally (24.6 percent) and a penalty kill tied for 14th (84.5 percent).


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