Former Harvard Captains Amanda Sobhy and Hope Prockop to Sing National Anthem Tonight at Bruins Hockey Game
by Rob Dinerman

photo courtesy Hope Prockop

Dateline March 10th --- Hope Nichols Prockop and Amanda Sobhy will be singing the national anthem prior to the start of the NHL hockey game tonight at 7 PM between the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes at the TD Garden. The game will be broadcast by the New England Sports Network (NESN), with the pre-game program starting at 6:30.

   Sobhy, the reigning US National and Intercollegiate Individuals champion and current World No. 7, and Prockop, the 2015 British Open and US National 45+ Champion, will take center ice and deliver their 90-second duet. This pair, Harvard squash captains of Howe Cup championship teams in 1990 and 2015 respectively, have previously sung the anthem during squash tournaments at venues such as Boston's Symphony Hall and the Tournament of Champions in New York, and both will be competing as well this weekend at the U. S. Nationals at Harvard’s Murr Center, where the top-seeded Sobhy will attempt to defend her 2015 title. Three other Crimson players past and present --- Haley Mendez, 2014 Nationals champion Sobrina Sobhy and Kayley Leonard --- are also in the eight-player draw, along with second seed Olivia Blatchford, recent Dartmouth alumna Corey Schafer and Penn star Reeham Sedky, fresh off a run to the final of the Intercollegiate Individual tournament this past weekend.

   This incredible opportunity to sing the national anthem came about because both players benefit from the good work of sports massage therapist Colleen Carney, owner of Back in Motion, who treats amateur and professional athletes and members of the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox. Tickets to the game can be purchased at www.bruins.nhl.com.