STARKVILLE, Miss.-Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey encouraged Mississippi State Universitys fall 2016 graduates to value each day and conduct themselves with integrity during Fridays [Dec. 9] commencement ceremony at Humphrey Coliseum.You will leave this place and go back and affect the people around you, Sankey said. Be open to their needs. Bend a knee, lend a hand. Leadership understands it is OK to have differences, but we also need to have a conversation.The SECs eighth commissioner also told MSUs approximately 1,370 candidates for December degrees to live honorably, live a quiet life, laugh often and to make each day a masterpiece.Sankey became commissioner of the SEC in 2015 after spending 13 years in leadership positions in the league office. The Auburn, New York, native has helped shape SEC policies, including playing a key role in former commissioner Mike Slives initiatives to reshape governance, enforcement and compliance programs in the SEC.Prior to joining the SEC administrative team, Sankey spent nearly seven years as commissioner of the Southland Conference. He also worked as director of compliance and academic services at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.On Friday, Sankey detailed his experience of having an atrial fibrillation in the Atlanta airport in 1997. He said that despite having a good job and a great family, his busy lifestyle had health consequences. He encouraged MSU graduates to be well-rounded people and follow their values.There were two cardiologists, a number of tests, a whole bunch of doctors who basically said this to me, as an outcome of that day in Atlanta: I wasnt living very well, Sankey said.Sankey earned bachelors and masters degrees from, respectively, the State University of New York College at Cortland and Syracuse University. He and wife Cathy are the parents of two daughters, Hannah Michelle and Moriah Elizabeth. Hannah Sankey graduated from MSU in 2015 with a degree from the universitys College of Arts and Sciences. Her graduation, Sankey said, was the only time he rang a cowbell, fulfilling a promise he made to his daughter.When she entered her freshman year, she asked me to ring, Sankey said. I told her, When you graduate, I will ring. Marc Gasol Jersey . LUCIE, Fla. 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The Flyers have claimed three straight and four of the last five encounters with the Sens overall and Philly has won two in a row and three of its past four tests in Canadas capital city. PITTSBURGH -- The Boston Bruins needed overtime Monday to beat Montreal 2-1 and break a three-game losing streak. If they want to keep the winning going, they might well need a lot more than two goals Wednesday to solve the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.The Penguins have been nearly unstoppable during a six-game winning streak. They have scored 35 goals during that stretch.We hope we can continue to just try and play the game the right way. I think when we do that we have some talented guys that can finish, said Mike Sullivan, who celebrated his one-year anniversary as Pittsburghs coach Monday with a 7-0 thumping of Arizona.Were finding offense throughout our lineup, and thats whats helping us win games.The Penguins have won in different ways lately -- by blowout, by comeback, with even-strength goals, with power-play tallies -- and their offense has overshadowed some solid defensive efforts. During the six-game winning streak, opponents have managed just 14 goals.The message we continue to preach to them is to make sure we create our offense off our defense and we dont become a chance-for-chance team because its hard to sustain winning when you play that way, Sullivan said.Still, its the goal count that stands out.We showed how well we can put the puck in the net, Penguins goaltender Matt Murray said after earning his second shutout of the season against the Coyotes.The usual suspects have been present and accounted for. Sidney Crosby leads the NHL with 21 goals (in just 23 games). Evgeni Malkin (32 points) and Phil Kessel (31 points) are among the league leaders. Kris Letang (19 points) is holding his own among defenseemen.ddddddddddddut it hasnt been just the stars. Fifteen players, including members of all four lines plus the defense, have contributed to the 35 goals during the streak.The Bruins might be a little envious of that as they game-plan for Wednesday.We need to be a team where were not going to be looked that if you shut down this line then theyre done, Boston coach Claude Julien said. I want us to be a team that spreads the goal-scoring around.And that might lead to more goals, period.The Bruins scored just six goals during their three-game losing streak. Before that, they won three in a row and needed just eight goals to do that. Pittsburgh nearly reached that total in Mondays game alone.Boston has relied heavily on goaltender Tuukka Rask, and he has delivered. He is 15-5-2 and among the league leaders in goals-against average (1.80), and save percentage (.932).To help find Rask more goal support, Boston shook up its line combinations before its win Monday.I think sometimes the changes can create some excitement, Julien told the Bruins website. Its not the first time, probably wont be the last time that weve changed.While the new look netted just two goals -- both from third-liners Austin Czarnik and Ryan Spooner -- it was enough for a win.It (wasnt) working the way it was. What do you have to lose? David Backes told the team website.We can talk about it until were blue in the face. Its about going on the ice and getting the job done, doing what we need to do to get to those hard areas and score goals. ' ' '