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Today on twitter, our favorite Boston Globe Bruins beat writer Amalie Benjamin dropped a bomb on twitter: She's leaving the Globe after 12 years to work for NHL.com.
So, news: After 12 years (eek!), I’m leaving the Boston Globe. I’m headed for https://t.co/XTmz1f9cLF, as a feature writer based in Boston.
— Amalie Benjamin (@AmalieBenjamin) March 31, 2016
It’s been an incredible run at the Globe, but I’m very, very excited to make this move, where I’ll be a part of a great team being built.
— Amalie Benjamin (@AmalieBenjamin) March 31, 2016
It's not all bad, though. She'll be in Boston still!
I’ll now be writing features on teams across the northeast, but I’ll still be covering the Bruins, of course – so don’t go anywhere!
— Amalie Benjamin (@AmalieBenjamin) March 31, 2016
And a little thanks spread around:
So many thanks to @globefluto, the best teammate anyone could ask for, & to all the Globe writers & editors I’ve worked with over the years.
— Amalie Benjamin (@AmalieBenjamin) March 31, 2016
Her last day at the Globe is Monday. Which is a shame for the Globe and for us, as Amalie has been one of the better beats since arriving in our little corner of sports.
Congratulations, Amalie!
Now, as for who's taking over beat duties at the Globe? It's a throwback and a half: Kevin Paul Dupont.
Yeah, that one. The guy who's been around the block, then around again, got lost, had to ask for directions at a starbucks - but not without grumbling about prices - and went around the block again. He's technically in the Hall of Fame on the writers wall. What'd he have to say about it? Something salty, of course:
Motto: no AARPer left behind. https://t.co/UNUZWOb1Ta
— Kevin Paul Dupont (@GlobeKPD) March 31, 2016
Whatta guy.
Again, congratulations to Amalie Benjamin from all of us here at Stanley Cup of Chowder.