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The Washington Capitals have promoted Emily Engel-Natzke to NHL video coordinator, the team announced Thursday. She is now the first full-time female coach in league history.

Engel-Natzke's resume speaks for itself. In 2020, she was the first woman to become a full-time member of a coaching staff in the American Hockey League after being named video coordinator for the Hershey Bears. She spent two seasons in charge of producing pre-scouts and coaching reports, while also handling the Bears' in-game and postgame video breakdowns.

"We are extremely pleased to name Emily as our new video coordinator," senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan said in a statement. "Emily's work ethic, skill set, and passion were displayed in her tenure with the Hershey Bears, and we feel she is ready and deserving of this opportunity. She will be a tremendous asset to our coaching staff."

In an interview with the Capitals, Engel-Natzke said she was ecstatic about the opportunity with the NHL because this had been a goal for her for a long time. Being one of the few women working in the league, she said she definitely understands the weight her achievement carries, but she hopes that overtime being a female in the NHL stops being a big deal.

"Hopefully in a couple years this isn't such a big topic of conversation, but I think in this current moment I do recognize it," she said. "It's something I'm happy to carry with me."

The NHL has been slowly seeing more inclusion of female staff members as of late. In January, Aisha Visram, head athletic trainer for the Ontario Reign, was called up to fill in during a Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins game, making her the first woman to serve behind an NHL bench.

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Gazprom shares dive after dividend cancelled for first time since 1998 - Reuters

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MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) - Russian gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) has decided not to pay dividends on last year's results, the first time it will not pay out since 1998, sending its shares plunging by nearly 30%.

"The shareholders decided that in the current situation it is not advisable to pay dividends based on the 2021 results," Deputy CEO Famil Sadygov said.

He added that Gazprom would rather focus on Russian regional gasification, preparation for the heating season and paying increased taxes.

Gazprom shares plunged by more than 27% on the decision, which reversed a board recommendation to pay a dividend of 52.53 roubles per share in what would have been its biggest payout.

Gazprom plans to spend 526 billion roubles ($10 billion) by 2025 to increase Russia's gasification from its current level of 72%.

On Thursday Russian lawmakers backed a draft bill that would provide for a one-off increase in Gazprom's mineral extraction tax bill by 416 billion roubles ($8 billion) this year as the government boosts social payments.

Analysts criticised decision to abandon dividends, which are one of the few ways Russian retail investors can profit at a time of severe Western sanctions on Russian companies.

"This is a disaster for Gazprom shares, as the company's only investment appeal was high dividends. The decision is also likely partly linked to the finance ministry's willingness to increase ... budget revenue," Tinkoff Investments analysts said.

Gazprom's decision comes as the Group of Seven economic powers looks to cap the price of Russian oil and gas as a way to prevent Moscow from profiting from its actions in Ukraine, which have led to a sharp rise in energy prices. read more

Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine and the Nord Stream 1 pipeline have also fallen.

In its statement on Thursday, Gazprom did not mention either the G7 proposals to cap gas prices or the reduced flows to Europe, both of which threaten to cut its revenue and potentially its tax payments as a result.

"The main fear is that minority shareholders may not get anything if the state moves to the constant practice of withdrawing most of the (Gazprom) profits through the tax. It is also a minus for the entire market in 2022," Finam analysts said.

($1 = 52.5000 roubles)

Reporting by Reuters Editing by Jason Neely and David Goodman

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