Alumni in the Pros - September 2010

Douglas Murray gets a nice mention in this new piece about the Sharks' defense.

[bleacherreport.com]

One of the videos is an interview with Ben Scrivens [video.mapleleafs.nhl.com]. It's dated 9/10/10.

Ben earned some rave reviews for his play in tonight's Leafs rookie game. James Mirtle has hinted that he will soon write an article about Ben for the Globe & Mail.

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Video highlights of the game are linked in the article. Scrivens looks strange in an all white goalie mask.

One of Scrivens teammates maybe Jerry D'Amigo from RPI & ECAC Rookie of the Year last year to Leafs prospect this year:

D'Amigo ahead of the curve

So much for ECAC name recognition. National Post story has RPI's D'Amigo as "Hockey East's top rookie" last year. I'd be proud if that was the biggest mistake I made in print on online this year.

Greening meets Thiessen again.

[www.ottawacitizen.com]

ebilmes
Greening meets Thiessen again.

[www.ottawacitizen.com]

And Kurt Kleinen-dork coaching Binghamton.

Montreal Gazette article, via ECAC site, on O'Byrne.

Riley Nash will center the 2nd line in Carolina's first preseason game tomorrow night against Florida:
[blogs.newsobserver.com]

According to the Globe and Mail, Ben Scrivens '10 is slated to take over the Maple Leafs goal halfway through tonight's game against the Ottawa Senators. Go Ben! It appears the game will be on the NHL Network, running tonight at 11pm, unless that's a time-zone glitch in the web listing.

[www.theglobeandmail.com]

mha
According to the Globe and Mail, Ben Scrivens '10 is slated to take over the Maple Leafs goal halfway through tonight's game against the Ottawa Senators. Go Ben! It appears the game will be on the NHL Network, running tonight at 11pm, unless that's a time-zone glitch in the web listing.

The game started at 7PM eastern and is being shown live on TSN for the Canadians, but NHL Network will air a replay at 11PM.

Here's a stream of the Maple Leafs game. Scrivens is in net and just finished the second period turning away a barrage of Ottawa powerplay chances.

[channelsurfing.net]

Scrivens pitched a period and a half of shutout hockey after coming in at the halfway point, as the Leafs win 4-1.

BUT IT'S THE SYSTEM!!!

[www.ottawacitizen.com]

[www.thestar.com]

It doesn't say much about Ben's play, but does note that he faced 10 shots.

[www.kuklaskorner.com]

Douglas Murray and his beer tap get a mention.

Riley Nash preseason game photos from the Hurricanes website. Still looks good in Red.

Via ECAC site, the Sporting News names Doug Murray as 16^th smartest pro athlete. Reaction on the Sharks site.

Brendon Nash is on the homepage of NHL.com after playing for Montreal last night against Colin Greening and the Senators in preseason action. The Habs won 4-2, and Brendon got some praise for his time on the powerplay, especially after setting up a PPG by Mathieu Darche (although he didn't end up getting credited with an assist).

Some comments from Habs fans on HFBoards:

Am I the only one who thinks Brendan Nash was pretty good?

I was at the Bell Center tonight and he's the guy that impressed me the most from the guys for which I had no expectations. I had never seen him played, but this guy has so much poise, he's big and has a good offensive instinct. I can really see him play in the NHL 2 years from now.

I thought the exact same thing. He was our best defenseman on the ice tonight, I really believe it. I was at the bell center at pretty good seats so I could see this kid is a fluid skater. Big, and not offensively retarded. good to see.

In danger of stating the obvious... it seems that our players are becoming increasingly present at the NHL level. I didn't really observe this even 5 years ago (perhaps I wasn't paying close enough attention at the time?). Any statistics/opinions?

sah67
Brendon Nash is on the homepage of NHL.com after playing for Montreal last night against Colin Greening and the Senators in preseason action. The Habs won 4-2, and Brendon got some praise for his time on the powerplay, especially after setting up a PPG by Mathieu Darche (although he didn't end up getting credited with an assist).

Some comments from Habs fans on HFBoards:

Am I the only one who thinks Brendan Nash was pretty good?

I was at the Bell Center tonight and he's the guy that impressed me the most from the guys for which I had no expectations. I had never seen him played, but this guy has so much poise, he's big and has a good offensive instinct. I can really see him play in the NHL 2 years from now.

I thought the exact same thing. He was our best defenseman on the ice tonight, I really believe it. I was at the bell center at pretty good seats so I could see this kid is a fluid skater. Big, and not offensively retarded. good to see.

But I still don't understand why Schafer always played him.

Cactus12
In danger of stating the obvious... it seems that our players are becoming increasingly present at the NHL level. I didn't really observe this even 5 years ago (perhaps I wasn't paying close enough attention at the time?). Any statistics/opinions?

I think college players in general are more prevalent at the NHL level than they were even 10 years ago. If anyone has the time I'd be interested in seeing a breakdown of NHL players by school over time. I'm certainly not going to look it up.

Tom Lento

Cactus12
In danger of stating the obvious... it seems that our players are becoming increasingly present at the NHL level. I didn't really observe this even 5 years ago (perhaps I wasn't paying close enough attention at the time?). Any statistics/opinions?

I think college players in general are more prevalent at the NHL level than they were even 10 years ago. If anyone has the time I'd be interested in seeing a breakdown of NHL players by school over time. I'm certainly not going to look it up.

I don't know of any place to see this over time, but this pdf is an interesting list of all NHLers from last year who played college hockey, and has a per-school break down.

[www.letsplayhockey.com]

And tonight Nash scores at 8:02 of the second against the Wild.

[www.charlotteobserver.com]

Nash also has the front page of tsn's nhl page for now.

[www.tsn.ca]

Riley Nash sent down to Charlotte.

[www.kuklaskorner.com]

I think it says something about Cornell Hockey that I don't think of Brendon Nash as being particularly big (without doing any research, 6'3" seems to me to be pretty typical for Cornell defensemen) and the two Habs fans quoted both described him as such.

reilly83
And tonight Nash scores at 8:02 of the second against the Wild.

To clarify: Brendon Nash. He also had an assist on a Habs goal just about a minute before he scored.

jts15
Riley Nash sent down to Charlotte.

[www.kuklaskorner.com]

Tell him he'll make the big team to get him out of school, but assign him to the farm club. Pretty typical.

Josh '99
I think it says something about Cornell Hockey that I don't think of Brendon Nash as being particularly big (without doing any research, 6'3" seems to me to be pretty typical for Cornell defensemen) and the two Habs fans quoted both described him as such.

Well, if you look at the Habs, anyone that is average sized for the NHL is big compared to most of their roster. Gionta, Gomez, Cammallerri, etc. Not exactly a team with much size at all. Other than O'Byrne.

To be fair, I think everyone (him included) knew that he'd have at least a year in the AHL. He's not nhl-ready.

jts15
Nash also has the front page of tsn's nhl page for now.

[www.tsn.ca]

Direct link to the Brendon story.

David Harding

Direct link to the Brendon story.

Josh '99
To clarify: Brendon Nash. He also had an assist on a Habs goal just about a minute before he scored.

I think we're all seeing now how clearly selfish and inconsiderate it was of Riley to add one full year of confusion to all Nash-related Alumni in the Pros eLynah discussion!

reilly83
And tonight Nash scores at 8:02 of the second against the Wild.

As a general rule, since most readers won't be on the preseason schedule (who was playing the Wild?), can the AITP boxscore-trawlers (whose work is very much appreciated) identify which Nash they are writing about?

Edit: Why didn't I read all the way down before posting? (Thanks, Josh.) Still, it is a good general rule.

In case anyone missed the first shoe dropping in the Islanders "get kicked in the balls" week, here.

The second shoe is Okposo going down for 2-3 months.

Both stories affect Matt to some degree.

Colin Greening sent down to the B-Sens.

Brendon Nash and Raymond Sawada also sent down to their respective AHL teams.

Moulson was playing last night in the Isles-Flyers preseason game. I heard his name called a few times, but nothing notable.

sah67
Colin Greening sent down to the B-Sens.

Brendon Nash and Raymond Sawada also sent down to their respective AHL teams.

I had the OTT-TOR game on TV last night and didn't see Greening on the ice or roster so I was wondering if he did get sent down. Scrivens is still listed on the Toronto roster, but Giguere (sp) played the whole game.

Since no one else mentioned it, on Tuesday, David Leneveu played the second half and overtime to get the shootout (preseason) victory for the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Minnesota Wild.

He also survived as the Blue Jackets cut down to 3 goaltenders.

Rita
Scrivens is still listed on the Toronto roster, but Giguere (sp) played the whole game.

Scrivens was sent down to the AHL over the weekend:
[bleacherreport.com]

sah67

Rita
Scrivens is still listed on the Toronto roster, but Giguere (sp) played the whole game.

Scrivens was sent down to the AHL over the weekend:
[bleacherreport.com]

I guess NHL.com's gamecast department didn't get the memo. That is where I saw Ben's name (and didn't see Colin's).

bigredtrumpet
Since no one else mentioned it, on Tuesday, David Leneveu played the second half and overtime to get the shootout (preseason) victory for the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Minnesota Wild.

He also survived as the Blue Jackets cut down to 3 goaltenders.

I was surprised to see his name pop up on the "bottom line" ticker on the NHL Network that night for getting the W. Mostly because he hasn't been mentioned on this thread at all.

RichH

bigredtrumpet
Since no one else mentioned it, on Tuesday, David Leneveu played the second half and overtime to get the shootout (preseason) victory for the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Minnesota Wild.

He also survived as the Blue Jackets cut down to 3 goaltenders.

I was surprised to see his name pop up on the "bottom line" ticker on the NHL Network that night for getting the W. Mostly because he hasn't been mentioned on this thread at all.

I hadn't heard anything about him since I looked into what he'd been up to for the Alumni In The Playoffs thread back in the spring. Guess he played well enough in Austria to earn another shot here.

[thehockeywriters.com]

Cactus12
[thehockeywriters.com]

"an arguably stellar season"

Cactus12
[thehockeywriters.com]

He was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the second round, 46th overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. After an arguably stellar season in 2002/2003 with Cornell University, he made the decision to turn pro. While he’s only played 21 games at the NHL level, he wants to have a good season to hopefully secure another NHL job.

"Arguably"? Oh right, "it's the system."

Tim Thomas spent years bouncing around the minors and Europe and didn't see significant time in the NHL until he was 31, and he went on to have a couple of really good years and win a Vezina Trophy. Sounds like LeNeveu has the right attitude and there's certainly still time for him to build a nice career for himself.

RichH

bigredtrumpet
Since no one else mentioned it, on Tuesday, David Leneveu played the second half and overtime to get the shootout (preseason) victory for the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Minnesota Wild.

He also survived as the Blue Jackets cut down to 3 goaltenders.

I was surprised to see his name pop up on the "bottom line" ticker on the NHL Network that night for getting the W. Mostly because he hasn't been mentioned on this thread at all.

I thought I had seen somewhere on here (but then again maybe not) that he had signed a 2 way deal with Columbus. Also, I thought I saw that his Austrian team won their championship last year, but can't find that at the moment.

For those of you who watch 30 Rock, on tonight's episode, Paul Giamatti guest-starring as an Islanders fan in the editing department at NBC, referenced Matt Moulson.

sah67
For those of you who watch 30 Rock, on tonight's episode, Paul Giamatti guest-starring as an Islanders fan in the editing department at NBC, referenced Matt Moulson.

Just saw in on the DVR!

Jordan 04

sah67
For those of you who watch 30 Rock, on tonight's episode, Paul Giamatti guest-starring as an Islanders fan in the editing department at NBC, referenced Matt Moulson.

Just saw in on the DVR!

Cult hero = moral victor!

why did john adams just insult matt moulson on television?

I guess he enjoyed playing in the Germain Arena.

[www.news-press.com]

ebilmes
I guess he enjoyed playing in the Germain Arena.

[www.news-press.com]

I'm in Miami this weekend (taking my dog to the Marlins-Pirates game tonight), otherwise I would have been tempted to go over and watch.

A former Cornellian on the roster will definitely motivate me to take my niece and nephew to some Everblade games this fall. Though for Mike's sake, I hope he does find his way to the AHL soon.

Rita
(taking my dog to the Marlins-Pirates game tonight)

And I'm taking my cat to an NBA game.

Moulson just brought the fishsticks within 2 (4-2) in Newark at 14:28 second period. No tv, but I'm listening to the Devils' radio feed on WFAN.com. Yeah, I'm that big a Devils fan to listen to a radio broadcast of a preseason game.

Blake Gallagher is in the Elmira Jackals (ECHL) training camp.

Another one for Moulson. Make that 4-3 Devils at 11:18 third period.

Clearly the 30 Rock trade talk pushed a button.

Nash had a hat trick last night for the Charlotte Checkers.

[theahl.com]