Alumni in the Pros: October 2011

No surprise here but Scrivens was sent down to the Marlies yesterday.
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And Mike Devin is released and moved down to Elmira:

Binghamton Press and Sun
Defensemen Mike Devin, and Donnie Harris and forward Jake Reeds were released from their tryouts and sent to Jackals camp. ..

Riley Nash will unfortunately not make it into the Hurricanes' opening night lineup, as he has been sent down to Charlotte to make room for the previously-injured, Chad Larose.

Colin Greening got 10:36 of ice time in the Sens season-opening 5-3 loss to Detroit last night. He also saw time on both the powerplay and the PK, and had 3 shots, but was a -2 on the night.

sah67
Colin Greening got 10:36 of ice time in the Sens season-opening 5-3 loss to Detroit last night. He also saw time on both the powerplay and the PK, and had 3 shots, but was a -2 on the night.

That was actually 10:36 of even strength time, plus 1:29 PPT and 2:46 SHT for a total of 14:51 TOI.

jkahn

sah67
Colin Greening got 10:36 of ice time in the Sens season-opening 5-3 loss to Detroit last night. He also saw time on both the powerplay and the PK, and had 3 shots, but was a -2 on the night.

That was actually 10:36 of even strength time, plus 1:29 PPT and 2:46 SHT for a total of 14:51 TOI.

To quote the Detroit TV announcers on the replay of Ottawa's 3rd goal "Greening Screening". Colin did an excellent job blocking goalie Howard so he couldn't see the puck shot from the point which found its way to the back of the net.

Greening had his first goal of the year in the Senators' 6-5 loss to Toronto on Saturday. Colin is also featured in the background image on the Senators' website.

Greening just scored a PPG to tie the game with Wild in the 3rd period.

Via ECAC a flash from the past, P. C. Drouin and video on Scrivens.

jkahn
Greening just scored a PPG to tie the game with Wild in the 3rd period.

Not a prety goal, but one that came from hard work and persistance.

Jeff Hopkins '82

jkahn
Greening just scored a PPG to tie the game with Wild in the 3rd period.

Not a prety goal, but one that came from hard work and persistance.

Other than Matt Moulson, Kent Manderville or Joe Nieuwendyk, I'm hard pressed to think of a Cornellian who regularly scores pretty goals.

KenP

Jeff Hopkins '82

jkahn
Greening just scored a PPG to tie the game with Wild in the 3rd period.

Not a prety goal, but one that came from hard work and persistance.

Other than Matt Moulson, Kent Manderville or Joe Nieuwendyk, I'm hard pressed to think of a Cornellian who regularly scores pretty goals.

Lance Nethery.

In the NHL, Manderville scored 37 goals in 12 years, and they were probably all grinders. Greening scores way over his rate. Even Chartrand and Bitz are over it.

But your point is well taken.

Jeff Hopkins '82

jkahn
Greening just scored a PPG to tie the game with Wild in the 3rd period.

Not a prety goal, but one that came from hard work and persistance.

Borrowing a saying from baseball, in the box score they're all lasers in the top corner.

Short story about Dryden with the Stanley Cup.

Rookie Greening quietly effective for Ottawa Senators in early going

[www.ottawacitizen.com]

Moulson a goal, an assist, and a +4 in tonight's game.

Colin Greening had 22+ minutes of ice time in a 7-1 loss to the Avalanche. Considering that Ottawa played terribly, his -1 for the night seems good given his ice time. Anyone who saw the game have a comment?

Moulson's 2nd goal of the season opens the scoring against the Rangers tonight.

Evan Barlow and Mike Devin playing for Elmira Jackals opened the ECHL season against Patrick Kennedy and the Trenton Titans.

Evan had 3 goals and 3 assists, earning the number 1 star of the game.

Mike Devin had his first professional goal; Evan was even nice enough to collect the puck for him after the play.

Unfortunately, Patrick was -2 on the evening and didn't dress for the next game, where Mike Devin was in his first professional fight.

JDeafv

Evan had 3 goals and 3 assists, earning the number 1 star of the game.

And one of Barlow's goals was assisted by Craig Rivet, former captain of the Buffalo Sabres and a veteran of over 900 NHL games, who has apparently swallowed his pride and signed with the Jackals.

sah67
And one of Barlow's goals was assisted by Craig Rivet, former captain of the Buffalo Sabres and a veteran of over 900 NHL games, who has apparently swallowed his pride and signed with the Jackals.

Or he just loves to play (and who doesn't?)
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Greening was rather invisible in last night's Sens-Flyers game. For I while I wondered if he'd been scratched. He finally got a few mentions in the 3rd period and some complimentary remarks from the Flyers announcers, but by then then game was well out of hand.

Greening compared to Chara.

[www.ottawasun.com]

ebilmes
Greening compared to Chara.

[www.ottawasun.com]

And also to the Green Giant.

(I would insert a picture of the Green Giant, but that is apparently beyond my ELF posting skills).

Rita

ebilmes
Greening compared to Chara.

[www.ottawasun.com]

And also to the Green Giant.

(I would insert a picture of the Green Giant, but that is apparently beyond my ELF posting skills).

ebilmes
Greening compared to Chara.

[www.ottawasun.com]

Other than objectifying Greening as some sort of plant-giant that could be "grown", the metaphors are fitting and quite clever. Go Colin!

With James Reimer injured, Ben Scrivens has been recalled by the Maple Leafs and will back up Jonas Gustavsson in net tonight against Philadelphia.

sah67
With James Reimer injured, Ben Scrivens has been recalled by the Maple Leafs and will back up Jonas Gustavsson in net tonight against Philadelphia.

Just saw that thanks to Twitter!

[www.ecachockey.com]

Someone commented on Twitter the other night that between injuries and iffy performances from Toronto's goaltending crew, they wouldn't be surprised to see Ben called up again soon. If Jonas looks shaky, maybe he'll even get some time in the net.

Douglas has his first real loss in an NHL fight: last Friday - Boulton knocks down Murray

profudge
Douglas has his first real loss in an NHL fight: last Friday - Boulton knocks down Murray

I happened to hear the description of the fight on the Devils' radio cast. The announcers commented that while Murray was known for his tough defensive play, he was not known as fighter -- which was a surprising (and apparently uninformed) comment.

It looks like Colin Greening has a blog on the Senator's web site.

Here is an earlier post.

scoop85
The announcers commented that while Murray was known for his tough defensive play, he was not known as fighter -- which was a surprising (and apparently uninformed) comment.

Chico Resch also amusingly stumbled between declaring Douglas "a Long Island boy", and "of Scottish descent".

Iggulden Golden for the Vaxjo Lakers: [www.nhl.com]

Rita
It looks like Colin Greening has a blog on the Senator's web site.

Here is an earlier post.

Impossible not to root for this guy.

The announcers for the Colorado Avalanche are going to have to watch their 3's, 5's and OB's this season.

Ryan O'Byrne #3 is playing defense tonight along with teammate Shane O'Brien #5. They play the same side and on the Avs jerseys, 3's look a bit like 5's and they are both similar in size.

There is also a Ryan O'Reilly on the roster, but he's a forward and has 2 numbers on his jersey. I don't envy the Colorado announcers this season.

Via ECAC, Ottawa Sun article on Colin Greening and the Green Giant.

Colin Greening scored a nice goal last night, picking up the puck in the slot and fighting off a hook to rip a wrist shot past Florida's goalie and tie the game at 3. Ottawa went on to win 4-3.

Do we have any alumni in the British Elite League? I know that Jon Gleed '06 was with Belfast last year, but I can't seem to find out what became of him.

Going through the rosters, the only familiar name I see is "Andrew Dickson," playing for Belfast. But he's 17 years younger than the Colgate forward, and a goalie.

Common name, maybe, but... weirdly, the Colgate player did play in the English league 12 years ago. Still, it does not appear to be a relation.

Trotsky
Going through the rosters, the only familiar name I see is "Andrew Dickson," playing for Belfast. But he's 17 years younger than the Colgate forward, and a goalie.

Common name, maybe, but... weirdly, the Colgate player did play in the English league 12 years ago. Still, it does not appear to be a relation.

Let's hope he marries someone named, say, Ann White. And they send their first-born son to play hockey at Cornell.

ugarte

Trotsky
Going through the rosters, the only familiar name I see is "Andrew Dickson," playing for Belfast. But he's 17 years younger than the Colgate forward, and a goalie.

Common name, maybe, but... weirdly, the Colgate player did play in the English league 12 years ago. Still, it does not appear to be a relation.

Let's hope he marries someone named, say, Ann White. And they send their first-born son to play hockey at Cornell.

Yes. "Ezra White-Dickson" has a nice ring to it...

sah67
Colin Greening scored a nice goal last night, picking up the puck in the slot and fighting off a hook to rip a wrist shot past Florida's goalie and tie the game at 3. Ottawa went on to win 4-3.

Actually, Colin's goal with 2:07 left put Ottawa up 3-2. The Panthers scored 47 seconds later to tie it, and then with less than 5 sec left, Michalek scores the game winner for the Sens.

Ben Scrivens gets a shout-out and some air time during the Rangers-Leafs game on Thursday:

[youtu.be]

Related alumni news, we watched Grant Clitsome from Clarkson play for Columbus at the Sabres game Thursday. Boy I did I heckle him at games...

profudge
And Mike Devin is released and moved down to Elmira:

Binghamton Press and Sun
Defensemen Mike Devin, and Donnie Harris and forward Jake Reeds were released from their tryouts and sent to Jackals camp. ..

Click here and watch the 10/28 Sports Blitz Pt 1. Ignominious event at about the one minute to go mark.

Greening @ Rangers (2nd int. currently), Murray @ Islanders today. Good NYC viewing on a nasty day outside.

ETA: Also, Nieuwendyk to be honored at the Devils game tonight.

Greening with an assist (I guess for having the puck inadvertently deflect off of him on a rebound) on the Sens' 4th, and game-tying goal, late in the 3rd period. He's done well to cause traffic in front of the net this game.

Colin Greening with an "atypical" PPG for him. He gets a pass at the Maple Leaf blue line and skates in alone and drills a shot into the upper right hand corner. Tied at 1, near the end of the 1st period.

Watched the Rangers game yesterday afternoon. Greening looks great positioned in front of the net and seems to be putting home a few pucks as well. With a scarcity of effective power forwards in the league right now, he's going to be a real asset for the Sens.