Alumni in the pros - January 2014

Matt Moulson finds the side of the net open and gets the game's first goal with a half-minute left in the second period for Buffalo in a 2-1 win hosting the NJ Devils Saturday. Earns second star of the game.

Colin Greening scored the Sens' first goal, only 14 seconds into the game, en-route to a 4-1 win over the Habs.

Here's the goal:

Carolina Hurricanes' "Riley Nash (lower-body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday ... Nash was already expected to be out with the injury through the end of next week, but the team is in need of some extra help up front and needs the roster space. Aaron Palushaj has been recalled from AHL Charlotte to fill that role." [news.rotowire.com]

Can't take credit for finding this, (saw it posted on Facebook by my friend CJ) but thought it needed to be posted here:

[video.kings.nhl.com]

The text:

"Scrivens Video Bomb
During an in-game interview with FS West's Patrick O'Neal and Jarret Stoll, Ben Scrivens video bombs, as he stares at the camera."

This week Mike Iggulden joined Ryan Vesce with Medvescak Zagreb, which this season began playing in the KHL. The roster features six ECAC alumni.

...including Hugh Jessiman and my all-time favorite, Mark "Dexshow" Dekanich!

BMac
...including Hugh Jessiman and my all-time favorite, Mark "Dexshow" Dekanich!

(I could also use a "pointing and laughing" smiley to express the other half of how I feel about this.)

Murray was named to the Swedish national team, btw.

BMac
Murray was named to the Swedish national team, btw.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but no he wasn't.

Douglas Murray gets a (not very flattering) mention in Grantland's NHL dictionary.

[grantland.com]

Zamboni (n.) — the massive contraption that can be seen slowly circling the ice several times a game but is not Douglas Murray.

Josh '99

BMac
Murray was named to the Swedish national team, btw.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but no he wasn't.

Other than Tallinder, all of those d-men can skate.

Scrivens traded to Edmonton for a 3rd round pick, after they sent Dubnyk to Nashville for Matt Hendricks earlier in the day. Tough break for Ben, but he should get more playing time.

semsox
Scrivens traded to Edmonton for a 3rd round pick, after they sent Dubnyk to Nashville for Matt Hendricks earlier in the day. Tough break for Ben, but he should get more playing time.

Tougher break for his wife, who is from the LA area.

Sounds like the Kings were looking to cash in on Scrivens solidperformance while Quick was out. Selling high, if you will.

playing in front of the Edmonton defense will be a stark contrast to playing in front of the LA defense. Best of luck to Ben.

gomestar
playing in front of the Edmonton defense will be a stark contrast to playing in front of the LA defense. Best of luck to Ben.

From NHL.com: Musical nets.

From wunderground.com: LA v. surprisingly "balmy" in Edmonton.

KeithK

semsox
Scrivens traded to Edmonton for a 3rd round pick, after they sent Dubnyk to Nashville for Matt Hendricks earlier in the day. Tough break for Ben, but he should get more playing time.

Tougher break for his wife, who is from the LA area.

Sounds like the Kings were looking to cash in on Scrivens solidperformance while Quick was out. Selling high, if you will.

Scrivens is from the Edmonton area, though. Trade makes a lot of sense for the Kings, who are pretty set with Quick and Jones now.

KeithK

semsox
Scrivens traded to Edmonton for a 3rd round pick, after they sent Dubnyk to Nashville for Matt Hendricks earlier in the day. Tough break for Ben, but he should get more playing time.

Tougher break for his wife, who is from the LA area.

Sounds like the Kings were looking to cash in on Scrivens solidperformance while Quick was out. Selling high, if you will.

Yes, the Kings did well. Scrivens wasn't guarenteed for next year, they have a backup goalie, and now a third round pick. Essentially they didn't give up anything for getting the pick.

semsox
Scrivens traded to Edmonton for a 3rd round pick, after they sent Dubnyk to Nashville for Matt Hendricks earlier in the day. Tough break for Ben, but he should get more playing time.

I speculated last offseason (though maybe just in my head and I never actually posted it here) that winding up in Edmonton might be an ideal situation for Scrivens. This was before they signed Bryzgalov (a free agent again after this season). It seemed to me at the time that Dubnyk was an OK player but that there was a large enough sample size (over 170 NHL games at this point) of decent-but-not-great performance to make an educated guess that he was probably not ever going to be a star in the NHL, and his performance so far this season isn't likely to have convinced anyone otherwise. Hockeysfuture.com says that "lack of an elite goaltending prospect" is one of the weaknesses of the Oilers' system. And with the Oilers in the basement of the Western Conference and going nowhere this season, and Bryzgalov a free agent after the year and possibly headed back to Russia (not based on any particular source, just my hunch since this seems to be the case for more Russian players lately), and Scrivens a nice local kid, it seems like a good chance for him to show what he can do in a supportive, low-pressure environment with the chance to maybe actually be a starter next year if he plays well.

I was hoping for Scrivens to go to the Isles, but that must have made too much sense.

Nice goal by Matt Moulson

[prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com]

Jim Hyla

KeithK

semsox
Scrivens traded to Edmonton for a 3rd round pick, after they sent Dubnyk to Nashville for Matt Hendricks earlier in the day. Tough break for Ben, but he should get more playing time.

Tougher break for his wife, who is from the LA area.

Sounds like the Kings were looking to cash in on Scrivens solidperformance while Quick was out. Selling high, if you will.

Yes, the Kings did well. Scrivens wasn't guarenteed for next year, they have a backup goalie, and now a third round pick. Essentially they didn't give up anything for getting the pick.

More analysis on the trade from Backhand Shelf.

jeff '84
Nice goal by Matt Moulson

[prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com]

Although some, including Moulson himself, don't think it actually went in:
[sports.yahoo.com]

Trotsky
I was hoping for Scrivens to go to the Isles, but that must have made too much sense.

The Isles seem to already be evaluating Nilsson and Poulin as successors to Nabokov, so being in a three-way competition might not be ideal for him. On the other hand, it'd be easier for a young goalie not to have any media attention or expectations of success.

After killing it over 8 games in the ECHL with the South Carolina Stingrays, David LeNeveu is back with the Hartford Wolf Pack, where he previously played for a stretch in 2007-08. With Jason Missiaen having been sent down to Greenville, the Wolf Pack's incumbent starter, naturally, is Dov Grumet-Morris. Sieve-hyphen-Sieve hasn't dressed for the Wolf Pack's last two games after losing 3-1 in Worcester last Friday, so I wonder whether he might be carrying an injury. The Wolf Pack are currently in the middle of a five-game road trip, but those in the area might have a chance to see him play at home against Springfield next Friday; if that's not enough enticement, apparently all Wolf Pack Friday home games feature dollar hot dogs and $2 beers.

Josh '99
After killing it over 8 games in the ECHL with the South Carolina Stingrays, David LeNeveu is back with the Hartford Wolf Pack, where he previously played for a stretch in 2007-08. With Jason Missiaen having been sent down to Greenville, the Wolf Pack's incumbent starter, naturally, is Dov Grumet-Morris. Sieve-hyphen-Sieve hasn't dressed for the Wolf Pack's last two games after losing 3-1 in Worcester last Friday, so I wonder whether he might be carrying an injury. The Wolf Pack are currently in the middle of a five-game road trip, but those in the area might have a chance to see him play at home against Springfield next Friday; if that's not enough enticement, apparently all Wolf Pack Friday home games feature dollar hot dogs and $2 beers.

The $1 hot dogs and $2 beer deal is valid through the end of the 1st intermission.

I went to a game in December, and it turned out to be Dov's first game back in Hartford after being acquired earlier that day. Backing him up was Yale's Jeff Malcom. Malcom got sent to the ECHL affiliate last week.

Brendon Nash is also playing for Hartford after signing an AHL contract. He's 0-7-7 with 22 PIM in 20 games this season.

A Kings fan bids farewell to Scrivens with a GIF memorial:
[theroyalhalf.com]

Ben gets to play tonight in the Oiler's game @ Minnesota.

RichH
The $1 hot dogs and $2 beer deal is valid through the end of the 1st intermission.

One can drink a lot of beer by the end of the first intermission if one puts one's mind to it.

Not that I would ever do such a thing, of course.

Josh '99

RichH
The $1 hot dogs and $2 beer deal is valid through the end of the 1st intermission.

One can drink a lot of beer by the end of the first intermission if one puts one's mind to it.

Not that I would ever do such a thing, of course.

Hopefully it is a half decent beer for $2. I've had mixed results in the past. It's also a 2 beer limit so bring your DD to buy you a few to hold on to after the first.

See you there next Friday! I'll wear my Hornby jersey.

Edmonton may just be the worst defensive team I've ever seen.

semsox
Scrivens traded to Edmonton for a 3rd round pick, after they sent Dubnyk to Nashville for Matt Hendricks earlier in the day. Tough break for Ben, but he should get more playing time.

How quickly can he get a new mask?

Rita
Ben gets to play tonight in the Oiler's game @ Minnesota.

And loses 1-4
[www.nhl.com]

Scrivens, starting his first game for Edmonton after being traded from the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, made 29 saves.

"I gotta find a way to make another save or two for the guys here, give them a little bit more of a chance," Scrivens said. "The biggest thing we can take out of this game is, we did so many good things in our own zone. Just a couple of mistakes, seemed innocuous at the time, those are the ones that end up in your net."

How many friends to you make when in your first post-game interview you say "The defense in front of me sucks"?

Riley Nash scored his 5th of the season with Carolina now up 2-1 on Florida in the 3rd period.

#NYR Rangers will dress David LeNeveau as the backup goalie tonight vs. Isles

— Katie Strang (@KatieStrangESPN) January 21, 2014

Ronald '09

#NYR Rangers will dress David LeNeveau as the backup goalie tonight vs. Isles

— Katie Strang (@KatieStrangESPN) January 21, 2014

Huh, how about that. Lundqvist is ill (unspecified, flu maybe?). Mixed bag for LeNeveu in his couple of games with the Wolf Pack. 2 GA on 26 shots in a 4-2 win over the Adirondack Phantoms (that still sounds weird) on Friday night, 5 GA on 36 shots in a 5-1 loss to Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon. Sieve-hyphen-sieve was dressed as the backup for both games, as he damn well should've been with a much better goalie on the roster. I guess maybe Lenny will be headed back to Hartford once Lundqvist is healthy, maybe to split time with s-h-s. The Wolf Pack are off until Friday. This news didn't break until pretty late this afternoon so hopefully they gave him enough notice to get down from Hartford in this snow!

I guess the queen is healthy again.

Waivers: Jeffrey, Dustin DAL Leneveu, David NYR

— Renaud Lavoie (@LavoieRenaud) January 22, 2014

While playing for Borås HC in Sweden, Erik Axell and a teammate have founded prohockeyiq.com, which hopes to assist players and teams to find each other across nations and continents.

Very excited to announce the official launch of the company I've started with some others, @ProHockeyIQ check it out [t.co]

— Erik Justin Axell (@ejaxe) January 2, 2014

Intros of the Founding Team starting today at [t.co] Read about the guys behind #PHIQ 1st up, Freddie Bergman and Erik Axell

— ProHockeyIQ (@ProHockeyIQ) January 14, 2014

Riley Nash pots his 6th goal of the season in Carolina's 6-3 win over Ottawa

Would have never guessed at the beginning of the year that at this point of the season Riley has 6G-6A and is +4 for Charlotte while Greening is 4G-6A and is -9 for Ottawa.

Ben stopped 34 in Oilers 5-1 win over Nashville Sunday night.

In Columbus tonight to support Greening! GOOD LUCK COLIN!

SCRIVENS

Dafatone
SCRIVENS

From Backhand shelf:

* BEN SCRIVENS. Ben Scrivens, man – he set the NHL RECORD for saves in a regular season shutout last night (regulation). 59 saves in a 3-0 win. The Sharks attempted 100 shots on the Oilers net, all told. Damn. Oh, and Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists. Whatever.

And there is video.

And the NHL.com recap.

I mean sure, but Troy Davenport could have made all those saves as well

Rita

Dafatone
SCRIVENS

From Backhand shelf:

* BEN SCRIVENS. Ben Scrivens, man – he set the NHL RECORD for saves in a regular season shutout last night (regulation). 59 saves in a 3-0 win. The Sharks attempted 100 shots on the Oilers net, all told. Damn. Oh, and Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists. Whatever.

And there is video.

And the NHL.com recap.

Also set the franchise record for saves in a game. The team matched their franchise record for shots allowed. Scrivens is still wearing silver and black pads and gloves.

Rita

Dafatone
SCRIVENS

From Backhand shelf:

* BEN SCRIVENS. Ben Scrivens, man – he set the NHL RECORD for saves in a regular season shutout last night (regulation). 59 saves in a 3-0 win. The Sharks attempted 100 shots on the Oilers net, all told. Damn. Oh, and Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists. Whatever.

And there is video.

And the NHL.com recap.

It's the system.

Ronald '09

Rita

Dafatone
SCRIVENS

From Backhand shelf:

* BEN SCRIVENS. Ben Scrivens, man – he set the NHL RECORD for saves in a regular season shutout last night (regulation). 59 saves in a 3-0 win. The Sharks attempted 100 shots on the Oilers net, all told. Damn. Oh, and Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists. Whatever.

And there is video.

And the NHL.com recap.

It's the system.

I think Edmonton is using a variant of "The System".

I would like this post if I could.

semsox
I mean sure, but Troy Davenport could have made all those saves as well

And that there is what is known as a truly great inside joke.

BMac
I would like this post if I could.

BRING IT BACK, AGE! BRING IT BACK!

Rita
I think Edmonton is using a variant of "The System".

The variant that gives up 59 shots per game.

Trotsky

Rita
I think Edmonton is using a variant of "The System".

The variant that gives up 59 shots per game.

Off(ten)shoot of "The System" (opponents often shoot) would also work.

Trotsky

Rita
I think Edmonton is using a variant of "The System".

The variant that gives up 59 shots per game.

I think there were 100 shots but only 59 made their way to Ben.

Oilers' fans probably discussing whether Ben is "The Answer."

Ronald '09

Rita

Dafatone
SCRIVENS

From Backhand shelf:

* BEN SCRIVENS. Ben Scrivens, man – he set the NHL RECORD for saves in a regular season shutout last night (regulation). 59 saves in a 3-0 win. The Sharks attempted 100 shots on the Oilers net, all told. Damn. Oh, and Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists. Whatever.

And there is video.

And the NHL.com recap.

It's the system.

I like that in the same story, you have a goaltender acknowledging a boiler-plate "a lot of help in front" comment and the coach blasting his skaters twice for standing around watching.

RichH

Ronald '09

Rita

Dafatone
SCRIVENS

From Backhand shelf:

* BEN SCRIVENS. Ben Scrivens, man – he set the NHL RECORD for saves in a regular season shutout last night (regulation). 59 saves in a 3-0 win. The Sharks attempted 100 shots on the Oilers net, all told. Damn. Oh, and Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists. Whatever.

And there is video.

And the NHL.com recap.

It's the system.

I like that in the same story, you have a goaltender acknowledging a boiler-plate "a lot of help in front" comment and the coach blasting his skaters twice for standing around watching.

It takes a lot of effort by the defenders to get out of the way of so many shots so they could get to Scrivens!

Slacker. Dan DiLeo's career average shots faced per 60 minutes was 75 (4 mins, 5 shots).

Scrivens on Oilers TV.

Coincidentally, the next sequence in the same show featured some great footage of Dryden. Remarkable, the Cornell connection was not remarked on.

Oilers at Boston Saturday at 1 on NESN.

Matt Moulson left the Sabres' game against Phoenix last night after taking a slash to the arm and a cross-check from Shane Doan. He appeared to be in considerable pain but there's been no update on his diagnosis/prognosis today.

sah67
Matt Moulson left the Sabres' game against Phoenix last night after taking a slash to the arm and a cross-check from Shane Doan. He appeared to be in considerable pain but there's been no update on his diagnosis/prognosis today.

Probably a "Lower body injury."

Trotsky
Scrivens on Oilers TV.

Coincidentally, the next sequence in the same show featured some great footage of Dryden. Remarkable, the Cornell connection was not remarked on.

Ben also got a mention on PTI (1/30). I heard on the podcast, so don't know if Kornheiser and Wilbon had any interesting graphics to go along with the shoutout for the shutout.

sah67
Matt Moulson left the Sabres' game against Phoenix last night after taking a slash to the arm and a cross-check from Shane Doan. He appeared to be in considerable pain but there's been no update on his diagnosis/prognosis today.

Upper body injury for Moulson, looks like he'll be out until after the Olympic break, #Sabres Interim Coach Ted Nolan says.

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) January 31, 2014

Josh '99
It takes a lot of effort by the defenders to get out of the way of so many shots so they could get to Scrivens!

It takes an utter lack of possession for one side to attempt 100 shots.