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General Category => Hockey => Topic started by: Al DeFlorio on July 22, 2011, 10:10:43 AM

Title: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: Al DeFlorio on July 22, 2011, 10:10:43 AM
Blurb in yesterday's paper that Ray Sawada signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars.  No specifics.
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: jkahn on July 22, 2011, 10:38:20 AM
More details on the Sawada signing:
http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=569634
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: gonyr on July 25, 2011, 09:16:51 PM
Byron Bitz has signed with Vancouver.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=372458
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: Rita on July 25, 2011, 09:24:04 PM
Quote from: gonyrByron Bitz has signed with Vancouver.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=372458

Here's hoping things work out better for him in Vancouver than they did in Florida.
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: Ronald '09 on July 25, 2011, 09:37:09 PM
Quote from: gonyrByron Bitz has signed with Vancouver.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=372458

The TSN article didn't specify, but it's a two-way deal, which carries a $700K NHL salary.  Anyone have any idea about his current health?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/canucks-add-byron-bitz-to-the-mix/article2109240/
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: billhoward on July 27, 2011, 11:14:24 PM
Financially, Bitz sounds healthy.

The last sentence of the Globe and Mail story was nice. "It should also be noted that Bitz comes from an Ivy League school, and that the Canucks under general manager Mike Gillis have long been enamored with players who have strong scholastic backgrounds, because they believe such players have the tools to understand what it takes to succeed in hockey, and in life."
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: pfibiger on July 28, 2011, 08:59:44 PM
I have to say, this is a pretty depressing article about David McKee joining the Quad City Mallards of the Triple A American Hockey League (never heard of it):

http://qctimes.com/sports/hockey/professional/minor/article_3447f6b2-b944-11e0-828f-001cc4c002e0.html
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: David Harding on July 28, 2011, 10:12:38 PM
Quote from: pfibigerI have to say, this is a pretty depressing article about David McKee joining the Quad City Mallards of the Triple A American Hockey League (never heard of it):

http://qctimes.com/sports/hockey/professional/minor/article_3447f6b2-b944-11e0-828f-001cc4c002e0.html
The Quad City Mallards are in the CHL, which is the league he played in last year with the Odessa Jackalopes, making this a lateral move.  I interpreted the lead sentence to say that McKee had experience in the American Hockey League, with the "Triple A" meant as an explanation for those unfamiliar with the relative strengths of the leagues that the AHL was just one notch below the big league.
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: redice on July 29, 2011, 07:44:37 AM
The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League (CHL) announced on Tuesday the signing of forward Dan Nichols (6'0, 196)
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: pfibiger on July 29, 2011, 08:06:37 AM
Quote from: David Harding
Quote from: pfibigerI have to say, this is a pretty depressing article about David McKee joining the Quad City Mallards of the Triple A American Hockey League (never heard of it):

http://qctimes.com/sports/hockey/professional/minor/article_3447f6b2-b944-11e0-828f-001cc4c002e0.html
The Quad City Mallards are in the CHL, which is the league he played in last year with the Odessa Jackalopes, making this a lateral move.  I interpreted the lead sentence to say that McKee had experience in the American Hockey League, with the "Triple A" meant as an explanation for those unfamiliar with the relative strengths of the leagues that the AHL was just one notch below the big league.

Ah ok, had a bit of a reading comprehension problem I guess :) It appears they've expanded and changed the article and it's filled with quotes, not just a sharp turn in the second paragraph.
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: jtwcornell91 on July 29, 2011, 10:46:33 AM
If I'm not mistaken, Adam Wodon, former Voice of the Big Red and founder of College Hockey News, used to be associated with the Quad City Mallards.  (He can probably confirm that himself, and provide more insight into the organization.)
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: RichH on July 29, 2011, 11:31:32 AM
IIRC, the Quad City Mallards used to be in the UHL, the same league as the Elmira Jackals, for reference.

Some wiki-procrasitnation tells me that Elmira left the league in 2007 and joined the ECHL.  The UHL changed names to the IHL that same year, and merged with the CHL in 2010.

The Mallards folded in 2007, came back into existence in 2009, "ceased operations" in May 2011 and were saved in June with a new ownership/management group.

The wild world of minor league hockey.
Title: Re: Alumni in the Pros: July 2011
Post by: profudge on July 31, 2011, 09:27:35 AM
Colin Greening will be wearing jersey number 14 for the Sens next season:

Quote from: J Lindsay. . .
Greening was also in a much higher number during his NHL time last season, wearing 52 up top. He wore 15 at Cornell and with the B-Sens, but that belongs to Zack Smith, so looks like he went with the closest available option.
 . . .
 ... if my counting is accurate, that means the Senators will open training camp on Thursday, Sept. 15, two days after the rookie tournament in Oshawa concludes.
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