Alumni in the Pros - April 2007

[Beeeej]

Sasha Pokulok, lately with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL, has been moved from 7-day Injured Reserve to 30-day Injured Reserve.

[Chris 02]

Douglas didn't get to play in the Sharks game this evening.  Guess he got bumped back out by the other d-man.  Sharks won 6-2 over the Kings.

[billhoward]

[quote Chris 02]Douglas didn't get to play in the Sharks game this evening.  Guess he got bumped back out by the other d-man.  Sharks won 6-2 over the Kings.[/quote]
You're supposed to rest up between bouts.

[crodger1]

Moulson had a 5 for fighting in last night's Monarchs win over the Wolfpack.

It was "New Hampshire Legends of Hockey" night and they Monarchs wore Dartmouth inspired jerseys.  The singularly unattractive jerseys were auctioned off after the game -- Moulson's went for $800. This also means that the right honorable Hugh Jessiman played against the guys in the Dartmouth jerseys.

The only photo so far I've found with the travesty of a jersey is from the Union Leader:

The Manchester Monarchs, in keeping with the tradition of Legends of Hockey Day, wore Dartmouth College retro jerseys that were auctioned off after the game.

One player who noticed was former Big Green standout Hugh Jessiman, now a winger for Hartford.

"It was kind of funny actually," said Jessiman of seeing Manchester wearing the Dartmouth jerseys. "You just think about it before the game and think of the irony."

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=fcf61c7e-acd4-4196-946a-346b1b6d0742&headline=Monarchs+win+Pack+battle

Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. (Airplane II?)

LGR!

[ugarte]

Is the irony that he was a first round pick 10 years ago and still plays hockey in a league where they might possibly honor Dartmouth?

[Ronald '09]

[quote ugarte]Is the irony that he was a first round pick 10 years ago and still plays hockey in a league where they might possibly honor Dartmouth?[/quote]

didn't the rangers pass on zach parise when they drafted jessiman?

[jkahn]

[quote Ronald '09][quote ugarte]Is the irony that he was a first round pick 10 years ago and still plays hockey in a league where they might possibly honor Dartmouth?[/quote]

didn't the rangers pass on zach parise when they drafted jessiman?[/quote]
yes

[Jacob '06]

[quote jkahn][quote Ronald '09][quote ugarte]Is the irony that he was a first round pick 10 years ago and still plays hockey in a league where they might possibly honor Dartmouth?[/quote]

didn't the rangers pass on zach parise when they drafted jessiman?[/quote]
yes[/quote]
::bang::

[oceanst41]

Speaking of Dartmouth and the NHL, I saw that Stempniak had two goals last night for the Blues bringing his total up to 27 for the year. Not too shabby.

[evilnaturedrobot]

[quote Ronald '09][quote ugarte]Is the irony that he was a first round pick 10 years ago and still plays hockey in a league where they might possibly honor Dartmouth?[/quote]

didn't the rangers pass on zach parise when they drafted jessiman?[/quote]

Yes! not to mention Ryan Getzlaf, Dustin Brown, Steve Bernier, Brent Seabrook, Patrick Eaves, Correy Perry, Patrice Bergeron, Mike Richards, Matt Carle, and a whole host of other promising prospects and productive NHL players.  2003 might go down as the deepest draft of the last 20 years and the Rangers, holding a top 12 pick, still managed to blow it.::bang::


at the same time, a fan base whose highest ever pick (#15 overall, only 3 picks later than Hugh) is currently languishing in the ECHL probably shouldn't be crowing too much about Jessiman being picked too high or his troubles in the pro ranks.

[Josh '99]

[quote Ronald '09][quote ugarte]Is the irony that he was a first round pick 10 years ago and still plays hockey in a league where they might possibly honor Dartmouth?[/quote]

didn't the rangers pass on zach parise when they drafted jessiman?[/quote]Ugh.  ::cuss::

Trivia:  Jessiman is one of only two players from the first round of that draft who has not yet played in an NHL game.  (All others, including goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, have at least one NHL point as well.)  The other is Brian Boyle of BC, who will play in the Frozen Four this weekend (and presumably sign a pro contract afterwards).

[The Rancor]

McKee is the AHL P.O.W.

[profudge]

And a CLarkson 'alum'  plays with Charlie Cook and Ryan V. tonight for the Binghamton Senators:

Rookie left wing Shawn Weller practiced with the B-Sens and is expected to make his debut starting at 7:05 tonight when Binghamton hosts Hershey.

"Pretty excited," said Weller, a third-round pick in 2004. "It's always exciting when you first sign, and get to play your first pro game. So I'm excited to be here and ready to get things going."

Weller had 19 goals and 21 assists in 38 games this past season with Clarkson University.

[redhair34]

[quote The Rancor]McKee is the AHL P.O.W.[/quote]

He didn't fare all that well tonight.

[calgARI '07]

FWIW, Ron Fournier said on a Montreal radio yesterday that Ryan O'Byrne is expected to compete for a roster spot in Montreal next season.  Gainey plans on letting a lot of his veteran Dmen walk and giving some of the younger guys like O'Byrne an opportunity.  This is all according to Fournier.