Alumni in the Pros - December 2007

oceanst41 · December 22, 2007, 03:54:25 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote oceanst41]This prompted Jack Edwards to say, "Well Lee must love big time winter weather, seeing as he spent four years at Dartmouth. As far as those Ivy League guys are concerned, there is only one place colder than Hanover, New Hampshire, and that's Ithaca, New York."[/quote]
And, that, of course, is not true.

Average high/low temps in Ithaca: Jan (31/10); Feb (37/16); Mar (49/27)

Average high/low temps in Hanover: Jan (29/9); Feb (34/12); Mar (43/22)[/quote]

It's the clouds, if wasn't for the fact that Ithaca is always cloudy (disclaimer: unless it's the summer time or Cornell Days), we'd win the cold battle hands down. Sitting on top of East Hill in a stiff breeze in January though I'd have no arguments about Ithaca being the coldest. ;-)

Al DeFlorio · December 22, 2007, 04:17:33 PM

[quote oceanst41][quote Al DeFlorio][quote oceanst41]This prompted Jack Edwards to say, "Well Lee must love big time winter weather, seeing as he spent four years at Dartmouth. As far as those Ivy League guys are concerned, there is only one place colder than Hanover, New Hampshire, and that's Ithaca, New York."[/quote]
And, that, of course, is not true.

Average high/low temps in Ithaca: Jan (31/10); Feb (37/16); Mar (49/27)

Average high/low temps in Hanover: Jan (29/9); Feb (34/12); Mar (43/22)[/quote]

It's the clouds, if wasn't for the fact that Ithaca is always cloudy (disclaimer: unless it's the summer time or Cornell Days), we'd win the cold battle hands down. Sitting on top of East Hill in a stiff breeze in January though I'd have no arguments about Ithaca being the coldest. ;-)[/quote]
I guess you've never been to Hanover in the winter.;-)

redice · December 22, 2007, 09:02:05 PM

[quote DeltaOne81]The NHL Network is carrying an ECHL game tonight (Sat, 12/22) at 7 PM EST - Wheeling vs. Cincinnati. If you have Comcast and a sports pack, check because it might have been added in the past few weeks (Comcast owns the network) - other providers have been picking it up too, after it launched in October or so.

Of local interest, on Cincinnati, Cornell alum John Gleed. Also in the game, Nathan Marsters (RPI - Wheeling) and Dov Hyphen-hyphen (Sucks - Cincinnati).[/quote]

To clarify, Wheeling is not playing Cincinnati tonight (12/22/07). Wheeling is playing Elmira tonight. So, the game on NHLN must be an old one. I'm too lazy to figure out the date that this game was originally played. In the limited time that I spent watching the game, I didn't hear/see Jon Gleed's name. Marsters had 50 saves and I don't think hyphen played.

Dpperk29 · December 23, 2007, 09:14:22 AM

[quote Al DeFlorio]
I guess you've never been to Hanover in the winter.;-)[/quote]

ever been to Potsdam in late January or early February? frostbite is just a part of life for some...

KeithK · December 23, 2007, 11:49:49 AM

[quote Dpperk29][quote Al DeFlorio]
I guess you've never been to Hanover in the winter.;-)[/quote]

ever been to Potsdam in late January or early February? frostbite is just a part of life for some...[/quote]
Yes, we all know Potsdam is a frozen wasteland comparable to the eighth circle of hell. But we were talking about Ivy League schools here, you green and gold traitor. :-P

nyc94 · December 23, 2007, 04:47:46 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote oceanst41]This prompted Jack Edwards to say, "Well Lee must love big time winter weather, seeing as he spent four years at Dartmouth. As far as those Ivy League guys are concerned, there is only one place colder than Hanover, New Hampshire, and that's Ithaca, New York."[/quote]
And, that, of course, is not true.

Average high/low temps in Ithaca: Jan (31/10); Feb (37/16); Mar (49/27)

Average high/low temps in Hanover: Jan (29/9); Feb (34/12); Mar (43/22)[/quote]

If Ithaca were colder we would be the ones with the serious drinking problems and keg for a mascot. Or maybe their tradition of drinking stems from not admitting women until 1972.

Josh '99 · December 23, 2007, 11:16:13 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote oceanst41]This prompted Jack Edwards to say, "Well Lee must love big time winter weather, seeing as he spent four years at Dartmouth. As far as those Ivy League guys are concerned, there is only one place colder than Hanover, New Hampshire, and that's Ithaca, New York."[/quote]
And, that, of course, is not true.

Average high/low temps in Ithaca: Jan (31/10); Feb (37/16); Mar (49/27)

Average high/low temps in Hanover: Jan (29/9); Feb (34/12); Mar (43/22)[/quote]Considering Jack Edwards went to UNH, you'd think he'd have a better understanding of the winter weather in New Hampshire.

JDeafv · December 28, 2007, 08:04:59 PM

O'Byrne and the Canadians are playing the Panthers on NHL Network right now. Canadians up 3-0 in the first 5 minutes.

Panthers started a scrum by going after Higgins and O'Byrne came to the rescue (taking 2 for roughing), and the TSN announcers were very happy about the additional size O'Byrne brings to lineup for the Canadians.

O'Byrne's first shift after the penalty his D partner puts the puck in the middle stranding O'Byrne who was forced to take a penalty. O'Byrne looks good in what I've seen so far.

Also, the electronic boards the Panthers have are kinda crazy.

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Update: O'Byrne had two fighting majors. He hit Campbell with a perfect hip-check and the Panthers took exception. The first fight (Kreps) was immediately after the hit (not much of a fight, but both got 5 mins). Ryan's first shift back from that major he gets attacked by Glass who came directly off the Panthers bench at O'Byrne. More punches in the second fight, and all the TSN commentators could say was "Wow, the Panthers are really upset about that clean hit." O'Byrne finished +2 on the night and had a pretty good game.

cbuckser · December 29, 2007, 12:20:49 AM

[quote JDeafv]O'Byrne had two fighting majors. He hit Campbell with a perfect hip-check and the Panthers took exception. The first fight (Kreps) was immediately after the hit (not much of a fight, but both got 5 mins). Ryan's first shift back from that major he gets attacked by Glass who came directly off the Panthers bench at O'Byrne. More punches in the second fight, and all the TSN commentators could say was "Wow, the Panthers are really upset about that clean hit." O'Byrne finished +2 on the night and had a pretty good game.[/quote]

Bill Bestwick would be proud. Ryan O'Byrne and Tanner Glass were teammates with the Nanaimo Clippers late in the 2002-03 season.

Chris '03 · December 29, 2007, 12:59:55 PM

EDIT: Ignore my redundancy below. I somehow missed mention of the fights in the post I replied to. ::uhoh:: At any rate, here are O'Byrne's two fights last night: http://hockeyfights.com/players/4579/fightcard/reg2008

O'Byrne's Canadiens scored on their first THREE shots last night. O'B contributed with 18 PIM including two third period fights. The second fight was against Tanner Glass (Dartmouth '07), who apparently plays in the NHL these days...

Probably video floating around somewhere. Maybe it will show up on hockeyfights.com or youtube. A huge O'Byrne hit led to the first fight. You can see it by clicking on the video here: http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app?gameNumber=557&gameType=2&page=Recap&season=20072008&service=page

amerks127 · December 29, 2007, 11:39:36 PM

Forget the Patriots 16-0 season...Mark McCutcheon had a double minor for roughing and then a 5-minute fighting major in his game tonight. Did not see that one coming.

Townie · December 30, 2007, 09:28:15 AM

[quote amerks127]Forget the Patriots 16-0 season...Mark McCutcheon had a double minor for roughing and then a 5-minute fighting major in his game tonight. Did not see that one coming.[/quote]

Fruuu-strated?? How is he doing?

peterg · December 30, 2007, 08:20:59 PM

Don't know if it happened in yesterday's fight that was mentioned above, but O'Byrne is out tonight vs the Rangers. TV announcers (MSG) just mentioned that he broke a finger last night.

CowbellGuy · December 30, 2007, 09:16:47 PM

More specifically, his thumb, in the fight.

David Harding · December 31, 2007, 10:39:03 PM

http://www.hamiltonbulldogs.com/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=692&writer=0

QuoteSunday, December 30, 2007 - 02:18PM

HAMILTON, ON – Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey announced today that the Club has recalled forward Corey Locke from the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League. The Bulldogs have also recalled defenceman Jon Gleed from the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL. Locke will join the Canadiens in New York and should be available for tonight's game against the Rangers, while Gleed will join the Bulldogs in Grand Rapids for tomorrow night's tilt with the Griffins.
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Gleed, a 23-year-old native of Milton, Ontario, has played 13 games with the Bulldogs this season, collecting two assists and two penalty minutes. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound blueliner has also picked up four assists, a plus-4 rating and 22 penalty minutes in 11 games with the Cyclones.