Alumni in the Pros - March 2008

[Rita]

Both #3s are playing tonight in the Shark tank.

It isn't even 5 minutes into the game and it is already 2-1 Sharks. Both Murray and OB are even thus far.

[French Rage]

O'Byrne goal!  Just turned on the TV, he ties it at 2 in the 1st!

[Mike Hedrick 01]

That was a nice goal.

[Rita]

Several pretty goals in this game (especially Montreal's 3rd goal with the 1 touch passing). Murray was on the ice for the OB goal (which tied the game at 2). OB got the puck through a lot of traffic that included a Hab, Murray and I think new shark Bryan Campbell. I do not think Nabakov got a good look at it.

With Chris Higgins, there are three former Ivy leaguers on the ice tonight.

On a bit of a tangent, the Verizon Center in DC is a lot brighter tonight... the Capitals lit Tim Thomas up for 7 goals. I had the game on but wasn't paying too much attention, but I thought Thomas started the game and got pulled after the 3rd (?) Capital goal. If so, then he must have come back in to spare the back-up sieve more humiliation.

[redGrinch]

Thomas started... got lifted after the 4th goal... then came back and played the 2nd period and about half of the 3rd before giving way to Auld again.

On a similar Caps note, Sasha Pokulok was left off of Hershey's clear list... meaning unless there's some type of roster change (i.e. call-ups to the Caps or injuries), he's ineligible for the playoffs... and if I read it correctly, also the rest of the regular season.  Not sure of the reason why... but it clearly means he's slated to spend at least another year at Hershey.  he's going to face a numbers game in DC soon and show he belongs ... after the vets (Poti's signed another 3 years, Pothier another 2 assuming he's able to recover from concussions), Green, Morrison, Schultz, and Jurcina are years from being unrestricted free agents; and Alzner and Godfrey are likely coming next season to Hershey.  And Lepisto is getting some looks now also.

[sah67]

[quote Rita]

On a bit of a tangent, the Verizon Center in DC is a lot brighter tonight... the Capitals lit Tim Thomas up for 7 goals. I had the game on but wasn't paying too much attention, but I thought Thomas started the game and got pulled after the 3rd (?) Capital goal. If so, then he must have come back in to spare the back-up sieve more humiliation.[/quote]

Thomas started, gave up 4 goals on 10 shots, and was repaced by Auld who gave up 2 more in the 1st period on 6 shots.  Thomas then came back out to replace Auld at the start of the second, but after giving up 3 more into the 3rd, he was replaced again by Auld who finished the game (and gave up one more goal )

Not a good night when you get pulled twice ::bugeye::

[ben03]

[quote sah67]
Not a good night when you get pulled twice ::bugeye::[/quote]

although pulling yourself IMHO, a la QU's Jamie Holden gifting Sam Paolini our second goal in the first 3:30 of the '02 NCAA first round ... is  also probably just as embarrassing.::thud::

[sah67]

Douglas gets an assist on Jody Shelley's goal and the Sharks take it 6-4.

Not a bad night for a Cornell fan when two alums are playing in the same game, both get points, and one gets his first NHl goal.

[amerks127]

Bryan Campbell

As my mom and his mom were hockey friends when he played in Rochester, I feel compelled to tell you it's Brian, not Bryan.

[Brian]

How did everyone miss the Sunday AHL stats:

Moulson, Bitz, and Iggulden (Hat Trick--listed as one of the stars on the AHL page) all had goals;

http://stats.theahl.com/stats/schedule.php?date=2008-03-02

I wonder what is (has been) the largest number of cornell alumni to score a goal in one day in either the NHL or AHL?

[Rita]

[quote amerks127]

Bryan Campbell

As my mom and his mom were hockey friends when he played in Rochester, I feel compelled to tell you it's Brian, not Bryan.[/quote]

Oops, my bad and my apologies. This was the first shark game I have caught since the trade and had not seen his full name in print or scrolling across the screen enough for the correct spelling to "register" in my overtaxed brain.

[Josh '99]

[quote sah67]Thomas started, gave up 4 goals on 10 shots, and was repaced by Auld who gave up 2 more in the 1st period on 6 shots.  Thomas then came back out to replace Auld at the start of the second, but after giving up 3 more into the 3rd, he was replaced again by Auld who finished the game (and gave up one more goal )

Not a good night when you get pulled twice ::bugeye::[/quote]Remind anyone else of Clarkson in the Mark Morris era?  This game or this game or this game, say.  99-00 wasn't a GREAT year, but chasing a Clarkson goalie on six separate occasions certainly was fun.

[Beeeej]

[quote Josh '99][quote sah67]Thomas started, gave up 4 goals on 10 shots, and was repaced by Auld who gave up 2 more in the 1st period on 6 shots.  Thomas then came back out to replace Auld at the start of the second, but after giving up 3 more into the 3rd, he was replaced again by Auld who finished the game (and gave up one more goal )

Not a good night when you get pulled twice ::bugeye::[/quote]Remind anyone else of Clarkson in the Mark Morris era?  This game or this game or this game, say.  99-00 wasn't a GREAT year, but chasing a Clarkson goalie on six separate occasions certainly was fun.[/quote]

From the standpoint of chasing a goalie only to have him return because his replacement also sucked, it reminds me far more of the Weder incident.

[oceanst41]

[quote sah67]Thomas started, gave up 4 goals on 10 shots, and was repaced by Auld who gave up 2 more in the 1st period on 6 shots.  Thomas then came back out to replace Auld at the start of the second, but after giving up 3 more into the 3rd, he was replaced again by Auld who finished the game (and gave up one more goal )

Not a good night when you get pulled twice ::bugeye::[/quote]

Well to be fair to Auldie, he is supposed to start tonight, as the Bruins are finishing a stretch of 3 games in 4 days. So I don't think Julien wanted to use him at all, let alone 10 min into the first period last night. But Thomas was off his game (not to mention the entire team playing in front of him ::pain:, and he needed to get off the ice.

It was just one of those nights, and oh yeah, that Ovechkin guy doesn't suck either. ::popcorn::

[calgARI '07]

It took him about 60 games, but Tony Romano finally eclipsed his point total from last year at Cornell.