Alumni in the Pros - April 2008

Josh '99 · April 22, 2008, 02:07:39 PM

[quote The Rancor][quote Jacob '06]On Vs. during the Habs Bruins game they were talking about the crowd taunting Thomas. They said they asked Thomas and he said he heard worse in his college days at Vermont. The announcer then says "yeah they heard bad stuff at places like Harvard and Cornell Daren Eliot." How the heck did Harvard get mentioned in there? Would've been nice if Eliot reminded them that Harvard has no fans.[/quote]

lynah east has lots of cornell fans.[/quote]Not when Harvard is playing Vermont, generally speaking, though.

Beeeej · April 22, 2008, 04:22:47 PM

[quote Josh '99][quote The Rancor][quote Jacob '06]On Vs. during the Habs Bruins game they were talking about the crowd taunting Thomas. They said they asked Thomas and he said he heard worse in his college days at Vermont. The announcer then says "yeah they heard bad stuff at places like Harvard and Cornell Daren Eliot." How the heck did Harvard get mentioned in there? Would've been nice if Eliot reminded them that Harvard has no fans.[/quote]

lynah east has lots of cornell fans.[/quote]Not when Harvard is playing Vermont, generally speaking, though.[/quote]

Yeah, Hahvahd hadn't yet introduced their "ticket package" deal when Tim Thomas was still between the pipes for the Cats. ;-)

Rita · April 22, 2008, 07:36:54 PM

P.C. Drouin is now playing with the Fort Wayne Komets (as buried Ugarte's post in another thread). Drouin had a goal in their game on 4/20/08.

They are playing tonight and you can listen live (and for free!) here.

French Rage · April 22, 2008, 11:10:52 PM

On one hand, Murray made a bad play there. On the other hand, this isn't soccer.

amerks127 · April 22, 2008, 11:19:15 PM

Cornell representation in the AHL playoffs dwindles yet again. After Moulson and Manchester were swept by Bitz and Providence, LeNeveu and Hartford are easily dispatched by Portland.

LeNeveu didn't play in game 5 though after giving up at least three in the previous 3 games.

Josh '99 · April 23, 2008, 11:25:35 AM

[quote amerks127]LeNeveu didn't play in game 5 though after giving up at least three in the previous 3 games.[/quote]I'm told that his team was playing pretty poorly around him, but that he also didn't really make any game-changing saves.

crodger1 · April 23, 2008, 08:16:05 PM

The Monarchs/Providence series was an interesting one. Anne(DVM) and I were able to make it to 3 of the 4 games in the series (and watched the first game of the series with our "friends", B2Networks). All of them were really close, 3 ending in OT, one with the GWG with about 3 mins left in the 3rd.

If the series had gone to 7 games the Monarchs would have played the Bruins 10 games in a row because they closed out the RS with 3 games against each other.

I think the P-Bruins were surprised how close the games were. I can't say much about the first game -- I was, after all, watching B2. It's like watching the entire game on the jumbotron -- you miss a lot. But Moulson scored the game tying goal to force overtime. Bitz had the first assist on a really nice pass into the slot from behind the net to give Providence the win in OT.

For the second game the officiating was erratic, so the players never got into a rhythm. We were trying to decide whether the ECACh or AHL reffing is "better", to give you some idea how bad it was. Nobody knew what would or would not get called. The drive from Cambridge to Providence took forever so we missed warm-ups. When they announced the starting lineup Moulson wasn't out with his usual pairing. He came into the game a couple of minutes late and played pretty well, although he took a stick to the face in the second (no call) and went back to the locker room for a bit. (On Monday we overheard someone say that he was injured, though, so that could have been part of it -- more on that below.) Bitz played really well, I thought. He's very strong on the puck particularly in deep in the corners and behind the net. Quick (the goalie) almost saved the Monarchs in this one, though -- he stopped 38 shots, while the Monarchs took about half that many. The GWG came with 3 minutes left, followed by an empty netter.

The third game saw two goals disallowed for the Monarchs. The first of the two really looked like it should have counted... into the top corner over the goalie's shoulder, and then right back out. The goal light came on, but no signal on the ice. There was no video review, but the jumbotron replay looked pretty obvious and it didn't even sound like it hit the posts in the corner, so must have hit the padding just inside. The second one was disallowed for goaltender interference, which seemed probably correct. Moulson tied the game with seven minutes left in the in the third with Bitz in the box for tripping. The game winner for Providence came when a helmetless Hoggan bounced the puck off of the Monarchs goalie from behind the net and it trickled in. Sadly one of the Monarchs players was in the process of interfering with his own goalie at the time.

The final game saw the Monarchs take their first real lead (two goal lead going into the third). But I think their defense just let them down. The Bruins play a really tough game cycling behind the net and in the corners (Bitz's strength on the puck really helps him here) until they can shake someone loose in front of the net with the goalie out of position. I think they just outworked the defense overall, so they forced the game into overtime with two goals in the third. I'm actually not clear really on how the GWG was scored early in OT... just a garbage goal on a rebound in front of the net, but that was the end for the Monarchs season. The final game in the series was a poorly attended affair, probably because (a) playoff tickets are not part of the season ticket package, (b) it was Monday night, (c) the Boston Bruins were playing Game 7 at the same time. That meant that Anne and I unwittingly had a moment of fame on the jumbotron, and that we also ended up sitting in the die-hard fan / comp ticket section. One tidbit from that, though, was that we overheard someone behind us saying that Moulson was injured in game 1 of the series and was playing with two broken ribs, or something to that effect, and could barely lace his skates. Take it FWIW -- it might explain why he was late on the ice for game 2, but we didn't notice any reduced ice time on his part.

LGR!

Chris

JDeafv · April 24, 2008, 09:05:04 AM

The Texas Brahmas with Kevin McLeod and Doug Krantz were eliminated from the CHL playoffs with their game 7 loss to Colorado after being down 3-1 in the series.

Krantz had an assist in game 7 and McLeod in game 6. Colorado started a bit of a melee after game 6, and Krantz (wearing #18 in dark) can be seen tied up with a Colorado player in this YouTube video.

ebilmes · April 25, 2008, 12:34:13 AM

LeNeveu is the Rangers's third goalie for the playoffs...Did I miss this somewhere?

Jacob '06 · April 25, 2008, 02:05:35 AM

[quote ebilmes]LeNeveu is the Rangers's third goalie for the playoffs...Did I miss this somewhere?[/quote]

The Wolfpack are done for the season so the Rangers put together a taxi squad in case of injuries that are still practicing.

crodger1 · April 25, 2008, 02:08:44 AM

[quote ebilmes]LeNeveu is the Rangers's third goalie for the playoffs...Did I miss this somewhere?[/quote]

I think it just happened after Hartford lost -- I saw it today (well, yesterday, I guess) on the AHL transactions page:

http://stats.theahl.com/hm/transactions.php

I didn't put 2+2 together, though. So could the Rangers technically use him?

(Edit: added quote)

Jacob '06 · April 25, 2008, 02:42:34 AM

[quote crodger1] So could the Rangers technically use him?

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I think one of the active goalies would have to be injured for him to actually be used.

ugarte · April 25, 2008, 11:30:46 AM

[quote Jacob '06][quote crodger1] So could the Rangers technically use him?

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I think both of the active goalies would have to be injured for him to actually be used.[/quote]
FYP. Unless "used" means sitting on the bench, I think it will take two injuries for him to actually play in a game.

Jacob '06 · April 25, 2008, 01:05:09 PM

[quote ugarte][quote Jacob '06][quote crodger1] So could the Rangers technically use him?

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I think both of the active goalies would have to be injured for him to actually be used.[/quote]
FYP. Unless "used" means sitting on the bench, I think it will take two injuries for him to actually play in a game.[/quote]

By used I did mean sitting on the bench. He can't be put on the active roster unless there is an injury.

KeithK · April 25, 2008, 01:21:30 PM

[quote Jacob '06][quote ugarte][quote Jacob '06][quote crodger1] So could the Rangers technically use him?

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I think both of the active goalies would have to be injured for him to actually be used.[/quote]
FYP. Unless "used" means sitting on the bench, I think it will take two injuries for him to actually play in a game.[/quote]

By used I did mean sitting on the bench. He can't be put on the active roster unless there is an injury.[/quote]
Nah. You just need one injury and for the remaining guy to get absolutely shelled. Fice goals in the first period might do it.

But then, I'm still a Rangers fan. Can't be rooting for that.