Alumni in the pros November 2008

[Cornell11]

Montreal has a brutal sports media. Good luck, Ryan!

[Jordan 04]

We'll take it. Let's Go Islanders!

[CM cWo 44]

[quote Tom Tone]O'Byrne's own goal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0HudwEgbDQ[/quote]

Too funny. Along with the purse "robbery", OB is way more infamous than famous at this point.

[Cornell11]

at the end of the video, howie rose says that o'byrne has been catching a lot of heat in montreal.  i know firsthand that those are some of the most bloodthirsty fans out there, and this definitely isn't going to make him any more popular.

[oceanst41]

[quote Cornell11]at the end of the video, howie rose says that o'byrne has been catching a lot of heat in montreal.  i know firsthand that those are some of the most bloodthirsty fans out there, and this definitely isn't going to make him any more popular.[/quote]

He definitely has been. I believe TSN's recap of the game mentioned his skating ability (where have we heard that before?) has come under fire in the most recent stretch of poor play from the Habs.

[amerks127]

Nice follow up story by TSN:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=257273&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main

[ftyuv]

His excuse was that he didn't notice that Price was out of the net, but that means he hadn't so much as glanced in that direction.  Far be it from me to second-guess an NHL player, but I was taught early and often to never, ever center a pass in your own zone unless you're absolutely sure there's no way it can bite you in the ass. What if Price had been there, but so had an Islander that OB had lost track of?

FWIW, it's not quite as bad as the own-goal 1:25 into this gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5hQeD71ns

[Trustnduzt]

Not sure if you have seen this video from last night's Habs/Islanders game, but Ryan O'Byrne's future in Montreal does not look so bright.

Check it out for yourself:

http://thetwolinepass.com/2008/11/the-prettiest-goal-bill-guerin-will-ever-score/

[Rosey]

Did this suddenly become the USCHO board?  Why wasn't I informed?

[sah67]

[quote Trustnduzt]Not sure if you have seen this video from last night's Habs/Islanders game, [/quote]

Sometimes it's helpful to check the most recent messages on a thread before posting

[Rosey]

[quote ftyuv]FWIW, it's not quite as bad as the own-goal 1:25 into this gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5hQeD71ns[/quote]
I had a teammate do this in one of our games last season.  When he did it, I fell to the ice, laughing my ass off.  It was that funny. :-)

[cbuckser]

[quote sah67][quote Trustnduzt]Not sure if you have seen this video from last night's Habs/Islanders game, [/quote]

Sometimes it's helpful to check the most recent messages on a thread before posting [/quote]
Why stop there?  People should check all the relevant threads first.  It would be even more annoying to have a separate thread of the Islanders' third goal.

[ftyuv]

[quote Kyle Rose][quote ftyuv]FWIW, it's not quite as bad as the own-goal 1:25 into this gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5hQeD71ns[/quote]
I had a teammate do this in one of our games last season.  When he did it, I fell to the ice, laughing my ass off.  It was that funny. :-)[/quote]Yeah, someone did it at the pickup game I was playing at last week, too. I wonder, does that even out with your +/-?  ;-)

[Rita]

Wow, Ryan is getting a lot of publicity over this. Last night his name and a description of what happened were on the ESPN sportsticker and just now was discussed on "Around the Horn".

I know the Hollywood types think that there is no such thing as "bad publicity", but I think there is in hockey. Too bad ESPN chooses to show the "unfortunate" side of hockey (unless you are an Islander fan ;-) ).  

Here's hoping that Ryan can shake it off and put together some strong games on defense. Even if you "deduct" the own goal from his point totals, OB still has more points than Murray.

[RM 08]

He has the perfect facial expression for someone who just scored an own-goal in the photo accompanying the article.