Alumni in the Pros - April 2009

ftyuv · April 12, 2009, 07:29:47 PM

Bitz earned Cornell a shout-out for his effort today. But it's a game that didn't matter so much that most of the local venues didn't even play it. NESN and, I hear, NESN+ both ignored it. He's played on the PK.

cth95 · April 12, 2009, 10:52:26 PM

[quote ftyuv]Bitz earned Cornell a shout-out for his effort today. But it's a game that didn't matter so much that most of the local venues didn't even play it. NESN and, I hear, NESN+ both ignored it. He's played on the PK.[/quote]

NESN plays all Bruins games on NESN+ channels when there is a conflict with the Sox. The Sox broadcast even listed the channel numbers for all of the different cable and dish companies throughout the baseball game. Their advertising also tells fans not to worry about missing any games due to conflicts this time of year.

Bitz was playing on the 4 vs. 4 towards the end of the game.

ftyuv · April 12, 2009, 11:23:24 PM

[quote cth95][quote ftyuv]Bitz earned Cornell a shout-out for his effort today. But it's a game that didn't matter so much that most of the local venues didn't even play it. NESN and, I hear, NESN+ both ignored it. He's played on the PK.[/quote]

NESN plays all Bruins games on NESN+ channels when there is a conflict with the Sox. The Sox broadcast even listed the channel numbers for all of the different cable and dish companies throughout the baseball game. Their advertising also tells fans not to worry about missing any games due to conflicts this time of year.

Bitz was playing on the 4 vs. 4 towards the end of the game.[/quote]

I don't get NESN+ that I know of, but several people on the boston.com blog said their NESN+ channels weren't working for whatever reason.

sah67 · April 13, 2009, 03:15:18 PM

Michael Kennedy scored his first professional goal for Albany in their 3-2 win over Binghamton on Sunday, which also marked Albany's last game of the season.

Mike also earned himself his first professional fighting major and a game misconduct during a brawl that broke out towards the end.

marty · April 13, 2009, 06:19:50 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote pfibiger]Mike Kennedy has signed an ATO with the Albany River Rats and has played in his first game:
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After his junior season at Cornell?[/quote]

This is The Record. When my son was a senior in high school he was an "intern" for all of two days before he got his own byline. We used to receive raves when he was on staff. The near bankrupt Journal Register Company is really near death as far as any independant observer can conclude.

oceanst41 · April 18, 2009, 08:02:25 PM

Darren Eliot will be broadcasting (edit: for Versus) tonight's Boston/Montreal game two, sadly Bitz will be a healthy scratch.

oceanst41 · April 19, 2009, 06:14:25 AM

Well Lucic was handed out a match penalty near the end of the Bruins' game two. Per league rules, that's a suspension pending review. That would mean Bitz would likely get the call in game three in Montreal, especially now that Hunwick had his spleen removed yesterday.

Now I don't feel the suspension should hold up after review. Lucic himself had just been elbowed/high sticked and was reacting to Lapierre coming at him. He hit him with his top hand glove, but the stick was up. However in their infinite wisdom, I think the NHL will use this to set an example in this series, despite what they've allowed Montreal to get away with already.

My guess would be Wheeler joins Krejci and Ryder and Bitz steps in to reunite with Thornton and Yelle - a pretty dominating 4th line for a large part of the season.

Rita · April 19, 2009, 08:05:26 PM

Bitz is indeed penciled in the B's line-up for Monday night's game. Shuffling of the lines appears to be as oceanst41 predicted.

oceanst41 · April 20, 2009, 05:35:47 AM

[quote Rita]Bitz is indeed penciled in the B's line-up for Monday night's game. Shuffling of the lines appears to be as oceanst41 predicted.[/quote]

More from the Boston Globe's Bruins blog.

Bruins blog

Quote from: Claude Julien"He's a big guy who's been strong along the walls," Claude Julien said of Bitz this morning. "He's very reliable. Probably one of our most reliable along the wall in our own end at getting pucks out or protecting it. He's had some scoring opportunities. He's a young guy that we see a bright future in. Right now, it's a little bit of experience that he might get a chance to get, depending on what happens [with Lucic]. He's a guy that once we called him up, he never went back, because he's another one of those guys that'd said, 'I think I belong here and I'm going to show you guys.' He forced our hand."

ftyuv · April 20, 2009, 09:17:16 AM

The Lucic suspension could be a blessing in disguise. He's the loose cannon of the team, and I'm betting that with Montreal behind 0-2 and finally playing one at home, emotions are going to be high. I could see that game ending up with Lucic with a broken hand again.

oceanst41 · April 20, 2009, 09:32:29 AM

[quote ftyuv]The Lucic suspension could be a blessing in disguise. He's the loose cannon of the team, and I'm betting that with Montreal behind 0-2 and finally playing one at home, emotions are going to be high. I could see that game ending up with Lucic with a broken hand again.[/quote]

I agree, and of course we get to see Bitz in the lineup. ::rock::

I am hoping upon hope that he finds the back of the net tonight. It worked for Sheriff Shane Hnidy when he replaced Hunwick, let's get Bitz his cookie too!

ftyuv · April 20, 2009, 09:37:53 AM

[quote oceanst41][quote ftyuv]The Lucic suspension could be a blessing in disguise. He's the loose cannon of the team, and I'm betting that with Montreal behind 0-2 and finally playing one at home, emotions are going to be high. I could see that game ending up with Lucic with a broken hand again.[/quote]

I agree, and of course we get to see Bitz in the lineup. ::rock::

I am hoping upon hope that he finds the back of the net tonight. It worked for Sheriff Shane Hnidy when he replaced Hunwick, let's get Bitz his cookie too![/quote]

::rock:: is right! ::rock::::rock::::rock::

Ronald '09 · April 20, 2009, 12:28:22 PM

[quote oceanst41][quote ftyuv]The Lucic suspension could be a blessing in disguise. He's the loose cannon of the team, and I'm betting that with Montreal behind 0-2 and finally playing one at home, emotions are going to be high. I could see that game ending up with Lucic with a broken hand again.[/quote]

I agree, and of course we get to see Bitz in the lineup. ::rock::

I am hoping upon hope that he finds the back of the net tonight. It worked for Sheriff Shane Hnidy when he replaced Hunwick, let's get Bitz his cookie too![/quote]

Bitz got a little bit over a minute of time on Bob McKenzie's segment on NHL Live (NHL Network, 12-2) at around 12:25. If anyone is interested, they repeat it from 5-7. McKenzie mentioned Cornell and had some nice things to say.

Josh '99 · April 20, 2009, 12:40:02 PM

[quote Ronald '09][quote oceanst41][quote ftyuv]The Lucic suspension could be a blessing in disguise. He's the loose cannon of the team, and I'm betting that with Montreal behind 0-2 and finally playing one at home, emotions are going to be high. I could see that game ending up with Lucic with a broken hand again.[/quote]

I agree, and of course we get to see Bitz in the lineup. ::rock::

I am hoping upon hope that he finds the back of the net tonight. It worked for Sheriff Shane Hnidy when he replaced Hunwick, let's get Bitz his cookie too![/quote]

Bitz got a little bit over a minute of time on Bob McKenzie's segment on NHL Live (NHL Network, 12-2) at around 12:25. If anyone is interested, they repeat it from 5-7. McKenzie mentioned Cornell and had some nice things to say.[/quote]For those who aren't aware, McKenzie has a son who plays for SLU(t), occasionally posts on USCHO, and generally has a lot of good things to say about NCAA hockey.

Swampy · April 20, 2009, 08:13:22 PM

[quote Ronald '09][quote oceanst41][quote ftyuv]The Lucic suspension could be a blessing in disguise. He's the loose cannon of the team, and I'm betting that with Montreal behind 0-2 and finally playing one at home, emotions are going to be high. I could see that game ending up with Lucic with a broken hand again.[/quote]

I agree, and of course we get to see Bitz in the lineup. ::rock::

I am hoping upon hope that he finds the back of the net tonight. It worked for Sheriff Shane Hnidy when he replaced Hunwick, let's get Bitz his cookie too![/quote]

Bitz got a little bit over a minute of time on Bob McKenzie's segment on NHL Live (NHL Network, 12-2) at around 12:25. If anyone is interested, they repeat it from 5-7. McKenzie mentioned Cornell and had some nice things to say.[/quote]

Seems like O'B is playing for Montreal. When was the last time there were two alums in a Stanley Cup game?