Alumni In The Pros - September 2009

[dietlbomb]

Mark McCutcheon demoted by the Sabres to Portland:

link

[pfibiger]

Tony Romano was also demoted by the Islanders:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/tavares-makes-coliseum-debut-for-islanders-1.1469565

[Rita]

I started following Justin Bourne's blog a few months ago. He is the son of former Islander Bob Bourne and had a short lived career in minor league hockey. He now has a blog and writes hockey articles for several publications, and they are very entertaining and insightful (IMHO). Anyways, today's blog is about a tryout Matt Moulson had in Jrs. and maybe(?) had something to do with Matt coming to Cornell.

Matt Moulson Jr. hockey story

[ACM]

[quote pfibiger]Tony Romano was also demoted by the Islanders:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/tavares-makes-coliseum-debut-for-islanders-1.1469565[/quote]

Ditto Ryan Vesce by the Sharks:
sharks.nhl.com

[LaJollaRed]

That's crazy.

All in all, it seemed to work out pretty well for Matt...He got much national attention in Spring 2005, and he seems to be doing well on the Islanders this pre-season. And, playing with Tavares, who looks more promising than another season in Los Angeles.

[cbuckser]

Sharks' head coach Todd McLellan had rave reviews for Douglas Murray.

[Trotsky]

[quote cbuckser]Sharks' head coach Todd McLellan had rave reviews for Douglas Murray.[/quote]

There's a cottage industry on XM radio talking about how good he is.

[RatushnyFan]

Must still be the pre-season...........Douglas has 2 goals and an assist and is +4 after 2 periods versus the Duckies.

[sah67]

and still 9 minutes left in the game.

[pfibiger]

[quote RatushnyFan]Must still be the pre-season...........Douglas has 2 goals and an assist and is +4 after 2 periods versus the Duckies.[/quote]

Make that 3 goals, an assist, +5 with no PP time. And at some point midway through the game he already had 4 hits and 4 blocked shots.

[RichH]

[quote pfibiger][quote RatushnyFan]Must still be the pre-season...........Douglas has 2 goals and an assist and is +4 after 2 periods versus the Duckies.[/quote]

Make that 3 goals, an assist, +5 with no PP time. And at some point midway through the game he already had 4 hits and 4 blocked shots.[/quote]

There's gotta be a hat-throwing emoticon somewhere...

[ebilmes]

http://www.greenwichtime.com/sports/ci_13429831

[ursusminor]

I saw this posted over on USCHO. I don't recall it being posted here, but it may have been.

[sah67]

Byron Bitz and Matt Moulson both survived the final roster cuts made by the Bruins and Islanders, and will be in the lineup for their respective teams' season openers.

[oceanst41]

[quote sah67]Byron Bitz and Matt Moulson both survived the final roster cuts made by the Bruins and Islanders, and will be in the lineup for their respective teams' season openers.[/quote]

Speaking of which, those of you with Versus can watch Bitz in the Bruins' opener tonight @ 7.