Alumni in the Pros - November 2009

[Josh '99]

Natural Hat Trick by Matt Moulson!!!!  11 goals on the season!!

Where was this production his senior year?

Well, he has to work a lot harder now because he's carrying mediocre linemates.  No such difficulties at Cornell.  :-D

Still throwing stones despite moving into a glass house the last few weeks? :-P

NY Rangers   23
NY Islanders   23

I never claimed the Rangers were good, and even if they aren't it still doesn't preclude me from making fun of the Islanders.  :-}

[munchkin]

Moulson was one of the 3 Stars of the Day from the Puck Daddy Blog.  And with 3,000+ subscribers that's a lot of people seeing his name as the #1 star of the day.

Don't knock it.  That's like 38% of the national NHL audience, I think.  ::worry::

I wasn't knocking it.  For a hockey blog, that's a big subscriber number.

[The Rancor]

There's a thread over on the hockeysfuture.com board about Lindstrom saying that Murray should be invited to play on the Swedish Olympics team. Seems like fairly good praise though I haven't read the article they reference since I don't read Swedish...

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=703785

The article says that Lidstrom wants Murray on the team for his hard-nosed, physical play, which, Lidstrom stresses, is especially valuable on the smaller North American ice surface.  He says Murray is a very tough competitor, hard to play against, and he notes that Murray and Holmstrom have had some tough battles when the Sharks and Wings play.  It's an "un-Swedish" style play, the article says, mentioning Murray's crushing hit on the Russian Morozov at the '08 world championships that led to a one-game suspension.  "I would never say no" to playing in the Olympics, Murray is quoted as saying by phone from St. Louis. "It's always been a dream to play on the national team ever since I was small."

Murray's grandfather played for team Sweden, so its a huge honor for Doug.

[CowbellGuy]

I'm confused - are the Olympics going to be played on 200x85 ice this winter?

They're using GM Place. And in order to have time to get the place Olympic-ready (and undo all that afterwards), the poor Canucks are going to be on an NHL-record 14-game road trip from Jan. 30 to March 13.

[Trotsky]

Still throwing stones despite moving into a glass house the last few weeks?

Moulson's linemates are Tavares and Okposo.  I'm pretty sure he was kidding. B-]

[Josh '99]

Still throwing stones despite moving into a glass house the last few weeks?

Moulson's linemates are Tavares and Okposo.  I'm pretty sure he was kidding. B-]

No, he was right.  I was insulting Tavares and Okposo.

[Jordan 04]

Point of order: They took Okposo off that line. Richard Park took his place.

[ugarte]

There's a thread over on the hockeysfuture.com board about Lindstrom saying that Murray should be invited to play on the Swedish Olympics team. Seems like fairly good praise though I haven't read the article they reference since I don't read Swedish...

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=703785

The article says that Lidstrom wants Murray on the team for his hard-nosed, physical play, which, Lidstrom stresses, is especially valuable on the smaller North American ice surface.  He says Murray is a very tough competitor, hard to play against, and he notes that Murray and Holmstrom have had some tough battles when the Sharks and Wings play.  It's an "un-Swedish" style play, the article says, mentioning Murray's crushing hit on the Russian Morozov at the '08 world championships that led to a one-game suspension.  "I would never say no" to playing in the Olympics, Murray is quoted as saying by phone from St. Louis. "It's always been a dream to play on the national team ever since I was small."

Murray's grandfather played for team Sweden, so its a huge honor for Doug.

Well, it would be if he is chosen. I mean, I'm sure Lidstrom is a voice worth listening to, so it will carry some weight, but did I miss something about Lidstrom being involved in team selection?

[Josh '99]

Point of order: They took Okposo off that line. Richard Park took his place.

Well, way to prove my point about untalented linemates.  :-D

[Josh '99]

There's a thread over on the hockeysfuture.com board about Lindstrom saying that Murray should be invited to play on the Swedish Olympics team. Seems like fairly good praise though I haven't read the article they reference since I don't read Swedish...

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=703785

The article says that Lidstrom wants Murray on the team for his hard-nosed, physical play, which, Lidstrom stresses, is especially valuable on the smaller North American ice surface.  He says Murray is a very tough competitor, hard to play against, and he notes that Murray and Holmstrom have had some tough battles when the Sharks and Wings play.  It's an "un-Swedish" style play, the article says, mentioning Murray's crushing hit on the Russian Morozov at the '08 world championships that led to a one-game suspension.  "I would never say no" to playing in the Olympics, Murray is quoted as saying by phone from St. Louis. "It's always been a dream to play on the national team ever since I was small."

Murray's grandfather played for team Sweden, so its a huge honor for Doug.

Well, it would be if he is chosen. I mean, I'm sure Lidstrom is a voice worth listening to, so it will carry some weight, but did I miss something about Lidstrom being involved in team selection?

It seems likely that he'll be the captain now that Mats Sundin retired, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that he might have some role in team selection.

[cth95]

Today's main photo on the front page of the Burlington (VT) Free Press sports section was a large, color shot of Moulson celebrating one of his goals.

[Trotsky]

Point of order: They took Okposo off that line. Richard Park took his place.

Shows you how good an Isles fan I am these days.

[adamw]

Point of order: They took Okposo off that line. Richard Park took his place.

Shows you how good an Isles fan I am these days.

I believe that's temporary, because Okposo was out a couple games with H1N1

[Jordan 04]

Point of order: They took Okposo off that line. Richard Park took his place.

Shows you how good an Isles fan I am these days.

I believe that's temporary, because Okposo was out a couple games with H1N1

It's been that way since he's returned.

[cth95]

Things are looking good when we have 4 alumni with articles on the ECAC website at the same time.  I don't think I have ever seen this with any team.

Moulson(2):  http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/NYIslanders/2009/11/18/11798951-cp.html
             http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=506303&navid=DL|NHL|home

McCutcheon:  http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/hockey/2009/11/18/11786671-sun.html

O'Byrne:     http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/Byrne+chomping/2226697/story.html

Vesce:       http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/cornell/20091411_VesceAssignedWorcester