Alumni in the Pros - November 2009

[Cactus12]

NHL.com

feature article on Moulson at nhl.com

[BCrespi]

Moulson said he considers himself more a worker than a goal scorer, saying all those days of shooting pucks at goaltenders taught him one thing.

"I learned I need to score all my goals from the blue paint in," he said. "My best attribute is probably just getting to those areas where you can score."

Pretty funny quote from the closest thing to a sniper on the great teams of 03-06.

[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."

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

Also, I have a hard time imagining Murray was ever small.  I kind of think he was like 5'11" and 175 pounds when he started grade school.

[nyc94]

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

Yes.

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/additional-information/about-the-sport_145940Tv.html

The 2010 Olympic Winter Games ice hockey tournaments are played on a North American ice surface which is four metres narrower than international rinks.

[Jacob '06]

Moulson just scored a goal in the first period.

[Jordan 04]

"Chara runs into Moulson -- and Chara's the one that goes down!"

[jputterman24]

After Moulson scored against the Bruins tonight, NESN did a 30 second thing on how Moulson and Bitz were roommates at Cornell and showed them on a split screen along with their college stats.  not sure if there will be a video online somewhere.

[Al DeFlorio]

After Moulson scored against the Bruins tonight, NESN did a 30 second thing on how Moulson and Bitz were roommates at Cornell and showed them on a split screen along with their college stats.  not sure if there will be a video online somewhere.

The best line, after the announcers talked about Moulson's texting messages to Bitz during last spring's Stanley Cup playoffs, was one saying to the other:  "I remember when the Ivy guys used to write letters to one another."

[Rita]

Moulson said he considers himself more a worker than a goal scorer, saying all those days of shooting pucks at goaltenders taught him one thing.

"I learned I need to score all my goals from the blue paint in," he said. "My best attribute is probably just getting to those areas where you can score."

Pretty funny quote from the closest thing to a sniper on the great teams of 03-06.

Which is from where (at least it seemed that way on the NHL.com video clip) he scored tonight's goal. B-]

[cbuckser]

Matt got his second of the night, on a centering pass from Richard Park late in the second period.

[Jordan 04]

Moulson tallies another to put the Isles up 2-1.

[Trotsky]

With 10 goals, Matt now has more in a single season than all but 2 Cornellians.  Lance Nethery had 11 in 33 games in 1980-81.

[Larry72]

Natural Hat Trick by Matt Moulson!!!!  11 goals on the season!!  (Edit)Uh oh - spoke too soon. Looks like Matt didn't score that 3rd goal!

[Rosey]

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

Where was this production his senior year?

Sorry, did I just piss on the communal cornflakes? ;-)  Really, I'm happy for him: he's worked hard, so it's nice to see him succeed.  Go Matt!

[imafrshmn]

Congrats Matty Moulson!