Alumni in the pros - January 2010

[Rita]

Not our alum, but Ben Lovejoy, formerly of Dartmouth has been called up by the Pens and playing tonight (game on VS). I didn't catch his linemates, but I don't think Pittsburgh has the rights to Swallows or Johnson. ::bolt::

[Jerseygirl]

With a goal, an assist, and many hits against the Oilers, Douglas Murray gets HNIC's #1 star. ::banana::

Do I hate America if I root for Sweden in the Olympics?  They've got two of my favorite players (Douglas and Henrik Lundqvist) and there are a lot of players on the USA roster whom I absolutely can't stand (Chris Drury, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brooks Orpik, Tim Thomas, Phil Kessel, Mike Komisarek, Zach Parise).

WAIT A SEC. HOLD THE PHONE.

The post-game ceremony at the Winter Classic led me to believe that USA's Olympic hockey team was going to be made up of a scrappy bunch of adorable youth hockey players from all walks of life who could merely afford outsized jerseys that only served to highlight their diminutive stature, led by an older goalie who saw Vancouver as his last shot at international glory. I assumed that these players would use their youth and cunning to pull off moves made possible by their small size, such as skating between a flummoxed, tree-like defenseman's legs, thereby improbably winning enough games to advance out of pool play and into the medal round, where they dismantle quasi-communist teams made up of brutes who highlight their country's cultural stereotypes. They would do this through sheer heart, teaching their aging goalie the true meaning of team, and causing the evil opposing team's Soviet-era coach to throw his clipboard onto the ice out of disgust and disbelief, when, during a slow-motion montage set to an original song in the vein of "Eye of the Tiger" the winning goal is scored through some trick play the U.S. coach draws up during a tension building timeout.

No? Did I miss something?

Josh, you don't hate America because you intend to root for Sweden. You hate America because you live in NYC, which is godless and full of heathens, and is most certainly not "Real 'Murrca."

My favorite post from the decade of the Tens.  I mean the Teens.  Wait, what do we call this now?  the Oh-Tweens?  Dammit.  We had ten years to figure out the last one.  We failed, and now we have to do this again?  Ugh.

Anyway...your last sentence is SO aught-8.  Try this:

Hey Josh, you know who *ELSE* rooted for the Swedish hockey team in the Olympics?  


Hitler.

Think about it.

Oh COME ON.

[Trotsky]

Is ironic usage implicit in Godwin's Law?

[RichH]

Is ironic usage implicit in Godwin's Law?

Thanks, Trotsky.  I guess she didn't get the meme.

[JDeafv]

Article about Barlow playing like a farmer on NHL.com.

[ftyuv]

Article about Barlow playing like a farmer on NHL.com.

Farmers slaughter living being that they don't consider human.

You know who else did that?

[Jordan 04]

Moulson puts home his 17th of the year, (past former Black Bear Jimmy Howard).

[Rita]

Moulson puts home his 17th of the year, (past former Black Bear Jimmy Howard).

"You can't miss them all" Matt Moulson on what has gotten him out of his recent scoring slump.

[Josh '99]

Article about Barlow playing like a farmer on NHL.com.

Farmers slaughter living being that they don't consider human.

You know who else did that?

MORE WITCHES!

[Trotsky]

Moulson puts home his 17th of the year, (past former Black Bear Jimmy Howard).

Holy shi..!

[ugarte]

Moulson puts home his 17th of the year, (past former Black Bear Jimmy Howard).

Holy shi..!

Whoa. Did the Red Wings clinch a playoff spot already?

[scoop85]

Moulson puts home his 17th of the year, (past former Black Bear Jimmy Howard).

Moulson's scoring seems likely to decline the rest of the season, unfortunately.  He's no longer on a line with Tavares (who is also in a scoring slump), and he's getting less PP time.  

Although I'm a Rangers fan, I've caught a lot of Islanders games this year.  They have a lot of promising young talent, and I think they'll have a strong second half.

[sah67]

Byron Bitz is expected to return to the Bruins lineup tonight for the start of their western road trip in Anaheim, according to the Bruins game-day blog.

Tonight's game is on NESN, and tomorrow's game against Douglas Murray and the Sharks will be on the NHL Network.

[Rita]

Byron Bitz is expected to return to the Bruins lineup tonight for the start of their western road trip in Anaheim, according to the Bruins game-day blog.

Tonight's game is on NESN, and tomorrow's game against Douglas Murray and the Sharks will be on the NHL Network.

Bitz warming up for tomorrow night's encounter with Murray? I just flipped over the the Bruins game and caught the tail end of the Bitz-Chipchura fight.

[Anna '03]

There's a piece on Matt Moulson in the new ESPN The Magazine issue. Not sure if it is available to non-subscribers online.