Alumni in the Playoffs - 2010

[Josh '99]

NHL

Douglas Murray and the top-seeded San Jose Sharks play the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs starting tonight.  The first five games of this series are scheduled to be televised on Vs., though the times aren't ideal for Eastern Time Zone viewers.

Ryan O'Byrne and the Montreal Canadiens squeaked into the Eastern Conference playoffs and start their series against the Washington Capitals tomorrow.  Games 1, 2, 5 and 6 of this series are also scheduled to be televised on Vs.  O'Byrne was in the lineup for each of the Canadiens' last five regular season games, but in their final game on Saturday he was the seventh defenseman and played only 1:46, so it might be that he'll be the odd man out in the postseason.

Byron Bitz's Florida Panthers missed the NHL playoffs.

AHL

Ray Sawada's Dallas Stars also missed the NHL playoffs, but he's currently listed on the roster for their AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars, who start their first-round playoff series against the Rockford IceHogs on Friday.

Jon Gleed and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers start their playoff series against the top-seeded Hershey Bears tonight.

Ryan Vesce and the Worcester Sharks finished first in the Atlantic Division of the AHL, and start their first-round playoff series against the Lowell Devils tonight.

ECHL

After short stints with the AHL's Portland Pirates and Manitoba Moose earlier this season, Mark McCutcheon rejoined Evan Barlow with the Idaho Steelheads.  The team won the Brabham Cup for the best regular-season record in the ECHL this season and earned a bye into the second round of the playoffs.  Their first series, against the Utah Grizzlies, starts on Friday.  Barlow, incidentally, was 2nd on the team and 7th in the league with 75 points this season.

Sasha Pokulok and the Bakersfield Condors won their first-round playoff series against the Victoria Salmon Kings three games to two, and will play the Stockton Thunder in the second round.  Pokulok had no points and was -4 over the five games.

CHL

Dave McKee's Allen Americans, in the team's first year of existence, finished second in the CHL's Southern Conference and earned a bye to the second round of the playoffs, where they beat the Laredo Bucks four games to three.  They're now tied 1-1 with the Odessa Jackalopes in the Southern Conference finals.  McKee, however, has been backing up Chris Whitley, and his only game action came in relief in a 5-1 loss in the fifth game of their first series, when he allowed 2 goals on 14 shots over 36:54 of ice time.  

Topher Scott and the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees missed the CHL playoffs.

Europe

Mike Iggulden and Dynamo Riga upset SKA St. Petersburg in the first round of the KHL playoffs, but were eliminated by HK MVD Balashikha in the second round.  Iggulden seems to have played in most or all of Dinamo's playoff games, but was held off the scoresheet.

Charlie Cook and Rauman Lukko finished third in the regular season of the Finnish SM-liiga, but were swept by TPS Turku in their first playoff series.  Cook didn't have any points in the four games, but his whole team only scored four goals in the series.  He also had two penalties for koukkaaminen, and one for pelin viivyttäminen - kiekko katsomoon.  I have no idea what those mean, but Finnish words are funny so there they are.

Mike Knoepfli and Fribourg-Gottéron were eliminated by Genève-Servette HC in seven games in the first round of the Swiss National League playoffs.  Knoepfli had no points in the series.

David LeNeveu and Red Bull Salzburg won the championship of the Erste Bank league, the top level in Austria, for the third time in the last four years after defeating Black Wings Linz in the finals.  LeNeveu played all four of Red Bull's wins in the finals, beating Yale alum Alex Westlund (who was the league's MVP) in the process.  Red Bull also won the IIHF Continental Cup back in January.  

Cam and Chris Abbott and Lulea HF missed the playoffs in the Swedish Elitserien.

I think that's everybody, but let me know if I missed anybody.

[pfibiger]

NHL

Douglas Murray and the top-seeded San Jose Sharks play the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs starting tonight.  The first five games of this series are scheduled to be televised on Vs., though the times aren't ideal for Eastern Time Zone viewers.

Ryan O'Byrne and the Montreal Canadiens squeaked into the Eastern Conference playoffs and start their series against the Washington Capitals tomorrow.  Games 1, 2, 5 and 6 of this series are also scheduled to be televised on Vs.  O'Byrne was in the lineup for each of the Canadiens' last five regular season games, but in their final game on Saturday he was the seventh defenseman and played only 1:46, so it might be that he'll be the odd man out in the postseason.

Byron Bitz's Florida Panthers missed the NHL playoffs.
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I think that's everybody, but let me know if I missed anybody.

Amazing work. One omission: Matt Moulson's New York Islanders missed the playoffs

[judy]

I think that's everybody, but let me know if I missed anybody.

Free time at work today?

[Jim Hyla]

I think that's everybody, but let me know if I missed anybody.

Free time at work today?

I think that's a, more than today, report.

Thanks for doing it. You should submit it to CU.B-]

[pfibiger]

Also:

Kevin McLeod's Texas Brahamas were eliminated in the second round of the CHL playoffs.
Doug Krantz's Cincinnati Cyclones are still alive in the ECHL playoffs, playing the Charlotte Checkers.
Tony Romano's Toledo Walleye were eliminated from the ECHL playoffs in the first round.

[Josh '99]

Also:

Kevin McLeod's Texas Brahamas were eliminated in the second round of the CHL playoffs.
Doug Krantz's Cincinnati Cyclones are still alive in the ECHL playoffs, playing the Charlotte Checkers.
Tony Romano's Toledo Walleye were eliminated from the ECHL playoffs in the first round.

Damn, I missed a few.

Also:  Go Marv!

[Josh '99]

Amazing work. One omission: Matt Moulson's New York Islanders missed the playoffs

The Islanders missing the playoffs goes without saying.

[Rita]

Not too far off topic since it involves me not being able to watch Murray and O'Byrne. Apparently Comcast's version of NHL center Ice does NOT include the playoff games that are not being carried on VS and NBC. Thus, like for tonight, I cannot watch Philly/NJ or SJ/Col. ::cuss::

When I had NHL Center Ice with DirectTV I could watch these games. I called Comcast and they said terms were for regular season only. So does anyone else have Comcast's NHL Center ice and getting Philly/NJ? Are the Direct TV people getting the Philly game?

I'm so dropping Comcast (::flipd: in August (in time for the NFL Sunday Ticket).

[David Harding]

Charlie Cook and Rauman Lukko finished third in the regular season of the Finnish SM-liiga, but were swept by TPS Turku in their first playoff series.  Cook didn't have any points in the four games, but his whole team only scored four goals in the series.  He also had two penalties for koukkaaminen, and one for pelin viivyttäminen - kiekko katsomoon.  I have no idea what those mean, but Finnish words are funny so there they are.

Thanks Josh!

Google translate says:
"hooking"
"delaying the game - puck in the stands"

[Trotsky]

Amazing work. One omission: Matt Moulson's New York Islanders missed the playoffs

The Islanders missing the playoffs goes without saying.

We were only talking about pro teams. :-/

[Lauren '06]

Amazing work. One omission: Matt Moulson's New York Islanders missed the playoffs

The Islanders missing the playoffs goes without saying.

This whole thread was just a set-up for that, wasn't it?

[Flyers1037]

Not too far off topic since it involves me not being able to watch Murray and O'Byrne. Apparently Comcast's version of NHL center Ice does NOT include the playoff games that are not being carried on VS and NBC. Thus, like for tonight, I cannot watch Philly/NJ or SJ/Col. ::cuss::

When I had NHL Center Ice with DirectTV I could watch these games. I called Comcast and they said terms were for regular season only. So does anyone else have Comcast's NHL Center ice and getting Philly/NJ? Are the Direct TV people getting the Philly game?

I'm so dropping Comcast (::flipd: in August (in time for the NFL Sunday Ticket).

I have the Philly/NJ game.  Game 13.  It's been good so far too.  Go Flyers!

as a side, SJ/COL is on VS. tonight....

[Rita]

Not too far off topic since it involves me not being able to watch Murray and O'Byrne. Apparently Comcast's version of NHL center Ice does NOT include the playoff games that are not being carried on VS and NBC. Thus, like for tonight, I cannot watch Philly/NJ or SJ/Col. ::cuss::

When I had NHL Center Ice with DirectTV I could watch these games. I called Comcast and they said terms were for regular season only. So does anyone else have Comcast's NHL Center ice and getting Philly/NJ? Are the Direct TV people getting the Philly game?

I'm so dropping Comcast (::flipd: in August (in time for the NFL Sunday Ticket).

I have the Philly/NJ game.  Game 13.  It's been good so far too.  Go Flyers!

as a side, SJ/COL is on VS. tonight....

My TV guide and the VS talking heads say it is Det/Phx. The Comcast tech support person I talked to said it should be on Game 13, but I have the "this is a subscription service".  I went through all my 700 channels and no game.

More phone calls tomorrow. Maybe I can get some answers during business hours especially when I point out that Washington DC's comcast got it right. Thanks for the info.

[bernie]

Not too far off topic since it involves me not being able to watch Murray and O'Byrne. Apparently Comcast's version of NHL center Ice does NOT include the playoff games that are not being carried on VS and NBC. Thus, like for tonight, I cannot watch Philly/NJ or SJ/Col. ::cuss::

When I had NHL Center Ice with DirectTV I could watch these games. I called Comcast and they said terms were for regular season only. So does anyone else have Comcast's NHL Center ice and getting Philly/NJ? Are the Direct TV people getting the Philly game?

I'm so dropping Comcast (::flipd: in August (in time for the NFL Sunday Ticket).

unless you want to follow a specific team, the best channel by far within the nfl sunday ticket is the red zone channel which switches from game to game based on what is going on.   i subscribed to the sunday ticket last year and the red zone was what i watched 99% of the time

as part of a deal cut with directv last year, the nfl now runs their own red zone channel which they offer through other (non-directv) pay tv providers.  i know that dish network has the red zone channel as part of their multisport package which you can get for $7 per month or $69 per year.  that compares to directv's sunday ticket which costs $300 for the season if you want it in hd

dish's version of center ice includes the playoffs

[RatushnyFan]

I think that's everybody, but let me know if I missed anybody.

Dan Ratushny is coaching Olsten (Swiss B league).  I think they finished second in the regular season but lost in the second round of the playoffs.  It seemed like he did a credible job as a coach but I can't read any of the articles......foreign languages aren't my strength!