Alumni in the Playoffs - 2010

[scannon]

I was at the game and it was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. San Jose just dominated the Avs. Didn't see Murray much because Colorado barely played any offense. SOG was 51 to 16 then San Jose toss it in their own net. Unreal.

[Tom Lento]

I was at the game and it was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. San Jose just dominated the Avs. Didn't see Murray much because Colorado barely played any offense. SOG was 51 to 16 then San Jose toss it in their own net. Unreal.

I adopted the Sharks as my NHL team when I moved out to the Bay Area. I suppose this is what I get. Sigh.

The few times I saw Murray on TV he was playing pretty well. He almost created a goal late in the third at the end of that last PP - got a good shot on net through traffic but as the Sharks couldn't get to the rebound.

[Josh '99]

Only the Sharks.  As Munchkin pointed out, Douglas Murray's team is down 2-1 in their series thanks to a great flub by Dan Boyle after the Sharks had totally dominated the game.  Game 4 is tomorrow night in Denver.

Ryan O'Byrne was again a healthy scratch as the Canadiens lost to the Capitals 6-5 in overtime on Saturday.  Game 3 is tonight in Montreal.

Raymond Sawada scored a goal for a second straight game, and his Texas Stars beat the Rockford IceHogs 3-1 to take a 2-0 series lead.  Sawada also took a 10-minute misconduct for unsportsmanlike conduct late in the third period.  The series resumes in Illinois on Wednesday.

Jon Gleed's Bridgeport Sound Tigers trail the Hershey Bears 3-1 in their series, falling behind 3-0 with a 7-2 loss on Saturday before staving off elimination with a 4-1 win yesterday.  Gleed was even with 1 SOG in the loss, and -1 with a roughing minor in the win.  Game 5 is in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, with the series returning to Connecticut on Friday if the Sound Tigers win.

Ryan Vesce was out of the lineup as the Worcester Sharks beat the Lowell Devils 3-2 yesterday afternoon to take a 2-1 series lead.  I haven't been able to find an explanation as to why he missed the game, or prediction as to whether he'll play in game 4 in Lowell tomorrow night.

Evan Barlow, Mark McCutcheon and the Idaho Steelheads beat the Utah Grizzlies 4-3 on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead in their playoff series, which resumes in Utah tomorrow night.  Barlow had another 1 G, 1 A game, his second in a row in the series; McCutcheon was held off the scoreboard, but was +1 with 5 shots on goal.

Sasha Pokulok scored his first goal for the Bakersfield Condors on Saturday, but the team lost to the Stockton Thunder in overtime for a second consecutive game and trail their series 2-0.  The series resumes in Stockton on Wednesday night.

Doug Krantz was again out of the lineup as his Cincinnati Cyclones fell to the Charlotte Checkers 5-0 on Saturday; the series is tied 1-1 and resumes in Cincinnati on Wednesday night.

Dave McKee continued to serve as the backup goalkeeper as his Allen Americans lost 6-3 to the Odessa Jackalopes on Saturday night.  They still lead their series 3-2, but will have to try to win it on the road as games 6 and (if necessary) 7 will be played in Odessa, starting tonight.

[Rita]

I was at the game and it was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. San Jose just dominated the Avs. Didn't see Murray much because Colorado barely played any offense. SOG was 51 to 16 then San Jose toss it in their own net. Unreal.

I adopted the Sharks as my NHL team when I moved out to the Bay Area. I suppose this is what I get. Sigh.

The few times I saw Murray on TV he was playing pretty well. He almost created a goal late in the third at the end of that last PP - got a good shot on net through traffic but as the Sharks couldn't get to the rebound.

Phew. I thought the Sharks poor performance in the playoffs was my fault and due to my decision to root for them when they signed Murray ::panic::. Now I can blame it all on Tom :-}.

[Ronald '09]

Ryan Vesce was out of the lineup as the Worcester Sharks beat the Lowell Devils 3-2 yesterday afternoon to take a 2-1 series lead.  I haven't been able to find an explanation as to why he missed the game, or prediction as to whether he'll play in game 4 in Lowell tomorrow night.

I would assume one of two things.  Either he suffered an injury (though he scored in overtime the previous game so no indication that he left that game), or he's getting called up to San Jose.  The captain of the team and one of its leading scorers wouldn't just be a normal healthy scratch.  But I haven't been able to find any confirmation of the actual reason.

He's mentioned as scoring the OT winner in game 2 in this preview of game 3: http://www.sharksahl.com/Story.asp?story_id=2107

Weird that I can't find a note anywhere as to why he wasn't in the lineup game 3.

[French Rage]

Ryan Vesce was out of the lineup as the Worcester Sharks beat the Lowell Devils 3-2 yesterday afternoon to take a 2-1 series lead.  I haven't been able to find an explanation as to why he missed the game, or prediction as to whether he'll play in game 4 in Lowell tomorrow night.

I would assume one of two things.  Either he suffered an injury (though he scored in overtime the previous game so no indication that he left that game), or he's getting called up to San Jose.  The captain of the team and one of its leading scorers wouldn't just be a normal healthy scratch.  But I haven't been able to find any confirmation of the actual reason.

Could reverberations from the Heatley injury result in them needing to bring him up?  Probably not since he's a center I would think but others would probably know better than me.

[Trotsky]

San Jose may well have entered the "don't just stand there, run screaming!" stage. ::panic::::panic::::panic::::panic::::panic::

[Tom Lento]

I was at the game and it was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. San Jose just dominated the Avs. Didn't see Murray much because Colorado barely played any offense. SOG was 51 to 16 then San Jose toss it in their own net. Unreal.

I adopted the Sharks as my NHL team when I moved out to the Bay Area. I suppose this is what I get. Sigh.

The few times I saw Murray on TV he was playing pretty well. He almost created a goal late in the third at the end of that last PP - got a good shot on net through traffic but as the Sharks couldn't get to the rebound.

Phew. I thought the Sharks poor performance in the playoffs was my fault and due to my decision to root for them when they signed Murray ::panic::. Now I can blame it all on Tom :-}.

Hey, you can't blame *all* of it on me. Just the last 2 years.

[sah67]

Habs fans on HFBoards.com are clamoring to have O'Byrne back in the lineup for some physicality and toughness after a disappointing showing by the Montreal D in Game 3.

[Josh '99]

Ryan Vesce was out of the lineup as the Worcester Sharks beat the Lowell Devils 3-2 yesterday afternoon to take a 2-1 series lead.  I haven't been able to find an explanation as to why he missed the game, or prediction as to whether he'll play in game 4 in Lowell tomorrow night.

I would assume one of two things.  Either he suffered an injury (though he scored in overtime the previous game so no indication that he left that game), or he's getting called up to San Jose.  The captain of the team and one of its leading scorers wouldn't just be a normal healthy scratch.  But I haven't been able to find any confirmation of the actual reason.

He's mentioned as scoring the OT winner in game 2 in this preview of game 3: http://www.sharksahl.com/Story.asp?story_id=2107

Weird that I can't find a note anywhere as to why he wasn't in the lineup game 3.

Yeah, I figured one of those would have been the explanation.  I have to assume if he were being called up it would've been mentioned on either the SJ Sharks or Worcester Sharks websites, and there isn't anything on either to indicate that.  Seems to be likeliest that he either suffered a minor injury during game 2 that wasn't bad enough to keep him out of the rest of the game, or something in between games 2 and 3.  Even so it's  little odd because you'd expect a game story to explain why the team captain was out, even if it were just to say "day-to-day with a lower body injury" or something along those lines.

And here we go, from the preview of tonight's game 4:

Ryan Vesce had two points (1-1-2) – including the overtime winner in Game 2 – before missing Game 3 due to injury...

Nothing about whether he's expected to play tonight, though.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Habs fans on HFBoards.com are clamoring to have O'Byrne back in the lineup for some physicality and toughness after a disappointing showing by the Montreal D in Game 3.

They made a comment on Versus last night that the Montreal defense just wasn't physical enough.  My thought was "That's what you get for leaving O'Byrne out of the lineup."  I guess others think the same.

[RatushnyFan]

Unfortunately Murray has an unofficial assist on a Sharks own goal against the Avalanche.  Murray passed it to Boyle who tried to sling the puck behind the net but missed and landed it in the net during OT.  Puts the Avs up 2-1 in the series.

It wasn't in any way Murray's fault, though.
That whole play was just weird.  I thought at the time it must have gone off a stick, but on the replay it just looked like a great jai alai shot.

I may be nitpicking but I thought that Murray put the puck in a place where Boyle would be under immediate pressure.  That doesn't mean that you shoot it into your own goal but I thought Murray could have made a better play there.  Take it with a grain of salt, whenever you watch something 5 or more times you tend to get hyper critical.

[Flyers1037]

Unfortunately Murray has an unofficial assist on a Sharks own goal against the Avalanche.  Murray passed it to Boyle who tried to sling the puck behind the net but missed and landed it in the net during OT.  Puts the Avs up 2-1 in the series.

It wasn't in any way Murray's fault, though.
That whole play was just weird.  I thought at the time it must have gone off a stick, but on the replay it just looked like a great jai alai shot.

I may be nitpicking but I thought that Murray put the puck in a place where Boyle would be under immediate pressure.  That doesn't mean that you shoot it into your own goal but I thought Murray could have made a better play there.  Take it with a grain of salt, whenever you watch something 5 or more times you tend to get hyper critical.

The more I watch the replay, the more I think it was just great forecheck by OReilly.  I mean, Murray wasn't able to pick up which side of him OReilly was going to go to.  He put his stick on Murray's right side to make it look like he was going behind the net, but was able to cut back and interrupt the pass to Boyle.  Either way, I don't think the blame is squarely on anyone's shoulders on the sharks (Murray, Boyle, Nabakov), and it was still great pressure from OReilly.  999 times out of 1000 Boyle's pass goes right to Murray.  That's playoff hockey...

[Rita]

Douglas Murray the "Wedge Buster" (according the SJ tv guys), gets an assist, and possibly credit for a couple of blocks, on the Sharks game-winning OT goal v. Colorado. ::banana::::banana::

[Trotsky]

The post-game comments on Home Ice on XM made it sound like the goal was essentially driven by Murray's acceleration.  He got a lot of love.