Alumni in the Pros - October 2010

[Beeeej]

It's October, kids.  Seriously.

Douglas Murray and the Sharks head for Europe, including Sweden:

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/01/3070878/sharks-not-on-pleasure-trip-to.html

[billhoward]

Writer says the team - 40, perhaps 50 players, coaches, front office, media? - is traveling on a chartered 747. Maybe they can practice breakout plays en route.

Another story says it's also a 747 and mentions the NHL had concerns about an earlier charter company it approached. http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2010/09/30/andreas-lilja-will-be-on-the-plane-to-europe-but-still-without-a-contract-for-the-coming-season/ A fan comment says it's a smaller 747 SP (only 300 passengers). Sharks fan actually posted a video of it taxiing and taking off ... lot of dust. Yep, it's a 747: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1V_itBc174

[amerks127]

After eight years, Greening makes another AHL appearance at Mile One

Eight years after standing on the Mile One Centre blueline as a wide-eyed youngster among a host of American Hockey League all-stars, Colin Greening was back in that very same building Sunday afternoon, this time as a pro...

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Writer says the team - 40, perhaps 50 players, coaches, front office, media? - is traveling on a chartered 747. Maybe they can practice breakout plays en route.

Another story says it's also a 747 and mentions the NHL had concerns about an earlier charter company it approached. http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2010/09/30/andreas-lilja-will-be-on-the-plane-to-europe-but-still-without-a-contract-for-the-coming-season/ A fan comment says it's a smaller 747 SP (only 300 passengers). Sharks fan actually posted a video of it taxiing and taking off ... lot of dust. Yep, it's a 747: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1V_itBc174

I used to fly on 747SPs between Newark and Tokyo back in the early 90's.  They're still a good sized plane.  I think they're the ones with the circular staircase to the upper deck.

[cbuckser]

The Mercury has an article on Douglas Murray visiting his family and enjoying his return to Stockholm.

[CowbellGuy]

David LeNeveu just got put on waivers by Columbus.

[kingpin248]

Matt Moulson gets his first of the year; a PPG late in the third to tie up the game at 4, from right in front of the net.

[Jim Hyla]

Via the ECAC site, an article on Doug Murray from NHL.com.

[Josh '99]

Some nice praise for Moulson during pregame coverage for today's Rangers-Islanders game - called him a "hidden gem" found by the Islanders' scouts.

[Jim Hyla]

Not just us, but the ECAC has a nice pdf on ECAC alums in the AHL.

[Jordan 04]

Some nice praise for Moulson during pregame coverage for today's Rangers-Islanders game - called him a "hidden gem" found by the Islanders' scouts.

Moulson put home his 2nd goal of the season, and added an assist, in today's game which had a most excellent finish!

[jeff '84]

According to yesterday's Daily News, "DiPietro, Tavares, Moulson and rookie Nino Niederreiter received sustained ovations during player introductions" before season opener.

[munchkin]

Moulson tweeted that he'll be donating $500 to the Islanders Children's Fund for every goal he scores.  He's awesome in my book for more reasons than hockey for doing that.

[cbuckser]

Jon Gleed is playing for the Belfast Giants this year.  Today his hometown paper ran an article on him playing in Belfast.

(h/t to Bridgeport Sound Tigers beat reporter Michael Fornabaio for telling me about the article.)

[Rita]

The NHL Network will be broadcasting some Sunday afternoon AHL games. For some reason, the Toronto Marlies are involved in most of the games. Of note  is this Sunday's (10/17, 1 pm) match-up between the Binghamton Senators and the Toronto Marlies.

I did not see Ben Scriven's on the Marlies roster. Some further searching on the Marlies website says that Ben got assigned to Reading in the ECHL.

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