Alumni in the Pros - January 2011

[JasonN95]

Article about the Springfield Falcon's recent win, which mentions strong play by David LeNeveu: http://mobile.masslive.com/advmasslive/db_/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=92A6C4DD847F6ED1340BA918637D8B54?contentguid=4xmgjCbR&full=true#display

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

My only papers are in chemical plant design, not math, so can I even have an Erdos number?

If this site is accurate http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/collaborationDistance.html I have an Erdos number of 5 via the chemical engineering department.  My name does not come up but the faculty member I worked with does.

I found one of my professors there, so it gave me an Erdos number of 8.  The only person I actually co-authored a paper with isn't in there, but he's got over 40 publications, so it's likely I'd do better if I could somehow link him up to Erdos.

[ursusminor]

My only papers are in chemical plant design, not math, so can I even have an Erdos number?

If this site is accurate http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/collaborationDistance.html I have an Erdos number of 5 via the chemical engineering department.  My name does not come up but the faculty member I worked with does.

I have an Erdös number of 6 using the random collection of papers which I have written that are included. However, my thesis advisor is a 2 and I wrote four papers with him, so I am at worst a 3.

[jtwcornell91]

My only papers are in chemical plant design, not math, so can I even have an Erdos number?

If this site is accurate http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/collaborationDistance.html I have an Erdos number of 5 via the chemical engineering department.  My name does not come up but the faculty member I worked with does.

I have an Erdös number of 6 using the random collection of papers which I have written that are included. However, my thesis advisor is a 2 and I wrote four papers with him, so I am at worst a 3.

As far as I know, I'm a 4.  Technically, everyone in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration is either a 3 or a 4, but I also get a 4 if you limit attention to papers with single-digit numbers of authors (as opposed to LSC papers with triple-digit author lists).

[jkahn]

Evan Barlow rejoined the Idaho Steelheads on Dec. 31, and has 15 points (6g, 9a) in 13 games.  Prior to that he was playing with Valerenga in Norway, where he had 22 points in 27 games and is still the team's 4th leading scorer.  
Mark McCutcheon, a Steelhead teammate of Barlow last year. also started the season at Valerenga, but after 23 points in 16 games, moved to DEG Metro Stars (Dusseldorf) of the DEL.  He's gotten 5 points in 19 games there.
And Matt Moulson had two goals last night in the Isles' 5-3 loss to Buffalo, where Mark's dad, Brian McCutcheon is Associate Head Coach.

A new twist on the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" game?  **]

Kevin Bacon was in "A Few Good Men" with Demi Moore
Demi Moore was in "St. Elmo's Fire" with Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez was in "The Mighty Ducks" with Mike Modano
Mike Modano played on the Dallas Stars with Ray Sawada
Ray Sawada played on Cornell's team with Matt Moulson

Next?

My Bacon number is 2.  But my only contact with Matt was a brief conversation when he signed a program for Little Killer.  Does that count?

Yes, but what is your Erdos–Bacon number?

Surprisingly, I can claim, tangentially, a Erdos-Bacon number of 7.  I know 2 people with Bacon numbers of 2, so that might make mine 3.  And I had a math professor with an Erdos number of 3, so maybe I can claim a 4.  And bringing this back to hockey, it's the professor I referenced in this Oct. 9, 2003 post:
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,25913,25945#msg-25945

[RatushnyFan]

Deb Placey said yesterday that Garth Snow mentioned that he's focusing on an extension for Moulson........wants to get it done before he becomes a UFA.  Moulson said after the game that he's looking forward to staying with the Islanders and really wants to be there.  Wouldn't expect him to say anything different, but I think he means it.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Deb Placey said yesterday that Garth Snow mentioned that he's focusing on an extension for Moulson........wants to get it done before he becomes a UFA.  Moulson said after the game that he's looking forward to staying with the Islanders and really wants to be there.  Wouldn't expect him to say anything different, but I think he means it.

It's not like they're going to be spending any money on Nabokov ::popcorn::

[jkahn]

Evan Barlow rejoined the Idaho Steelheads on Dec. 31, and has 15 points (6g, 9a) in 13 games.  Prior to that he was playing with Valerenga in Norway, where he had 22 points in 27 games and is still the team's 4th leading scorer.  
Mark McCutcheon, a Steelhead teammate of Barlow last year. also started the season at Valerenga, but after 23 points in 16 games, moved to DEG Metro Stars (Dusseldorf) of the DEL.  He's gotten 5 points in 19 games there.
And Matt Moulson had two goals last night in the Isles' 5-3 loss to Buffalo, where Mark's dad, Brian McCutcheon is Associate Head Coach.

A new twist on the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" game?  **]

Kevin Bacon was in "A Few Good Men" with Demi Moore
Demi Moore was in "St. Elmo's Fire" with Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez was in "The Mighty Ducks" with Mike Modano
Mike Modano played on the Dallas Stars with Ray Sawada
Ray Sawada played on Cornell's team with Matt Moulson

Next?

My Bacon number is 2.  But my only contact with Matt was a brief conversation when he signed a program for Little Killer.  Does that count?

Yes, but what is your Erdos–Bacon number?

Surprisingly, I can claim, tangentially, a Erdos-Bacon number of 7.  I know 2 people with Bacon numbers of 2, so that might make mine 3.  And I had a math professor with an Erdos number of 3, so maybe I can claim a 4.  And bringing this back to hockey, it's the professor I referenced in this Oct. 9, 2003 post:
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,25913,25945#msg-25945

Just reduced my Erdos-Bacon number to 6 by trying a 2nd math professor.  What does it say about my years at Cornell that I can remember all the Cornell hockey uniform numbers (and of course the players), but only two of the names of my math professors (and I was a math major)?

[cbuckser]

Deb Placey said yesterday that Garth Snow mentioned that he's focusing on an extension for Moulson........wants to get it done before he becomes a UFA.  Moulson said after the game that he's looking forward to staying with the Islanders and really wants to be there.  Wouldn't expect him to say anything different, but I think he means it.

Several minutes ago, the Islanders announced a 3-year contract extension for Matt.

Edit: The three-year deal is worth $9,400,000, for a cap hit of $3,133,333.

[Cactus12]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=351332

here's the moulson link from tsn

[Josh '99]

Deb Placey said yesterday that Garth Snow mentioned that he's focusing on an extension for Moulson........wants to get it done before he becomes a UFA.  Moulson said after the game that he's looking forward to staying with the Islanders and really wants to be there.  Wouldn't expect him to say anything different, but I think he means it.

Several minutes ago, the Islanders announced a 3-year contract extension for Matt.

Edit: The three-year deal is worth $9,400,000, for a cap hit of $3,133,333.

Poor Matt.

(I mean, in the "he's stuck playing for the Islanders" sense, not the financial sense obviously.)

[Trotsky]

Lucky Matt.

(He gets to preside over the Islanders' climb to greatness.)

FYP

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Lucky Matt.

(He gets to preside over the Islanders' climb to greatness.)

FYP

It'll be one tough climb with all that Snow in the way.  ::whistle::

[Jim Hyla]

Article in The Syracuse Post-Standard about Scrivens and his 45 saves to beat the Crunch last night.

[ladybug8331]

http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=551158