Alumni In The Playoffs - 2011

[KeithK]

Yeah, I know, not our alumni, but did anyone else notice a few more wrinkles and age spots when you realized the NHL Eastern conference finals will feature Tim Thomas and Martin St. Louis? ::worry::

PS... Thank you Josh for the updates.

Just the opposite. When guys from the old days are still playing it makes me feel less decrepit. It isn't like we were comparable athletes back then and I should feel bad that I've fallen apart while they've held it together. I started falling apart when I was 16.

Agreed. (About the opposite, not you falling apart at 16.)  Maybe seeing one of those guys retiring or getting inducted into someone's HoF would make me feel old. But seeing them still playing makes me feel like not that much time has passed.

[N.B. I am not suggesting that either of the former Catamounts belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Maybe the Flint, MI or the Laval, QC halls though, if any such things exist.]

[ftyuv]

Yeah, I know, not our alumni, but did anyone else notice a few more wrinkles and age spots when you realized the NHL Eastern conference finals will feature Tim Thomas and Martin St. Louis? ::worry::

PS... Thank you Josh for the updates.

Just the opposite. When guys from the old days are still playing it makes me feel less decrepit. It isn't like we were comparable athletes back then and I should feel bad that I've fallen apart while they've held it together. I started falling apart when I was 16.

Agreed. (About the opposite, not you falling apart at 16.)  Maybe seeing one of those guys retiring or getting inducted into someone's HoF would make me feel old. But seeing them still playing makes me feel like not that much time has passed.

[N.B. I am not suggesting that either of the former Catamounts belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Maybe the Flint, MI or the Laval, QC halls though, if any such things exist.]

Waaah, waaah.

[CowbellGuy]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

[Josh '99]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

You should add a Facebook widget to the eLF so I can click "Like".

[Josh '99]

Updates, including the increasing likeliness that a Cornellian will lift the Calder Cup this season...

NHL

The Vancouver Canucks eliminated the Nashville Predators in six games to advance to the Western Conference Finals.  The President's Trophy winners will be the opponents of Douglas Murray and the San Jose Sharks if they're able to win one of the next two games over the Detroit Red Wings to advance.  As I mentioned yesterday, game 6 of their series is tonight at 8pm EDT on Vs.

AHL

Last night, Brendon Nash and the Hamilton Bulldogs prevailed in the longest game 7 in AHL history to advance to the Western Conference Finals.  Sergei Shirokov scored a power play goal in the first period to give the Manitoba Moose a 1-0 lead, which held until Nigel Dawes tied the game up early in the third.  The teams battled it out through two scoreless overtime periods before Dustin Boyd scored an unassisted goal just six seconds into the third overtime to win it for the Bulldogs.  Boyd briefly tied up opposing center Marco Rosa (Merrimack) on the draw before knocking the puck past him, dumped the puck into the Moose zone before the opposing defenseman could collect it, then won the footrace to collect the carom off the end boards, and his seemingly innocuous chop at the puck from a narrow angle somehow beat Manitoba goalkeeper Eddie Lack.  The end result was a bit unfair to Lack, who had stopped stopped 55 of 56 shots up to that point to keep the Moose competitive in a game in which they were outshot 57-30, including 24-14 across the 2.005 overtime periods.  You should take a look at the highlights at AHL Live because it's really a phenomenal individual display of effort.  For the game Nash was even with two shots on goal, and unfortunately was in the penalty box for delay of game when Shirokov scored for Manitoba.  The Bulldogs' opponents in the Western Conference Finals will be the winner of game 7 between the Milwaukee Admirals and the Houston Aeros, to be played tonight in Milwaukee.  In either case, there will be a Cornellian on three of the four semifinalists for the Calder Cup.

[ftyuv]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

You should add a Facebook widget to the eLF so I can click "Like".

Must be awesome being stuck in the 90s. Omg did you see that new Seinfeld episode??

[Josh '99]

NHL

Well, it's getting to be a real nailbiter for Douglas Murray and the San Jose Sharks.  Once again the Sharks held a third period lead, courtesy of Logan Couture, and once again the Red Wings came back to win in regulation.  Valtteri Filppula assisted Henrik Zetterberg's tying goal and, less than two minutes later, scored the go-ahead goal for the Wings, who are looking to become the fourth team in NHL history to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series.  On the night Murray was even with one shot on goal, one blocked shot, three hits and a tripping minor.  Game 7 will be played in San Jose on Thursday night at 9pm EDT and will be televised on Vs.  As I mentioned yesterday, the Vancouver Canucks await Thursday's winner in the Western Conference Finals.

AHL

Last night the Houston Aeros beat the Milwaukee Admirals 4-2 in Milwaukee in game 7 of their playoff series, and will meet Brendon Nash and the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL's Western Conference Finals.  Casey Wellman (UMass-Amherst) scored with 1:21 to play in the third period to break a 2-2 tie, and the Aeros added an empty-netter soon after to arrive at the final score.

[Jim Hyla]

Murray in USA Today article via ECAC.

[Josh '99]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

You should add a Facebook widget to the eLF so I can click "Like".

Must be awesome being stuck in the 90s. Omg did you see that new Seinfeld episode??

There was no such thing as a "Like" button in the '90s.  :-}

[ftyuv]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

You should add a Facebook widget to the eLF so I can click "Like".

Must be awesome being stuck in the 90s. Omg did you see that new Seinfeld episode??

There was no such thing as a "Like" button in the '90s.  :-}

Touche.

[ebilmes]

Greening rated as the best free agent forward in Ottawa.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=365423

[Swampy]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

You should add a Facebook widget to the eLF so I can click "Like".

Must be awesome being stuck in the 90s. Omg did you see that new Seinfeld episode??

There was no such thing as a "Like" button in the '90s.  :-}

But the '50s were a different story

[ugarte]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

You should add a Facebook widget to the eLF so I can click "Like".

Must be awesome being stuck in the 90s. Omg did you see that new Seinfeld episode??

There was no such thing as a "Like" button in the '90s.  :-}

But the '50s were a different story

[Josh '99]

Waaah, waaah.

That's an awesome Tim Thomas impression.

You should add a Facebook widget to the eLF so I can click "Like".

Must be awesome being stuck in the 90s. Omg did you see that new Seinfeld episode??

There was no such thing as a "Like" button in the '90s.  :-}

But the '50s were a different story

Everything old is new again:

[Josh '99]

Reminder, two important games tonight:  At 7pm EDT Colin Greening and the Binghamton Senators take on Riley Nash and the Charlotte Checkers in the first game of the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals.  If you really want to watch the game, there's live video on AHL Live for $10, and I'm pretty sure there's also free online audio from 1430 The Team in Binghamton; the AHL also does pretty frequent live updating of the box scores on their website at www.theahl.com.  A little later on, at 9pm EDT (note the earlier time than previous San Jose home games in the playoffs), Douglas Murray and the San Jose Sharks take on the Detroit Red Wings in game 7 with a trip to the Western Conference Finals on the line.  Live coverage on Vs.