Cornell Alumni in the Pros: March 2012

[David Harding]

Time Marches on...::whistle::

[Roy 82]

Time Marches on...::whistle::

Ide agree.

[ebilmes]

Greening continues to move down the lineup. This author wonders whether last year's lengthy season hurt his productivity.

http://www.the6thsens.com/2012-articles/march/klinkhammerrecalledsecondaryscoring993931.html

[Rita]

Greening continues to move down the lineup. This author wonders whether last year's lengthy season hurt his productivity.

http://www.the6thsens.com/2012-articles/march/klinkhammerrecalledsecondaryscoring993931.html

Greening basically skated on the 4th line tonight with Condra and Konopka, and his -2 rating doesn't help. He wasn't blantantly to blame for either panther goal and did have some good shifts in the offense zone. Maybe if he had winked at me during warm-ups he would have had a better game....:-/

Greening did get a few spot shifts on Spezza's line and also on Turris's line when Michalek, Butler and Klinhammer were out, presumably with skate issues, . The ice at the BAC wasn't very good. Michalek lost an edge along the boards and it looked much worse (like couldn't skate leading one to think ACL/MCL).

I got a chance to display some of my collection of "random hockey trivia" in that after the game, some panther fans threw plastic rats on the ice. Some people were asking what that was all about so I got to explain how the 1996 panthers took Scott Mellanby's killing a rat in the locker room as a good luck omen for the Stanley Cup playoff run.

[Rita]

Bobby Butler is out tonight for the Sens, so Colin Greening is reunited with Spezza and Michalek and has a goal and an assist and the first period isn't even over yet. ::banana::

I guess the warm weather in Tampa is thawing out the Sens; Turris and Gonchar have also snapped their cold spells (and now 3-0 Ottawa).

[abbottfan]

Greening just completed the Gordie Howe hat trick with a fight about halfway through the second

[Rita]

Greening just completed the Gordie Howe hat trick with a fight about halfway through the second

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It was Greening's forechecking that led to a Tampa roughing call and the ensuing fight. Ottawa got a PP on the exchange and scored. Greening didn't land too many punches, but didn't embarass himself either.

[css228]

Can someone explain how Scrivens hasn't been given more of a chance in Toronto given how bad Reimer and Gustavsson have been?

[cbuckser]

Can someone explain how Scrivens hasn't been given more of a chance in Toronto given how bad Reimer and Gustavsson have been?

James Mirtle, a Globe and Mail reporter, explained that Ben Scrivens appeared to lose confidence in himself during his previous stint with the Leafs.  Mirtle has a background in hockey analytics, and he is not prone to making cliches.

[KeithK]

Doug Murray returned to the ice tonight after missing a number of games with a broken Adam's Apple (*cringe*).  He had a pretty uneventful game from the box score and I only remember hearing his name once watching the third period. But it's good to see him back out there.

[Josh '99]

Greening just completed the Gordie Howe hat trick with a fight about halfway through the second

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It was Greening's forechecking that led to a Tampa roughing call and the ensuing fight. Ottawa got a PP on the exchange and scored. Greening didn't land too many punches, but didn't embarass himself either.

The game ended in a 7-3 rout for the Sens.  Milan Michalek scored a natural hat trick (with the latter two goals being into the empty net) in the third period after the Lightning had scored to close the deficit to 4-3, but Greening was named the game's first star for his contributions.  Have to figure he's at least earned another audition with decent linemates.

[jtwcornell91]

Restoring the Cornell-Switzerland connection.

[French Rage]

Doug Murray returned to the ice tonight after missing a number of games with a broken Adam's Apple (*cringe*).  He had a pretty uneventful game from the box score and I only remember hearing his name once watching the third period. But it's good to see him back out there.

The less his name is associated with the current streak of Sharks hockey the better....

[Tom Lento]

Doug Murray returned to the ice tonight after missing a number of games with a broken Adam's Apple (*cringe*).  He had a pretty uneventful game from the box score and I only remember hearing his name once watching the third period. But it's good to see him back out there.

The less his name is associated with the current streak of Sharks hockey the better....

Actually, he also played Saturday against the Blues. I heard his name mentioned once in the third period - it was the Sharks' color guy singing his praises for playing a great game and bringing a lot of energy after the long absence. Sadly, by the time I tuned in the Blues were up 2 goals and just kind of controlled play the rest of the way through.

[Josh '99]

Restoring the Cornell-Switzerland connection.

As awesome as that link is, is it possible that maybe you meant it to be to something else?