Cornell Alumni in the Pros: April 2012

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Not a Cornellian, but an ECAC alumus, the much maligned Hyphen is still hanging on in the lower professional ranks.

Shades of misogyny aside, someone shouting "we respect your decision to keep your maiden name!" at hyphen at the 2005 ECAC finals is still the best comment I've ever heard.

+1

A bit off-topic (but what are postseason threads for?), but my favorite was when we were playing UVM. I don't remember the exact working, but during a lull in play one of my friends called out, "Hey UVM! Only two states voted for Taft in his 1912 reelection campaign -- one was Utah, and the other was YOU!" I think the whole section turned around to give him this "::screwy::" look. Priceless.

Clearly, we need to break out the Robert LaFollette taunts the next time we play Wisconsin.

+1

[Luke 05]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

[Jim Hyla]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

If I was voting, I'd probably go with Campbell. To me it just seems harder for a defenseman to not get penalties than a forward. However I don't have any data to back that up.

[ursusminor]

Interview with Ben Scrivens after the Toronto Marlies swept Rochester 3-0 in their AHL playoff series.

I have to add that former RPI player Jerry D'Amigo was awarded the #1 Star in each of the three games with a total of five goals and one assist. The 'Tute certainly could have used him and and Brandon Pirri last season.


Edit: I apologize if the correct video doesn't come up with that link. It should be one of those on the page.

[billhoward]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

>>> "With six penalty minutes, [Moulson] became the first player since Paul Kariya in 1996-97 to score at least 30 goals and have single-digit penalty minutes."
Two of the penalties were a double minor. Matt must have really lost it there.

[BearLover]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

>>> "With six penalty minutes, [Moulson] became the first player since Paul Kariya in 1996-97 to score at least 30 goals and have single-digit penalty minutes."
Two of the penalties were a double minor. Matt must have really lost it there.

I love Mouls, but maybe his lack of penalty minutes means he isn't getting back on D enough?

[RichH]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

>>> "With six penalty minutes, [Moulson] became the first player since Paul Kariya in 1996-97 to score at least 30 goals and have single-digit penalty minutes."
Two of the penalties were a double minor. Matt must have really lost it there.

I love Mouls, but maybe his lack of penalty minutes means he isn't getting back on D enough?

I see what you're saying, but playing defense doesn't necessarily translate to penalties.

[Roy 82]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

>>> "With six penalty minutes, [Moulson] became the first player since Paul Kariya in 1996-97 to score at least 30 goals and have single-digit penalty minutes."
Two of the penalties were a double minor. Matt must have really lost it there.

I love Mouls, but maybe his lack of penalty minutes means he isn't getting back on D enough?

I see what you're saying, but playing defense doesn't necessarily translate to penalties.

and he had the 2nd best +/- on a bad team with a +1 (begin thread drift on how the +/- is meaningless).

[David Harding]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

>>> "With six penalty minutes, [Moulson] became the first player since Paul Kariya in 1996-97 to score at least 30 goals and have single-digit penalty minutes."
Two of the penalties were a double minor. Matt must have really lost it there.

I love Mouls, but maybe his lack of penalty minutes means he isn't getting back on D enough?

Or that he gets back on D so effectively that he doesn't need to take penalties to break up plays?

[ebilmes]

Alfredsson scares Greening with in-game tirade. Watch the video:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012-04-24/daniel-alfredsson-tirade/54513756/1

[jtn27]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

If I was voting, I'd probably go with Campbell. To me it just seems harder for a defenseman to not get penalties than a forward. However I don't have any data to back that up.

I don't have any data to back that up either but during one of the intermissions in last night's Rangers game, they showed the Lady Bing nominees and the commentator said something like "You usually don't see any defensemen nominated for this one." That seems to support your theory.

[Ronald '09]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

If I was voting, I'd probably go with Campbell. To me it just seems harder for a defenseman to not get penalties than a forward. However I don't have any data to back that up.

I don't have any data to back that up either but during one of the intermissions in last night's Rangers game, they showed the Lady Bing nominees and the commentator said something like "You usually don't see any defensemen nominated for this one." That seems to support your theory.

I think you're both right, and I don't feel like looking it up, but a top pairing defenseman plays probably about 5 minutes more per game than a top line forward (unless the forward is Ilya Kovalchuk).  I think defenseman probably average more PIM/minute on the ice also, especially if you exclude enforcers, but even if the PIM/min was equal, a defenseman would be expected to get more penalties than a forward.

[Rita]

Alfredsson scares Greening with in-game tirade. Watch the video:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012-04-24/daniel-alfredsson-tirade/54513756/1

More commentary on the stick-breaking tirade from Backhand Shelf.

[RichH]

As expected, Moulson balances Bitz out for Cornell sportsmanship and is nominated for the only award in professional sports with "Lady" in the name:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=629241

If I was voting, I'd probably go with Campbell. To me it just seems harder for a defenseman to not get penalties than a forward. However I don't have any data to back that up.

I don't have any data to back that up either but during one of the intermissions in last night's Rangers game, they showed the Lady Bing nominees and the commentator said something like "You usually don't see any defensemen nominated for this one." That seems to support your theory.

Referencing the linked article, it has been 58 years since the last defensemen won this award.  For most of those, I bet the NHL never announced any nominations, just the winner.

[Luke 05]

Campbell led the league in minutes played (partly because he took so few penalties). He's the front-runner, but Moulson isn't far behind given his prodigious scoring ability.