Cornell alumni in the pros

[Robin]

Is Pelletier still with the Springfield Falcons?

[cbuckser]

[Q]Is Pelletier still with the Springfield Falcons?[/Q]
Yes.  Jean-Marc got his first W of the year tonight over the Manchester Monarchs.  The Falcons won 4-3.  In the Monarch net, Matt Underhill replaced the yanked Mathieu Chouinard and allowed one goal (the game winner).

This is the list of Cornellians in the AHL:
Stephen Baby (Chicago Wolves)
David LeNeveu (Springfield Falcons)
Doug Murray (Cleveland Barons)
Jean-Marc Pelletier (Springfield Falcons)
Matt Underhill (Manchester Monarchs)

[Section A]

Tonight, in the AHL, the Springfield Falcons defeated the Manchester Monarchs 4-3. Jean-Marc Pelletier got the win for Springfield, and Matt Underhill got the loss for Manchester.  Underhill, who came in after the first period after his team was down 3-0, had 12 saves on 13 shots, giving up the eventual game winner only 31 seconds after Manchester had battled back to tie the game at 3. Pelletier had 31 saves on 34 shots.

Elsewhere in the AHL, Murray played in his second game with the Cleveland Barons tonight; Cleveland won 2-0, and Doug had 1 shot and finished even on the night. Baby, now wearing #25, has unfortunately played in neither of the Chicago Wolves' first two games of the season.



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[Nick Long \'68]

Is Jason Elliott still playing in Finland?

[Tom Shen \'01 \'02]

Manchester released Underhill yesterday.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

It's a shame he did so poorly:  4.55 GAA, 0.839 SV%.

It's a business :-/

JH

[CUlater 89]

[Q]It's a business  [/Q]


What does that mean?  Is the owner, GM or coach a Cornell alum who would otherwise keep him around despite his poor performance?

[ugarte]

CUlater '89 wrote:

[Q]It's a business  [/Q]


What does that mean?  Is the owner, GM or coach a Cornell alum who would otherwise keep him around despite his poor performance?

Agreed, CULater.  It's a meritocracy. Goaltending might be the most pure meritocracy there is.

[Erica]

Matt McRae is in Qatar at the medical school working as a TA for James Maas' satellite Psych 101 class. No, really...
maybe there is room for Undy

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Wow, I didn't expect such a harsh response.  

While I agree that goaltending is a meritocracy, it's also a position that requires longer development in the minors than most.  My thought was that considering he was in the parent club's camp in preseason, maybe they'd give him a little more of a chance than two games to prove himself in the AHL.   But it's an extra salary on the payroll, so they let him go.  Hence my comment.  

Maybe that was emotional thinking, but it's what I thought.  Sue me.

JH

[ugarte]

Jeff Hopkins '82 wrote:

Wow, I didn't expect such a harsh response.  ... Maybe that was emotional thinking, but it's what I thought.  Sue me.

Why sue you when we can just disagree with you and have a discussion?  I'm not sure what you thought was so harsh.

Anyway, they gave Underhill more than a 2 game tryout.  They gave him an invitation to training camp and THEN a two game tryout.  It sounds more like a thoughtful decision than a snap judgment.  And even if goalies may need seasoning, they don't necessarily need it in Manchester.  If Undy distinguishes himself in Florence, he'll get another chance. That's the beauty of the meritocracy.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Yeah, I guess that's fair.  As I said, it was an emotional reaction.

I guess I was just a bit frustrated.  He's in LA... no, they just assigned him to Manchester...nope, sorry, down to Florence...hey, on second thought, come back no Manchester...no, never mind, back to Florence.  

It's a tough life this meritocracy.

JH

[Pete]

nice article about Nieuwendyk on NHL.com:

http://www.nhl.com/intheslot/read/spotlight/nieuwendyk102203.html

[ugarte]

Jeff Hopkins '82 wrote:

It's a tough life this meritocracy.

Heh. Sure is. Glad that my job ain't like that.

[Tom Shen \'01 \'02]

I thought that Underhill was released because Hnilicka, Manchester's other goalie, recovered from his injury.