Cornell alumni in the pros

[ice the puck]

Cowbell Guy,

It was great to meet you before the Mercyhurst game and pass along a small donation for ELynah.  Thanks for a great site...

[David Harding \'72]

Baby scored in a 3-2 loss to Grand Rapids Friday night.
http://www.chicagowolves.com/news/readstory.cfm?story=815

[DisplacedCornellian]

Lenny got his first AHL shutout last night.

http://www.falconsahl.com/detpages/pressbox1545.shtml

[Josh '99]

Saw Joe play tonight at MSG.  He didn't seem to be showing any ill effects from injury, and he picked up two assists.

[pfibiger]

In the last couple of days, Murray picked up his first goal and a few assists with the Barons. He's been taking some penalties, and apparently, hitting like a mack truck.  People on hockeysfuture who are going to Barons games are impressed with his level of play.

[Pete]

I got a chance to watch Murray play with the Barons this Friday in Cleveland.  He played well, got two assists on two powerplay goals in the 5-4 win.  He was on the first powerplay unit, first PK unit, and second defense line.  He had some good Murray-like hits which were nice to see and a couple good powerplay slapshots on net :-)  The game wasn't quite as physical as we're used to seeing here at Lynah, a lot more wide open, not sure if this is true of most AHL games, I haven't seen many.

Doug looks a lot more menacing without the facemask/cage.  They were handing out Barons playercards at the game, so if I figure out how, I'll post Murrays card.  Interesting side note, Grant Stevenson who played against Cornell with Minnesota State-Mankato is also playing with the Barons.

[Section A]

I was curious to see how many shots per game Lenny (4-5-1) faces as compared to the struggling Pelletier (3-8-1). Plus I don't feel like doing work. SO......While JMP sees an average of 34 shots a game, LeNeveu sees 29. This probably helps explain Lenny's lower save percentage, and also seems to indicate that he gives up less rebounds, which is probably helping him do better now. And it's nice that he got a shutout in a 1-0 win the other night, saving all 30 shots that came his way.

I know some of this was mentioned, but I forget how much.......in addition to Baby scoring a goal on Friday, he assisted on the game-winning goal on Saturday in a 4-1 win. On Saturday, he had a fighting major in what seems to have been a really physical game (74 total penalty minutes). Also, for the first time all season, he went an entire weekend with not being on the ice for an opponent's goal, perhaps suggesting he's playing better defensively as well as up front.

[cornelldavy]

From the ECHL website:
2003-12-01 MARK MCRAE (D) placed on 7-day IR

http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/ppublic.cgi?action=show_team_transactions&team_id=10

[Section A]

Lenny had 26 saves in a 6-2 win yesterday. And JMP had 44 saves in a 3-3 tie tonight. When LeNeveu plays (this has been the trend all season), he just sees so many less shots, it's amazing. Sure it has something to do with limited rebounds, but it's getting a little strange...


Cleveland beat St. John's last night 4-1. Murray (who finished +1) didn't have a point, but I'm sure he made a difference if he played on the Penalty Kill: St. John's went 0 for 14 ::wow:: on the power play.

Baby didn't play in either of Chicago's two games so far this weekend (not sure why), though the Wolves do play again tomorrow.

[Section A]

Murray had an assist on Friday night and a PP goal on Saturday night. He continues to do really well.

Baby has been used sparingly lately for Chicago, playing in only 2 of their last 5 games (including last night's game).

And for the first time all season, LeNeveu didn't start a weekend game. Not sure why. Usually he and Pelletier have been alternating starts, but JMP started both games, stopping 30 of 33 in the first (a 3-3 tie) and 27 of 28 in the second (a 4-1 win).

[Jay Fisher]

I had lost track of where Kent Manderville was and then I came across this item on espn.com:

Hi John!
Just thought I'd let you know that Podes isn't the only one coming over here to play hockey this season. Kent Manderville recently joined Timra here in Sweden to play in our Elitserien.
Krille
Sweden

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=buccigross_john&id=1686694

Then I found this odd fan site at http://www.kentmanderville.com/.  Check it out.

Looks like Timra is in 6th place.  Kent's played in 8 games and has 2 goals and 3 assists and 8 penalty minutes and a +/- of +2.  Data from http://www.swehockey.se/

Jay Fisher '90

[Robb \'94]

Hmm - Kentmanderville.com definitely has to be one of the spookiest fan sites I've seen.  Though I guess she actually was friends with him (and he with her), so I guess it's innocent enough!  Still - what kind of person wants someone else's stinky game-worn gloves hanging on her bed?  I mean, in a display case or something, I could understand....   ::help::

[jy3]

are we updating joe N here too?

did anyone else see his brilliant goal the other day?
he batted out of mid-air. nice goal (sorry i cannot be more specific )

[Al DeFlorio]

jy3 wrote:
did anyone else see his brilliant goal the other day?

Yes, I did see it.  Announcers mentioned his outstanding hand-eye coordination, likely a product of his lacrosse experience.

Joe was scratched last night because of an "ankle injury."

[LB]

Paolini and McRae both made the ECHL all-star team

http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=1684

Neither of them are starters, so it is only a brief mention near the end of the article