Cornell alumni in the pros

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I know there was some mention earlier in the week of people wanting to see the Springfield Falcons visit the Hartford Wolf Pack tonight (Sat.). Well it looks like you'll be seeing Pelletier in net for Springfield, not LeNeveu. Lenny started tonight's game against the Portland Pirates after not starting either game last weekend and let's just say that it did NOT go well. He was pulled after only 5 minutes and 6 seconds after allowing 3 goals on 5 shots  ::uhoh:: . It was the first time he had been pulled since that game at the WJC last year when he was pulled in favor of current Penguins #1 pick Marc-Andre Fleury. Anyway, Pelletier finished the game, saving 18 of 19, but the Falcons couldn't overcome the deficit and lost 4-1.


Baby had a decent night even though his team lost 7-2. He had an assist on Chicago's first goal, as well as 9 penalty minutes that included yet another fighting major. He has 25 PIMs in 18 games. Murray (who was quiet in his game tonight) , by the way, also has 25 PIMS, but in 27 games.

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I forget where the question about Underhill was asked, but I'll just answer it here. He still plays for the Florence Pride, but he hasn't seen much action lately. He is 3-5-1 with a 3.44 GAA and an .893 SV %. Playing the majority of the games down in Florence lately has been Dan Lombard, though his personal stats are equally unimpressive (3-5, 3.37 GAA, .884 SV %). Anyhow, the last time Underhill played was on Friday December 12, a 6-4 loss to Roanoke in which he had 33 saves:

http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/ppublic.cgi?action=box&id=338

Lombard has started the last three games, I believe.



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[jtwcornell91]

Avash '05 wrote:
Baby had a decent night even though his team lost 7-2. He had an assist on Chicago's first goal, as well as 9 penalty minutes that included yet another fighting major. He has 25 PIMs in 18 games.

I was at that game; I think Baby was +1, since I didn't see him on the ice for any of the Wolves' 7 goals (although he was in the box for one).  The assist was a really nice play, taking the puck away from an Admirals defender along the boards and delivering a pretty feed across the ice to a teammate who roofed it.  The fight was pretty short, as they dropped the gloves right after the faceoff and Baby pulled his man down to the ice before any punches landed.  I think it was the second of two fights after the Wolves had let the game slip completely out of reach.

Baby didn't get much ice time early, but took more and more shifts as the game went on.  The Wolves got majorly outshot in the first and third period, and switched goalies (putting in the unfortunately-named Cassivi) after falling behind 4-1 early in the second.

Oh, and there were three teenaged girls sitting across the aisle from us in Wolves jerseys who seemed to know all the players (including the guy who scored a hat trick for Milwaukee after being traded from Chicago, for whom they still cheered).  They were pleased that the PA announcer knew how to pronounce "Baby", and after his fight I told them about the "Hey Baby" song.

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Well, Lenny did start tonight's game against Hartford, but his 31 saves on 33 shots weren't enough as Hartford won 3-1 (with an ENG).

[Rita 00]

According to my brother, Matt Underhill did get the start for the florence pride tonight, however the blades beat them 5-1.  I'm sorry that I don't have any other details, .. i was teaching my almost 3 yr  nephew how to make christmas cookies, and he was teaching me the "hockey song" aka the national anthem (he goes to the everblades games, and well, that's the song they sing before they play hockey :-D  ). I told him my favorite part was "...and the rockets RED glare...."

rita

ps... since this thread is getting quite long, maybe next year, we can break it into months.. i.e. Jan 04-cornell alum updates

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AHL:

In the past week, Springfield played 3 games (Sun, Fri, Sat) and Pelletier started all 3. And the Falcons lost all 3, all by only 1 goal. First was a 1-0 loss to Portland (24 saves) in which the Portland goalie had a 46-save shutout. Last night, Springfield lost to Hartford again, this time by a score of 2-1 (Pelletier had 25 saves). Tonight, the Falcons lost 4-3 to Lowell and JMP had 47 saves on 51 shots.

In Cleveland, Paolini's call up was indeed for only 1 game and was sent back down to Atlantic City the day after he registered his first AHL point. Murray had no points in tonight's 3-3 tie with Milwaukee.

In Chicago, Baby had an assist (his 6th point of the season) in a 4-0 win tonight and he finished +2 for the game.

ECHL:

Mark McRae had a goal and an assist tonight in a 7-5 win.

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First of all, happy new year :-)

Well it's been mentioned in another thread that, last night, Lenny had an impressive 55 saves in a 4-1 win over Hartford (and by the way, Springfield was outshot 46-12 over the final two periods of that game!). Also, earlier in the week, he saved 33 of 34 shots in a 2-1 win over Worcester. Both games were on the road.

Murray had a good night last night too, scoring a power play goal in a 5-2 win for Cleveland over Manitoba. 3 of his 4 goals this season have come on the power play.

[Mike]

Although there is no guarantee that he won't get called up, hurt, or even be the starting goaltender, Springfield is playing the Binghamton Senators on Saturday, January 3rd.  The game starts at 7:05 at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton.  I don't know the ticket situation, but interested folks can call the B-Sens office at 722-SENS for information.

Mike

[Mike]

I'm from Binghamton and just bought tickets about an hour ago to the game tomorrow night. You'd better hurry if you want to go. We got tickets in a corner section, the only other option was behind the goals. Lately all the B-Sens games have been sellouts, as surprising as that may be for Binghamton hockey.

[DeltaOne81]

http://www.canoe.ca/AHL/News/2003/12/31/301326.html

[Jacob \'06]

I was at the springfield vs. wilkes barre-scranton penguins game tonight. Lenny got his 3rd start in a row and stopped 39 out of 40 shots. He was looking good in net, but got the loss b/c his team isn't really producing any offense.

http://www.falconsahl.com/detpages/pressbox1630.shtml

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Good goaltending continued for Springfield tonight; a day after Lenny saved 39 of 40, JMP saved 35 of 37 in a 3-2 win over Binghamton.

Murray had an assist tonight in a 5-1 Cleveland win over the St. Johns Maple Leafs.


BTW, I'll see Paolini play on Thursday at an Atlantic City @ Dayton ECHL game. I'm looking forward to it...and, of course, I'll post the results of that game

[Neil Shapiro]

Avash '05 wrote:
In Cleveland, Paolini's call up was indeed for only 1 game and was sent back down to Atlantic City the day after he registered his first AHL point. Murray had no points in tonight's 3-3 tie with Milwaukee.

Hockey News had an article about Paolini's game in Rochester for Cleveland.  They said he was home on Christmas break from AC and was going to the game as a fan to watch Murray.  One of Cleveland's players was hurt, and Murray recommended Paolini to his coach, and he was signed just to play the one game.

[LB]

here's the link

http://www.thn.com/en/headlines/detail.asp?id=19520&cat=954869803932