Prospect Updates

[pfibiger]

interesting article on Ray Sawada:

http://www.bchl.bc.ca/newsletter.cfm?leagueID=2393&clientID=1413&page=4296

Excerpts from the article:

His thunderous hits not only crunch the opposition into the boards, but have the fans and his own teammates cringing as well. "Very few games go by that a member of the opposition doesn't feel Ray's punishment," says Nanaimo coach Bill Bestwick. "I'm sure the fans can feel them. I know we feel them on the bench.""

"When Ray is flying around and playing with a mission, he is one of the most effective players in the league whether he is scoring goals or not," says Bestwick. "He loves the game, competes hard every night, keeps the other teams honest and is a player those teams fear."

But crunching hits is not his entire game, as he has produced 15 goals and 31 points in th first half of the season. He can usually be found right in front of the net, creating havoc, taking the slash, the cross check and the punch to screen the goaltender and pounce on a loose puck. "I don't mind a couple of bruises here and there as long as the final product is someone getting a goal," he says. "I'm not a natural goal scorer. I have to work pretty hard for each and every goal."

[Will]

Sounds like Sawada can 'replace' both Vesce and Hornby at the same time. :-D

[Anna \'03]

Does anyone know if the Nanaimo coach Bill Bestwick is related (perhaps the father of) Brooke Bestwick '03, a four-year defenseman on the women's hockey team, who is also from Nanaimo?

[David Harding \'72]

In the photo, his size is impressive!

[Steve LeNeveu]

Brooke Bestwick is indeed Bill's daughter.

[rhovorka]

[Q] But crunching hits is not his entire game, as he has produced 15 goals and 31 points in th first half of the season. He can usually be found right in front of the net, creating havoc, taking the slash, the cross check and the punch to screen the goaltender and pounce on a loose puck. "I don't mind a couple of bruises here and there as long as the final product is someone getting a goal," he says. "I'm not a natural goal scorer. I have to work pretty hard for each and every goal."[/Q]

As soon as I read that, my first thought was "Matt Cooney"  (34 points, 104 PIM, in 34 games in '95-'96 for you younger folks.)  BTW, I'm having trouble remembering who the 3rd member of the Chartrand-Cooney line was that year.  Drouin?



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[jeh25]

Whoa. Knopp had 33 pts as a freshman that year?

[Greg Berge]

Knopp had 30 (still very impressive):  http://members.cox.net/tbrwmisc/rptYearbyYear/rptYearbyYearPage30.html

He was ECAC ROTY.

[French Rage]

We had a guy named Tymchyshyn???  What were the cheers for him?

[Give My Regards]

Rich H '96 wrote:
As soon as I read that, my first thought was "Matt Cooney"  (34 points, 104 PIM, in 34 games in '95-'96 for you younger folks.)  BTW, I'm having trouble remembering who the 3rd member of the Chartrand-Cooney line was that year.  Drouin?

It wasn't Drouin.  I thought it was Jamie Papp, but the few complete box scores I've found for that season list Mark Scollan with Chartrand and Cooney.

[rhovorka]

French Rage wrote:

We had a guy named Tymchyshyn???  What were the cheers for him?

He came to Cornell after the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) dropped their hockey program.  There weren't any specific cheers for him except the name-repeating after goals that started with Mike Sancimino that still happens today.  One or two opposing crowds might have come up with "buy a vowel" or something similar.  At least we could pronounce it correctly, unlike several radio and TV broadcasters.  The number of ways Bob Norton butchered it are too numerous to count.

Correct: "Tim-SHISH-shin"

Incorrect, but heard: "TIM-ish-shin"  "Tim-ISH-shine" "TIME-ish-in" etc.

[Give My Regards]

Rich H '96 wrote:
He came to Cornell after the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) dropped their hockey program.  There weren't any specific cheers for him except the name-repeating after goals that started with Mike Sancimino that still happens today.  One or two opposing crowds might have come up with "buy a vowel" or something similar.  At least we could pronounce it correctly, unlike several radio and TV broadcasters.  The number of ways Bob Norton butchered it are too numerous to count.

Correct: "Tim-SHISH-shin"

Incorrect, but heard: "TIM-ish-shin"  "Tim-ISH-shine" "TIME-ish-in" etc.

I thought the various broadcasters deserved a break on Darren's name, at least early on, since Cornell's own media guide -- which offered pronunciation hints for some names (Auger:  oh-ZHAY, for example) -- thoroughly butchered his name as well his first year, claiming that the proper way to say it was something like "TIM-a-chin".

[Bio \'04]

Just curious, but is there a media guide online for the hockey team this year?

I know that there is a 2003-04 "outlook", but I was just wondering if there was something else.  (I noticed there is a media guide online for the 2001-02 season, but that was the only one I could find.)

[Greg Berge]

I noticed they have been putting up pdf of game notes.  Maybe they've put the pdf of the media guide someplace.

[ugarte]

Rich H '96 wrote:

French Rage wrote:

We had a guy named Tymchyshyn???  What were the cheers for him?

He came to Cornell after the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) dropped their hockey program.  

In light of USCHO's scoop, is there anyone worth Tymchyshyning from the Findlay roster?



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