Alumni in the Pros Dec. '04

[Jerseygirl]

A friend of mine tipped me off to this little tidbit, which many of you have probably already seen:

http://cornellbigred.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/122104aaa.html

Let the "hell of a kid, hell of a player" remarks commence.

[atb9]

Funny thing you said "hell of a kid, hell of a player" because while I was reading it, I was thinking, look how far he has come!

I lived with him, Baby, Murray, and Gartman during our freshman year on West and Sam was not always a hell of a player.  Hell of a kid, hell of a worker, but during his freshman year he was probably the worst skater I've seen play for Cornell (think Happy Gilmore--and yeah, I know, I haven't been around for long).  He was the guy that would put a nasty puck-through-the-defenders-legs one-on-one move, maybe score, but then go crashing into the back boards during practice--it was ugly.  You could always see Murray, Baby, and Sam doing shuttle runs in the court yard of Boldt...I think it was a stroke of genius to get Sam living with Baby.  It's too bad Murray didn't live with a skater that he could have influenced.  Sam definitely panned out.

[Jerseygirl]

Hehhehheh.  I know, I know, "8 games, no goals, gonna be cut..." I remember freshman year.

[Brian]

Check out the box score for the Cleveland Barons last night.  Murray got the game winning shoot out goal!::wow::

[Pete Godenschwager]

Good article about the Baron's game last night, "Murray gets his shot, helps the Barons win"

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/110379789140054.xml

I should've braved the weather and gone to the game! :-(

[Brian]

Here is some more on "Murray's Move"....

http://www.clevelandbarons.net/

http://www.clevelandbarons.net/barons2003/news/barons_news/20041222-1103776128.htm


I can't wait for Doug Murray Bobblehead night!!

[Chris 02]

This was posted in the Underhill article thread, but reposting here:

http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=3516

[Avash]

The latest on LeNeveu and Pelletier in Utah (AHL):

On 12/22, Lenny stopped 28 shots in a 4-2 win, 2 days after Pelletier allowed 6 goals on 36 shots in a 6-1 loss.

Their stats for the season so far:

LeNeveu: 5-12, 2.92 GAA, .907 sv%
Pelletier: 4-7, 4.09 GAA, .885 sv%


In the ECHL:

Matt Underhill had 48 saves, allowing only a power play goal, in a 4-1 Mississippi win on Sunday night.  Next week, I'm going to go to a Toledo/Dayton game. Sam Paolini of course plays for Toledo, and UNH alum Mike Ayers is Dayton's goaltender.

[ben03]

[Q]Avash '05 Wrote:
...  UNH alum Mike Ayers is Dayton's goaltender.[/q]
::nut:: UHN, UHN, UHN, UHN ::nut::

[atb9]

 ::nut:: No it's not, no it's not  ::nut::

:-D

I try not to use it because I feel like I'm stealing glory.  I had nothing to do with that...

Very funny though

[Jordan 04]

[Q]atb9 Wrote:

   No it's not, no it's not  

 

I try not to use it because I feel like I'm stealing glory.  I had nothing to do with that...

Very funny though[/q]

Neither did any of us.  That's the beauty of it.  They did it all by themselves

:-D

[atb9]

Very good point...I wasn't there to see it  :`(

[Avash]

Final 2004 update:

On Tuesday, LeNeveu stopped only 27 of 33 shots in a 6-0 loss to Manchester. Last night, Pelletier started for Utah against Hartford and had 25 saves in a 2-1 loss.

In the ECHL, Matt Underhill had 35 saves for Mississippi Wednesday night in a 5-2 loss to Reading. He did not start last night. For the season, he has a 5-5 record (plus 1 shootout loss and 2 OT losses), a 2.89 GAA and a .916 save percentage.

Toledo lost back-to-back games on Thursday and Friday nights (1-6, 3-4). Sam Paolini had an assist in each. In 26 games played so far this season, he has 8 goals and 18 assists for 26 points. He leads the team in goals, assists, and points. Interesting side note: next Saturday, on the same night Cornell plays Harvard, Paolini and the Toledo Storm will take on old foe Tyler Kolarik and the Dayton Bombers. (In their previous two meetings this season, Toledo won 6-3 and 5-3. Paolini had a goal and 2 assists in the first game, and Kolarik had a goal in the second.)

[Jacob '06]

LeNeveu seems to be hurt as his team called up another goaltender and he wasn't dressed for tonights game against the wolfpack.

[Avash]

[Q]Jacob '06 Wrote:

 LeNeveu seems to be hurt as his team called up another goaltender and he wasn't dressed for tonights game against the wolfpack.[/q]

The goaltender that Utah called up is Frank Doyle, who graduated from the University of Maine at the end of last season.