Alumni in the Pros -- Dec 2005

[Jordan 04]

FYI.  Doug Murray and the Sharks on OLN tonight at 10:30.

[Jordan 04]

Ahhh...it only took watching Murray's first shift to bring back the fond memories.  Murray had the puck behind his own net...passed out to a teammate as a forechecker bore down on him to attempt to finish a check.

Murray promptly leveled him...the Thrasher sort of bounced off him like a pinball.

[ben03]

... and he's finally wearing a visor B-]

[Chris \'03]

Looks like "the beefy Murray" claimed his first injury victim.

[Jordan 04]

Not according to Sharks fans.  And I quote:  "Murray injuries yet another guy."

[Josh '99]

The Sharks folks already think of him as quite the hard hitter.  It seems like flattens somebody every time he's out there.

Edit:  ESPN.com has him with 5 hits through 2 periods.

[French Rage]

He's +1 for the night so far.

[Josh '99]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

 He's +1 for the night so far.[/q]
+1 at the end of the night in a 5-3 win for the Sharks.  Murray's ice time has gone up in each of his three games (he again got more ice time than two other defensemen), and he's seeing significant time killing penalties.  Seems like he's being given a chance to stick, which is great.

[rmandel]

Quote from Brian Hayward '82 doing the color commentary on OLN - "He may have gone to Cornell, but he is no glee club member."

[cth95]

You beat me to it.  I was going to put that quote up, too.  Darren Eliot was the other announcer.  Not a bad night for Cornell hockey.

[cth95]

http://www.sjsharks.com/news/news.asp?story_id=1951

BIG HITS
Besides Thornton, Doug Murray also played his first game at HP Pavilion, and the rookie is undefeated as an NHLer as the Sharks have gone 3-0.

“I definitely got in there and played my role,” said Murray. “I got a couple of good chances to hit a few guys tonight. I was a little overanxious in the beginning, running around a little too much, but I settled down and played solid defensively as well.”

Murray laid a big hit on Ilya Kovalchuk in the first period and later one on Ronald Petrovicky that left the Atlanta forward down on the ice for a few minutes.

“I know what’s coming,” said Murray. “He (Kovalchuk) is their top gunner. He’s obviously one of the targets out there, and I will try to hit anyone out there. But especially a guy like that. If you get a chance, you want to take it.”

Murray is definitely enjoying his brief, yet promising, NHL career.

“It’s big,” said Murray. “Hopefully, we can rattle off seven more, and we’ll forget about those 10 losses we had.”  
:-D

[rmandel]

I think I may have messed up.  It was Darren Eliot that did the color commentary for OLN.  My mistake.

[cornelldavy]

Has anyone seen this video from the mid-'80s Calgary Flames? It's like an awful hockey version of the Super Bowl Shuffle. If Nieuwendyk makes an appearance, I missed it (probably because I was laughing too hard), but Brett Hull's in there, and I know they were with the Flames at the same time.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6053863688509045791&q=calgary

[ben03]

it's too bad they no longer wear those jerseys.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]cornelldavy Wrote:

 Has anyone seen this video from the mid-'80s Calgary Flames? It's like an awful hockey version of the Super Bowl Shuffle. If Nieuwendyk makes an appearance, I missed it (probably because I was laughing too hard), but Brett Hull's in there, and I know they were with the Flames at the same time.[/q]
Joe played nine regular season and six playoff games for the Flames in '86-'87 after Cornell's season ended.  '87-'88 was his first full season in Calgary.