Alumni in the Pros -- Dec 2005

[cornelldavy]

[Q]ebilmes Wrote:

 Mention of Murray:

[Q2] Should it be Murray-strom?
"Murray" is a ubiquitous hockey name -- you have your Bryan Murrays, your Rem Murrays, even your Murray Armstrongs, to name just a few.
But San Jose defenseman Doug Murray is a little different -- how did a guy from Sweden end up with a name like that? He said his Scottish ancestors relocated to Sweden centuries ago.
"It's been three or four hundred years," Murray told the San Jose Mercury News. "If it makes anything better, my mom's maiden name is Bjorn." [/Q]
[/q]

Shoot, the Daily Sun was three years ahead of them on that story.

From 10/30/02:
[q]"In the 1600s the first Murray came to Sweden, or at least the Murrays that I'm a part of, so I've been Swedish for 400 years." Murray explained. "My middle name is Lars, so that's pretty Swedish, and my mom's maiden name is Bjørn, so there's some Swedish names in there. Everybody's wondering about that. Nobody believes me when I say, 'Hi, I'm Doug Murray.'"[/q]

[David Harding]

Baby had the assist on his team's only goal of the night Friday
http://www.chicagowolves.com/news/readstory.cfm?story=1324
[q]Right wing Billy Tibbetts answered for the Wolves (9-10-1-3), 1-1, with an early second-period power-play goal. Chicago native Stephen Baby pushed a shot toward the crease that bounced off a Stars defender and fluttered into the air before Tibbetts whacked the puck past goaltender Dan Ellis at 4:55 of the second frame. Tibbetts has notched three goals and four points in three games with the Wolves after signing on Dec. 7.[/q]
He seems to be getting more ice time, playing in 17 of 25 games so far.  He has 2 goals and 4 assists.  +5.  20 PIM.  

[DisplacedCornellian]

Lenny is playing pretty well since being sent down to San Antonio.  In two games so far, he is 1-1, allowing 3 goals, with a GAA of 1.52 and a SV% of 0.942.  

Vesce and Iggulden are both making strong showings in the AHL so far this year.  Vesce is tied for first in rookie scoring with 30 points on 8 goals and 22 assists through 29 games.

Iggulden is 8th with 11 goals and 12 assists through 31 games.

Not too shabby!

[ben03]

any word on where/how Hynes is doing?

[2tkCornell]

Hynes has played 12 games with Portland Pirates (AHL) and has 1G-3A-4PTS

He has got scratched for quite a few games recently mainly because Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry are back with Portland after stints in Anahiem.  I think it was a bad career choice for Hynes to sign with Anahiem, he should have foreseen that he wasn't going to get playing time - this is definitely going to stagnate his development.

I don't see him getting into the lineup anytime soon barring any injuries to Pirates very deep forward lineup:  Dustin Penner, Getzlaf, Perry, Ryan Shannon, Tim Brent, Igor Pohanka, Curtis Glencross, Aaron Gavey, Geoff Peters, Simon Ferguson.

[bigred06]

Dont forget the 2nd overall pick in last years draft Bobby Ryan. Also a power forward.

[DL]

Of note is that the lone goal on David's loss to Manitoba came on a penalty shot.
http://ahl.leaguestat.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1001417

The Rampage also have a nice piece on goalie masks, with a closeup of his phoenix headgear:
http://www.sarampage.com/printer_mask_051101.shtml

[mgl11]

Hynes is out with a knee injury not due to a logjam at the position.

"Shane Hynes (Knee) is back in Anaheim receiving treatment for a knee injury that is more severe then originally thought to be at the time. He isn’t expected back until February or March."

http://portlandpirates.mostvaluablenetwork.com/game-recaps/pirates-prevail-in-shootout-4-3/

[DisplacedCornellian]

Good article about Murray and the effect his style of play is having on his team (and opposing players)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/18/SPGPEGA0TH1.DTL

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]DisplacedCornellian Wrote:

 Good article about Murray and the effect his style of play is having on his team (and opposing players)





Edited 1 times. Last edit at 12/18/05 06:10PM by DisplacedCornellian.[/q]
Sharks vs. Anaheim being webcast by Comcast tonight at 8 EST.

[Josh '99]

Does anyone know of any site out there that tracks hits as a statistic?  ESPN.com lists them in boxscores but doesn't add them up anywhere.

[bigred06]

I looked at the comcast website but cant seem to find the online broadcast of the san jose game. could someone possibly post a link to the site. Thanks

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]bigred06 Wrote:

 I looked at the comcast website but cant seem to find the online broadcast of the san jose game. could someone possibly post a link to the site. Thanks
[/q]
Go to www.comcast.net and click on Sports.  Then click on NHL.  Link is there.  Rangers-Avs game is being webcast now.

[bigred06]

Thank You

[2tkCornell]

He still won't be starting if Getzlaf and Perry are there.  There is a logjam at the "power forward" position.