Alumni in the Pros -- Dec 2005

[French Rage]

That was awesome.  The hit was solid and clean.  And I love how he just took off his gloves and helmets, ready for the fight, not backing away.  And the drop, well that was just beautiful.  Damn I got to get to a Sharks game when I get back out there.

[Brian]

The Sharks game is on comcast currently.  The Sharks radio announcers love Doug Murray, he is all they have talked about in the last 20 minutes.  Apparently Weight tried to check Murray, Murray did is typical laugh after Weight fell to the ice.

[DL]

Naturally, each team has its own take on the encounter:

SanJose:
"Murray laid out Ladislav Nagy along the boards, causing Shane Doan to shove Murray, resulting in a brief scrap. Murray dropped the gloves and unstrapped his helmet as Doan charged him, but the big defenseman sent him immediately to the ice."

Phoenix:
"Ladislav Nagy was deliberately elbowed in the head by San Jose defenseman Doug Murray.  After a brief stare down with Coyotes captain Shane Doan, Murray found himself being tackled to the ice and taking a couple right hands to the face before the two were separated."

I'm all for supporting Dougie, but his hit did look a lot like an elbow and I'd swear Doan landed a helluva punch while on his back.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Darren Leung]
Phoenix:
"Ladislav Nagy was deliberately elbowed in the head by San Jose defenseman Doug Murray.  After a brief stare down with Coyotes captain Shane Doan, Murray found himself being tackled to the ice and taking a couple right hands to the face before the two were separated."

I'm all for supporting Dougie, but his hit did look a lot like an elbow and I'd swear Doan landed a helluva punch while on his back.[/quote]
The Comcast webcast used the Phoenix TV feed and the Coyotes' announcers said it was clearly a clean hit.  Your elbow is rather rigidly attached to your shoulder and, when you raise the latter, the former has to go along for the ride.  The contact was clearly with Doug's shoulder, not elbow.

[DL]

It's a clean hit, I'll admit.  Watching and focusing on the off-ice replay in slow motion can be a bit deceiving, so no, I don't agree with how 'clear' it was.  

Thanks for that crucial anatomy lesson all the same.

[Brian]

Murray had yet another clean hit last night.  Check out the game footage on nhl.com

[Beeeej]

[quote strixvaria]I know someone asks for this in every discussion of a video clip, but does anyone have the clip NOT in streaming video?  It's so choppy that all I see is the first few seconds, then it cuts out before the hit, then I see Doug taking off his helmet and then it skips to him laying on top of Doan.  Please help![/quote]

Let the clip keep playing; they show very good, solid replays of the initial hit and the fight.

If the entire clip is that choppy, shut down other applications before watching it.

Beeeej

[Brian]

Is there any significance to his new #41?

[French Rage]

[quote Brian]Murray had yet another clean hit last night.  Check out the game footage on nhl.com[/quote]

Another great clean hit at a key time.

The best thing with these last couple games is he's definitely getting his name out there.

[ftyuv]

[quote Brian]Murray had yet another clean hit last night.  Check out the game footage on nhl.com[/quote]

I'm not too familiar with nhl.com, and I couldn't find the link... anyone got it?

[Brian]

I think you have to register to use but its free:

http://www.nhl.com/highlights/index.html

[Brian]

Also, if you click on scores and then click on "Off. Super Stats" it will give you a break down of almost everything the player did that game.

[ftyuv]

Cool, thanks

[canuck89]

hahaha... Very humorous.  Nonetheless, I did see a hit that could be called an elbow depending on the ref.  All the same, I was very happy to see a Cornell alum on TV when i woke up to go to work.

[cth95]

Not much of an interview, but this was on the San Antonio Rampage website. http://www.sarampage.com/bti_leneveu_051221.shtml There is also an interview with Grant Fuhr, the goaltending coach.  Hyphen is mentioned in that article.  I didn't realize that he was in the Coyotes system, too.  I guess they like Ivy League goalies.