Alumni in the Pros -- Feb 2006

[RatushnyFan]

I was hoping to spark a debate.  Who then?

[Jim Hyla]

[quote RatushnyFan]I was hoping to spark a debate.  Who then?[/quote]Well, let's just say I bought the special #14 jersey with Lodboa's name on it. That and a look at the player list of the late 60's and early 70's should give you some ideas.;-)

[RatushnyFan]

5'9", 175 lbs, 134 points in 3 seasons (no freshman got to play back in the good old days, right?).  Scored some points in a few minor leagues ......... but why didn't he get anywhere near the NHL?

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote RatushnyFan]5'9", 175 lbs, 134 points in 3 seasons (no freshman got to play back in the good old days, right?).  Scored some points in a few minor leagues ......... but why didn't he get anywhere near the NHL?[/quote]
Few college players got to the NHL back then:  Angotti, Berenson, Tony-O, Dryden, Magnuson and Morrison from Denver, and very few others.  

The WHA, by the way, was intended as a NHL competitor--like the AFL was to the NFL before the Super Bowl and merger.  Gretzky played in the WHA a few years before his Edmonton team joined the NHL.  Something in the back of my mind keeps telling me Dan was injured, perhaps in that season with the Cougars in the WHA.  But that's far from certain.


Here, for what it's worth, is the all-time NCAA tournament team named in 1997:  Tony Amonte, Lou Angotti, Red Berenson, Bill Cleary, Tony Hrkac, Paul Kariya, Bill Masterton, John Matchetts, John Mayasich, Jim Montgomery, Tom Rendall, Phil Sykes, Chris Chelios, Bruce Driver, George Konik, Dan Lodboa, Keith Magnuson, Marc Behrend, Ken Dryden, and Chris Terreri.

Lodboa's third-period "natural" hat-trick broke a 3-3 tie with Clarkson to give Cornell the 1970 championship and complete the perfect season.  The second goal was scored with Cornell two-men-down.

Lodboa was a forward his entire career except for his junior and senior years at Cornell, where he ran the offense like Bobby Orr.  He was very fast but could hit hard.  Harkness called him the finest college player he'd ever seen.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Al DeFlorio]
Lodboa's third-period "natural" hat-trick broke a 3-3 tie with Clarkson to give Cornell the 1970 championship and complete the perfect season.  The second goal was scored with Cornell two-men-down.

Lodboa was a forward his entire career except for his junior and senior years at Cornell, where he ran the offense like Bobby Orr.  He was very fast but could hit hard.  Harkness called him the finest college player he'd ever seen.[/quote]To show that there are some appreciative Colgate fans, while stopping at a Mobil station leaving Hamilton, a fan came up to me, in my Lodboa jersey, to say that he saw that game and that it was the nicest short-handed goal he'd ever seen. Obviously he wasn't a current 'gate student::rolleyes:: and to top it off, he commented how nice it was for McCutcheon to get the winning goal.:-P

[David Harding]

Baby scores a goal
http://www.chicagowolves.com/news/readstory.cfm?story=1375
[q]Chicago regained its advantage, 3-2, when the squad broke into the offensive zone, three-on-one. Stewart skated all the way in with the puck after taking control of it in the neutral zone and slipped it beneath the stick of a Knights defenseman and onto the tape of right wing Stephen Baby, who put the puck away from outside the crease at 7:37 of the third period.[/q]

[David Harding]

The Portland Pirates web site reports that [q]Shane Hynes is on place to be back in late February from a knee injury...[/q]  The Pirates forwards have been hit hard with injuries this year and are using d-men up front here and there.  They shelled Yann Denis last night, chasing him after two periods.

[cth95]

I hope this is only temporary for Doug, especially in light of his recently decreasing playing time.

2/6/06
From ESPN.com: Sharks coach Ron Wilson shuffled his lineup, scratching rookies Marcel Goc and Doug Murray while playing rookies Steve Bernier and defenseman Matt Carkner, who made his NHL debut and picked up his first point -- as well as the penalty that led to Langkow's power-play goal.

[KeithK]

Well, Wednesday I'm going to my first Sharks game this season so I really hope Wilson puts Murray back in the lineup.

[mgl11]

He's out (day-to-day) with a minor injury

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/hockey/nhl/san_jose_sharks/13809441.htm

[KenP]

strange to say, but I'm glad it's "just" an injury and not a demotion.

[Dianne 99]

I was at the Sharks game on Saturday; Doug had several shifts in the first period, but nothing for the rest of the game.  Since he didn't do anything stupid on the ice, I wondered if he might have some sort of injury that was keeping him out the rest of the game.  At least I saw him play for a few minutes (~4:29 if I remember right).

[atb9]

[quote KenP]strange to say, but I'm glad it's "just" an injury and not a demotion.[/quote]

Completely agree.  His ice time has been inconsistent over the past week and a half http://www.nhl.com/players/gbg/20052006/8468114.html:

Game Opp G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG Sh Sh % Shft TOI PPP 
Feb 4, 2006 ANA  0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0 9 4:46 0 
Feb 2, 2006 MIN  0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 19 15:36 0 
Feb 1, 2006 ANA  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  15 9:25 0 
Jan 30, 2006 DAL  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  16 8:49 0 
Jan 28, 2006 PHX  0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0  26 15:14 0 

I thought the great game against Minnesota would get him back on the ice because it certainly seemed like a demotion after the Phoenix game.

[CowbellGuy]

[quote atb9]24 is the devil[/quote]
I know he hardly has any even strength goals, but that's a bit strong. :-P

[atb9]

[quote mgl11]He's out (day-to-day) with a minor injury

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/hockey/nhl/san_jose_sharks/13809441.htm[/quote]

Just a little bit more from the SF Chronicle http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/02/07/SPG9IH419T1.DTL:

[Q]Murray missed his first game after playing in 28 since his promotion Dec. 1. The team said Murray is nursing an upper-body injury, as his right wrist has been wrapped in ice recently.[/Q]