Alumni in the Pros - March 2006

Rita · March 01, 2006, 12:23:45 AM

The clock on my computer says it is March. In games from 2/28/06: Big night for Joey and the Florida Panthers. He had 2 goals and an assist in a 8-2 road win in Tampa.

Edit: game over, the Sharks beat the Red Wings 5-1. Doug Murray is back from a shoulder injury. He had a 2 min holding penalty at the end of 1st and another at the end of the 3rd. Doug did get a regular shift in the first period, but then only a few in the 2nd and 3rd. All 5 San Jose goals were on the PP. Hmmm. I wonder, is there anything in SJ's power play that our guys can use ::help:: ?

Josh '99 · March 01, 2006, 01:02:42 AM

[quote Rita]The clock on my computer says it is March. In games from 2/28/06: Big night for Joey and the Florida Panthers. He had 2 goals and an assist in a 8-2 road win in Tampa.

Edit: game over, the Sharks beat the Red Wings 5-1. Doug Murray is back from a shoulder injury. He had a 2 min holding penalty at the end of 1st and another at the end of the 3rd. Doug did get a regular shift in the first period, but then only a few in the 2nd and 3rd. All 5 San Jose goals were on the PP. Hmmm. I wonder, is there anything in SJ's power play that our guys can use ::help:: ?[/quote]One thing that's not in SJ's power play, unfortunately, is Murray. :-/

DisplacedCornellian · March 01, 2006, 07:33:42 AM

Leneveu continues to play hot for an ice-cold team. Last night he stopped the first 43 shots he saw, but the 44th got by him and San Antonio lost to Hamilton 1-0 in OT. Lenny was named the first star of the game for his efforts (the Hamilton goalie was named the third star for his 21 save shutout)

Al DeFlorio · March 01, 2006, 07:37:09 AM

Op-ed piece in today's Boston Globe by a former Cornell player from the Paul Patten-era (and mine, too), Webb Nichols '63 (BArch '64). With an 18-game schedule, you could actually study architecture back then and still play hockey.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/03/01/rerooting_bostons_skyline/

The Rancor · March 03, 2006, 04:10:34 PM

good marks for iggy and Murray on hockeysfuture.com. apparently they read ari's weekly column too.

Brian · March 05, 2006, 12:04:35 PM

There is a question session with Doug Murray on Wednesday.

http://www.sjsharks.com/fans/chat.asp?chat_topics_id=19&status=Active

DisplacedCornellian · March 05, 2006, 07:32:54 PM

Leneveu continues to play out of his mind behind a porous defense, stopping 44 of 46 shots he faced tonight in a 4-2 win over Houston.

Jacob '06 · March 05, 2006, 10:14:24 PM

[quote DisplacedCornellian]Leneveu continues to play out of his mind behind a porous defense, stopping 44 of 46 shots he faced tonight in a 4-2 win over Houston.[/quote]

It will be interesting to see what happens with the coyotes goaltending situation for the rest of the season. The coyotes just moved boucher to calgary for their backup (who is pretty bad), and the rumors are that they will be moving cujo to edmonton before the trade deadline. Depending who they get, I think Lenny might get a shot up with the coyotes again for the end of the season.

David Harding · March 06, 2006, 11:31:17 PM

Ed Ambis '72, a Cornell hockey player and now Ithaca dentist, has decided to keep open Ambis Industries Ltd, the Ithaca skate shop run by his brother Phil, who died in December. http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060306/NEWS01/603060326&SearchID=73237684529639

Rita · March 06, 2006, 11:57:21 PM

[quote David Harding]Ed Ambis '72, a Cornell hockey player and now Ithaca dentist, has decided to keep open Ambis Industries Ltd, the Ithaca skate shop run by his brother Phil, who died in December. http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060306/NEWS01/603060326&SearchID=73237684529639[/quote]

I did not know that Phil Ambis had died. I am very saddened to hear that. Phil sponsored the Ithaca Sirens women's recreational ice hockey team by donating skate sharpenings. He was always so friendly and did a great job sharpening skates. I'm glad they are keeping the skate sharpening going; it will be a nice tribute to Phil's memory and what he meant to hockey in Ithaca.

The Rancor · March 07, 2006, 08:04:44 AM

I too had not heard of Phill's passing. that is truly sad news. phill sharpened my skates for almost 20 years (since i was in mites!), until last year when i moved to florida. great people, the ambis family. i was just telling my knife sharpener about phill's skills in sharpening skates this week. :`(

Dpperk29 · March 07, 2006, 03:15:37 PM

I heard from a fairly reliable source that Ed is teaching Carol Mullins, the former cornell women's coach to run the shop.

KeithK · March 07, 2006, 03:28:26 PM

[quote Dpperk29]I heard from a fairly reliable source that Ed is teaching Carol Mullins, the former cornell women's coach to run the shop.[/quote]The IJ article says that she's involved, so this sounds believable.

billhoward · March 07, 2006, 05:06:55 PM

This is not just a sharpening shop ... but they also develop skate sharpening machines, or that's in the past now?

Al DeFlorio · March 07, 2006, 05:43:08 PM

[quote David Harding]Ed Ambis '72, a Cornell hockey player and now Ithaca dentist, has decided to keep open Ambis Industries Ltd, the Ithaca skate shop run by his brother Phil, who died in December.[/quote]
Ambis was a fourth-line wing who had one goal and two assists for the 1969-70 national champs. His only goal that year tied the ECAC championship game at two heading into the third period, when he split two defenders and beat Clarkson's Bruce Bullock--a truly great goalie who was starting to look like he just might stonewall Cornell in that championship game.

No Cornell fan there that night will ever forget that goal--or John Hughes's subsequent game-winner.