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Some final NHL trades at the deadline
Matt Rust to Columbus Blue Jackets (earlier blog gallery); Mathieu Roy to Florida Panthers
Chad Kolarik to Columbus; Alex Picard to Phoenix
Chris Peluso to Toronto; sixth round pick to Pittsburgh
Oskar Osala and Brian Pothier to Carolina; Joe Corvo to Washington
Lee Stempniak to Phoenix; Matt Jones (and 4th & 7th round picks) to Toronto
Jeff Halpern to LA; Teddy Purcell (and 3rd round pick) to Tampa Bay
Sean Zimmerman (& conditional pick) to Vancouver; Mathieu Schneider to Phoenix
Peter Mueller and Kevin Porter to Colorado; Wojtek Wolski to Phoenix
Byron Bitz, Craig Weller (& second round pick) to Florida; Dennis Seidenberg, Matthew Bartkowski to Boston
Under 18s at Boston University
BU split the net time between Kieran Millan (first two periods) and Adam Kraus (third period). Both Terrier goalies (sadly) came up with big saves against USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team for a 3-2 win:
Full gallery: NTDP Under-18s at Boston University Terriers including their banner raising ceremony.
Tonight’s NHL Debuts
Via a quick review of the team rosters – not game notes:
Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins – none
Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Montreal – none
Toronto – Carl Gunnarson, Jay Rosehill, Viktor Stålberg
San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado Avalanche
San Jose – BENN FERRIERO!!!!!, Jason Demers
Colorado Avalanche – Matt Duchene, Ryan O’Reilly
Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames
Vancouver – Sergei Shirokov
Calgary – John Armstrong
May they all have great debuts – limited a bit for the Toronto kids (Go Habs Go!) and the Colorado kids.
Lake Erie Monsters
The Lake Erie Monsters, the Colorado Avalanche’s AHL affiliate, have a new coach from Boston University, David Quinn:
and include some BU alum on their current roster including Brandon Yip and Kevin Schaeffer
but it was Boston College’s former captain Brock Bradford that scored their gamewinner versus the Rochester Americans last night.
The Lake Erie Monsters roster also includes Ryan Stoa, Justin Mercier,
Billy Sauer,
and Kevin Montgomery.
Update: Brett Motherwell is now with the Chicago Wolves.
Birthday post just in time
While it is still September 24 in the US and is already September 25 in Sweden, this is squeaking in just in time – Happy Birthday to Paul Carey, Steven Kampfer & Paul Magalhaes and Grattis to Calle Järnkrok
and an early Happy Birthday (September 26) to Rob Rassey