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Jon Merrill taken 38th overall by the New Jersey Devils:

Another tweet inspired post, this time by the New Jersey Devils – Windsor Spitfires forward Adam Henrique won the MVP award of the OHL playoffs.

Jacob Markström was named Rookie of the Year for the Elitserien, the top professional league in Sweden. He had the best save percentage and GAA for all goalies in the league (that played a minimum of 60 minutes during the year). One of the voters was Pär Mårts who coaches the national junior team that won silver in 2009 and bronze in 2010 at the World Juniors with Markström in net. Players eligible for the award included Marcus Krüger, Magnus Pääjärvi Svensson and Mattias Tedenby.

Earlier blog gallery on Markström

Apparently I never uploaded the pictures of Tedenby’s front teeth after they were recovered from the shovelled off bloody snow at Lake Placid’s NHL rink at the August 2008 Summer Hockey Challenge (caught a puck w/ his mouth iirc). They are on my harddrive somewhere.

Jordan Parise will be taking part in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ training camp on an ATO.

Parise spent last season in Austria playing for Salzburg after two seasons with the Lowell Devils (AHL) after his college career ended at the University of North Dakota.

Jordan is the son of former NHL-er J-P Parise and the older brother of New Jersey Devil Zach Parise:

Article discusses changes made in 2002 both structural and mental – “…Boustedt said it used to be acceptable for Swedish junior teams to finish in the top four in international competitions. “Now the only thing the players are going for is gold,” he said. …” 

I’ve been lucky enough to be able to shoot a number of the drafted kids – click for a full list of 2009 National Hockey League-drafted players available in my archives.

I’ve included some of the Swedes in the gallery below:

• 002 – Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
• 006 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Phoenix Coyotes
• 010 – Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, Edmonton Oilers
• 017 – David Rundblad, St. Louis Blues
• 020 – Jacob Josefson, New Jersey Devils
• 023 – Tim Erixon, Calgary Flames
• 024 – Marcus Johansson, Washington Capitals
• 034 – Calle Klingberg, Atlanta Thrashers
• 040 – Anton Lander, Edmonton Oilers
• 046 – Robin Lehner, Ottawa Senators
• 087 – Simon Bertilsson, Philadelphia Flyers
• 088 – Mattias Lindström, Carolina Hurricanes
• 143 – Peter Andersson, Vancouver Canucks
• 181 – Viktor Ekbom, Pittsburgh Penguins
• (left out Philip Samuelsson as he has now played in a IIHF game as a member of Team USA, but a number of photos in the archive which will only grow as he is joining Boston College this Fall.)

Unrelated Pt. 1 – Is there a way to make a single-spaced list w/o bullets on WordPress?

Unrelated Pt. 2 – The televised Sugarland concert from Lexington, Kentucky (in Boston on WCVB) was terrific, much better than Soundstage concert televised earlier this year on WGBX – both are staying on my DVR which is handy since I keep their cds in my car.  Apparently tonight’s concert is going to be for sale tomorrow, but only at Walmart :-(.  Maybe they’ll include their REM cover on their next regular album.

I still don’t understand using “Joey” for an audience singalong.  Am I totally misunderstanding the lyrics? The song sounds like her friend “Joey” was killed while drunk driving.  Am I wrong?   Of course, I don’t understand why people would be yelling out during “Stay” either. 

Okay, while looking for a link for Sugarland’s website to use above – only found the “fan” membership site so grabbed the CMT artist link and discovered this:

I think I’m going to have to make an appropriate charitable donation to assuage my guilt over buying from Walmart.com – it not only has Love Shack, but several other covers, I even like the Beyonce cover judging by the mini-clip on Walmart’s website.  Thank God I’m a Presbyterian and therefore can sin (shop at Walmart) with zero need for confession or worry about going straight to hell :-).