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Under 18s and the Denver Pioneers
Was hoping to get a gallery finished & related sibling post up today, but looks like I won’t finish until tomorrow so copying a little from yesterday, but substituting the University of Denver for Michigan.
Current members of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team that have committed to Denver are:
Jason Zucker (Zucker played 16 games with the U18s last season including the Worlds in Grand Forks)
Nick Shore
NTDP alumni on the Denver Pioneers 2009-10 roster include:
Senior Rhett Rakhshani
and freshmen Adam Murray
Drew Shore (older brother of Nick Shore) – Denver Post article on the four hockey-playing Shore brothers
and William Wrenn.
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Matt Donovan, another Denver Pioneer freshman, took part in USA Hockey’s Under-20 evaluation camp in August – earlier Matt Donovan gallery. Donovan went to Denver from the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the USHL.
Albany River Rats at Worcester Sharks
When creating my schedule for October I couldn’t decide between heading to Vermont for Boston College men’s hockey or heading to Conte for Boston College women’s hockey vs. Maine so I did neither. Instead I decided to be a fan and head to Worcester for an AHL game and just get a few shots for fun with no concern about getting the goals or peak action.
Loads of former college and/or US/Canadian U20 players between the two teams. Full gallery: Albany River Rats at Worcester Sharks
A few of the kids who I’ve previously featured in blog galleries:
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.
Scattered (like my brain)
San Jose Sharks:
Good: Benn Ferriero scored another goal & assist in the Shark’s 3-2 loss (previously scored only regulation goal in a 2-1 SO loss) – Head coach on Ferriero – “…every night, he’s doing something that we like. There’s some players that we kind of penciled into certain positions,” the coach continued. “This guy’s nipping at their butts right now. I think it’s great competition. There’s some that have to pick it up.” Maybe he should bite them on the ass instead and put them on IR and out of his way :-).
Sad, not Bad: Nick Petrecki was among those sent to Worcester today. It’s probably better for him in the long run so can’t say it is bad.
Nashville:
@#$%^: Francis Bouillon added – currently on a tryout (confirmed w/ Preds’ official twitterer), but contract agreed to assuming he makes the team. Nothing against Bouillon – but that puts him in Jonathon Blum’s way.
Chicago:
@#$%&!!!!!!: Despite him helping to break my heart in 2006, can’t help but love that Stinkin’ Badger. Sorry to hear Adam Burish is out for 6 months with torn ACL.
Cincinnati Cyclones (hey, I needed to come up with another positive bit of news):
Good: Chris Mueller – who helped break my heart in 2007 – has signed per MSU_Hockey on Twitter.
Re: Twitter – I don’t remember if I mentioned this before, but I do post on Twitter when I post here, so if you’d like an alert to new content, feel free to “follow me“.
Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks make more cuts
The Boston Bruins made more cuts on Sunday including:
Goaltenders Matt Dalton:
and Adam Courchaine who were both sent to the Providence Bruins (AHL)
and Jason Lawrence was released from his tryout:
The Sharks released six players – all sent to Worcester – including John McCarthy:
Nick Petrecki remains in San Jose.
Other:
Tomas Tatar was signed by the Detroit Red Wings who will now decide whether he plays for the Plymouth Whalers (OHL) or Grand Rapids (AHL) as the NHL contract releases him from his Slovakian Team.