[NOTE: Player grades are, first of all, capricious, pretentious and stupid; second, players are graded against themselves, not against each other; i.e. a knuckle-dragger A+ doesn't mean he's better than a superstar with a C] Smyth: Transformed Kopitar, exceeded all…
Tag Archive for Manchester Monarchs
Meanwhile, In Manchester tonight: Moller scores, Parse scores, Elkins gets an assist, so does Martinez — and that’s it for scoring…just the four guys who got sent down.
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Oh, and a shut out for Bernier.
Hartford’s Locke Named Reebok/AHL Player Of The Month – OurSports Central – Independent and Minor League Sports News
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Other nominees for Reebok/AHL Player of the Month include Adirondack center Jon Matsumoto, Albany right wing Jerome Samson, Binghamton center Martin St. Pierre, Bridgeport left wing Sean Bentivoglio, Chicago center Jason Krog, Grand Rapids left wing Tomas Tatar, Hamilton center…
Voynov makes Russia’s Selection Camp Roster (as would have Loktionov, if he had two arms)
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Goalkeepers Igor Bobkov, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, 1992 Alexander Zalivin, Dinamo Moscow, 1991 Ramis Sadikov, Erie Otters, OHL, 1991 Alexei Trifonov, Lada Togliatti, 1990 Defensemen Anton Klementyev, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 1990 Dmitri Orlov, Metallurg Novokuznetsk, 1991 Maxim Chudinov, Severstal Cherepovets, 1990 Dmitri…
Bud Holloway blogs funny
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Excerpts: Azey (Azevedo) has a “lower body” injury and will be out for a while. Now all he does is lie in his room and listen to “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.” It’s hard to get to sleep with him…
Q&A with Vyacheslav Voynov – Hockey’s Future
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Taken by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Chelyabinsk, Russia native Vyacheslav Voynov is in his second year in North America, playing for the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL. An experienced player…
HockeyBuzz.com – Matthew Barry – Loktionov and Segal Likely Recalled
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My friend in Manchester says Andrei Loktionov and Brandon Segal are packing their bags and heading to the show. Loktionov, 6 goals and 11 assists in 17 games while Segal has 6 goals and 8 assists in 21 games. via…
Pierre LaBrun has an interesting Bernier tidbit
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harry2299: The Kings have the best team they have had in ages, and as a Kings fan, I couldn’t be happier with the progress they’ve made this season. The only gripe I have is why is Jonathan Bernier still in…
Self-Serving Moulson Premonition
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Matt Moulson is now being cited as one of the 10 biggest stories of the year in the NHL. Who could have predicted that? September 24, 2008 6:01 PM Quisp said: Purcell’s dominating season in the AHL puts him a…
Lombardi tells Moulson He’s Complacent; Moulson says be fruitful and multiply (but not in those words)
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On the drive home after seeing his son Matt get cut from yet another Triple-A hockey team, Scott Moulson looked over at the 15-year-old and leveled with him. He saw Matt outplay other kids who made the team and he…