Monthly Archive for March, 2011

: March, 2011

New guy!

Matt Donovan joined the optional practice in progress, putting all 10 ATO players on the ice at the same time. A few familiar faces here for him, which he figures will help. Only three non-ATOs on the

Speaking of 10: Portland liveblog

The funky 6:30 start means that warmups are under way as we type. Koskinen vs. Leggio, Jamie tweets. Last meeting of 10. Portland leads 5-4. We’ll be listening to the Pirates’ feed, unless it turns

That’s 10/Rakhshani all-rookie (updated)

Three more players have signed amateur tryouts today, although one is, with all due respect, a little more interesting. Matt Donovan left Denver after his sophomore season and signed his entry-level

That’s 10/Rakhshani all-rookie (updated)

Three more players have signed amateur tryouts today, although one is, with all due respect, a little more interesting. Matt Donovan left Denver after his sophomore season and signed his entry-level

That's 10/Rakhshani all-rookie (updated)

Three more players have signed amateur tryouts today, although one is, with all due respect, a little more interesting. Matt Donovan left Denver after his sophomore season and signed his entry-level

Off to Newark

Hadda run out tonight* after writing the daily feature, and moments after I left, the Islanders got around to announcing that Dylan Reese and Mark Katic got called up. With Dustin Kohn and Anton

Chat Wednesday 1:30

Team is practicing in the morning, so we’ll see which of the walking wounded give it a go. Edit: In addition to what’s in the chat — and nothing official yet on call-ups — Al Montoya signed a

A lonely number

One long shift turned into a wide-open game-winner. One more minute turned into a two-goal lead. An empty-net goal from the other side of the rink put it away. One little broken-play power-play goal

Second attempt

Players have been all over those trouble spots with neither incident nor seeming concern. Looks like a normal game. Except that it’s a quarter to one and there’s like 50 people here. Stuff happens.

Sometimes it rains

The markings on the ice for the NCAA tournament were painted over the Sound Tigers’ markings, with more ice on top of that for the college games. After Yale and Duluth finished up last night, that ice