Weekly Whale Recap: The Beginning
by Brandon C. on Nov 6, 2011 3:00 PM EST
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PrintA new weekly feature that I will be running here is the "Weekly Whale Recap." If you have a better name for it (The Wade Redden Chronicles is not a good name for it) please let me know.
Rather than starting by recapping this past week, let me catch you up on the current Connecticut Whale season.
The Whale are 7-2-1, leading their division by two points. Cam Talbot and Chad Johnson have been splitting time in net, with Johnson having a 2.22 GAA, and Talbot having a 2.29 GAA.
Connecticut was sparked early on by brilliant play by Kris Newbury, who tallied four goals in the first four games. Newbury, however, is not the team leader in the main statistics. That honor belongs to Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, with five goals, six assists, and eleven points, all team highs.
Join me after the jump for some notes about the prospects in Connecticut.
Carl Hagelin has gotten off to a scorching start, scoring four, assisting four, and totaling a plus minus of eight.
Pavel Valentenko has only played in six games, and has assisted on two goals. With only four penalty minutes and a plus minus of one, expect to hear more from Valentenko in the future.
Tim Erixon has struggled in his early time in Connecticut. Erixon is taking the Del Zotto route back to the NHL, but hopefully that route does not include any injury, like Del Zotto's did. My guess is Erixon will work his way back to the NHL this season.
Now that you are caught up on the season so far, expect weekly updates from now on.
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Johnny A&M (his official mobster name lol)…. He was undated right? One of our other prospects linemates? I can’t recall.
He seems to be a nice surprise, I injured him in my be a pro in NHL 12 lol. Has anyone done a writeup on him?
by teknics on Nov 6, 2011 3:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Undated = undrafted damnyouautocorrect.com
by teknics on Nov 6, 2011 3:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He was undrafted, correct.
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Audy-Marshmallow was probably draft eligible in 09, when Bourque was
He was coming off a 53 point season in QMJHL, which I guess wasn’t good enough to get him drafted, especially as a smaller player. But in 2009-10 he improved his offense to 71 points and was named Quebec’s best defensive player. In 2010-11 he really shot up, scoring 95 points (6th in the league), being named a QMJHL all-star, and leading the league in playoff scoring, despite Quebec being eliminated before the final round.
by LJR on Nov 7, 2011 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
Can we call this the weekly whale wrap-up?
by nhl_legendz on Nov 6, 2011 4:12 PM EST via mobile reply actions
too much alliteration
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Whale Tales ??
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by RangerFanInChicago on Nov 6, 2011 4:28 PM EST reply actions
Whale Watching
R.I.P Derek
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Nov 6, 2011 4:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I like Whale Watch better than my idea of Whale Tales
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by RangerFanInChicago on Nov 7, 2011 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Call him up
If Wolski ends up being out for a few weeks I say we call Jonathan Audy-Marchessault up. Torts liked him in camp and I’m sure he will have lots of JA-M..see what I did there..nice. But seriously..I’d like to see this kid..bourque…and Hagelin.
by inHANKweTruST on Nov 6, 2011 4:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I laughed at the JA-M
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JAM
That’s been my nickname for him that and Audy-Marshmellow.
Erixon has struggled?
How so? I have not heard that in other Whale updates.
whale vs devils
Was at the game. Jon am was number one star. Skated really well, good positioningand hustle. Redden played a f=great game, good passing, nice touch and finese, better than any0one else out there (if his salary was only 1 million). Erixon looked a little timid and passed the puck too soon. Hagelin has a lot of speed, just didn’t use it to mcuh advantage this game. Bourgue looked good in limited time. Like Hagelin , very fast, good hustle and transitional positioning. Newbury played well too. Would have liked to see so more hits from Valenteko.
I like the name "Whale Tale"
Hehe… Whale Tale.
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