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[weave]

Opening night in the CHL tonight.  Lots of prospects in action.  

Saw that Daniel Catenacci had a Gordie Howe hattie tonight.  Didn't seem like there was a good thread to post it in, so now we have one!

Cat had a PP goal, an assist, and got into a fight with Windsors resident tough guy after he came in with a high hit, all in a 6-1 win.



Mods, any chance we can pin this so folks have a place to discuss non-Rochester prospects?  Maybe until we get NHL games anyway?

[K-9]

Outstanding suggestion! Consider it seconded.

GO SABRES!!!

[weave]

Dan Catenacci ‏@DanCatenacci
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[Sabres Fan In NS]

Wow!  I'd hate to see the mug of the other guy.

Or, maybe Cat got the worst of it?

[d4rksabre]

Boy, Catenacci is the last guy I'd expect to throw down.

Edited by d4rksabre, 21 September 2012 - 08:22 AM.

[weave]

Sabres Fan In NS, on 21 September 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

Wow!  I'd hate to see the mug of the other guy.

Or, maybe Cat got the worst of it?

Cat got the worst of it. But he's showing moxie.  I like that.  And he seems to be proud of doing it.  I like that too.

He threw a high hit on a Windsor player.  Problem for Cat was, Windsor's resident tough guy was on the ice at the time.  Everything I've read indicated that Cat didn't back down and stood up for himself readily.  Good to see.

[Spndnchz]

[Sabres Fan In NS]

weave, on 21 September 2012 - 08:28 AM, said:

Cat got the worst of it. But he's showing moxie.  I like that.  And he seems to be proud of doing it.  I like that too.

He threw a high hit on a Windsor player.  Problem for Cat was, Windsor's resident tough guy was on the ice at the time.  Everything I've read indicated that Cat didn't back down and stood up for himself readily.  Good to see.

Thanks, weave.

Great review of the main event.

Hope this kind of attitude continues and is infectious.

If so, the future is looking brighter.

[Spndnchz]

Good article on some of the upcoming players.

http://www.hockeysfu...012-13-seasons/

[MattPie]

spndnchz, on 21 September 2012 - 08:32 AM, said:

Bah, garbage time!

[nfreeman]

Great thread.

[Spndnchz]

[shrader]

So his wound wasn't even from the fight, it was from being slammed to the ice.

[Spndnchz]

shrader, on 21 September 2012 - 02:13 PM, said:

So his wound wasn't even from the fight, it was from being slammed to the ice.

I think he got it right at the beginning when he got pushed into the boards.

Could be the ice though.

[shrader]

spndnchz, on 21 September 2012 - 02:45 PM, said:

I think he got it right at the beginning when he got pushed into the boards.

Could be the ice though.

I'm too lazy to compare the video and the picture to see if he did indeed land on the same side of the face.  Either way, that fall looked rough.

[inkman]

I guess Clark's role on that team is as an enforcer but I thought the method he used to get at Catenaci was pretty gutless.  I'd have to see the hit close up but it didn't look like the type of offense that warrants getting jumped from behind, pummeled while on you knees facing the opposite direction the taking more Punches while laying prone on the ice.  That type of retaliation is meant for a McSorely, Lucic, or Cooke type offense.  

Good on Daniel for mixing it up even as poorly as he faired.

[drnkirishone]

complete ###### ###### throwing punches after you have slammed the guy to the ice. I expect that from 2 guys that are pissed at each other and are brawling or a jackass that doesn't fight, but if that Clark is the teams "enforcer" then he should know better then to do bush league crap like that.

[weave]

Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Grigorenko (+2) finishes w/ a goal and three assists in Quebec's 9-4 win. 52% FO, 3 SOG.

[TrueBluePhD]

weave, on 21 September 2012 - 11:11 PM, said:

Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Grigorenko (+2) finishes w/ a goal and three assists in Quebec's 9-4 win. 52% FO, 3 SOG.

Outstanding.  Hopefully he tears up the Q this year.  


Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Andrey Makarov makes 40 saves as Saskatoon gets past Prince Albert 2-1 in a shootout.

[nfreeman]

TrueBluePhD, on 21 September 2012 - 11:17 PM, said:

Outstanding.  Hopefully he tears up the Q NHL this year.  

Fixed.

[Sabres Fan In NS]

Not sure where to post this ...

Under wishful thinking for future Sabre prospects.

Nathan MacKinnon scored the OT winner, against Cape Breton and a beaut of a one-timer it was, in the Halifax Mooseheads season opener in the Q.

http://thechronicleh...oseheads-ot-win

I so want DR to figure out a way to draft MacKinnon!

In other Q action Grigorenko had 4 points in Quebec ... .

[weave]

Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Mikhail Grigorenko has been named the QMJHL second star of the week: http://theqmjhl.ca/article/drouin-grigorenko-and-hojzan-named-the-telus-three-stars-of-the-week/127490… #Sabres


Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Linus Ullmark makes 26 saves in Mora's 6-2 win over Vasteras. The nod was his first Allsvenskan start after being loaned from MODO.

[weave]

Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Dan Catenacci finds a loose puck down low and scores for the third straight game. Owen Sound 2, Barrie 2 approaching mid-2nd.

[Eleven]

weave, on 27 September 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Dan Catenacci finds a loose puck down low and scores for the third straight game. Owen Sound 2, Barrie 2 approaching mid-2nd.

For anyone who hasn't watched this kid live:  He has Mogilny speed and Briere quickness.  That's the upside.  He isn't big and sometimes makes poor decisions, that's the downside.  This kid could be incredible, be a bust (Cyr, anyone?) or somewhere in between.  But he is one exciting prospect.

[ChileanSeaBass]

Eleven, on 27 September 2012 - 09:22 PM, said:

For anyone who hasn't watched this kid live:  He has Mogilny speed and Briere quickness.  That's the upside.  He isn't big and sometimes makes poor decisions, that's the downside.  This kid could be incredible, be a bust (Cyr, anyone?) or somewhere in between.  But he is one exciting prospect.

I saw him play in person last year in Kingston.  He was like a pinball, all over the ice.  Isn't afraid to go to the net or play in traffic.  He plays much larger than his size.

[TrueBluePhD]

Grigorenko with another two goals tonight.  Kid is tearing it up--hope he keeps it up the entire season.

[Spndnchz]

TrueBluePhD, on 29 September 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

Grigorenko with another two goals tonight.  Kid is tearing it up--hope he keeps it up the entire season.

OREO!!!

[nobody]

spndnchz, on 29 September 2012 - 09:53 PM, said:

OREO!!!

You don't give up easily trying to get that nickname.

[d4rksabre]

Reports from a friend of mine that he saw Girgs at a Fastrac gas station in Henrietta tonight.

I hate the lockout.

[SwampD]

nobody, on 29 September 2012 - 10:21 PM, said:

You don't give up easily trying to get that nickname.

I prefer Giggles anyway.

[shrader]

TrueBluePhD, on 29 September 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

Grigorenko with another two goals tonight.  Kid is tearing it up--hope he keeps it up the entire season.

Yeah, and half of that entire season is the lockout shortened NHL season.

[inkman]

shrader, on 30 September 2012 - 09:06 AM, said:

Yeah, and half of that entire season is the lockout shortened NHL season.

So how does it work now?  Once the NHL season starts players from juniors can get their 9 game audition?

[carpandean]

inkman, on 30 September 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:

So how does it work now?  Once the NHL season starts players from juniors can get their 9 game audition?

They were saying something about that the other day on WGR.  I believe they said that the NHL and CHL agreed to let players have that tryout up to a certain date.

[TrueBluePhD]

Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Mikhail Grigorenko finishes with three assists in Quebec's 4-2 win. Grigo now has 11 points (3+8) though his first four games. #Sabres

spndnchz, on 29 September 2012 - 09:53 PM, said:

OREO!!!

If you can get Kris Baker to start using that, I will too

[bunomatic]

TrueBluePhD, on 30 September 2012 - 05:51 PM, said:

Kris Baker ‏@SabresProspects
Mikhail Grigorenko finishes with three assists in Quebec's 4-2 win. Grigo now has 11 points (3+8) though his first four games. #Sabres



If you can get Kris Baker to start using that, I will too

  I'll go one better. If his team mates call him that, I'll acknowledge the name has merit. Until then I just can't agree on naming the future star centre of the Sabres after a cookie

[shrader]

carpandean, on 30 September 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:

They were saying something about that the other day on WGR.  I believe they said that the NHL and CHL agreed to let players have that tryout up to a certain date.

There was a story about it on tsn earlier in the week. The NHL teams had to submit a limited list if names of guys they could bring up if/when the league starts up. Our only name listed was grigorenko, but I don't know if they had the entire list in that article.

[drnkirishone]

until Gringo is centering the sabres top line with Evander Kane and Jerome Iginla on his wings I refuse to call him Oreo

[carpandean]

drnkirishone, on 30 September 2012 - 07:23 PM, said:

until Gringo is centering the sabres top line with Evander Kane and Jerome Iginla on his wings I refuse to call him Oreo

Wouldn't that make him the "creamy center" or, perhaps, "double stuff".

[d4rksabre]

This creme filled snack cake nickname nonsense needs to end.

[inkman]

d4rksabre, on 30 September 2012 - 09:18 PM, said:

This creme filled snack cake nickname nonsense needs to end.

Not in my mouth