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Les Habitants Prospects Thread

NICE!
that is what we like to see
bring him up
we have an opening on sakus line
hahaha
 
Dogs win 3-0 against the B sens, D'agostini and Kostitsyn with a goal each, Danis with the SO.

Edit: The game actually finished 5-1 for the dogs, I wrote the above with 1 minute 30 left according to AHL's website.

Locke !g 2a, Small Tits 1g1a.
 
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Conboy decommits to UNO

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=451391

Conboy was slated to give UNO fans something to cheer about next year. But he announced Thursday that he's de-committed to the Mavericks and will reconsider his options.

Conboy, who graduated high school in 2006, is attending Bellevue University fulltime after being declared academically ineligible to compete at the University of Nebraska at Omaha this fall. Picked in the fifth round of June's NHL Draft by Montreal, the Rosemount, Minn., native might have other options available beyond college hockey.
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habs25th said:
Dogs win 3-0 against the B sens, D'agostini and Kostitsyn with a goal each, Danis with the SO.

Edit: The game actually finished 5-1 for the dogs, I wrote the above with 1 minute 30 left according to AHL's website.

Locke !g 2a, Small Tits 1g1a.
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So you are a locke for small tits?

Call up Locke! I want him to atleast have the taste of the NHL. He might be small and slow, but atleast he'd know what to do with the puck when given an opportunity.
 
Dogs lose 2-1

HAMILTON - The Milwaukee Admirals jumped out to an early lead and held it for over two periods to beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 2-1 in American Hockey League action Saturday night.

Two first period power-play goals by Antti Pihlstrom and Janne Niskala staked the Admirals to an early 2-0 lead, which the Bulldogs could not overcome.

Marvin Degon scored Hamilton's lone goal in the second period. With the loss, the Bulldogs fell to 8-10-0-3.

Pihlstrom scored his ninth goal of the season just over three minutes into the first period, then Niskala made it 2-0 just three minutes before the end of period with his seventh of the season.

Bulldogs netminder Yann Danis made 32 saves on 34 shots, while Milwaukee goalie Pekka Rinne made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win.

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h65Nc-B6nOhRLhmgnoY-97nE5X6w
 
hockeylover said:
I believe he can join the AHL no problem because he's not a CHLer.
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The article, a good read on one of our deaper drafted prospects.


Published Friday | December 7, 2007
USHL: Conboy shows his fire on the ice for Omaha
BY JOSHUA BUECHLER
WORLD-HERALD CORRESPONDENT


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Andrew Conboy is a master showman and expert at getting the home crowd into the game, often displaying exuberant celebrations after goals and imploring fans to make a little noise after dropping the gloves.

Conboy's antics are undoubtedly a reason people keep coming back to see the Lancers, but his act doesn't simmer down on the road, it may even intensify. Coach Mike Hastings is OK with that as long as his star forward stays disciplined.

"He just needs to do whatever makes him a great player," Hastings said.

Rewind to last weekend for a perfect example of Conboy's capabilities: Omaha is leading Lincoln 1-0 in the first period and a certain section at the Ice Box, notorious for heckling the opposition, is starting to get in Conboy's ear.

Minutes later, the 6-foot-4, 200-pounder finds the back of the net for a 2-0 lead, and instead of sliding down low into his customary fist-pump down the ice, Conboy heads for the section to his right and spreads eagle against the glass with his stick high in the air. If Conboy thought they were on him prior to the goal, well, he hadn't seen anything yet.

"He definitely gets the crowd into it and that'll keep them coming out," said captain Chris Hepp. "He'll let you know when you score a goal."

Lancers weekend <hr>Tonight: at Sioux City, 7:05

Saturday: vs. Lincoln, 7:05 p.m.

Radio: 1420 AM KOTK
Conboy was slated to give UNO fans something to cheer about next year. But he announced Thursday that he's de-committed to the Mavericks and will reconsider his options.

Conboy, who graduated high school in 2006, is attending Bellevue University fulltime after being declared academically ineligible to compete at the University of Nebraska at Omaha this fall. Picked in the fifth round of June's NHL Draft by Montreal, the Rosemount, Minn., native might have other options available beyond college hockey.

Wherever Conboy ends up, Hastings said that team will be getting a consummate teammate and player who's matured by leaps and bounds in his second season in Omaha.

"He's been outstanding," Hastings said. "He's back to the old Andrew, playing with an edge. I'm real happy with his development and he's become one of the top power forwards in the league."

"Power" is the operative word when it comes to Conboy's game. Even if he's not scoring — he has seven goals and 10 assists on the year — there's more than a good chance he's doing the little things like blocking shots, banging in the offensive zone or taking out the opposition with a vicious, but legal, hit.

He's also taken on the role as team enforcer, alongside Hepp, and will protect any of his teammates at any cost.

"I'm a physical team player," Conboy said. "I'll do it for any one of them because I know they'd do it for me."

Conboy has fought four times so far, and while he won't admit to winning all four, said they've "been good fights." His most recent bout, with former Lancer Brett Bruneteau Tuesday night, was his shortest and won't be forgotten for quite some time.

To make a long story short, the 5-11 Bruneteau, now with Des Moines, challenged and Conboy obliged. Bruneteau threw the first punch, missed and then Conboy landed a right hook that gave the Omaha native a concussion and early exit.

Conboy went on to seal Omaha's 5-4 win with a shootout goal.

"He's an honest player who's doing the right things with passion and commitment," Hastings said. "I don't know if there's a player in the league who I would trade him for. If another GM came to me with a good offer, I'd have to say, 'Thanks, but no thanks.'"

Omaha will need Conboy operating at full strength this weekend as it faces its two biggest rivals. The Lancers travel to Sioux City tonight, leading the Musketeers by just two points in the USHL's West Division standings. Lincoln comes to the Mid-America Center Saturday night, fresh off its 3-2 comeback win over Omaha the week before.

"Sioux City has a better win percentage than us and Lincoln beat us last time out, so they are a couple of teams that got the best of us," Hepp said. "We're going to have to come with something special to pull out victories.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200&u_sid=10203638

Disco
 
Hamilton gets humiliated 5-0, Danis pulled midway through the second. To be fair they lost Lapierre and O'Byrne and Grabovski wasn't playing due to injury.
 
Good article on P.K. Subban.

The Subbanator hits big stage

By Patrick King, Sportsnet.ca

CALGARY -- Where some players will need to adjust to playing on the international ice surface at the upcoming world juniors, defenceman P.K. Subban will feel right at home.

Subban, who plays for the Belleville Bulls in the Ontario Hockey League, is used to playing on a bigger ice surface as the Bulls’ home rink, Yardmen Arena, has an Olympic-sized ice surface. His familiarity and skating ability are two assets of which Subban will be looking to take advantage.

"You can’t be lazy at all on the big ice because it will come back and bite you right in the bottom," he said. "I know how big that ice can be some nights and it can be real big, so you have to play your angles and that’s something I’ve learned over the last three years playing in Belleville."

"He’s a great skater, plays with a lot of energy, competes hard and I think on the big ice he will be a good defender for us," head coach Craig Hartsburg added.

Subban is projected to be the No. 7 defenceman on Canada’s world junior team when the tournament opens on Dec. 26 in the Czech Republic. Barring injuries, the seventh defenceman historically rarely plays in the tournament.

Although Subban might need to play in a reduced role, it suits the product of Rexdale, Ont., just fine.

"You have to know that any other player would give an arm or a leg to play on this team," he said. "Not everybody has this opportunity in their lifetime so we have a pretty good opportunity here and we have to take advantage of it."

Early Thursday morning while awaiting word on his fate, Subban might have been one of those players trading an arm or a leg for the opportunity. For the first time in a long time, the defenceman who has endeared himself to the media for his interesting and honest answers was speechless when informed he made the cut.

"I was pretty nervous to hear someone knock on my door," he said. "I went to the door and it was (head scout) Al Murray and he had two bags in his hand and he said, ‘Welcome to the national junior team.’ I didn’t know what to say. I couldn’t think of any words to say to him. I couldn’t even say thank you."

Subban may not have been able to find the words Thursday morning but he will be able to thank the team in the form of his play on the ice, which has earned him the nickname ‘the Subbanator.’ The nickname was coined by television commentators and friends growing up.

"I guess they compare me to ‘The Terminator,’" he said while laughing. "If people want to give me a nickname, that’s great. If people are interested in talking about me, that’s great. I don’t have a problem with it."

Nicknames aside, the thrill and prestige of representing his country still hasn’t sunk in yet and might not sink in until the team arrives in Europe on Saturday. The mere thought of not only making the team but winning the gold left the defenceman awestruck.

"I was thinking about (what it would mean to win the gold medal Thursday) morning and the feeling I got is unbelievable," Subban said.

For the ‘Subbanator,’ making the team all came down to confidence and believing in his own abilities.

"(You have to) know what you’re capable of because in this world especially you don’t always get what you deserve," he said.

Subban’s mission on the big international ice surface at the world juniors is clear: ‘Subbanate’ all in search of gold.
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Bulldogs dropped by Crunch in Syracuse, 9-2
12/15/07

SYRACUSE, NY - The Hamilton Bulldogs were dropped 9-2 by the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night at the Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter. The loss drops Hamilton's record to 8-12-0-5 on the season and marks the worse defeat for the Club since November 23rd, 2002 when the Bulldogs were shutout 8-0 in Binghamton by the Senators.

Edit: Read on if you have the stomach for it.

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3570826
 
I thought this was really awesome so I had to share. I'm not sure if I already posted this - if I have, sorry.

Denver's Miraculous Comeback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMk4NWD8JfA

I know this is kind of long but it's worth the watch. The Denver Pioneers are down 2-0 with 6 minutes to go and this kid, Rhett Rakhshani, hardly gets off the ice. Pretty exciting.

This kid is of Iranian descent and is from Orange County, California. Not exactly the hockey background you might expect. He's a draft pick of the New York Islanders and will play in this year's WJC for the USA.
 
I thought that this might be interesting to share regarding the season that Yannick Weber and Subban have had so far. Weber will also be off to represent Switzerland in the upcomming Jr's tournament and will be interesting to watch.
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