Training camp: Day three wrap-up, Green vs. Grey lineups
Published 7:34 pm Friday, August 28, 2009
First off, a correction. I received an e-mail from Dan Burkmar’s sister informing me I’ve been spelling Dan’s name wrong all week. Thank you, Nicole, for giving me the correct spelling. Anyway, on to today’s wrap-up:
Today’s results
BLUE 6, RED 1
Blue scorers: Radko Gudas 2, Tyler Maxwell, Zack Dailey, Dan Burkmar, Michael McNicholas.
Red scorer: Paul Van de Velde.
GREEN 7, GREY 2
Green scorers: Brett Boehm 2, Byron Froese 2, Carson Samoridny, Cameron Abney, Colin Scherger.
Grey scorers: Jordyn Boyd, one unknown.
RED 6, GREY 3
Red scorers: Paul Van de Velde 2, Tim Mueller, Evan Morden, Kellan Tochkin, Ryan White.
Grey scorers: D.Jay McGrath, Connor Deal, Tyler Parker.
GREEN 3, BLUE 1
Green scorers: Nik Kosman, Kole Harvey, Corey Tyrell.
Blue scorer: Jari Erricson.
* I’m not 100-percent confident all the goal scorers are correct.
Final standings
(W-SOW-SOL-L)
RED 4-1-0-1, 14 points
GREEN 3-1-2-0, 13 points
GREY 1-2-0-3, 7 points
BLUE 1-0-1-4, 4 points
The three stars of camp, as selected by the media in attendance (me)
Third star: Radko Gudas, BLUE. With Taylor Ellington and Graham Potuer graduating, Everett needs players who can step into the top defensive pairing. In the Czech import Gudas it looks like the Tips found one. He’s got decent size, his skating’s fine, he hits and he has a good shot. Looked like the total package to me.
Second star: Manraj Hayer, RED. He was impressive at last year’s camp as a 15-year-old invitee, but I never thought he’d be this good this fast. He proved too good for the No. 2 unit and was moved up to play with the top units, and he still produced. Skilled, smart and plays hard, that’s a great combination.
First star: Byron Froese, GREEN. He really was a cut above this camp. He scored goals, set up others, and camped himself in front of the net when he didn’t have the puck. And when his team didn’t have the puck he went and got it. Terrific all-around camp from a player who’s improved in leaps and bounds over the past calendar year.
Others worthy of mention: Paul Van de Velde, Josh Winquist, Ryan Murray, Mitchell Loose, Thomas Heemskerk. And special consideration for the 15-year-olds who lasted the entire camp with the second units (Nicholas Walters, Jari Erricson, Darian Henry, Dale Nerland). It’s hard to hold up and show well in your first camp when you’re thrown in against older players on a full-time basis.
GREEN vs. GREY lineups
GREEN
First line: Van de Velde, Froese, Tochkin
Second line: McCrea, Hayer, Abney
Third line: Elynuik, McGrath, Iwanski
Fourth line: Loose, Giebel, Racek
First pairing: Theriau, Gudas
Second pairing: Minville, Scherger
Third pairing: Walters, Martens
Goalies: Heemskerk, Rounds, Barr
GREY
First line: Maxwell, Dailey, Harper
Second line: Parker, Winquist, White
Third line: Tyrell, Poulter, Waskewitch
Fourth line: Erricson, Hunt?, Boyd
First pairing: Murray, de la Lande
Second pairing: McDermott, Sohor
Third pairing: Morden, Boucher
Goalies: Simpson, Fontaine, Desautels
Dale Hunt is a question mark because he got one of his front teeth knocked back and is going to need that fixed. I suspect they have someone in reserve to fill in should Hunt be unable to play.
