1st year defenseman Blake Parlett(5) started the season in the ECHL with Whale affiliate Greenville Road Warriors but in 12 games in the AHL he’s made it onto the team’s clear day roster list for the playoffs and has folks talking about his future with the New York Rangers.
David Laliberte(10) is a nice trade deadline addition to the Providence Bruins, despite the team probably missing out on their second straight Calder Cup playoff run.
He’s currently with his third team this season with stops in Adirondack and Syracuse before making his way to R.I. but most people just talk about the ‘stache he’s sporting.
Whale forward Jeremy Williams(18) is all smiles after getting a goal to pull his team closer to the Sharks last Sunday at the DCU. After getting drafted by Toronto and spending four years in their system with his most call-ups between 2007-2009 where he notched 7 goals and 2 assists in 29 games played, he spent a year in Grand Rapids and is now in Connecticut. The Rangers only called him up once so far.
And the Whale wear yet another color away jersey, this time blue, last time white and green too.
4th year pro, all with Hartford/Connecticut, Brodie Dupont(9) received his first NHL call-up this season. He’s having a career year in the AHL.
Undrafted, rookie Whale goalie Cameron Talbot(33) eyes the face-off. He’s having an impressive 1st season as a Rangers‘ prospect.
First year, undrafted Sharks‘ goalie Carter Hutton(30) has had one excellent roller coaster ride of a season, where he planned on sitting bench a lot while 2nd year Worcester goalie Alex Stalock(32) played a ton (again). Well, Stalock goes down with season-ending injury, Niittymaki goes down in San Jose and Hutton is off to the west coast for some NHL hockey bench riding.
He’s back in the AHL and the Sharks are looking to ride him to a playoff spot in the Atlantic.
Jeremy Colliton(21) took a gamble to come back to the US to play for the AHL affiliate of the team that drafted him, the only organization he’s ever played with, New York Islanders.
He was on a pto but by the end of November he signed a 2-way deal with the Isles.
He’s played 15 games and has a few points, which isn’t exactly the stuff big deals are made of but he’s shown a lot of growth this season, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see the young NYI team bring him back for a 6th year.
Jesse Joensuu(6) should probably be a full-time NHL player (31 games, 4 goals and a pair of assists) but doesn’t use his massive 6’4″ 212 lbs. frame nearly as much as he needs to. In the off season he will have to bulk up and hope the Isles extend one more year to him, so he can deliver on the promise of being a 2nd round pick (#60 overall) in the 2006 draft. I think he can do it.
Kyle Greentree(37) was brought to Hershey in the off-season to fill the gap that the team was dealt when Alexandre Giroux departed for Edmonton/Oklahoma City.
He’s been nicely prolific, which makes me wonder why he has yet to score a look with the Capitals this season.
Since his return to Worcester, 2nd year forward John McCarthy(7) has started to light the lamp with some big goals. He’s played three times as many games in San Jose this year but may be back in the AHL for a spell as the NHL lineup is looking tougher to crack.
