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After suffering what was said to be a season-ending injury in off-season training, a blown out achilles tendon, last year’s Providence Bruins‘ captain Trent Whitfield(23) made his return to the team in the first weekend of ’11.
He appeared in 16 games for Boston last year.
P-Bruins‘ winger Jordan Caron(38) working his best Adam Sandler impersonation on ice.
He scored a couple in the B’s loss to the B-Sens last Sunday afternoon at the Dunk.
Way to go Nick Palmieri(25) on your first NHL goal. It may have been an empty netter but how many players can say that Martin Brodeur assisted on my first NHL goal.
Joey Crabb(15) was signed in the off-season to a one-year two-way contract by the Maple Leafs and may have found a home in the NHL after spending most of the first half of the season in the AHL with the Marlies.
R.I.P. Tom Cavanagh(9). Tragic ending for sure (1982 – 2011).
He played five games for Springfield Falcons to start the 2010/2011 season, including the team’s home opener where they donned the old Indians jerseys to play Providence Reds/Bruins in honor of the AHL’s 75th Anniversary.
I will always remember him as the player that led Worcester Sharks for all those early seasons 2006 – 2009. He still is the team’s all-time scoring leader with 138 points in 202 games played.
After the Sharks scored the game-winner with just 3 seconds left, the Pirates‘ Mark Mancari(25) lost his shit and challenged Kevin Henderson(47) to a fight of frustration. It was a pretty even match-up. The linesmen stepped in pretty quick to break it up though.
Turns out that was my first Mancari fight. I didn’t even know he fought but looked it up and he has an average of at least a couple bouts per season; and seems to have won most of them kind of easily.
Congratulations to Worcester Sharks‘ center Andrew Desjardins on his first NHL call-up and action on 1/4-11.
Nice way to start the new year for the undrafted forward that started his career in the Central Hockey League for one season and then very briefly played in the ECHL before making his way up to the AHL in 2008.
He’s chosen to wear no. 69 for San Jose.
First year d-man for the Worcester Sharks Matt Irwin(20) got the game winner with 3 seconds left for a 3-2 thriller vs. Portland Pirates last Sunday at the DCU.
He has a look up to the jumbotron for the replay . Yup, that was nice.
Ryan Del Monte(9) in his second stint in the AHL this season, the first time up from Cincinnati in the ECHL to Rochester and now with Worcester.
Last Sunday he scored his first goal with his new team and fourth overall to go with 3 assists in 25 games.
