Adams’ Cup Win Highlights Season for Harvard Pros
Bruins
Extend GM Peter Chiarelli '87
Tim
Taylor '63 Named to U.S. Junior Team Staff
Ottawa
Citizen: The Brain Behind the Bruins
Belfast
Uses Scholarship Program to Lure Tom Walsh '06
Patriot
Ledger: Ted Donato '91 Pulls for Kevin Sneddon '92 in Frozen
Four
Calgary
Sun: Second Cup Oh So Sweet
Telegraph-Journal:
Don Sweeney '88 - Talent and Toughness
AHL.com:
Dennis Packard '04 Helping Bridgeport's Cause
While Stanley Cup winner Craig Adams ’99 had the most
successful 2009 postseason of any Harvard alum playing pro hockey,
he was just one of five former Crimson skaters to play in the
National Hockey League this season.
Dominic Moore ’03, Noah Welch ’05, Tom Cavanagh
’05 and Craig MacDonald ’99 all saw time with NHL
squads in 208-09. They joined Adams, who started the season with
the Chicago Blackhawks before joining the Pittsburgh Penguins late
in the season. Adams played in all 24 of Pittsburgh’s playoff
games to win his second Stanley Cup in four years.
Moore, a former Penguin, had a breakout season, playing for his
hometown Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres. He started the
season with the Leafs, skating in 63 games, often as the
team’s assistant captain. He scored 12 goals and added 29
assists for Toronto before being dealt to Buffalo in a move to help
the Sabres make a run at the playoffs. Moore scored a goal and
recorded three assists in 18 games with the Sabres to finish with
career-high season totals of 13 goals, 32 assists and 45
points.
Welch, who began his NHL career in Pittsburgh, started his season
in Miami, with the Florida Panthers. After being sidelined with an
injury for most of 2007-08, the former Crimson All-America
defenseman returned to the Panthers’ lineup for 23 games,
notching a goal and an assist. He was then traded to the Tampa Bay
Lightning, for whom he played in 17 more games on the blue
line.
After making his NHL debut a year earlier, Cavanagh saw his first
extended stints with the San Jose Sharks in 2008-09. He played in
17 games and scored his first NHL goal March 28 against the Phoenix
Coyotes. MacDonald played in the NHL for the eighth season, suiting
up for eight games with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He registered a
goal and an assist.
Several other former Crimson players played in other professional
leagues this season. See below for a complete list, stats courtesy
of hockeyDB.com.
Player/Team League GP G A P PIM Craig Adams ’99 2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 9 0 1 1 0 2008-09p Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 24 3 2 5 16 Chris Bala ’01 2008-09 Reading Royals ECHL 2 0 1 1 0 Brendan Bernakevitch ’05 2008-09 Brunico SG Italy 40 17 35 52 6 Tom Cavanagh ’05 2008-09 Worcester Sharks AHL 51 15 24 39 37 2008-09 San Jose Sharks NHL 17 1 1 2 4 2008-09p Worcester Sharks AHL 12 3 2 5 8 Ryan Lannon ’05 2008-09 San Antonio Rampage AHL 63 0 5 5 33 Craig MacDonald ’99 2008-09 Syracuse Crunch AHL 70 15 25 40 71 2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 8 1 1 2 0 Ryan Maki ’07 2008-09 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 65 12 13 25 37 2008-09p Milwaukee Admirals AHL 11 1 1 2 4 Steve Martins ’95 2008-09 Chicago Wolves AHL 55 13 20 33 5 J.D. McCabe ’08 2008-09 Heerenveen Flyers Hlnd 36 5 12 17 32 Alex Meintel ’08 2008-09 Hern EV GerOb 12 6 4 10 8 Dominic Moore ’03 2008-09 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 12 29 41 69 2008-09 Buffalo Sabres NHL 18 1 3 4 23 Dennis Packard ’04 2008-09 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 36 0 3 3 21 2008-09p Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 2 0 0 0 4 Jon Pelle ’08 2008-09 Frederikshavn White Hawks Denma 20 8 5 13 8 2008-09 Rapid City Rush CHL 50 23 23 46 26 Dylan Reese ’07 2008-09 San Antonio Rampage AHL 75 1 27 28 64 Kenny Smith ’04 2008-09 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 71 1 13 14 66 2008-09p Charlotte Checkers ECHL 6 0 0 0 10 Mike Taylor ’08 2008-09 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 39 10 15 25 24 2008-09 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 2 0 0 0 0 Tom Walsh ’06 2008-09 HIFK Helsinki FNL 30 0 4 4 18 Noah Welch ’05 2008-09 Florida Panthers NHL 23 1 1 2 11 2008-09 Rochester Americans AHL 7 0 3 3 10 2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 17 0 0 0 14 Goaltender/Team League GP W-L-T GAA Save% Dov Grumet-Morris ’05 2008-09 Graz EC Aust – stats unavailable Oliver Jonas ’01 2008-09 Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams DEL 26 10-10-0 2.61 .909
