Prospect Info: Springfield Thunderbirds Roster

[Majorityof1]

WE GOT A GOAL!!!!!!

Box score says Alexandrov unassisted. Good on him for getting started right away. Hopefully I am wrong in my pessimism about him. Was it a pretty goal? Dirty? Lucky?

 

[sabremike]

Box score says Alexandrov unassisted. Good on him for getting started right away. Hopefully I am wrong in my pessimism about him. Was it a pretty goal? Dirty? Lucky?

Nice PP goal. BTW If Walker scores I plan on tossing Vegemite on the ice.

 

[HighNote]

Nice PP goal. BTW If Walker scores I plan on tossing Vegemite on the ice.

If only he was 6 foot 4 and full of muscle. But alas, he is a little guy at 5' 9''

 

[Beauterham]

He's loaned out to the Worchester Railers in the ECHL.

Laferriere and Washkurak apparantly also have been send down to Worchester.

 

[execwrite1]

Hartford v Springfield Oct 16 highlights

 

[execwrite1]

Laferriere and Washkurak apparantly also have been send down to Worchester.

Worcester lineup

Forwards
Blake Christensen Felix Bibeau Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman
Anthony Repaci Jacob Hayhurst Grant Jozefek
Erik Brown Brent Beaudoin Drew Callin
Collin Adams Keean Washkurak Mathias LaFerriere

Defensemen
Nick Albano Connor McCarthy
Zach Malatesta Karl Boudrias
Mike Cornell Myles McGurty

Goalies
Colten Ellis
Justin Kapelmaster

 

[Beauterham]

Worcester lineup

Forwards
Blake Christensen Felix Bibeau Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman
Anthony Repaci Jacob Hayhurst Grant Jozefek
Erik Brown Brent Beaudoin Drew Callin
Collin Adams Keean Washkurak Mathias LaFerriere

Defensemen
Nick Albano Connor McCarthy
Zach Malatesta Karl Boudrias
Mike Cornell Myles McGurty

Goalies
Colten Ellis
Justin Kapelmaster

Side note, Worcesters line-up is from an exhibition game against the Mariners. The Railers are an affiliate of the Islanders, but the only Islander on that team is Collin Adams who was quite a decent NCAA-level forward, so not a bad guy to have on your line (if the Adams-Washer-Laferriere line sticks). Blake Christensen has an AHL-contract with us.

The fact that we send more players to the Railers then the Islanders did (Ellis, Washkurak, Laferriere and Christensen) seems to point at us sharing the affiliate with them this year?



But back to the Thunderbirds:

These were the 'birds lines:
Walker-Brown-Anas
Stevens-Peca-Todd
MacEachern-Joshua-Toropchenko
Alexanderov-Kaspick-McGing

Rosen-Perunovich
Tucker-Santini
Luce-Cross

Hofer
Lindgren

It's hard to predict how good a team is, but eventhough the Blues prospectpool isn't deep, it feels like this is quite a decent AHL-team. At least better then the teams we had at Utica (along with Vancouver) and San Antonio.

That Walker - Brown - Anas line has the potential to be one of the most lethal lines in the AHL. Tucker also got paired with Santini again, like last year where they connected really well. Only our third defensive pairing looks weak-ish, but that might be just me not knowing them good enough.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Box score says Alexandrov unassisted. Good on him for getting started right away. Hopefully I am wrong in my pessimism about him. Was it a pretty goal? Dirty? Lucky?

 

[sabremike]

OK Boomer!

 

[Blueston]

OK Boomer!
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You guys look like brothers!

 

[ChicagoBlues]

But back to the Thunderbirds:

These were the 'birds lines:
Walker-Brown-Anas
Stevens-Peca-Todd
MacEachern-Joshua-Toropchenko
Alexanderov-Kaspick-McGing

Rosen-Perunovich
Tucker-Santini
Luce-Cross

Hofer
Lindgren

It's hard to predict how good a team is, but eventhough the Blues prospectpool isn't deep, it feels like this is quite a decent AHL-team. At least better then the teams we had at Utica (along with Vancouver) and San Antonio.

That Walker - Brown - Anas line has the potential to be one of the most lethal lines in the AHL. Tucker also got paired with Santini again, like last year where they connected really well. Only our third defensive pairing looks weak-ish, but that might be just me not knowing them good enough.

That 3rd line looks nasty. I would not want to play against it.

The 4th line looks brutal, but Alexandrov gets bumped.

EDIT: Blake Christensen signed directly with Springfield, no STL.

 

[sabremike]

If the team is named the Thunderbirds and has a mascot named Boomer why won't they do a Roller Derby Night?

 

[Beauterham]

EDIT: Blake Christensen signed directly with Springfield, no STL.

As far as I know the Blues have control over who Springfield sign to AHL deals. At least it was so with San Antonio. So that's why I mentioned "us" signing him to an AHL-deal.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

OK Boomer!
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You look like you're trying to remember if you turned the oven off.

But in all seriousness, keep the posts coming. They're enjoyable.

 

[execwrite1]

Thunderbirds 2-0. McGing wins Game #2 with shootout goal.

 

[execwrite1]

Three game weekend for the Thunderbirds

 

[Beauterham]

Three game weekend for the Thunderbirds

Won the first one (3-1), they're at 3-0-0 right now. Perunovich had his first goal and 4th point in 3 games.

 

[execwrite1]

Won the first one (3-1), they're at 3-0-0 right now. Perunovich had his first goal and 4th point in 3 games.

Highlights - good fight by Wesley, goal by Perunovich, Hofer stops penalty shot

 

[execwrite1]

Nathan Todd could be an interesting guy to watch. Maybe as a fill-in when injuries pile up.

Todd’s never been the biggest -- the most agile, or the most dynamic. But he’s got underrated puck abilities - a quick release on his heavy shot - and solid defensive fundamentals engraved in his game. His attention-to-detail is something many applaud, especially those that have been around him in Manitoba this season.

 

[Frenzy31]

Nathan Todd could be an interesting guy to watch. Maybe as a fill-in when injuries pile up.

Todd’s never been the biggest -- the most agile, or the most dynamic. But he’s got underrated puck abilities - a quick release on his heavy shot - and solid defensive fundamentals engraved in his game. His attention-to-detail is something many applaud, especially those that have been around him in Manitoba this season.

I like McGing. He has a nose for the net. Older then Alexandrov, but pretty solid

 

[execwrite1]

T-Birds win again Sunday @ Providence 4-1. Three stars - Peca, 2 goals; Hofer 39/40 saves, some other guy.

Three assists for Perunovich. First in Atlantic, 4-0-1

 

[bleedblue1223]

Perunovich had 9 points in 5 games. Hofer has a 1.00 gaa and sv% of 96.4% in 3 games.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I like McGing. He has a nose for the net. Older then Alexandrov, but pretty solid

McGing has the makings of a future AHL star.

 

[execwrite1]

Sunday highlights - 5-3 win.

Couple of defensive lapses by Perunovich

 

[Brian39]

Sunday highlights - 5-3 win.

Couple of defensive lapses by Perunovich

I only had a problem with one of his plays in that package (he did basically nothing when he got walked around on the goal against). He could have made a better play from the corner in the highlight toward the end, but he was inthe right position, didn't have time to hold the puck and going up the wall was the safest play. A strong tape to tape pass would have been the ideal play, but I certainly wouldn't call it a lapse that he wasn't able to make it. That would have been a very difficult play to make with the time he had and giving it up to a player at the point isn't a dangerous play. I'd much rather see that play than watch him try to skate the puck out of danger or go up the middle with a pass.