Niagara men’s hockey blueliner Jason Beattie is participating in the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers Prospect Camp this week, as announced by the NHL club.
The 2010 College Hockey America All-Rookie Team member is one of the 11 defensemen on a roster of 35 players who are attending the camp. In his freshman year at Niagara, Beattie scored two goals, three assists and five points in 30 games. The Ontario native also became known for his punishing physical play this year, finishing checks hard.
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The Buffalo Sabres added a piece of offense to the Portland Pirates today by announcing they have signed Corey Tropp to a three-year entry level contract.
Tropp played three years for Michigan State University and was named Team MVP and Outstanding Offensive Player last season after he led the team in scoring with 20 goals, 22 assists for 42 points in 37 games. He was consistently ranked near the top in nation in goals, power play goals and game-winning goals.
However, he might be more famous for something he’d like to forget that happened a year prior.
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It appeared Dan Murphy’s lacrosse season was over before it started when the Orchard Park sophomore broke his arm while playing club hockey this winter.
However, he stayed in touch with the sport as he recovered from the injury by becoming the modified boys team’s manager, a position offered to him by Coach Derek Gilham.
Just a couple days after breaking his arm, Murphy said he stopped in to the modified practice to pick up his younger brother Chris, who is in eighth grade. While talking with Coach Gilham, Murphy was asked if he would be interested in helping out with the team.
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Once O.J. Simpson came to Buffalo in 1969, he would go on to lead the Bills in rushing yards for nine consecutive seasons and go down as arguably the greatest running back the franchise has ever known. But who was the leading rusher before his arrival?
Did you know that fifth round rookie draft pick Max Anderson led the Bills with 525 rushing yards in 1968? He also led the AFL in kick returns, kick return yardage, and kick return average in ’68. However, after leading the team his first season in the league, he’d rarely be heard from again. In his second year, as a backup to Simpson, Anderson would gain just 74 yards on 13 carries.
By 1970 Anderson was completely out of professional football for good.
◊ The Louisville Courier Journal has a story on quarterback Brian Brohm getting to compete for a starting job with the Buffalo Bills.
◊ Brian Galliford of Buffalo Rumblings continues his list of Ten Bills To Decide 2010, profiling running back C.J. Spiller.
◊ Bills.com poses the question as to which Bills players will contribute as rookies.
◊ Tim Schmitt of the Niagara Gazette writes about Sabres first round draft pick Mark Pysyk’s debut with the team at the Dwyer Arena on Monday.
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The Buffalo Bisons completed their biggest comeback of the season only to see it squandered by a walk-off home run from Chiefs third baseman Seth Bynum to lose 8-6 at Alliance Bank Stadium.
The Chiefs touched the Bisons up for three early runs off of starting pitcher Tobi Stoner in the first inning. Stoner then gave up one run in the fifth and two in the sixth to see the Bisons trailing 6-1.
Stoner who was credited with the no decision gave up a season-high amount of earned runs when he allowed six of them in his five and two thirds innings of work.
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