UNH Hockey 2023 Off Season Thread Turn and Face the Strange

[Robert Balin]

Ryan Conmy was drafted in 6th round 182nd overall..Sebastin Bradshaw went in 7th round 221st overall and Connor Macpherson 6th round 176th overall,

[d.gerry]

Excellent on Muir, who chose to skip his fourth year and opening season of the Whitt to play for the Canadian National Team in 1995/96 where he must have impressed an Oilers scout as he played five games for them at the end of that season. Muir’s longevity in the NHL must have been his reliability as a 6’4” stay-at-home D-man as he played for seven different teams. Muir must have played in the last game at Snively but I honestly do not remember him. I am assuming that he must have completed his UNH degree at some point?

What about (who?) the not-NHL-drafted UNH guy with a few more NHL games than Krog?

Would this be Ty Conklin?

[Snively65]

Yes, I'm 99.9% sure he was in the lineup for the Snively finale. I couldn't recite you the pairings for the event, but he was following the typical Umile track of upgrading his presence in the line-up as he moved from his frosh to soph season (and hockeydb.com has him in 40 games that season), and he followed that up with a breakout junior season (9G/9A) that led to his decision to leave to join the Canadian National Team. Big strong kid who could dish the physical, lug the puck out of his own zone, and made a decent pro career out of limited skills.

If I think of the other guy(s) I will chime in later ...

And, Bryan Muir is from Winnipeg, where Neil Young spent his musical formative years beginning in 1960, when Neil was 14 and his family moved there from Toronto. As Neil later wrote and sang, “the punches came hard and fast at the new kid in school.”

[Chuck Murray]

Excellent on Muir, who chose to skip his fourth year and opening season of the Whitt to play for the Canadian National Team in 1995/96 where he must have impressed an Oilers scout as he played five games for them at the end of that season. Muir’s longevity in the NHL must have been his reliability as a 6’4” stay-at-home D-man as he played for seven different teams. Muir must have played in the last game at Snively but I honestly do not remember him. I am assuming that he must have completed his UNH degree at some point?

What about (who?) the not-NHL-drafted UNH guy with a few more NHL games than Krog?

Yes, I'm 99.9% sure he was in the lineup for the Snively finale. I couldn't recite you the pairings for the event, but he was following the typical Umile track of upgrading his presence in the line-up as he moved from his frosh to soph season (and hockeydb.com has him in 40 games that season), and he followed that up with a breakout junior season (9G/9A) that led to his decision to leave to join the Canadian National Team. Big strong kid who could dish the physical, lug the puck out of his own zone, and made a decent pro career out of limited skills.

If I think of the other guy(s) I will chime in later ...

[Snively65]

Bryan Muir is one of the two remaining guys left. He left a year or two early, so I was assuming he was drafted, but on further review, he wasn't drafted. Had a big season kinda out of nowhere during the year UNH played their home games in Manch while The Whitt was under construction and then had a long stint as a 4th pairing guy bouncing frequently between the AHL and NHL. Seemed to have a breakthrough year while playing for the Caps in '05/'06 in what was Alex Ovechkin's rookie season, but was out of hockey three years later.

Was active in the NHLPA (maybe 'cuz he had a lot of spare time?) and looks to have drifted off into the world of finance post-retirement. Got his name on the Cup with Ray Bourque in 2001, but missed the chance to play in the inaugural season at The Whitt. Might be an interesting guy for Mike Lowry to catch up with, almost 30 years since he left Durham. Looks like he's lived a very interesting life, always on the move somewhere ...

Excellent on Muir, who chose to skip his fourth year and opening season of the Whitt to play for the Canadian National Team in 1995/96 where he must have impressed an Oilers scout as he played five games for them at the end of that season. Muir’s longevity in the NHL must have been his reliability as a 6’4” stay-at-home D-man as he played for seven different teams. Muir must have played in the last game at Snively but I honestly do not remember him. I am assuming that he must have completed his UNH degree at some point?

What about (who?) the not-NHL-drafted UNH guy with a few more NHL games than Krog?