Video From Final Day of Stars Development Camp
by Brad Gardner on Jul 7, 2010 12:10 PM CDT
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Here are a few videos from the final day of Development camp.
It was billed as a skills competition, but the results along the way were a bit confusing for those that showed up. The black team got the better of the white team as the day wore on, however. First up was a stick handling relay, which I did not get video of while I waited for a shootout competition that never came. (Who has a "skills competition" without a shootout?)
Most of the hour was taken by a 3 on 3, end to end mini-scrimmage that saw the black team get the best of Jack Campbell and Tyler Beskorowany. Scott Glennie flashed his speed once to score on a breakaway. D-man Monast and Tomas Vincour were noticeable out there. A small sample of that is the last vid after the jump.
Check out the stick save this Nagle kid makes at about the 1:50 mark.
Two more after the jump...
Here the teams were tasked with scoring 7 goals with 7 pucks set on the blue line. One shot per player, per turn, and they had to return the puck to the blue line if they missed. First team to score all 7 won, which was the black team.
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Thanks for posting the videos!
Dangit, I wish I could have been there. Practice wise, nothing beats Prospect camp for sheer energy and enthusiasm.
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Yeah but...
On Friday it was, sorry, boring. The drills were very basic and the players unfamiliarity with each other was very evident.
It was much better today at the end. They were having fun out there. It seems like it was a good week for everyone.
by Brad Gardner on Jul 7, 2010 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I can imagine that would be an issue. We were there on Monday so they had had some time to gel.
But then I have a very high tolerance level for watching practices. :)
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I agree about Monday’s practice. The pups (seriously, a few of them were acting like a group of puppies) were high energy and highly entertaining.
Its always nice to see, and get to talk with, future stars or even Stars ;-)
Running into Niskanen and Jamie Benn was a bonus.
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We didn't stay for the "receiving line". ;)
But I did see Niskie walking around. I wanted to tell him, good for him for staying in Dallas to workout when he could be in the land of a thousand lakes, Minnesota, fishing. But I’ve scared Niskie before, thought I should let him be this time. :P
They were definitely puppies, seemed so much younger this year. Caught one of them checking out my daughter and thought, “back off buddy, she’s way too young for you!” But then I realized he’s only 5 years older, still too old but not by much. Eek.
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No kidding!
I keep looking at the DOB’s and shaking my head…
I had wanted to meet/talk with CJ Ludwig. He was captain of the Omaha Lancers last season and I’m from Omaha. It was nice to chat with him for a few minutes.
Nisky said he’d been back in MN but came back here to work out for a week or so. I asked, probably a lot less politely than I should have but oh well…I forget to watch my words sometimes.
With the start of Camp in PEI this year, not sure I’ll get another chance to see/talk with some of the pups… sigh I’m so spoiled ;-)
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What about free tickets for life???
“Benn! Benn! Come here and meet my daughter!” At least, that’s what I would be doing…. lol
Do you have no shame? ;-)
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by Brandon Worley on Jul 7, 2010 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha. She's only 13 and the one checking her out was one of the 18 year old draftees.
Granted, she doesn’t exactly look thirteen. But give her a couple more years and then we’ll see about free tickets. ;)
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Hold on a sec...
Was that Matt Tassone I saw in the video?
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He was there...
I don’t know if he was in the video or not. It’s hard to tell…I’m no camera man, that’s for sure, and my little camera, while great for taking video of my daughter is only so-so for this.
So he was there...
I’m confused now.. I thought he was a free agent?
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by Brandon Worley on Jul 7, 2010 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
There were a lot of kids there who don’t appear to be under contract with us at all.
I was impressed with Armond DeSwardt. Aside from him having played for a Dallas AAA team, he doesn’t seem to be affiliated with us at all. CJ Ludwig (parentage not withstanding) is the same.
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Now I am quesitoning this...
I don’t know if I saw him or not…I’m pretty sure I did.
He’s on the roster for the camp.
Ok...
I think this isn’t just a camp for prospects under contract. Which explains the two younger goaltenders.
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by Brandon Worley on Jul 7, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I have been trying to connect that Nagle name
To the Stars and I can’t find anything. “Pat Nagle” is a goaltender at Ferris St. or some such, so that could be him. I really don’t know. He’s not on the camp roster on the web site and Stepneski didn’t know anything about him when I asked.
Nagle did have Ferris St. on his mask
I noticed that when I was there on Monday. I don’t know much about him either, other than that he’s not on the roster.
There was another netminder there, too, who wasn’t on the roster. The 3 goalies listed on the roster were Beskorowany, Campbell and Lemay. Nagle and the other gentleman appear to be invites after the fact? I got a good shot of the back of his mask up on my site in the gallery for my camp story, but I didn’t get a great one of the front of it. However, from my memory, it appears to be Alex Auld’s mask from last season…or a duplicate of it. Maybe he got it from Auld after he went off for NY? Never quite sure what happens to all of those old masks if no one is clamoring for them on the team or in Toronto LOL…
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Ahhhh ok, thanks Ben.
Thanks for stopping by!
One of those guys…might have been Lemay was painfully small/short.
And I thought Campbell was big…but it had been a while since I stood anywhere near Beskorowany. Now that kid is big!
Happy to be around!
I love coming by…don’t always contribute, but I enjoy the discourse, always.
Yeah, I forgot how big Beskorowany was too until I saw him out there…I didn’t get to watch him much though.
Campbell is definitely a good sized guy…and he’s got a lot of great mobility and mechanics. But I see what the scouts have been saying – that he needs some work. Hopefully he’s a diamond in the rough!
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Did anyone happen to see how Curtis McKenzie and Reilly Smith did?
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Well, to my eyes today...
They were fairly unnoticeable, to be honest.
The only time I remember reading Smith (the way these things go, when one is unfamiliar with the players, is usually you see someone do something of note, good or bad, and then you wait for them to turn around so you can see who it was…) on a jersey was after a particularly foolish, youthful turnover in the 3 on 3 drill/scrimmage. But that could have been Austin Smith, I’m not sure.
To be fair...
Both McKenzie and Reilly Smith aren’t high skill guys, and won’t stand out on a day like today. They are high energy, physical (yet still skilled) players, who are at their best wreaking havoc during a game.
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by Brandon Worley on Jul 7, 2010 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks both
The CCHA has always been known as a league with bigger, physical players as opposed to smaller, faster, more skilled players. I would never expect either one to be 1st or 2nd liners in the NHL. Could they be 3rd or 4th liners on an NHL team? Absolutely. Could they wind up playing in the AHL instead? Probably more than likely. I think Reilly is a bit more skilled than McKenzie. I remember McKenzie taking some stupid penalties. He needs to work on that.
Anyway, I am sure they both loved this experience. I hope after everything they went through this year, this was a fun time. Hopefully we’ll (well at least I) will see some improvements in their games at Miami.
Go Redhawks!
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Mark Stepneski mentions both of them in his post on Tyler Beskorowany.
And says there will be more to come about them. Apparently they are roommates and were pretty fun together.
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Thanks
I will check it out. Shamefully I don’t go to Andrews as much as I come here.
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Whoops! It was on his post of Wed Development Camp videos,
not the one on Besko. Sorry!
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What about all of the Shark Finn soup jokes?
Do we start those now, or after the season starts?
Other side note...
I heard, rather unofficially, that Campbell will be hanging around Frisco for a while longer after camp is over to work with coach Valley.
Thanks for posting the videos!
For all of us not in Dallas, or can’t make it to Frisco, it is priceless. Hint, hint… the Dallas Stars should post more player interaction stuff on their site as well.
Agreed! I was hoping when they started the "Raw" video at the Draft...
that we would see some of that at Prospect Camp.
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"Raw" channel has potential
Hoping they show more features with the players! Some of my favorites across the league have been the Habs “Canadiens 1 on 1”, Sharks “20 questions”, and just about anything from the Hawks do….
The last great Stars stuff was from the “On the Ice” features. Need we say more that the Ott feature rocked!
For Defending Big D coverage, the Sky’s the limit. I think I might enjoy Brad G asking some chincey questions to the Stars… for example… Edward, Jacob, or Neal.
PS, is Chincey a word?
Neal totally has the best eyelashes. Totally. ;)
I’ve wondered what the Stars would do if we started asking the players questions and videoing it. I think Brad G could get approved for it. The rest of us, I’m not so sure about.
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Myra - Once again just let me say ...
that we really need to bring back the interviews with the players all freshly showered and wearing towels. LOL
KStars – I think the word you’re looking for is chintzy?
As the Stars struggle with money and selling out games, the more they do from a social media perspective can only help the team to build allegiance. I would love if they did some video blogs, like life on the road; did more with Ralph & Razor; maybe even some coaching videos, etc… with the coaching staff – but not so much Crawford b/c his hair would distract me. Maybe Burish would be a good one for a day in the life of since he seems to like talking to the press so much … hehehe
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Burish did tons of stuff for the Hawks media.
Get him and Ott going?!? It could be some seriously awesome video.
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Oh and post shower interviews in towels only should be MANDATORY.
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As long as there's more interviews with the icegirls
I would be okay with that. The ice girls interviews don’t even have to be post shower, either.
Interviews with Ice Girls? How is that even possible??? :P
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I meant, they can carry on an intelligent enough converstion to be interviewed?
Yes, I’m that catty. MEOW.
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lol....hate them all you want to...
it doesn’t change how I feel about them :-)
And I’ll make sure I keep each question under 5 words… how’s that? :-P
In fact... I'm sure 5 words would be enough
for the whole interview that most guys are interested in….
“You’re hot! Are you single?” /End interview.
Not every guy… just most guys. Like every guy that sits behind me every game I go to and says, “Man check out those ice girls! (drool)”
My husband doesn't do that anymore.
He got tired of having bruised ribs.
ELBOW WHACK
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Because we didn't have to see the same ice girl's interview...
…a bazillion times last season.
Come on Stars, there's an audience here...
Chintzy was the word I was thinking of!….but I think Cheeky really nails it. AKA watching Morrow squirm when asked what Twilight character his teammate best represents. Good times. Good times.
Agree completely about the Hawks.
Every NHL team should look to them as an example for how to do media to reach your fans. Awesome stuff.
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I'm all for more interviews...with a VARIETY of players
I get tired of only hearing from Brenny or Stevie…course my favs are Fistric and Grossman so I’m a teeny bit biased.
Along those lines, I love watching Shark Byte with Drew Remenda. The Quick Quizes get me rollin’ almost every time…especially when they crack themselves up. The Blue Jackets used to have the Terrible Test where they’d ask the victim, er, player some totally random questions (what is the chore you hate most at home? How much cash is in your wallet right now?). I remember one interview with Geoff Sanderson that his answers were fine but his facial expressions were killin’ me.
As far as the towel attire goes…One of the pups was walking around in only his towel after Monday morning’s session. He was on his cell and just chatting away…not bashful these kids…
not sure why I suddenly typed that like Yoda but oh well
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What! The real question is...Did you take pictures???
Ha. Just kiddin’.
I’m old enough to be their mom, so that would be kinda creepy.
Beyond cougar. Bleh.
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*meow*
Just kidding…no, I didn’t…I view the team as my surrogate family so these are all baby brothers…
I admit though…I appreciate the view…
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