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It's a very nice read and is very positive on the Sigalet brothers.

http://www.hockeyjournal.com/ahl/200510 ... galets.htm

Great article! Thanks for posting it!!

That article sucked.
Could the writer have been more negative toward Bowling Green?

He made it sound like BGSU has inadequate coaching and the Sigalets were desperate to get away.

McConvey,

Did we read the same article? The author only mentions BG on a couple of occassions and one included this quote, “It was tough to leave Bowling Green, but the opportunity to come in and play as a professional right away was something I couldn’t pass up,” the younger Sigalet said. Sounds fairly positive to me.

And as for this statement, "He went from not having a goalie coach in four seasons in the NCAA, to having two former NHL backstops in Bob Essensa and Providence head coach Scott Gordon working with him on the farm." I took this as a reflection on the NCAA and not BG, since the author only NCAA in this instance. Does any NCAA team have positional coaches? I don't recall most CCHA teams having positional coaches, usually just a couple of assistants, but perhaps I'm sorely mistaken here. And even if there is a team that does have a goalie coach, do the have two former NHL goalies to help out as well?

UK Peregrine wrote:McConvey,

Did we read the same article? The author only mentions BG on a couple of occassions and one included this quote, “It was tough to leave Bowling Green, but the opportunity to come in and play as a professional right away was something I couldn’t pass up,” the younger Sigalet said. Sounds fairly positive to me.

And as for this statement, "He went from not having a goalie coach in four seasons in the NCAA, to having two former NHL backstops in Bob Essensa and Providence head coach Scott Gordon working with him on the farm." I took this as a reflection on the NCAA and not BG, since the author only NCAA in this instance. Does any NCAA team have positional coaches? I don't recall most CCHA teams having positional coaches, usually just a couple of assistants, but perhaps I'm sorely mistaken here. And even if there is a team that does have a goalie coach, do the have two former NHL goalies to help out as well?

A fair number of the teams out here (New England) have goaltending coaches, although it's usually on a voluntary basis (not a paid position). And yeah, most of them have NHL experience, or at the very least some minor league playing time. Perhaps that's why I read it as a slam on the western teams in general and Bowling Green in particular. The implication that a player from BC or BU or Maine ever had inadequate coaching would never have been made directly or indirectly, yet there seemed to be no problem in implying that that was the case with Jordan's career up until his arrival in Providence. [Maybe I've completely over-interpreting what was written, but that was how I read it].

I also took this line: "The two share a five-year age difference, so Jordan never really thought he would have an opportunity to play hockey at a high level with Jonathan, a standout rearguard who enrolled at Bowling Green as a 17-year-old so they would have that chance." out of context when reading it. My bad. I misinterpreted it to mean that now they're in Providence, they're having that first chance to play at a high level together.

The article certainly was glowing about the Sigalets themselves, as well it should have been. I just felt that the tone was along the lines of 'despite where they'd been before, look how well they're doing now'. Like the author was somehow shocked that they made the transition to pros so well.

Ooh... gotta go. Work calls. I'll finish the thought in a moment