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[Ducksforcup]

http://www.areavoices.com/rinkandrun/?blog=47411

"MacGregor was a dominant force in college hockey and was a star every night I saw him play," said McNab. "He was easily one of the best players in Division I."

Sounds like a really good signing. Here are his stats. http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=69009

[ladiesandgentlemen]

If nothing else, the kid's got quite the name.

I'd love to hear Mike Meyers do a piece on him.

[Todrick]

You have to stop and take notice of McNab's Undrafted little gems

[Todrick]

any relation to Patrick Sharp?

hope he's not attached to that number

[Todrick]

lol...

Sharp planned to drive to Des Moines later Monday in his 1993 Ford Ranger, which he figured has already logged well over 100,000 miles.

Am I the only one that thinks that's probably the last road trip that truck takes with Sharp as the owner?

[Bryan]

MacGregor Sharp.. sounds like another power forward the ducks already have , idk can't they get a "pure" goalscorer?

[FredFrog]

All College Hockey New 2nd Team.

http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-mens-hock...0&page=news

[xPUREBYBLOODx]

Minnesota Duluth senior center MacGregor Sharp signed a free-agent contract Monday with the NHL's Anaheim Ducks and will be assigned to the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Iowa Chops in Des Moines. He's expected to be in uniform Tuesday for a home game against Houston.

Link

[Sojourn]

MacGregor Sharp.. sounds like another power forward the ducks already have , idk can't they get a "pure" goalscorer?

From the NCAA? You do realize there's an NHL draft, right? You don't think teams are going to immediately try to pick up players with that kind of skillset on draft day? The ones that don't get picked up are either undersized, late bloomers, or both.

[lvsprt]

More bacon, please.

[SacredCow]

Here's the text from the official press release:

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed center MacGregor Sharp to a two-year entry-level contract. Per club policy, no financial terms of the deal were disclosed. Sharp is scheduled to report to the Iowa Chops, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Sharp, 23 (10/1/85), ranked tied for fourth in the nation in scoring with 26-24=50 points in 43 games with the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD) of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) this season. Sharp also finished second in the country in goals, tied for fourth in game-winning goals (4), and tied for ninth in power-play goals (9). Named to the 2009 WCHA All-Tournament team and 2008-09 All-College Hockey News second team, Sharp helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2009 NCAA West Regional final against Miami University (Ohio). During the Bulldogs’ 6-1 postseason run, he compiled 6-3=9 points in seven games, including a hat trick in UMD’s 4-0, WCHA Final Five title victory over the University of Denver on Mar. 21.

A native of Red Deer, Alberta, Sharp missed only one of 158 games with UMD over the last four seasons. In 157 career games, Sharp scored 50-58=108 points with 19 power-play goals and 109 penalty minutes (PIM), leading the Bulldogs in scoring the past two seasons. Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team in 2006-07 and 2007-08, the 6-1, 195-pound center concluded his UMD career on an 11-game point streak (12-7=19), which included two hat tricks

[Duckster24]

In the Iowa line-up tonight.

[DropThePuck]

“He’s an extremely talented player who had a great season,” Ducks senior vice president of hockey operations David McNab said. “He was one of the best players in the country this year. I saw him play early and really liked him, and just watched him quite a bit of the year. He had a big year from start to finish.”
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“He’s not a player we project is going to be playing (in the NHL) next year,” McNab said. “He needs to get stronger, but he has a chance to be a good player in a couple of years.”

<OCR blog entry by Wood>

[Duckbill]

sounds like an awesome pickup, between him and Mitera the Chops are going to get back up there in the standings again, and it'll help keep the attendance in Iowa strong if the people realize they're getting an influx of talent.

[Kariya9]

Good pickup. McNab doesn't let those college players slip by.

[Bryan]

hope he turns out to be a great player in the future