Chuck Gormley, CSN Atlantic--- Quietly effective: Through 36 games Caps defenseman Taylor Chorney has five assists and ranks tied for third on the team with a plus-14 rating while averaging 13:17 of ice time.Currently, the Capitals are the best team in the NHL with a 38-8-3 record and 73 points. The closest team to the Capitals are the Western Division leading Chicago Blackhawks who have 68 points.
“He’s one of those real good signings for us this year,” Caps coach Barry Trotz said. “He’s under the radar. (His free-agent signing) was a footnote for a lot of people in this area.
“He’s come in and filled a really good role, can play both sides on the back end and he’s been solid. Todd (Reirden) has done a good job with all our defensemen and I’m real happy with Taylor. There are certain guys everybody sort of cheers for and he’s one of them.”
Showing posts with label Taylor Chorney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taylor Chorney. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Gormley: Chorney one of Caps' best 'under the radar' signings
Former Fighting Sioux defenseman Taylor Chorney has found a niche' in Washington. Chorney is playing former Fighting Sioux All-American T.J. Oshie in the nation's capital.
Wednesday, July 02, 2014
NHL Free Agency signing
Campbell,
Andrew, D, Los Angeles, Phoenix, n/a, n/a, n/a
Conner,
Chris, RW, Pittsburg, Washington, n/a, one year
McKenna,
Mike, G, Columbus, Phoenix, n/a, 1, n/a
Goc,
Marcel, C, Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, 1.2M, one year
Biega,
Alex, D, Vancouver, Vancouver, $600K, one year
Bickel,
Stu, D, NY Rangers, Minnesota, $600K, one year
Desjardins,
Cedrick, G, Tampa Bay, NY Rangers, $1.2M, two years
Jones,
Blair, C, Calgary, Philadelphia, n/a, one year
Conner,
Chris, RW, Pittsburgh, Washington, n/a, one year
Skille,
Jack, RW, Columbus, NY Islanders, n/a, one year
Quincey,
Kyle, D, Detroit, Detroit, $8.5M, two years
Jason
LaBarbera, G, Chicago, Anaheim, $750K, one year
MacIntyre,
Drew, G, Toronto, Carolina, $600K, one year
Leggio,
David, G, Washington, Islanders, n/a, one year
Chorney,
Taylor, D, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, $550K, one year
Jones,
Blair, C, Calgary, Philadelphia, n/a, one year
Skille,
Jack, RW, Columbus, Islanders, n/a, one year
Sunday, August 19, 2012
The Cult of Hockey profiles Dillon Simpson
Edmonton Oilers Prospects #12: Dillon SimpsonI don’t think that anyone who watched Dillon Simpson play on a regular basis over the past two year would agree with everything that is written in this article. I also wonder how many games the author actually watched Simpson play. Lets not forget, Dillon came to UND at the ripe old age of 17 playing against older adult players that are in their 20’s.
There was some reflexive complaining about nepotism in Edmonton after they drafted Simpson in the fourth round of the 2011 Draft, but it was largely muted and for good reason: Simpson looks like he’s going to be a player on merit, not just because he happens to share a last name with a former 50-goal scorer.
Simpson played 30 college games in his draft year, scoring twice and adding eight assists, and he built on those totals this year: 42 games played, two goals, and 16 assists for 18 total points. There’s other good news – his role expanded to the point where he was on the ice for both special teams (something that had not happened the year before), he doubled his shot totals over the course of the season, and despite taking on more responsibility he went from plus-11 to plus-10 despite the fact that the team as a whole went from plus-56 to plus-19.
Unfortunately, the news isn’t all good.
The jump in offense, for example, isn’t as spectacular as it sounds. At even-strength over 30 games in 2010-11, Simpson had one goal and six assists. At even-strength over 42 games in 2011-12, he had one goal and six assists. Fully 11 of his 18 points last season came on the power play. How much offense will he bring to the professional level – particularly if he doesn’t end up on the man advantage? It’s unclear but his college numbers to date don’t suggest he’s going to be a dominant force; his point totals are in the same range as recent Oilers college picks Jeff Petry, Cody Wild and Taylor Chorney.
Expectations for 2012-13: Another year at the University of North Dakota could be revealing. With top defender Ben Blood slated to turn pro, there’s room for Simpson to move up the depth chart. It’s reasonable to expect more work at both even-strength and on special teams, and the challenge will be for Simpson to remain a plus player against tougher opposition, and hopefully to deliver something more offensively. [Read the Whole Articled]
I have heard that Simpson like many of his other teammates played a portion of last season injured and that might explain why Simpson’s play might have taken a bit of a dip. I heard that Simpson had played one of the series against the Minnesota Gophers with a significant injury.
Lastly, I think that Dillon Simpson has a great upside and will get better as he matures with age. Simpson will only get better playing against older players.I am also not comfortable with comparing Simpson to the Edmonton Oiler fans favorite whipping boy Taylor Chorney - I think that Simpson in my opinion is much better player with a bigger upside defensively that Chorney.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Oklahoma City Barons bury Toronto Marlies 5-1
The OKC Barons and the Toronto Marlies is a series of interest for college hockey fans as well as Fighting Sioux Hockey fans. Last night, former Fighting Sioux forward Chris VandeVelde scored the fourth goal of the game for the Oklahoma City Barons as they evened their series in the Western Conference Finals against the Toronto Marlies with a 5-1 victory. The next three games of this series are in Toronto.
This series features three ex-Fighting Sioux hockey players (TOR) Matt Frattin (OKC) Taylor Chorney and Chris VandeVelde. There will be a least one former Fighting Sioux hockey players in the Calder Cup Finals and there is a "slight" possibility that three former Fighting Sioux players could face off against each other - if Jason Gregoire and Jake Marto's team the St. John's Ice Caps make the Calder Cup Finals, the are currently down 1-0 against the Milwaukee Admirals - Gregoire and Marto have yet to play for the Ice Caps in the Calder Cup Playoffs and both players have been a healthy scratch according to Chad from A Tradition of Excellence.
Just a few points of interest - only 2621 fans attended last night's game, that seems kind of low for a playoff hockey game in any league. After looking at this attendance figures I went back and looked at the OKC Barons attendance figures for the season and they averaged 3684 fans per game, there are 19 Division I college hockey teams that have have better attendance than the OKC Barons.
For the season, the Toronto Marlies draw better than the Oklahoma City Barons as they averaged 5,480 fans per game. There are 10 Division I hockey teams that draw better than the Marlies.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Frattin's goal against OKC
s/t to @BrittsLyfe for posting this on Twitter... Check out this goal by Toronto Marlies forward Matt Frattin. Frattin's team the Toronto Marlies ended up beating former Fighting Sioux alumni Chris Vandevelde and Taylor Chorney's team the Oklahoma City Barons.
I am sure this goal by Frattin looks familiar to Fighting Sioux hockey fans who watched the power forward score a bunch of goals that looked a lot like this one. Notice the goalie also didn't see the puck until it was past him and in the net.
College Hockey well represented
The more I looked around the Leafs official web sight, the more I realized college hockey's contribution to this game and the Toronto Marlies. If you look at the box score from this game you will see that college hockey was well represented - three former WCHA players scored three of the five goals for the Marlies in tonight's game, Jake Gardiner (UW), Matt Frattin (UND) and Joe Colborne (DU).
Also, former RPI forward Jerry D'Amigo leads the Marlies in points for the Calder Cup playoffs.
The starting goalie for the Marlies is former Cornell Star Ben Scrivens who has started every games for the Marlies during the playoffs and was up for a while with the Maple Leafs during the regular season.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Chorney headed to Oklahoma City
Former Fighting Sioux defenseman Taylor Chorney is head to the AHL to start the season. Chorney played in 42 games last season and was a horrific -21 and became a whipping boy for the Oiler’s faithful.
Edmonton Oilers Press Release --- Edmonton Oilers General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the club has assigned the following four players to Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League:
Taylor Chorney (D)
Colin McDonald (LW)
Jeff Petry (D)
Alex Plante (D)
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Cogliano Leaving School, Chorney Won't
Listen to Andrew Cogliano's Radio interview with Dan Tencer
Here is an interesting article written by Dan Tencer that was posted over on HOCKEYBUZZ
Great news for Sioux fans and nice to see that the Oiler folks know that Taylor is staying in college for at least another year. With Andrew Gogliano getting a contract it will be interesting to see who will be the next college hockey player to forgo their college hockey eligibility and sign a professional contract. It's seems to be only a matter of time before Jonathon Toews forgoes his college hockey eligibility and signs a professional hockey contract.
Here is an interesting article written by Dan Tencer that was posted over on HOCKEYBUZZ
Just got off the phone with Cogs...it was a tough decision for him, but the Oilers made him an offer he couldn't refuse. He was set to be one of the go-to guys with the Wolverines this year, but when an NHL team demonstrates that they want you as much as the Oilers did...well, he wasn't about to turn down the 3-year deal.
Hear the full interview with Andrew by going here:
The Link
Both he and Oilers Assistant GM Scott Howson will be guests in the 1st hour of Inside Sports on 630 CHED tonight for those of you in Edmonton.
As far as Taylor Chorney is concerned, the Oilers expect him to stay with the University of North Dakota for at least another season.
Great news for Sioux fans and nice to see that the Oiler folks know that Taylor is staying in college for at least another year. With Andrew Gogliano getting a contract it will be interesting to see who will be the next college hockey player to forgo their college hockey eligibility and sign a professional contract. It's seems to be only a matter of time before Jonathon Toews forgoes his college hockey eligibility and signs a professional hockey contract.
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