Best Player you've played with or against?

[louis 0]

Here goes

Daniel Briere Killed us in a Pee-Wee tourny.

Rec hockey in bonnaventure

Sergio Momesso , just retired , he is just huge and fast

Donald Brasheer , scary man . Very good hockey player .

Worrell Btothers , Football players on skates and they can play !

Paul Dipietro , fastest player i have ever seen , largest nose to !

Marko Kiprusoff , Scary shot (mtl D )

Eric Houde , awesome player (never panned out thought )

And as a teen playednets against Habs alumni .

Got killed by Lafleur , Nilan ...and Henri Richard even thought he was like 108 years old . !

[DEATHTRON 19]

Where do I begin?

Al Secord (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid%5B%5D=4851) plays in my mens league...he once punched me and my helmet went sideways on my head...I did not enjoy it.

Then there are the whole lot of ECHL and CHL guys...

Derek Seal

Foddrill Brothers

Ty Hennes

Wes Mason

The list goes on...look them up...they make me look bad alot of nights in a row. Their lateral speed is what gets me the most, when they want to go side to side, they GO side to side.

Zachj

[ag12 0]

http://www.barriecolts.com/player_roster.asp?PlayerID=106

Vladimir Nikiforov 41 points in 46 games.

lol thats pretty funny, I grew up playing with him. His dad is pretty much the best skating/hockey instructor on Long Island. I've been on the ice with Vlady since he was about 10. Btw, no way he's even 5'7.

Best I've been on the ice with is Kovalev. Vlady's dad actually had him come down to a training camp when he was a ranger. Best I've actually played with is either Jason Blake at a training camp in MN, or this guy Quentin Brickley. Brickley (I think thats how its spelt) brother was in the NHL, and Quentin I played a bunch of pick up games with when I was in school in MA. He was ridiculously good. He'd to things like the Mario "stick between the legs shot", but be making 40' passes with it tape to tape. Just embarass guys without even trying

Ha, thats funny. I am from Long Island too and when I was growing up Vlad's dad was one of the big time skating/skills instructors if not the biggest. But I also went to college up in Boston and played against Quentin Brickley as well at a lot of open hockey sessions at Quincy Youth Arena. Guy was pretty sick, he would pull off stuff so smoothly it was insane. He used some move where he'd take the puck and kick it to his skate and drag it around, sometimes throwing in a spin-o-rama, all with the puck underneath a skate blade. Guy was unreal.

Ha, yeah, I've played with him as well about a year ago in MA. He would pull that move. He was awesome and was very generous with his passing.

I turn around and walk out of any rink he's playing shinny hockey. Yes, he's got unreal skills, but stickhandling through a bunch of kids and old guys and then he passing it off when he's done, gets old pretty fast. There are a fair amount of guys here in the Boston area at least that I know of (can't speak for everyone) that don't like playing with him or against him. Everyone knows he's got skill, he just needs to tone it down a quite a few notches so that everyone else can touch the puck and make their $5 or $10 worth the trip.

[Neal 41]

I think I know this guy. If it is who I think it is, his name is Dave. He has been skating all over the Twin Cities getting ready for tryouts for the ECHL and other minor-pro leagues. I run into him at the open skate in Burnsville. Really nice guy, didn't even get pissed when he and I got tangled going to the net and he took a header into the boards. Last I spoke to him he was off to Indiana to try out for the Indiana Ice Miners.

His dad skates in Burnsville every few months too. Apparently his dad skated for the 72 US Olympic team that won silver in Sapporo.

Okay, I screwed this up quite royally. The guy that Jarick was referring to is named Justin.

There is a Dave who skates at Burnsville and several other local rinks and whose Dad played in the Olympics in 72. And to my defense they look kind of alike.

[ronnychencharik 0]

Bret Lebda at drop in.

Doug Brown was "coaching" my ex's womens team, and i was just dinking around on the ice with them.

[-brady2 0]

pond hockey with kevin brown.

played against a decent amount of WHL draftpicks. Played with Brendan Hurley, a kid absolutely lighting up the Bantam AAA hockey league in alberta, predicted to go top 5 in the W draft. I'm too young to have played with or against anyone in the show, but i'm sure a few will make it there.

My older brothers played against and with a few draft picks this past year, riley nash from consort for one. My 2nd oldest brother played with and against kyle brodziak, sheldon souray. Played in a conditioning camp with mark letestu a few years ago.

[saveourpens 0]

I hung out with Malkin's brother Dennis last year. We were going to go to sticktime the next day, but then other plans came up, and then he and his family went back to Russia. Im sure he would've been sick.

and this guy Yuri, he played in the Russian leagues, but the USSR wouldn't allow him to go to the NHL. By the time the curtain fell, he was too old.

Didn't really play with him, but, he led one of my teams practices. He was a hard ass, but probably would've wipped our team into shape. He's also friends with all the russian Penguins through the years. He's also a pretty cocky person.

He was going to be our coach but wanted something like $100 per player per practice. Now he's one of the coaches for some incredible hs team. One team went from shit to great with him as coach.

Anyone who's Russian who's in Pittsburgh's ice hockey scene might know him.

[Hawk 0]

Grant Mulvey played on my summer rec league team. His stickhandling and passing were phenomenal. He was clearly playing half speed and just out on the rink for casual fun. Still, he was totally in control of the puck...and the game. He probably only took 10 shots all season. It was great to be on the receiving end of his passes. Jerry Korab played on the team as well. Both were great guys on and off the rink.

[maverick 0]

I've played Against Ryane Clowe of San Jose and a Bunch of Ahl and major junior players during the summer and last Febuary I got to practice with Lewiston. Got to play with Perron, Denny, Cliche and the rest of the team, Had to fill in for Bernier. Didnt get to skate with him, Which sucks

[Clark12 0]

The best player I've ever played with / against was Jason Bowen (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=525). A few years ago I trained with the Irish National team for a few months and Jason trained with us a few times to keep fit during the off-season.

[dangler08 0]

Trent Whitfield of the st. louis blues ( i think) He was the most solid player i've seen.

[BMcDonald19 0]

cody mcnaughton, my buddy's younger brother. he will go like 15 in the O draft as a 15 year old this year. troy barns, sean allard, there both are polayin in europe

[no.95 0]

Patrik Sundström, Peter Andersson or Alexander Beliavski (a latvian who could have made it to the NHL but stayed with Björklöven here in Sweden for most of his career) back when I was coaching a pee-wee-team.

As for current players I coached Alex Eriksson of Brampton Battalion and helped out a bit coaching Alex Hellström of the Peoria Rivermen, Daniel Rahimi Manitoba Moose but the best player born '87 was Patrik Sundströms son Alexander now in the SEL who was considered a bigger talent than Niklas Bäckström back then before he got knee-problems.

[Nealoc187 10]

I played on the same line with Adam Hall of the Pittsburgh Penguins for a number of years as a kid. He played lake hockey out at my house a few times, etc. He and I were of a pretty similar skill level at the time - then his skills exploded and mine plateaued lol. Also played with Scott Johnson of the UHL, and I play mens league with some former IHL, AHL, UHL, ECHL and NCAA guys. Georges Gagnon, Kurt Miller, Todd Merrit, Chris Slater, etc. Kurt Miller is the guy that was currently the best at the time I played with him. Adam Hall for instance is better than Kurt for sure, but back 15-20 years ago when I played with Adam, we were just kids.

[cxo 0]

I played pickup roller for years with with two guys who went all the way to the CRHL, and one of them was in talks with a pro team. Impressive, I know.

[Patrick67 1]

Erm. No.

[JPB_69 0]

Back when Utica NY had the Utica Devils (now defunct) I was invited to skate with the team in a practice. Martin Brodeur was their goalie. I remember taking this weak ass wrist shot and it went it. He laughed and said he wasn't used to the speed of my shot. I quickly corrected him by saying, you mean my lack of it...

Played a summer pickup session with Peca, McKee, Barnaby, Ray, Ledyard, Shannon and a bunch of Division 1 players. All the nicest guys you'd ever meet, never got pissed off at me or anything. I realized real quick that I was just in their way... If I was lucky.

Play weekly with Shannon. Besides the talent level (i.e. strength, stick handling, smarts, shot strength), what gets me is how he makes everyone around him look better. It blows my mind thinking about how friggin sick the NHL is. Think about it, you have a league comprised (or is it composed?) of guys that are not only the best of the best, but have continually made everyone around them look/play better.

On a side note, the worst Pro hands down is Andrew Peters. Played against him in a High School Alumni Tournament during the lockout. Cried about the ref's the entire time. To give you all an idea about this tournament, it's a weekend tourny where teams have a case or two in the locker room for after the game, although some guys "prepped" before game time. It's a fun tournament and guys from every team were amazed at how much of a dick he was. Guys on his own team didn't like him. He must have compromising pictures of Lindy Ruff or something.

[dix0r 0]

He must have compromising pictures of Lindy Ruff or something.

lol

[sjsharks11 0]

Ty Wishart 16th overall to san jose, Mike Weber 57th overall to buffalo, and cody lampl who plays at colorado college.

[DCott 0]

played youth hockey with Jimmy Hayes of the USA U-18 team, he should be drafted very high, and is heading to BC next year <_<

[eastonfinn 0]

Fredrik Norrena of the blue jackets and Bobby Nyholm of the KIngston Frontacs (sp?)

[Law Goalie 147]

^we had a CHL goalie come out to drop-in once and I thought he was ridiculous. I can't imagine what an NHLer would be like.

A buddy of mine spent the spring and summer playing opposite Mike Leighton in high-end Windsor shinny. The only way anyone could beat him was by using the kind of Junior D shinny crap you'd never get the time or space to do elsewhere -- ridiculous overpassing, unmolested lunch shots from the low slot. You couldn't beat him with a one-timer: he was always already there. The two things that really stood out, however, were his rebound control and puck-handling. Puck either stuck to him or went firing off into the corners, and guys stopped dumping it in after the first two skates. Guy just never got tired, either.

[hapamatt122 0]

I just played drop in with some guy that the other guy's were telling me played with the Swedish national team at some point. Never got his name, but he had a prostock stick with the name Roy printed on it, although, that could be anyone's prostock... maybe I shouldn't have posted this lol..

[Fletch 219]

I've played ice and roller against Jerry Osterkamp. He's big in the roller circuit out here in California and he is a sick player.

[g0o0nshow 0]

I've played against Kyle Turris, Kyle Beach,Colton Tuebert, Colton Gillies. Just a few I've played minor hockey against.