No, not the Mark Kirk ’81 kind. Earlier today MetaEzra first picked up on Colin Greening’s recent call up to the Ottawa Senators. Greening has spent the beginning of the season playing for the minor league Binghamton Senator of the AHL. From Ottawa’s website:
It wasn’t exactly what the Cornell University grad had in mind when he and his girlfriend, Tissy, arrived in Chicago to spend the AHL all-star break. They’d barely landed in the Windy City when Greening got the call to head to Ottawa.
“She was saying to me ‘where do you want to go to eat in Chicago first?’ and then I’m getting this call,” said Greening in recalling the frenzied events of Sunday afternoon. “So I had to tell her ‘I don’t think I going to be able to do that anymore.’ It was just a lot of surprise. She was happy for me, but it was kind of a whirlwind. I had to get back here and get all my gear and things like that. It was an exciting time, to say the least.”
Greening had 8 minutes of ice during the game- not bad at all for a rookie call-up in his first NHL start. This appearance makes Greening the first 2010 Cornell Hockey senior to get a big league start. While it’s not clear how long he will stay with Ottawa- he’s not on the roster for tonight’s shootout against Detroit- the call up is already a significant accomplishment. Who’s next? Nash or Nash?
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