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# Monday's FTB: A hockey player from Arizona State joins the Marlies
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/the-arizona-to-toronto-hockey-pipeline-is-flowing-freely/
- Published: 2023-08-21T10:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-21T11:25:12.000Z
- Description: The Marlies made a move yesterday and picked up an unsigned player from Arizona State University.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches

Our Top 25 Under 25 continues this week with #14 today, which happens to be one written by me. Who will it be? It will be up at 8:00 a.m..

 If you want to catch up on last week's rankings you can find our summary here:

[2023 T25U25: Week Two SummaryThe second week of voting shows a lot of agreement about who should be at the bottom of this list.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/size/w256h256/format/png/2023/04/pension-plan-min.svg)PPP LeafsCathy Squires![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1512284125381-bdb1f3a77338?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDE5fHxsaXN0c3xlbnwwfHx8fDE2OTIwMTQ2MDV8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2023-t25u25-week-two-summary/)

The Marlies made a move yesterday and picked up a player from Arizona State University. It will likely come as no surprise that Robert Mastrosimone is a graduate of the Chicago Steel where he played with Nick Abruzzesse. Marlies GM Ryan Hardy is still roping them in from his old team.

> 🖊 News | We've signed forward Robert Mastrosimone to a one-year AHL contract. [#LongLive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LongLive?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) [August 20, 2023](https://twitter.com/TorontoMarlies/status/1693277050201690326?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Mastrosimone was actually drafted in 2019 by the Red Wings but became a free agent this summer because he went for to the NCAA for four years and never signed a contract. His first three years were at Boston University, where he played with Trevor Zegras in his first year, and then he finished with a year at Arizona State University.

He sure has some fun on the highlight-reel.

> Robert Mastrosimone prevents a Northeastern goal. [pic.twitter.com/KmWHzB6pED](https://t.co/KmWHzB6pED?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan\_93) [February 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/ConorRyan%5F93/status/1227054250511011840?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Between the legs too! My absolute favourite way for a hockey player to score.

> BETWEEN THE LEGS GOAL 👀🚨   
> Ladies and gents, Robert Mastrosimone. 🙌[@ChicagoSteel](https://twitter.com/ChicagoSteel?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [#WhosNext](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhosNext?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/w0dSPCGTzK](https://t.co/w0dSPCGTzK?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — USHL (@USHL) [February 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/USHL/status/1091884140734107648?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

I love him already.

## Other News

The Sabres put out a monument for Rick Jeanneret and it attracted one particularly special tribute.

> Someone put cookies at the top of the monument and it’s the perfect tribute [pic.twitter.com/rrg7koefjy](https://t.co/rrg7koefjy?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Scott Matla (@scottmatla) [August 19, 2023](https://twitter.com/scottmatla/status/1692694240407503339?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

If you don't know the reference between Rick Jeanneret and cookies, just watch this clip. To use a Star Trek reference, as I would, Rick can never be replaced, only succeeded.

[Cheryl Pounder discusses new role as NHL 24 commentator | TSNTSN Hockey analyst Cheryl Pounder discusses her new role as NHL 24 colour commentator and how Ray Ferraro’s mentorship gave her the confidence to earn was she called an ‘amazing opportunity’.![](https://www.tsn.ca/content/dam/sports/images/favicon/tsn/apple-touch-icon.png)TSNTSN.ca Staff![](https://www.tsn.ca/content/dam/tsn/en/home/images/2023/8/17/cheryl-pounder-1-1997015-1692286424389.jpeg)](https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/cheryl-pounder-discusses-new-role-as-nhl-24-commentator-1.1997309?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[OPP officer once accused of fraud in Wayne Gretzky memorabilia theft files $6.3M lawsuit against police | CBC NewsAn Ontario Provincial Police officer has filed a $6.3-million lawsuit against the Brantford Police Service and its board after facing charges — which were eventually dropped — related to an investigation into the theft of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia from the home of the hockey legend’s father.![](https://www.cbc.ca/a/apple-touch-icon.png)CBCFollow bobbyhristova on Twitter![](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4161352.1692370826!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/gretzky-retirement.jpg)](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/police-officer-lawsuit-fraud-gretzky-1.6940376?cmp=rss&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)