weblogs.newsday.com - 12/7/2008
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After going 42 games without a goal -- just over half an NHL season -- forward Jeff Tambellini agreed today to accept a conditioning assignment with Bridgeport in the AHL. That move created roster room for the Islanders to call up Blake Comeau, who began the season on the NHL roster but never ...
newsday.com - 12/8/2008
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newsday.com —
The Blake Comeau who buzzed around the net
as well as any Islanders forward in a 5-1...
loss to Atlanta Saturday night at Nassau Coliseum bore no resemblance to the Blake Comeau coach Scott Gordon saw in training camp. This energetic Comeau, who had ...
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Comeau hitting his stride for Islanders
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Comeau up, but Isles down
Lighthouse Hockey —
... Islanders fans everywhere were relieved to hear Blake Comeau was finally called up from the AHL -- even better that he takes the place of goalless Jeff Tambellini, who accepted an AHL conditioning stint despite the two-year one-way contract Garth Snow gave him over the summer. Tonight, in his 11:04, Comeau showed the speed and hockey sense we remember from his surprising stint last season. But alas: the last-place Thrashers and their whopping 5 goals on 17 shots were too much. ...
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