newsday.com - 10/27/2008
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Rick DiPietro saw the doctor again this morning, an occurrence these days about as common as another Islanders loss. It's sad that it's come to this, that the Islanders' goalie has become so fragile and injury-prone. But that's where we're at, and it's becoming clear this is going to have a ...
sports.yahoo.com - 10/28/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
The first beautiful thing about this fight is
that it takes place at the Nassau Coliseum during...
a New York Rangers / New York Islanders game, which means the crowd makes it sound like Round 8 of an Oscar de la Hoya/Manny Pacquiao fight. It's bedlam. ...
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Fight Video: Voros plays Punch-Out, Isles' Thompson wins ...
newsday.com - 11/2/2008
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newsday.com —
For the second time in just under five
months, Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro has undergone arthroscopic knee...
surgery to repair a meniscus injury, the team announced last night. The statement released by the club did not indicate if the second ...
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DiPietro out 4-6 weeks after more knee surgery
islanders.nhl.com - 10/27/2008
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Puck Daddy —
... • Oh, and please begin the "Rick DiPietro's 15-year contract looks awfully silly now that he's brittle" meme, NY Newsday. [Newsday] ...
Habs Wake Up In The Third. And A Whole Lot Of Other Stories
Dennis-Kane.com —
... Rick DiPietro is in some people’s bad books, including the New York media. The Islanders goalie signed a 15 year, 67.5 million dollar contract in 2006, and since then, keeps getting hurt. Now he’s on the shelf again and he’s only got 13 years left on his contract. ...
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Dig in for the long haul
weblogs.newsday.com 10/28/2008 — The Islanders have done their best to shroud the issues surrounding goaltender Rick DiPietro’s health in mystery, obfuscation and misdirection. They issued a statement last night that was like a skeleton picked clean of any meat by buzzards.
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weblogs.newsday.com 10/26/2008 — For reasons I respectfully decline to disclose, I remain skeptical about goaltender Rick DiPietro’s so-called “injured” status. If the Islanders continue to withhold detailed injury information from the media and their fans as a matter of club ...
DiPietro's season over
fromtherink.com 1/20/2009 —
The New York Islanders have announced that goaltender Rick DiPietro will miss the remainder of the 2008-09 season. Team doctors have referred to the decision as precautionary due to swelling in the knee that DiPietro had arthroscopic knee ...
It's Rick DiPietro's call now
weblogs.newsday.com 1/8/2009 — From a media perspective, trying to determine the Islanders' starting goaltender by watching the pre-game skate has been a confusing task. On several occasions when he was deemed healthy enough to play, Rick DiPietro has left the ice first, which is ...
Rick DiPietro out of Rangers game
weblogs.newsday.com 10/26/2008 — Rick DiPietro will undergo a doctor’s examination of his undisclosed injury on Monday, an Islanders spokesman said this afternoon. The spokesman also confirmed a report on Chris Botta’s Islanderspointblank.com, a team-sponsored blog, that DiPietro ...
Islanders announce DiPietro out for the year
tsn.ca 1/20/2009 — The New York Islanders announced on Tuesday that post-surgical knee issues will sideline goalie Rick DiPietro for the rest of the season."After extensive consultation we feel this decision is in the best interest for Rick and the team," said Islanders ...
Rick DiPietro’s IR status
weblogs.newsday.com 10/31/2008 — The Islanders have clarified goaltender Rick DiPietro’s status regarding his placement on the injured reserve list. Although his name didn’t show up on the list until Thursday morning, his IR status is retroactive to last Sunday.
That means ...
Rick DiPietro’s doctor’s appointment
weblogs.newsday.com 10/27/2008 — Rick DiPietro will undergo a doctor’s examination of his undisclosed injury on Monday, an Islanders spokesman said this afternoon. However, the team official could not confirm a report on Chris Botta’s Islanderspointblank.com, a team-sponsored blog, ...
Injury-prone DiPietro sidelined again —
Newsday.com - Islanders 10/28/2008
Islanders All-Star goaltender Rick DiPietro was ruled
out of last night's game against the Rangers at Nassau Coliseum after undergoing a medical examination, the club announced. According to a statement, DiPietro "incurred a lower body injury ...
