newsday.com - 11/27/2008
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For the first time this season, the Islanders had their
top six defenseman intact and available with the return of Freddy Meyer against Pittsburgh last night at Nassau Coliseum. Meyer underwent sports hernia surgery on Halloween in Munich under the hand of Dr. Ulrike Muschaweck, who has performed the same operation on Dallas defenseman Sergei Zubov and other top athletes.
Meyer nets two as Islanders beat Senators
newsday.com 11/30/2008 — In his third game off the injury list, defenseman Freddy
Meyer IV could have changed the numeral after his name to No. 1 because he was first star of the Islanders' 4-2 victory over Ottawa last night at the Coliseum. Meyer assisted on the first goal ...
Islanders struggling to keep defensemen healthy
newsday.com 12/4/2008 — Defense was supposed to be the Islanders' strength this
season, but injuries and the resulting lineup shuffle have left them fragile at the blue line in more ways than one. After playing all of three games with their top six defensemen in the lineup ...
Islanders DVD - CONFIRMED!
nyhockeyrivalry.com 11/26/2008 — Those of you who have followed this blog for a while know that we have been clamoring for an Islanders DVD set for some time. Or, at least, I have. In June, we each did a list of the ten games we'd like to see on DVD sets for the Islanders and ...
Islanders' luck comes from hard work
newsday.com 11/26/2008 — Sure, the Islanders were lucky to win in Montreal on
Monday night. It's the sort of good fortune that calls to mind the quote, "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
Why every NHL fan should hope the Islanders succeed
lighthousehockey.com 11/18/2008 — Islanders coach Scott Gordon is running an exciting, up-tempo system that's getting noticed around the league: proving that just because your team is rebuilding doesn't mean you have to watch dull, trapping hockey.
Big, fast Bruins too much for Islanders
newsday.com 11/29/2008 — BOSTON - The third-period meltdown is fast becoming an
Islanders trademark this season, but the one they experienced Friday at TD Banknorth Garden was different from the five others that preceded it. For one thing, there was no lead to blow. In this ...
The Islanders Blog Box- Now A Media Way of Life
sportsmediajournal.com 11/12/2008 — There was much talk across the blogsphere when it was announced in June of 2007 that the New York Islanders would create a separate special media section for independent bloggers of the team. The New York Islanders Blog Box allowed fan bloggers to ...
Islanders try to rebound against hot Bruins
newsday.com 11/28/2008 — As if blowing a lead of at least two goals for the fifth
time this season in a Thanksgiving Eve loss to Pittsburgh wasn't bad enough, the schedule puts the Islanders in Boston for a noon game on Black Friday (a bad omen if ever there was one) against ...
The Islanders' new mold
weblogs.newsday.com 11/21/2008 — Two years ago when general manager Garth Snow and coach Ted Nolan were new to their jobs, having been hired separately by owner Charles Wang, the profile of the kind of player the Islanders were seeking included an element of grit or a guy, as Snow ...
Freddy Meyer’s surgery
weblogs.newsday.com 10/31/2008 — You’re not going to believe this, but the Islanders are issuing an injury report that contains timely details and a recovery timetable. Don’t know if this is the start of a welcome trend or not, but I’ll shoot a report out to the blog first and ask ...
Isles wilt under Crosby-Malkin pressure —
Newsday.com - Islanders 11/27/2008
When all else fails, Pittsburgh coach Michel Therrien
has a switch he can flip to send the Penguins' offense into overdrive. He simply puts Evgeni Malkin on the same line with Sidney Crosby and sits back to watch the fireworks explode.
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