hockeybeat.com - 10/20/2008
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It’s been a rough little while for Rick DiPietro, the 27-year-old netminder for the New York Islanders. He’s been plagued by all sorts of problems (remember the headaches and “general all-over body achiness?
DiPietro out 4-6 weeks after more knee surgery
newsday.com 11/2/2008 — 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 ...
Isles G DiPietro questionable against Rangers
sports.espn.go.com 10/27/2008 — New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro will see a doctor on Monday for an undisclosed injury and is questionable to play that night against the New York Rangers.
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 ...
It was a good start for DiPietro
weblogs.newsday.com 10/19/2008 — One shot. One goal. It wasn’t the most auspicious start for the beginning of Rick DiPietro’s comeback from hip and knee surgery.
Not that DiPietro even had a chance to stop Nick Boynton’s blast from the right wall. It all happened too fast. A ...
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 ...
Surgery KOs DiPietro
nydailynews.com 11/2/2008 — Before blowing a three-goal third period lead to lose, 5-4, to Montreal, the Isles announced that All-Star goaltender Rick DiPietro will be out 4-6 weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery to repair his meniscus.
Which one does DiPietro play?
weblogs.newsday.com 10/16/2008 — Sometimes, preventive medicine is hard to swallow. Goaltender Rick DiPietro was first off the ice at the morning skate today in Tampa Bay, but that doesn’t mean he’ll get his first start of the season against the Lightning tonight. Coach Scott ...
Isles' DiPietro to miss rest of season
nydailynews.com 1/21/2009 — Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is out for the season because of continuing problems with a surgically repaired knee. The 27-year-old goalie who signed a 15-year contract in '06 has played only five games and won't see any more action this season.
Long wait may be over for Islanders' DiPietro
newsday.com 10/18/2008 — SUNRISE, Fla. - If Rick DiPietro doesn't make his season
debut in goal for the Islanders against Florida on Saturday night at BankAtlantic Center, he most certainly will start the next game against Dallas on Thursday at Nassau Coliseum.
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DiPietro to start tonight against Panthers? —
Newsday.com - Islanders 10/17/2008
TAMPA, Fla. - Hours before the Islanders took the ice
against Tampa Bay last night, goaltender Rick DiPietro said he "wouldn't be on the bench if I wasn't capable of playing." So if nothing else, the decision by coach Scott Gordon to keep DiPietro on ...
Panthers' Vokoun stifles Isles 2-0 (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 10/19/2008
Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves in the Florida Panthers' 2-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. Nick Boynton and Cory Stillman scored for the Panthers, who won all four meetings between the teams last season. New York's Rick ...
ISLANDERS ON MEND —
NY Post: Sports 10/23/2008
The Islanders seem to be healing, at last. First, goalie Rick DiPietro got back on the ice. Now, defenseman Chris Campoli is close to returning from a shoulder injury that has sidelined him since last month - after he had recovered from...