newsday.com - 10/26/2008
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After winning their home opener against St. Louis, the
Isles lost their next two home games, yielding a total of 12 goals in the process. That's what their team meeting was about after Thursday's loss to Dallas.
nypost.com - 11/3/2008
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nypost.com —
After his team fell apart in the third
period of Saturday night's loss, Islanders head coach Scott...
Gordon said that he hadn't really thought about being without Rick DiPietro for 4-6 weeks following knee surgery on Friday. The coach's mindset...
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NO RICK, BUT ISLES FIGHT ON ?
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... at Cam Ward and still lost 4-3. One of the reasons for the Islanders’ struggles is the play of the team’s youngsters, writes Greg Logan. ...
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