weblogs.newsday.com - 11/25/2008
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The fickle finger of fate touched two Irishmen last night at the Bell Centre but with very different results. At one end of the rainbow, the Islanders' Bill Guerin was on the receiving end of the strangest goal of his career, while Montreal defenseman Ryan O'Byrne lost all his lucky charms ...
ottawasun.com - 11/23/2008
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ottawasun.com —
The Montreal Canadiens want to celebrate their 100th
anniversary with another Stanley Cup banner at the Bell
Centre. League sources say that's why Habs GM Bob Gainey went clear across the continent last week to Los Angeles to try to convince ...
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Bruce Garrioch - Gainey hitting Mats hard to deliver ...
lighthousehockey.com - 11/25/2008
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lighthousehockey.com —
On a delayed penalty late in the third
with Carey Price pulled and the Habs dominating, the
Habs' Ryan O'Byrne tied the game -- for the Isles -- by passing the puck into his own vacated net, from his own zone. Completing the rough night for O'Byrne, the Islanders then won it in a shootout.
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Isles win SO on wacky Habs own goal
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Islander News Articles 11/25
NEW YORK ISLANDER FAN CENTRAL —
... Newsday: Mr Logan instead in the Islanders Newsday blog had what we can call a second article with more on O'Bryne's goal with the Islander player comments. Mr Logan felt Canadians head coach Guy Charboneau threw Mark Streit under the bus explaining why the fans booed him for leaving "to take the money" elsewhere while Streit commented. ...
On the Beat: More moves in Tampa
IllegalCurve.com —
... Guy Carbonneau says he can understand why Montreal fans booed Mark Streit. I don’t think many people find any fault with Streit leaving. ...
You feel shame: O'Byrne goal aftermath
Lighthouse Hockey —
... , are at least errant passes from the offensive zone. But this was a pass in earnest from the defensive zone, with O'Byrne apparently unaware that Canadiens goalie Carey Price was 60 feet away. The whole sequence made little sense -- from the phantom penalty (no one is certain when the foul occurred, nor whether an Islander touched the puck afterward) to the goal credit going to Bill Guerin. ...
Penguins visit Long Island for Atlantic boogie
Lighthouse Hockey —
... at 18.3% -- but curiously the Pens are much better at home (23.2%), while the Islanders are much better on the road (22.2%).
Penalty Kill
These teams' PKs are close, too, with Pittsburgh ranking 7th at 84.3% and the Isles ranking 10th at 84.0%. But I think the Islanders PK has been a little lucky lately: Montreal and Buffalo both created chances they really should have buried. The Habs hits posts and didn't score more only because Guy Carbonneau's incessant whining about Mark Streit earned him the karma of one more game of miserable Streit-less power ...
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NYDailyNews.com - Hockey 11/25/2008
Ryan O'Byrne allowed the tying goal when he put the puck in his own net on a delayed penalty, and Bill Guerin scored the shootout clincher for the Islanders in a 4-3 victory over Montreal on Monday night.
