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 ...

Greg Logan goes off at Islanders Policy----again
newyorkislanderfancentral.com 10/26/2008 — Newsday : Apparently Greg Logan decided to finally do some passionate hockey blogging about the Islanders like Steve Zipay does for his team several times a day. Too bad it was not about the game, how the team played or to profile a player but what ...

How hurt is Rick DiPietro really?
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 ...

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.  ...

Brittle DiPietro's contract hurts Islanders, too -
newsday.com 10/27/2008 — 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 ...

Isles become front-runners for Tavares
mirtle.blogspot.com 10/13/2008 — The New York Islanders received some unwanted news just one game into the new season as the team learned that goaltender Rick DiPietro has swelling and fluid around his surgically repaired left knee.DiPietro, who has been plagued by knee injuries ...

ISLES 'COLLAPSE' WITHOUT FRANCHISE GOALTENDER
nypost.com 11/2/2008 — So far this year, the Islanders have gotten seven periods out of their franchise goaltender. That number won't change for awhile. Rick DiPietro had arthroscopic knee surgery on Friday to repair a meniscus injury and will be out 4-6 weeks. And...

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.

Isles’ DiPietro Fighting Fluid Around Knee
hockeybeat.com 10/20/2008 — 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?

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, ...

Isles' DiPietro out 4-6 weeks after knee surgery — ESPN.com - NHL 11/2/2008
Rick DiPietro underwent a second knee operation, and the Islanders franchise goalie will be sidelined four to six weeks, the team announced Saturday night.

Isles blow 4-1 lead in home loss to Montreal — Newsday.com - Islanders 11/2/2008
No one told Yann Danis ahead of time about news that Rick DiPietro had undergone arthroscopic knee surgery Friday. Making his first NHL start in three years against his former team from Montreal last night at Nassau Coliseum, Danis had more than ...

New York Islanders after 10 Games: Is the Island Sinking? — Bleacher Report - NHL 11/3/2008
A 2-7-1 record after 10 games, good for last place.  On pace for 41points.  Too bad there is not a default for first overall pick, as the way the Islanders have fared through 10 games they will probably lose the lottery for the chance at ...

DiPietro Is Out, Islanders Are Down — Bleacher Report - NHL 11/4/2008
Well, at least the third jersey is a hit. Scott Gordon's first 10 games as head coach are among the worst in team history, down there with Earl Ingarfield and Phil Goyette, who posted their stanky stretches in the inaugural and historically bad ...

THE RANT — Newsday.com - Islanders 11/4/2008
"Just in time for Christmas: Hasbro's Operation, featuring Rick DiPietro."