weblogs.newsday.com - 1/4/2009
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Sometimes, in the hectic final moments of a hockey game that is evolving from ho-hum to helter-skelter, as a sports writer, you just want to call time out and take a moment to sit back, reflect and frame your thoughts on what you just witnessed. Of course, deadlines make that impossible, and ...
nypost.com - 12/31/2008
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nypost.com —
With the last-place Islanders clearly in rebuilding mode,
Doug Weight would seem to be a logical asset
for the team to parlay into getting younger. The resurgent Weight leads the Isles in points and has played better than he had in recent years...
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VETERAN WILLING TO WEIGHT ON ISLANDERS
lighthousehockey.com - 12/30/2008
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lighthousehockey.com —
Scotty Bowman is often attributed with saying that
your team's special teams percentages should add up to
at least 100 if you want to be doing okay. The Islanders, at 18.7% + 80.8%, are close to 100 (99.5), but they are decidedly not doing okay. ...
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Islanders 5-on-5: Here be monsters
newsday.com - 1/6/2009
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newsday.com —
EDMONTON, Alberta - Trades are a fact of
life in the NHL , where few players spend
their entire careers with the same team no matter how good they are. The Islanders' visit to Edmonton to play the Oilers last night at Rexall Place stirred happy ...
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Weight, Guerin are used to the trade rumors -
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"Bailey's long wait for his first goal reminds me of some tough dry spells Weight endured with the Rangers the season I covered him. Sometimes, you could recognize the talent and creativity that was there all along, and other times, ...
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Doug Weight's out
weblogs.newsday.com 1/5/2009 — There's no good time for an injury, but if ever there's a place where Doug Weight would push himself through pain to play if it were possible, it's Edmonton. So, it was with a pained look on his face that Weight walked out of the Islanders' locker ...
Bailey tryout can't hurt
weblogs.newsday.com 11/12/2008 — If some of the veteran Islanders didn't quite understand what they signed up for earlier, they know now that management is serious about finding out about the young players in the system. So, in that context, the decision to take a look at ...
A Bit Disillusioned
nyhockeyrivalry.com 12/19/2008 — Our buddy Jason from 3rd String Safety left us this comment last night regarding the Islanders-Capitals game... Excuse this comment for being totally irrelevant to the post but I went to a hockey game for the first time in a while tonight and I ...
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Bill Guerin's 400th goal
weblogs.newsday.com 12/27/2008 — The fairy-tale finish would have had Doug Weight recording his 1,000th NHL point on the primary assist leading to best buddy Bill Guerin's 400th career goal. But the Islanders' season so far has been a fractured fairy tale, as the long injury list ...
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 ...
Behind the Blog: Lighthouse Hockey
wingingitinmotown.com 12/29/2008 — This week's Behind the Blog features Dominik, the blogger behind Lighthouse Hockey . LH is the SBN go-to blog for all things New York Islanders. He took some time to answer our questions about him, the Islanders, and his blog.
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Coyotes nip Islanders in Arizona —
NYDailyNews.com - Hockey 1/3/2009
Shane Doan and Olli Jokinen each scored and the Phoenix Coyotes held on to beat the Islanders 5-4 Friday night. Doug Weight had a pair of assists for the Islanders to become the eighth American-born player to reach the 1,000-point mark.
ISLANDERS FALL TO COYOTES —
NY Post: Sports 1/3/2009
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Shane Doan and Olli Jokinen each scored and the Coyotes held on to beat the Islanders 5-4 last night. Doug Weight had a pair of assists for the Islanders to become the eighth American-born player to reach the 1,000-point mark...
Thousand points of light for Weight —
Newsday.com - Islanders 1/4/2009
SAN JOSE, Calif. - It occurred late in the third period of
a losing cause, but Doug Weight became the eighth American-born player and 73rd overall in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points when he picked up assists on the Islanders' last two goals ...
