newsday.com - 2/17/2009
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Reduced now to a fourth-line role, Jeff Tambellini was
on the ice for a team-low 12:16 yesterday afternoon at Nassau Coliseum. But when the Islanders needed it most, Tambellini's wrist shot found the mark for a 2-1 shootout win that gave the Isles a 3-2 victory over Pittsburgh.
newsday.com - 2/17/2009
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newsday.com —
For all practical purposes, the Islanders' season ended
long ago, maybe even as far back as the...
9-2 loss they suffered the last time they played Pittsburgh in December. Now, it's about laying groundwork for the future, and that was never more evident ...
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Islanders beat Penguins in shootout at Coliseum
newsday.com - 2/18/2009
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newsday.com —
Maybe we're all Islanders for living here, as
the hockey team's ad campaign suggests, but even the...
Islanders are not all Islanders, in terms of geographical roots. A collection of Americans, Canadians, a Czech, an Austrian, a Finn, a Korean-born Yank ...
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Islanders' Nielsen draws praise from coach
newsday.com - 2/17/2009
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newsday.com —
As Dan Bylsma might say, you've got to
start somewhere. For him, it was a one-point shootout...
loss in his first game as Penguins interim head coach, right where he started his NHL coaching career as an Islanders assistant in 2005-06. ...
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Memo to Islanders: There's a lesson in Pens
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Empty Netter Assists - Eastern Conference - 2-17-09
Empty Netters —
... -Dave Molinari's recap from yesterday. There were a few good things in Dan Bylsma's debut.
-The Associated Press' recap. Does Bylsma have enough time to make a difference?
-Newsday's recap. The Islanders laid the groundwork for the future yesterday.
-The Islanders can learn a lot from the Penguins' situation.
-Bylsma has his foot on the gas.
-Steve Tambellini came through for the Islanders in the shootout.
-Instead of doing it over the phone, Ray Shero made the trip to Long Island ...
NHL Morning Papers (Tuesday Edition): Justin Williams out for a month, Hossa and Franzen could both very well return and Tomas Kaberle not on his way out of town quite yet
IllegalCurve.com —
... for a 3-2 shootout win on home ice on Monday. The team was happy to see youngster Jeff Tambellini score the shootout winner. ...
DiPietro injury update: Frustrated yet determined
Lighthouse Hockey —
... Regarding the game (there was a game?), Botte has Scott Gordon talking about Jeff Tambellini building off his success in the non-game-related situation known as the shootout. Tambellini also got coverage from Newsday's Greg Logan, who noted his ...
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Record : 16-33-6
Leading scorers : Michael Streit (9G, 29A), Dough Weight (9G, 26A)
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Suddenly this game is much more interesting now that Michel Therrien isn't at the helm right now.
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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Islanders [Open Thread]
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Islanders' Weight sidelined six weeks
newsday.com 2/13/2009 — The hits just keep on coming for the Islanders, who
yesterday announced the loss for the next six weeks of top-line center Doug Weight because of medial collateral ligament damage suffered in the second period of a 4-2 loss to the Devils Wednesday ...
The Weight Injury and What It Means for the Deadline
islandersoutsider.blogspot.com 2/15/2009 — The sprained MCL that Doug Weight suffered Wednesday at New Jersey has significantly altered the outlook of the trade deadline for the Islanders. Before the injury, I (and probably everyone else) had the team's assets ranked as follows in terms of ...
Queens, you say? K.C. isn't giving up on the Islanders
lighthousehockey.com 2/13/2009 — Here's a nice write-up of Kansas City officials talking about the prospects of filling their arena with the Islanders . Talking to an association of K.C. developers, the city manager makes two assumptions that require caveats when considering the ...
All Islanders can do is look toward the future
newsday.com 1/29/2009 — There is hope at the end of the road. That is the lesson
of the expansion 1972-73 Islanders, who still hold various franchise records, including one the current Islanders will try not to match tonight.
Islanders Lighthouse Project Gaining Momentum?
puckmoney.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — Chris Botta of Point Blank is claiming that "The Lighthouse project has a healthy pulse." Botta would definitely be one to know, as he was the former Vice President of Media Relations for the Islanders.Over the last 24 hours, Point Blank received more than a half-dozen anonymous tips in our ...
Penguins lose in Bylsma's debut (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 2/16/2009
Dan Bylsma's first game behind the Pittsburgh Penguins bench ended like so many under former coach Michel Therrien, with a loss. Frans Nielsen and Jeff Tambellini scored shootout goals, and Joey MacDonald turned aside Penguins stars Evgeni ...
Islanders 3, Penguins 2 (SO) —
NYT > Hockey 2/17/2009
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Dan Bylsma's first game behind the Pittsburgh Penguins bench ended like so many under former coach Michel Therrien, with a loss. >
DIPIETRO SEES HEALTHY FUTURE —
NY Post: Sports 2/17/2009
> Sure, the Islanders will take yesterday's shootout win over the Penguins in which they got good performances from some of their young players who the team is counting on, but they could still use the help of the 27-year-old goalie who has ...
