newsday.com - 10/19/2008
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SUNRISE, Fla. - When this season began, Islanders coach
Scott Gordon said he was against using a forward at point on the power play because they tend to take more chances and often get burned by turnovers. That vow lasted exactly three games. Then Gordon moved top-line center Doug Weight to left point on the top power-play unit with defenseman Mark Streit at the right point Thursday at Tampa Bay and again last night at Florida.
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... in his season debut but his team just couldn’t muster any offense. Islanders coach Scott Gordon has shifted Doug Weight to the left point on the power play. Meanwhile, the New York media ...
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Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 10/19/2008
Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves in the Florida Panthers' 2-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. Nick Boynton and Cory Stillman scored for the Panthers, who won all four meetings between the teams last season. New York's Rick ...
