newsday.com - 12/19/2008
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Registering a minus-5 for being on
the ice for all of Washington's goals in a 5-4 overtime win against the Islanders Tuesday, defenseman Brendan Witt said it was "a first for me." That dropped Witt's plus-minus rating to minus-15 in only 19 games played, but the Islanders' alternate captain said that statistic reflects the difficulty of playing new coach Scott Gordon's system more than anything else.
lighthousehockey.com - 12/19/2008
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lighthousehockey.com —
[Tonight] will be a battle of the too
coldest teams in the NHL. The Wild has lost...
six in a row and seven of its past eight. The Islanders have lost seven in a row and nine of 10. The Isles – the childhood team for this Long Island boy — ...
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Isles visit 'desperate' Wild as Witt pleads for change
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newsday.com - 12/20/2008
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newsday.com —
ST. PAUL, Minn. - One day after defenseman
Brendan Witt spoke out about the Islanders' defensive problems,...
they broke down again in the third period of a 1-all game. Minnesota scored three goals in the final period and outshot the Isles 39-16 to ...
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Isles defense collapses in third against Wild
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Empty Netter Assists - Eastern Conference - 12-19-08
Empty Netters —
... -Islanders defenseman Brendan Witt says head coach Scott Gordon's system makes playing defense difficult. Apparenlty being an old, broken down, over the hill player has nothing to do with Witt's problems. ...
Islander News Articles 12/19
NEW YORK ISLANDER FAN CENTRAL —
Newsday: Greg Logan's article has comments from defenseman Brendan Witt who talks about how Scott Gordon's defensive system is tough to play at length with a lot of details as to why it leaves players open. Scott Gordon responded while Witt for his part also said he's trying to do whatever the coach asks along with his fellow defensemen and for the progress they have shown they have not showed it very often for 60 minutes but until the coach says something different we have to play this way. ...
Islanders Defensive Style Is Risky
KK Hockey —
... to pinch in an effort to keep the puck in the offensive zone. But sometimes, as happened Saturday in Columbus, the opposing team gains control of the puck and throws it up the ice, sending their forwards off to the races while the Isles scramble to backcheck. “Personally, I think it’s more of a risky type of game,” (Brendan) Witt said. “There’s a lot of odd-man rushes. But that’s the way he wants us to play, and until he decides he wants to change that, we’re going to play that way.” more Filed in: ...
NHL Morning Papers (Friday Edition): Rick Tocchet furious was officials, Wings put forth dominant performance and Brooks claims Sundin went for the money
IllegalCurve.com —
... in front of the Minnesota fans. Brendan Witt doesn’t seem to be a very big fan of coach Scott Gordon’s system. ...
More from Brendan Witt/Islander Insider
NEW YORK ISLANDER FAN CENTRAL —
... Newsday Islander Insider: Mr Logan for his part had little that was not in the earlier article beyond Witt's knee being fine and not effecting his play while the beatwriter looks at the numbers and suggests if things continue the coach may have to reassess what he is doing playing a way that no one else in the NHL is playing. ...
Isles visit 'desperate' Wild as Witt pleads for change
Lighthouse Hockey —
... As we've seen with Team Ovechkin, even if a team is otherwise playing poorly, a guy like Gaborik can help them make mincemeat of the Isles defense. It doesn't help that a team leader on D has very little faith in the defensive scheme Scott Gordon is running. Brendan Witt sounded ...
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Isles defense collapses in third against Wild -
newsday.com 12/20/2008 — ST. PAUL, Minn. - One day after defenseman Brendan Witt spoke out about the Islanders' defensive problems, they broke down again in the third period of a 1-all game. Minnesota scored three goals in the final period and held the Isles to just six shots ...
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Gordon's changes don't work out as Islanders fall
newsday.com 12/10/2008 — PHILADELPHIA - Scott Gordon made so many changes in the
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hockeycaster.blogspot.com 12/12/2008 — I had some free time during school so I started this post there,
Well, since the only real big media news is that NBC signed an extension with league through 2010, (which was highly expected, being as they are also carrying the Vancouver Olympics), and the fact that the NHL's All Star ballot ...
Capitals 4, Blues 2 —
NYT > Hockey 12/19/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Viktor Kozlov had two goals and an assist, and the Washington Capitals extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-2 victory over the struggling St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. >
Caps 4, Blues 2 —
Capitals Insider 12/19/2008
Simeon Varlamov was solid in his second NHL start and the Capitals were able to overcome a few lackadaisical stretches to overpower the Blues 4-2, for Washington's fifth straight victory. With the win the Caps tied their season best winning streak and ...
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Capitals Insider 12/19/2008
Ah the unsung hero, or in the Capitals' case, the unsung Russian. That's what Coach Bruce Boudreau dubbed steady veteran Viktor Kozlov, who scored two goals last night in the Caps' 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues in Verizon Center. *Here's the Blues ...
