New York Islanders (EHM 2007) Final Attempt!

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Oct.7, 2006
(0-1)New York Islanders At (1-0)San Jose Sharks
Game 2 of 82

Goaltender(s):R.DiPietro
Goaltender(s):E.Nabokov

4:04:(1)Campoli (York, Hunter)
12:23:(2)Marleau (Ehrhoff, Gorges)
19:25:(1)Cheechoo (Marleau, Hannan) PP

27:59:(1)Simon (Satan, Hill)
30:34:(1)Blake (Tambellini, Hilbert)

56:39:(2)Blake (Yashin, Satan) PP

Final Score:4-2 New York Islanders

Three Stars:

3.
Miroslav Satan, New York Islanders, 2A

2.
Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks, 1G 1A

1.
Jason Blake, New York Islanders, 2G

Notes:Very good game, Jason Blake played great. Sean Hill was injured after blocking a shot. He just has a stubbed finger, he should be able to play through it.

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Oct.8, 2006
League Transactions

Free Agents

G Niklas Backstrom
Age:28
Last Season (Fin):54GP 32W 9L 10T 1.68GGA

Signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets for a two year deal worth 1.39M. He was previously on released September 22nd by the Minnesota Wild.

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League News

Offensive Player of the Week

C Michael Nylander
Age:34
Team:New York Rangers
This Weeks Stats:2GP 2G 3A 5P

Defensive Player of the Week

G Cristobal Huet
Age:31
Team:Montreal Canadians
This Weeks Stats:2GP 2W 0L 1.50GGA 1SO

[Bolts_26]

Tough loss over the "Yotes but nice bounce back Vs. the Sharks.

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Oct.10, 2006
(1-1)New York Islanders Vs (1-0-1)LA Kings
Game 3 of 82

Goaltender(s):R.DiPietro
Goaltender(s):D.Cloutier

30:39:(1)Miskovic (Kostopoulos, Thornton)

48:32:(1)Kozlov (York, Zhitnik)
58:39:(1)O'Sullivan (Armstrong, McCauley)

Final Score:2-1 LA Kings

Three Stars:

3.
Rick DiPietro, New York Islanders, 23/25

2.
Ryan Miskovic (Brian Boyle), LA Kings, 1G (First Career)

1.
Dan Cloutier, LA Kings, 32/33

Notes:A pretty decent game, Ryan Miskovic scored his first career goal. In other news Vancouver beat the Minnesota Wild 8-1!

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New York Islander News

New York Islander top prospect Dave Corcoran (Dustin Kohn) will be out for two months with a dislocated shoulder! The 19 year old defensemen has two goals and six points for the Brandon Wheatkings of the WHL.

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Oct.11, 2006
(1-2)New York Islanders Vs (2-0-1)Anaheim Ducks
Game 4 of 82

Goaltender(s):M.Dunham
Goaltender(s):J.Giguere

5:13:(3)Chistov (Moran, McDonald)

24:26:(2)Kozlov (York, Zhitnik)
39:18:(3)Blake (Yashin, Satin) PP

52:47:(2)McDonald (Pronger) PP

Shootout
New York Islanders Anaheim Ducks
Yashin:Goal Kunitz:Miss
Satan:Goal McDonald:Miss

Final Score:3-2 (2-0Shootout) New York Islanders

Three Stars:

3.
Alexei Zhitnik, New York Islanders, 1A

2.
Alexei Yashin, New York Islanders, 1A

1.
Andy McDonald, Anaheim Ducks, 1G 1A

Notes:Good game, good effort by our team in the shootout. We did good on our first road trip of the season. Next game at home against Boston.

[Bolts_26]

nice win. Happy to see you kicking it up in the regular season.

BTW, how much is Yashin's contract worth?