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Topic Started: Sep 29 2005, 11:25 AM (555 Views)
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na bates goal won it
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Rick DiPietro's sliding left-skate save on Rangers rookie Petr Prucha in the final attempt of the shootout was the difference as the Islanders posted a 3-2 victory over the Rangers in Madison Square Garden tonight.

In the shootout, Jason Blake and Martin Rucinsky failed in the first round of attempts, then Mark Parrish and Jaromir Jagr scored. Shawn Bates put the Islanders up 2-1 in the shootout, meaning DiPietro had to stop Prucha for the win. Despite the impressive young Ranger's best efforts, DiPietro stopped him with his left skate as the Islanders had their victory in the final game of the exhibition season.

"We were all right tonight," said Islanders head coach Steve Stirling after the game. "We still have a lot of work to do before we go to Buffalo, especially on the power play."

Janne Niinimaa got the Isles on the board just 1:40 into the contest on a fluky goal that former Islander goaltender Weekes would want back. Oleg Kvasha made a nifty play along the left wing boards to draw a pair of Rangers’ defenders, which allowed Niinimaa to pinch from his left point position unchecked. As the Islander defenseman cruised through the slot, he flicked a soft backhander on net that Weekes should have easily pushed into the corner. Instead, he let the puck roll up his stick, over his shoulder and barely across the goal line.

The Islanders nearly made it a 2-0 game less than a minute later when they went on the powerplay as the Rangers were charged with a delay of game penalty. Weekes made amends twice with top-notch rejections. A rocket from Brent Sopel’s right point position was kicked out by the New York netminder as Mark Parrish dug away for the rebound. The second came off a pretty one-time feed from Robert Nilsson behind the Blueshirts’ net that Trent Hunter immediately snapped off, which was foiled by Weekes’ left pad.

Midway through the first period, a giveaway by Niinimaa helped the hosts tie the game via the powerplay. After Rick DiPietro had cleared his zone and nearly sprung Jason Blake, Niinimaa wound up with the puck. But he lost control with Jagr on top of him, setting the stage for a 2-on-1 into the Islanders’ end. Jagr was left with plenty of time to measure up DiPietro and snap a shot into the twine.

Sopel played a big part in netting the Isles’ second tally of the game with 8:23 left in the first with the Rangers’ Ville Nieminen in the box. His pass to Mike York at the left point allowed the former Ranger to tee-up a shot on net, which hit Hunter in the slot. Yet, Hunter was alert enough to find the puck at his skates and flick the disc past Weekes.

In the second period, the Islanders dominated much of the territorial play. But it was the Rangers who’d notched the only goal when Jed Ortmeyer wristed a shorthanded tally past DiPietro with five minutes left in the period off a 2-on-1.

ISLANDERS
FORWARDS
(55) Jason Blake-(79) Alexei Yashin-(81) Miroslav Satan
(11) Mattias Weinhandl-(12) Oleg Kvasha-(37) Mark Parrish
(21) Robert Nilsson-(16) Mike York-(7) Trent Hunter
(29) Petteri Nokelainen-(17) Shawn Bates-(49) Eric Godard

DEFENSE
(77) Alexei Zhitnik-(25) Brad Lukowich
(44) Janne Niinimaa-(3) Brent Sopel
(8) Tomi Pettinen-(2) Chris Campoli

GOALTENDERS
(39) Rick DiPietro
(30) Garth Snow

RANGERS
FORWARDS
(26) Martin Rucinsky-(17) Jamie Lundmark-(68) Jarmoir Jagr
(10) Ville Nieminen–(19) Blair Betts–(58) Petr Prucha
(21) Chad Wiseman-(38) Jarkko Immonen-(41) Jed Ortmeyer
(36) Ryan Hollweg-(18) Dominic Moore-(14) Jason Ward

DEFENSEMEN
(55) Fedor Tyutin-(6) Darius Kasparaitis
(34) Jason Strudwick-(5) Dale Purinton
(22) Thomas Pock-(15) Joe Rullier

GOALTENDERS
(80) Kevin Weekes
(30) Henrik Lundqvist
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kinda nervous bout the first game in buffalo... we'll see :dontknow:
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7th Woman,Sep 29 2005
08:36 PM
ok.. so the little bug waited till TONIGHT to go down hurt.

I am so not happy.

oh Dee I was freaking for you you-- especially when they said he had left the bench...

but i was so glad to see him back skating fine!!


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7th Woman,Sep 29 2005
08:42 PM
Oh... and we found something to get Kvasha ANGRY!!!

Go after Rick!

NICE!!!!

that was so funny!!!

Cupz was Like OH no...they woke the sleeping Giant!!

he did pretty good last night!
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WE WON
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i'm so glad we won!! this morning will be fun with the ranger fans at work who sent me emails last night!! :banana:
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Kvasha did GREAT last night!
I was finally iimpressed. It was really GOOD to see him go after someone for whacking Rick in the helmet.

If that's what it takes to get that man going... so be it. Ricky can take a whack or 2!

I was surprised to see Jason back 20 seconds after Deb Kaufman announced it was a bruise behind the knee.

They must have shot him with something and sent the energizer bunny back out, because when he hit the ice, he hit it with a vengance. But he stayed out way too long on one or two shifts.

Nice to see Goddard over Puritan... the gorilla on skates.
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I thought the isles skated pretty well, not great but good.

Their PP is atrocious. Their plan is to get it to the point for the shot and look for a deflection or rebound. This is the NHL not HS hockey. When the Rags went 1-2-1 on the "diamond" that JD wouldnt shut up about, the Isles should have created a 2 on 1 or 3 on 1 down low and abandoned the point shot, but they showed they were not flexible enough to read the D and change. Very poor execution on the PP.

Weinhandl did not impress me at all, yet Hunter and Kvasha were great. Kvasha should run the PP all the time. He is by far our best playmaker and passer. He even used his size to run over a few Rags. Damn his potential is limitless.

The Rick was great too. So calm and very little movement on saves.

Yashin and Satan will eventually figure it out and have a great season. I would keep Nilsson on their line. Speaking of Nilsson, he is special, he sees the ice great, is in great position, now if he can only hit the net with his shots. What a set up to Hunter.

All in all, from what I saw last night, we out played them 5 on 5, we did good on the PK and even the shootout. It was the PP that was the major concern.

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Islanders sink Rangers in shootout

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NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Parrish and Shawn Bates scored in a shootout, lifting the New York Islanders to a 3-2 victory Thursday night over the New York Rangers.

Rick DiPietro made a left-pad save against Petr Prucha to seal the victory, allowing only a goal to Jaromir Jagr in the NHL's new tiebreaker format.

Janne Niinimaa and Trent Hunter scored in regulation for the Islanders. Jagr and Jed Ortmeyer answered for the Rangers.

Ortmeyer tied it at 2 late in the second period when took a crossing pass from Blair Betts and snapped a shot past DiPietro for a short-handed goal with 5:38 left.

It came while Jagr was serving the 11th of the Rangers' 12 penalties. But unlike the pre-season opener between the teams, the Islanders scored once on the power play and allowed a short-handed goal.
 
The Islanders entered with 61 power-play chances during the pre-season, the third highest total in the NHL, yet only converted nine times - including three against the Rangers during a 5-1 win on Sept. 20.


The Islanders scored at least one man-advantage goal in each of their seven exhibition games. They won't get to try it out again until the regular-season opener Wednesday in Buffalo.

In overtime, the Islanders had another power-play chance when Dale Purinton was called for boarding with 3:01 left.

Janne Niinimaa gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead just 1:40 in when his backhand shot from the slot bounced up off the stick and pad of goalie Kevin Weekes and popped behind him. Weekes dived back and covered the puck in desperation, but video replay confirmed it had already crossed the line.

Jagr, who scored twice in New York's 4-2 victory over Boston last Sunday, got the Rangers even when he took a pass in the neutral zone and got by Niinimaa who fell down. Jagr made several side-to-side moves in front before beating DiPietro to make it 1-1 at 9:15 of the opening period.

The Islanders (3-3-1) regained the lead at 11:37 on Hunter's only goal of the pre-season. Former Rangers forward Mike York ripped a shot from the left side that struck traffic in front of Weekes. The puck dropped right down to Hunter, who was camped in front of the net, and he smacked a shot in.

Rangers left winger Ville Nieminen strained his right groin in the second period and didn't return. He is day to day. Islanders forward Jason Blake injured his right leg while blocking a shot in the second period, but he was back on the ice in the third.

The Rangers (1-2-1) will wrap up their exhibition schedule with a game Saturday at Boston and a home game versus New Jersey on Sunday.

Both goalies played the entire game. Weekes made 33 saves, while DiPietro stopped 21 shots before the shootout.
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Aside from the game being a bit...I dare say...boring. I think there were a few positives worth noting.
First & foremost (for me) was Niilson !!!! The kid is a playmaker for sure...and he can move...I'd like to see him on that 1st line.
-Kvasha was lookin real good...and faster ?? (and BIG)
-Hunter...gonna have a great season...no doubt about it
-The Rick mad some good stops...and that left leg has some REACH !! And he looked super confident handling the puck.
-Yash looked good too...hitting...making plays...he just couldn't bury it.
-I'm gonna say it...BATES...had a damn good game...boy had some pep in his step...and looks to be putting his "funk" behind him.


Obviosly we are not on the level we should be yet, given the talent we have. But, It's early...the boys will get into the groove...we just need to be a little patient.
...no worries
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but how can you not be excited about DiPietro…Robert Nilsson…Ryan O'Marra…Petteri Nokelainen…Jeremy Colliton…Kyle Okposo…Blake Comeau…Sean Bergenheim…Chris Campoli…and so many others.
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Sy, here's that super left leg reach
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And that sick goal Jagr scored in the Shootout.
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to be fair...I should acknowledge that...the rags played pretty well. And Weekes was just damn good...he stopped some doozies !!! I actually don't think the rags may be as bad as we thought they were gonna be.
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but how can you not be excited about DiPietro…Robert Nilsson…Ryan O'Marra…Petteri Nokelainen…Jeremy Colliton…Kyle Okposo…Blake Comeau…Sean Bergenheim…Chris Campoli…and so many others.
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oh the Rags will be that bad, trust me. ;)
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al right... really stupid question...

Any of you guys tape this game?
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DID ANYONE ELSE CATCH THE FLUB SAM ROSEN TRIED TO PASS ALONG???? WEEKES MADE A SAVE ON YASHIN AND SAM GOES "YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WEEKES WAS THE GOALIE FOR THE ISLANDERS SO HE KNOWS YASHIN AFTER ALL THOSE PRACTICES THEY'VE HAD TOGETHER" :blink: :doh:
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Was there a time warp I wasnt aware of? Weekes only played here in '99-00 and only 36 games to boot.

Rosen, what a tool. :lol:
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so the league knew heading into the preseason that special teams will be very important to the new NHL, so the isles went somewhere in the neighborhood of
8 / 1,000,000,000 on the powerplay. Splendid!
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