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St. Louis Vs. Islanders; 10/11/2008 ~ 7:00pm ~ Home Opener
Topic Started: Oct 10 2008, 10:19 PM (1,670 Views)
LEDZEP
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St. Louis Vs. Islanders
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TJM254
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what are the chances of me and a friend walking up at about 530 and getting tickets? will this game even be crowded?
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TJM254,Oct 10 2008
11:56 PM
what are the chances of me and a friend walking up at about 530 and getting tickets? will this game even be crowded?

On ticketmaster it seemed sold out, so yeah.
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sell out?? niiiiiice....
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I have two choices. I can wait for my son to get off at 5:00 and that would put us at the coliseum by 6:15 or I can let him drive himself and my other son and I can arrive anytime.

Westfall, what time to you plan on being there?

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TJM254,Oct 10 2008
10:56 PM
what are the chances of me and a friend walking up at about 530 and getting tickets? will this game even be crowded?

Check with Gary (nyhockeyreport) if there are any Booster Club tickets left. They had 15 left but that was 3 weeks ago.
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Webb20,Oct 11 2008
08:01 AM
I have two choices. I can wait for my son to get off at 5:00 and that would put us at the coliseum by 6:15 or I can let him drive himself and my other son and I can arrive anytime.

Westfall, what time to you plan on being there?

Have fun Nick, I wish I could be there. :cry: Glad I have the Center Ice package now.
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I'm waiting to hear back from my brother..But I'd like to get there at least 2 hours before face-off
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Westfall18,Oct 10 2008
11:31 PM
sell out?? niiiiiice....

It's not sold out. They take the tickets offline at a certain time of game day. There were plenty of seats available yesterday, unless Yashin purchased some for his kids?


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Botta said that there were 1,000 remaining. I was thinking about going, but then my bathroom was flooded this morning and I needed to get my septic tank pumped...there goes my ticket money!
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Isles5,Oct 11 2008
10:22 AM
Botta said that there were 1,000 remaining. I was thinking about going, but then my bathroom was flooded this morning and I needed to get my septic tank pumped...there goes my ticket money!

Good luck with that. I know it's a budget killer.
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Westfall18,Oct 11 2008
11:10 AM
I'm waiting to hear back from my brother..But I'd like to get there at least 2 hours before face-off

WELL WE'RE WAITING ON YOUR ANSWER
THE LONGER YOU TAKE
THE LESS BEER WILL BE AVAILABLE :P
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4CUPZ,Oct 11 2008
10:37 AM
Westfall18,Oct 11 2008
11:10 AM
I'm waiting to hear back from my brother..But I'd like to get there at least 2 hours before face-off

WELL WE'RE WAITING ON YOUR ANSWER
THE LONGER YOU TAKE
THE LESS BEER WILL BE AVAILABLE :P

No doubt..and the beer at hooters is expensive as hell...
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Ok Boys, you're back Home!!! :banana:

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LET 'EM KNOW YOU'RE THERE!!!!!!!!!!
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im aiming to be at "the parking spot" around 430-5
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DP most likely out today

The New York Islanders received some unwanted news just one game into the new season as the team learned that goaltender Rick DiPietro has swelling and fluid around his surgically repaired left knee.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=252313&lid...=headlines_main
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The New York Islanders received some unwanted news just one game into the new season as the team learned that goaltender Rick DiPietro has swelling and fluid around his surgically repaired left knee.

The 27-year old DiPietro was expected to start Friday's opener against the New Jersey Devils, but was a surprise late scratch as Joey MacDonald took his place between the pipes, making 27 saves in a shootout loss.

DiPietro, who has been plagued by knee injuries throughout his career, underwent meniscus surgery in June and played in only one of the Islanders pre-season games.  Islanders head coach Scott Gordon stated that he rested his number one for pre-cautionary reasons.

"If we were to lose the first three games of the year and he is better for it, then we are a better team for it,'' Gordon told the CANADIAN PRESS following the loss.




Why am I not surprised?

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DiPietro status up in air

Officially, Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro still is day-to-day before tonight’s home opener against St. Louis. But in the absence of concrete injury information, the rule of thumb is simple: Buyer beware.

That goes for anyone buying what the Islanders are selling, whether it’s tickets or a pound of bologna. Until you see DiPietro in net, you have the right to remain skeptical.

Obviously, DiPietro did everything in his power to come back from hip surgery in March and knee surgery in June in time for the regular season. But he wasn’t cleared to practice until eight days ago and played just one exhibition game on Monday before coach Scott Gordon scrubbed him as the opening-night starter and went with backup Joey MacDonald in last night’s 2-1 loss in New Jersey.

After that game, Gordon said he wanted to see how DiPietro felt after one more day of rest, but after this morning’s optional skate, Gordon stuck to his policy, saying, “As will be the case all year, we won’t even talk about who’s the starting goaltender.”

DiPietro wasn’t talking either as he avoided a waiting reporter in the locker area. MacDonald skated briefly this morning, and DiPietro remained off the ice, which suggests MacDonald will start against the Blues. But as we learned Friday morning in New Jersey, standard hockey protocol does not apply in this situation. On that day, both goaltenders skated, and DiPietro was first off the ice, which is the usual procedure for the starter. But it turned out to be misdirection.

We won’t know who’s starting tonight until we see which netminder leads the Isles onto the Coliseum ice for the pre-game warmups. At this point, who knows if you even can trust that custom?

What we do know, according to Gordon, is that DiPietro will be the backup if he doesn’t start. As of this morning, Yann Danis had not been called up from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, who are scheduled to play tonight in Albany.

Asked if DiPietro physically is capable of playing tonight, Gordon said, “Yep. He was capable of playing last night, too.”

By not playing DiPietro against the Devils, Gordon took the possibility of using him for the first three games in four days out of the equation. Smart move. Now, the schedule provides recovery time between games. The Islanders’ third game is a Monday matinee against Buffalo at the Coliseum, and then, they practice for two days before playing Thursday at Tampa Bay and next Saturday in Florida. Then, it’s another five days off until the next home game against Dallas on Oct. 23.

So, it’s fair to assume that Gordon is just playing it cautious and looking at DiPietro’s condition as a short-term situation, right? With the hint of a smile, Gordon said, “If we’re going to make the assumption that he can’t go tonight, yes.”

In other words, assume nothing.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/blog/
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This is not something that in a day he will be fine.
He may need another scope of his knee to correct this,
which of course turns into another period of rehab.


Who is the 3rd goalie :letssee:
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bulin wall.. come n get your.. err.. weh what you say? .. the Long Island Cup!
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