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- Recap 2003-04
- Game 1 Preseason -
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A Good Start |
| Isles 4,
PIT 1: Yes,
it's only the first preseason game of the 2003-04 season, but the
Islanders played well last night in Wheeling West Virginia in coming
back to gain a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. |
Islanders Open Preseason with Win Over Pens 9/19/03
WHEELING, West Virginia (Ticker) -- The New York
Islanders made Steve Stirling's debut a successful one.
Jason Blake began a four-goal eruption with a power-play
tally midway through the second period as the Islanders erased a deficit
and posted a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first
exhibition contest for both teams.
Konstantin Koltsov gave the Penguins the lead, netting a
power-play goal at 11:23 of the second period. But Blake answered 71
seconds later, scoring with the man advantage to knot the game.
Justin Papineau snapped the tie 3 1/2 minutes into the
third period to put New York ahead for good. Arron Asham and Trent Hunter
also scored for the Islanders, who gave Stirling the coaching job after
firing Peter Laviolette during the offseason.
Garth Snow started in goal for the Islanders and allowed
a goal on 12 shots. Rick DiPietro came on midway through the second period
and stopped all eight shots he faced.
Sebastien Caron went the distance in net for the
Penguins and made 27 saves.
Lineups:
ISLANDERS ROSTER
FORWARDS
(26) Justin Papineau-(17) Shawn Bates-(7) Trent Hunter
(28) Jason Wiemer-(38) Dave Scatchard-(45) Arron Asham
(55) Jason Blake-(16) Justin Mapletoft-(47) Sean Bergenheim
(14) Martin Chabada-(40) Ryan Kraft-(49) Eric Godard
DEFENSEMEN
(33) Eric Cairns-(44) Janne Niinimaa
(8) Tomi Pettinen-(52) Sven Butenschon
(64) Bruno Gervais-(24) Radek Martinek
GOALTENDERS
(30) Garth Snow
(39) Rick DiPietro
PENGUINS ROSTER
FORWARDS
(23) Steve McKenna-(20) Mike Eastwood-(72) Eric Meloche
(48) Konstantin Koltsov-(9) Rico Fata-(36) Tom Kostopoulos
(12) Michal Sivek-(41) Shane Endicott-(46) Colby Armstrong
(19) Ramzi Abid-(8) Matt Bradley-(47) Ryan Malone
DEFENSE
(45) Rob Scuderi-(3) Brooks Orpik
(38) Brendan Buckley-(62) Alexandre Rouleau
(58) Paul Bissonnette-(55) Drake Berehowsky
GOALTENDERS
(31) Sebastien Caron
(29) Marc-Andre Fleury
| FINAL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
| Pittsburgh
Penguins |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| New
York Islanders |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| Period
Summary |
| Shots
on Goal |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
| Pittsburgh
Penguins |
8 |
5 |
7 |
20 |
| New York
Islanders |
10 |
11 |
10 |
31 |
| First
Period |
Scoring:
No Scoring
Penalties:
E Cairns, Nyi (cross checking), 2:44; R Abid, Pit (boarding),
4:12; J Wiemer, Nyi (elbowing), 6:04; M Eastwood, Pit (tripping),
9:14; J Blake, Nyi (high sticking), 11:05; T Pettinen, Nyi
(boarding), 12:36; S McKenna, Pit (holding), 15:19; S Butenschon,
Nyi (tripping), 19:36. |
| Second
Period |
Scoring:
1, Pittsburgh, Konstantin Koltsov 1 (power play) (Rico Fata, Tom
Kostopoulos), 11:23. 2, Ny Islanders, Jason Blake 1 (power play) (Janne
Niinimaa, Dave Scatchard), 12:34.
Penalties:
E Godard, Nyi (fighting), 7:14; S McKenna, Pit (fighting), 7:14; G
Snow, Nyi (delay of game), 7:59; B Gervais, Nyi (hooking), 10:39;
S Endicott, Pit (high sticking), 12:19. |
| Third
Period |
Scoring:
3, Ny Islanders, Justin Papineau 1 (Shawn Bates), 3:26. 4, Ny
Islanders, Arron Asham 1 (Sean Bergenheim, Justin Mapletoft),
18:37. 5, Ny Islanders, Trent Hunter 1 (empty net) (unassisted),
19:02.
Penalties:
J Niinimaa, Nyi (interference), 5:58; D Berehowsky, Pit
(interference), 12:06; J Niinimaa, Nyi (hooking), 14:19. |
Power-play Conversions:
NYI - 1 of 5, Pit - 1 of 9.
Goalies : Ny Islanders, Garth Snow (12 shots, 11 saves; record:
0-0-0). Rick DiPietro, came in 11:30 of second period. (8 shots, 8 saves,
record: 1-0-0). Pittsburgh, Sebastien Caron (31 shots, 27 saves; record:
0-1-0).
IslesInfo Pregame Preview
Preview
First NHL Game Ever in West Virginia
Sept 19: The Islanders will play their first game
of the 2003-04 preseason at the Wheeling Civic Center in West Virginia.
Pittsburgh vs. Isles Preview: Listed as the home
team, the Islanders will be wearing their Blue jerseys. This season all
home teams will be wearing their dark colors, while white jerseys will be
worn on the road. Ironically, the Penguins secondary minor league
affiliate is the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers. The official website for the
Nailers, WheelingNailers.com, will be webcasting the game over the
internet. Pittsburgh has also been holding their training camp in West
Virginia about 30 minutes from where the Islanders have been training. The
upcoming season could be a long one for the Penguins as they have fallen
on hard times recently, basically trading off all their marquee players
last year. Only Mario Lemieux and Martin Straka and maybe Alexei Morozov
remain as true offensive threats. It may only be preseason, but look for
the Islanders to possibly take both games from the Penguins this
weekend.
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