Islanders at Thrashers
February 7th, 2007 by murph
My goodness, there is so much stuff to go through and share with you today. Keep checking back often!
- First off, let’s catch up on the Islanders. Jeff Tambellini was recalled from Bridgeport last Thursday, right before I left to go snowboarding, and before the Isles/Thrashers game. The Isles won in an impressive 5-2 fashion, with Tambellini racking up 3 assists. Dunham was in net to give DP the night off and played well for his 4th win of the season (4-5-3 record)
If coach Ted Nolan’s decision to put Islanders captain Alexei Yashin in the convalescent ward for his knee tendinitis and call up rookie Jeff Tambellini was intended as a wake-up call, it paid off big-time last night at Philips Arena. Tambellini’s energy helped generate three goals by linemates Viktor Kozlov and Miroslav Satan, and Mike Dunham came up big in goal against his former Thrasher teammates as the Islanders pulled out a 5-2 win.
- After the game, the Vets had plenty to say about Tambellini’s effort while stressing the fact that it was “just one game”.
Clearly, the energy and excitement Tambellini created with three assists in the Islanders’ 5-2 victory Thursday night in Atlanta is contagious. When captain Alexei Yashin was put on the injured list to recover from knee tendinitis, Randy Robitaille moved from Kozlov’s line to take Yashin’s place between Jason Blake and Chris Simon, and Tambellini was called up from Bridgeport to play left wing with Kozlov and Satan.
The anxious rookie drew a holding penalty 48 seconds into the game, but from there on out, he put the pedal to the metal, and Kozlov and Satan jumped to keep up. Kozlov had the opening goal, the closing empty-netter and an assist on Trent Hunter’s power-play goal, and Satan had a goal and two assists.
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