Sens Chase Dunham, Continue To Own Isles
March 16th, 2007 by murph
Dennis Lemieux: “I say who own the Chiefs?”
Reggie Dunlop: “What did he say?”
Dennis Lemieux: “Ownsss, Ownsss”
Who owns the Islanders? The $#@*’ing Ottawa Senators, that’s who.
In the past 41 meetings between the teams dating back to Feb. 12, 1996, Ottawa’s record is 29-4-8-0, including 3-0 this season.
With DP out of the starting lineup for the first time since February 1st, the Islanders got hit by a bus in Ottawa last night 5-2. A 2-0 Ottawa lead after two periods quickly became a 5-0 lead early in the third after 3 Ottawa goals in a 1:16 span. Nolan gave Dunham the hook after goal number 5 and Wade “Dooooobie” Dubielewicz called up from Bridgeport, finished out the game. The Isles scored 2 (Satan, Fata) late to avoid the shutout.
Not much to say here, the Isles played poor defense against a strong and fast Ottawa team and paid the price. The team has lost 4 of the past 5 games and with only 12 games remaining, now is not the time to start slumping. They are going to need a better defensive effort Saturday night in Florida if they want to hold onto their playoff spot (currently 7th).
How bad was it last night? The Ottawa fans were more concerned about the pizza than the Islanders.
The sellout crowd of 19,989 booed when an apparent sixth Senators goal was waved off because of a tripping penalty against Neil 12:49 into the third. A promotion awards a free slice of pizza to fans if Ottawa scores at least six goals and wins.
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