Whupped
October 12th, 2007 by murph
The Islanders took their traditional Post Rangers Game Hangover to a new level last night, getting whupped by Toronto 8-1 last night. I got home late, turned on the game, found the Isles down 5-1 after two, and changed the channel. I’m going to keep it short today since I’m off to the NHL Store opening in a couple of hours. Here’s a little bit of Logan’s game article from Newsday.com and some videos - including the Islanders first fight of the season as Andy Sutton threw down with Wade Belak in the 3rd.
You could say the Islanders suffered their traditional hangover after beating the Rangers. You could say their uninspired play was because of their fifth game in seven days. You could say the absence of goaltender Rick DiPietro made a big difference. You couldn’t miss two egregious defensive breakdowns by Marc-Andre Bergeron that hung backup goaltender Wade Dubielewicz out to dry. And oh yeah, the Islanders have yet to get much offense from anyone but the top line and the power play.
There’s some truth to all of it, and it added up to an 8-1 blowout in favor of Toronto last night at Air Canada Centre. It was the Islanders’ worst defeat since they lost to Vancouver by the same score on Jan. 14, 2006, at the Coliseum. Their only goal was a power-play deflection by Ruslan Fedotenko in the first period.
“It’s almost laughable,” Islanders coach Ted Nolan said with a disgusted look. “We’re much better than we showed tonight. I don’t know if they played all that well, but I know how bad we played.”
Sutton vs Belak via HockeyFights.com. 55% of HockeyFights.com voters are calling this a draw, with 36% calling it a win for Sutton.
And some Toronto, I mean game highlights.
See you later today with some pics and thoughts from the NHL Store Opening.
