DP Awaits Ruling From NHL Fashion Police
January 4th, 2008 by murph
So Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro returned to the crease last night after missing 3 games with a knee injury, in a tough 4-3 Islander OT loss. I missed the game because my men’s league team was busy getting shellacked 6-0. Just a bad, bad night on the ice in Long Island.
The big story of the night was DP’s new goalie pads though. After the game, that’s all the press wanted to talk about. Apparently, Rick and the Islanders thought they had league approval on them but the NHL called the Isles after the first period and made him switch back to his older pads. There’s a lot of “he said”, “she said” going on, but the bottom line is DP faces a possible 2-game suspension for wearing white after Labor Day illegal equipment.
All of this could have been avoided if the NHL would just read Isles’ PR Corey Witt’s blog everyday. Corey tipped us off to the new pads early Thursday afternoon, so he knew, I knew, a bunch of you readers knew, but nobody told Lord Bettman. “Throw me a frickin’ bone here. I’m the boss…need the info” Bettman reportedly said after the game.
Highlights below, and we’ll update you on DP’s status for the Isles 5-game road trip as soon as we find out anything.
