Post Game: Isles win 2-1 in a shootout!

December 30 2009 by Rob.

Today in front of a crowd of about 12,000 the Islanders defeated the Blue Jackets 2-1 in a shootout.  Here are some of my notes from the game:

-Roli played really well!
-We played like crap in the second and third period and miraculously we managed not only to get a point we got the win!  We got lucky tonight because not only did we not deserve the point we didn’t deserve the win.
-The refs were less then stellar as usual
-Sutton rocked Umberger as Botta said it woke the Coliseum up.  If you haven’t seen it, it is similar to the hit he put on Ryan Callahan in the pre-season a couple years ago.  He drew a penalty after it when someone challenged him to a fight and he didn’t drop the gloves
-Our powerplay remains the joke of the NHL!  We couldn’t keep possession when we had a 5-3.  We had a 2 man adv. and yet we still couldn’t do anything.  I was happy when I saw Gordo start switching up the lines which IMO is about 15 games overdue
-Nice seeing the vet and his girlfriend get engaged just three days before he gets deployed again.  Our prayers are with him and everyone else overseas defending our country.
-It was great to see Gordie Howe at the game but for some reason instead of giving him the ovation he deserves he was given about a 5 second ovation because he was introduced on the scoreboard then right away the play started again. 
-It was nice seeing Jiggs McDonald back at the Coliseum broadcasting.  I heard he will be here for the next 4 games including tonight.

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