March 14 2010 by Rob.

Update 2: Ovechkin was suspended today for 2 games for this hit yesterday. 

Update: Campbell is out the rest of the season and possibly some of the playoffs with a broken bone according to yahoos puck-daddy.

In todays Blackawk-Capital game Alex Ovechkin was given his 3rd game misconduct penalty of the season for boarding d-man Brian Campbell.  Here is a video of the incident:

Thoughts??

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March 14 2010 by Rob.

In case you missed it here it is:

I hate Crosby as much as the next guy but that was a bad play by Downie.  Now if he plastered him with a nice open ice hit I wouldn’t have a problem but that was a bad play by him.  Knowing Bettman he will probably suspend him for the rest of the season including playoffs because he did it to Crosby.  In my opinion if he does get suspended over 5 games would be pushing it.

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March 14 2010 by Rob.

Last nights huge storm left damage of all sorts on the Island.  Down power lines and trees became a norm the longer you drove.  Well it also affect the Coliseum as 3 pieces of the aluminum facade came off during the storm.  Also for the first time in 30 years they had to close the box office entrance last night because of flooding.

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March 14 2010 by Rob.

Update: I just heard that near the end of the pre-game skate yesterday Martin called Phanuef out for a fight and obviously he rejected the invite. 

In case you missed it here is a video of Matt Martins hit on Dion Phaneuf in todays game.

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March 14 2010 by Rob.

Tonight our New York Islanders defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs.  A very solid game tonight from our boys.  Here are some notes

• Comeau-Comeau-Comeau !! breaking out right in front of our eyes
• Biron played a strong game
• Sim-Comeau-Nielson goal was beautiful
• Matt Martin letting Dion Phaneuf that we did not forget about the preseason cheap shot
• Meyer throwing the body around, great to see
• Islanders took 5 out of 6 possible during this home streak
• Playoffs coming back into the picture?  Few more wins and we are right there

Next Game: Tuesday 3/16 @ Vancover 10 PM

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March 14 2010 by Rob.

This evening the New York Islanders take on the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Some things to look for

• Matt Martin has been recalled (Tambellini is hurt-groin)
• Look foward to seeing if we can build off the great win from last night
• With win tonight can Isles sneak back into the playoff picture?
• Lets Go Islanders !

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