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>>> THE ISLANDERS YOUNGSTERS
WERE IN FINE FORM IN THEIR
RESOUNDING WIN OVER NEW JERSEY
ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
ONE OF THE ALMOST YOUNGSTERS,
DWAYNE ROLOSON, WAS EQUALLY
SUPERB.
TONIGHT THE ISLANDERS AND
CANADIENS UP NEXT!
>>> WE MISSES A WHITE CHRISTMAS
BY ONE DAY BUT FOR THE SECOND
STRAIGHT YEAR, IT'S A BLIZZARD
ON A NIGHT THE CANADIENS PLAY AT
THE COLISEUM.
FRANS NIELSEN HAS FIVE GOALS FOR
THE ISLANDERS, THREE
SHORTHANDED.
HE'S TIED FOR THE LEAGUE LEAD IN
THAT DEPARTMENT.
GOOD EVENING, ISLANDERS FANS.
WELCOME TO NEW YORK ISLANDERS
HOCKEY ON MSG PLUS.
ISLANDERS HOST THE NORTHEAST
LEADING MONTREAL CANADIENS.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
I'M ROB.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WE HOPE YOU HAD A HAPPY HOLIDAY.
I KNOW THE ISLANDERS CERTAINLY
DID.
THEY WON 3 OF LAST 4 GAMES
EARNING 7 OF A POSSIBLE EIGHT
POINTS IN THAT STRETCH.
AND WITH A WIN THURSDAY IN NEW
JERSEY, THEY CLIMB OVER THE
DEVILS AND OUT OF THE CELLAR IN
THE EASTERN CONFERENCE.
THE DEVILS ARE IN ACT TONIGHT
DESPITE THE WEATHER.
THE DEVILS HAVE LOST 9 OF THE
LAST 10, HOSTING THE TORONTO
MAPLE LEAFS WHO HAVE LOST 5 OF
THE LAST 7.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER ON MSG
TONIGHT.
MEANWHILE, THE ISLANDERS GO INTO
THIS GAME, RIDING A HIGH AND
FEELING VERY CONFIDENT WITH
THEIR RECENT PLAY.
UPSTAIRS NOW TO THE GUY WHOSE
BRAVED THE WEATHER AND GOT TO
THEIR BOOTH.
HOWIE ROSE AND BUTCH GORING.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HOPE YOU'RE SAFE AND WARM AND
CAN RELAX AND WATCH A COUPLE
HOURS OF HOCKEY.
IT'S A SURREAL NIGHT BECAUSE
THERE ARE A BUNCH OF MONTREAL
CANADIEN FANS WHO HAVE ANNEXED
THIS BUILDING BUTCH.
>> Butch: MADE THEM FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
>> Howie: AS USUAL, BLAME
CANADA.
JOSH BAILEY, PHENOMENAL IN THE
ISLANDERS' VICTORY OVER THE
DEVILS THURSDAY AT THE ROCK IN
NEW JERSEY.
IT REALLY APPEARS GOING DOWN TO
BRIDGEPORT FOR THOSE TEN GAMES
TURNED OUT TO BE A REAL TONIC.
>> Butch: SURE HAS.
THIS GUY IS VERY, VERY HOT.
TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A
SMALL DOSE OF CONFIDENCE, HE'S
FOUND A LARGE DOSE OF
CONFIDENCE.
NATURAL INSTINCT, ANTICIPATION,
AND HIS ABILITY TO STAY IN FRONT
OF IT, DO BATTLE.
ALL OF THE THING IN THE AMERICAN
HOCKEY LEAGUE.
WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT JOSH
BAILEY, STATING, HIS RETURN.
WATCHING HIM PUSH, DRIVING,
GOING THE NET.
FINDING AWAY TO GET IT IN.
HE DIDN'T QUITE SUCCEED BUT HE'S
BACK, READY FOR THE NATIONAL
HOCKEY LEAGUE.
LOOK FOR A BIG SECOND HALF.
>> Howie: HE HAD PLENTY OF JUMP
THURSDAY SO DID THE ISLANDERS
AGAINST THE DEVILS.
ISLANDERS COME INTO THE GAME ON
A ROLL NOW.
THEY'VE WON 3 OUT OF 4, PICKING
UP SEVEN POINTS OUT OF EIGHT
DURING THAT TIME.
TONIGHT A MONTREAL CANADIENS
TEAM THAT CAME IN HOPING TO
CAREY PRICE WOULD BE THE
GOALTENDER.
YOU HEAR THE CANADIEN FANS.
A LOT CLOSE TO WITH THE
SNOWSTORM.
A STORM ALL YEAR FOR MR. PRICE.
>> Butch: TALK ABOUT A GUY THAT
HAS CONFIDENCE.
HE DIDN'T HAVE IT AT THE START
OF THE SEASON BUT FOUND IT.
NUMBER ONE IN GOAL WINS FOR THE
MONTREAL CANADIENS, 2.2 GOALS
AGAINST AVERAGE.
BETTER THAN HALF A POINT ON
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE.
SAVE PERCENTAGE FABULOUS, 9.25.
HE'S GIVEN THE GOALTENDING THE
CANADIENS NEED.
IF THEY SUCCEED IN THE RECORD
SEASON FIND THEMSELVES IN THE
PLAYOFF, IT'S A --
>> Howie: LOOK WHERE THE
CANADIENS ARE THIRD BY VIRTUE OF
LEADING THE DIVISION.
LOOK AT THE EIGHTH SEED, HOW
CLOSE THEY ARE.
>> Butch: TWO POINTS AHEAD OF
THE BRUINS.
YOU CAN FALL QUICKLY.
>> Howie: TONIGHT THE ISLANDERS
AND MONTREAL CANADIENS FOR THE
THIRD OF FOUR MEETING IS THIS
YEAR.
CANADIENS TOOK BACK-TO-BACK
GAMES IN LATE OCTOBER FROM THE
ISLANDERS INCLUDING THIS
BRUISING GAME IN MONTREAL.
OPENING FACE-OFF ON A SNOWY
ISLAND NEXT.
>>> QUITE A SCENE OUTSIDE NASSAU
COLISEUM.
A BLIZZARD HITTING LONG ISLAND.
ISLANDERS PETITIONED THE NHL TO
SEE IF THEY COULD POSTPONE THE
GAME WITH THE CANADIENS.
SINCE MONTREAL ALREADY FLOWN
INTO NEW YORK, THE LEAGUE TOLD
THE TEAMS THEY PLAY.
SO WE GET READY FOR THE OPENING
FACE-OFF.
ROB CARLIN BACK HERE ON
ISLANDERS HOCKEY ON MSG.
ISLANDERS LOOKING FOR THEIR
THIRD STRAIGHT WIN WHICH WOULD
MATCH A SEASON HIGH.
A LOOK AT THE LINE COMBINATIONS
TONIGHT.
ISLANDERS, ONCE AGAIN, PLAYING A
MAN SHORT ON FORWARDS TONIGHT AS
TREVOR GILLIES GETS A HLY
SCRATCH.
MATT MART.
BACK IN THE LINEUP.
THEY PLAY SEVEN DEFENSEMEN.
FOR THE CANADIENS, THEY ARE IN
FIRST PLACE IN THE NORTHEAST
DIVISION.
BRIAN GIONTA, ONLY THE SECOND
AMERICAN TO BE NAMED CANADIEN
CAPTAIN, ONLY CHRIS CHELIOS DID
THAT AS WELL.
GOALTENDING MATCHUP, CAREY PRICE
IN NET AGAINST DWAYNE ROLOSON
FOR THE ISLANDERS.
LET'S GO UPSTAIRS TO HOWIE AND
BUTCH.
>> Howie: THANK YOU, ROB.
ISLANDERS THRILLED TO HAVE MATT
MOULSON IN THE LINEUP TONIGHT
BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS HE
MIGHT HAVE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION
ON THURSDAY BUT GLADLY HE DID
NOT.
>> Butch: EVERYBODY'S HAPPY TO
HAVE MATTY BACK.
HE DID TAKE A GOOD BLOW TO THE
HEAD.
ISLANDERS DID THE RIGHT THING,
RESTING HIM THE REST OF THE
GAME, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY HAD
THE NICE LEAD AND BUILT ON IT.
LEADING GOAL SCORER OF THE
ISLANDERS YOU GOING TO WIN
HOCKEY GAMES.
>> Howie: SCOTT GOMEZ, NUMBER
11, STARTING OUT UM FRONT FOR
MONTREAL WITH BRIAN GIONTA,
NUMBER 21, AND PACIORETTY,
NUMBER 67.
PACIORETTY MOVING AGAINST
WISNIEWSKI, DEFLECTS THE PUCK
OUT OF PLAY.
>> Butch: ANOTHER TERRIFIC JOB.
THIS GUY'S HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS,
THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO HIM
ABOUT HIS HOCKEY CLUB, THEY
GAINED SO MUCH EXPERIENCE, GOING
TO THE FINALS OF THE CONFERENCE.
EXPECTS BIG THINGS FROM HIS
TEAM.
SO FAR PLAYING VERY, VERY WELL.
>> Howie: SHOT BLOCKED.
EATON SHOVELS TO THE BOARDS.
GIONTA, TO THE FRONT OF THE NET.
ISLANDERS COME TO CENTER.
MOULSON FOR TAVARES IN ON THE
RIGHT WING.
TAVARES AGAINST ROMAN HAMRLIK,
THE FORMER ISLANDERS, NUMBER 44.
NICE SPEED.
SHOT BY HAMONIC WIDE.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR A FRIENDLY
STICK.
GETS IT AGAIN BUT CAN'T KEEP THE
PASS FROM MacDONALD.
AND THE TEAMS BEGIN TO CHANGE ON
THE MOVE.
HARMER LICK IN THE MONTREAL
ZONE.
PLEKANEC, NUMBER 14, HASSLED BY
NIELSEN.
FORCES THE TURNOVER.
FEEDS HIGH TO THE SLOT.
DIDN'T REACH BAILEY.
BROUGHT AHEAD BY KOSTITSYN.
>> Butch: NUMBER 46.
>> Howie: FAILED TO HOLD ON.
HAMRLIK.
>> Butch: SOMETIMES YOU WONDER
IF GUYS HAVE THEIR LEG, TAKES
THEM TWO, THREE SHIFT.
FRANZ FRANS NIELSEN WHAT A
TERRIFIC SKATER.
>> Howie: TALKING ABOUT NEEDING
TO FIND YOUR LEGS, EVERYBODY
ELSE OFFSKATES FOR TWO DAYS.
>> Butch: DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
MUCH TO MOST OF US BUT TO
PLAYERS USED TO SKATING EVERY
DAY, TWO DAYS OFF IS AN
ADJUSTMENT.
>> Butch: REALLY IS.
THE REGULAR FOOD, DIET, IT'S
JUST TO CELEBRATE A LITTLE BIT,
NOTHING DRAMATIC.
THEY PROBABLY WORKED OUT A BIT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM TWO OR
THREE SHIFTS TO GET THEMSELVES
GOING ALL IT NIELSEN CERTAINLY
DONE SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM.
THE CANADIENS HAD TO TRAVEL.
THE GAMELY PICK UP AS IT WEARS
ON.
>> Howie: THE CANADIENS CAME IN
THIS MORNING, LANDED AT FARMING
DALE AROUND:30 OR SO.
AND WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR
11:30 MORNING SKATE.
ROLOSON GOES -- HE DIDN'T GET AS
MUCH AS HE WANTED SO THE
CANADIENS KEEP IT IN.
>> Butch: A FOUL TIP, WOULDN'T
YOU SAY THAT?
>> Howie: SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WEBER, NUMBER 68.
YANNICK WEBER, GETTING SOME TIME
ON THE DEFENSE FOR THE CANADIENS
WITH THE SEASON-ENDING KNEE
INJURY TO ANDREI MARKOV.
WEBER, NUMBER 68 TO LAPERRIERE
WHO MISSED THE NET.
CAROM PLAYED BY DARCHE OUT TO
THE FRONT OF THE NET WHERE IT'S
SWEPT AWAY BY SCHREMP AND THE
ISLANDERS.
ROB SCHREMP SLIDES IT DOWN.
THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE AN ICING
AS ALEXANDRE PICARD COMES BACK
TO TOUCH UP.
CLOSED CAPTIONING BROUGHT TO YOU
BY THE NEW YORK LOTTERY.
GET THE FEELING, POWERBALL BY
THE NEW YORK LOTTERY, YOU NEVER
KNOW.
>> Butch: TALKING ABOUT YANNICK
WEBER.
ODD OL MARK STREIT.
WHAT KNOW WHAT A TERRIFIC PLAYER
STREIT IS.
YANNICK THE SAME STYLE OF PLAY,
5'11", SOLID DEFENSIVELY IN THE
ZONE AND HE'S TAKEN THE JOB AWAY
FROM SUBBAN.
HE'S BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD SINCE
HE'S BEEN CALLED BACK UP.
>> Howie: SPEAKING OF
SWITZERLAND.
NEEDER RUETER, FORCED TO BE SENT
BACK TO THE JUNIOR TEAM, PLAYING
FOR TEAM SWITZERLAND IN JUNIORS.
UNASSISTED GOAL IN THE FIRST
PERIOD.
PICKED UP AN ASSIST 27 SECONDS
LATER.
THE SWISS WHO LED 4-0, HELD ON
TO BEAT GERMANY 4-3.
NICE GAME.
>> Butch: LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
HIM IN AN ISLANDER UNIFORM AS
EARLY AS NEXT YEAR.
BUT A LOT OF GOOD SWISS HOCKEY
PLAYERS, SEEM TO BE GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER, MORE GUYS
MAKING THE NHL, MAKING MORE OF
AN IMPACT.
MUST HAVE A VERY GOOD PROGRAM.
WHEN YOU HAVE A ROLE MODEL LIKE
STREIT, GOOD START FOR YOU.
>> Howie: FUNNY HOW THOSE THINGS
HAPPEN.
MARK STREIT WASN'T PLAYING TOER
THE CANADIANS.
WHEN ISLANDERS SIGNED HIM AS A
FREE AGENT, PLAYED LAT LAST YEAR
UP FRONT.
>> Butch: HE CAME HERE AND THEY
PROVED THAT WRONG.
>> Howie: WISNIEWSKI TAKES DOWN
PACIORETTY AFTER HE DUMPS IT IN.
PACIORETTY WORKING AGAINST JAMES
WISNIEWSKI.
AND BAILEY UNDER PRESSURE FROM
SPACEK.
3:40 GONE IN THE OPENING PERIOD
WITH NO SCORE.
>> Butch: WISNIEWSKI PLAYING
SMURF HOCKEY, DOWN ON HIS KNEES
MAKING THE PASS.
>> Howie: GOMEZ, NUMBER 11,
FORCE OUT.
GOOD JOB BY WISNIEWSKI.
AND THE PASS MISSES BRIAN
GIONTA.
LAWSON HAND TUFR MacDONALD.
MONTREAL A CHANGE ON THE MOVE.
MacDONALD THROUGH CENTER.
UP FOR PA PARENTEAU.
MacDONALD GETS THROUGH.
AND NOW ONE OFF THE LEG OF
PACIORETTY.
MOULSON A GOOD JOB TO KEEP IT IN
FOR THE ISLANDERS.
NOW JOSH GORGES, NUMBER 26,
TAKES OVER FOR THE CANADIENS.
TURNS IT OVER, MOULSON DENIED.
GOOD PLAY BY PARENTEAU.
PENALTY COMING TO THE CANADIENS
HERE.
YOU CAN HEAR WITH THE SNOWSTORM
OUTSIDE, ISLANDERS FANS WISELY
DECIDING NOT BRAVE THE ELEMENTS.
THOSE WHO CAME FROM MONTREAL ARE
THE ONES MAKING ALL THE NOISE
HERE.
>> Butch: ISLANDERS FOUND THEIR
LEGS EARLY.
PARENTEAU, AS YOU'RE LOOK, SCOTT
GOMEZ IN THE PENALTY BOX.
WATCH PARENTEAU.
WORKS HARD AND GETS CHECKED.
MAKES A GOOD PASS TO MOULSON.
FORCES PRICE TO MAKE A BIG SAVE.
THERE'S MOULSON.
THERE'S THE CROSS-CHECK BY
GOMEZ.
NOT ONCE BUT TWICE.
ONLY ONE PENALTY CALLED.
ISLANDERS A POWER PLAY.
CANADIENS HAVE THE SECOND RANKED
PENALTY KILLING UNIT IN THE
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE.
>> Butch: THEY'RE REAL GOOD ON
THE ROAD, OVER 90%.
ISN'T EASY TO SCORE ON THEM AT
ANY POINT IN TIME.
ON THE ROAD THEY PLAY A SOLID
DEFENSIVE STYLE-WE TALKED ABOUT
PRICE, HOW GOOD HE'S BEEN.
BEST PENALTY KILLER MOST TIMES
THE GOALTENDER.
>> Howie: THERE'S ROB
CAMMALLERI.
MOVED IT ACROSS.
CANADIEN FANS WANT A PENALTY.
THIS WILL TAKE TIME TO GET USED
TO BECAUSE THE DYNAMIC IS
TOTALLY DIN THAN WHAT WE'RE USED
TO.
YOU SEE A PLAYER GO DOWN.
YOU THINK FROM AN ISLANDER
PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NO PENALTY
BUT YOU HEAR THE GROAN FROM THE
FANS AND IT'S THE CANADIEN FAN
WHOSE BUSSED DOWN, STARING
SNOWSTORM IN THE FACE.
>> Butch: RIGHT.
MAKING A LOT OF NOISE.
A LOT OF THEM HERE, COMPARED TO
THE ISLANDERS FANS.
THEY'RE STUCK HERE, CANADIEN
FANS.
THEY CAME YESTERDAY.
THEY'RE HERE WITH THE STORM.
THEY MADE THE SAME TRIP LAST
YEAR, HOWIE, AND THEY GOT THE
SAME WELCOMING.
WE WELCOMED THEM WITH A
SNOWSTORM.
YOU'RE RIGHT, ANYTHING THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN, PRO-CANADIEN,
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF
THE FANS.
LOOKING AT -- HE TRIED TO GET A
HIT THERE.
MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST
DECISION.
SLIDES INTO THE BOARDS, YOU CAN
SEE HIM WINCING.
HE'S AN AWFUL GOOD PLAYER.
MONTREAL CANADIENS CANNOT AFFORD
TO LOSE HIM.
MacDONALD'S STICK MIGHT HAVE
COME UP, CLIPPED HIM.
HE'LL BE BACK.
HE'S A HOCKEY PLAYER.
>> Howie: THAT'S CLICHE.
>> Butch: HE'S GOT PROVE IT ON
THE NOSE.
>> Howie: WISNIEWSKI, STROLLING
OUT OF THE ISLANDERS' ZONE.
NOW TAVARES TRYING TO GET
THROUGH.
BACKHANDS.
SAVE BY PRICE WHO STOPPED
TAVARES' REBOUND, TOO.
>> Butch: ANOTHER GREAT SAVE BY
PRICE ON TAVARES WHO BROKE
THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
>> Howie: COULDN'T GET THE TIP.
MOULSON BACKHANDED BUT IT DIDN'T
REACH PRICE.
CANADIENS CLEAR.
>> Butch: ISLANDERS HAVING GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES ON THE POWER PLAY.
NICE BREAKOUT PLAY.
TAVARES HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SCORE.
MIKE RICHARDS NIELSEN MADE A
NICE PLAY WITH HIS LEG.
PARENTEAU MISSED THE PASS TO
TAVARES.
GIONTA READ THAT, JUMPED INTO
THE HOLE, AND LEAVES CAMMALLERI
WHO COULDN'T HOLD ON.
>> Butch: CAMMALLERI THOUGHT HE
WAS OFFSIDE, I DID, TOO.
LINESMEN DIDN'T THINK SO.
>> Howie: PARENTEAU PUT IT
BEHIND TAVARES AND MOULSON.
HERE COMES GIONTA AND CAMMALLERI
AGAIN.
ISLANDER END.
GIONTA TOOK THE HIT FROM
WISNIEWSKI.
MOULSON SENDS MacDONALD OUT.
ANDREW MacDONALD UP TO THE
MONTREAL BLUE LINE.
MacDONALD SWINGS IT BACK TO
SCHREMP.
HAMRLIK FINDS SPACEK.
SENT ALL WAY DOWN BY JEFF
HALPERN, VETERAN PENALTY KILLER.
ONE-TIME WASHINGTON CAPITAL.
12 SECONDS LEFT IN THE ISLANDER
POWER PLAY.
THREE SHOTS SO FAR.
COMEAU TRYING TO GET THROUGH.
HE DOES.
CIRCLES THE NET.
FEEDS THE BLUE LINE.
NOW TO MacDONALD.
PENALTY'S OVER.
GOMEZ OUT OF THE BOX.
HAMRLIK, SHOOTS.
SAVE BY PRICE.
HALPERN GRABS IT BACK, STEERS IT
AROUND THE BOARD.
GOMEZ HAS LAPERRIERE BREAKING
AHEAD.
DIDN'T CONNECT CLEANLY.
>> Butch: I'M NOT SURE PRICE SAW
THAT PUCK AT THE LAST SECOND.
PRICE SEEMED TO PICK IT UP VERY,
VERY LATE, AS IT GOT NEAR THE
NET.
>> Howie: GOOD MOVE.
PUT IT TO THE SLOT.
BOUNCES AWAY FROM CAMMALLERI.
GRABBED BY BAILEY.
SQUEEZED TO THE BOARDS BY BIG
HAL GILL.
AND GORGES HELPS THE CANADIENS
BREAK OUT.
CAMMALLERI INTO THE ISLANDERS'
ZONE.
BAILEY GETS IT BACK.
JOSH BAILEY WANTS THE RED LINE.
GETS THE DUMP-IN.
ISLANDERS BEGIN TO CHANGE.
ALONG THE BOARD.
WIDE FEED.
GILL BUMPS MARTIN.
GILL BACK TO HIS FEET.
KOSTITSYN ON THE PUCK.
UP THE LEFT WING COMES GOMEZ.
OVER THE LINE, DROPS FOR
PACIORETTY.
TRIED TO GET IT BACK TO GOMEZ
BUT OFF.
KIPT IN THE BLUE LINE BY PICARD.
PACIORETTY.
PACIORETTY DRAWS A CROWD.
GIONTA JUMPS ON IT IN THE
CORNER.
BRIAN GIONTA PUT IT IN FRONT OF
PACIORETTY COULDN'T GET A GOOD
SHOT.
SQUEEZED IN.
ISLANDERS OUTSHOT THE CANADIENS
EARLY 5-4.
NO SCORE.
11:57 TO GO, FIRST PERIOD.
MISSED BY WEBER.
IT WILL BE AN ICING UNLESS SIM
GET THERE'S FIRST.
HE DOES NOT.
A FACE-OFF IN THE ISLANDERS'
ZONE.
WE MENTIONED HOW FANS WISELY
CHOSE TO STAY HOME.
THAT'S WHAT THE ISLANDERS
WANTED, TOO, SO YOU UNDERSTAND
THE DYNAMIC.
ISLANDERS, ACCORDING TO A REPORT
ON NEWSDAY.COM WANTED TO
POSTPONE THE GAME.
THE DEPUTY NASSAU COUNTY
EXECUTIVE CALLED COLIN CAMPBELL
WHO CONCERT DENIED THAT.
IF BOTH TEAMS ARE HERE THEY WANT
THEM TO THE PLAY THE GAME,
REGARDLESS OF HOW FEW FANS MIGHT
SHOW UP.
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
BUT WEBER FIRES.
ROLOSON HAS IT BETWEEN THE PADS.
AND THERE'S NO FURTHER PLAY.
ISLANDERS WERE HOPING TO GET THE
POSTPONEMENT.
>>> MORE GOOD NEWS FOR THE
ISLANDERS, AS RICK DiPEITRO HAS
COME OFFI.R., AS HE SUGGESTED
HE WOULD.
>> Butch: JUST MINOR, GOOD FOR
RICK AND THE ISLANDERS, WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING HIM BACK IN
THE NET.
TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF
OCCASIONS HE HAS HIS GAME GOING.
WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL PLAY
TOMORROW AGAINST THE RANGERS
REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT THAT'S
ONE OF THE REASONS, HOWIE, WHY
THIS GAME'S BEING PLAYED TODAY,
NO DAY IN BETWEEN TO FIND A
PLACE FOR THE CANADIENS TO PLAY
THE ISLANDERS AGAIN.
THE SCHEDULE'S VERY HECTIC, AS
YOU KNOW VERY WELL, WITH 82
GAMES.
TEAMS ARE HERE, GOT TO PLAY.
>> Howie: THAT'S THE LEAGUE'S
MANDATE FOR YEARS.
SINCE GARY BETTMAN TOOK OVER
BACK IN 1993.
AND I CAN RECALL IN FACT, EARLY
IN CALENDAR YEAR 1993, THE
'92-'93 SEASON, BEING IN
WASHINGTON FOR A GAME, ACTUALLY
LANDOVER MARYLAND, BOTH TEAMS
WERE THERE, BUT THERE WAS AN ICE
STORM AND CAPITALS DIDN'T WANT
FANS TRAVELING AND THE GAME WAS
POIFT POINTED.
SINCE THEN, THE LEAGUE SAID
WE'RE 30 TEAMS NOW, TRAVEL
CONSIDERATIONS BEING WHAT THEY
ARE, IF WE'VE GOT BOTH TEAMS,
THE OFFICIALS, THEN WE'RE GOING
TO REQUEST THAT THE TEAMS PLAY
THE GAME AND THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY, THOUGH THE
ISLANDERS HAD ASKED FOR THE
POSTPONEMENT.
THE ISLANDERS HAVE DONE A COUPLE
OF NICE THINGS HERE.
FIRST OFF, THOSE FANS WHO ARE
HERE ARE BEING INVITED TO COME
DOWN AND WATCH THE GAME FROM AS
FAR DOWN AS YOU WANT TO GO, TO
THE 100 LEVEL, IF YOU'D LIKE.
ISLANDERS, WE'LLTELL YOU MORE
ABOUT THIS DURING THE COURSE OF
THE GAME.
ALSO TELLING ANY FAN WITH A
TICKET TO TONIGHT'S GAME THAT IT
CAN BE TURNED IN FOR A FUTURE
ISLANDERS GAME BEGINNING AS SOON
AS THE NEXT HOME GAME ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS.
SUBJECT OF COURSE TO
AVAILABILITY.
>> Butch: A NICE THING TO DO.
FOR THE LOYAL FANS HERE TONIGHT,
THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TWO GAMES.
MAKES ME WONDER IF THE CANADIEN
FANS WILL COME BACK TO GET THE
EXTRA GAME.
>> Howie: GOOD POINT.
NIELSEN FLINGS ONE UP HIGH,
STOPPED BY PRICE.
CANADIENS DON'T COME BACK HERE
THIS YEAR.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE ONCE BEFORE.
THIS IS THEIR FINAL TRIP TO LONG
ISLAND.
>> Butch: PERHAPS, CHARLES WILL
ALLOW THEM TO COME NEXT YEAR,
WHO KNOWS?
HE'S IN THE GIVING MOOD.
IT'S A CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
>> Howie: THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
JOSH BAILEY DOESN'T GET A MERRY
CHRISTMAS CARD THERE.
FROM PACIORETTY.
9:49 TO GO IN THE SCORELESS
FIRST PERIOD.
>> Butch: IT'S GOT.
TO BE MORE CLOSE CHECKING BY
BOTH CLUBS.
WIDE OPEN AT THE START, GOOD
PACE.
>> Howie: YOU COACHES DON'T LIKE
PACE.
>> Butch: IT GETS WIDE OPEN.
TOO MANY SCORING CHANCES.
YOU DON'T LIKE TO BE ON THE BAD
SIDE.
>> Howie: TOO MUCH FUN WHO WANTS
THAT?
>> Butch: COACHES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT
TO PLAY IN YOUR OWN END.
YOU WANT TO PLAY IN THE
OFFENSIVE ZONE.
THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS.
AND IT'S A LOT MORE FUN.
>> Howie: LAPERRIERE CHECKED BY
EATON.
CENTERING FEED.
SHOT BY PICARD KNOCKED ASIDE
PERHAPS BY ROLOSON WHO WAS
TRAFFIC MOVING IN FRONT OF HIM.
ANOTHER SHOT THAT GOT THROUGH,
STOPPED BY ROLOSON.
TIPPED OVER THE NET.
CANADIENS GETTING PRESSURE ON
THE SHIFT.
SCHREMP COMES UP LEFT WING WITH
COMEAU.
NICE FEED.
HERE COMES COMEAU.
HE'S IN.
HE SCORES!
WHAT A PLAY FROM SCHREMP TO
COMEAU!
ISLANDERS LEAD 1-0!
>> Butch: WATCHED A FLEURY BY
THE CANADIENS.
ROLOSON FOUND A WAY TO KEEP THE
PUCK OUT.
ISLANDERS TURNED UP THE ICE IN A
HURRY WITH GOOD SPID.
WATCH THE PLAY COME AROUND.
ROB SCHREMP GETS IT BY.
GREAT PASS TO COMEAU.
CUTTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
WATCH THE FOREHAND MOVE.
HE GOES FIVE HOLE.
THIS IS A GOOD PASS THROUGH THE
MIDDLE.
COMEAU'S GOING TO FEED.
HE GETS IT IN THE FIVE HOLE.
>> Howie: BLAKE COMEAU PICKS UP
HIS EIGHTH OF THE YEAR.
ROB SCHREMP'S GAME CONTINUES TO
GET BETTER AND BETTER.
>> Butch: YOU HEARD COACH TALK
ABOUT ROB SCHREMP, SOMEONE WHO
HAS A LOT OF SKILL.
A GREAT PASSER.
A GREAT SHOT.
NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS DEFENSIVE
PLAY.
BUT CERTAINLY OFFENSIVELY,
FORMER FIRST ROUNDER, HE HAS A
LOT OF SKILL.
THAT WAS A GOOD PASS.
GOOD CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE TWO
GUYS.
>> Howie: BACK UP COMES GRABB
FOR THE ISLANDERS.
HILLEN JUMPING IN.
PASS DOESN'T REACH HIM.
BROKEN UP BY LARS ELLER, NUMBER
81.
UP RIGHT WING FOR THE CANADIENS,
BENOIT POULIOT.
POULIOT A HEALTHY SCRATCH IN THE
CANADIENS' LAST GAME.
>> Butch: THAT WAS JURCINA.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN.
>> Howie: STEAL BY TAVARES FROM
HAMRLIK.
TAVARES CHOPPED AWAY FROM
BEHIND.
TAVARES STAYS WITH IT.
TAVARES.
GOOD JOB PROTECTING THE PUCK.
INTENDED FOR MacDONALD.
THAT'S BROKEN UP.
BACK TO MOULSON.
BUT HIS BACKHANDER DRIBBLES
WIDE.
HAMRLIK AT THE LINE.
OFF OF CAMMALLERI.
ROB CAMMALLERI WORKS IT OUT COME
CENTER.
SHAKEN UP EARLIER.
BACK INTO THE ZONE, OFF OF
HAMRLIK.
ISLANDERS HAVE GOOD SUPPORT
THERE.
TAKES HIM DOWN.
IT'S A PENALTY TO KOSTITSYN.
>> Butch: REAL GOOD ONE-ON-ONE
BATTLE WITH PARENTEAU AND
KOSTITSYN.
EARLY ON IN THE SEASON WE DIDN'T
SEE THAT ONE-ON-ONE BATTLE, THAT
TENACITY.
>> Howie: ROLOSON GONE TO THE
BENCH.
ISLANDERS HAVE AN EXTRA SKATER
ON.
SCHREMP BRINGS IT IN.
PASS PICKED OFF BY GORGES.
WE GET THE WHISTLE.
BLAKE COMEAU WITH HIS EIGHTH OF
THE YEAR FROM SCHREMP AND EATON.
11:0437
ISLANDERS LEAD 1-0.
WATCH PARENTEAU BATTLE WITH
KOSTITSYN FOR THE PUCK.
HANGS ON TO IT.
KOSTITSYN TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A
TRIP.
ISLANDERS ON THE POWER PLAY.
LOOK AT THE GOOD SECOND EFFORT
BY PARENTEAU, STAYING WITH IT.
>> Howie: WITH THAT GOAL,
COMEAU'S THE ISLANDER TEAM
LEADER IN POINTS WITH 20.
TAVARES, WISNIEWSKI HAVE 19.
ISLANDERS' SECOND POWER PLAY.
THEY HAD THREE SHOTS ON THEIR
FIRST WITHOUT SCORING.
HOOK ON KOSTITSYN, 12:49.
NOW, HALPERN EXCUSED FROM THE
DRAW.
PYATT TAKES IT AGAINST TAVARES
WHO SENDS HALPERN ON HIS WAY.
HALPERN SURROUNDED AS HE BRINGS
IT INTO THE ISLANDER ZONE.
FRANS NIELSEN TAKES OVER.
NIELSEN AND WISNIEWSKI ARE THE
POINTMEN, AND
TAVARES/MOULSON/PARENTEAU LINE
WILL PLAY UP FRONT TO START THE
POWER PLAY.
NIELSEN SORT OF A RAGGED ENTRY
INTO THE MONTREAL ZONE.
GILL ABLE TO FIND THE LOOSE PUCK
AND FIRE IT OUT TO CENTER.
NIELSEN RIGHT BACK IN.
TAVARES HAD IT SLAPPED AWAY.
ISLANDERS NEED TO REGROUP.
TAVARES HAD TO WAIT AN INSTANT
FOR MOULSON TO GET OUT AND THAT
GAVE THE CANADIENS TIME TO WORK
IT AHEAD.
PLEKANEC, SHORT HANDED.
NICE FEED TO CAMMALLERI.
UP HIGH.
SAVE BY ROLOSON.
>> Butch: MIGHT HAVE GOT HIM ON
HIS MASK.
ISLANDERS CARELESS ON THIS POWER
PLAY.
HOWIE, AS YOU MENTIONED, COMING
UP THE ICE, REAL SLOW, LOOSE
AROUND THE BLUE LINE, THAT'S
DANGEROUS HOCKEY.
THEY GAVE UP A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
TO CAMMALLERI.
GOOD SAVE BY MOULSON.
>> Howie: SCHREMP, IN OVER THE
CANADIENS' LINE.
HURLS IT BACK.
HAMRLIK JUST DID KEEP THAT AT
THE LINE.
BAILEY WITH ROOM.
QUICK SHOT OVER THE GLOVE OF
PRICE.
ULTIMATELY, OVER THE GLASS AND
OUT OF PLAY WITH 45 SECONDS
REMAINING ON THE ISLANDER POWER
PLAY.
>> Butch: THE MONTREAL CANADIENS
GET AN OPPORTUNITY.
WATCH THE GIVE AND GO BACK TO
PLEKANEC TRIES TO GO SHORT, HOP
SIDE HIGH.
BAILEY WITH A QUICK PASS TO
SCHREMP.
HE TRIES TO GO HIGH GLOVE SIDE.
AGAIN, PRICE MAKES THAT TAKE.
PRICE DOESN'T LOOK THAT SHARP.
HE'S HAD A REAL GOOD SEASON SO
FAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME, FOR
ME, HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S ON
HIS GAME.
I'D TRY TO GET MORE SHOTS ON
THIS GUY, PARTICULARLY ON THE
ICE.
>> Howie: LOW SHOTS AS OPPOSED
TO SHOTS FROM -- MacDONALD BACK
TO PLAY BEHIND THE ISLANDERS
NET.
>> Butch: YOU MEAN LITERALLY,
NOT FIGURATIVE.
>> Howie: I'M A LITERAL PERSON.
ISLANDERS OFFSIDE.
25 SECONDS LEFT IN THE POWER
PLAY.
NEW YORK'S FAVORITE SPORTS
MORNING SHOW ON MSG, WAKE UP
WITH BOOMER AND CARTON,
PRESENTED BY ALLSTATE WEEKDAY
MORNINGS ON MSG NETWORK.
BACK ON MONDAY, RIGHT?
THAT'S TOMORROW.
>> Butch: THAT'S TOMORROW.
>> Howie: OR JANUARY?
>> Butch: I THINK THEY'RE BACK
TOMORROW.
EITHER WAY YOU GET TO SEE THEM.
>> Howie: EITHER WITH THE BEST
OF OR A BRAND-NEW SHOW.
I'M NOT EXPECTING YOU TO KNOW.
I'M TALKING TO MYSELF.
>> Butch: DID YOU WANT AN
ANSWER?
>> Howie: I WAS AFRAID YOU'D
TAKE IT LITERALLY.
GILL WORKING INTO THE CORNERS.
>> Butch: THE CRASH LINE.
THIS IS THE CRASH AND BURN LINE
HOPEFULLY FOR THE MONTH CAL
CANADIENS.
IF THEY DON'T HIT YOU TO DEATH,
THEY'LL TALK YOU TO DEATH.
>> Howie: GILL SENDS IT DOWN.
KOSTITSYN OUT OF THE BOX.
ONE SHOT FOR THE ISLANDERS ON
THE POWER PLAY.
THEY'RE 0 FOR 2.
>> Butch: IT'S A LOQUACIOUS
BUNCH TO BE SURE.
>> Howie: THAT WAS BEHIND
MARTIN.
THAT'S WHY THE PLAY WAS OFFSIDE.
4:56 REMAINING FIRST PERIOD AT
THE COLISEUM.
>>> WHEN YOU GET VETERAN GUYS
LIKE MARK AND MILAN AND RADDIC,
THEY COME BACK.
THEY'RE MORE POISED BACK THERE.
THEY'RE MORE PATIENT.
AND THEY'LL MAKE A PLAY THAT
YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, GEE, WHERE DID
THAT PLAY COME FROM?
WE'RE GETTING OUT OF OUR ZONE
CLEANER, SO WE'RE PLAYING LESS
TIME IN THE ZONE WHICH GIVES US
MORE OFFENSIVE TIME.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GET MORE
OFFENSIVE TIME, PUCKS START
GOING IN.
>> Howie: DWAYNE ROLOSON WITH
THE ISLANDERS QUOTE BOOK.
MISSING MARTINEK.
DOING JUST FINE.
>> Butch: WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET
YOU OUT OF THE ZONE QUICK
SOMEWHERE CLEANER.
HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
WHEN YOU SPEND LESS TIME IN YOUR
OWN ZONE, IT MEANS YOU'RE IN
ANOTHER ZONE.
GOOD OFFENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THE ISLANDERS
HAVE DONE MORE OF SINCE THE VETS
HAVE BEEN BACK.
>> Howie: MARTIN UP FOR NIELSEN.
MARTIN, NICE GIVE AND GO.
GRABB, QUICK SHOT.
PRICE, THE SAVE.
MARTIN RIGHT IN FRONT.
GAVE HIM A SHOWER.
TOOK EXCEPTION TO THAT BUT
NOTHING MORE DEVELOPS.
>> Butch: WE'VE SEEN JACK
CAPUANO ERA BEGIN.
WE'VE SEEN THE SUBTLE CHANGES
AND ONE FOR ME THE CENTER DRIVE,
THE WINGERS ARE STAYING MORE ON
WINGS AND CENTERMEN DRIVING TO
NET.