Video: Islanders-Penguins And The Best Hockey Fights Ever

By David Matthews
www.ibtimes.com

Last Friday, the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins played knowing full-well that things were likely to turn dicey. What resulted was hockey mayhem.

Two weeks ago, during a different Islanders-Penguins game, Islander goalie Rick DiPietro was knocked out by Penguins goalie Brent Johnson. DiPietro suffered injuries as a result and is missing over a month of play. When the teams played again, the hockey code of honor called for retribution on the Islanders’s part. They delivered.

A Strange Dream Not Involving Waffles, but Pat Quinn?

MATT BRACKEN
www.mapleleafshotstove.com

In the absence of any game analysis or waffle throwing evaluations, I thought I would simply share an odd dream I recently had….

I awoke last night in a cold sweat with cloudy thoughts of a Jeremy Roenick game winner, Dominik Hasek and Arturs Irbe standing on their heads and an unusual amount of players screaming at NHL referees. Ok, so I had a strange dream, our old GM Pat Quinn had actually taken over Brian Burke’s mind and body and was in actuality our current GM in the form of Burkie. Now that I have lost most of you, to the remaining readers let me at least explain further.

Hockey on the wire

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DRAPER DEBUT
Detroit Red Wings forward Kris Draper will make his season debut either Friday at Anaheim or Saturday in Los Angeles, coach Mike Babcock said.
The Wings begin a three-game road trip tonight in San Jose (10:30 p.m., FSN).
“I’m ready when I get the call,” said Draper, who had hernia surgery last month.

BURKE SEES PROGRESS
Brian Burke celebrated his second anniversary as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday.

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