Game Thread: 'Canes @ NY Islanders 3/27/04

[Canesluver]

So, folks, we've got 10 points left to earn...... any predictions?

Shall we be able to earn another point or two to extend that road-point record to 12 games?

Kurka got sent back to the B-team, so I'd imagine Willy's ready to step back on the ice.

Check out the pre-game skate (http://www.carolinahurricanes.com/news/news.asp?articleid=1219) for a few more tidbits!!

OK.... off to a rowing regatta...... have a great day, everybody!!

LET'S GO 'CANES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Turbulence]

Paper said Kurka would come back if Willy wasn't ready by tonight...

Strong game tonight. Play for pride. Build for next season, all that good stuff. Go out and give the fans a good show.

[hopper915]

played pretty good the other night. Now all that is left is to hurt NYI and their playoff position/hopes.
This should be a good game, since we've turned into a road team of late, which is great. Finish on a high note. I would like for them to finish at or above .500, which is within reach.

[CANESFREAKinDET]

I was looking at the standings and laughing to myself. If we won the remaining two we have against them, Buffalo is right on the Islander's heels, only 6 points behind. Lord knows we couldn't unseat them and take their spot and all, even though we tried....But wouldn't it be hella fun if we could at least make them suffer and be part of their demise getting dropped out of the playoffs? :D LOL...it would be more fun (almost said "funner", Stompy... :beatup: lol...I'm usually better with the grammar/spelling...I used to be the Spelling champ in school! lol) to see Buffalo in the playoffs then the Islanders anyway. It would make it all kinda interesting.

BUT I'm excited. I agree with everything Turbulence said. Go out and do all that good stuff. But I want a win, and even though I'll be watching *jinx approaching* lol.. :beatup: It's a win I'd BETTER get, too! OR ELSE!! :evil:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

I wonder what it's gonna be like for Lavs. I'm sure it has to be kind of exciting to go back for the first time, but then again, it might not be. It's a shame we couldn't win the first time we played them, but fortunately, it's a road trip. Go Canes! This is definitely a must win for team pride, and Lavs pride.

[CANESFREAKinDET]

I wonder what it's gonna be like for Lavs. I'm sure it has to be kind of exciting to go back for the first time, but then again, it might not be. It's a shame we couldn't win the first time we played them, but fortunately, it's a road trip. Go Canes! This is definitely a must win for team pride, and Lavs pride.

Did we play them twiice already before this one, or is this the second game against the Islanders? Because I went on NHL.com or The Hockey News, or some site, and they said the season series between us two teams was tied. :crazy: I could be blind...

But yes, this is especially a must win for us AND Lavs. Let's make it great all around with a win and (yes it's mean, but...) help spoil the Isles' playoff hopes! Go Canes...and Sabres! lol :beatup:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Did we play them twiice already before this one, or is this the second game against the Islanders? Because I went on NHL.com or The Hockey News, or some site, and they said the season series between us two teams was tied. :crazy: I could be blind...
Yeah, we've played them twice this year, but only once with Lavs. The first time we shut em out 2-0.

[Caniac4life]

A win tonight could help us solidify the "this team is headed in the right direction" theory. The Isles have been playing solid hockey lately. To me, they're a lot like the Devils. They lull you to sleep and then the next thing you know, they've pounced on you for a goal. Several broadcasters have stated lately that everyone at the top is fighting for the #1 spot so they can have a breather against the Isles in the first round. I don't see that. They don't beat themselves very often.

[folgersnyourcup]

Weekes dodged a bullet there...he seemed a bit slow getting back in position and the net was gaping.

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Congrats to Rourke! :D

[Wingman69]

1-0 Good job Rourke (first nhl goal).

[CaniacKikiBB13]

2-0 sean hill!!

[Alicia]

Way to go Rourke on his first NHL goal, and keep it up defensive scoring machine Hilly! :spin:

[murda338]

I know weekes is in goal cause the goal commentary was REBOUND AND A SHOT GOAL!

[CaniacKikiBB13]

always nice to see jaro get a goal...3-1 :D

[murda338]

i'm getting used to this goal scoring stuff I feel like we got a chance to win everynight not like early in the season when if they other team scored 1 you basically knew to just turn your TV off

[murda338]

Holy manolie Craig Adams had a good fight

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Man, we just got so lucky that they didn't score. It made me ask when God became a Canes fan. :D I like it........oops. Now they get a PP to make up for it. :crazy:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

What in the world started that fight? Nice to see Craigy filling in for Jesse, but that just seemed to come out of no where... :eek:

[murda338]

how the heck is that goalie interference

[murda338]

great now that thier was a bogus goalie call now they get a 5 on 3

4 minutes no less

omfg

[murda338]

edit: ignore...weekes had no chance :P

[talkingcanes]

great now that thier was a bogus goalie call now they get a 5 on 3

4 minutes no less

omfg

if you're talking about the penalty that put us down 3 on 5, it was a high sticking call on Hedican and there was no doubt about it.

the 2nd goal deflected off Hill's skate. not Weekes' fault. I mean, I criticize him on a fairly regular basis, but sometimes it's just not his fault.

and DiPietro wanders around like he's looking for spare change on the ice. He makes Weekes and Irbe look like they are glued to the crease.

[murda338]

great now that thier was a bogus goalie call now they get a 5 on 3

4 minutes no less

omfg

if you're talking about the penalty that put us down 3 on 5, it was a high sticking call on Hedican and there was no doubt about it.

the 2nd goal deflected off Hill's skate. not Weekes' fault. I mean, I criticize him on a fairly regular basis, but sometimes it's just not his fault.
.

nah referring to the goalie interference call that one was bogus, how you call a guy whom was nowhere near the goalie and yea he did push the guy but i mean come on their was a ton of ice between him aind the goalie he coulda fell another way.

yea i posted way to soon on the weekes goal that wasn't his fault I saw him not move and got pissed.

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

ok weekes...great just great, god needs to save weekes :( There really wasn't much he could do about that. I'm impressed that we did that well. 15 shots...in Hedican's 4 minutes is what I think they said. I'll take that any day.

[talkingcanes]

I didn't see the goalie interference call. I'll have to catch it on the DVR. I got caught up in the OK State/St. Joe's basketball game for the final 2 minutes!

[SouthernHockeyChick]

I agree the second goal wasn't Weekes fault because of the deflection but he never even saw the initial shot. He looks pretty shaky out there right now, IMO.

[murda338]

LETS GO EMPTY NET GOAL!

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

I think the goalie interference was legit. I'm sure he didn't think the guy would fall into the goalie, but Bayda did push him.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

I believe that's a 12 game road point streak! I'll take it!!

Although I have nothng against them it might be kinda nice to see the Islanders miss the playoffs by 2 points. :evil: At least Lavi got some revenge.

Great to see Rourke and Svoboda finally get some payoff for their good play. Now, just get Staaly one!!

Heeheee. We're cleaning out the TiVo and just watched Hedican's OT goal over Ottawa, again. Good times. :D

[murda338]

i mean he puhed him yea but that should be interference maybe they just called the wrong penalty, I think goalie interference should be called only if the puck goes in the net, cause when isee that penaty called they call it at the dumbest times.

[sandstorm]

It feels good to breathe normally. I did a lot of breath holding in that 3rd period. WAY TO GO CANES!!!!!

[Stormbringer]

I believe that's a 12 game road point streak! I'll take it!!

Although I have nothng against them it might be kinda nice to see the Islanders miss the playoffs by 2 points. :evil: At least Lavi got some revenge.

(impersonates Muttley) Heeheeheehee! I love revenge. :evil:

Except for the third period and Heddy's high sticking, great game! Way to go Canes on upping the away game point record to twelve! :spin:

[talkingcanes]

LETS GO EMPTY NET GOAL!

we are just not very good at getting EN goals. it would be nice to get that insurance goal once in a while :beatup:

[talkingcanes]

Although I have nothng against them it might be kinda nice to see the Islanders miss the playoffs by 2 points. :evil: At least Lavi got some revenge.


the Canes did their part, but Buffalo is tied with Pittsburgh. they need every point they can get. time is running out ;)

[Canesluver]

That was a pretty damn exciting game, huh? :beatup:

It's so nice to enjoy watching the boys play, again. And, Coach has to feel good coming back there and shoving a win in their faces.

[nccanes]

I thought Bret's high stick was pretty ugly. Did he get two because Parrish bled or just because it was flagrant? Tripp kept babbly about how it was not intentional, but it was certainly very careless.

Nice win fo sho!

BTW, I was in the car for the first 10 minutes and I'm not sure if this was mentioned on TV, but Chuck was very, very impressed that they put up a "Thank You" on the Jumbotron to Laviolette for his 2 years of service to the Isles and put the camera on him. He said the arena gave polite applause. Chuck was so impressed that he kept talking about it for about 30 seconds, lol. Nice.

Oh, found this in the AP article:
The Islanders saluted Laviolette during a first-period stoppage by flashing his picture on the scoreboard over the message ``Thank You Peter.'' ...

Wow, this looks painful just to be IN that position, let alone after a high stick.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040328/capt.uni10403280250.hurricanes_islanders_uni104.jp g

Awwww
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040328/capt.uni10303280159.hurricanes_islanders_uni103.jp g

[murda338]

omg lol I wish I could say what I'm thinking but I garuntee every other guy is thinking the same

[tommy]

Guess who missed the game tonight???

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Guess who missed the game tonight???We're just gonna lock you in a closet during the game. You're doing wonders for the team. ;) :p

[Turbulence]

Guess who missed the game tonight???

You and me both! :sad:
As long as they're winning...

[Cool Hand Luke]

wierd, I thought Weekes looked good. His glove hand seemed faster tonight than normal. 36 saves out of 38 shots doesn't seem too shabby to me especially with all the powerplay shots, but I guess he could have done better.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

wierd, I thought Weekes looked good. His glove hand seemed faster tonight than normal. 36 saves out of 38 shots doesn't seem too shabby to me especially with all the powerplay shots, but I guess he could have done better.

Since I'm the only one who mentioned it and didn't recant my statement......I thought he looked shaky out there for about a 5 minute period. It was a pretty off-the-cuff, middle of the game comment not some kind of huge, all-incompassing statement about his overall game. You'd think I'd have learned by now to keep my opinions about Weekes to myself. They always seem to get blown-up to something way bigger than what I intended.

[MeanGene]

Sweet Victory! I missed the game as I am moving today, but I love my DVR, and after checking the NHL scoreboard for goals and fights, I saw the highlights!

[CANESFREAKinDET]

Guess who missed the game tonight???

AWWW that picture is adorable....


and Heh....Tommy, at least I know now it's not me that's the jinx. :evil: :D I got to see the game, and damn happy that I did! Great, well played game! The only thing I despised was, because it was the Islander's broadcast, the announcer's were biased (but WAAYy overly) and too many camera views of the Islanders. EH. All they talked about was how Carolina was outplayed...HELLO??? If they looked at the scoreboard, obviously the Canes outplayed the ISLES. The Canes were on their feet the whole night and were lookin great! :)

I was surprised Weekes was in goal, but he did a good job...came up big when we needed him to, especially with Ryan and Hedi in the box....Great job to Weekes. And Rourke! Congrats to him for the first NHL goal! :D

Nice to see Lavvy get his win against the Isles, even though they were VERY classy in thanking him on the jumbotron, that was very nice to see. :spin:

I was seriously biting my nails there near the end...I don't think there's anything left of them! :beatup: Everything made me nervous...I was like "please hang on to the lead, PLEASE hang on to the lead.." But this was great! GO CANES, fun game! :kiss:

[puckin_A]

I was surprised Weekes was in goal, but he did a good job...

why were your surprized? he IS the starting goalie. ;)

[CANESFREAKinDET]

I was surprised Weekes was in goal, but he did a good job...

why were your surprized? he IS the starting goalie. ;)

LOL true true...I just thought maybe they'd give the start to Irbs. He's been so great lately...but i'm on my Weekes tangent again after tonight! :D He rocked.

[Caniac2417]

Another win and more points for us. That's just awesome. Congrats to Rourke for scoring his first NHL goal. Weekes made some big stops to keep our 3-2 lead and eventual win.

[talkingcanes]

I don't disagree with you SHC that there were a few minutes there where Weekes looked shaky. Fortunately, the defense wasn't shaky (Hill's skate deflecting the puck not counted ;) ) and he seemed to gain confidence throughout the game. I remember thinking that he wasn't way off the way he is some games, because he was able to make some saves that he would never make in his off games. when that puck clanged off the post and then was sitting in the crease........that would have been a goal on one of those off nights where he is so off he can't pull himself together.

I just want us to have some depth at goal and develop some goalies (besides Ward) in our system. Not to play at the NHL level now, but to know we have some continuity at that position.

[AbNormal27]

9th place in the East isn't that far off now! Way to be boys! Hopefully Buffalo can catch the Isles and make it into the dance.

Aaryn

[hopper915]

Great Game. If only we played like that 2 months ago, like the Lightning did :roll:

Any word on Vasicek??? I saw on my Fantasy league that he is hurt and is done for the rest of the season. No info though on what the injury was. Looked like it might have happened last night???

4 games to go. Finish on a hot streak and knock the Isles out of the playoffs.

[talkingcanes]

I haven't seen anything anywhere that evens mentions Joe getting hurt. Jesse got hurt in last night's game, but no word on the severity. Just the always descriptive "upper body" injury.

[Alicia]

I agree the second goal wasn't Weekes fault because of the deflection but he never even saw the initial shot. He looks pretty shaky out there right now, IMO.

I have to agree with you about him not seeing the initial shot on that goal, he clearly never did. I also feel like if our D hadn't bailed him out a time or two, the outcome of this game could've been disastrously different. All in all, I was pleased with the way this one turned out.