Rebounding and a salute to the 92-93 Islanders

Another loss after some good effort against the Penguins in game two of the home at home match-up.  In the final twenty minutes, a bad break and a fantastically executed drawn up play eliminated a 2-0 lead.  Nabokov was solid until he hurt himself in O.T. and Rick DiPietro allowed one goal against in the shootout.  When a goaltender does that, he is giving you a shot to win, but the Isles fell uncharacteristically flat scoring in the shootout.

DiPietro will back stop the team vs the San Jose sharks today.  It will be another challange the team must be able to answer to take the next step and change the culture back to winning.
 

Tonight the Isles salute the 92-93 team that toppled the two time defending cup champion Penguins, and came close to another cup chance.  Patrick Roy ended the chances that year en-route to a cup title.  Just thinking of Turgeon, Hogue, Thomas, Ferraro, Pilon, Vukota and Healy among others make me smile.  It is sad that Glen Healy had to speak so negatively last season about the Islanders in the infamous February coming of age game, otherwise he would have most certainly been asked to attend in a place on honor at the Colisieum. 

But what a year that was.  It was one on the most exciting playoff runs any team has ever had, even though they fell short.  The Al Arbour magic in O.T. was unreal and of course, the Volek goal was the stuff of legend.  This was one of my favorite Islander teams of all time and I am so glad they are being honored tonight.  The current blizzard outside of an expected 15 inches, snapping trees and power lines may keep me from watching, but I will be there in spirit.

That team will always give me hope that my New York Islanders can accomplish great things, even when no one else gives them a chance.