Tonight, The Islanders will hope to build on a win vs the Montreal Canadiens when they play the Boston Bruins. They will also induct Eddie Westfall into the Islanders Hall of Fame.
Eddie Westfall was chosen by the Islanders in the 1972 expansion draft and was named their first Captain, a post he held until 1977. Westfall scored the first goal in franchise history vs. the Atlanta Flames on October 7th, 1972. As an Islander, Westfall scored 105 and 181 for 286 points during the 72-73 thru 78-79 seasons. In 5 playoff appearances including the famed semi-final appearance, from 74-75 thru 78-79, Westfall scored with 9 and 20 for 29 points.
I am a big fan of Eddie Westfall and what he means to the New York Islanders. After his playing career, Westfall nicknamed “18”, was teamed up with legendary Isles play by play man, Jiggs McDonald from the end of his playing career thru 1998 as a color commentator for the former Sports Channel Network. They have been a part of some of the greatest and most historic calls in Islander team history. The tandem will come together again to call the second period of tonight’s game.
Isles Notes:
Arthur Staple reports G Al Montoya day-to-day with a strained hamstring in loss vs. Colorado Avalanche. Islanders recall G Anders Nilsson (5-2-0, 2.86 w/BPT) to back up DiPietro as Evgeni Nabokov (groin) to IR for 2-4 weeks.
Eric Hornick reports the Islanders have scored 20 goals in their 5 wins (4.0) and 15 goals in their other 11 (0-8-3) 1.36 gpg.
New York Islanders report that F, Rhett Rakhshani has been activated off IR and returned to the Sound Tigers.
Per Brian Compton, G Steve Valiquette is backing up Kevin Poulin tonight for AHL Bridgeport.
F, Kyle Okposo will be scratched again for the third straight game.
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