A Buffalo Sized Win, Big Al and FHZ5!

Overall, the team took another step towards getting back on track and played hard enough to outwork their opponents in the last couple of games.  Once again, Al Montoya (http://knightofcups-bondi.blogspot.com/2011/10/m-in-team.html) out dueled a red hot Jhonas Enroth, keeping the Islanders in the game with a .968 sv% making 30 saves on 31 shots.  Montoya is now 4-3-1 with .933 sv% and an impressive 2.07 GAA on a struggling Islander team.  He has been a force in net and deserves to be noticed as one of the rising goaltenders in the league.

I was super impressed with the game of Travis Hamonic and Andrew MacDonald during the game against the Sabres.  They were solid on defense. 

Michael Grabner and John Tavares are on the verge of breaking out.  I think the better the team plays, the more the ice will open up for them.

Lets keep it going.

 

Islander Notes:

According to Arthur Staple, Jay Pandolfo will be out 4-6 weeks with a broken foot.  David Ullstrom continues to impress.  He stayed on LW with Bailey, Rolston who are playing well. Nino Niederreiter was put on a line with Reasoner and Martin.  (Haley was scratched for the game vs. Buffalo.)

Islanders call up Dylan Reese to replace Andrew MacDonald (Day to day) in the line-up.  MacDonald suffered a leg injury in the game vs. Buffalo.

Islanders’ prospects Ryan Strome and Brenden Kichton were invited to Canada's camp to compete for a spot on the team that will play in the 2012 World Junior Championships

And don’t forget:

Check out episode 5 of Fake Henrik Zetterberg!  http://fakehenrikzetterberg.com/