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"The Skinny"  By Eric Hornick Game 20 Detroit 2, Isles 1 In a game that the Isles led for nearly fifty minutes, Jonatan Berggren a...

Sunday, October 31, 2010

First time (in a) long time -- penalty minutes

The Isles drew 4 misconduct/game misconduct penalties last night in Philadelphia.  Old-time hockey, indeed.
 
Trent Hunter
Zenon Konopka
Trevor Gillies
Frans Nielsen
 
It's the first time since the famed "goalie fight" game against the Rangers (4/4/1998) that the Isles have had 4 players accumulate at least 10 minutes in penalties in the same game.
 
In that game, seven Isles received at least 10 penalty minutes:
Rich Pilon
Gino Odjick
Trevor Linden
J.J. Daigneault
Mariusz Czerkawski
Zdeno Chara
Tommy Salo
 
The Isles recorded 73 penalty minutes last night (according to the game sheet) or 71 pen mins (according to the stats search on NHL.com)  Either way, it's the 2nd highest total in the NHL this season (Anaheim had 78 vs St. Louis on Oct 11)
 
The Isles had 71 pen minutes against Buffalo on October 13, 2008, but they haven't had more penalty minutes in a game since drawing 129 minutes in the above-referenced goalie fight game.

 
Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since 1982. Visit my blog: forever1940.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick

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