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