23 years ago
tonight (1991) – Pierre Turgeon recorded the first of his eight hat tricks for
the Islanders as the Isles completed the sweep of a home-and-home series as
they pounded the Washington Capitals 8-1. Turgeon also added an assist for a
four-point game; linemate Steve Thomas had four assists. The Isles scored five times on nine shots in
the middle period and eight times on 23 shots overall.
| Pierre Turgeon |
Islander
coach Al Arbour told Newsday’s Mark Herrmann: "You have to be pretty
pleased with the weekend. We held the highest-scoring team in the league to
three goals in back-to-back games.”
Arbour was downplaying the other move that he had made – putting Thomas
and Turgeon together for the first time.
17 months later the Capitals would not be happy that the Hall of Fame
coach had come up with that contribution.
This was the
Isles’ only win in a stretch of 11 home games vs. Washington leading up to the
1993 playoffs, when the Isles beat the Caps three times on Coliseum ice.
Also on this
date: (1993) – Travis Green had the hat trick as the Isles beat Washington 6-4
in the first meeting of the teams since the previous spring’s playoffs.
All-time, the
Isles have played eight November 30th games at the Coliseum and finish with a 2-5-1
record on this date at 1255 Hempstead Turnpike in Uniondale.
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