Isles Defeat Sabres In Season Opener, 6-4.

The Isles are now 2-7-3 in the past 12 Season Openers after the win in Buffalo Friday night.

Photos Of The Game:







Spacek gave Buffalo an early 1-0 lead as he lasered one past Dipietro. 6:20 later, Josef Vasicek scored one on a delayed penalty to tie the game up at 1. Just over a minute later, Derek Roy netted one to make it 2-1. In a span of 34 seconds, the Isles got 2 goals by Tank and Campoli to make it 3-2 Isles. The Sabres finished off a 6 goal first period when Stafford scored with just over a minute left.

Comrie picked up his first goal of the night when he finished off a great set-up by Bill Guerin and Ruslan Fedotenko. Vanek tied the game on a slapshot on a breakaway about 15 feet in front of DP. Comrie scored his second goal on another great set-up by Guerin.

The Isles got some cushion when Hunter shoved one in on a powerplay mid-way in the third. That was the last goal in a 6-4 win, but there should have been one more. Satan missed an open net, followed by a great attempt by DP to score. I feel it was going in, but a Sabre got in the way of it a bit past the blueline. That was also followed up by a failed attempt at a hat-trick by Mike Comrie.

My Three Stars:

1. Mike Comrie- Two goals, and had a third one taken away from him. Great Game.
2. Bill Guerin- 3 assists and was a crucial part of Comrie's 2 goals.
3. Josef Vasicek/Jon Sim- These guys were hard working and checking guys all around. They put a smile on my face.


Notes From the Game:

-We ran into a few penalties, but so did the Buffalos.

-I'll say it again, Sim and Vasicek played great games.

-Guerin showed that he's a playmaker, too.

-Tank got his 100th assist of his career.

-Here were the lines: (Not in any order)

Goaltenders
39 Rick DiPietro
34 Wade Dubielewicz

Defensemen
32 Brendan Witt – 24 Radek Martinek
25 Andy Sutton – 47 Marc-Andre Bergeron
14 Chris Campoli – 8 Bruno Gervais

Forwards
16 Jon Sim – 18 Mike Sillinger – 7 Trent Hunter
26 Ruslan Fedotenko – 89 Mike Comrie – 13 Bill Guerin
11 Andy Hilbert – 63 Josef Vasicek – 81 Miroslav Satan
20 Sean Bergenheim – 10 Richard Park – 27 Darryl Bootland


I can't wait for tonight's game at the Coliseum. Pre-game will be posted sometime between 5:30 and 6:30.



Let's Go Isles!!!