Radio interview on the left, TV on the right.
I think MSG asked for the wrong #91.
Fair to say neither player went to deep into his team’s second period game plan.
MSG sent a crew to Hartford, CT to meet Chiquita the Chihuahua and the rest of the McDonald family for an upcoming feature on forward Colin McDonlad.
Look for the biography piece to air during an upcoming Islanders pregame show.
This guy lost the Byng?
A disappointing third-place finish in last year’s Lady Byng voting hasn’t put a damper on Matt Moulson’s most gentlemanly play in the league.
When Casey Cizikas deposited Montreal forward Alex Galchenyuk into the Islanders bench, Moulson offered the rookie a helping hand with a boost over the boards.
I would have considered it gentlemanly to not spear Galchenyuk in the ribs, but here’s Moulson, once again taking chivalry to another level.
Here’s the video, for anyone who hasn’t already watched it 50 times.
A-Mac’s Green Drank
Iron-Man Streak Snapped.
After three years with the Islanders, my consecutive games streak came to a close Saturday due to illness.
Beyond my personal devastation, the immediate consequences are as follows:
a) We have a superstitious team (and coach), and we were awesome Saturday without me, so…
b) No one delivers towels and waters like this guy. Players were simultaneously drenched and parched during their intermission interviews.
c) Game Notes have taken a turn for the worse - I get more bitter every time I update Matt Moulson’s iron-man streak.
To start a new streak, I turned to juice-cleanse aficionado Andrew MacDonald, who totes this mason-jar full of sewage-green muck to the rink every day.
A-Mac’s Green Drank
Simply fill a professional-grade juicer with the following ingredients and flip the switch to “pulverize”
Kale
Swiss chard
Parsley
Cilantro
Mint
Ginger
Carrot
Aloe Vera
Lemon
Lime
Wheat grass
Green apple
Celery
Cucumber
Spinach
Collard greens
Chef’s Note
A-Mac: “If we make a vegetable the night before - like if we have roasted beats with dinner…”
Me: “You throw in the beats?”
A-Mac: “Nope. We save the stems and throw them in.”
“It’s My Thing”
What’s an ultra-competitive hockey player to do when his traditional hockey flow is constantly being out-grown and out-greased by his linemate and BFF?
After failing to keep up with Matt Moulson’s ultra-luxurious hairdo for years, John Tavares called an audible Thursday under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, as his patented Frontal Flow reached new heights.
New York newspapers caught the look in all its glory.
“I try and live every day with a ‘Party In The Front’ attitude,” Tavares told no-one, but probably thought to himself after I showed him pictures from the game.
What he actually said, which was later confirmed in a radio interview by Moulson, was that the through-the-helmet quaff is kind of his thing.
We should have all seen it coming after he came to training camp with bangs that indicated he’d spent the off-season tuning up greased-lightning with the other T-Birds.
Give JT points for originality. It’s way better than a signature “jersey tuck” or yellow laces - and you know squirts and pee-wees everywhere are a mere hours of bathroom-mirror time away from perfectly replicating the look.
Thanks to MSG Network’s Alan Hahn (@alanhahn) for the best pic of the night… clearly pulled right off his TV screen.
Scrolling through the Islanders’ comprehensive auction page, which was established to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief, Jordan Mosberg’s parents wisely scrolled past every autographed stick and jersey.
They instead came away with “Islanders Equipment Manager For A Game.”
Maybe they thought it was time for their nine-year-old son to learn how to do laundry.
Fortunately for Jordan, he was quickly promoted from the dryer room to the Islanders bench.
Jordan spent the afternoon in the Islanders locker room handing out towels, and waters, and even running equipment back and forth from the repair room to the players.
He watched pre-game warmups from the home bench and finished the game along side Head Equipment Manager Scott Boggs, meeting every player for an autograph.
Knowing Boggsy, Jordan likely walked away with a new Islanders wardrobe, too.
Here’s Jordan meeting Lubomir Visnovsky after the game.
Here he is playing it cool - clearly not noticing Kyle Okposo - while preparing to hand out waters with Assistant Athletic Trainer Phil Watson.
Locker Room Swag Alert: Our new friends at the Brooklyn Nets just dropped off some crisp new head wear.
I’ll have to send out a team text to remind the boys to leave the stickers on and keep the brims flat.
Is it still too soon for our PR dept. to issue statements on Jay-Z’s behalf?
I see you Hova - good looks on the swag.
Introducing the official pregame drink of the Isles.
Looks like a Shamrock Shake, tastes like someone blended Count Chocula with Fruity Pebbles and milk… Then added like 90 health supplements.
Derrek Douglas, the team’s strength and conditioning coach (and resident mixologist), came up with the recipe by starting with the team’s official post-game drink, then removing the tequila and scraping the salt off the rims of the Gatorade cups.
