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The Fourth Period(LONG ISLAND, NY) -- The aggravation has obviously been building for Steve Stirling.
After watching the Islanders nearly throw away a three-goal lead on Oct. 20 against the Rangers at the Nassau Coliseum, he was asked if his players were adjusting to how penalties are now called.
"No," the Islanders coach bluntly said. "Some of them are not. And it's painful to watch, plain and simple. I'm going to stop reminding them, because it's painful to watch. They just haven't figured it out when it's not brain surgery."
After Tuesday's home game against Atlanta, a two-goal third period lead was imperiled by more Islanders penalties. Stirling, again, was not amused.
"Annoyed isn't a strong enough word," he said.
So when defenseman Brad Lukowich was whistled for consecutive first-period penalties that led to a 2-0 Rangers lead Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Stirling apparently had finally had enough. The assistant captain -- who'd been penalized only eight minutes entering the game -- was a spectator for the rest of the night.
To this point, no Islander had previously paid a price for taking undisciplined penalties -- at least in terms of diminished ice time. It was notable that the normally steady Lukowich was the first, considering Janne Niinimaa in particular has had a difficult time adjusting. The most penalized Islander often can be seen taking one hand off the stick to take on a defender, which is just about an open invitation to a referee to call a penalty.
"You see the penalties and you can pick almost any penalty," says Stirling. "They fall into three categories -- lazy, dumb or selfish. And some of them are all three. When you put your arm around a guy, that's lazy. You hook a guy, that's lazy. If you retaliate on someone, that's selfish."
Maybe not coincidentally, the Isles took only two more penalties the rest of the night. They failed to convert on their 11 power-play chances en route to a 3-1 loss at the Garden.
Résumé :
En gros Stirling est écoeurer des pénalités prises par ces joueurs. Il considère que beaucoup trop de joueur ne se sont toujours pas ajuster au nouveau règlement et que sa commence à bien faire. Après avoir presque perdu une avance de 3 buts le 20 octobre contre les Rangers, Stirling as eu la mèche courte contre ces même Rangers ce Jeudi.
En première periode, 2 pénalités de Brad Lukowitch ont coûter 2 buts au Islanders. Lukowitch as par la suite passé le reste de la rencontre sur le banc. Chose à noter, les Islanders n'ont eu que 2 pénalités le reste du match. Ils ont tout de même perdu le match.
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Après avoir entendu certain entraineur se pleindre de l'arbitrage, plusieurs semble écoeurer de la quantité de pénalité prise par les joueurs. Se pourrais t-il que d'autre coach décide de faire la même chose dans les prochains jours?