7th Goal at the .7 Sec Mark for me? Bergenheim Hat Trick

It happens every time since I can't post from my phone the way the illustrious Islesblogger.com Mike can. (Check out his photos of Iggulden's post game on his website. ) So I had to wait till I was home and done with dinner and such in order to post my thoughts on the end of the Isles 7 - 3 day time win.

My thoughts? I will repeat the text I received. "Who Are These Guys???"

This is a night that Sean Bergenheim will always remember as the night he potted his first NHL hat trick. I'm sure he may forget the two whiffs he made before it finally happened with only .7 seconds left of the third.

"That's the second time in a few years that I scored in the last second. Made it a little tight. I'm happy it was one second before and not one second AFTER." Sean was swarmed by the media.

"When you play you learn. Maybe I know how to position myself a little better right now. I think a lot of individuals are playing better and we are playing better as a team." He made sure to say that didn't speak badly toward anyone who is no longer on the team.

He continued "Jack Hillen chipped the puck up pretty far, I couldn't backhand. I had to get a better angle. I knew there wasn't much time. I knew I had to shoot it. It worked out well."

Yes it did. But was he thinking about it when it was happening? "I think, sometimes when you do something on the ice you don't think too much, you just do it. That's what happened. I didn't have time to think of anything. I just needed to get it to the net."

Sean was asked what was different about this team. "I think everybody is pretty comfortable now. We're young, we have a good group. Right now we're kinda glued together a little bit better on the ice. Maybe it's because we're young and we know each other."

Since we had discussed the empty netter, Sean was asked to describe the first two goals of his hat trick. Goal number one; "First goal was a great play by Iggy there, we battled the puck in the corner and he took it and tried to wrap it around and it came to me. It was a great pass. I had an easy job."

Goal number two; "I got the puck to the middle. Frans Nielsen was in front so I don't think Brodeur saw too much. Kind of a little bit of luck there. The shot wasn't the best one or it hit somebody or something."

"I think maybe Marty had an off day today. He's a great goalie. Their defense wasn't that good today because we had good pressure. It was more US being good today."

I'm wondering HOW good. As I was leaving, GM Garth Snow was leaving Scott Gordon's office. I'm hoping that he wasn't in there saying, "Scott, I know the system works, but enough with the winning! Stop it already!"

You know that's a joke... right??? Joke!!

Kudos to Scott Gordon for proving that his much maligned "system" seems to be working both in Bridgeport and Uniondale.

I also passed gargantuan Andy Sutton in the hallway. He was looking good. I just wish he'd be looking good on the ice instead of a suit and tie. Too bad we have now lost veteran Trent Hunter with an ankle fracture. Maybe Andy can tell him how to pass his time while he's recovering.

The NY Islanders injury "bug" must be the size of Mothra.