3. Dubielwicz Poke Check
Nobody saw that coming.
Instead of Rick DiPietro or Mike Dunham tending the pipes, it was Wade Dubielewicz who back-stopped the Isles into the 2007 postseason, rattling off four wins in the final four games of the season.
With less than a second remaining in the final regulation frame in the final regular season contest, the New Jersey Devils sent the game into overtime. But it was Dubielewicz, a career minor-leaguer, who won it for the Isles with a famous poke-check in the shootout.
Rose echoed the same sentiments as the rest of us:
“Every shot Wade Dubielewicz has ever seen comes down to this confrontation, Sergei Brylin in on goal, Dubielewicz stops him! The New York Islanders are heading to the Stanley Cup Playoffs…in as dramatic a fashion as you could envision!'”
