Pre Game Scrimmage Notes

  In a few hours, the Isles will hold a scrimmage at the Coliseum starting at 11am. Following the game, there will be a skills competition. The Orange group will wear the new white away jerseys, and the Blue group will wear the new home jerseys, which were the third jerseys last year. It should be an exciting one as we get to take a look at some of the rookies play against NHL'ers. The Islanders Official Website will have a live stream of the scrimmage.

Forward Kyle Okposo will be getting the day off for some shoulder soreness. It's believed to be that he will be evaluated sometime this weekend. Also, via Islanders Point Blank, Doug Weight looks to be not in the lineup today.

Also a good sign, Rick DiPietro will be taking some action today, and share the net with Koskinen...

Here are the line combinations for the scrimmage today:
 (Per the NYI website)

WHITE
Comeau - Tavares - Parenteau
Bailey - Hisey - Niederreiter
DiBenedetto - Konopka - Hilbert
Gillies - Kabanov

Streit - Wisniewski
Eaton - Hamonic
Kohn - Gervais
Katic

Koskinen
DiPietro

BLUE
Moulson - Schremp - Rakhshani
Martin - Ullstrom - Hunter
Joensuu - Romano - Sim
Yablonski - Marcinko - Haley

de Haan - Jurcina
Hillen - Martinek
MacDonald - Reese
Klementyev

Roloson