RICK DIPIETRO RUMORS

Isles' DiPietro Season Likely Over

Roses are red, Violets are Blue. Rick DiPietro's hurt. Shocking news from the New York Islanders late last night: Goaltender Rick DiPietro will most likely miss the remainder of the season. The normally impervious oft-injured netminder has been on injured reserve for the past month, after suffering a groin injury in a game against the Stars back in early December. With...
Via Tonight's Healthy Scratches  |  29 days ago
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Islanders G DiPietro won't be back before April

New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro will undergo surgery for a sports hernia and is likely gone for the remainder of the season.Islanders general manager Garth Snow told Newsday that DiPietro won't return until early April - and that's in a best-case scenario.DiPietro, who will undergo surgery on Tuesday, said he tried to play through the injury suffered Dec. 3 in Dallas...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  29 days ago
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Isles goalie DiPietro to have surgery

New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro will have surgery to repair a sports hernia, likely sidelining the oft-injured player for most of the rest of the season. The Islanders confirmed Friday night that DiPietro is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday. Newsday first reported the surgery, saying Islanders general manager Garth Snow said the best-case scenario for DiPietro's return...
Via AP on Fox  |  29 days ago
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Surgery could end Islanders G DiPietro's season

New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro will undergo surgery for a sports hernia Tuesday that could sideline him for the rest of the season. It is the latest injury setback for DiPietro, who will go under the knife for the sixth time since 2008. The 30-year-old DiPietro has appeared in only 47 games over the past four seasons and only eight games this season. He...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  January 13, 2012
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Rick DiPietro Loses Another Season To Injury

If you're a hockey fan that even occasionally uses the Internet, you're well aware of the punchline that is Rick DiPietro's health. However, sometimes the joke just isn't funny anymore when it just continually keeps repeating itself. Today, we learned that the 2011-12 season is likely over for Rick DiPietro due to a sports hernia, as seen on Puck Daddy. DiPietro was already...
Via Puck Drunk Love  |  January 13, 2012
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Dipietro to Undergo Surgery Tuesday; Season Likely Done

Newsday’s Arthur Staple is reporting that Rick Dipietro will under surgery Tuesday to repair a sports hernia. The news is the latest setback for the Islanders former number one overall pick. Staple suggests that this will likely sideline Dipietro for the remainder of the season, but notes the best-case scenario would be an April return. The surgery will be his sixth surgery...
Via Islanders Hockey Blog  |  January 13, 2012
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INSULT TO INJURY

Rick DiPietro gets hurt while on IR

Rick DiPietro did nothing to shake his reputation for being injury-prone. The Islanders goalie hurt himself while already on injured reserve.

Via The Last Angry Fan  |  January 05, 2012
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Rick DiPietro gets injured...while already on injured reserve

Islanders goalie and Winthrop, MA native Rick DiPietro was once considered to be a future elite goaltender. That's why he was drafted first overall by New York back in 2000 and then given a record 15-year, $67.5 million contract in 2006. Flash forward to 2011 and now DiPietro is just a really, really expensive backup third-string goalie for the lowly Islanders. The glass...
Via The Nosebleeds  |  January 04, 2012
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VIDEO: Rick DiPietro Stealing MAF's shutout puck.

From reader Nathan K. So I was at the Pens Isles game last night and I took a few videos throughout the game in hopes of catching something memorable. I took one of the final few seconds of the game and when I watched them later on I realized what I caught. After the horn sounds and the Pens congratulate Fleury you can see DiPietro go and pick up the game puck just beating...
Via The Pensblog  |  November 23, 2011
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Rick DiPietro Returns To Earn Win

Rick DiPietro returned for the first time in over five weeks to lead the New York Islanders to a victory over the Florida Panthers 3-2. DiPietro pushed aside 29 of the 32 shots that were sent his way to earn the victory in a shootout. DiPietro shows off his new helmet while making a save in a win against Florida. (AP Photo/Rick Silva) The biggest news to come out of the game was...
Via The Lonely Islanders  |  March 19, 2011
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