We claim this island in the name of our Leader!

The Bruins of Boston stormed the Island of Long and proclaimed to now be Anderson Island, as they won the battle for its rights, four to one, in what was expected to be an epic showdown.

The Islanders - not Haku, but the hockey team - entered the game at 31-9-5 - just off of a .750 winning percentage - far and away the best record in the league. They were outscoring their opponents on average by almost two goals a game, and were 12-6-1 on their home ice thusfar, and had an eight point lead on the Carolina Hurricanes, their closest competition for Wales Conference supremacy.

But the Bruins were riled up and intended to send a message of some sort to the Conference Leader. "One way or another," GM Joshua Anderson stated before the game, "we'll leave our mark on this place."

Well, they did, and the Bruins sent a message to all the other teams in the Wales - physicality affects the Islanders.

The Islanders had seven power play opportunities but failed to capitalize on any of them - even almost two full minutes of five-on-three in the first period. Meanwhile, the Islanders became frustrated as they fell behind, with their penalties increasing in each period. They took four minutes in the first, ten in the second, and then a whopping fourteen in the third.

The first period saw the lumbering bear, Keith Tkachuk, score in his second consecutive game to give him nine on the season. It came at just 00:23 and set the pace for the game, as Aebischer flopped more than a catfish on the grill of Sneaky Pete's in LeClaire, Iowa. The Bruins then failed to capitalize on a Denis Gauthier elbowing penalty at 02:21, as they did not even take a shot on net during the time. Sensing it was too early to go to the trap, Matt Walker delivered a crushing elbow to Patrick Poulin for fun, but was caught by officials and sent to the Sin Bin.

At 12:21, Richard Jackman received an elbowing penalty, and was quickly joined by Martin Havlat for a cross-checking double minor at 12:39. The Islanders failed to do anything with the opportunity as Andrew Raycroft stood tall in net, turning away all thirteen shots in the period. Meanwhile, the Bruins were shooting forty percent, scoring on two of their five firings.

Poulin sought out revenge at 19:10 as he roughed up Walker in retaliation, but the Bruins power play would be brief, as Bill Guerin was busted for a boarding call thirty-eight seconds later as the period came to a close.

The second period saw Sean Brown go down like a ten buck Amsterdam whore getting American dollars when he and Zdeno Chara, the Seven Foot Silent Stalker, went nose-to-top of head. Brown crumpled to the ice following the mano-a-mano and is now listed as day to day, while Chara was ejected but received no suspension. Two more calls went against the visitors in an obvious home-ice bias, but Raycroft continued to be "The Man", as they say in the hood, turning away the Islanders seven shots on goal.

The third period saw the Islanders weakness exposed. Despite still losing 2-0, they continued to run roughshod on the Bruins players, which inevitably distracted them from their goal of scoring and winning the game to "showing the Bruins who was boss", as Renowned Shit-Talker Andy Delmore was heard muttering as he left the ice.

Marian Hossa pulled the team on his back briefly, but couldn't support it for long. A goal at 06:40 was all he could muster, though it pulled the team within one. Andy McDonald paced himself and returned the tally at 10:19, leaving Aebischer like a wounded turtle for his fifteenth of the year.

Forty seconds later, one of those odd-dual penalties occurred on opposite sides of the rink. Lars Jonnson, back from his own stint on the sidelines, was whistled for hooking while elsewhere, Daniel Sedin took a boarding penalty, setting up four-on-four time. It would be short, though, as fifteen seconds later, the thuggery of the Islanders continued when Jason York was sat for yet another elbowing call, giving the Bruins a four-on-three open ice run.

As is almost expected nowdays, Jochan Hecht was up to the challenge and scored his team-leading ninth power play goal of the year, tripling up Bill Guerin's three, at 12:20, as Tim Connolly and Fran Kaberle notched assists on the play.

The Islanders, and Denis Gauthier, became even more frustrated at 4-1, and Gauthier took two more penalties before the end of the game, including a cross-checking double minor at 19:12 in another odd double penalties at that moment, as Matt Walker received a similar penalty at that time.

When all was said and done, though, Andrew Raycroft received the Molson Top Game Star and improved to 19-15-3 as he stopped twenty-seven of twenty-eight shots. Matin Havlat (0-2-2, +2) and Andy McDonald (1-0-1, +2) were second and third stars, respectively.