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Doug Weight Hits 1000 Points
by Paul on 01/03/09 at 09:06 AM ET
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from Greg Logan of Newsday,
Weight made a brilliant cross-ice feed from his own blue line on the right side to Park at the Phoenix blue line on the opposite side to spring him for a breakaway goal that made it a 5-3 game at 16:55 of the third. As a footnote to history, the second assist went to DiPietro.
The Phoenix organization stopped the game to recognize Weight’s achievement, and the crowd gave him a sustained ovation. With a nod to Coyotes coach and managing partner Wayne Gretzky, Weight said, “That’s very nice. Anything run by Wayne Gretzky is first- class.”
The Isles’ leading scorer later added his 1,001st point with a second assist on Park’s second goal with 28 seconds left in regulation. Weight became only the eighth American and 73rd player overall in NHL history to reach 1,000 points.
“It felt good, but it would have been better to creep back into a tie,” Weight said. “I couldn’t move all day. I felt very nervous. I had 25 or 30 people here. It’s something I’m going to be proud of for the rest of my life, and my family was here to see it ... Me being an American, it’s nice to do it on this soil.”
more on the game & watch a video of Weight’s 1000th point below…
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