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Danis shines in net as Isles score increasingly rare win

Associated Press

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Yann Danis has played well as a fill-in in goal for the New York Islanders for five games. On Wednesday night, he finally got a win. Danis made 39 saves, and Kyle Okposo and Kurtis McLean scored goals to help the Islanders snap an eight-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. "He didn't say they were sticking with me," Danis said about coach Scott Gordon, "but he did say they passed on both [Dany] Sabourin and [Curtis] Sanford." New York won for the fi ...

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