1.   An unwritten rule is for the goaltender not playing that night to take a majority of the shots at morning skate so as not to wear out the starter.

2.   At the morning skate, some of them were kicking around a soccer ball in the hallways of Reunion Arena.

3.   Before the New York Rangers began their morning skate Wednesday, there were just two people on the rink of Continental Arena.

4.   Bowness had given the Islanders the morning skate off, hoping that they would bring their excitement into Wednesday night and not leave it at the rink before noon.

5.   All are to skate this morning for the first time at the Molson Center, a mile from the Forum.

6.   Burns asked his players at the morning skate which was the highest-scoring team in the league.

7.   Burns attempted to guard against a letdown with a motivational address during the morning skate Thursday.

8.   But, after a morning skate, he seemed approachable and cooperative in an almost formal way, replying to questions with pleasant, measured answers.

9.   Campbell informed Glenn Healy of his decision to go with Mike Richter at the morning skate, although Richter had been pulled in his last start.

10.   During the morning skate, Ray had been shown a printed report in which Laraque said he would be looking to tangle.