With the schedule being released yesterday, a bit earlier than last season, the NHL made sure we didn’t have too long a wait from the end of the Stanley Cup Finals to be excited for hockey again. The schedule release means that Road Ice Travels is already in the planning ...

Let’s be forward, I’m not one for politics. I’ll crack a Bush joke here and there, but hey, hockey is my church and my state; but the race for Nassau County’s next District Attorney is shaping up to be a real job of an election, all thanks to spiteful Isles fans. With ...

Get it all out guys, no one is here to judge. Rest in peace, my sweet prince.

Beware the Isles of March. This magic carpet ride of a season has hit some serious turbulence this month. The Metropolitan Divison? Long Gone. Home ice in the first round? Slipping Away. Making the Stanley Cup Playoffs? Stay Tuned. You know what hasn’t happened at the Coliseum in March? An ...

Subscribe to the IslesBlog Podcast on iTunes It’s the Game 7 preview edition of the IslesBlog Podcast as Joe Buono and WFAN.com’s Jeff Capellini react to the Islanders gritty and gutty 3-1 win over the Caps in Game 6 at the Nassau Coliseum. The two talk about Jack Capuano’s latest juggling of the ...

So you want to go to a playoff hockey game? Great. Come out, bring the family, bring your friends, and wear your team’s colors. But don’t forget bring your sense of reality. If you yell “SHOOOOOT!” every time your team has possession of the puck in the offensive zone, you ...

Nate “Igor” Smith says his intention wasn’t to slander a fan base, rather he was just pissed and felt the need to rant and get it all off his chest. The 34 year old native of Alexandria, VA now living in Brooklyn never imagined the combination of backlash and support his ...

Subscribe to the IslesBlog Podcast on iTunes In the playoffs edition of the IslesBlog Podast, Joe Buono is joined by Chris King, Islanders radio play by play voice on 88.7 FM WRHU. Kinger provides an update on Travis Hamonic’s availability in the series and the latest on Matt Martin and ...

As of this afternoon, the It Happened At The Coliseum campaign has raised a remarkable$31,190.96 for Make-A-Wish Metro New York. The success is more than we at IslesBlog and statistician Eric Hornick ever imagined, but perhaps we shouldn’t have been surprised. The connection Islanders fans have with Long Island and the ...

You know that Best of Seven Islanders-Rangers series hockey fans have been clamoring for all season? The series that would end the ‘nobody cares about hockey’ mantra? The series that would put hockey on the back pages? It can still happen … in the First Round. Perhaps they won’t admit it, ...