Jeff Tambellini used the word breakthrough when talking about what going to the New York Islanders meant for his career. “One phone call at the trade deadline,” Tambellini said, “and you go from the American Hockey League in Manchester right to Long Island.” Tambellini, now 34, was traded to New ...

Every week of the 2018-19 season, our Rob Taub will discuss one player from the Islanders to look out for. Whether it’s past performances, certain matchups, or something about that player that makes worth spotlighting, each article will describe why they are being featured. Also — if one or two ...

Longueuil, Quebec is a long way from Long Island. But for Bruno Gervais, he just found it unreal that he was even getting drafted, by the New York Islanders nonetheless. “The team that drafts you,” Gervais said at the beginning of a 25-minute chat, “even being a sixth rounder, it ...

Every week of the 2018-19 season, our Rob Taub will discuss one player from the Islanders to look out for. Whether it’s past performances, certain matchups, or something about that player that makes worth spotlighting, each article will describe why they are being featured. Also — if one or two ...

“Shocking.” That was the word Mark Parrish used when he first became aware that he was turning in his Florida Panther threads for the blue and orange of the New York Islanders. Parrish, now 41 years old and living in his native Minnesota, spent two seasons in Sunrise before being ...

Every week of the 2018-19 season, our Rob Taub will discuss one player from the Islanders to look out for. Whether it’s past performances, certain matchups, or something about that player that makes worth spotlighting, each article will describe why they are being featured. Also — if one or two ...

Adrian Aucoin’s path to Long Island in his own words was definitely interesting. Aucoin, 45, who now resides in Illinois, remembers being a member of the Vancouver Canucks and being dealt to the Tampa Bay Lightning before the 2001 NHL Trade Deadline. Once he arrived in Tampa, then g.m. Rick ...

The mere second after John Tavares scored in overtime in Detroit to end the regular season just six months ago, the first thing that came to mind for New York Islanders players, fans, and the organization as a whole was what would the future look like. Six months later, that ...

Defense. A word that still seems foreign after how distraught the New York Islanders were last season. What occurred last year — giving up a league-worst 296 goals, their worst total since the 1995-96 campaign (315), and forgetting the simple aspects of defensive hockey — the organization and fans hope ...