IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
The Islanders (19-17-8) face off against the Flyers (22-19-6) in a 6pm matchup Sunday night. Flyers are coming off their mandatory bye week and the Islanders played last night. Clutterbuck and Boychuk back in the lineup. Leddy opened up the scoring by sniping a wrister that popped out of a ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Trump Kings
Before we get into the game here is a GIF of Wilson getting clocked by Ritchie… https://twitter.com/Pat_Iversen/status/822981963694931969 The Islanders (18-17-8) host the Kings (22-19-4) Saturday night in Brooklyn. Ladd, Boychuk and Clutterbuck are still out tonight, same as last game. Berube with the start. Chimera stays hot and kicks off ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Beating Down the Bruins
The Islanders ended their three-game road trip earlier today in a matinee against the surging Boston Bruins. It was the traditional afternoon game on Martin Luther King Day, a day the Isles haven’t had a great amount of success on the past few seasons. New York beat Boston last month ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Demolished By Hurricanes
The Islanders (16-16-8), who continue to hover the .500 mark, head down to Raleigh to take on the Hurricanes (20-15-7) Saturday night. We all got reminder that Mayfield was still on the team as he broke free from the healthy scratch list and fired a shot that Tavares tipped to ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Success in Sunrise
For the final time this season, the Islanders headed to South Florida for a matchup with the Florida Panthers. Tonight’s game was the second of a home and home between the two teams which started Wednesday night in Brooklyn with a very disappointing 2-1 defeat. The loss was the third ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Panthers Attack Isles
In a rematch of last years thrilling 1st round playoff series, the Panthers (18-16-8) come to Brooklyn and face the Islanders (15-15-8) on Wednesday night. Kicking off the night we celebrated Jiggs McDonald’s 50th year of play-by-play. He had the call with Butch for tonights game as well. Yandle opened ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Lost In The Desert
The Islanders (15-15-7) head down to Arizona to take on the struggling Coyotes (11-22-6) Saturday night in Glendale. The Coyotes celebrated Shane Doan’s 1500th game and 400th goal before the puck drop and this was also Johnny Boychuk’s 500th NHL game, so congrats to both. The first period was… not ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Rocky Mountain Low
It’s been a long six-day break, but finally Islanders hockey is back. After winning four of their last five games, the Isles took their strong play out west for the start of back to back tonight with a Colorado Avalanche. Thomas Greiss got his second straight start in goal, and ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Jetting into the New Year
The Islanders were looking to head into 2017 with a victory and make it four wins in their last five games as they traveled to Winnipeg for a date with the Jets. After losing in Minnesota leading to Jaroslav Halak being put on waivers yesterday, Thomas Greiss played his first ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: A Wild Defeat
If the Islanders were going to head into the new year believing they still had a possible shot at the playoffs, they needed to start winning games on the road. With that it mind, they began a span of seven of eight on away from Barclays Center earlier this evening ...
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