IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
With the All-Star game now complete, the second half of the season began on Tuesday with a matchup against the Capitals in Brooklyn. The Islanders currently sit in 11th place in the Eastern Conference with 51 points in 47 games, 5 points behind 8th place Philadelphia. The playoffs are within ...
Read More »Greiss Reups For 3 Years
The Islanders have resigned Thomas Greiss to a new three-year extension worth about 10 million dollars. The annual (cash) payout number is still unverified, but Greiss will have a 3.3-million-dollar cap hit starting next season. This is a raise from his 1.5-million-dollar salary he had for the past two seasons. ...
Read More »PTIsles Episode 14 – Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino
In this edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono welcomes Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino to discuss his statement expressing a desire to facilitate a return of the Islanders to Nassau County. Later the two discuss seating capacity, why fans should be optimistic about politicians working to bring the team back ...
Read More »PTIsles: Episode 13 – IPB's Brian Erni on Barclays Center News
In this special edition of PTIsles, Joe Buono is joined by IslanderPointBlank’s Brian Erni (@brianerni) to discuss the Bloomberg report that Barclays Center is planning to dump the Islanders and opt out of the lease next season. Joe and Brian go over all the possible options for Jon Ledecky and ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: We Back
The Islanders (20-17-9) continue their home stand by facing off against the Canadians (29-13-7) Thursday night in Brooklyn. The Isles came out ready to play and Andrew Ladd notched the games first tally 13:07 into the first period. The second period seemed like they took their foot off the gas ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Beat a Top Team?
The Islanders (19-17-9) invite the hot Blue Jackets (32-10-4) into Brooklyn for a Tuesday night matchup. Anders Lee is out tonight due to a non-injury reason, likely sick or personal. Another slow start leads to a breakdown in front of the net and Nick Bonino getting credit for it. First ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Broad Street Bully Islanders
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 »PTIsles: Episode 12 – The Weight Is Over
TIsles is the all-Islanders panel discussion show hosted by Joe Buono (@islesblog) James Duffy (@twoturtleduffs) and Alex Peck (@buddypeck) The Starting Six: Hit The Road, Jack Party On, Garth Doug Weight Who benefits most from this move? Isles/Stars Recap Coaching Candidates? Prime Time Islander of the Week: James Duffy selects ...
Read More »Capua-No! No! No!
Yesterday, Jack Capuano was the head coach of the New York Islanders and Garth Snow’s roommate. Today he was handed walking papers by the Isles along with, we can safely assume, an eviction notice by Garth. Tomorrow, he’ll be forced to update his resume. Capuano’s tenure with the Islanders is ...
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