Tag Archives: Barry Trotz

At 35 years old, it feels like Johnny Boychuk isn’t getting any younger. A member of the New York Islanders for five years now, Boychuk is the oldest defenseman in the organization and oldest player on the current team. That might seem like a detriment for an Isles franchise that’s ...

New for the 2019-20 season for Isles Blog, our Rob Taub each Monday will give you his thoughts on five important things to key on for that week’s games for the New York Islanders. The Islanders won’t play this week until Thursday night and that break in between games probably ...

Calling the fourth game of a season a “measuring stick” seems questionable, but for the New York Islanders, it’s exactly what tomorrow night has become. Tomorrow evening, the Isles square off against the undefeated Carolina Hurricanes down in Raleigh. The Canes, who already have wins over the Canadiens, Lightning, Capitals ...

New for the 2019-20 season for Isles Blog, our Rob Taub each Monday will give you his thoughts on five important things to key on for that week’s games for the New York Islanders.  The long wait is finally over — hockey season is finally set to get underway Wednesday ...

Tomorrow marks the official start of the 2019-20 season for the New York Islanders as they open training camp. The Isles begin this new campaign coming off a 2018-19 season that saw them record 103 points, earn home-ice advantage in the playoffs, and sweep the Pittsburgh Penguins convincingly in the ...

With the start of the regular season now less than a month away, the New York Islanders are set to open their highly anticipated rookie camp Sunday morning. Defenseman Noah Dobson and forwards Oliver Wahlstrom, Otto Koivula and Kieffer Bellows will have the spotlight on them the most as each ...

Looking back at last season, how impactful the goaltending played a part in the New York Islanders’ success can’t be denied. The club’s one-two punch, Masterton winner and Vezina finalist Robin Lehner and Thomas Greiss, were sensational all year long. They were crucial in the team’s rise in the Metropolitan ...

June 21, 2018. A day that as of right now has changed the fortunes of what was a woebegone franchise. At exactly 2:18 P.M. an announcement was made: The New York Islanders name Barry Trotz head coach. If you were scrolling through social media at that moment, you saw a ...

With the official end of the 2018-19 National Hockey League season occurring tonight, it’s always a treat to look back on the pictures that symbolized what was another incredible year for the sport. In the case of the New York Islanders, their unprecedented successful campaign led to a few of ...

It was one year ago yesterday that New York Islanders fans rejoiced that general manager Garth Snow and head coach Doug Weight were finally fired from their positions within the organization. The day was a long time coming, but it was also a moment that might have changed the franchises’ ...