IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
Brian Strait still gets chills when he talks about one specific goal. It was the 2013 playoffs and he and the Islanders were taking on the mighty Pittsburgh Penguins. In game four it was Strait who opened the scoring and in essence blew the roof of Nassau Coliseum in a ...
Read More »Simpson: Isles have been Shopping in the Toy Department all season
If you’ve ever played EA’s NHL series against the game’s AI, you soon learn to orient the game on a north-south axis, with your team always going from the bottom of the screen to the top. Given how the game’s controls work, that means you will be shooting (and scoring) ...
Read More »Special teams loom large ahead of Islanders and Devils
The New York Islanders are heading into their third matchup of the season with the New Jersey Devils, a team trending in the opposite direction of the surging Isles. The Devils have lost five of their last six games and the biggest issue for them has been their lack of ...
Read More »The Lamoriello Method Part 2: Can the Isles stack up?
In Part 1 of this series, we examined a small part of what helped Lou Lamoriello make the jump from consistent playoff contender (The Devils made it to the playoffs seven times in his first eight years as GM). “That’s the way he flies, ice-cold, no mistakes. Just wears you down, you ...
Read More »Dunnigan: Are we seeing the Return of “Fort Neverlose”?
The Islanders continued to roll at home on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their victory completed a four-game homestand that began a stretch of nine of the team’s next ten games at Nassau Coliseum. Due to COVID-19, home has not been where the fans are, but it has been ...
Read More »Mohr: Islanders continuing success being fueled by infusion of young guns
Although the Islanders lost veterans from the 2019-20 season, several of the younger players are stepping up and helping the Islanders to hold third place in the MassMutual East Division. Losing players such as Devon Toews, Derrick Brassard and Johnny Boychuk left sizable holes at every position in the Isles’ ...
Read More »Watling: Two years since 'The Return,' it is time for Islanders' fans to forgive their former captain
It has been 974 days since that dreaded summer day when John Tavares spurned the New York Islanders and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sunday marked the two-year anniversary since he returned to the Coliseum, where the former embattled Isles captain was met with boos that were louder and ...
Read More »Brewer: Wahlstrom has earned a larger role for the Isles
The Islanders have taken on the label of a “win now” team. The plethora of veteran players and more importantly, their contracts, have been the biggest contribution. Though the locker room has a mix of veterans, there are some very important pieces to the long-term future of the franchise. Obviously ...
Read More »A breakdown of Leo Komarov's shorthanded goal assist
What follows is a pictorial depiction of what was going on inside the head of Islanders forward and noted glue guy, Leonid Aleksandrovich Komarov, during his “assist” on J.G. Pageau’s shorthanded goal in last night’s win against the Bruins. (probably). Follow Eric on Twitter at @ericsvogel
Read More »Mandell: The return of Josh Ho-Sang could benefit both he and the Isles
There has been a lot of drama involving the Islanders and the once highly-touted prospect, Joshua Ho-Sang. Currently, the 25-year-old has been loaned overseas to play with Linkoping HC in Sweden. Before that, he played five games with Orebro, another team in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Ho-Sang scored his first ...
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