IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
Why can’t we have nice things? That’s a question New York Islanders fans have always asked themselves. First and foremost, it’s always been having their own arena. Well, it’s no longer an issue. Player decisions and the right people in charge? Yeah, they finally came, but it took years of ...
Read More »Taub: Shawn Bates' Goal Still Brings Chills 18 Years Later
To this day, April 24, 2002, remains a signature moment in the history of the New York Islanders. On that memorable evening, the Isles played host to the Toronto Maple Leafs in game four of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series with a chance to send it back to Toronto tied. ...
Read More »Taub: Five Underrated Times in Isles History That Made the Coliseum Shake
Everybody loves Nassau Coliseum. Everybody loves the big moments that made the Old Barn on Hempstead Turnpike the historic place it is. And there’s been a number of them that still resonate with generations of New York Islanders fans. We all know the ones that specifically come to mind. (John) ...
Read More »Taub: Who Would the Isles Have Faced if the Playoffs began Today?
Tonight was supposed to be start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the National Hockey League. 16 teams all beginning their journey to be the last one standing for hockey’s most coveted prize. Instead, there won’t be any games, big moments, crazy atmospheres, or even the wonderful sounds of Doc ...
Read More »Taub: Barry Trotz Acknowledges Where Isles Season went Wrong
Barry Trotz knew exactly what plagued his Islanders squad this year. In his first public interview since the NHL suspended its season due to the COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago, the Isles head coach spoke earlier today with Sportsnet’s Hockey Central. “I think we had some of those wrong injuries this year ...
Read More »Taub: Weirdly Enough, Ross Johnston was the Islanders' Breakout Player this Season
I know what you’re thinking. How could a fourth-liner, more like a 13th forward, be a team’s breakout player this season? If you scroll through the Islanders’ lineup, a lot of the usual names had the seasons expected of them. Then their’s Ross Johnston. Now, you won’t be looking at ...
Read More »Taub: Ilya Sorokin and What He Means to the Islanders' Future
The New York Islanders are one step closer to securing their goaltender of the future. Earlier this morning, TSN reported that the KHL season is officially canceled after the league couldn’t come to a resolution to schedule its playoffs due to the COVID-19 shutdown. What that means for Ilya Sorokin is that ...
Read More »Taub: For Isles Fans, Villains Have Galore Throughout the Years
Yesterday on the The Michael Kay Show, Don La Greca, co-host to Michael Kay, gave his list of villains for all nine New York sports teams and who their fans detest the most. When he came upon the New York Islanders, La Greca chose Dale Hunter as the team’s biggest villain ...
Read More »COVID-19 Quarantine Thoughts: Islanders Third Jersey Future
Due to the pandemic that is COVID-19, our imaginations have all been running wild. Why? Well because what else is there to do? Every league in all of sports has officially called it quits in an effort to help slow this outbreak that seemingly gets worse every day. Therefore, when ...
Read More »Taub: Islanders Can Go a Number of Ways after Coronavirus Shutdown
The coronavirus (COVID-19) brought the entire sports world to a halt yesterday. Every major professional sports league, including the National Hockey League, suspended its operations as a means to slow the spread of the pandemic and save lives. In the case of the New York Islanders, who were supposed to ...
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