The New York Islanders look to keep their three game winning streak alive as they skate into Columbus to take on the Blue Jackets tonight at Nationwide Arena. Columbus has had a disastrous start to their season, beginning the year 0-6-0 after many NHL insiders considered them a favorite to ...
Read More »The Morning Skate: Game 1 Isles vs. Blackhawks
We made it! At long last, a fresh season of New York Islanders hockey is upon us. As with every opening night, hope springs eternal for this young and promising team, one which is coming off its best regular season in over 20 years. The Isles welcome the Chicago Blackhawks ...
Read More »Isles Going Back to Coliseum Goal Horn; Yormark Calls out Fans
Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark announced today that the team has heard the fans criticism of the new goal horn, and will be using the original Nassau Coliseum horn instead. Yormark, in an interview with The Michael Kay show on ESPN Radio, said he had been overseas this week and upon ...
Read More »Joshua Ho-Sang Late For Day 1 of Training Camp, Sent Back to OHL
Silky smooth skating: Check. Filthy mitts: Check. Watch/smart phone/clock radio/wake-up call/rooster that can act as an alarm clock: I guess not. Josh Ho-Sang was sent back to Niagara of the OHL after being late to report to day one of New York Islanders training camp, as first reported by Arthur Staple ...
Read More »Brock Nelson Signs 3 Year Extension with Islanders
As Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers once sang, “the waiting is the hardest part”. Well, New York Islanders fans don’t have to wait any longer to find out if young Brock Nelson will be in camp, or sitting out this season, as he signed a three-year, $7.5 million salary extension ...
Read More »Will He or Won't He? The Brock Nelson Deadline Looms
With less than 48 hours until the start of training camp, the New York Islanders could be without one of their young stars for the entire season. Brock Nelson still hasn’t signed the two-year contract the Isles have reportedly offered, after Nelson and his agent rejected his qualifying offer earlier in ...
Read More »Kyle Okposo Left Off An Early Projection of the 2016 U.S. World Cup of Hockey Roster
Remember #OkieForSochi? Time for Isles fans to come up with a new and clever Kyle Okposo hashtag for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. USA Hockey named Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi to serve as the team’s GM on Thursday and with that announcement, an early projection of the ...
Read More »Movin' Out: Billy Joel, Islanders Fans Close Out The Coliseum
Billy Joel shut the doors on the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Tuesday Night with his 32nd and final show at the arena, a personal and powerful three plus hour performance that rocked the Old Barn one final time. The concert, his first at the Coliseum since 1998, opened with Movin’ ...
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