As the Kontinental Hockey League season comes to a close, the Islanders Russian prospects have finished up league play and are now preparing for the offseason. Well, we know who they are by name, but what have Ilya Sorokin and Anatoli Golyshev been up to? Anatoli Golyshev: Golyshev, now 24, has turned into an offensive …
For the first time since 2016, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers are headed to the Calder Cup Playoffs. It will be the third time that the club heads to the playoffs under Brent Thompson and the ninth time in 18 years. The Sound Tigers will open the playoffs in the first round against the Hershey Bears. …
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New Jersey and New York have this year’s first and second overall draft picks, respectively. However, this likely means nothing in the short term for the Islanders.
The rapid rise of the Islanders defense has been something almost nobody saw coming. Everyone has stepped up and the defense sits as one of the best in the league. Of all the players who have improved, one who has stepped up to a debatable elite level is none other than Adam Pelech. Pelech did …
Continue reading For Months, Adam Pelech Has Played Sensational Hockey
We are just hours away from game one of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals as the Islanders get set to host the Penguins for a best of seven series. It is the first time since 1988 that the Islanders clinched home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs. Also, within the past 13 years, the …
Continue reading Game of the Month 4/10/19: Game 1 Pittsburgh Penguins @ New York Islanders Preview
The Islanders are back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2016. We're all excited to kick things off on Wednesday night, but while we wait for the Coliseum to explode, let's take a look at the matchup between the Isles and Penguins. Offense: Isles: The Islanders have been inconsistent on offense this …
I had the chance to go to Monroe, CT at Whitney Farms to be apart of the Sound Tigers Booster Club Awards Dinner. Many of the team's staff and players were at this event. I will recap the dinner from my view and go over the winners of each award. The event returned to Whitney …
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If you are a native Long Islander, then you use the word "on" to express where you are. For example, you are "On Long Island," not "In Long Island" *on* Long Island. https://t.co/NI978zdml7 — x - New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 7, 2019 For the first time in three years, however, Long Islanders can say …
Continue reading On or In? It Does Not Matter, Because the Islanders Are in the Playoffs
The New York Islanders will make the Playoffs. That we know. Their opponent, however, is a mystery. If the Islanders get a point tomorrow in Washington D.C., they will secure home ice and Game 1 will be at NYCB Live: Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. That is the goal. If that happens, the …
Continue reading No Matter the Opponent, the Islanders Are Ready
The Islanders are back in the playoffs for the first time since they bowed out in the second round to the Lightning in 2016. A lot has changed since then. The Islanders have a very different first line. John Tavares, Frans Nielsen, and Kyle Okposo have moved on. Their defense includes 4 first or second …
Continue reading Both Greiss and Lehner Making Cases to Start Game 1
