Drive 4 Five Podcast: Episode One

We are back. Our podcast takes from its Jewish roots and is better than ever before and we are excited to start a new journey with our loyal fans. Tune

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Islanders Prospects to Try Out for 2018 World Junior Championship

“Is it October yet?”  It’s that question that hockey fans keep asking themselves all summer long as they wait for the regular season to begin.  Some big name prospects, however,

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Analyzing Adam Pelech's New Four-Year Contract with the New York Islanders

We’ve officially hit the “dead” part of the offseason, the time in which little-to-nothing eventful happens around the NHL.  Yes, Jaromir Jagr doesn’t have a contract yet and salary arbitration

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Sound Tigers 2017-18 Schedule Review

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers have announced their schedule for the upcoming 2017-18 season. The Sound Tigers will see all 14 Eastern Conference teams for the first time since 2011 which

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To be an Islander for a Week, New York Islanders Fantasy Camp

Ask any hockey fan, our sport is the hardest to play, period.  Participants need to move a three-inch piece of rubber on a one-inch by six-foot stick down a two-hundred-foot

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Our First Case Study: Would the Acquisition of Ilya Kovalchuk help the Islanders?

Ever since news broke that Ilya Kovalchuk was NHL bound, I seemed to be in the minority when it came to him signing with the Islanders.  The Russian forward expressed

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Ilya Sorokin inks 3-year extension with CSKA

Islanders’ goalie prospect Ilya Sorokin has signed a 3-year contract extension with CSKA of the KHL. There were rumors of him coming over to North America after the 2017-18 season,

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New York Islanders Acquire Kristers Gudlevskis, Sign Seth Helgeson, Kane Lafranchise, Scott Eansor

Today, the New York Islanders completed a transaction with the Tampa Bay Lightning involving the acquisition of goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis for center Carter Verhaeghe. They have also signed defenseman Seth

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Benoit Hogue Interview

Welcome to drive4five.blog, your source for all things Islanders! We are proud to announce that we have had the opportunity to interview Benoit Hogue! Hogue played in the NHL for

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Baby Isles Take The Ice

On the evening of Thursday, June 29, 2017, Isles fans gathered at the Northwell Health Ice Center for the annual Blue and White Scrimmage, that featured many of the Islanders’

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