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What Matt Martin and Cal Clutterbuck meant to the Islanders

Technically, there is still a slight chance. Maybe Matt Martin and Cal Clutterbuck won’t be under contract in a few weeks. Lou Lamoriello will decide these two are worth signing to pro tryout contracts (PTOs). They’ll remind everyone of their worth in training camp. They’ll get selected. They might stay with the Islanders for another […]

Islanders ‘probably moving on’ from Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Martin

The door is not closed for longtime Islanders Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin to return to a locker room where they are viewed as consummate leaders. But general manager Lou Lamoriello acknowledged in a conversation with The Washington Post on Friday that the margin appears to be razor-thin. “We’re probably going to move forward,” Lamoriello […]

Rockies’ Cal Quantrill trolls Red Sox’s Reese McGuire over past arrest

Cal Quantrill seemed ready to settle the matter. The Colorado pitcher got out of a two-out jam with a fly to center field from Boston’s Reese McGuire in the top of the fourth inning of Thursday’s Rockies-Red Sox game at Coors Field, but as the benches emptied, the exchange escalated and the personal attacks became […]

Dylan Dreiling and Cal Stark keep Tennessee alive in Omaha

Tennessee needed a boost. Down 1-0 to Texas A&M in the top of the seventh with seven outs to go and eliminated from the Men’s College World Series, they needed something to give them an offensive advantage. One of the most powerful offensive teams in college baseball was thwarted by three Aggies pitchers and in […]

Cal Clutterbuck’s message pays dividends for Islanders

During a third period Tuesday night spent almost entirely in the defensive zone, Cal Clutterbuck circled the Islanders during a television timeout with the message: “Bear down, simple, get the puck off.” The Islanders hung on for a 4-2 win over the Rangers, just as they hung on for a 2-0 win against the Predators […]

Islanders’ Cal Clutterbuck doesn’t sound ready for retirement yet

On the day Cal Clutterbuck was announced as the Islanders’ candidate for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the burly 36-year-old gave strong indications that this season was not his last. “I haven’t really thought about it, because I don’t know if I need to think about it,” Clutterbuck told reporters on a Zoom call. “If […]

Cal Clutterbuck gets milestone hit in Islanders’ victory

Sunrise, Fla. — After building on the NHL record he set last year and reaching a milestone 4,000 hits, Cal Clutterbuck sat in his locker in the bowels of Amerant Bank Arena, his lips swollen and his neck aching. I could see blood on the side. “I wish I had been on the ice for […]