Marcus Hogberg’s nightmare stretch makes Islanders’ priority clear
The Islander's offseason shopping list has become longer. This was Marcus Hegberg's net on Thursday, and Ilya Sorokin suffered a lower body injury in Nashville Tuesday night. And that long-term outlook is Hegberg, whose worst performance of the season, the 9-2 loss to the Rangers, is the most retreated in the long-term outlook. There was […]
Islanders’ Ilya Sorokin could lose rest if Marcus Hogberg’s injury is serious
A lot of things had to start falling into place at once for the Islanders to win seven of their last nine games and finally start to get their season going in the right direction. One underrated factor is Marcus Hogberg's emergence as a solid backup goaltender. Hogberg not only played well in his own […]
Marcus Hogberg’s emergence not creating an Islanders’ goalie controversy
Marcus Hogberg impressed everyone, including Patrick Roy, by starting three of the four games and conceding only three goals in total. However, the Islanders' head coach said Hogberg's goalie rotation, which was tilted almost entirely in favor of Ilya Sorokin, before Sorokin fell ill last week in Utah, prompting Hogberg to acquire a goalie. I […]