Islanders clip Sharks thanks to Ilya Sorokin’s goaltending to keep playoff hopes alive
SAN JOSE, CA – The first game of islanders without Brock Nelson proved how important Ilya Sorokin is for the playoff push. The islanders left San Jose and beat the Sharks 4-2, but not the most beautiful performance of the group that made a hole in the deal that sent Nelson to Colorado on Friday. […]
Ilya Sorokin scores first career NHL goal, takes jab at Igor Shesterkin
In the 2023 NHL All-Star Skills Competition, Ilya Sorokin had to score and shoot a puck under the ice. He became pathetic and joked that Igor Shesterkin led, his partner and best friend – he should have shot the puck. Sorokin had his last laugh on Saturday. At the end of a 7-4 victory over […]
Ilya Sorokin playing his best hockey as Islanders charge up standings
Tampa -Ilya Solokin, Florida, usually did not give a detailed failure of his own play, and was no exception on Thursday night. “I feel at one level,” said Solokin and asked if something had shifted for him recently. “I can't change anything in my heart. Of course, when you win, it's positive, but our coach […]
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 […]
Islanders’ Marcus Hogberg comes up big in place of ailing Ilya Sorokin
SALT LAKE CITY — The Islanders had a disaster in the crease on Saturday, but Marcus Hogberg got through it. Hogberg, the organization's third-string netminder, had been on reserve since early December when Semyon Varlamov was injured, but he was called back for just the second time after Ilya Sorokin became ill and missed the […]
Ilya Sorokin’s back-to-back wins comes in crucial Islanders moment
Patrick Roy always preferred back-to-back starts during his playing career. At least, Ilya Sorokin probably doesn't care at this point. On Sunday, he found the back of the net for Ottawa while Semyon Varlamov was out with a lower-body injury, marking just the fourth time in the last four seasons that he's started on both […]
Islanders, Ilya Sorokin beat Senators for rare back-to-back wins
The Islanders have won just eight games in regulation. The Islanders struggled throughout November. The Islanders' special teams are notoriously terrible, and the third period is no different. The Islanders somehow manage to qualify for the playoffs. Perhaps that says more about the state of the Eastern Conference than anything else. On December 8, 2024, […]
Ilya Lichtenstein sentenced to 5 years for Bitfinex bitcoin hack
A New York technology entrepreneur was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison after pleading guilty last year to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with the help of his wife. Ta. The Justice Department said in a statement that Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, used sophisticated hacking tools and techniques […]
Islanders blow lead and waste Ilya Sorokin’s heroics in loss to Devils
While everything has gone wrong for the Islanders this past month, one thing has been clearly and completely true. That is Ilya Sorokin. In the second period Saturday night, the goaltender was once again a force for the Islanders. Then, late in the third inning, the game seemed decided, but the Islanders collapsed, losing a […]
Ilya Sorokin was unbothered by surgery-altered preseason
ST. LOUIS — Ilya Sorokin had never had surgery before having back surgery this summer. But to hear the goaltender tell it, he didn't mind at all that Sorokin's regular training program was interrupted because he didn't return to Islanders practice until the end of training camp. “It's not difficult. It's just new,” Sorokin told […]