Islanders’ Kyle MacLean misses late ex-coach: ‘always in my corner’
When the Islanders played the Senators in mid-March of last year, Kyle McClain went looking for Bob Jones. It had been a while since MacLean had spoken to his old coach from his junior days — they'd emailed occasionally, but that was it — and MacLean went undrafted during his time with the OHL's Oshawa […]
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 […]
Islanders’ Kyle MacLean remembers late Bob Jones
When the Islanders played the Senators in mid-March of last year, Kyle McClain went looking for Bob Jones. It had been a while since MacLean had spoken to his old coach from his junior days — they'd emailed occasionally, but that was it — and MacLean went undrafted during his time with the OHL's Oshawa […]
Brent Sutter set to be inducted into Islanders’ Hall of Fame
Brent Sutter always remembered where he was pulled off by Al Arbor at the Vancouver Coliseum after the Islanders won the Stanley Cup in 1982, his rookie season. Sutter recalled grabbing Arbor under the chin on a Friday afternoon Zoom call and asking him what he learned from his playoff run. “What do you say? […]
Islanders rookie Isaiah George making immediate impact
There hasn't been anything like a learning curve for Isiah George through his two NHL games. Instead, the 20-year-old looked like a veteran, playing with poise and stabilizing a back end that was without all three players who made up the left side in the opener. “Nominal” was the operative word when coach Patrick Roy […]
Isaiah George’s spark helps depleted Islanders win over Senators
The Islanders thus won three of four games. Back to NHL-.500. Get back to feeling good about how things are going. And maybe, despite all the injuries, he's still finding himself. They defeated the Senators 4-2 on Thursday night at the Canadian Tire Center. Even though the Islanders are still missing their entire left side, […]
Isaiah George is new key to Lou Lamoriello’s best Islanders trade
Two years on, the facts have changed, but the draft floor trade that brought Alexander Romanov and a fourth-round pick to the Islanders in exchange for the team's 2022 first-rounder only appears to have been a success. In what appears to be perhaps one of the single best moves, Lou Lamoriello became general manager. Remember, […]
Depleted Islanders need special teams to step up
The Islanders' comeback Tuesday night started with a power-play goal. And that success was due in no small part to the penalty kill in overtime. That's not all the 4-3 overtime win over the Penguins. But this is a microcosm of how the Islanders have to win and how they have to survive during this […]
Islanders’ Patrick Roy livid after controversial offside review
Patrick Roy is known for not showing his emotions, and he showed it again in Tuesday's game between the Islanders and the Penguins when the referee called a questionable goal call and a stand. . The Islanders' head coach disputed Sidney Crosby's goal that appeared to be offside in the second period. Replays of this […]
Isaiah George rises to occasion in NHL debut to help Islanders
Just take away a little bit of all the context: injuries, the Islanders' record, the desperation inherent in calling up a player who has played in only four professional games. That's because Isaiah George was there Tuesday morning, about nine hours before his rookie lap. The beam didn't stop. He didn't need to say anything […]