What to know about Islanders new head coach Patrick Roy
Lou Lamoriello has faith in St. Patrick. The Islanders' general manager made some personnel changes behind the bench on Saturday, firing head coach Lane Lambert and replacing him with Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy. At 58 years old, Roy's legacy includes complete dominance on the ice. Between the pipes, no one could have […]
NHL great Patrick Roy named Islanders head coach in shocking move
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Hudson Fasching learning ‘different style’ in elevated Islanders role
CHICAGO — Hudson Fassing's game is almost tailor-made for a bottom-six role. He gets to the north. He retrieves the puck. He forechecks. he is troublesome He plays in a straight line. This role has allowed Fassing to establish himself on the Islanders' roster and lineup over the past 13 months. And now that the […]
Islanders players back Lane Lambert despite team’s woes
CHICAGO — Something needs to change for the Islanders after Friday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks snapped their fourth straight loss and put them 2-6-2 in their last 10 games. There is no room for debate as to whether there is. But the team doesn't seem ready to throw coach Lane Lambert under the […]
Islanders lose in overtime to injured Blackhawks
CHICAGO — This appears to be rock bottom for the Islanders. The team's trip from hell ended Friday night with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks at the United Center after Seth Jones' game. The Blackhawks were a team that looked a lot like an outcast group in the AHL, with many in the […]
Kyle MacLean making ‘special’ NHL debut with dad, John, on Islanders bench
CHICAGO — John McLean wasn't always the kind of parent who took his sons to hockey games, but he remembers the first time Kyle stepped on the ice as a child. “I'm probably yelling at the other dads,” John McLean joked after the Islanders finished practice Thursday. “Give them the puck and let's go. There's […]
Islanders’ Adam Pelech looking to get back into groove
CHICAGO — It's been five games since Adam Pelech returned to action for the Islanders from a presumed wrist injury, but he knows the Islanders haven't seen the best of him yet. “I'm not necessarily happy with how I've played the last few games,” Pelech told the Post after Thursday's practice. “I think it's coming […]
Top-heavy Islanders need stars to get back on track
CHICAGO — The Islanders have been led by star players all year, so it may not be all that surprising that as the development of their top players slows, so does the team's momentum. The 4-2 loss in Winnipeg (the Islanders' fifth loss in six games) showed they are top-heavy themselves by comparison. Other than […]
Islanders hope three-game skid ends with win over Blackhawks
CHICAGO — No away game is more winnable for the Islanders than Friday's game against the Blackhawks. That's only because Chicago, 13-29-2, is in the middle of a second straight tank job and in last place in the Central Division, or the Islanders are 2-2 after losing 4-2 to Winnipeg on Tuesday night. It's not […]
Pierre Engvall becomes latest Islanders injury concern
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Adding more injuries to the pile. Pierre Engvall was left out of the Islanders' 4-2 loss to the Jets on Tuesday due to an upper-body injury, the team announced in a statement that day. Engvall joins Ryan Purok, Semyon Varlamov, Casey Cizikas and Robert Bortozzo on a shelf occupied by a rotating […]