After suffering a 7-0 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers life couldn’t get much worse for the New York Islanders. Or could it? Shortly after being drubbed by the Flyers, the Islanders learned that Brian Strait suffered a broken ankle, an injury that will keep him out of the New York lineup for ...
Oilers’ radio personnel Dan Tencer reiterated the news out of Chicago that the Phoenix Coyotes had talked with the NHL in hopes of reducing forward Raffi Torres’ suspension for the shortened season. Coyotes appealed to NHL to reduce Raffi Torres’ suspension due to short season. No go. “It was a short conversation” says AGM Brad Treliving ...
On the first day of the 2012 NHL Free Agency period, the New York Islanders signed three players, but lost a key contributor in P.A Parenteau. Parenteau received the same contract that the Avalanche gave to David Jones and it will be interesting to see if the right winger can match his totals on a ...
There is a big difference in what the New York Islanders “should” do this off-season and what they probably “will” do. However, as fans on the outside looking in, we can only hope for the best. With several veterans coming off the books this summer, the Islanders front office will be looking to fill some ...
Ever since Brendan Shanahan dropped the hammer on Phoenix Coyotes’ forward Raffi Torres, suspending him for 25 games for a vicious hit on Chicago winger Martin Hossa. The suspension, the longest since Chris Simon was gonged for 30 games for stomping on the ankle of Jarkko Ruutu in December 2007, has many in the sport ...
Brendan Shanahan, the NHL’s head disciplinarian, has become the most controversial figure of the 2012 playoffs. Several puzzling decisions regarding supplementary discipline have left a bad taste in the mouths of hockey fans everywhere. In an attempt to explain his decisions further, Shanahan took to the airwaves Monday. In his interview with WFAN NY, Shanahan ...
Good, bad, or indifferent, the fact remains: Carl Hagelin is suspended for Games 3, 4, and 5 of the New York Rangers’ first round series with the Ottawa Senators. Another fact that also remains is that the Rangers, after winning the Atlantic Division and finishing with the most points in the Eastern Conference, have lost ...
Matt Carkner and Zenon Konopka were hired to play in the NHL, but in Game 2 of the Rangers-Senators series, they were hired goons. Call it payback and a way to win that worked. Ottawa’s coach Paul MacLean knew how to turn the series in his favor. Rookie Carl Hagelin elbowed Daniel Alfredsson, Brian Boyle ...
New York Rangers center Brandon Dubinsky was given a game misconduct and kicked out of Game 2 of the Rangers-Senators series just 2:15 into the first period. He was given the penalty for being the third man in a fight between Brian Boyle of the Rangers and Matt Carkner of the Senators. Rule 46.16: Third ...
That’s one crunchy pickle™! In the Silicon Valley, Vlasic means much more than cucumbers soaking in a brine of distilled vinegar and corn syrup. It’s also the last name of a young, emerging, former 2nd round pick in his sixth full season with the Sharks, carrying a team-best plus/minus of +11 and registering a defensive-corps ...
