Daniel Friedman
I'm a columnist for the New York Islanders on The Hockey Writers. I hail from West Hempstead, NY, I'm a Senior at Queens College and work at NBC Sports Network. Follow me on Twitter @DFriedmanNHL
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Never Say Die: After Six Long Years, Islanders Finally Playoff-Bound
April 24th, 2013 It's been six years -- six long years -- since the New York Islanders made their last playoff appearance. To be more precise, it's been six years and four days since their Game Five loss to the Buffalo Sabres on April 20, 2007; a loss that sent them packing and set in motion a sequence of events that would prove to be...
New York Islanders Continue to Dazzle As Bailey, Hickey Continue to Grow
April 12th, 2013 Red-hot. Scorching. Sizzling. Torrid. If you were looking for the adjectives that come closest to describing the New York Islanders over their last several games, those would be 'em. The Isles have taken their fans on some kind of wild ride lately and everyone seems to be jumping on the bandwagon. As I tweeted the other day, they...
New York Islanders: Team's Core Lies Deeper than First Line
March 20th, 2013 The New York Islanders are 5-2-1 in March, and a significant reason behind that has been the performances of some of the role players and the way they've stepped up. If I had to pick one term that best describes what the line of Matt Martin, Casey Cizikas and Colin McDonald has meant to the Islanders this year, it would be...
Mythbusters: New York Islanders Edition
February 22nd, 2013 Things just never gets boring in Islander Country. Rick DiPietro was finally placed on waivers, marking the end of an era. The Isles wanted to give him one last hurrah and a shortened-season was the perfect situation for them to do so. DiPietro showed the front office and coaching staff all they needed to see during his...
The Missing Ingredient: Young Islanders Show Tremendous Upside, Lack Consistency
October 23rd, 2011 Through the first six games of the 2011-12 season, the New York Islanders have three wins, three losses and a major issue on their hands. I can tell you, with absolute certainty, that those three losses did not stem from a shortage of talent. This Islander squad packs plenty of punch; they're just not playing their game on a...
In the Right Hands: Recent Events in Atlanta, Phoenix Speak Volumes of Wang's Commitment to Isles
May 17th, 2011 It has come to my attention that, over the last several months, there is a growing sentiment of Islander fans expressing frustration with team owner Charles Wang. Maybe he's a more "hands on" owner than we'd like him to be, and perhaps we'll never forgive him for waking up one morning with the idea to sign Rick DiPietro for a...
