10 Best Undrafted Players in Islanders History Matt Rothman | July 2, 2020 Many of the top players in the league usually hear their names called at some point during the NHL Entry Draft. However, players like Martin St. Louis and Sergei Bobrovsky…
Revisiting the Thomas Vanek Trades John Fiorino | July 1, 2020 As the years go on, we re-examine both good and bad trades. Hindsight is 20/20 and some trades turn out great and others not so much. At the beginning of…
Islanders ‘Ziggy’ Palffy: Underappreciated IIHF Hall of Famer Jon Zella | May 26, 2020 With the Stanley Cup years of the 1980s fading into the past, New York Islanders fans during the 1990s didn’t have much to cheer about following their team’s 1993 playoff…
Rick DiPietro: Life After Hockey James Nichols | May 1, 2020 The year is 2000 and the New York Islanders have the first-overall selection in the NHL Entry Draft. Rick DiPietro, out of Boston University, is selected first overall and becomes…
Reviewing the New York Islanders’ 2014 Draft John Fiorino | April 16, 2020 At the conclusion of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, the New York Islanders picked fifth overall, had another first round pick and drafted a total of seven players. On draft…
Revisiting the Travis Hamonic Trade Benji Vogel | March 10, 2020 After much speculation at the time, the New York Islanders traded longtime defenseman Travis Hamonic to the Calgary Flames at the 2017 NHL Draft. Even though Hamonic was a solid…
Bill Torrey: How ‘The Architect’ Constructed a Dynasty THW Archives | March 3, 2020 On Saturday, March 9, 2019, the New York Islanders held Bill Torrey Appreciation Night at Nassau Coliseum. Torrey, who passed away on May 3, 2018, was known as “The Architect”…
Islanders: Garth Snow’s Most Memorable Trades Benji Vogel | February 21, 2020 In light of the 2019-20 NHL Trade Deadline only being a few days away, I decided to look back on some of Garth Snow’s most memorable trades from when he…
Revisiting the Islanders’ 1979-80 Team Matt Rothman | January 18, 2020 As the New York Islanders get set to honor their first Stanley Cup-winning team on Saturday night against the Florida Panthers, we take a look back at what the team…
New York Islanders’ Top 5 Moments of the Decade John Fiorino | January 1, 2020 The 2010s for the National Hockey League was special. It featured the retirement of Martin Brodeur, arguably the best goaltender of all-time, one back-to-back Stanley Cup champion and the 100th…
The New York Islanders Exclusive 40-Goal Club THW Archives | December 15, 2019 In the New York Islanders’ last game of the 2017-18 season, Anders Lee scored his 40th goal becoming the first Islander to reach that milestone since the 2006-07 season. He…
Islanders’ Most Memorable Opening Nights Matt Rothman | December 9, 2019 While the New York Islanders get ready for the 2019-20 season, they look begin with a memorable win. In their history, they have really struggled on opening night. They come…