Tag Archives: New York Islanders
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Islanders Rookie Ryan Strome Scored A Ridiculous Shootout Goal (Video)
For all you hockey fans out there who have been feeling a little deprived due to the lack of on-ice highlights during these hot summer months, the Islanders’ 2011 first-round draft pick, Ryan Strome, is here to help you get your fix Islanders fans knew that when their team used their fifth-overall pick on the [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Two From The Isles vs. Devils — 3/30/11
A New York state hockey rivalry doesn’t need the Rangers to be interesting. The Islanders and the Devils proved just that last night, as the two teams engaged in a nail-biting 3-2 game that saw New Jersey come out on top. Making the game even more interesting was the two bouts; one between Zenon Konopka [...]
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Another Look At Sean Avery’s Dirty Hit-From-Behind (Video)
When it comes to cheapshots, the resume of Sean Avery is a rather long one, and he was busy adding to his extensive list of questionable acts last night during a game against the New York Islanders. Less than three minutes into the game, Avery lined up the Michael Haley along the boards and drilled [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Konopka vs. Staubitz — 3/2/11
Having recorded more man-games lost due to injury than any other team in the league, the New York Islanders felt their opposition had been taking liberties on them for far too long. As a result, they decided to fight back, beginning with their epic brawl-filled game against the Pittsburgh Penguins less than a month ago. [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 2/21/11 — Matt Moulson
The New Jersey Devils are not the only bottom-feeding team using a hot streak to make one final push for the playoffs. Surprisingly, the New York Islanders have put together quite the run of their own in February, as they entered yesterday afternoon’s game against the Florida Panthers having won seven of their ten games [...]
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Isles Mikko Koskinen Makes Incredible Diving Save (Video)
Hockey fans may remember Mikko Koskinen. He is the New York Islanders fifth (?) string goaltender who was forced into action on Tuesday against the Toronto Maple Leafs after Kevin Poulin went down with an injury during warm-ups. It was his first career NHL start and it would turn out to be a record-breaking performance, [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Rupp vs. Konopka — 2/2/11
In most cases we would present you with the bout between goaltenders Brent Johnson and Rick DiPietro as our “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night,” but because it only lasted one punch and we already brought it to you earlier today, we will award this honor to the other scrap that took place during last [...]
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Craig Adams Hits A Hockey Hole-In-One (Video)
If there were ever such thing as a hockey hole-in-one, it would probably look a little something like what took place following a shot off the stick of Craig Adams last night. With the Pittsburgh Penguins leading the New York Islanders by a score of 2-0 late in the second period, the Pens appeared to [...]
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Goalie Fight! Pens’ Brent Johnson KO’s Isles’ Rick DiPietro (Video)
Last night was just one of those nights where it seemed as though nothing was going right for the New York Islanders. In Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins, the Isles found themselves getting out-hit and out-played throughout the first 59 minutes of the game, and when Rick DiPietro attempted to salvage some dignity for [...]
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It Sounds Like The Microphones Were A Little Too Close To The Ice During This Islanders Game (Videos)
It is no secret that the game of hockey is littered with on-ice and locker room expletives between players, coaches and referees. And if it was a secret, that secret was certainly revealed during HBO’s 24/7: Road to the Winter Classic series, thanks in large part to Capitals’ head coach Bruce Boudreau. Although the NHL [...]
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NHL Referee Goes Through Puberty Right Before Our Eyes (Video)
NHL referee Chris Rooney may be 35-years-old, but during last night’s game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders, he took a trip back in time to somewhere around the year 1991, when he was a young teenager just hitting puberty. Unfortunately for Chris, the two teams and approximately 4976 fans in attendance, [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 12/29/10 – Rick DiPietro
There were some pretty terrific individual performances coming from the two major sports leagues that were active last night. The Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade put up an impressive 45 points and 7 rebounds in a win against the Rockets, while Memphis’ Zach Randolph recorded 35 points and 17 rebounds in a losing cause. And then [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night – Boogaard vs. Gillies – 12/2/10
Derek “The Bogeyman” Boogaard has haunted the dreams of several NHL enforcers, and Trevor Gillies may have just added his name to that list. These two combatants dropped their mitts during last night’s game between the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders, and while Gillies did manage to hang in there against the [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night – Carcillo And Konopka Give Us Two Great Rounds -10/30/10
We may have an early candidate for “Fight of the Year”, thanks to the Flyers’ Dan Carcillo and the Islanders’ Zenon Konopka. These two combatants squared off not once, but twice during last night’s affair, and while their second bout was no walk in the park for either tough guy, it is their first bout [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night – Chris Stewart Can Do More Than Just Score – 10/16/10
It was another quiet Sunday for fighters in the NHL, so once again our Monday edition of the “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night” will take you back to Saturday, where there was yet another goal scorer who wanted to prove that putting the puck in the net isn’t all his hands are good for. [...]
