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Sunday saw the Islanders miss-out on making the playoffs and clinch a playoff berth. The New York Islanders were eliminated from making a playoff run for the Stanley Cup as their AHL counterpart Bridgeport Islanders clinched a playoff berth in what was the team’s final regular season home game in Connecticut ever. With that, the Bridgeport Islanders will play at least one more home game in Connecticut before packing up and going to Canada. Sunday marked the final home game at

On Easter Sunday the Islanders cracked the head coaching egg, firing Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer. The firing came as a shock with just four games remaining in the season and New York being a playoff contender, just one point out of a secured playoff berth. Despite being in close contention, the club will most likely fall fully out of a playoff spot before Thursday’s home game against the Maple Leafs. Roy had a tenure that was full of ups-and-downs and the true reason

A dominant power play unit is something that the New York Islanders have lacked for nearly a decade. Over the past eight seasons, beginning with the 2018/19 team, has seen only the Ducks and Flyers post a worse man-advantage success rate than New York’s 17.2% mark. If the Islanders were to get a grade, it would be an F or at least a very borderline D-. As the season draws closer to the finish line and a narrow playoff race heats up, the Islanders rank 28th out of 32 teams in

Jeremy Smith made it to the NHL briefly for what was a 10 game stint with the Colorado Avalanche during the 2016/17 season. In those 10 games and some 546 minutes of ice time, Smith posted a triple 8 save percentage. Since then he has chased that high of being back at the NHL level. Smith was the Bridgeport Islanders (then Sound Tigers) starting goal tender in 2018, racking up a very respectable 2.92 GAA and a .902 save percentage. Since 2018/19 the Michigan native has been i

Thanksgiving is around the corner as we get ready to gather with our family and even some friends to feast and gain another pound or two…or three or four. No matter what you’re eating this Thanksgiving, there will be talking points and with that it is important to keep the conversations civil and non-controversal. Right? WRONG. With that said, here are five very risky and controversial talking topics to bring up this turkey day. The 2025 New York Yankees Collapse What’s wors

Islanders hockey will be face-to-face tonight vs the Wild at UBS in hopes of rebounding from a 4-3 shootout loss Tuesday vs Boston. The 6-5-2 Islanders, who are -3 in the goal differential department, currently stand as the best New York hockey team over the 6-6-2 Rangers and 5-win Sabres. Overall, a sixth-place ranking in the Metropolitan Division with 14 points has seen the Islanders struggle to get a consistent footing through their first 13 games. Minnesota is 10-3-1 in t

The Bridgeport Islanders announced early Wednesday that the team has signed 27-year-old defenseman Sean Day to an AHL deal. Day has spent...

It was announced earlier this week that the Bridgeport Islanders have inked goaltender Parker Gahagen to an AHL contract. The 32-year-old...

Playing their home games roughly 60 miles away from Long Island, the Bridgeport Islanders have been the New York Islanders AHL affiliate...

Henrik Tikkanen has been, for lack of better words, ‘interesting’ so far to begin his Bridgeport Islanders tenure. The Fin was selected...

The New York Islanders: A team that has so much, but has given so little. It feels as if the team hates us fans at times – 4 winnable...

New York Islanders top 5 prospect Ruslan Iskhakov has continued dominating in Bridgeport, fueling the fire more as to when he will get on...

Could it get any worse in New York for the Islanders? A 7-0 beatdown by the Penguins handed the Islanders their 18th loss of the season....

Oh a tale of two teams: The New York Rangers continue to be dominant, going 8-1-1 in their last 10 games played; meanwhile the Islanders...

Ken Appleby continues to get accustomed to his new role with the New York Islanders. Currently, Appleby is second-string with AHL...

Ruslan Iskhakov went from being a forward with a Uconn team that is still trying to establish their Hockey East presence, to now knocking...

Jakub Skarek came into today’s matchup with his 40th AHL win being just 60-minutes away. The 2018 third-rounder is now in his fifth year...

The Bridgeport Islanders go into their first homestand of the season, facing the 0-1-1 Utica Comets on Saturday and the 1-1-0 standing...

The Connecticut native got the most ice time in an away game at Pittsburgh on December 15th.

With seasoned vet Semyon Varlamov returning on a four-year contract and Ilya Sorokin being inked to an eight-year extension, the New York...