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It's Official: The New York Islanders Will Play The New York Rangers At Yankee Stadium

May 16, 2013

Many years ago, Charles Wang set forth an initiative to have the New York Islanders play at Yankee Stadium against the New York Rangers. At the time, the Islanders were not in the middle of a rebuild, but were not one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference either.

Therefore, like many other things that have happened on the island in recent years, the idea was eventually shot down.

Although he may not have gotten his beloved Lighthouse Project or new arena in Nassau County, one of Wang's visions will finally come true.

The New York Islanders will play against the New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium on January 29th, 2014.

2013 Playoffs Round 2 Preview Part 2

May 15, 2013

Shane Blackburn

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With Pittsburgh beating Ottawa 4 - 1 and Los Angeles beating San Jose 2 - 0 last night, The Checking Line: Isles Edition will take a look into the other two semifinal series. (Photo Credit: Torch Creative)

Fisher's Favs 5/14/13

May 14, 2013

Jane Fisher

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Despite First Round Elimination, The Islanders Are a Team to Be Proud of. We Should Look To The Future With Great Pride and Hope.

2013 Playoffs Round 2 Preview

May 14, 2013

Shane Blackburn

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The first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs are in the books, eight teams have been sent packing to hit the links while eight teams remain to square off in the conference semi-finals. (Photo Credit: Torch Creative)

The first round did not disappoint hockey fans who have come to expect physical, fast, dramatic hockey in the playoffs and year after year they are not disappointed.

One year after the Los Angeles Kings became the first eight seed ever to win the Stanley Cup both seven seeds and both six have managed to advance to the semi-finals. The Eastern Conference Semi-final match-ups pit the Pittsburgh Penguins (1) against the Ottawa Senators (7) and the Boston Bruins (4) face off with the New York Rangers (6), while the Western Conference will feature the Chicago Blackhawks (1) who will try to hold off the Detroit Redwings (7) and the defending champion Los Angeles Kings (5) will face their fellow Californians, the San Jose Sharks (6).

Two series start today:

The Islanders Restore Pride Despite Being Eliminated By Pens In Game Six

May 12, 2013

Rob McGowan

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The New York Islanders lost 4-3 in overtime last night to the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins, thus ending their run in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Penguins took the series in six games, winning the last battle on Coliseum ice in front of a sold out crowd of Islanders fans that continued to give their home team a standing ovation despite being eliminated.

"It's exciting to play in a building like this. It's a lot of fun. In my opinion, we're probably the loudest arena in the league now," said Matt Martin after the game.

"The fans were unbelievable through the end of the season there in the last five home games and all through the playoffs. They were a big factor in the way we played at home down the stretch. It makes a huge difference for us. People don't realize it but it gives you a little extra boost, a little extra energy when the crowd goes nuts like that. You definitely want to do something exciting."

John Tavares Nominated For The Hart Trophy

May 10, 2013

Rob McGowan

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For the first time in a long time, an Islanders skater has been nominated for the NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy, which is annually awarded to the league's most valuable player (Photo credit: theseoduke/Flickr).

Tavares joins Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin. Crosby missed the last 12 games of the regular season after suffering a broken jaw, ironically during a game against the New York Islanders. However, he still managed to finish fourth in the league with 56 points.

Ovechkin surprisingly started off the year incredibly slow, but then took fire towards the end of the season, ending 2013 third in the league in points. He is cited as the main reason for why the Capitals were able to clinch their division just before the start of the playoffs.

Isles Are Not Up To The Task Of Containing Powerful Penguins

May 10, 2013

Donovan Brooks

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After a scoreless first period, the Pittsburgh Penguins score three in the second period to blow the game wide open and cruise to a victory in today's game five of this best of seven first round series.
The Penguins got goals from four different players and ten different skaters had points in Pittsburgh's 4-0 shutout. For Tomas Vokoun, it was his second career shutout.

Isles vs. Penguins Game 5: Preview

May 9, 2013

T.J. Weber

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After a tremendous 6-4 victory at the Nassau Coliseum that evened up the series 2-2 with the Penguins, the Islanders will head back to Pittsburgh for Game 5. The last time the Isles played in Steel City was Game 2, where the team battled back from a 3-1 defect to win the game 4-3.

Islanders Even Up Series with Penguins At Nassau Coliseum

May 8, 2013

Jane Fisher

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Isles Tie Series With Pens at 2 Games Each. Much more exciting hockey to come out of the next three games.

Isles Look for Encore from Fans; Different Result in Game 4

May 7, 2013

Steve Giangaspro

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While the Nassau Coliseum walls recover from the verbal beat down the Isles’ faithful gave it on Sunday afternoon, the Islanders look for ways to recover from a gut wrenching loss to even the series. The orange and blue faithful came out in a loud way to welcome their home town team back into the playoffs. It was the first playoff game housed in Nassau since 2007.

They will take the ice at 7:00 in Uniondale, New York. The fans will look to rock the old Barn again.