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Nabby Returns, But For How Long?
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Dec 13 2011 - 00:04: The Islanders announced on their home page yesterday that goaltender Evgeni Nabokov was close to... Read More
Place Your Bets On The Vets
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Dec 11 2011 - 18:45: Brian Rolston, Jay Pandolfo, Marty Reasoner and Steve Staios were added to this Islanders team... Read More
Isles D-Men Are Stepping Up
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Dec 09 2011 - 18:43: The Islanders, who are boasting the worst offense in the league with only a dismal 59 goals for (... Read More
Hit On Nino Warrants Suspsension For Stars Defenseman
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Dec 07 2011 - 17:07: The Islanders won a hard fought 5-4 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night, and it can be... Read More
Drawing The Line: Isles Will Move To "Conference D" Next Season
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Dec 05 2011 - 23:52: It wasn't news to anyone that the NHL would be setting up a new realignment plan for the 2012-... Read More
Moulson Is Seeing Stars
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Dec 05 2011 - 18:32: Matt Moulson scored the first four-goal game of his NHL career Saturday night against the Dallas... Read More
A Letter To Our Readers
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Dec 04 2011 - 21:12: UPDATE: The new website is up and running! Head over to TCL Isles via this link, or via the... Read More
Have The Isles Become Montoya's Team?
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Dec 03 2011 - 15:51: It's a sore spot for discussion that has been beaten to a bloody pulp ever since the Islanders... Read More
Ullstrom Making Most Of Opportunity With Isles
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Nov 30 2011 - 23:03: With the Islanders searching for ways to improve their hockey club's anemic offense, the... Read More
Where In The World Is Nino Niederreiter?
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Nov 27 2011 - 16:03: Twitter is a friendly application that many people use all over the world, whether it be for media... Read More
Still Without Power On The Island; Isles Lose 1-0 To Devils
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Nov 25 2011 - 20:49: The New York Islanders went into today's game against the New Jersey Devils hoping to make-up... Read More
Where Have The Isles Gone?
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Nov 22 2011 - 19:26: Before I begin to talk about the current state of the New York Islanders, I have to ask where this... Read More
Their Worst Game Of The Season, Isles Lose 6-0 To The Bruins
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Nov 20 2011 - 17:28: "When you play this game you need to play with fire, you need to play with passion, you need... Read More
Nabokov's Injury May Increase His Value
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Nov 19 2011 - 12:20: Evgeni Nabokov was excellent in the Islanders 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday night and... Read More
El Nino Is On The Way
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Nov 14 2011 - 18:10: After a long wait to start the season as a New York Islanders, El Nino will finally be striking the... Read More
Comeau Gonna Go?
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Nov 12 2011 - 18:19: There's no secret as to who has possibly been the most disappointing Islander to date. Blake... Read More
Montoya Minutes: Al Needs To Play
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Nov 10 2011 - 00:24: Al Montoya was the surprise starter for the Islanders home opening loss to the Florida Panthers... Read More
Time For A Brian Rolston Revival
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Nov 06 2011 - 21:20: Brian Rolston was added to the Islanders roster over the summer for two reasons: to help get to the... Read More
Nino Niederreiter And Trevor Gillies Assigned to AHL
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Nov 01 2011 - 19:17: It was announced today by the New York Islanders that fourth line enforcer Trevor Gillies cleared... Read More
Islanders Get Hammered Up By The Sharks
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Oct 30 2011 - 12:47: Depending on who you speak to after a game, you might find someone who is very eager to say that... Read More
One-on-One With Ryan Strome
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Oct 28 2011 - 19:41: Ryan Strome is an 18-year old out of Mississauga, Ontario that many Islanders fans were unfamiliar... Read More
Are The Isles Better Than .500?
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Oct 23 2011 - 18:09: Once again the New York Islanders fell to the Florida Panthers last night in a 4-2 loss to end... Read More
P.A. Perfect?
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Oct 18 2011 - 20:33: The New York Islanders headed into the season with some question marks surrounding the roster. P.A. Read More
Where Is The Isles Second Act?
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Oct 16 2011 - 13:01: The Islanders went into last night's game against the Rangers looking to cap off a four-game... Read More
Isles Need To Search For Offense
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Oct 11 2011 - 21:37: The New York Islanders currently sit 1-1-0 on the season, following their lackluster loss to the... Read More
Isles Fall In Home Opener Vs. Panthers
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Oct 09 2011 - 14:32: "When you have, whatever we had, 8 shots going into the third, 9 shots, something like that,... Read More
Strome and Pandolfo Earn Contracts With Islanders
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Oct 04 2011 - 22:46: The New York Islanders announced today that former New Jersey Devils forward Jay Pandolfo, who had... Read More
Isles Files: Inching Closer To The Season
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Sep 30 2011 - 17:43: Last time I checked in the Islanders had announced Mark Streit as the teams’ 13th captain in... Read More
Isles Files: New Captain, New Arena Proposal
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Sep 22 2011 - 21:25: Media day came and went yesterday with a grand announcement: Mark Streit is the new captain of the... Read More
And The Islanders Will Finish In....
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Sep 20 2011 - 23:01: The New York Islanders are in the middle of training camp; plenty of fresh faces are looking to... Read More
Tavares Nets Six Year Contract Extension With Isles
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Sep 15 2011 - 18:57: The news was running rampant all over the twitter feeds and message boards yesterday that the... Read More
Bailey's Clock Is Ticking
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Sep 10 2011 - 16:05: Charles Wang has always had a very strict rule that he has enforced since the day he bought the New... Read More
Jay Pandolfo Gets Tryout With Islanders
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Sep 03 2011 - 17:23: The New York Islanders announced today that former New Jersey Devils forward Jay Pandolfo will be... Read More
Will El Nino Strike The Island?
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Aug 24 2011 - 16:25: We all know that an earthquake in Virginia was felt throughout Long Island and upwards into Canada... Read More
One-on-One With Brian Rolston
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Aug 18 2011 - 22:52: The Islanders went into the off-season with a game plan of finding a top-six forward that could... Read More
A Look At the Defense on the Island
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Aug 14 2011 - 23:02: There had been talk since the start of free agency that the Islanders were going to look to add a... Read More
Isles Fans Ask, What's Next?
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Aug 06 2011 - 14:40: It has been five days since the August 1st referendum failed. The vote was tallied at 9 PM after... Read More
We're All Islanders: Reasons For Voting Yes
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Jul 30 2011 - 22:16: I originally lived in Brooklyn, NY, which for those of you outside of New York is not very far from... Read More
Islanders Acquire Brian Rolston From Devils
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Jul 28 2011 - 18:16: The New York Islanders completed a trade today with the New Jersey Devils, acquiring 38-year old... Read More
Islanders Prepare To Rally For Vote
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Jul 21 2011 - 22:58: The August 1st vote is less than two weeks away and the Islanders have begun to hit the PR road... Read More

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