UNIONDALE, NY- Center ice still featured the big Islanders emblem and matching NHL logos at Nassau Coliseum Friday night. Kyle Okposo, the team’s leading scorer in 2008-09, was also in uniform and garnered some of the loudest cheers during the pregame skate.
A plethora of empty seats stood as the backdrop, giving the venue the feeling [...]

UNIONDALE, NY-Without scanning the ticket stub, fans entering the Nassau Coliseum might have been confused. Three nights after the Islanders won the No. 1 overall draft pick through the lottery, there was post-season hockey in Uniondale.
Kyle Okposo was in uniform, making him one of 14 players on the roster who spent time with the Islanders [...]

UNIONDALE, NY- Perhaps using the French phrase “la dernière place” sounds nicer than saying the Islanders are in last place. But whether spoken or read in French or English, the results were the same as a battered Islanders squad fell, 5-1, to Montreal at the Nassau Coliseum.
After veterans Saku Koivu and Mathieu Schneider scored in [...]

HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack wasted one of goalie Matt Zaba’s best games Wednesday night.
Zaba made 31 saves, but Kurtis McLean’s rebound goal with 2:18 left in the first period proved the difference at the Bridgeport Sound Tigers beat the Wolf Pack 1-0 before 3,583 at the XL Center Wednesday night.
The Wolf Pack (27-23-2-3) [...]

HARTFORD, CT – Greg Moore’s run as the Wolf Pack’s fourth captain in the franchise’s 12-year history couldn’t have started much better Friday night.
Moore, voted by the players to succeed Andrew Hutchinson as captain on Thursday, scored a shorthanded goal and contributed to solid defensive play in front of Matt Zaba as the Wolf Pack [...]