3 Up And 3 Down: Who's Hot And Who's Not In New York Sports
Taking a look at who's hot and who's not on the NY/NJ sports landscape.
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Taking a look at who's hot and who's not on the NY/NJ sports landscape.
Mike Bossy heard plenty of cheers at the Nassau Coliseum during his 10-year Hall of Fame career. Lucky for him, he still hears them today.
New York hasn't won eight straight home contests since a nine-game run during the 1989-90 season.
Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves in his franchise-record 11th straight victory, and the New York Islanders held on for a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.
In previous years, the New York Islanders found a seemingly infinite number of ways to lose hockey games. This season, they're finally putting that creative genius to work and finding ways to win.
Charles Dickens, 155 years ago, wrote about the best of times and the worst of times. The language has been shortened, but the meaning is the same. We'd rather root for LOL than SMH.
Boychuk, on the list retroactive to Nov. 27, has already missed three games because of a lower-body injury. Visnovsky's move is retroactive to Nov. 28 due to an upper-body injury that has kept him out of two games.
Thomas Hickey set up a third-period goal and scored 3:06 into overtime as the New York Islanders started December just as they ended November, with a victory - 3-2 over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.
He's playing on the top line for the surprise team of the NHL. But Kyle Okposo says neither he nor his teammates are letting the Islanders' stunning early season success go to their heads.
Taking a look at who's hot and who's not on the NY/NJ sports landscape.
Jaroslav Halak made 34 saves for his ninth straight win, and Cal Clutterbuck scored his third goal of the season as the New York Islanders got back to their winning ways with a 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
The Islanders will try for their first six-game winning streak in seven seasons when they take on the Capitals in Washington on Friday in the back end of a home-and-home set.
John Tavares scored a power-play goal late in overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.
The Islanders sent a loud-and-clear message to one of the NHL's top glamour teams, the Pittsburgh Penguins: "We can play any game you want, and we can beat you. Keep trying, but we are not going away."
This is a completely different hockey team than we've seen in years past. The Isles have tons of offensive firepower, defensive depth and quality goaltending.
