If you weren’t planning on attending the Public Comment session at Hofstra University the morning of August 4th to support the Lighthouse Project, you may want to change your mind now. Not only will there be free “Just Build It”… Continue Reading
As we draw closer and closer to the very important August 4th public hearing on the Lighthouse Project, the project continues to make headlines in the local papers. Opening Newsday this morning, Eden Laikin has an article on Town of… Continue Reading
I apologize for getting this out so late today, but I was at work when I received a press release through the Nassau County Legislature regarding a press conference outside the Coliseum this Saturday at 11am. The even will take… Continue Reading
Everything we do as Islanders fans the last few years has been some sort of a “watch”. Last season fans were obsessed with the “Stamkos Watch” – this obviously didn’t work out favorably for the team – finishing with the… Continue Reading
It’s amazing sometimes what happens when you subtract a few players close to the deadline. It seems that it really unites the remainder of the team and they support each other even more – as well as give a solid… Continue Reading
Tonight’s game is a special one, not because we are playing the Devils in an meaningless inter-conference game – but because it is Town of Hempstead night at the Coliseum! For those who may not have heard, there were recent… Continue Reading
Hope you guys can join us tonight for our live blog that will begin at about 6:30pm and run throughout the game. Live Blog from The Couch: Islanders v. Rangers 2/18/09
History tends to repeat itself with these two close New York hockey rivals. The teams, regardless of their current place in the standings, state of the franchise or how poor/well they are playing ALWAYS bring their A games when playing… Continue Reading
Just got out of Greg Logan’s chat where he broke some extremely bad new regarding veteran Doug Weight. Weight was injured in last nights game in New Jersey – this marks the third time this season that Weight will miss… Continue Reading
No, that is not a misprint. It seems that the Islanders have encountered one of the best festivals in sunny Tampa this weekend. It’s called the Gasparilla festival and it involves pirates, pirate ships, pirate wenches, beer, liquor and all… Continue Reading
It seems that no matter how much we would prefer that the Islanders remain at the very bottom of the standings to secure the best chance to finish with that valuable-to-rebuild first overall pick – that they are actually learning,… Continue Reading
Well this is unfortunate, yet not completely unexpected news. Center Mike Sillinger, who played in only seven games this season will not be returning to the Islanders for the remainder of the season following a second hip surgery completed today.… Continue Reading