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It was all Billy Joel’s fault. In 1995, the New York Islanders decided to freshen the team’s look by introducing a new logo, jersey and mascot. The decision eventually turned into one of the biggest sports marketing disasters of all time and a debacle that still rankles local hockey fans decades later. “It was a […]

Click:online electrical supplies PITTSBURGH — They never had a chance. Kris Letang and Phil Kessel each scored twice, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Thursday night. “Obviously, this year hasn’t started off the best for us, but we’re right in it,” Kessel said. “There’s a lot of hockey to play […]

LOS ANGELES — Kyle Palmieri and the New Jersey Devils have been struggling after a quick start to the season, but they hope Thursday night’s 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings can turn things around. Palmieri scored twice in a matchup of conference cellar dwellers as the Devils snapped a six-game losing streak and […]

For all the griping we do about the NHL, they certainly have a handle on how to do expansion. But as opposed to the Vegas Golden Knights’ fairytale inaugural season, the still-nameless Seattle franchise is going to have to change their expectations a little bit for their inaugural season of 2021-22. What happened in Vegas […]

Click:katana shop Ryan Strome was traded because he needed a kick-start, and now so do the Rangers. In turn, coach David Quinn was planning to move the 25-year-old to center for Saturday night’s game at the Panthers. It is the first time Strome will be in the middle since coming over in a Nov. 16 […]

Maybe if this were the postseason — actually, definitely if this were the postseason — Mats Zuccarello would be in the Rangers lineup for Saturday night’s game against the Panthers in Sunrise, Fla. But at this juncture, still before Christmas and after two false starts, the winger likely will play it safe with the right-groin […]

SUNRISE, Fla. — Imagine Wimbledon every year matching up the top two seeds in each half of the draw in the second round. Imagine the World Cup placing the four most powerful squads in the same group. Imagine March Madness placing the top four seeds in the country in the same region. While you’re at […]

DETROIT — Niklas Kronwall scored to give Detroit a two-goal lead, and later in the first period, he knocked Anders Lee off his feet with a high, hard hit. After that, the Islanders began asserting themselves. Matt Martin scored a tiebreaking goal with 16:36 remaining in the third period, capping an impressive comeback for the […]

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Rangers have become so accustomed to getting superior work from Henrik Lundqvist that it is a shock to the system when the goaltender has even an ordinary night. This was the case through 60 minutes Saturday, when Lundqvist allowed two questionable second-period goals as the Rangers, flawed themselves, could not maintain […]

SUNRISE, Fla. — This was Jan. 16, 2008, in Chicago after the Rangers had defeated the Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime in the first game of the first dads’ trip in team history. The Blueshirts had been able to overcome officiating of near scandalous proportions from the Mike Hasenfratz-Dean Morton referee tandem in which New York […]