Archive for March, 2009
Today we finally learned where Kate Murray stands on the Lighthouse Project developed by Charles Wang and Scott Rechler and approved by Nassau County.
The Town of Hempstead Supervisor wants no part of it.
This may not seem like a revelation to most of you after all her stalling, but today Murray made it official. She sent out [...]
UPDATED at 7:05 pm: You can’t make this up: Mark Streit out day-to-day with groin strain. Okay, now on to our injury story…CB.
Scott Gordon was talking to a trio of reporters today about the hurdles of teaching with so many players missing games and practices in the first half. He specifically mentioned the season-opening setbacks [...]
[First in a series over the next week on road roommates].
Jeff Tambellini has enjoyed the last few weeks having Jack Hillen as his roommate on Islanders road trips. In his first full season as a pro, Hillen says, ”I just follow the crowd and try to be easy about everything.” As a result, Tambellini calls Hillen, [...]
[Editor's Note: Please forgive the potential Tavares-Hedman overload. The way the Islanders competed this weekend, and the way Colorado has not the last two weeks, prompts me to publish any of these stories immediately. If I hold on to any articles too long, they could be completely worthless].
Tim Burke has been the Director of Scouting for the San [...]
[All this talk of Matt Gilroy and Tyler Bozak and this year's hot collegiate free agents made me want to track down Jack Hillen. A year ago, the Islanders signed the defenseman immediately after his college career at Colorado ended. He took part in one practice and played the final two games of the NHL [...]
All those images of Citi Field could make an NHL team owner without a development deal salivate. Today’s story from Nick Hershon of the Daily News may not, uh, break much ground, but Charles Wang does not rule out joining the Wilpons in Queens if Nassau and the TOH don’t meet the timeline.
By the way, [...]
For information on this youth hockey outreach, to sign up for the next session or to become a sponsor, email michelle.winter@newyorkislanders.com
When you’re on the writer/blogger side, you’re often pitched stories by people in my former profession about a company’s programs in the community.
Once in a while, the program is so good you don’t need to be pitched. [...]
Over the last week, Point Blank polled 12 scouts from across the National Hockey League. We tracked down two scouts to represent each of the NHL’s six divisions. We did not seek the opinions of scouts from the league’s bottom 3 teams: the Islanders, Colorado and Tampa Bay.
Point Blank asked the scouts two questions:
1. Who would you draft [...]
Let’s get this out of the way first: why Brendan Witt in the shootout? Scott Gordon told reporters - with the straightest of straight faces - his defensemen had done real well in shootouts at recent practices. He told the most defensive of defensemen that he would get him in a real shootout. So he [...]
Here’s what Islanders GM Garth Snow told Dan Martin of the Post for a story in today’s editions: “The team we have next year will be very similar to the one we have now. I expect a lot of players to develop.”
That’s fairly consistent with what we’ve written the last six months. The one big [...]
If you believe the buzz around the NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs are expected to make the biggest push for Long Islander and Boston University defenseman Matt Gilroy.
This doesn’t necessarily mean the Leafs will sign the North Bellmore product, but they may be the most determined. Toronto President and general manager Brian Burke has inherited [...]
Joey MacDonald with the shutout. Very good for him.
