The New York Islanders will soon be putting their failed Brooklyn hockey experiment on ice — as state officials have approved a new arena at Belmont Park that will let the team skate back to Long Island, sources told The Post. Gov. Cuomo is expected to announce Wednesday that the Islanders won the bidding contest […]
Read MoreJohn Tavares was driving to Barclays Center on Tuesday afternoon when he heard the Islanders had won the bid to develop a new arena at Belmont Park, as confirmed by The Post. The captain had a game to play against the Red Wings a few hours later, so he hadn’t had much time to process […]
Read MoreYou are an Islanders fan, and this is your best day since Denis Potvin hoisted the Cup back for the fourth straight year on May 17, 1983, following the sweep of the Oilers, because, on this day you and your team are back in the big leagues. You are back in the big leagues and […]
Read MoreThe first day of the rest of the Islanders’ short life at Barclays Center began Tuesday night, but they couldn’t get a win to cap off the celebration. In a game the Islanders dominated for long stretches, the Red Wings made the most of their chances and Trevor Daley broke a tie with 9:57 left […]
Read MoreMarc Staal took a moment to find exactly the right word, and he did. “I think the last couple years the expectations — I wouldn’t say low — but they were … tempered,” Staal told The Post after his Rangers won for the third straight game, taking a definitive 4-1 victory over the Ducks at […]
Read MoreThere were glimpses of the skill and of the old top-line chemistry, which were all good signs for Mika Zibanejad in his return to the Rangers lineup. The top-line pivot came back for the team’s 4-1 win over the Ducks on Tuesday night at the Garden following a nine-game absence because of a delayed onset […]
Read MoreIt’s official! The New York Islanders are headed home to Long Island. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday made the announcement — with Long Island legend Billy Joel at his side — that the NHL team has won a bid to build a new, year-round, 18,000-seat arena on the grounds of the Belmont Park horse track. […]
Read MoreDon’t get Kevin Hayes wrong. While the Rangers’ center readily acknowledges that he is “a pass-first type of player,” No. 13 isn’t on a mission to feed everyone else while he himself goes hungry. “No, it’s not like that,” Hayes said, laughing a winner’s laugh following the Blueshirts’ convincing 4-1 victory over the Ducks at […]
Read MoreHockey around New York City is buzzing these days, pumping some extra juice into a showdown Thursday between the Rangers and Devils at Prudential Center. “It may not have been, in the past few years, as intense with the standings the way they were,” Kevin Shattenkirk said. “But it’s fun to be playing against the […]
Read MoreSo many of us who grew up on Long Island were the products of broken hearts: it was our fathers and our grandfathers, our uncles and older cousins who had given their souls over to the Dodgers when they ruled Brooklyn, when it seemed impossible to believe they wouldn’t forever be anchored in the Borough […]
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