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The Islanders are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers, and their fanbase resides primarily on Long Island. The team was founded in 1972 as part of the NHL's maneuvers to keep a team from rival league World Hockey Association (WHA) out of the newly built Nassau ...
The history of the New York Islanders National Hockey League team dates back to 1972. Since 1980, the franchise has played in five Stanley Cup Finals , winning four straight Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983.
Playing career. 2009–present. Matthew Bryan Martin (born May 8, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent of the National Hockey League . He most recently played for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Martin is known for his strong checking abilities.
In the Islanders' inaugural season, three goaltenders played for the team: Billy Smith, Gerry Desjardins and Gerry Gray. Since then, 51 others have played in at least one regular season or playoff game. Smith stayed with the Islanders through 1989 and played in 674 regular season games and 132 playoff games, the most in the team's history.
As of the end of the 2021–22 season, New York has won more than 1,700 regular season games, the 15th-highest victory total among NHL teams. [ 2] The Islanders were founded in 1972 during the 1972–73 season, and won their first of four consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1980. The team has since lost the conference finals in 1993 to ...
Doug Armstrong has been the general manager of the St. Louis Blues since 2010. He is the longest tenured general manager in the National Hockey League. This is a list of current general managers in the National Hockey League. In the National Hockey League, the general manager of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the ...
Playing career. 2012–present. Christopher James Kreider (born April 30, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey winger and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up in Boxford, Massachusetts, Kreider played high school hockey for Masconomet Regional High School and Phillips Andover.
Kenneth Arlington Morrow (born October 17, 1956) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman and a member of the 1980 USA Olympic Miracle on Ice hockey team. He is currently serving as the New York Islanders ' director of pro scouting. A member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, he played 550 regular season games in the ...