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SummaryNey York Islanders National Hockey League Franchise

http://www.newyorkislanders.com/ Official Site

Facts

Founded:

1972

Arena:

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Uniform colors:

dark blue, orange, white

Logo design:

a circle with "NY", with the base of the "Y" forming a stylized hockey stick, a map of Long Island, and the word "ISLANDERS"

Shoulder logo:

four diagonal hash marks, alternating between white and orange (home jersey) or blue and orange (road jersey)

Main Rivals:

Division Championships: 6 times

1977-78
1978-79
1980-81
1981-82
1983-84
1987-88

Conference Championships: 6 times

1977-78
1978-79
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84

Most Points in NHL: 3 times

1978-79
1980-81
1981-82

Stanley Cup Finals appearances: 5 times

1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84

Stanley Cup Championships: 4 times

1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83

Television:

FSN New York
FSN New York 2
MSG, TV55

Owner:

Charles Wang

General Manager:

Garth Snow

Head Coach:

Ted Nolan

Captain:

Alexei Yashin

Minor League Affiliates:

Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
Trenton Titans (ECHL)

NHL Awards Won:

Stanley Cup

1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83

Prince of Wales Trophy

1981-82
1982-83
1983-84

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

1977-78
1978-79
1980-81

Hart Memorial Trophy

Bryan Trottier: 1978-79

Art Ross Trophy

Bryan Trottier: 1978-79

James Norris Memorial Trophy

Denis Potvin: 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79

Vezina Trophy

Billy Smith: 1981-82

Conn Smythe Trophy

Bryan Trottier: 1979-80
Butch Goring: 1980-81
Mike Bossy: 1981-82
Billy Smith: 1982-83

Frank J. Selke Trophy

Michael Peca: 2001-02

Calder Memorial Trophy

Denis Potvin: 1973-74
Bryan Trottier: 1975-76
Mike Bossy: 1977-78
Bryan Berard: 1996-97

William M. Jennings Trophy

Billy Smith & Roland Melanson: 1982-83

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Ed Westfall: 1976-77
Mark Fitzpatrick: 1991-92

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Bryan Trottier: 1988-89

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Mike Bossy: 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86
Pierre Turgeon: 1992-93

Jack Adams Award

Al Arbour: 1978-79

Lester Patrick Trophy

Bill Torrey: 1982-83
Al Arbour: 1991-92
Ken Morrow: 1995-96

Current Islanders Players

Robert Nilsson
Alexei Yashin

Team captains

Ed Westfall 1972-76
Ed Westfall & Clark Gillies 1976-77
Clark Gillies 1977-79
Denis Potvin 1979-87
Brent Sutter 1987-91
Brent Sutter & Patrick Flatley 1991-92
Patrick Flatley 1992-96
No captain 1996-97
Bryan McCabe & Trevor Linden 1997-98
Trevor Linden 1998-99
Kenny Jonsson 1999-00
No captain 2000-01
Michael Peca 2001-05
Alexei Yashin 2005- present

Hall of Famers

Mike Bossy (inducted 1991)
Denis Potvin (inducted 1991)
Billy Smith (inducted 1993)
Bill Torrey (inducted 1995)
Al Arbour (inducted 1996)
Bryan Trottier (inducted 1997)
Clark Gillies (inducted 2002)
Pat LaFontaine (inducted 2003)

Retired numbers

5 Denis Potvin, D, 1973-88
9 Clark Gillies, LW, 1974-86
19 Bryan Trottier, C, 1975-90
22 Mike Bossy, RW, 1977-87
23 Bob Nystrom, RW, 1973-86
31 Billy Smith, G, 1972-89
99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL)
739 Al Arbour, Head Coach, 1973-86 & 1988-94 (in honor of his 739 regular season coaching wins with the Islanders)
Bill Torrey, General Manager, 1972-92 (his banner features the words "The Architect" and a bowtie, which was his trademark, in place of a number)

NHL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

1989 - David Volek
1993 - Vladimir Malakhov
1997 - Bryan Berard
2004 - Trent Hunter

FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM

1975 - Denis Potvin
1976 - Denis Potvin
1978 - Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies
1979 - Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies
1981 - Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy
1983 - Mike Bossy
1984 -Mike Bossy
1986 - Mike Bossy

SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM

1976 - Glenn Resch
1977 - Denis Potvin
1978 - Mike Bossy
1979 - Mike Bossy, Glenn Resch
1982 -Bryan Trottier, John Tonelli
1983 - Roland Melanson
1984 - Bryan Trottier, John Tonelli
1985 - Mike Bossy, John Tonelli

First round draft picks

1972: Bill Harris (1st overall)
1973: Denis Potvin (1st overall)
1974: Clark Gillies (4th overall)
1975: Pat Price (11th overall)
1976: Alex McKendry (14th overall)
1977: Mike Bossy (15th overall)
1978: Steve Tambellini (15th overall)
1979: Duane Sutter (17th overall)
1980: Brent Sutter (17th overall)
1981: Paul Boutilier (21st overall)
1982: Patrick Flatley (21st overall)
1983: Pat LaFontaine (3rd overall) & Gerald Diduck (16th overall)
1984: Duncan MacPherson (20th overall)
1985: Brad Dalgarno (6th overall) & Derek King (13th overall)
1986: Tom Fitzgerald (17th overall)
1987: Dean Chynoweth (13th overall)
1988: Kevin Cheveldayoff (16th overall)
1989: David Chyzowski (2nd overall)
1990: Scott Scissons (6th overall)
1991: Scott Lachance (4th overall)
1992: Darius Kasparaitis (5th overall)
1993: Todd Bertuzzi (23th overall)
1994: Brett Lindros (9th overall)
1995: Wade Redden (2nd overall)
1996: Jean-Pierre Dumont (3rd overall)
1997: Roberto Luongo (4th overall) & Eric Brewer (5th overall)
1998: Michael Rupp (9th overall)
1999: Tim Connolly (5th overall), Taylor Pyatt (8th overall), Branislav Mezei (10th overall) & Kristian Kudroc (28th overall)
2000: RickDiPietro (1st overall) & Raffi Torres (5th overall)
2001: none, pick was traded to the Ottawa Senators as part of the Alexei Yashin trade
2002: Sean Bergenheim (22nd overall)
2003: Robert Nilsson (15th overall)
2004: Petteri Nokelainen (16th overall)
2005: Ryan O'Marra (15th overall)
2006: Kyle Okposo (7th overall pick)