After such a topsy-turvy, unusual, and abbreviated 2020-21 season, stability was perhaps the most welcoming concept to the Bridgeport Islanders. That meant icing an experienced team, with continuity on the back end.
Plenty of today’s New York Islanders got their start playing in Bridgeport. For many of the longest tenured Islanders – like Anders Lee, Matt Martin, Brock Nelson and Casey Cizikas – Bridgeport was their first taste of pro hockey and introduction to the organization.
After a concert this week, Webster Bank Arena hosts three New York Islanders preseason games, the first open-to-the-public sporting events at the barn since the world shut down on March 11, 2020.
Cory Schneider did not log a minute last season for the Islanders and, if all goes according to plan, he’ll remain the organization’s third goalie option while playing in Bridgeport. But Schneider wants to prove he can still contribute in the NHL.
The New York Islanders have agreed to terms on contracts with Andy Andreoff, Cole Bardreau, Otto Koivula, Paul LaDue and Dmytro Timashov.
The Bridgeport Islanders have agreed to terms with forwards Chris Terry, Jeff Kubiak, Erik Brown, Felix Bibeau, Cole Coskey and Kyle MacLean on American Hockey League contracts for the 2021-22 season.
The New York Islanders have named Rick Kowalsky an assistant coach with the AHL’s Bridgeport Islanders.
The route to the NHL was anything but a straight line for Cail MacLean.
The American Hockey League announced today the five divisional 2020-21 AHL All-Star Teams, as voted by AHL coaches, players and media in each of the league’s 28 active member cities.
The New York Islanders’ top development affiliate playing in the American Hockey League has been renamed the Bridgeport Islanders.
