New York Islanders 2011-12 Training Camp Dates, Rookie Roster
by Dominik on Aug 16, 2011 5:07 PM EDT
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The New York Islanders announced the dates, time slots and rookie invitees for September's training camp, so plan your sick days and dental appointments lunch breaks accordingly. The rookie camp begins the week prior, on Sept. 10.
Sept. 12-13 will feature two rookie squad games vs. the Bruins at Nassau [gloriously unsponsored] Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 7 p.m., but only the Tuesday, Sept. 13 game is open to the public. Season ticket holders get free admission to that one, while the general public will be charged a $10 donation to the Islanders Children’s Foundation.
The full schedule and the invitees for that rookie camp are reposted below. Obviously that means rookie pros and juniors, so NCAA "amateurs, Dude" like Anders Lee and Brock Nelson won't be there. No, not Cody Rosen either.
But the rest of the rookie roster is chock-full of the prospect pipeline and recent AHL free agent additions. The battle will be on.
The Islanders also added that beginning Saturday, Sept. 17, the full training camp roster will split into two squads and on-ice sessions will take place between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. It's not specified in the release which, if any, of those sessions will be open to the public. But it's a good bet you will not be able to view player physicals, nor commercial video shoots of strapping young bodies in chains. Sorry.
(Schedule subject to change)
| DAY | DATE | TIME (EST) | EVENT | LOCATION |
| Sat. | Sept. 10 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Rookie Practice | Nassau Coliseum |
| Sun. | Sept. 11 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Rookie Practice | Nassau Coliseum |
| Mon. | Sept. 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Rookie Game vs. BOSTON | Nassau Coliseum (closed to public) |
| Tues. | Sept. 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Rookie Game vs. BOSTON | Nassau Coliseum |
| Wed. | Sept. 14 | 1:10 p.m. | Islanders Children’s Foundation Golf Outing |
Bethpage Red |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Rookie Practice | Iceworks | ||
| Thurs. | Sept. 15 | TBD | Rookie Practice | Iceworks |
| Fri. | Sept. 16 | 7 a.m. | Player Physicals | Nassau Coliseum |
| Sat. | Sept. 17 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Iceworks |
| Sun. | Sept. 18 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Off-ice Workout | Iceworks |
| Mon. | Sept. 19 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Iceworks |
| Tues. | Sept. 20 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Nassau Coliseum |
| Wed. | Sept. 21 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Nassau Coliseum |
| Thurs. | Sept. 22 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Nassau Coliseum |
| Fri. | Sept. 23 | 7:00 p.m. | @ BOSTON | TD BANK GARDEN |
| Sat. | Sept. 24 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. NEW JERSEY | NASSAU COLISEUM |
| Sun. | Sept. 25 | 9:00 a.m. | Community Event | Adventureland |
| Mon. | Sept. 26 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | TBD |
| Tues. | Sept. 27 | 9:00 p.m. | @ CALGARY | SCOTIA BANK SADDLEDOME |
| Wed. | Sept. 28 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Nassau Coliseum |
| Thurs. | Sept. 29 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Iceworks |
| Fri. | Sept. 30 | 7:00 p.m. | @ NEW JERSEY | PRUDENTIAL CENTER |
| Sat. | Oct. 1 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. BOSTON | WEBSTER BANK ARENA |
| Mon. | Oct. 3 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Iceworks |
| Tues. | Oct. 4 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Iceworks |
| Wed. | Oct. 5 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Practice | Nassau Coliseum |
| 2011 Rookie Camp Attendees* | ||
| Forwards | Defensemen | Goalies |
| Justin DiBenedetto | Art Bidlevski | Mikko Koskinen |
| Casey Cizikas | Calvin de Haan | Anders Nilsson |
| Brett Gallant | Matt Donovan | Kevin Poulin |
| Kirill Kabanov | Mark Katic | |
| Tyler McNeely | Brendan Kichton | |
| Nino Niederreiter | Anton Klementyev | |
| John Persson | Aaron Ness | |
| Rhett Rakhshani | Benn Olson | |
| Tony Romano | Andrey Pedan | |
| Ryan Strome | ||
| Mitchell Theoret | ||
| David Ullstrom | ||
Holy cow, we're less than a month away.
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I have to say
Thats a good looking rookie line up, even if we are missing Lee, Nelson, Mayfield, Russo, Trivino, Clark, and of course Rosen.
So lets try and work this out here.
Kabonov – Strome – Nino
Dibo – Ullstrom – Rhett
McNeely – Cizikas – Gallant
Persson – Romano – Theoret
then
Donovan – De Haan
Katic – Ness/Pedan
Pedan/Klementyev – Kitchton
The rest
Looking forward, each day passes by and we are closer to training camp and then opening night.
Will the rookie games be online?
I remember they were last year. And i already got my tickets for the October first game against boston. Gonna be fun to finally watch some hockey again
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 16, 2011 6:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I said this on Twitter, but
Hopefully Daly doesn’t catch wind of this.
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It was Morrow's OT goal!
Now that game in 60!
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 16, 2011 9:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
$10 donation for the children!?!?
Did we run this past the NHL first? I’d think they might want to look into it. Oh and we might as well ask Mario if this is okay too. Don’t need to get him even more of a tizzy before the season starts.
On a serious note, it seems like we always have preseason rookie games with Boston. Do both organizations really have that good a working relationship?
by 54_Fighting on Aug 16, 2011 6:36 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
what sort of thuggery is this?
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 16, 2011 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe just an easy commute for each?
And no one wants to deal with Ranger stink?
Rec’ing the NHL comment, by the way.
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free
I knew buying season tickets would have some benefits, free tickets to this and to the prospect scrimmage and that stupid lounge at the draft party that I didn’t bother going to.
by dunnowhat2type on Aug 17, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Is he going to SEL camp
Or maybe because he is making the SWE WJC team? That sucks though. I was looking forward to him after his dominance in whatever that was he recently played in. (development camp?)
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 16, 2011 6:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Wouldn't Nilsson
have to show for SEL camp too?
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He has made comments about playing in North America...
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 16, 2011 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the way I've read things
Nilsson IS going to be in North America this season. Probably BPT, hopefully not ECHL
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 16, 2011 7:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Whichever one of the goalies in the goalie abundance that is the Islanders organization who DOES go to the ECHL is going to get a lot more playing time.
My first guess is Mikko, but my second guess is Nilsson.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 16, 2011 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, how are we going to get everyone playing time?
montoya, dp, nabo, poulin, mikko, nilsson
So we hope that nabo gets traded and dp does his annual injury early?
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 16, 2011 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
So we hope that nabo gets traded and dp does his annual injury early?
Thats definitely who I hope is traded.
Even with him traded, theres still an abundance of goalies.
As far as hoping for injuries, I know you are of course joking but… ugh.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 16, 2011 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess there is another way of looking at it:
1) Our injury history is a trend and we are pretty much guaranteed of having 1 or 2 goalies going down for a significant time with boo-boos.
B) Regression to the mean and all 6 goalies are insanely healthy and pout about their playtime-share.
At the very least, as we scratch our heads over who plays where and for how much, we can be confident of NHL and prospect depth between the pipes…and Cody Rosen.
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 16, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Folks....abundance of goalies? Really?
Les’t we forget, last year we used how many? 6 or 7? I can’t remember. Motto of this story: you can never have enough goalies.
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Aug 16, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Going through 6-7 goalies in a season
is an anomaly and not the norm.
Most teams only use 2-3 over the course of a season (and in most cases that 3rd guy makes very minimal appearances). Only these teams used more: TB 4, Detroit 4 (4th appeared for 15 minutes), Ducks 5 (5th guy appeared for 40 minutes), and Ottawa 6. In Ottawa’s case, Brian Elliot and Craig Anderson were traded for each other and McElhinney was a waiver addition.
If you are going to go through 6 goalies, you will most likely do so with some guys outside of your system.
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 17, 2011 5:01 AM EDT up reply actions
We had 8 under contract in total, one refused to dress so that made 7, and 6 saw actual minutes in games since one dressed as a back-up only.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 17, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
It may be an anomaly BUT...
RDP, coming off injury plagued season
Montoya comes off surgery
Koskinen coming off surgery
Poulin coming off surgery
We are not out of the woods yet!
We are all Islanders, even if we’re from Jersey!
by Russel Ginart on Aug 17, 2011 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
This is exactly how I hope it shakes out
With one of KP MK or AN making a quantum leap to stardom. Also, perhaps a retirement.
It’s my dream, I can do what I want
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 16, 2011 8:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't leave off Montoya
if he succeeds, that’s one more guy with whom we can stick it to the Rags.
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 16, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard Sundstrom was SEL bound
For his development/convenience.
Oh, and nice new pic, ogam!
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But it’s a good bet you will not be able to view player physicals, nor commercial video shoots of strapping young bodies in chains. Sorry.
:(
Hmmm… does that mean select members of the administration and the coaching/scouting staffs are still fair game?
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 16, 2011 7:14 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Sounds like SOMEBODY wants to see a Charles Wang-shirtless-in-chains video...
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by Fabtraption on Aug 16, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Sexy time
Niiiicccce
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by Keith Quinn on Aug 16, 2011 7:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah… Charles and Bossy can step off that photoshoot, no offense to either of them lmao.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 16, 2011 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think we'll see any more chains
…after Bailey’s performance last season. No offense to Josh. He did actually play a little better defensively, I think.
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Aug 16, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Bailey was great after his yo-yo into the AHL
so he clearly needs a jolt of confidence every so often. We should hire a team of kids to play with/against Bails when he appears to be drooping.
I love imagining NHLers bodychecking the crap out of children.
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by Thaddeus Ballpheasant on Aug 16, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
....maybe THAT explains his season.....
…..he forgot to take the chains OFF! LOL
by ogam5 on Aug 16, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Kinda cool
To see the fruits of our losing all coming together for this.
by Dorfer on Aug 16, 2011 10:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Still has one more year on his KHL contract
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i thought in past years he played at camp? or these are 2 seperate things?
by Lakewood Islander on Aug 17, 2011 10:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The KHL season starts the first week of September.
He’s under contract with AK Bars for another year plus family issues. I highly doubt he makes it to Long Island this year.
He played at prospect camp last year, not real training camp.
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by TheMetalChick on Aug 17, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Strome a Winnipeg Jets Centre: someone needs to fix that in the SB Nation post (click Stome Link above)
by CanadianIsleslifer on Aug 16, 2011 11:39 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks, the complaint has been lodged
The data provider entered the all before the draft (as ATL), but hasn’t bothered to update them. I guess they don’t realize we obsess over hockey all summer long.
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Not signed
So he’s a free agent. Thought he might have earned a minor-league deal. (Maybe he did, but is shopping for a better offer. Who knows.)
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Wow, looking at that roster...
…I can see two things:
1. That assessment of the Isles having the 2nd best horde of prospects looks accurate, if not arguable that perhaps they should be ranked #1.
2. The future looks bright. Somebody hand me my shades…
Jeff Carter to Columbus? Wait, I've seen this one before, it was called Shanahan to Hartford. Advice? Don't buy a Carter jersey.
by BrassBonanza10 on Aug 17, 2011 2:14 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
2 & 3 seasons from now, there will be serious battles for jobs @ forward and probably goal
by CanadianIsleslifer on Aug 17, 2011 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions
not in goal.barring injury(lol),i think poulin will have that job
by Lakewood Islander on Aug 17, 2011 10:34 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nilsson might have something to say about that.
So might Montoya.
Hell, so might Mikko.
I love having those kinds of possibilities.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 17, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Hear you Lakewood but I'm with TMC on this one
my gut feeling is Mikko becomes a very good backup, like Rollie Melanson, and if Poulin’s knees hold up, he will be a consistent top 8 NHL goalie. Nilsson has serious potential as well, incase Poulin’s health fails…not sold on Montoya yet but open…wouldn’t be the first time…
but yes, forward prospects are much deeper. Being an Isles fan is going to be fun watching these kids break into the league and fight each other for jobs…
by CanadianIsleslifer on Aug 17, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Calgary?
Why are we flying all the way there in the middle of camp? Or am I missing something?
Maybe its me but it seems like the Isles play Calgary a lot in recent preseasons
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 17, 2011 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah...
2 & 3 seasons from now, there will be serious battles for jobs @ forward and probably goal
by CanadianIsleslifer on Aug 17, 2011 8:24 AM EDT
not in goal.barring injury(lol),i think poulin will have that job
by Lakewood Islander on Aug 17, 2011 10:34 AM EDT
Nilsson might have something to say about that.
So might Montoya.
Hell, so might Mikko.
I love having those kinds of possibilities.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Aug 17, 2011 12:09 PM EDT
Because all of your points bring up the same point, I’ll just address them all in one bite:
If these guys all pan out, and we have depth like that, we’re going to be were we were in 1979: Prime shape to wheel and deal and put the final pieces into place.
Better still is Garth’s penchant for getting picks in his deals, thus, keeping the pantry stocked with more prospects going forward, even after (best case scenario) we start picking at the back end of the draft rounds.
That revelation has just melted my shades.
Better get a welder’s shield.
Jeff Carter to Columbus? Wait, I've seen this one before, it was called Shanahan to Hartford. Advice? Don't buy a Carter jersey.
by BrassBonanza10 on Aug 17, 2011 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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The victory justified the faith in coach Al Arbour who guided them from their second season to their first Stanley Cup seven seasons later. The Islanders would not be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, but they would be the only one capable of a dynasty.
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Between the quarterfinals (where they beat the upstart Oilers in six games) and the finals, the Islanders reeled off eight consecutive wins -- with a four-game sweep of archrival Rangers in between. As they defeated the Minnesota North Stars in five games for their second Cup, their goal difference in the final was a combined +10.
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A first-round scare against the Pittsburgh Penguins turned in the Isles' favor thanks to John Tonelli's heroics, and a true dynasty was on its way: Past the Rangers in six games, then an eight-game sweep of the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks to run away with the Stanley Cup.
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