Bridgeport/Islanders Prospect Roundup, Feb. 5th
by Mark D on Feb 5, 2012 1:34 PM EST
in Islanders in Diapers
Email
PrintTwo games this week for Bridgeport, winning a rout on Friday and dropping a close game last night. They are still on a winning streak while away from BP. They are tied for first in their division with Connecticut, but currently hold the tiebreaker with 2 more wins. Despite being first in the division, they are still a bubble team for the playoffs as their 51 points would have them tied for 7th. The two teams tied for 9th both have 51 points so far on the season. Casey Cizikas has also taken over 3rd place in rookie points, and his +22 is 3rd overall in the AHL.
Friday February 3rd Vs Portland (Phoenix)
Bridgeport came out and scored a goal from David Ullstrom (Kael Mouillierat, Micheal Haley) 23 seconds into the game to set the pace. Portland scored less then two minutes later, but that was as close as they would come. Tony Romano (Cizikas, Tyler McNeely) scored with four minutes left in the first to get the lead back. Tomas Marcinko (Trevor Frischmon) scored BP's 3rd goal on 11 shots chasing Portland's Justin Pogge from the net. Marcinko has career highs in goals (6) and points (13) this year. Justin DiBenedetto got the next two goals (Frischmon) (Scott Howes) for BP. Portland got one back before Tony Romano (Cizikas, Matt Donovan) closed out scoring. Stars of the game were 1. Dibo, 2. Frischmon and 3. Romano. [Haley Vs Hollweg] [Donovan Vs Pouliot] [Olesky Vs Werek]
Saturday Feburary 4th Vs Manchester (Los Angeles)
Manchester has been one of the best teams in the AHL, and it's always a tough game for BP. BP never had the lead in this game, as Manchester jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a PP goal early in the first. Ty Wishart (Howes, Jeremy Colliton) scored to tie things up a few minutes later. Two Manchester goals late in the 2nd and early 3rd put things out of reach for BP despite Haley's (Cizikas, Jon Landry) 5th goal of the year. Kevin Poulin was 2nd star of the game with a 26 save on 29 shot performance. Cizikas' assist continues his now 7 game point streak and he has points in 14 of his last 15 games. [Highlights] [Gillies Vs Johnson] [Gentile Vs Mullen]
Bridgeport Twitters
For those of you who are on twitter and might be interested, this is a list of twitter names of Bridgeport players.
David Ullstrom
Dylan Reese
Steven Olesky
Brett Gallant
Tyler McNeely
Rhett Rhakhshani
Aaron Ness
Sean Backman
Justin DiBenedetto
Matt Donovan
Kevin Poulin
Natural Born Kirills
Kirill Petrov played 3 games this week and scored 1 goal and 2 assists; on the season he has 15 goals, 11 assists for 26 points in 48 games.
Kirill Kabanov had no points in 2 games this week. In 35 games he has 16 goals, 21 assists.
CHL
Ryan Strome is still out, but should be back soon. Mitchell Theoret had 1 assist in 3 games.
John Persson had a goal and 2 assists in 3 games this week for the Red Deer. In 51 games played he has 19 goals and 28 assists.
Brenden Kichton had a goal and 2 assists in 4 games this week. He was also named 3rd star of the night for his 1 goal, 1 assist game against Seattle. In 51 games he has 12 goals and 41 assists.
Not only did Andrei Pedan not get a penalty in one of his two games this week, he actually notched himself an assist. In 42 games he has 7 goals, 15 assists and 104 PIM. [Highlight including Pedan Assist]
Hit the Books*: NCAA
*Eaton 601 is popular
Anders Lee had 2 assists as Notre Dame split their series with Bowling Green this weekend. One of Lee's assists was on Robbie Russo's goal in the Saturday night game. Lee has 14 goals and 15 assists and Russo has 4 goals and 10 assists as both players hit the 30 game mark.
Brock Nelson and North Dakota were off this weekend. Nelson has 19 goals and 12 assists in 27 games.
Jason Clark played one of two games for Wisconsin this weekend, no points. He has 0 points through 15 games.
No points this weekend for Scott Mayfield whose Denver team split the weekend with Colorado College. Mayfield has 6 points through 27 games.
Cody Rosen did not play this week.
Finnish Loans & Trust
Mikko Koskinen played 2 games this week. In 17 games he has a 2.25 GAA, .919 SV% and an 8-4-3 record.
Jesse Joensuu has 10 goals and 12 assists through 40 games.
Johan Sundstrom played 3 games this week and had no points. On the season he has 5 goals and 2 assists in 38 games.
A quick note: Brian Day, 2006 6th round pick by the Islanders who graduated Colgate this year (and set some scoring records with them) announced his retirement. He played a short stint with BP to finish last season, and was impressive enough at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) training camp to make the roster. He was sent down to Wheeling of the ECHL for whom he played 10 games. He has a business degree so his after hockey career should be fine.
Interested in learning more about the #1 prospect, Nail Yakupov in the upcoming draft? LHH user Kevin Corey wrote up a short profile and video post you can read here.
49 comments
|
Add comment
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
now
which one of these guys comes up for 2 weeks to replace Hammer
"Brasky once hosted the Grammy's and gave every award to Cory Hardt."
It is possible
As whoever was called up would be an emergency replacement and thus not subject to Waivers either coming up or going down.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
by Mark D on Feb 5, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
that may depend on the status of Jurcina
If Jurcina is available to play, i would think that “emergency” status in not reached. It might be time to bring up Wishart regardless of waiver status.
The “D” needs some size and he is most likely the best candidate for a long term role this year. they have healthy roster room to scratch him if necessary.
If they don’t do it soon they are going into July with the same question mark they had last summer. I was actually under the impression that Wishart was on the team in September, until that night he and Reese tango’d up a goal.
I think one tango is worth three NHL SNOW ANGELS.. so he needs to be replacing Staios shortly. Staios is not a question mark. If they were to sign him next year they’d pretty much be getting the same level of production, if not slightly less. Maybe the only PRO in favor of reese at this point is he shoots RH.
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
@JPinVA
by JPinVA on Feb 5, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Any chance we see Kitchon either in Bridgeport or on the Island next year?
Why yes, I do have a man crush on Bailey and Martin, and no, I don't care what you think about it
Hope so
He’s going to be 20. But I guess it might depend on who is still in Bridgeport next year. 2 of the current defenseman should be replacements for Eaton, Staios and Mottau. Then you have Katic/Wishart/Jurcina who are all on the bubble when it comes to retaining them. Donovan should definitely get the call up next year to be one of the replacements, and then it’s possibly between De Haan and Ness. That’s if the team decides to not use Katic or Wishart to start the year in the NHL.
So you have in the NHL Streit/Jurcina Mac/Hammer Donovan/??? (or UFA). If that’s how it ends up and the Isles keep Katic and Wishart, you’d have those two and De Haan/Ness. So your looking at someone coming in and just being a 3rd pairing. I don’t think the Isles want to have one of their young guys being on the 3rd pairing in BP, so they could want Kichton to stay in JRs if possible.
And I also forgot Reese in this whole scenario.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Do you have
info on the unsigned college graduates who should be coming available soon? Any of them look worth a flier?
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
heh
Whoever wins the Hoby Baker.
But truthfully I have no idea.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Hobey Baker
3 of the last 5 winners were undrafted UFAs after College.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
We already have Mottau
Hobey Bakerfor the win
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
Lighthouse Hockey - a beacon of greatness on the rocky coast of sports blog mediocrity
Non-hockey scribblings at nightflyblog
Actually
We’ve had a bunch of them. Krog, Mottau, Ryan Duncan(Was given a BP tryout), Kip Miller and Tom Kurvers. 5 of them in 30 years, and that’s without me checking every single player
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
!!!
Had no idea about Kurvers and Krog. Miller, vaguely. Duncan, I don’t know that I’d count if BPT gave him the TO (he would still have to sign an NHL contract, and it wouldn’t be with the Isles necessarily).
Still, that’s a lot of Ty Detmers skating around.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
Lighthouse Hockey - a beacon of greatness on the rocky coast of sports blog mediocrity
Non-hockey scribblings at nightflyblog
"Ty Detmers"
Nice.
And poor Koy Detmer. “Oh, are you that Heisman winner who flopped?”
“No.”
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Don't know about College
But there is one undrafted guy named Mike Halmo that is scoring goals and getting PIMs like crazy in the OHL.
Surprised about Day
He really didn’t give it much of a try at all. He basically played 20 games and had 8 points between BPT last year and the ECHL this year. I thought he played reasonably well on his 10 game BPT trial. I guess Colgate grads have some decent options though…better than a bus and getting your face punched in.
Neil Smith @bigdealneil94 @KeithLHHockey @craigjbutton hey keith GFY
Website:Lighthouse HockeyTwitter: @KeithLHHockey
I was surprised
BP didn’t keep him. I mean 5 points in 10 games for how bad BP was last year wasn’t bad.
I think if he had stayed in BP he would still be playing as he’s originally from Massachusetts and Colgate wasn’t too far away either.
But being stuck in Wheeling, West Virginia might have been an all new experience for him. I’ve had 3 different friends who have lived in West Virginia for a portion of their life and they all describe it as hell. So I can’t blame him, he probably just wanted to go back home.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Your friends
surely haven’t been to the northern part of Sweden during winter months.
by DavidSweden on Feb 5, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
New Chamber of Commerce Slogans For Northern Sweden
Mark D.
“. . . they all describe it as hell.”
DavidSweden:
“Your friends surely haven’t been to the northern part of Sweden during winter months.”
Slogans:
“Northern Sweden, Where Hell Freezes Over”.
Or, “Northern Sweden, We’re Even Worse Than West Virginia.”
I think the issue
was his CPI.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
KK
Sounds like a disappointing year? 1 ppg sounds a bit low for a high prospect, his age, playing in the Q.
It's better then last season
and about on par with his playoff explosion last year.
Remember that KK has missed camp and a chunk of the early season with his teams these last two years.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Hope he....
does well in next years training camp. With everyone guessing who will and won’t be on the roster next year KK seems to be an afterthought. It would be great if he surpasses Strome (at least for next year) and makes the Isles decisions harder. This will only help to reinforce the farm team and push everyone ahead of them knowing their roster spots aren’t a given.
In loving memory;Dad thanks for making us Islanders fans, ACC 1918-2011
If the isles mature as an organization....
we won’t see ryan Strome until 2013-14. They really need to stop the bailey, nino cycle. They will have a solid inventory of NHL vets, AHL vets and rookies, and some kids who can get much better playing time in junior next year. There is no reason to have Strome in the NHL unless he’s going to be the second line center… and that is just not happening.
Kabanov will most likely be in BPT. I’d be really surprised if they give up on the playoffs again.
Nielsen and Parentau are a much better option than Strome and anybody else in next year’s crop of rookies.
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
@JPinVA
He's got
37 points in 35 games and is plus 21
The team has played 52 games and is second. Their top scorer has just around 1 ppg.
KK is doing fine.
Anyone know anything about this Anton Zlobin kid? Where’s he gonna go in June? Looks like he’s Moscow Dynamo property in the KHL, but draft here eligible this year.
STOP effin' messin' with my FnGO!!
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Feb 5, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Looks like
he’s draft eligible for this upcoming draft.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
KK
was named as one of the disappointments in a recent Hockeysfuture.com article. Don’t know how much to put into that though.
But he’s playing on one of the arguable best teams in a high scoring junior league and his production has slowed down as of late. Not sure he’s playing on the top line getting 1st PP minutes.
I think the problem is
that a lot of people still consider KK as if he was selected in the 1st round as compared to a work in progress in the 3rd. Kabanov goes hot and cold, and when he’s hot it’s so good it makes the cold periods that much worse. But I think he’s been consistent enough this year to have a promising future. Plus he hasn’t gotten himself into any trouble which is always good and he’s stayed healthy.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
True that
I guess his playoff with Lewiston last season raised the expectations for me. Not saying a point per game is bad, it’s just (as you say) it seems he has one of those cold periods lately.
Agreed on the part that he has stayed out of trouble.
I've always believed Kabby has a bit of the Claude Lemieux factor in him
disapear at times during regular season, come playoffs or games that matter, he is one of the best on the ice
by CanadianIsleslifer on Feb 5, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
He was scoring a lot more early on
For his age, and alleged talent level, I’d expect a lot more points than where he is now. Not sure what it says overall, but we probably shouldn’t be expecting a potential 30 goal scorer, if that’s what people had originally been thinking.
Rec'd. Exactly this. Kabanov should be putting up noticably better numbers then he has.
And for all the reasons you said. “Top line” offensive talents, his age, etc. I still think he has that o-upside, it’s just that he’s as inconsistent as Comeau was, or even more inconsistent it seems. It wasn’t a high-risk pick, so whatever happens is fine. But to say he’s dissappointing with his numbers given his talent level and age is absolutely correct.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
"John Tavares(a top 10 forward in the NHL)"-Neil Greenberg
I'm betting we need to accept lower expectations
Unless he’s an unconventional type of late bloomer, he’s probably just a nice piece instead of a “once was near the top of his draft year” type of prospect.
Everyone raves about his hands and offensive vision, so I bet it will all ride on how well his defensive game develops.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Yeah, he may forever just be one of those hot and cold guys That is a solid middle 6/bottom 6 guy if his defense pans out, but very inconsistent.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
"John Tavares(a top 10 forward in the NHL)"-Neil Greenberg
I dunno
Nineteen is not really that old to be making a big jump. I could see him taking major strides next year and eventually becoming a 25g, 60p guy in the NHL at 24 or 25.
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
Lighthouse Hockey - a beacon of greatness on the rocky coast of sports blog mediocrity
Non-hockey scribblings at nightflyblog
The jury is still out
I feel bad for all of these jury members, missing years of their everyday lives because hockey prospects take so long to develop!
"The reader of this sentence exists only while reading me."
by North Dakota Red Eagle on Feb 6, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Donovan v Pouliot
It looks like dr defense passes another test. he has the strength and balance to handle himself with a AAAA player. Not that fighting will be a key part of Donovan’s role, but you want to know that he has a line, and can handle himself if that line should be crossed. Reese has shown it, and most kids that come up through the junior ranks show it… but the NCAA prospects still need a pop quiz once in a while.
While researching Pouliot I found that he is kinda like Edmonton’s Robert Nilsson.. odd that they had both at one time. edmonton swapped their first round pick for two lower picks in 2003. Their 17th overall became Zach Parise… Pouliot is fighting with Matt Donovan in AHL games. They also got 2nd rounder Jean-francios jacques. They did get 4 first names for 1… but in the end….WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
@JPinVA
As usual... nicely done Webby!
Some FEB thoughts:
1. I am not a big proponent of this style of appointment fisticuffs, but with the recent official blindness of justice it might be time for a dose of Hale’s of Justice! Kind of a thank you for coming to the home fans… and a little pop in the pay envelope for haley. He desreves that much. It may keep him interested in staying around… and we need somebody to love [that way].
2. That might be the most difinitive picture of Justin Dibenedetto I have seen to date. You start itching… first your hands, then your arms… your genitals start to burn.. you are in between periods, everybody’s at their locker and you know somebody put itching powder on your clothes while you were in gym.. and you have a pretty good suspicion of who it was… you turn… and this is the face you see.
3. Donovan, Wishart, Ullstrom, Haley: these are the four Sound tigers I think we see by the end of the short month.
4. Rolston, Pandolfo, Mottau(INJ) and Wallace. The victims of the roster shake up. Wallace has earned another two-way if he can’t get a one way somewhere else. The rest have seen the end of their Islander careers.
5. It’s February and the Islanders are playing very good hockey again. the sound tigers are playing great. Any chance they extend Thompson. I would assume that cappy’s on a three year deal with next year being the make/break line… but Thompson has done a great job with the kids… especially the freshman defense.
6. Brock Nelson may be the perfect fit in BPT next year. If Lee should opt out of ND (highly unlikely), Kabby keeps it in the fairway and Petrov takes the chance on bus rides and $50 per diem’s, you’d have to like BPT for division champs and Calder contenders. The other big decision would be on Kichton. I figure him for a late season BPT ATO and the start of his ELC next year. It would be nice if they had a Mayfield and Pedan around a little earlier, but the Islander Prospect World is a very nice place right now. very nice indeed.
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
@JPinVA
A good reason to extend Thomoson
May be because of his connection to the ECHL (Alska Aces in particular). If the Isles continue to make a go of it without an affiliate, he may have some pull getting players spots.
I’m pretty sure they just sent either Olson or Gallant to the Aces a week or so ago. I doubt that’s a coincidence especially considering the Klementyev to Idaho thing.
Not that Alaska is better or worse than Idaho, but I think that your coach can at least say “hey, I know these guys, you’ll get playing time and they’ll take care of you until you get back here”.
Neil Smith @bigdealneil94 @KeithLHHockey @craigjbutton hey keith GFY
Website:Lighthouse HockeyTwitter: @KeithLHHockey
by Keith Quinn on Feb 5, 2012 4:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
maybe Klem would have gone to AK...
he’d have been able to see home from his backyard.
I believe in ELI! Go Blue!
@JPinVA
by JPinVA on Feb 5, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd
Like my faith in our political system.
by afrosupreme on Feb 5, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Cizikas
is this year’s Hamonic – a smart two-way player (+22 on a team that went through some really bad stretches)
he just hasn’t been fortunate enough to have been called up due to injuries
bring him up now
I would rather
see Ullström getting the chance again. Looked promising last call up. Cizikas learning a lot down there and his time will come (next season).
I'd rather Cizikas as the next call-up for exactly why you said: a 2-way defensively responsible forward.
Defense is always the big thing with forwards, and if they can play solid D, whatever they bring on offense is cake. And it looks like Cizikas has the nice package of good D and nice o-upside.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
"John Tavares(a top 10 forward in the NHL)"-Neil Greenberg
Watching the Rangers Flyers game this afternoon, I really hope we call up Haley for tomorrow.
-Talbot slew footed a ranger D today and almost injured him.
-Talbot crosschecked Callahan from behind and then pulled him down later (leading to Callahan to much deservedly crosschecking Talbot back while on the ground)
-Rinaldo facewashed multiple Rags today
-Rinaldo charged multiple Rags today
-Rinaldo slew footed/blatantly tripped Parise yesterday.
-Sesito was an ass and fought 3 times today
We really need some toughness for Tuesday’s game, and it sucks that Hamonic just went down and we may not have Juice. Flyers are gonna be pissed coming off that beating from the Rags, and they got dirty last game and it will likely carry over. Please please please bring up Haley. I know it may not make a difference in the score, but after seeing Flyers take runs at multiple top guys on the Rags, we need Haley tuesday.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
"John Tavares(a top 10 forward in the NHL)"-Neil Greenberg
I am happy camper...
Big Blue, baby!
If only my Isles could make me this proud..
Some, day, some day….
by KO21 on Feb 5, 2012 11:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Your team just won it all
And you should be drunk in spirit if not reality. So all fails at this time are excused. ;)
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Something to say? Choose one of these options to log in.
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Lighthouse Hockey
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
Featured Stories
Islanders Schedule
In Association With
Latest Puck Daddy - NHL from Yahoo! Sports
- Who are the Non-Smythe candidates for the Devils, Kings?
- End is near for Rick Nash, Blue Jackets as trade discussions set to resume
- Why the Devils and the Kings are evidence the Capitals shouldn’t trade Alex Ovechkin
- Eulogy: Remembering the 2011-12 New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup Final: 5 keys for New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings
Latest stories and headlines from NHL.com
- Shawinigan wins Memorial Cup in OT
- Cataractes forward Chaput wins Memorial Cup MVP award after putting up 12 points
- Knights' impressive run comes up just short in Memorial Cup final
- Zlobin's overtime goal lifts Cataractes over Knights in Memorial Cup final
- Zlobin's overtime goal lifts Cataractes over Knights in Memorial Cup final
SBNation.com Recent Stories
1979-80
Source: Uploaded by user via NYIslanders on Pinterest
May 24, 1980: Tonelli to Nystrom. At long last, the steady build of the New York Islanders from expansion doormat to surprise semifinalist to annual contender reaches the promised land: Buoyed by a late season trade for Butch Goring that gave the team the depth up the middle GM Bill Torrey had been seeking, the Islanders knock off the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.
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.
1980-81
Source: Uploaded by user via NYIslanders on Pinterest
May 21, 1981: This time it was much easier. After falling to "only" 91 points in the 1979-80 season, the Islanders returned to their division title tradition, piling up 110 points -- a whole 13 points over second-place Philadelphia.
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.
1981-82
Source: Uploaded by user via NYIslanders on Pinterest
May 16, 1982: Another year, another landslide title. The Islanders won the Patrick Division by a whopping 26 points over the second-place Rangers, and were seven points clear of their nearest competition for the President's Trophy, the still-not-quite-ripe Edmonton Oilers.
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.
1982-83
Source: Uploaded by user via NYIslanders on Pinterest
May 17, 1983: Not so fast, whipper-snappers. The Edmonton Oilers' steadily rising challenge for league supremacy took them all the way to the finals for the first time, where the New York Islanders summarily dispatched them in a four-game sweep. For the Islanders, the Dynasty was secured. For the Oilers, it was a powerful lesson in where talent ends and the demands of playoff hockey begin.
Four years, four Cups, 16 consecutive playoff series wins (a record that would grow to 19 until the rematch with the Oilers the following year). Mike Bossy scored 60 goals yet again, and Wayne Gretzky became acquainted with Billy Smith's crease.
