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Yesterday I met an Algerian-French woman who remarked that my first name is French. I had to explain that actually, it's not like that, as my name ends in a "k" the way it's often spelled by...

John Tavares exited the World Championships as the leading goal scorer, though his Team Canada bowed out in disappointing fashion to Russia in the quarterfinals.

The Flyers fans singing the "Ole" song during a playoff win is poetic justice for the Habs who hijacked the song.

Islanders centers John Tavares and Frans Nielsen each advanced to the IIHF World Championship quarterfinals, while prospect Travis Hamonic burns to win the Memorial Cup.

Checking in on Islanders properties playing elsewhere: Travis Hamonic's huge hit on Taylor Hall, and Jack Hillen and Kyle Okposo fighting through the relegation round.

A look at second-day stories from the Wilpon/Wang Islanders news, plus the night in NHL action.

The latest round of Islanders' future speculation took off after Jeff Wilpon acknowledged talking with Charles Wang about moving the NHL club to Queens.

John Tavares scored two goals in Canada's 6-1 win over Latvia, while Frans Nielsen continued to shine for Denmark.

Two key Islanders faced off in the IIHF World Championships, with Frans Nielsen's Denmark getting the better of Kyle Okposo's Team USA, 2-1 in overtime.

The latest round of shuffling and rumors in the Coyotes ownership situation sullied a good night of NHL playoff action; Kyle Okposo gets ready to play in front of 76,000 fans.