The Islanders' crazy turkey week is just getting started. Next, the Capitals come to Nassau on Wednesday for Game 1 of another home-and-home.
Islanders links
- Recaps of The Steve Mason Show: LHH | Newsday | NY Post | Daily News | Islanders | NHL.com | Broad Street Hockey
- Eric Hornick's Skinny includes this: "The Isles have won nine of their last ten (9-1-0), matching their best streak in 32 years, and have won 15 times in the first 21 games for the first time in franchise history." Let that sink in for a minute.
- TSN's Scott Cullen calls Ryan Strome the league's most efficient offensive player.
- Strome and Brock Nelson are giving the Islanders the best kind of production: the cheap kind. [PHT]
- Nick Leddy personifies the Islanders rise in the standings. [Islanders Insight]
- FanPost Frenzy: Commenter m_x_b embarks on a project tracking the Islanders shooting accuracy. | pennst92 has 30 more Islanders thoughts about being thankful. Thanks, guys!
- LIB magazine recounts the weekend Penguins sweep.
- Dom was a guest on SportsTalk1240 on Sunday night talking Islanders and the Metro.
- A recap of the Sound Tigers' not so good weekend. [BST]
- The Oshawa Generals have won eight straight and Michael dal Colle had three points in their win over Owen Sound on Monday. [Durham Region]
Greats sadly gone
The hockey world lost two giants on Monday with the deaths of former coaches Pat Quinn and Viktor Tikhonov.
Quinn was a bruising defenseman who went on to coach the Flyers (to the 1980 Cup final), Kings, Canucks (1994 Cup final), Maple Leafs (two conference finals) and Oilers. "The Big Irishman" was a familiar presence behind the bench and around the rink for decades and there's a special place for him in Toronto and Vancouver especially. [Sportsnet, NHL.com, Bob McKenzie, PPP, Nucks Misconduct]
Tikhonov was the highly-decorated coach of the Soviet team who won Olympic gold and world championships from the late 1970's to the 1990's. On this continent, he's best known as the losing coach in the Miracle on Ice game at Lake Placid in 1980, but that's only one episode in a storied international career. [KHL.com, NY Daily News]
Rest in peace.
Around the NHL
- The Ghost of Free Agents Past Stephen Weiss scored not one but two goals in the Red Wings' win over Senators last night. Between injuries, inconsistency and a demotion, they were his first goals in over a year. [SB Nation]
- I have no idea what's going on with former Senator and Predator Radek Bonk, but I think he came out of retirement and is partying with girls somewhere. [iSport]
- The Litter Box Cats crew talk about what it takes to bring the people of South Florida back to the Panthers.
- Checking in with former Islander and rabbit lover Zenon Konopka, who may have had his last ride in the NHL. [Puck Daddy]
This week's #SloMoMonday featured a bunch of Islanders. And that Tyler Seguin guy, who's also pretty good.