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On the other hand, a WHA team would owe the Rangers nothing unless it was included in a potential NHL–WHA merger, a prospect to which both Campbell and Jennings were adamantly opposed. Another local NHL team would be compelled to compensate the Rangers for sharing the New York area. Rangers' president Bill Jennings weighed pros and cons. Eventually, Campbell and Shea persuaded the Rangers' owners, Madison Square Garden, to reconsider. Nevertheless, the Islanders' bid faced opposition from the New York Rangers, who did not want additional competition in the New York area. In contrast, Shea decided there was no need to work with the WHA since unlike the initial results of his previous approaches to established leagues in the other major sports, Shea immediately found NHL president Clarence Campbell to be receptive to adding a second team in New York. William Shea played a major role in bringing a hockey team to Long Island. Although Shea had previously worked with upstart rival leagues including the aborted Continental League, the American Football League and the American Basketball Association, his ultimate goal in these efforts had always been to try to persuade the established leagues to grant second franchises to New York as had been the case with the Mets (and also with the New York Jets and New York Nets, as a result of those teams' leagues merging with their established rivals). William Shea, who had helped bring Major League Baseball's New York Mets to the area a decade earlier, was enlisted to bring an NHL team to Long Island. County officials did not consider the WHA a major league and wanted to keep the Raiders out.
In fall 1972, the emerging World Hockey Association (WHA) planned to place its New York team, the New York Raiders, in Nassau County's brand-new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. History The NHL heads to Long Island (1972–1974) Post-dynasty players Pat LaFontaine, Roberto Luongo and Pierre Turgeon were also inducted. Ten former members of the Islanders have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, seven of whom- Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Bryan Trottier, coach Al Arbour, and general manager Bill Torrey-were members of all four Cup-winning teams. Their new arena near Belmont Park was opened in 2021. The Islanders played all their home games in the 2020–21 season at Nassau Coliseum. In the 2018––20 seasons, the Islanders split their home games between Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum. After years of failed attempts to rebuild or replace Nassau Coliseum in suburban Long Island, the Islanders relocated to Barclays Center in Brooklyn following the 2014–15 season.
ISLANDERS LIGHTNING SERIES
Their woes were reflected on the ice, as the team has not won a division title since 1987–88, and went 22 seasons without winning a playoff series prior to the 2016 playoffs.
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They are the last team in any major professional North American sport to win four consecutive championships, and to date the last NHL team to win more than two consecutive Stanley Cup championships.įollowing the team's dynasty era, the franchise ran into problems with money, ownership and management, an aging arena, and low attendance. Their 19 consecutive playoff series wins between 19 is a feat that remains unparalleled in the history of professional sports. The Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cup championships between 19, the seventh of eight dynasties recognized by the NHL in its history. After two years of building up the team's roster, they found almost instant success by securing 14 straight playoff berths starting with their third season. The team was founded in 1972 as part of the NHL's maneuvers to keep a team from rival league World Hockey Association (WHA) out of the newly built Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in suburban Uniondale, New York. The Islanders are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers, and their fanbase resides primarily on Long Island. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, and play their home games at UBS Arena. The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York.
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