FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Bo Horvat spoke to reporters on Thursday, along with the rest of the Western Conference All-Stars. But his dais had an Islanders logo on it, a fact he himself was still trying to wrap his head around. “It still hasn’t sunk in, really, yet,” Horvat said, […]
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Rangers’ Adam Fox finally gets All-Star Game shot
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It feels like an error of accounting that Saturday will be the first time Adam Fox skates in an All-Star Game, and indeed, in some ways it is just that. Had there been an All-Star Game in 2021, when this event was originally meant to visit […]
NHL All-Star’s Igor Shesterkin, Ilya Sorokin team up again
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Igor Shesterkin and Ilya Sorokin will be on the same Metropolitan Division team this weekend at the All-Star Game. That also means one of the goalies will be a designated shooter during the Skills Competition on Friday. “I hope [I’m the] shooter,” Sorokin, the Islanders’ netminder, […]
Keeping Bo Horvat may get complicated for the Islanders
On the ice from Long Island Sign up for Inside the Islanders by Ethan Sears, a weekly Sports+ exclusive. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Now that Bo Horvat is an Islander, the goal is to keep him an Islander. Horvat and Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello both said Monday night after […]
How Bo Horvat made himself an NHL star, and the Islanders new hope
Three games into Bo Horvat’s NHL career, his coach threw him right into the fire. The Canucks were getting blown out at the Staples Center that night in November 2014, with the defending-champion Kings up three goals after the first period. At some point, Vancouver coach Willie Desjardins decided he’d […]