Training Camp & Captain Tavares

Your New York Islanders will open for business this week at NVMC starting with a rookie camp from Sept 6th thru the 10th.  The remainder of the Islanders players arrive on Sept 11th for check-in and team physicals.  Then, the 2013-14 NYI hit the ice as a team at the Barclays Center on Monday, Sept 12th to open the team's first official practices in Brooklyn.

Details are as follows:

Per Dominik at Lighthouse Hockey, "For the Sept. 6-10 prospect camp, the roster includes Calvin de Haan, Matt Donovan, Kirill Kabanov, Anders Lee, Scott Mayfield, Brock Nelson, Anders Nilsson, Andrey Pedan, Ryan Pulock, Griffin Reinhart, Ryan Strome, Johan Sundstrom "and other Islanders prospects."

Per Arthur Staple, " Isles will hold first training camp practice at Barclays Center on 9/12, as per @KMaherNews12. Session in Bklyn is not open to the public .... They will have their new captain in place by the start of camp, I'm told -- @91Tavares will be named early next week."

 

Isles Notes:

Per Isles Booster Club, " Catch @NYIslanders GM, Garth Snow on @IslesSection317's radio show this Sunday at 9:40 pm on @sportsradiony!"  KoC supports Gary Harding and the NYI's Booster Club.

Per Brian Compton, " Former Isles draft pick David Toews has signed with the ECHL's Reading Royals."

NHL Notes:

 

Per Chris Botta, "NHL's 2012 tax filing shows Gary Bettman's salary as $8.3 million. NHL financial data in this week's @SBJSBD."