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New York Islanders

The New York Islanders are an NHL team based in Uniondale, NY, which is a city on Long Island in the town of Hempstead in Nassau County. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. They started playing in 1972 and quickly started a leading team that won 4 Stanley Cup championships in a row in the early 1980s. Their home games are played at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The NHL came to Long Island between 1970 and 1974 and the Islanders started showing their presence everywhere they performed. The Islanders’ Dynasty Years are thought to be between 1980 and 1984. They won the Stanley Cup in 1980 and the next 4 years.

In 2000, the Islanders were sold by Milstein and Gluckstern to Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar, who were Computer associates executives. Wang appointed Ted Nolan as coach and Neil Smith as general manager. Smith was released from his position less than a month later and was replaced by Garth Snow. Their most notable players are: Bob Nystron, Brian Trottier, Clark Gillies and Mike Bossy. On November 3, 2007, Al Arbour came back to coach his 1500th game for the team at Ted Nolan’s request. The team came from behind to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins. They slightly shocked their fans, though, in January by staying in the playoff pursuit through the All Star break. An outbreak of late-season injuries, though, including some to star goalie Rick DiPietro and 11 others, condemned their chances as a lingering losing streak saw them fall to the 5th worst record in the NHL by the end of the season.