Andrew Gross
Reporter at Newsday
Covering Isles for https://t.co/C31Sfe0pmN. Ex-Rangers and Devils reporter. I like playing drums. Loudly, if not well. Host of the award-winning Island Ice podcast
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Andrew Gross
Seconds before the tears flowed and he choked up thinking about what almost certainly is his last home game as an Islander, Matt Martin smiled and acknowledged his wife would be pleased that he indeed will be dealing with some extra emotions before, during and after Tuesday night’s match against the Capitals at UBS Arena. “A little bit, for sure,” Martin said after the Islanders’ morning skate. “Sydney will be happy about that. She’s been on me a little bit about how I’m not emotional enough.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Andrew Gross
Tuesday night’s home finale for the playoff-eliminated Islanders is anything but a meaningless game. It is almost certainly Matt Martin’s last game at UBS Arena wearing an Islanders’ sweater, even if he’s not ready to announce that. And the heart-and-soul fourth-liner, who for so long set the team’s hard-working on-ice identity with former linemates Casey Cizikas and Cal Clutterbuck, deserves all the applause and respect the UBS Arena crowd can muster when the Islanders face the Capitals.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Andrew Gross
NEWARK, N.J. — Their playoff chase officially ended less than 24 hours earlier, but that did not stop the Islanders from putting Ilya Sorokin back in their lineup following the franchise goalie’s two-game absence for a lower-body injury. “We’re never going to quit,” coach Patrick Roy said before the match when asked about the decision. “There’s nobody in this dressing room that will ever quit. These guys care and we’re all super disappointed, don’t get me wrong here.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Andrew Gross
PHILADELPHIA — The Islanders’ playoff chase officially came to a close. They lost 4-3 in a five-round shootout to the Flyers on Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center and, with three games remaining, can no longer catch the Canadiens for the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot. Bo Horvat’s goal with one minute left in regulation gave the Islanders a chance to stay alive but Bobby Brink’s shootout goal decided it.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Andrew Gross
Perhaps this was the way it was always meant to be given the disappointing seasons the Islanders and Rangers have had that mirrored each other in various ways.
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Franklin Square's Shane Pinto with two goals as Sens top visiting Canadiens 5-2, keeping #Isles and #NYR still mathematically alive. One point either gained by Habs or lost by either team seals playoff elimination Saturday sked: Isles at Philly Rangers at Carolina Habs at Toronto
Canadiens down 2-0 midway through the first. That means very little given the way they’ve been playing. If they gain a point tonight, both #Isles and #NYR are eliminated.
RT @NewsdaySports: That was quite a game last night between the #Isles and the #NYR. Here to discuss it on the #IslandIcePodcast are @AGros…