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UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- What a fitting end to the Islanders' 2013 season, that they left the ice with the Nassau Coliseum crowd on its feet -- even after a heartbreaking 4-3 overtime loss to the Penguins in Game 6 -- saluting the team's stellar effort in ...

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- The Islanders are not simply happy to be here. Proving that they can be more than just competitive with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Islanders edged the top seed in the East 6-4 in a wild romp at Nassau Coliseum Tuesday night t...

Matt Martin scored the go-ahead goal with less than seven minutes left in the third period and Evgeni Nabokov made 19 saves to lift the playoff-hopeful New York Islanders to a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

The Islanders needed this one worse. With every small hiccup that has snowballed into a slump and every skid that has become painstakingly magnified because of a lockout-shortened season, the New York Islanders were a desperate team. And they...

Islanders LW Matt Martin sits down with Laura Behnke to talk about the end of the NHL lockout and his excitement for the Islanders upcoming move to Brooklyn:...

Islanders LW Matt Martin sits down with Laura Behnke to talk about the end of the NHL lockout and his excitement for the Islanders upcoming move to Brooklyn....

Add Matt Martin to the mix of players who signed multi-year deals in the 11th hour before the lockout went into effect. The gritty 23-year-old power forward agreed to terms on a four-year deal with the Islanders worth $4 million, a source confirme...

The high school football season in Maine started Aug. 31. Here's a look at how each class shapes up this fall: Class A In the East, Lawrence won the Pine Tree Conference Class A last season and has posted two convincing victories this fall, inclu...

WESTFORD, Mass. -- Test the slide, find the open man and react. Westford Academy coach Matt Tholander may prep his team the same way for every opponent, but his players certainly knew how to attack Weston's zone defense on Thursday. Driven by l...

New York Islanders 2, Kings 1 (OT) Eight keys to the game: THE FACTS: Despite a major shake up to the forward lines, the Kings lack of scoring continued Saturday afternoon in Uniondale, N.Y., as they were held to one goal or fewer for the fourt...

Matt Martin scored his second game-winning goal in his three-year NHL career, and the Islanders shook off a slow start and routed the Lightning 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Yes, Andrew Ference might have broken "the code" and risked the rancor of the rest of the Bruins when he criticized a teammate for a hit. But in this case, it is a code worth breaking.

By now you've likely heard about Mario Lemieux's reaction to the foil-rich, brawl-tastic game between the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins last Friday. Via a statement issued Sunday, Lemieux griped to the media that, "If the events relat...

The NHL suspended Isles forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games and Matt Martin for four and handed the club a $100,000 fine late Saturday night for their actions in a fight-filled win over the Pens.

New York Islanders left wing Matt Martin has been suspended by the NHL for two games for a blind-side check to the head of Phoenix forward Vernon Fiddler.

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