- List of New York Islanders team captains
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Mark Streit, the team's current captain
The New York Islanders are an American professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, Long Island, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Islanders arrived in Uniondale in 1972, and play their home games at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The franchise has had 13 team captains in its history. Ed Westfall, the team's first, won the Bill Masterton Trophy during his Islanders captaincy;[1] Michael Peca, who won the Frank J. Selke Trophy after the 2001–02 season, and Doug Weight, who won the King Clancy Trophy after the 2010-11 season, are the only other captains to have won an award during their terms.[2][3] Denis Potvin had the longest captaincy, from 1979 through 1987, during which he played 521 regular season games.[4] Bryan McCabe served the shortest length of time—56 regular season games over one season.[5] Just prior to the start of the 2011-12 season, the Islanders named Mark Streit their 13th team captain, the first Swiss-born captain in NHL history.[6]
The Islanders did not assign a new captain for the 1996–97 season after previous captain, Patrick Flatley, was released from his contract.[7] The Islanders also didn't name a captain for the 2000–01 season, for unknown reasons. Despite the 2004–05 NHL Lockout, Michael Peca's term as captain was still valid.[8] Though allowed in the NHL, the Islanders have never given a goaltender the captaincy. There have been only three Islanders' players to hold the captaincy for a single season—Bryan McCabe, Trevor Linden, and Kenny Jonsson—none of whom made it to the playoffs during their term.[5][9][10]
Key
Pos Position D Defenseman F Forward LW Left wing RW Right wing GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty in minutes Captains
Michael Peca was the Islanders' captain from 2001 through 2004.
Bill Guerin was the team captain from 2007 through 2009.Captain Pos Term Regular season stats Playoff stats Ref GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM Ed Westfall RW 1972–77 367 92 151 246 116 37 8 18 26 12 [1] Clark Gillies F 1977–79 155 70 106 176 144 17 3 2 5 26 [11] Denis Potvin D 1979–87 521 136 362 498 622 121 33 68 101 151 [4] Brent Sutter C 1987–92 297 116 138 254 252 11 4 4 8 20 [12] Patrick Flatley RW 1992–96 245 40 106 146 136 15 2 7 9 12 [13] None — 1996–97 — — — — — — — — — — — Bryan McCabe D 1997–98 56 3 9 12 145 — — — — — [5] Trevor Linden C 1998–99 82 18 29 47 32 — — — — — [9] Kenny Jonsson D 1999–2000 130 9 45 54 62 — — — — — [10] None — 2000–01 — — — — — — — — — — — Michael Peca C 2001–05 222 49 93 142 176 15 1 0 1 12 [2] Alexei Yashin C 2005–07 148 46 70 116 112 5 0 0 0 0 [14] Bill Guerin RW 2007–09 142 39 41 80 128 — — — — — [15] Doug Weight C 2009–11 54 3 23 26 18 — — — — — [3] Mark Streit D 2011–Present - - - - - — — — — — [16] References
- General
- "Islanders deal Guerin to Penguins for draft pick". Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-spisles056058219mar05,0,4746235.story. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- Specific
- ^ a b "Ed Westfall". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5692. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ a b "Michael Peca". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4207. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ a b "Doug Weight". The Internet Hockey Database. http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5672. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ a b "Denis Potvin". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4355. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ a b c "Bryan McCabe". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6205. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ Compton, Brian (2011-09-21). "Islanders make Streit first Swiss-born captain". NHL.com. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=589254. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ Stephenson, Colin (1996-07-10). "Isles say buy to Flatley". Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1996/07/10/1996-07-10_isles_say_buy_to_flatley.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ Logan, Greg (2009-03-05). "Islanders deal Guerin to Penguins for draft pick". Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-spisles056058219mar05,0,4746235.story. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ a b "Trevor Linden". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3152. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ a b "Kenny Johnsson". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2591. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Clark Gillies". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1909. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Brent Sutter". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5260. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Patrick Flatley". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1702. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Alexei Yashin". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5819. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Bill Guerin". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2060. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Mark Streit". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=32708. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
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