The Islanders marketing machine has kicked into gear. This year’s slogan is “Islanders Hockey: Make it a Habit!” and they’ve posted a new commercial featuring Coach Nolan to YouTube.com.
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Also the Islanders will be giving away a pair of Opening Night tickets everyday at NewYorkIslanders.com. Click here to signup for your chance to win.
Over the next 28 days, the Islanders will hold daily contests at newyorkislanders.com with the prize consisting of two free Islanders tickets to Opening Night on Saturday, October 6th at 7pm. That means for every one of the upcoming 28 days, you have the chance to walk away with your very own invitations to Opening Night on Saturday, October 6th at 7pm, at the Nassau Coliseum, which is sure to be a classic against the rival Sabres.
Be sure to read the fine print, you’re allowed 1 entry every 24 hours.
Contest Description: Starting at 5pm on Saturday, September 8th, we will give out a pair of tickets every 24 hours until Friday, October 5th (28 days). You may only enter once per 24-hour period (5pm – 5pm), and must fill out the form completely to be eligible. Any incomplete or duplicate entries will be disqualified from the contest for that day. Winners will be notified within 24 hours, or on the following Monday (for Saturday and Sunday drawings). Delivery of tickets will be arranged at time of notification.
No we have not forsaken you, fellow Islanders fans. We are still here, alive and well. Here’s the latest news:
- I scored tickets to the Season Opener and Al Arbour night via Ticketmaster.com on Sunday. The Opener seats are obstructed view, but the Al Arbour night seats were a little better. If you are looking for tickets to these two games, hurry up!
- Following in Garth Snow’s footsteps from last year, backup goalie Mike Dunham has retired and joined the Islanders as a goaltending coach.
- The Islanders and Bruins swapped prospects, the Isles sending Petteri Nokelainen to the Bruins for center Ben Walter and a second-round pick in 2009.
- Alexei Yashin has headed to Russia, but Carol Alt is still in the good ol’ US of A – hanging out at NYC lounges with Rangers’ goalie Henrik Lunqvist. Another tough loss for Alexei, she’s old enough to be Henrik’s mom!
- New Bossy Auction on NHL.com. Bid on a signed 8×10″ photo of The Boss celebrating his 9 straight 50 goal seasons.
- And finally the big exciting news, Islanders training camp opens in just 2 days! You can read camp previews over on NewYorkIslanders.com for the defense, forwards, and goalies.
With the Islanders’ updates out of the way, let’s update you on the site. While the Islanders head to training camp this weekend to sweat, practice, work hard, and live in dorms again…the Islanders Army staff is headed to Vega$ to gamble, drink, and generally live it up for 4 days. Other than some Vega$ odds, I wouldn’t expect any posts from us from Friday until Tuesday. When we return, we will get the site back in gear for the regular season.
The updates around here have been few and far between, that is due to a combination of lack of Islanders news and a lot of personal issues. I took advantage of the lack of news to put Islanders Army on the back-burner and take care of other stuff. I apologize to our readers and promise that we will be bringing you as much, if not more coverage of the Islanders this season as we did last year (500+ posts).
I’ll see you all in the NVMC Parking Lot on 10/6/07!
-murph
