| The New York (NY) Islanders is one of the two ice | | | | first berth in the playoffs, the NY Islanders beat their |
| hockey teams from New York. The NY Islanders | | | | fiercest rivals, the New York Rangers, in the very |
| were formed to block the upstart New York Raiders | | | | first round in the best of three games, when they |
| of the World Hockey Association (WHA), and the | | | | scored the winning goal in the 11 seconds into the |
| WHA itself from placing its team at the newly | | | | extra session. |
| constructed Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in | | | | They followed this stunning performance with |
| Nassau County. Officials of the Nassau County | | | | another more stunning performance in the second |
| wanted nothing to do with WHA, which they did not | | | | round. Down three games in the best of seven |
| consider to be a professional league. They sought the | | | | games series to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the NY |
| help of William Shea, who had brought the New York | | | | Islanders came back with another inspired |
| Mets to the area. Shea, with the help of the then | | | | performance to win the next four games, and the |
| NHL president - Clarence Campbell - had a franchise | | | | round. The only time when such a feat was |
| awarded to Roy Boe, a clothing manufacturer and | | | | performed by any North American professional |
| owner of American Basketball Association's New | | | | sports team was by the Toronto Maple Leafs in |
| York Nets, to form another team in the NHL league. | | | | 1941-42, and by the Boston Red Sox - nearly 30 |
| Expecting to be named the Long Island Ducks, the | | | | years later in 2004. |
| team was surprisingly named the New York Islanders. | | | | They nearly repeated the stunning display in the third |
| Playing in the Atlantic Division of the NHL, the NY | | | | round, coming from 3-nil down to equalize in six |
| Islanders are based at Uniondale, New York. | | | | games, and then losing the seventh deciding game to |
| Starting their life in the league in 1972, they won their | | | | the eventual Stanley Sup winners, the Philadelphia |
| first Stanley Cup, the Championship Trophy of the | | | | Flyers. |
| NHL, in the 1979-80 season, and followed this up with | | | | The Tickets |
| three more trophies, consecutively in the 1980-81, | | | | If you wish to procure your NY Islanders tickets for |
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| Trophy is awarded to the Eastern Conference | | | | games, they are not easy to come by. |
| (formerly the Wales Conference) playoff champions. | | | | You can certainly purchase your NY Islanders tickets |
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