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Islanders Prospect Ryan Pilon Quits Hockey?
People from around the hockey world are reacting to the strange story out of Brandon, Canada. Islanders prospect Ryan Pilon, who is an 18-year-old defenceman, ‘lost his passion to play’ and left the Brandon Wheat Kings, the junior hockey team he played for. Pilon, who was just drafted by the Islanders in the 2015 NHL Draft just a few months ago, was selected 147th overall. For more on this strange story, read Kelly Friesen of Yahoo Sports’ piece. [Yahoo Sports]
Johnny Boychuk Impressed With Barclays Centre
A recent tweet from Johnny Boychuk displays his excitement with the new Barclays Centre: #letsgetstarted
Went to the @barclayscenter today and got the grand tour for the facilities for @NYIslanders. It is looking good! #letsgetstarted
— Johnny Boychuk (@joboych) September 4, 2015
Here is a little video of them setting up the new ice at the Barclays Centre:
The ice is set. pic.twitter.com/LhXOfhydzt
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) September 1, 2015
The capacity for ice hockey games at the Barclays Centre will actually be quite a bit less than what the capacity for basketball is. Here is a little rundown of the capacity numbers for each type of showing:
Concert: 19,000
Basketball: 17,732
Hockey: 15,795
When opened, Barclays Centre will be the 44th largest ice hockey arena in the world. Only the MTS Centre in Winnipeg is smaller. The Lanxess Arena in Germany, the O2 Arena in Czech Republic, and the PostFinance Arena in Switzerland are the only ice hockey arenas outside of North America that are larger than the Barclays Centre.
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Report: Isles third jersey will feature “altered” NY crest <a href=”http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH”>http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH</a></p>— IslandersPointBlank (@IslandersPB) <a href=”https://twitter.com/IslandersPB/status/639519388488433664″>September 3, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Report: Isles third jersey will feature “altered” NY crest <a href=”http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH”>http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH</a></p>— IslandersPointBlank (@IslandersPB) <a href=”https://twitter.com/IslandersPB/status/639519388488433664″>September 3, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Report: Isles third jersey will feature “altered” NY crest <a href=”http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH”>http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH</a></p>— IslandersPointBlank (@IslandersPB) <a href=”https://twitter.com/IslandersPB/status/639519388488433664″>September 3, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Report: Isles third jersey will feature “altered” NY crest <a href=”http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH”>http://t.co/xqK4DgNYaH</a></p>— IslandersPointBlank (@IslandersPB) <a href=”https://twitter.com/IslandersPB/status/639519388488433664″>September 3, 2015</a></blockquote>
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