KYLE OKPOSO RUMORS & GOSSIP

New York Islanders forward Kyle Okposo scored twice to help the United States beat France 7-2 on Friday in the first game of the world hockey championships. Jack Johnson, Bobby Ryan, Max Pacioretty, Jim Slater and Jeff Petry also scored for the Americans in the Group A game. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Nicolas Besch scored for France. The United States will face Canada on Saturday...

NHL Fantasy Hat Trick Playoff Bound Edition April 1st, 2012 This is a fantasy hockey based weekly blog, where I will feature 3 hot and 3 cold players each week, every weekend. So that you can use my suggestions, update and prepare your fantasy teams accordingly for the coming week. This week I am featuring three players from the New York Islanders who have been on a tear as of late...

Uniondale, NY -- It was a night of first for several Islanders on Thursday night. Marty Reasoner scored his first goal as an Islander, Kyle Okposo hit a career high 20 goals in a season and Josh Bailey had his highest points total in his career. This all coming on the same night the Islanders beat the Penguins, one of the best teams in the NHL, 5-3 at Nassau Coliseum. It was the...

Kyle Okposo scored the game's only goal and Anders Nilsson stopped 24 shots for his first NHL victory and the New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Sunday. With the victory, the Islanders (28-29-9) moved within five points of Winnipeg for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot. New Jersey (36-24-5) remains at 77 points. The teams played a scoreless...

The story of Jack Jablonski, a prep hockey star from Minnesota, has shocked and saddened the hockey community. Jablonski was paralyzed after he was accidentally checked from behind during a Holiday Hockey Classic Tournament on Friday night against Wayzata (Minn.) High. The 16-year-old hockey star was rushed to Hennepin County Medical Center and under went surgery this morning to...

Uniondale, NY -- The Islanders featured different line combinations in their 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames. The new top line of Matt Moulson, John Tavares and Kyle Okposo, who were the Islanders strongest line all night, highlighted the new line combinations. The new lines also included Rolston being paired with Nielsen and Parenteu; Bailey with Grabner and Martin and Niederreiter...

It's the Holiday season, I'm on the couch and the Isles are on the ice. Matt Martin has been moved up to the third line and Kyle Okposo has been moved to the first. Let's get the party started here. Tonight is the return of Blake Comeau who said he is dealing with a lot of emotions coming back to the Coliseum. Things have worked out well for him in Calgary, so...

The home coming for Kyle Okposo was outdone by the home coming of Andrew MacDonald scoring his second goal of the season in his first game back after missing seven. At 11:13 of the second period MacDonald put the Islanders on the board 1-0. John Tavares assed his 15th assist point and Moulson his 9th. Things were going well. Shots on goal were 9 - 5 in the first period, but increased...

Uniondale, NY – It’s safe to say that Kyle Okposo may be most thankful for breaking his scoring drought last night against the Philadelphia Flyers this Thanksgiving. Okposo scored two goals and had an assist in the 4-3 loss at the Nassau Coliseum. Up till last night Okposo had not scored a goal since March 22 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. “I felt good tonight and that’s...

from Arthur Staple of Newsday, Kyle Okposo acknowledged all the things that have been obvious to those around the Islanders this season: He’s pressing and his confidence is not where it needs to be. And that sitting out Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to the Rangers was a low for him in his three-plus NHL seasons. “I know what I have to do,” Okposo said after the team...