The New York Islanders and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hamilton Hammers, have signed goaltender Henrik Tikkanen to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
The New York Islanders have re-signed Henrik Tikkanen to a one-year, two-way contract, the club announced Friday afternoon. Tikkanen, 25, split the 2025-26 season between the AHL’s Bridgeport Islanders and the ECHL’s Worcester Railers.
Worcester Railers goaltender Henrik Tikkanen has been named the ECHL Goaltender of the Week for November 17th-23rd. In three games last week, Tikkanen posted a 3-0 record with a 0.97 GAA, .965SV%, and one shutout.
The Norfolk Admirals welcomed the Worcester Railers to Norfolk Scope on Wednesday night (Oct. 30) for the first of three games this week. The Admirals skated away with a 3-1 win, which saw them control most of the game.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
For a lot of New York Islanders fans, the Tuesday night (Sept. 24) preseason 6-4 loss was a flashback and not the good type. It brought back memories of blown leads from last season and none more notable than the Stadium Series collapse to the same New York Rangers that beat them again.
The New York Islanders, after playing an extremely solid first 50 and change minutes at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday Night, utterly collapsed. They lost 6-4 after leading the New York Rangers 4-1 with less than seven minutes to play.
New York Islanders announced Friday that they have signed goaltender Henrik Tikkanen and forward Alex Jefferies to two-year, entry-level contracts that begin in 2024-25.
The Bridgeport Islanders took on the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Sunday (March 10) at home at Total Mortgage Arena. The Islanders were looking for their first five-game winning streak of the season in the matchup, which was a pivotal one as the Phantoms sit one spot ahead of them in the Atlantic Division of the American Hockey League (AHL).
It is no secret to those who follow the Bridgeport Islanders that they have struggled to find any momentum to speak of this season. They currently have the fewest points in the American Hockey League (AHL), and they have struggled to score all season.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Bridgeport Islanders took on the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday (Feb. 10) at home in the first of six matchups between these two teams. The game was a duel between the two teams’ goaltenders, as Henrik Tikkanen and Parker Gahagen both stopped over 30 shots on goal in a game that went to a shootout tied at one.
The Bridgeport Islanders were hitting on all cylinders on Friday (Feb. 2). For the second time in three days, they were able to get the win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at home at Total Mortgage Arena by a score of 5-1.
The Bridgeport Islanders lost 3-1 on Jan. 27 to the Providence Bruins in what has been a theme all season. It was their third loss in a row to the Bruins, and the tough defeats keep adding up as they have an 11-24-5 record and are in last place in the Atlantic Division.