1995–96 New York Islanders season

The 1995–96 New York Islanders season saw the Islanders finish in last place with a record of 22–50–10. During the season, team management fired General Manager Don Maloney, whom fans blamed for the team's downfall, and gave Mike Milbury total control of hockey operations as both head coach and general manager.

Offseason

The short-lived "Fisherman" logo

Before the 1995–96 season, Don Maloney fired Lorne Henning and named Mike Milbury head coach. The same year, the Isles' attempt at updating their look resulted in the unveiling of the "fisherman" logo. It proved to be such a disaster that the team announced less than a year after unveiling it that they would go back to their original logo as soon as league rules could allow. Rangers fans still mock the Islanders with chants of "we want fishsticks," a reference to the way the logo resembled the Gorton's fisherman.

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	New York Rangers	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
3	Florida Panthers	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
4	Washington Capitals	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
6	New Jersey Devils	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
7	New York Islanders	82	22	50	10	229	315	54

Eastern Conference^[1]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
3	New York Rangers	ATL	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
7	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	38	32	12	238	248	88

9	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
11	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	33	42	7	247	262	73
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	22	50	10	229	315	54
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 7, 1995	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	0–0–1
2	L	October 10, 1995	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	0–1–1
3	L	October 14, 1995	0–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	0–2–1
4	L	October 15, 1995	3–5	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	0–3–1
5	L	October 17, 1995	1–5	New York Rangers (1995–96)	0–4–1
6	W	October 20, 1995	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	1–4–1
7	L	October 25, 1995	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	1–5–1
8	L	October 26, 1995	5–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	1–6–1
9	T	October 28, 1995	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	1–6–2
10	W	October 31, 1995	5–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	2–6–2
11	L	November 3, 1995	3–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	2–7–2
12	L	November 4, 1995	2–3	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	2–8–2
13	L	November 7, 1995	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	2–9–2
14	L	November 10, 1995	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	2–10–2
15	L	November 11, 1995	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	2–11–2
16	W	November 14, 1995	5–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	3–11–2
17	L	November 16, 1995	2–9	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	3–12–2
18	L	November 17, 1995	1–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	3–13–2
19	W	November 22, 1995	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	4–13–2
20	T	November 24, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	4–13–3
21	L	November 25, 1995	1–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	4–14–3
22	L	November 28, 1995	3–7	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	4–15–3
23	W	November 30, 1995	5–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	5–15–3
24	W	December 2, 1995	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	6–15–3
25	L	December 5, 1995	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	6–16–3
26	L	December 6, 1995	4–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	6–17–3
27	L	December 9, 1995	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	6–18–3
28	W	December 10, 1995	6–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	7–18–3
29	L	December 12, 1995	1–3	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	7–19–3
30	L	December 14, 1995	3–4 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	7–20–3
31	T	December 16, 1995	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	7–20–4
32	L	December 19, 1995	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	7–21–4
33	T	December 21, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	7–21–5
34	W	December 23, 1995	3–1	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	8–21–5
35	T	December 26, 1995	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	8–21–6
36	L	December 27, 1995	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	8–22–6
37	W	December 31, 1995	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	9–22–6
38	T	January 4, 1996	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	9–22–7
39	W	January 6, 1996	5–4	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	10–22–7
40	T	January 9, 1996	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	10–22–8
41	W	January 11, 1996	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	11–22–8
42	W	January 15, 1996	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	12–22–8
43	L	January 17, 1996	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	12–23–8
44	L	January 22, 1996	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	12–24–8
45	L	January 24, 1996	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	12–25–8
46	L	January 26, 1996	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	12–26–8
47	L	January 27, 1996	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	12–27–8
48	W	January 30, 1996	5–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	13–27–8
49	L	February 3, 1996	5–6 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	13–28–8
50	W	February 4, 1996	5–3	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	14–28–8
51	L	February 6, 1996	2–4	New York Rangers (1995–96)	14–29–8
52	L	February 8, 1996	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	14–30–8
53	W	February 10, 1996	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	15–30–8
54	L	February 12, 1996	1–4	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	15–31–8
55	L	February 15, 1996	3–6	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	15–32–8
56	W	February 17, 1996	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	16–32–8
57	W	February 22, 1996	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	17–32–8
58	L	February 23, 1996	2–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	17–33–8
59	W	February 25, 1996	2–0	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	18–33–8
60	L	February 27, 1996	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	18–34–8
61	L	February 29, 1996	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	18–35–8
62	L	March 1, 1996	2–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	18–36–8
63	L	March 3, 1996	5–7	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	18–37–8
64	W	March 5, 1996	5–3	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	19–37–8
65	L	March 7, 1996	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	19–38–8
66	W	March 9, 1996	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	20–38–8
67	L	March 16, 1996	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	20–39–8
68	L	March 17, 1996	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	20–40–8
69	L	March 19, 1996	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	20–41–8
70	L	March 21, 1996	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	20–42–8
71	L	March 23, 1996	2–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	20–43–8
72	L	March 25, 1996	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	20–44–8
73	L	March 26, 1996	1–7	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	20–45–8
74	L	March 30, 1996	1–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	20–46–8
75	L	March 31, 1996	1–4	New York Rangers (1995–96)	20–47–8
76	L	April 2, 1996	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	20–48–8
77	L	April 5, 1996	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	20–49–8
78	W	April 6, 1996	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	21–49–8
79	L	April 8, 1996	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	21–50–8
80	W	April 10, 1996	6–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	22–50–8
81	T	April 12, 1996	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	22–50–9
82	T	April 13, 1996	5–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	22–50–10

Playoffs

The Islanders missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Palffy, ZigmundZigmund Palffy	RW	81	43	44	87	56	-17	17	1	6
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	69	25	45	70	42	-20	14	1	2
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	65	11	36	47	93	-18	7	0	1
McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis	RW	74	12	34	46	39	-11	2	0	1
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	58	24	19	43	60	-12	6	0	2
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi	RW	76	18	21	39	83	-14	4	0	2
Semak, AlexanderAlexander Semak	C	69	20	14	34	68	-4	6	0	2
King, DerekDerek King	LW	61	12	20	32	23	-10	5	1	0
Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson	LW	47	14	12	26	12	-3	3	2	1
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	D	82	7	16	23	156	-24	3	0	1
Flatley, PatrickPatrick Flatley	RW	56	8	9	17	21	-24	0	0	0
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance	D	55	3	10	13	54	-19	1	0	0
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney	C/RW	66	6	6	12	59	-23	0	1	1
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	C	22	2	10	12	6	-6	0	0	0
Luongo, ChrisChris Luongo	D	74	3	7	10	55	-23	1	0	0
Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn	LW	65	1	8	9	180	3	0	0	0
Plante, DanDan Plante	RW	73	5	3	8	50	-22	0	2	0
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	D	46	1	7	8	93	-12	0	0	0
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	15	4	3	7	15	-10	0	0	0
Vasilyev, AndreiAndrei Vasilyev	LW	10	2	5	7	2	4	0	0	1
Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske	D	19	1	6	7	21	-13	1	0	1
Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson	C	16	1	4	5	33	-6	0	0	1
Beers, BobBob Beers	D	13	0	5	5	10	-2	0	0	0
Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong	C	19	1	3	4	14	-6	0	0	0
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	D	16	0	4	4	10	-5	0	0	0
Tichy, MilanMilan Tichy	D	8	0	4	4	8	3	0	0	0
Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno	RW	18	1	2	3	14	-2	0	0	0
Lindros, BrettBrett Lindros	RW	18	1	2	3	47	-6	0	0	0
Pilon, RichRich Pilon	D	27	0	3	3	72	-9	0	0	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	13	1	1	2	0	-4	0	0	0
Vukota, MickMick Vukota	RW	32	1	1	2	106	-3	0	0	0
Darby, CraigCraig Darby	C	10	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Cole, DantonDanton Cole	C/RW	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aivazoff, MicahMicah Aivazoff	C	12	0	1	1	6	-6	0	0	0
Chynoweth, DeanDean Chynoweth	D	14	0	1	1	40	-4	0	0	0
Deuling, JarrettJarrett Deuling	LW	14	0	1	1	11	-1	0	0	0
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	G	24	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herter, JasonJason Herter	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	C	11	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Belanger, KenKen Belanger	LW	7	0	0	0	27	-2	0	0	0
Halkidis, BobBob Halkidis	D	5	0	0	0	30	-3	0	0	0
MacWilliam, MikeMike MacWilliam	LW	6	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Panteleev, GrigoriGrigori Panteleev	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soderstrom, TommyTommy Soderstrom	G	51	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick	D	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Widmer, JasonJason Widmer	D	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Soderstrom, TommyTommy Soderstrom	2590	51	11	22	6	167	3.87	2	1370	1203	.878
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	1234	24	7	12	2	68	3.31	1	659	591	.897
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	636	13	3	9	1	39	3.68	0	342	303	.886
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	523	10	1	7	1	35	4.02	0	250	215	.860
Team:	4983	82	22	50	10	309	3.72	3	2621	2312	.882

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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References

↑ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
↑ "1995-96 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.426, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

External links

Islanders on Hockey Database

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

1995–96 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Rat trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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