Defending Big D, a Dallas Stars community

He gave his all every time he hit the ice. In John Tonelli's final forgotten season, that ice was in Chicago and Quebec.

Greg Prato's oral history of the New York Islanders dynasty becomes the definitive history of the legendary team that won four consecutive Stanley Cups and 19 consecutive playoff series.

The Islanders were the NHL's last true dynasty. Now, with the team moving to Brooklyn in 2015, its crystal clear that Nassau County itself did more damage to the dynasty than any other team ever could.

The Dallas Stars celebrated their win over the New York Islanders by taking to Twitter and other news and notes around the NHL.

Eric Nystrom makes a rare appearance at the arena where his father led the Islanders to a dynasty and other news and notes from around the NHL.

Islanders 2008 pick Travis Hamonic gets to play for the Memorial Cup at home Sunday, in his last game before turning pro.

In 1975, in their third season of existence and first-ever playoffs, the Islanders pull off a feat that has yet to be repeated: They came back to win a best-of-seven series after trailing the Penguins 3-0. What's more, they almost did it twice.