Seidenberg Agrees To One-Year Deal

BROOKLYN (September 28, 2016) - The New York Islanders announced today that Dennis Seidenberg has agreed to terms on a one-year deal.

Seidenberg, 35, scored 12 points (one goal, 11 assists) in 61 games with the Boston Bruins last season. It was the Schwenningen, Germany, native's thirteenth National Hockey League season and seventh with the Bruins. Seidenberg won a Stanely Cup Championship with Boston in 2011.

The Philadelphia Flyers selected Seidenberg in the sixth round, 172nd overall, of the 2001 NHL Draft. He's played 758 career games with the Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and the Bruins, totaling 224 points (39 goals, 185 assists).

Seidenberg spent parts of his first three seasons in North America with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, winning a Calder Cup Championship in 2005. Prior to his North American career, Seidenberg played with Adler Mannheim in Germany.

On the international stage, Seidenberg has represented Germany at three Winter Olympics (2002, 2006, 2010), three World Championships (2001, 2002, 2008), the 2002 World Cup, two World Junior Championships (2000, 2001) and the 1999 World Under-18 Championships. He's currently competing with Team Europe in the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey.

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Islanders return Quennville, Sompel, Wotherspoon to junior clubs

NEW YORK – The New York Islanders announced on Wednesday that they have returned David Quenneville (Medicine Hat) and Mitchell Vande Sompel (Oshawa) to their junior clubs. Also, Parker Wotherspoon has been transferred to Tri-City (WHL).

In 64 games played with Medicine Hat in 2015-17, Quennville posted 14 goals, 41 assists and a minus-21 rating, along with 30 penalty minutes.

Compel posted 10 goals and 28 assists in 46 games played with Oshawa in 2015-16, along with one goal and three assists in five playoff games.

Wotherspoon posted 11 goals and 45 assists in 71 games played with Tri-Citt in 2015-16, also posting one assist with the Islanders AHL affiliate in Bridgeport in two games played.

Rangers, Flyers beat both of Islanders' split-squad teams

NEW-LOOK RANGERS DOUBLE UP ISLANDERS

In New York, Chris Kreider, Mike Zibanejad and Brandon Pirri combined for seven points to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-2 win over a New York Islanders split-squad.

Pirri had a goal and two assists, while Krieder and Zibanejad had a goal and an assist apiece.

Dylan McIlrath and Dan Girardi added third-period goals for the Rangers. Girardi's goal was a short-handed empty netter with 2:13 left.

Magnus Hellberg made 12 saves in 29 1/2 minutes before giving way to Mackenzie Skapski, who had 17 stops.

Jason Chimera and Nick Leddy scored for the Islanders.

Jean-Francois Berube played the entire game in goal for the Islanders and finished with 26 saves.

FLYERS SOAR OVER ISLANDERS

In Philadelphia, Wayne Simmonds scored twice to lead the Flyers to a 4-0 win over an Islanders split-squad.

Dale Weise and Andy Miele also scored for the Flyers, and Steve Mason made 23 saves.

New York's Christopher Gibson allowed all four Philadelphia goals before being replaced by Eamon McAdam, who stopped five shots in 15:55.

Islanders beat Flyers' split-squad team 3-0

Jean-Francois Berube and Christopher Gibson combined for 28 saves to lead the New York Islanders over a Philadelphia Flyers split-squad team 3-0 on Monday night in New York.

Berube and Gibson made 14 saves each. Berube played 30:41, while Gibson was in net for 29:08.

Shane Prince, Joshua Ho-Sang and Michael Dal Colle scored third-period goals for New York.

Anthony Stolarz allowed all three goals on 35 shots.

Islanders place Grabovski on IR, sign Bernier, Jones and Nullity to PTOs

The Islanders placed Mikhail Grabovski on the team's IR list with an upper body injury (retroactive to 3/16/16) on Monday.

Grabovski did not pass his physical so he is being listed as a member of the injured non roster.

In 58 games played with the Islanders this past season, Grabovski posted 9 goals, 16 assists, a +3 rating and 33 penalty minutes

Also, according to the Islanders, Steve Bernier, Connor Jones and Patrick Cullity have all signed PTO contracts with the team.

Ryan Strome agrees to contract with Islanders

Ryan Strome signed a contract extension with the
Islanders on Tuesday.

Restricted free agent forward Ryan Strome agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

Financial terms were not released, but TSN reported an average annual value of $2.5 million.

The No. 5 pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, Strome finished with eight goals and 28 points in 71 games last season, a decline from the 17 goals and 50 points he scored in 2014-15 He had four points in eight Stanley Cup Playoff games to help the Islanders advance to the Eastern Conference Second Round, their first playoff series victory since 1993.

In 2015-16, Strome recorded four multi-point games - Missed Oct. 29 game with an illness. He was assisgned to Bridgeport on loan and remained there from Nov. 6-26 (8 games). He missed the Islanders' Dec. 13 game with an upper-body injury

In 2014-15, Strome scored 17 goals and 33 assists with a plus-23 rating in 81 games, marking career highs in each catergory, during his second season with the Islanders. He led the team in plus-minus rating, tied for second in assists and finished third in points and fourth in penalty minutes (47), and recorded 10 multi-point games, including a career-high, four-point game (1G/3A) on Dec. 31 at Winnipeg. The Islanders were 12-2-2 when he scored a goal. He named a “Star of the Game” seven times, including three First Star honors. Strome had a three-point game (1g/2a) on Nov. 21 at Pittsburgh, and had three, four-game point streaks in the second half of the season. He recorded his first career two-goal game on Feb. 16 against the Rangers.

The Mississauga, Ontario, Canada native made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, appearing in all seven games during the Islanders’ First Round series against Washington in 2015. He tied for the team lead in goals (2) and finished fourth in points (4).

The 6-1, 199-pounder, 23, has 32 goals and 96 points in 189 NHL games, all with the Islanders. Internationally, he won a bronze medal for Canada at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship after scoring three goals in six games.

Strome was selected by the Islanders in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2011 National Hockey League Draft.