"I'm glad you asked," defenseman Gerry Hart liked to say when ... "The crowd loved Hart," said Long Island Press hockey writer Sid Payne, "because he was totally fearless. We called him 'Fireplug ...

One look at this guy and the reaction could have been "Who needs a helmet?" 5. GERRY HART: Many hockey players who came out of the "Old West," carried with them a "wild" persona. Hart ...

From the celebration of Ilya Sorokin to remembering Gerry Hart. Here's the latest New York Islanders stories from this past week. Catch up on the latest New York Islanders news and storylines ...

In 2010, when he was with the Rangers, Boogaard suffered a concussion in a fight that all but ended his hockey career ... Jordan Hart's father Gerry played seven seasons for the New York Islanders ...