Islanders Cancel Exhibition Game
A face-off between the New York Islanders and Nassau County officials ended Friday with a slap shot to fans when the team canceled its first home exhibition game over allegations its home arena is unsafe.
The Islanders’ game against the New Jersey Devils was canceled when both sides in the dispute were unable to come to an agreement about allowing an engineering firm hired by the NHL to conduct a safety inspection of the 26-year-old Nassau Coliseum.
Negotiations will resume Monday.
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The Dallas Stars said tonight’s exhibition game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Dallas was postponed because of Hurricane Georges’ impact on the Lightning’s travel plans. The game was rescheduled for Oct. 5.
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Pittsburgh holdout Petr Nedved has a new agent who is trying to get Penguins to trade him. “They’re just not in a position to sign him from a business standpoint,” Michael Barnett, who represents Jaromir Jagr and Wayne Gretzky and replaced Tony Kondel as Nedved’s agent on Thursday, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. . . . The New York Rangers signed right wing Todd Harvey, six months after acquiring him in the trade that sent Brian Skrudland to the Stars.
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