The 2026 NHL Draft Lottery is a day full of wonder. What teams will move up and what teams will move down? Will there be a repeat like last year, when the New York Islanders moved up nine spots in the ...

With the New York Islanders' offseason coming early, here are three important questions they need to answer this upcoming ...

Disappointing Olympic snub foreshadows Schaefer's surprising absence from Canada's 2026 World Championship roster.

Matthew Schaefer turned heads all season long, including new Islanders head coach Pete DeBoer in the four games he was there.

Even for teams that missed the playoffs, a rough season isn't all bad in the annual check in on the bright side of NHL life.

Ivar Stenberg will be a top-3 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, which team would be the best fit for him to become a superstar?

The 2025-26 All-Central New York Division I hockey team features athletes chosen by syracuse.com reporters. The finalists for ...

Skate alongside Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer at Matt Martin's exclusive hockey camp. Young players get a rare chance ...

Brayden Schenn had played in the Western Conference all year and thus, didn’t quite realize what the Islanders had in Matthew ...

Attendance for Islanders games increased year-over-year for the first time in the five-year history of the $1.1 billion UBS Arena despite the team's late-season collapse and failure to make the ...

Matthew Schaefer reflects on his rookie season, living with the Martins and his family support, exceeding expectations ...

Matthew Schaefer’s record-setting rookie season started with admittedly humbler goals than budding superstardom after the Islanders selected him first overall in June. First, he just wanted to make ...