The New York Islanders 2018 preseason schedule will consist of eight games, including two home games at Barclays Center, one at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and one at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, CT.

The preseason home games at Barclays Center are set for Tuesday, Sept. 18 against the Philadelphia Flyers and Thursday, Sept. 20 against the New Jersey Devils. Both games at Barclays Center are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

The New York Islanders President and General Manager Lou Lamoriello announced today that Steve Pellegrini has been named Assistant General Manager. He will work alongside current Assistant General Manager Chris Lamoriello.  

Pellegrini joins the Islanders after working for the New Jersey Devils as the Vice President of Hockey Operations since 2006. With the Devils, Pellegrini worked on all hockey-related matters, including and not limited to, contract negotiation/salary arbitration preparation, collective bargaining agreement/salary cap compliance, scheduling and scouting.  

A running feed of New York Islanders transactions:

June 12: Steve Pellegrini was named Assistant General Manager. 

June 5: Lou Lamoriello was named General Manager. 

June 5: Garth Snow was relieved of his duties as General Manager and Doug Weight was relieved of his duties as Head Coach.

May 22: Lou Lamoriello was named President of Hockey Operations. 

May 8: Travis St. Denis agreed to a two-year, two way contract (NHL/AHL) with the Islanders. 

Anthony Beauvillier thought it was funny that even in Denmark, Jordan Eberle couldn't get away from playing with him and Mathew Barzal. 

"Ebs went all the way to Europe just to play with us two goofs again," Beauvillier said. "We were kidding around, but he's probably a little sick of us now."

There was good reason for the Islanders line mates to get a shot together playing for Team Canada at last month's IIHF World Championships, where they were also joined by Josh Bailey and Ryan Pulock. Barzal is the clubhouse favorite to win the Calder Trophy, Beauvillier scored 17 of his 21 goals after joining the line and Eberle had his best statistical year in three seasons.

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New York Islanders President of Hockey Operations, Lou Lamoriello announced today that Garth Snow and Doug Weight have been relieved of their duties. Lamoriello will take over the responsibilities of General Manager and immediately begin the process to find the team's next Head Coach.  

"The New York Islanders would like to thank both Garth and Doug for their dedication to the franchise," Lamoriello said. "Both started their tenures with the franchise as players and grew as tremendous leaders to the positions they held."   

Both will remain with the organization.  

As the New York Islanders march towards a new arena at Belmont, co-owner Jon Ledecky was literally at the front of the line. 

Ledecky was one of the grand marshals at the Belmont Stakes Parade on Saturday, leading over 1,000 marchers through Elmont while greeting and shaking hands with members of the community. 

"Thank you so much for the privilege of becoming part of your community," Ledecky said to the crowd in Elmont. "It is an honor for the New York Islanders to be coming to Elmont. We love your community, we respect your community and we want to be a vaunted and important part of your community."

The New York Islanders announced today that the club has extended its affiliation agreement with the Worcester Railers Hockey Club of the ECHL through the 2019-20 season. Worcester and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League will continue to serve as the Islanders' primary minor league affiliates.

Based in Worcester, Mass., the Railers played their inaugural season in the ECHL's Eastern Conference in 2017-18, skating to a 37-27-4-4 (W-L-OTL-SOL) record and earning a berth in the 2018 Kelly Cup Playoffs. 

Among Mathew Barzal's many talents, his ability to speak near-fluent French flies a little under the radar. 

It's a revelation for some (Montreal media) when Barzal lets loose en francais, but that's old news to Anthony Beauvillier, who first met a slightly less fluent Barzal at the 2012 Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship Camp in Mississauga, ON. 

Beauvillier appreciated Barzal's "bon matin" (good morning) and efforts to converse in french, so the Quebec native filled in his new teammates's vocabulary with words not taught in school. It's not exactly a Stepbrothers "Did we just become best friends?" moment, but it's the origin story for two Islanders who are becoming inseparable.