List of New York Islanders team captains

Mark Streit, the team's current captain

The New York Islanders are an American professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, Long Island, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Islanders arrived in Uniondale in 1972, and play their home games at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The franchise has had 13 team captains in its history. Ed Westfall, the team's first, won the Bill Masterton Trophy during his Islanders captaincy;^[1] Michael Peca, who won the Frank J. Selke Trophy after the 2001–02 season, and Doug Weight, who won the King Clancy Trophy after the 2010-11 season, are the only other captains to have won an award during their terms.^[2][3] Denis Potvin had the longest captaincy, from 1979 through 1987, during which he played 521 regular season games.^[4] Bryan McCabe served the shortest length of time—56 regular season games over one season.^[5] Just prior to the start of the 2011-12 season, the Islanders named Mark Streit their 13th team captain, the first Swiss-born captain in NHL history.^[6]

The Islanders did not assign a new captain for the 1996–97 season after previous captain, Patrick Flatley, was released from his contract.^[7] The Islanders also didn't name a captain for the 2000–01 season, for unknown reasons. Despite the 2004–05 NHL Lockout, Michael Peca's term as captain was still valid.^[8] Though allowed in the NHL, the Islanders have never given a goaltender the captaincy. There have been only three Islanders' players to hold the captaincy for a single season—Bryan McCabe, Trevor Linden, and Kenny Jonsson—none of whom made it to the playoffs during their term.^[5][9][10]

Key

Pos	Position
D	Defenseman
F	Forward
LW	Left wing
RW	Right wing
GP	Games played
G	Goals
A	Assists
Pts	Points
PIM	Penalty in minutes

Captains

Michael Peca was the Islanders' captain from 2001 through 2004.

Bill Guerin was the team captain from 2007 through 2009.

Captain	Pos	Term	Regular season stats					Playoff stats					Ref
			GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	RW	1972–77	367	92	151	246	116	37	8	18	26	12	[1]
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	F	1977–79	155	70	106	176	144	17	3	2	5	26	[11]
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	1979–87	521	136	362	498	622	121	33	68	101	151	[4]
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	1987–92	297	116	138	254	252	11	4	4	8	20	[12]
Flatley, PatrickPatrick Flatley	RW	1992–96	245	40	106	146	136	15	2	7	9	12	[13]
None	—	1996–97	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	D	1997–98	56	3	9	12	145	—	—	—	—	—	[5]
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	C	1998–99	82	18	29	47	32	—	—	—	—	—	[9]
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	D	1999–2000	130	9	45	54	62	—	—	—	—	—	[10]
None	—	2000–01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	2001–05	222	49	93	142	176	15	1	0	1	12	[2]
Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin	C	2005–07	148	46	70	116	112	5	0	0	0	0	[14]
Guerin, BillBill Guerin	RW	2007–09	142	39	41	80	128	—	—	—	—	—	[15]
Weight, DougDoug Weight	C	2009–11	54	3	23	26	18	—	—	—	—	—	[3]
Streit, MarkMark Streit	D	2011–Present	-	-	-	-	-	—	—	—	—	—	[16]

References

General

• "Islanders deal Guerin to Penguins for draft pick". Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-spisles056058219mar05,0,4746235.story. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ed Westfall". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5692. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Michael Peca". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4207. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Doug Weight". The Internet Hockey Database. http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5672. Retrieved 2011-09-22. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Denis Potvin". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4355. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} "Bryan McCabe". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6205. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
6. ^ Compton, Brian (2011-09-21). "Islanders make Streit first Swiss-born captain". NHL.com. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=589254. Retrieved 2011-09-22. 
7. ^ Stephenson, Colin (1996-07-10). "Isles say buy to Flatley". Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1996/07/10/1996-07-10_isles_say_buy_to_flatley.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
8. ^ Logan, Greg (2009-03-05). "Islanders deal Guerin to Penguins for draft pick". Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-spisles056058219mar05,0,4746235.story. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "Trevor Linden". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3152. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Kenny Johnsson". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2591. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
11. ^ "Clark Gillies". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1909. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
12. ^ "Brent Sutter". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5260. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
13. ^ "Patrick Flatley". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1702. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
14. ^ "Alexei Yashin". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5819. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
15. ^ "Bill Guerin". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2060. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
16. ^ "Mark Streit". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=32708. Retrieved 2011-09-21.