Before, during and after Saturday’s 5-3 win over the Sharks at Barclays Center, the Islanders hosted several former players as part of an Alumni Weekend celebration. The names included featured some of the most memorable players in team history: Ed Westfall, Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies, Mick Vukota, Steve Thomas, Mark Parrish, Petr Mika...
Wait. Who the hell is Petr Mika?
Don’t worry. I barely remembered him myself. The name sounded familiar, but I had totally forgotten his three total games as an Islander during the 1999-2000 season. If you watched them at all that year, you’d know that the best way to remember that Islanders squad might have been to forget them completely.