Ilya Sorokin #30 of the New York Islanders (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
For years, we as Islanders fans were hearing about the legend of Ilya Sorokin. His numbers in the KHL seemed otherworldly, and he became known as the “white whale” as it seemed like he would never come over to Long Island.
Well, that finally changed in 2021 and we saw an NHL season under the belt of Sorkin and boy did it live up to the hype.
Ironically, it didn’t start that way. Due to a freak accident in warmups, Sorokin was thrown in the net in the second game of the season against the Rangers and it didn’t go well.