Former New York Islanders star Alexei Yashin (notes) spent last season with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL, the club Evgeni Nabokov joined this summer. It is also the club that Ilya Kovalchuk (notes) ...

Alexei Yashin has been a busy man since his days with the New York Islanders. He's dabbled in management, broadcasting and has spent a majority of his time in Russia, so it's not a surprise that he's ...

While there is an undercurrent of semi-decent deals, the New York Islanders still seem like a franchise that’s capable of just about anything. GM Garth Snow seemingly began the “lifetime contract” ...

The Islanders will buy out the remaining four years on captain Alexei Yashin’s 10-year contract in the first step of an off-season overhaul they hope will include resigning Jason Blake and Ryan Smyth.

If you followed the Ottawa Senators in the mid-to-late 1990s, you didn’t just know the name Alexei Yashin—you felt his presence. He was the team’s first real star, the player who gave fans hope that ...

MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. The ceremony of Russian ice hockey player Alexei Yashin’s induction into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame class of 2020 will either take place during ...