Capuano takes fall for Isles’ mediocrity
Weight Installed as Interim While Full-Time Coaching Search Begins
When the Islanders hit the ice at the Barclays Center Thursday night to host the Dallas Stars in the opener of a critical six-game homestand, they will do so without Jack Capuano as their head coach for the first time since Nov. 15, 2010.
That’s the date Capuano was installed as interim coach of the then-Long Island-based franchise.
The Rhode Island native went on to win 227 games behind the New York bench, second only to Hall of Fame coach and four-time Stanley Cup champion Al Arbour.
He also guided the Isles to three playoff appearances in the past four years following a six-year postseason absence, and oversaw their first playoff series win since 1993 last spring during the franchise’s inaugural campaign in Brooklyn.