Weight named 19th head coach in Isles history
Interim Tag Dropped Following New York’s Second-Half Comeback
We don’t have to wait any longer to find out if interim head coach Doug Weight will be back behind the Islanders’ bench next season.
Just three days after they were officially eliminated from postseason contention for the first time in three years, the Islanders officially named Weight the 19th head coach in the storied history of the franchise Wednesday morning.
“Doug has earned this opportunity from the tremendous work he has put in over the past five seasons in our front office and especially from the time he took over as interim head coach earlier this season,” Isles team President and general manager Garth Snow said.