EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK - JUNE 30: Bridgeport coach Rocky Thompson conducts practice during the New York Islanders 2025 ...

The New York Islanders announced today that Rocky Thompson has been named Head Coach of the Bridgeport Islanders. He becomes the 10th Head Coach in team history.

Islanders general manager/executive vice president Mathieu Darche hired Thompson, 47, a Flyers assistant coach under John Tortorella the previous three seasons, on Monday to replace the fired Rick ...

Newly named Bridgeport Head Coach Rocky Thompson had a productive week with New York Islanders prospects at development camp ...

The planned makeover of the Islanders’ AHL outfit has a face and a name to it. Rocky Thompson was named the newest coach of the Bridgeport Islanders on Monday morning, as the Islanders look to turn ...

On Monday, the New York Islanders announced that they have hired Rocky Thompson to serve as Bridgeport's head coach.

I believe in developing in a winning environment, so the AHL will definitely be a focus.” That’s how Mathieu Darche set the ...

There may have been some half-joking attempts to recruit Matthew Schaefer from the Islanders’ prospects who will be going to ...

The Islanders will be opening development camp on June 27, so if Rocky is running it, that will be our first chance to get a look at Thompson with the club's most promising prospects.

In those three seasons Thompson amassed a record of 113-79-21. The Islanders finished dead last in the AHL last season with a 15-50-4-3 record and a lowly 37 points. They won the fewest home games ...