Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Amid a slow start to the season, the New York Islanders made a shocking move with their bench Saturday afternoon.
The team announced that they had fired head coach Lane Lambert, but the big surprise was that they named legendary goalie Patrick Roy as his replacement.
The Islanders were widely regarded as an up-and-coming team when they made the Eastern Conference Final in both 2020 and 2021, being just one win away from reaching the Stanley Cup Final in the latter season.
They lost both times to the Tampa Bay Lightning. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Patrick Roy, #33 of the Colorado Avalanche, tends goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs during NHL game action on October 10, 1999, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Graig Abel/Getty Images) But in their first season at the state-of-the-art UBS Arena, they missed the playoffs.