Ted Nolan

Islanders hire AHL coach of year Gordon to succeed Nolan

USA Today (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008

The New York Islanders hired Scott Gordon, the AHL coach of the year, on Tuesday night to replace dismissed head coach Ted Nolan.

AHL coach Gordon hired by Islanders to replace Nolan

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008

The New York Islanders hired Scott Gordon, the American Hockey League coach of the year, to replace dismissed head coach Ted Nolan.

Citing Philosophical Differences, Islanders and Nolan Part Ways

DATA news (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Islanders General Manager Garth Snow fired Ted Nolan on Monday, although the team softened the news by saying he would not return as coach.

Rift between Snow, Nolan was deep

Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

The "philosophical differences" that divided Islanders general manager Garth Snow and coach Ted Nolan, whose two-year tenure ended Monday, go back at least a year. Snow and Nolan attempted a dramatic franchise turnaround when they traded for Ryan Smyth and then failed to sign him and several other elite free agents despite making extremely competitive offers last July.

Too Much Ted

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

from Larry Brooks of the NY Post, It became too much about Ted; became too much about Ted Nolan-type players. Every team can use the prototypical Nolan overachiever, but no team can progress from the bottom half of the league when more limited hard-hat players get their ice time at the expense of young, raw talents in need of nurturing. The Islanders cannot attract prime free agents....

Nolan departs from NY Islanders

BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

The New York Islanders part company with coach Ted Nolan who had one year left on his contract.

Nolan brought down by arrogance

Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Ted Nolan insisted on running the team his way, which is why Larry Brooks says the Islanders needed to get rid of him.

• Does this ring a bell? - BfloBlog.com
• DIPIETRO DISS WAS FINAL STRAW - New York Post

Nolan Leaves the Island

PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

On the one hand, there's not much surprising about the Islanders' firing coach Ted Nolan . It was no secret Nolan and GM Garth Snow didn't get along very well . The surprising part is the timing of the firing. First, it was over two weeks into free agency and over a month after the end of the season. Why not fire Nolan when the season ended? Why not grab a new coach when you have...

• Isles split with Nolan over 'differences' with GM - Seattle Times
• Meeting with G.M. costs Nolan his job - Denver Post
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Nolan out as NHL's N.Y. Islanders coach

Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Ted Nolan's return to NHL coaching ended after only two years Monday when he split with the New York Islanders over "philosophical differences" with general manager Garth Snow.

The Islanders pulled Ted Nolan out of NHL exile

Sporting Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Citing Philosophical Differences, Islanders and Nolan Part Ways New York Times, United States Both cited philosophical differences that had apparently lasted for more than a year. Nolan, 50, whose Islanders teams compiled a 75-68-21 record and made ... Read Story

Islanders part with coach Nolan

Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Ted Nolan's return to NHL coaching ended after only two years Monday when he split with the New York Islanders over "philosophical differences" with general manager Garth Snow.

Nolan's departure comes as a shock

Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

Despite months of rumored tensions between Ted Nolan and the Islanders' front office, the news of his departure yesterday came as a shock to coaches and players alike.

Ted Nolan let go on Long Island

HockeyNation (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

"I understand there could be some criticism, and if there is, it can fall on me."-- Islanders GM Garth Snow playing Nostradamus for the avalanche of interest set to follow his announcement today. Once again Ted Nolan finds himself looking for a new job and once again the team that fired him looks to be on the wrong side of the situation. The two year uneasy arrangement between Nolan and...

Ted Nolan Is Gone

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

from Greg Logan of Newsday, The two-year marriage of inconvenience between Islanders general manager Garth Snow and coach Ted Nolan ended Monday. Irreconcilable differences over the direction of the franchise led to a mutual decision by Snow and Nolan, who met earlier Monday morning at Nassau Coliseum, to part ways. continued

Ted Nolan out as Islanders coach

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

Ted Nolan's brief run as coach of the New York Islanders has ended. He and general manager Garth Snow decided he should not return for a third season behind the bench. The Islanders scheduled an afternoon news conference Monday.