Top 20 on the Islanders: #19 Micheal Haley

Marty Reasoner and Micheal Haley celebrate after a goal (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

          Next up on the Islanders top twenty list is a man who has only played nine games as an Islander this year.  He's been playing most of this season at Bridgeport, but could be playing much more on the island in the near future.  My number nineteen player on the list is left winger, Micheal Haley.

          Haley signed on with the Islanders in 2009, after going undrafted the previous year.  He's been known as a very gritty player who well get his share of goals.  

          So far Haley has had a productive season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.  In forty-four games, Haley has fourteen goals and eight assists, giving him a total of twenty-two points.  But where he excels is being a grinder on the ice, a man who has all his teammates back, and won't take kindly to cheap shots by his opponent.  Haley leads his team, and sits within the top fifty in the league, in penalty minutes.  He currently has one hundred and one penalty minutes this year.  

          Haley was called up to the big club just before Christmas, on December twenty-first.  He stayed up until he was sent back down on January second.  He was then recalled back to the island on March tenth, for two games, and was sent back to Bridgeport on March twelfth.  

          During his time with the Islanders, Haley played in nine games and had no points.  However, in that small amount of games, Haley lived up to his gritty style of play and compiled thirty-three penalty minutes.

          Though he only played in nine games, Haley has shown his potential to be a solid checking line player.  Islanders fans should get used to his name, because he's probably a player the big club will lean on more in the future.