Top 20 on the Islanders: #6 Kyle Okposo

Kyle Okposo celebrates a goal (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

          Next up on the top twenty list is a young player who has been one of the more consistent Islanders the last three years.  He is a native of St. Paul, Minnesota, and was named an assistant captain of the team this year.  The number six player is right winger, Kyle Okposo.
          Okposo was drafted in the first round (seventh overall), by the Islanders in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.  Okposo was touted for his big body and great stickhandling.  Okposo has proved these scouts right.  
          Okposo started his hockey career at the age of seventeen playing in the USHL (United States Hockey League).  He played on a team called the Des Moines Buccaneers.  He played there for one year, playing in sixty-one games, getting thirty-two goals and forty-two assists, for a total of seventy four points.  
          Okposo then moved on to play in the WCHA (Western Collegiate Hockey Association), for the University of Minnesota.  He played there for two years totaling fifty-eight games.  He scored twenty-six goals and got twenty-five assists, for a total of fifty-one points.  
          Okposo then got drafted and played for the Islanders affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.  There Okposo played in thirty-seven games, getting ten goals and nineteen assists, for a total of twenty nine points.  
          Okposo was then called up to the Islanders, at the age of twenty, and hasn't looked back since.  In his NHL career so far Okposo has played in two-hundred sixty-four games, compiling sixty-one goals and ninety-two assists, for a total of one-hundred fifty-three points.
          Okposo is an integral part to this young teams future.  He will continue to grow, and has already become a fan favorite on the Island.  With Okposo continuing to improve his game, Islander fans can see the skies the limit for this young star.