ISLANDERS INSIDER: COLLITON JOINS ISLANDERS

The New York Islanders
ISLANDERS INSIDER: COLLITON JOINS ISLANDERS


COLLITON JOINS ISLANDERS Prospect returns to the NHL after a strong showing
in checking center role in Bridgeport

(February 6) Center Jeremy Colliton was recalled from the Bridgeport Sound
Tigers on an emergency basis and joined the Islanders for practice at
Iceworks this morning.

"This is an opportunity for me and I have to make the most of it," said the
23-year old Colliton.

It is an opportunity Colliton has earned with his tenacity and perseverance
after undergoing shoulder surgery last season. In 47 games with the Sound
Tigers this season, Colliton has matched up against the opponents' top
lines and has seen significant penalty killing time. He has six goals and
three assists and is second on the Sound Tigers with two shorthanded goals.

Colliton played 19 games for the Islanders in the 2005-06 season and one
game the following year. He has recorded one goal and one assist in the
NHL.

The native of Blackie, Alberta was originally drafted by the Islanders in
the second round of the 2003 NHL Draft. In 158 career games over three
seasons with the Sound Tigers, Colliton is 37-47-84. In junior, he was a
member of Team Canada at the 2003 and 2004 World Junior Championships and
was captain of the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League.

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