{"id":149608,"date":"2025-09-11T18:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149608\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:57:06","slug":"isles-day-to-day-rookie-camp-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149608\/","title":{"rendered":"Isles Day to Day: Rookie Camp Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Islanders Rookie Camp opened on Thursday<\/a>. The pace and energy was high on the first day of camp, as a mix of CHL, AHL and international prospects hit the ice for the first day of rookie camp.<\/p>\n

SHABANOV ARRIVES ON LI<\/p>\n

Maxim Shabanov<\/a> turned heads on day one.<\/p>\n

The Russian forward’s arrival was highly anticipated, as he signed a one-year deal with the Islanders<\/a> over the summer. Shabanov was buzzing on the ice on Thursday, showcasing his offensive prowess with backhand snipes in practice and using his motor skills to deke around defensemen.<\/p>\n

“He’s obviously an amazing player coming in,” Matthew Schaefer<\/a> said. “He’s a top prospect it’s fun to go up against him. You have to be on your A-game all the time because guys like him are going to make big plays.”<\/p>\n

Listed at 5’9″ and 167 lb., Shabanov is a small, but shifty forward with a clear-cut work ethic<\/a> on display on day one. After a two-hour ice session with the whole group, Shabanov spent extra time on the ice after a two-hour practice with the group.<\/p>\n

Shabanov is just getting his feet wet in North America after spending the past four seasons with Traktor Chelyabinsk of the KHL, establishing a career-high 67 points last year. Thursday was the first step for the Russian forward to acclimating to the North American game and a new language.<\/p>\n

“I can already tell he’s a super skilled, great guy,” Kashawn Aitcheson<\/a> said. “He’s not much of a talker yet, but he’s super nice.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Islanders Rookie Camp opened on Thursday. The pace and energy was high on the first day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-149608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}