Terreri Joins Islanders Staff, Will Coach in Bridgeport

The Islanders have named former Providence star Chris Terreri as the
organization's goaltending development coach. (Photo Courtesy of
Andy Marlin/NHLI vis Getty Images)

By Bob Phillips

BRIDGEPORT–The New York Islanders have announced that Chris Terreri has been named the goaltending development coach and goalie coach for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.Terreri will work with goaltenders throughout the Islanders organization, including those playing with the club’s minor league affiliates and amateur prospects. He will also serve the team in a scouting capacity.

A Warwick, RI, native, Terreri starred at Providence College, where he was named the first Player of the Year in Hockey East history after the 1984-85 season. He was also named the league’s all-time topgoaltender as part of Hockey East’s 25th Anniversary celebration in 2008.

While with the Friars, Tererri was named the first Player of
the Year in Hockey East history.

Terreri has spent the last 16 seasons as a member of the New Jersey Devils coaching staff, including the last eight as the Devils’ goaltending coach. As a player, Terreri played 406 games in the NHL with New Jersey, San Jose, Chicago and the Islanders, winning two Stanley Cups with the Devils in 15 seasons. He also appeared in 61 AHL contests with the Maine Mariners, Utica Devils and Albany River Rats.

Tererri is not the first PC-Sound Tigers coaching connection. Steve Sterling, who coached the Friars from 1983-85, was Bridgeport’s coach from 2001-03 before being promoted to the Islanders. Sterling is currently a scout for the Ottawa Senators.

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are the American Hockey League affiliate of the New York Islanders, and play at the Webster Bank Arena. The Tigers open the 2017-18 season with a four-game road trip before returning to the Park City for their home opener on Sat., Oct. 21, vs. the Laval (Quebec) Rocket, the AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens (formerly the St. John’s IceCaps). Full season tickets, partial plans and flex plans, group tickets and single-game tickets are currently on sale at the Webster Bank Arena box office, or by clicking HERE. For a season schedule, click HERE.

—with staff reports