LAS VEGAS — The most welcome sight for the Islanders on Thursday came when Thomas Hickey stepped on the ice late in the morning skate at T-Mobile Arena, allaying some fears about the potential severity of what appeared to be either a head or neck injury the defenseman suffered on Monday.
The Islanders placed Hickey on injured reserve on Wednesday retroactive to Monday night’s 4-1 win at Colorado. He appeared to hit his head when he went hard, back first, into the boards at 17:26 of the second period as he missed a check on Tyson Jost.