New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin looks on during training camp at Northwell Health Ice Center on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Ilya Sorokin has heard you, Islanders fans. Well, not in person, given the fact he has yet to play a game for the team and there is no telling when he might play one with spectators at Nassau Coliseum.
But the Russian goaltender said on Tuesday he knows how excited fans are about his arrival and that he hopes to live up to his billing.
"Yes, my friends send me pictures and messages from Islanders fans [who] are happy," he said in his first interview since signing with the Islanders in July.