After spending significant time with the New Jersey Devils, Stephen Gionta came over to the New York Islanders for the 2016-2017 season. He played 26 games that year putting up six points along the way.
That would be the season that Gionta spent the most time in the NHL with the Islanders. The following year he didn’t play a single game in the NHL, just 30 games with Bridgeport. This past year, he played five games with the Islanders and another 26 in the AHL.
After a nine-year NHL career, Stephen Gionta has decided to call it a career.