The New York Islanders

 

The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Metropolitan division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their inception in 1972, the Islanders have played their home games in the Nassau Veterans Momorial Coliseum. The Islanders' primary fan base being suburban Long Island. The Islanders have a rivalry with the Rangers, another New York team.

The team was founded in 1972 as part of the NHL's maneuvers to keep a team from the rival World Hockey Association (WHA) out of Nassau Coliseum, and found almost instant success by securing fourteen straight playoff berths starting with their third season. The Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cup championships between 1980 and 1983, the seventh of eight dynasties recognized by the NHL in its history. Also between 1980 and 1984 they won 19 consecutive playoff series, a feat still unparalleled in the history of professional sports.

 

Dynasties             Stanley Cup                     Series              Unparalleled

___________ This is the trophy given to the champion of the NHL.

___________ This is a group of games played between two teams.

___________ This is something that is unmatched by anyone eslse.

___________ This is what you call something that has control over something for a long period of time.

Grammar point: 

Correct word class (noun? verb? adjective? adverb?)

Words must be used in their correct form according to what they are doing in the sentence. A word being used as a subject or object must be in noun form; a word being used to describe a noun must be in adjective form; a word being used to qualify a verb must be in adverb form; and so on.