Editing New York Islanders (section)

===Mascot and Ice Girls===
[[File:New York Islanders First Ride on LIRR (9730877303).jpg|thumb|Ice Girls at a community event in 2013]]
The Islanders' team mascot is named "[[List of NHL mascots#Sparky the Dragon|Sparky the Dragon]]", who served at one point as cross-promotion with the [[Arena Football League]]'s [[New York Dragons]] team, who also played their home games at Nassau Coliseum. In the mid-1990s, the Islanders had a mascot named "Nyisles" whose body style went from round to human-shaped, and facial features vaguely resembled the logo fisherman, excluding its red hair and beard. Nyisles was discontinued toward the end of the [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98 season]] when the team distributed "Who kidnapped Nyisles?" flyers implying the reason for his disappearance was because of another NHL mascot, ultimately revealed to be [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] mascot [[List of NHL mascots#Carlton the Bear|Carlton the Bear]]. Nyisles returned as the secondary mascot of the club with a brand new look in December 2022 to coincide with the return of the Fisherman logo on the team's reverse retro uniforms.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Cory |title=How Nyisles Got His Name |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/how-nyisles-got-his-name/c-338684716 |website=NHL.com |access-date=December 28, 2022 |date=December 12, 2022}}</ref>

From the 2001–02 season to the 2014–15 season, the Islanders also had an ice crew named the "Ice Girls", made up of only women who skated onto the ice during television breaks to clean up the snow that piled up during the game. The Ice Girls were also used for promotional purposes during games and at community events. Starting in the 2015–16 season, a co-ed ice crew would replace the Ice Girls.