Islanders reveal winner of fan-created third jersey contest for 2027-28 season

Nypost · Aug 20, 2026 · 427 words · By Thomas Gamba-Ellis

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The Islanders finally have their lighthouse project.

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What happened

The Islanders finally have their lighthouse project.

Why it matters

After days of fan voting on the fan-designed Islanders alternate jerseys for the 2027-28 season, the team announced the final uniform Thursday evening, with the navy lighthouse uniform emerging as the winner.

Common ground

The design features orange and teal piping on the bottom and arms of the jersey, white and orange numbering, and a lighthouse in the middle.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The Islanders narrowed a whopping 80,490 submissions down to eight before holding the “March Madness-style fan vote” on social media?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/20/sports/islanders-reveal-winner-of-fan-created-thir…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Islanders narrowed a whopping 80,490 submissions down to eight before holding the “March Madness-style fan vote” on social media.”

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While one web search result mentions 'more than 37,000 of the 80,000 entries featured a Lighthouse', the specific detail about narrowing 80,490 submissions down to eight for a 'March Madness-style' vote is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Islanders

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Falkland Islanders, also called Falklanders, are the people of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in South America. While it was long believed that the Falkland Islands were never disc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islanders

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Islander, Islanders, or The Islanders may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islander

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Claim 2: “the team announced the final uniform Thursday evening, with the navy lighthouse uniform emerging as the winner”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm the New York Islanders announced the navy lighthouse uniform as the winner of the fan-designed contest on a Thursday evening.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_Island

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Claim 3: ““Many other alumni reached out … [Bryan Trottier] and Matt Martin and some of those guys were actively involved in it.””

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The claim is directly confirmed by a cross-reference from NY Post quoting the involvement of alumni Bryan Trottier and Matt Martin.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — “Many other alumni reached out…[Bryan Trottier] and Matt Martin and some of those guys were actively involved in it.”
https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/sports/islanders-fan-designed-…

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Claim 4: “the Islanders will continue to review other design submissions to help refine the official third jersey with the help of Fanatics for the 2027-28 season.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results (WordPress forums, Microsoft Community, and unrelated Wikipedia entries), providing no confirmation of the 2027-28 jersey refinement process.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Billy Jensen is an American investigative journalist, author, producer, and podcaster. He is known for his work in the true crime genre, including co-hosting the Discovery+ podcast and the associated …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Jensen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Island is a miniseries of the animated Ninjago television series (titled Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu before the eleventh season). The series was created by Michael Hegner and Tommy Andreasen. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjago:_The_Island

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Claim 5: “being the first team in NHL history to enlist fans to help design an official team jersey.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results regarding Microsoft To-Do and Evangelion, providing no information on whether the Islanders were the first NHL team to do this.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bryan John Trottier (born July 17, 1956) is a Canadian and American former professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders and Pitts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Trottier

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mathew Michael Paul Barzal (born May 26, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Barzal was selected by the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Barzal

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Claim 6: “The lighthouse logo, which was only worn as a shoulder patch on Islanders jerseys in the late 1990s”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results (a YouTube video about art fraud and general Wikipedia entries) and does not confirm the specific history of the lighthouse logo as a shoulder patch in the late 1990s.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Islander, Islanders, or The Islanders may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islander

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Claim 7: “It narrowly beat out a more classic navy and cream uniform that displayed the Islanders wordmark in navy and orange, according to the team’s X account”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding how to open YouTube in a browser, providing no information about the jersey contest results.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 16, 2026 · Youtubeをブラウザ開くことができました。 iPhone/Androidからのアクセスはモバイル版がおすすめです。デスクトップ版はパソコン画面に最適化された表示です。ブラウザで開く時の、たったひとつのコツは、「長押し」⇒「別ウインドウで開く」です。
https://yutalog.net/youtube-browser/

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 2, 2025 · ブラウザでYouTubeを開くことで、アプリのインストール不要で手軽に利用でき、ログインや動画検索、コメント、再生リストの利用も可能です。最近ではAndroidやiPhone、タブレットなど幅広い端末に最適化されており、Googleアカウントで同期すればどこでも動画履歴やチャンネル登録が反映されます。また、ブラウザ拡張機能やアドブロックのような追加機能を利用できる点…
https://lifestyle.assist-all.co.jp/how-to-open-youtube-in-br…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 23, 2026 · YouTubeをブラウザで開く完全な方法をiPhone・Android・PC別に解説。アプリ自動起動を止める設定、トラブル原因、YouTube Studioの使い方まで現場で活きる知識をまとめました。
https://asset-inc.jp/newcurrent/youtube-browser-guide-settin…

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Claim 8: ““We had [Matthew] Schaefer, [Bo] Horvat, [Kyle] Palmieri, [Ondrej] Palat, [Jean-Gabriel] Pageau, [Ryan] Pulock, [Mathew] Barzal, [Alexander] Romanov all actively involved in this process,””

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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference from NY Post and multiple web search results quoting Kelly Cheeseman regarding the involvement of the listed players.

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web search NEUTRAL — “We had (Matthew) Schaefer, (Bo) Horvat, (Kyle) Palmieri, (Ondrej) Palat, (Jean-Gabriel) Pageau, (Ryan) Pulock, (Mathew) Barzal, (Alexander) Romanov all actively involved in this process,” Isles presi…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/sports/islanders-fan-designed-…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to Kelly Cheeseman, president of business operations for the Islanders and UBS Arena, Matthew Schaefer, Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri, Ondrej Palat, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ryan Pulock, Mathew Barza…
https://brobible.com/sports/article/new-york-islanders-final…

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web search NEUTRAL — Matthew Schaefer, who, as a reminder, has just turned 19, certainly sounded like the captain he will eventually be as he discussed the Islanders naming Bo Horvat as their 16th captain on Monday.
https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/andrew-gross/bo-ho…

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Claim 9: “The design features orange and teal piping on the bottom and arms of the jersey, white and orange numbering, and a lighthouse in the middle.”

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A web search result explicitly describes the design as having orange and teal piping on the bottom and arms, white and orange numbering, and a lighthouse in the middle.

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web search NEUTRAL — The design features orange and teal piping on the bottom and arms of the jersey, white and orange numbering, and a lighthouse in the middle.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/20/sports/islanders-reveal-winner…

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web search NEUTRAL — Light the house! The navy lighthouse jersey has won the contest and will be featured on the ice by the Islanders in 2027.See the winning fan-made New York Islanders third jersey design and why it won.…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/islanders-jersey-contest

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web search NEUTRAL — I used white, blue, and orange stripes on the bottom, the Islanders three main colors, to accent the black while having the NY and the C trimmed with both orange and blue (if you zoom in and look clos…
https://eyesonisles.com/2020/05/08/islanders-5-concepts-new-…

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