Islanders' Ho-Sang benched in AHL for 'little' skating habits

Joshua Ho-Sang's tenure in the New York Islanders organization took another controversial turn Friday night.

The AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers made him a healthy scratch for their game against the Syracuse Crunch, and his head coach shed some light on the decision one day prior.

"Josh is working hard. He's continuing to work on his game, work on his habits," Sound Tigers head coach Brent Thompson told Michael Fornabaio of the Connecticut Post on Thursday.

"For me, eliminating the swinging, even in practice, little habits. " Maybe he'll have to watch a game from up top, learning."

The "swinging" Thompson is referring to is a way of describing when a player doesn't skate in straight lines with a 'stop-and-start' style.

Ho-Sang was banished from Islanders training camp and sent back to the OHL's Niagara IceDogs last fall after sleeping in and showing up late on the first day.

"Enough with the bullshit, it's time to grow up," Islanders general manager Garth Snow said at the time.

Ho-Sang showed up on time one year later, and he was off to a decent start in the AHL with six points in 10 games before Friday's benching.

The Islanders selected him 28th overall in 2014.

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