Islanders’ Bo Horvat ready for training camp after suffering ankle injury at World Championship

A key veteran on Long Island is reportedly back to a full bill of health.

When speaking to the media at the New York Islanders Children’s Foundation Golf and Tennis event, forward Bo Horvat revealed that he’s ready for the team’s upcoming training camp after suffering an ankle injury at the IIHF Men’s World Championship last spring.

“I’m good to go,” Horvat said.

Horvat was injured during the group stage of last year’s tournament in Stockholm, Sweden. The ailment proved to be a massive hit to Team Canada, which was looking like a favorite to recapture the gold medal. Through six games, Horvat potted four goals and four assists for eight points, proving to be a lethal weapon on the power play.

Horvat was part of a team that ended up finishing tied for second in the opening round of the tournament with 34 goals scored, finishing first in Group A with a 6-0-1 record. However, even with prospect Porter Martone taking Horvat’s spot on the roster, Canada stumbled and was upset by tournament co-host Denmark in the quarterfinals. The team’s fifth-place finish was the country’s worst result at the Men’s Worlds since 2014.

Horvat is a much-needed veteran presence on an Islanders’ team that is hoping for more consistency heading into the 2025-26 season. Though the team finished sixth in the Metropolitan Division, the London, Ont. native led the team with 29 assists and 57 points in 81 games.

Head coach Patrick Roy was also at the charity event on Monday. When asked about how he thought the Islanders’ lineup would look at camp later this week, Roy stated that Horvat would start on the second line with the recently signed Jonathan Drouin and Maxim Shabanov, who signed a one-year contract back in July.

The Isles’ training camp begins on Thursday.