NHL season until a career ending neck injury forced Colley into retirement at the age of 27. In his lone season with the Islanders, Colley won the Bob Nystrom Award, an award given to the Islander "who best exemplifies leadership, hustle and dedication" as voted on by the fans. Colley was named assistant coach of the Utah Grizzlies for the 2007–08 season and later held the position of head coach with the team from 2008 to 2013. Ryan Craig played five games with the Ice Pilots during the 2003–04 season before going on to play for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Columbus Blue Jackets. Craig retired as a player after the 2016-17 AHL season and later joined the Vegas Golden Knights as an assistant coach during their inaugural 2017-18 NHL season. Evgeny Artyukhin played six games for the Ice Pilots in 03–04 before playing 72 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 05–06, where he scored 17 points in 72 games. Artyukhin would later return the Lightning for the 2008-09 NHL season. He also split time between the Anaheim Ducks and Atlanta Thrashers for the 2009-10 NHL season. John Tripp played in 85 games for the Ice Pilots between 2000 and 2002. He appeared in 43 NHL games from 2002 to 2004; 9 games with the New York Rangers during the 2002-03 NHL season, and 34 games with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2003-04 NHL season. Tripp played the next ten seasons in the DEL from 2005 to 2015 and represented Team Germany in the 2010 Olympic Games. Evgeny Konstantinov had two separate stints with the Ice Pilots. He played 24 games with the team during the 2001-02 ECHL season and later rejoined the team in 2003-04 and played another 12 games. Konstantinov also had two very brief appearances in the NHL. On December 8, 2000, Konstantinov was played into a game vs the Colorado Avalanche for 24 seconds but did not record any saves. Konstantinov made his second appearance with the Lightning on November 21, 2002, a 6–1 loss to the New York Islanders. Konstantinov allowed a goal on six shots in 20 minutes of play. Brian Eklund played 81 games with the Ice Pilots from 2002 to 2004 and set league records during the 2003-04 ECHL season for minutes played (3,724), saves (2,194), saves in a single game (83, in a 2-1 double OT loss)