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Botta resigns as Isles' VP of media relations
For the past 20 years, Chris Botta helped the Islanders navigate through a public-relations minefield replete with revolving owners and controversial personnel decisions that threatened their existence as a viable NHL franchise.
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Botta Resigns As Islanders VP of Media Relations
KK Hockey — ... Islanders navigate through a public-relations minefield replete with revolving owners and controversial personnel decisions that threatened their existence as a viable NHL franchise. But that relationship ended yesterday when the Islanders’ vice president of media relations announced his resignation for personal reasons. “It was my dream job, and it’s been an incredible ride,” he said yesterday. “But it’s time to end it.” continued

Chris Botta of Isles leaves for a presumably saner job
Sports stories from Newsday — ... Chris Botta has resigned as the Isles' VP of media relations, according to this Greg Logan article and an e-mail I got from Botta late Monday night. ...

The Beat Goes On?
Islanders Outsider by Ken Rosenblatt — ... That it is until today when Greg Logan of Newsday reported that Chris Botta, the club's VP of Media Relations, had resigned. ...

Pennsylvania: 'Let's Get Physical, Physical!'
PuckUpdate :: The Hockey Blog — ... Also, Chris Botta, the Islanders' vice president of media relations, has resigned. Normally, I don't even notice these kinds of moves, but ...

Former Islanders media VP getting brutally candid on blog
Puck Daddy — Chris Botta is a rather interesting fellow. Until his surprise resignation as the team's vice president of media relations this month, he had to spin news for the ...

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