There was a shot at one point during the Islanders’ 6-2 series-closing victory in Game 6 against the Boston Bruins Wednesday night of Islanders center Brock Nelson without his helmet on. The gray hair on his temples was noticeable, if not a little jarring, for a guy who is just 29.
But maybe there was a good reason for that premature gray, as Islanders coach Barry Trotz would reveal later, in his postgame Zoom.
"People don't know Brock just had a child the other day, him and his wife,’’ Trotz said when answering a question about what makes Nelson so good in big moments for the Islanders.