Doc Emrick plans to keep relatively quiet Sunday at Nassau Coliseum, because he would rather have the crowd speak for itself -- something he is confident postseason-starved Islanders fans will do enthusiastically.
"You don't have to say anything in an atmosphere like that," the NBC play-by-play man said Thursday as he watched the Penguins' morning skate at Madison Square Garden, where he was to call the first two games of the Rangers-Penguins series.
"What you wind up doing sometimes is going to a break without even saying the score. They can see the score. If it's something that's really been inspiring for the home team, you just let the crowd go.