At Sunday’s home opener at Barclays Center, Howie Rose did something that his former booth partner Butch Goring guessed he had not done in a very, very long time - take in an Islanders game as a fan.
Rose stepped aside as the team’s play-by-play announcer in May, but he was in attendance at the Islanders’ 3-2 overtime win over Anaheim, cheering, hanging out with fans and getting some love from the folks that are used to hearing him narrate the games on their TVs.
A day later, Howie returned the favor by posting a selfie video message via the Islanders Twitter feed, thanking the fans for 21 years of memories.