NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Midway through their first season in Brooklyn, the New York Islanders are changing their routine and moving their game-day practices back to Long Island.
For home games this season — New York’s first since leaving Nassau Coliseum after 43 years — the Islanders had been taking the Long Island Rail Road to Brooklyn for a morning skate at 10:30 a.m. at the Barclays Center. After about a 30-minute practice, the players held their open media session, ate a team-provided meal in the locker room and then took afternoon naps at a nearby hotel.