Tonight the NHL playoffs return to Nassau Coliseum, and this time we can be reasonably sure it’s the last spring we’ll ever utter those words.
The longtime home of the New York Islanders has sucked for a lot of non-hockey, mostly business-and-amenity reasons, but the low ceiling and distinctly not-cavernous structure has never failed to give us an atmospheric boost when it counts.
Tailgating will be in order, concessions will be open, and Islanders willing, the Yes! Yes! Yes! chants shall spring forth.
Series tied 1-1, Game 3 with the Penguins starts at 7:00 p.