Lou Lamoriello understands the new generation of NHL arenas have not replicated the cozy feel of the buildings they replaced. He believes the Islanders’ new arena at Belmont Park will be different.
“I think what you’re going to see is a Coliseum atmosphere in a new facility,” the Islanders president and general manager said on Friday in a video teleconference with season-ticket holders.
Lamoriello also informed the participants he saw top-pair defenseman Adam Pelech, who suffered an Achilles’ tendon injury on Jan. 2, skating on Friday at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow.
The team’s practice facility reopened to players on a voluntary basis on Monday as part of the Phase 2 in the NHL’s return-to-play plan.