Clark Gillies came to Long Island in 1974 as a hulking, clean shaven young man from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and, aside from a brief “Now With Sabres” period late in his career, never left the place where he became a legend.
He’s probably run into more than a few Islanders fans at gas stations and convenience stores over the last 40-plus years, but never as an employee, which he recently went undercover as as part of a recent promotion.
To get word out about the #PumpedUpIsles hashtag (upload photos on Twitter or Instagram with it to enter to win tickets and signed Islanders memorabilia), Gillies posed as a worker at an OK Petroleum in Centereach.