I can’t remember if it was 1981 or 1982, but the actual date of the special day is just about the only thing that’s a little foggy to me about one of the great thrills that I experienced as a sports fan growing up.
What I do remember vividly is New seeing an advertisement in Newsday for an event at Macy’s in the Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island, in which some lucky fan could have the chance to play Islanders star Bryan Trottier in a game of Activision Ice Hockey, a video game for the old Atari 2600.