I recently caught up with Michael Ryan from the New York Islanders Charlotte Meetup chapter. Maybe I hadn’t been looking hard enough but these meetups seemingly came out of nowhere. From Charlotte to DC, to Tampa and of course on Long Island. Meetups are popping everywhere.
When we’re constantly bombarded with jokes about Islanders attendance numbers and how low they are it tends to create this picture that the Islanders aren’t well supported. Even in their own home.
But with meetup groups all over the continental US, it paints a very different picture. The Islanders are very well supported.