Although it seems like the days of “Fort Neverlose” at the Islanders previous home at the Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum on Hempstead Turnpike was before we broke away from the British, what they accomplished should not be lost in history.
When the Pittsburgh Penguins won their fifth Stanley Cup earlier this June, a graphic I saw on NHL websites and NBC really bothered me. They showed the overall number of Stanley Cups won going back to the beginning of sports’ most prestigious trophy.
In a year where the NHL has added an expansion team (the Vegas Golden Knights), I think it’s time that the NHL updates how they recognize Stanley Cup winners.