Story byDominikFri, December 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM UTC·3 min readI don’t care if Bettman’s blue,Football’s dull and basketball tooBaseball, I don’t care about youIt’s hockey, I’m in loveThursday night was crazy and fun and so modern-era Islanders. After struggling to score all homestand, they rang up goals against the top team in the league with everything from a Kyle MacLean goal that most expected to be overturned, to an Adam freaking Pelech goal, to a Mat Barzal backhand classic. They welcomed back a longtime Islander in style, and even Brock Nelson’s wife did a long intermission interview with Shannon Hogan, the four cute Nelson kids climbing around the intermission desk in Cal Clutterbuck’s stead. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSay what we will about the wisdom of keeping so many players together for so long, there’s something very old school and fun about it, as affirmed by Mrs.