Islanders move game-day practices from Brooklyn to Long Island
Midway through their first season in Brooklyn, the New York Islanders are changing their routine and moving their game-day practices back to Long Island.
For home games this season — New York’s first since leaving Nassau Coliseum after 43 years — the Islanders had been taking the Long Island Rail Road to Brooklyn for a morning skate at 10:30 a.m. at Barclays Center. After about a 30-minute practice, the players held their open media session, ate a team-provided meal in the locker room and then took afternoon naps at a nearby hotel.
That routine wore on the players, who still live on Long Island. They asked to move the game-day practices to their facility in Syosset, where they work out other days.