Bobby Nystrom and Clark Gillies walked the halls with friendly ghosts on Wednesday afternoon.
Strolling through the renovated halls of NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum — refitted with modifications in preparation for the Islanders’ homecoming on Saturday — they saw clearly all the remnants of the franchise’s past. That’s Section 119, Nystrom said, where Father Dan — a local priest — would hi-five players when they exited the tunnel. “He married a bunch of the guys,” the Islanders legend said.
The hallways are all the same, Gillies said: “You don’t need a roadmap to find your way around.