Dan and Linda Marcote of Wantagh were back at Nassau Coliseum on Thursday night, a mere 376 days since they last watched the Islanders play in person, a row or two away from their usual seats in the lower bowl.
How did it feel? Very good, actually, which presumably was how the 1,391 others in attendance felt about the return of paying customers to the Barn – and by extension their fellow fans watching on television.
"It’s amazing," Linda said. "We have done nothing for a year except be safe and go to work – not a restaurant, nothing.