A moment of silence is held for former NHL player, Dale Hawerchuk prior to Game 4 of the Eastern Conference First Round between the Islanders and the Washington Capitals during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 18, 2020 in Toronto. Credit: Getty Images/Elsa
Butch Goring did his job on Tuesday night, showing up at MSG Networks’ studios in Manhattan as an analyst for Game 4 of the Islanders-Capitals first-round playoff series.
But doing so was not easy, because he was thinking about Dale Hawerchuk, whom he last spoke to that morning, shortly before his death at 57 of stomach cancer.