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Islanders: Mathew Barzal Describes Crowd On Long Island

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - JUNE 03: Mathew Barzal #13 of the New York Islanders celebrates his game tying goal at 14:34 of the third period against the Boston Bruins in Game Three of the Second Round of the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Nassau Coliseum on June 03, 2021 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Nassau Coliseum was the ultimate home-ice advantage for the New York Islanders. In the modern NHL, not many barns are built the way the Coliseum was so when the crowd got going it was loud, and it was unique.