Newsday · Jun 15, 2021
Kenny Albert's Cup runneth over with Islanders memories
Broadcaster Kenny Albert checks his phone prior to the game between the Rangers and the Senators in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 2, 2017. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
No matter how far the Islanders go, one thing is certain: Kenny Albert will call the final playoff game at Nassau Coliseum, tying a tidy historical bow. "Things have sort of come full circle," he said.
That is because not only did he grow up on Long Island, in Port Washington, but his first NHL broadcast was an Islanders game, when he was a 21-year-old senior at NYU.