{"id":4993,"date":"2011-04-11T11:25:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2011-04-11T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T21:14:55","slug":"nassau-coliseum-islanders-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=4993","title":{"rendered":"Nassau Coliseum: Islanders &#8211; Penguins."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSC_0238.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608222492\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5146\/5608222492_ea3d43d87a.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0238.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5104\/5608253986_dbcff5d3f9.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0349.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><a title=\"DSC_0304.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608243098\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5267\/5608243098_1f2dea5849.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0304.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After spending the <a title=\"Mets 2011 Home Opener.\" href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=4969\">afternoon<\/a> at Citi Field, Julie and I headed out to Long Island for the much <a title=\"ESPN:  Islanders get revenge on injury-plagued Pens with offensive rout.\" href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nhl\/recap\/_\/id\/310211012\/pittsburgh-penguins-vs-ny-islanders-islanders\">anticipated<\/a> Penguins &#8211; Islanders game. \u00a0We made pretty decent time and were at <a title=\"Wikipedia:  Nassau Coliseum.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassau_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum\">Nassau Coliseum<\/a> in time for the National Anthem. \u00a0To say our seats were good is an understatement. \u00a0The last time we went out the the Coliseum we were probably closer to the glass but not quite center ice and we but this time were were and we were five rows back from the Penguins bench. Best seats I&#8217;ve ever had at a sporting event. \u00a0The Pens <a title=\"ESPN:  Pens overcome late goal by Travis Hamonic to tip Isles in shootout.\" href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/nhl\/recap?gameId=310408012\">won<\/a> in the shootout 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>The game started off well with the Penguins taking an early lead and then the fighting began.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0210.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608217798\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5226\/5608217798_0820866fff_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0210.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0212.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607634413\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4111\/5607634413_77a3aabcd7_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0212.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0219.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607637047\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5263\/5607637047_deddc3c547_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0219.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0230.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608221872\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4109\/5608221872_86462df19c_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0230.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0240.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607639645\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4100\/5607639645_a0cd89579a_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0240.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0244.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607640533\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5025\/5607640533_64549c1c9a_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0244.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0303.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608242312\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5030\/5608242312_a99ec7d039_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0303.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0353.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607672199\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5301\/5607672199_05cd95aa61_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0353.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0313.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608246374\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5264\/5608246374_3c26b1906e_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0313.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0332.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608250130\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5189\/5608250130_b5b523fab5_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0332.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0333.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608251322\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5181\/5608251322_acc94efa82_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0333.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0335.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607668339\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5269\/5607668339_145511f66a_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0335.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fights<br \/>\n<a title=\"DSC_0254.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608229096\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5104\/5608229096_d56d989aa9.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0254.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The face off right after Mike Rupp&#8217;s goal led to a Trevor Gillies &#8211; Eric Goddard fight. \u00a0Which is great since these are the two who were suspended from the last game for more than 10 games each. \u00a0The Islanders fans wear clearly pleased as if some how this was going to swing the game. \u00a0It did not and Goddard more than held his own.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0249.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608225654\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5189\/5608225654_07cea1ba0c_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0249.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0252.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607643181\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5101\/5607643181_cb28f54105_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0252.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0253.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607643957\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5025\/5607643957_d6dfde999d_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0253.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0255.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608229912\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5110\/5608229912_ab04b609ee_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0255.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0259.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607646423\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5062\/5607646423_181c468ed7_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0259.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0261.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607647069\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5024\/5607647069_45af7f9168_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0261.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0265.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607647793\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5230\/5607647793_2bc8f43767_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0265.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0271.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607648573\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5268\/5607648573_4744cce13f_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0271.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0290.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608237234\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4107\/5608237234_b091974ded.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0290.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later in the period Aaron Asham took on Zenon\u00a0Konopka.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0289.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608236430\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4095\/5608236430_16f7f356c1_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0289.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0291.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608238060\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5267\/5608238060_3f519c53f4_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0291.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0292.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608238910\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5183\/5608238910_a8cb648ebd_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0292.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0296.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608240690\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5103\/5608240690_d4ca87168c_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0296.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spotted on TV<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/22242592?color=ffffff\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Julie and I got a couple of texts halfway through he second period that we were spotted on TV.  I find it pretty amusing that people from three different cities were by chance watching a regional hockey game and spotted us for the 10 seconds were were on the camera.  Hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>Shootout<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0360.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608256940\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5062\/5608256940_5cd7a48c2d.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0360.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0385.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607681287\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5021\/5607681287_c0753b2955.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0385.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0392.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608268290\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5065\/5608268290_24fb5c9ed5.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0392.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marc-Andre Fleury shutdown the Islanders during the shootout and Cris Kunitz was the only Pen to score.  It was great to walk away with the victory.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0381.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607678349\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5106\/5607678349_9f8e8c599b_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0381.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0388.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608266212\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5105\/5608266212_88a3fb4103_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0388.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0390.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5607682781\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5230\/5607682781_de32abdde6_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0390.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0396.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608268998\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5226\/5608268998_eceac55464_t.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0396.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Side Note:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0213.jpg by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/5608219686\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5265\/5608219686_2e44dc4386.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0213.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n* The View From My Seat.<br \/>\n**  <a title=\"Blue Point Brewery.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluepointbrewing.com\/\">Blue Point Brewery<\/a> had a beer stand right outside our section and it was glorious.  Toasted Lager&#8230; can&#8217;t go wrong.<br \/>\n*** The rest of my photographs are <a title=\"Flickr:  Islanders - Penguins.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/sets\/72157626471523030\/\">here<\/a> on Flickr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending the afternoon at Citi Field, Julie and I headed out to Long Island for the much anticipated Penguins &#8211; Islanders game. \u00a0We made pretty decent time and were at Nassau Coliseum in time for the National Anthem. \u00a0To say our seats were good is an understatement. \u00a0The last time we went out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17,19],"tags":[173,191,241,247,255,449],"class_list":["post-4993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer","category-sports","category-travel","tag-hockey","tag-islanders","tag-nassau-coliseum","tag-new-york","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pazIS5-1ix","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4993"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5014,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions\/5014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}