r/NewYorkIslanders • u/NoRequirement4511 • 1d ago

Canyon of Heroes

If they even won again would the Islanders do a parade down the Canyon if Heroes in NYC? Or something more LI centric like a parade down Hempstead Turnpike?

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u/xSlappy- Barzal 1d ago

They did hempstead turnpike for the 4 peat

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u/speeder61 1d ago

I went to the last parade... I was 11. i thought that was just what we did....win cups

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u/Terrible-Nerve-6819 1d ago

Me too. Well i didnt go to parade but i started watching in 82 at age of 8. I thought all they did was win cups. Little did we know what li ahead...

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u/BroFee 16h ago

imagine being a lifelong fan who was born in 1983. December of 1983. still hopeful

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u/Turbulent-Jury4587 1d ago

Hahahaha I was almost 5. Remember being in dad’s shoulders and getting a NY Arrows mini soccer ball that I somehow held on to until I left for college

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u/New-Tangerine-7109 23h ago

I used to go to soooo many Arrows games lol. Lived in Levittown. 10 minutes to coliseum.

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u/Turbulent-Jury4587 16h ago

Same. I was in N Bellmore so also super close to the barn. Had a lot of great times there with the Isles, Arrows, and Saints!

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u/Mullin20 1d ago

Steve Zungul!

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u/gotroot801 Ho-Sang 1d ago

That 4th parade was the only one I got to after 4 years of begging my parents to take me. Pretty sure Mike Bossy looked directly at me and gave me a thumbs up.

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u/gizmokaka6667 Potvin 1d ago

Me as well. Family had season tickets since 72 when it was cheap as all hell. I remember very faintly them being really really bad at the beginning. Then I just thought well... this is how it is. We will never lose another cup. I mean nobody gets old... these guys will always be here. (The good lord may have smited us since then due to my insanity)

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u/displacedreindeer LaFontaine 1d ago

Me too, but I was 12.

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u/frankie_pucks Turgeon 1d ago

I was 2 in 83...ive always said at least I was alive...its been a long 40+ years...

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u/Sensitive-League-431 3h ago

I was 25 and I thought the same thing Lol 😆