Islanders’ Island Roots Reach The Stanley Cup Final

This Stanley Cup Final comes with a little extra hometown flavor, and hockey people always notice that kind of thing. Coghlan and Brind'Amour bring an Island connection into the biggest stage the sport offers, which gives the series a sharper local angle than most. The Cup Final has a habit of turning side stories into big ones, especially when the people involved already know what this moment means. That makes the connection more than trivia and less than coincidence.