If you’ve ever wondered where the joy in this New York Islanders season comes from, the answer might be sitting on a frozen pond outside Anders Lee’s house in Minnesota.
This wasn’t some carefully choreographed team-building exercise. It was simple. Pure. Hockey the way it was meant to be played. An off day during a long, grinding road trip turned into something special when the captain opened up his home in Edina and said, essentially, we’re doing this.
“[It’s a] dream scenario for me to be able to have an ice rink in my backyard,” Lee said.