Hockey in KC - not a good idea

It was only a pre-season game, but by the looks of the crowd in Kansas City last night when the Islanders came to town, the 9,000-plus fans in attendance is a good benchmark for what it would be like in the regular season.

Ironically, the Coliseum looked awfully similar last season and by mid-season this year, will probably look the same. On a day when Islanders fans stormed the Adams Playhouse at Hofstra University to support their team and the Lighthouse initiative, the Isles were hundreds of miles away losing to the Kings, 4-2, in a foreign land.

A few days earlier the Islanders were in Saskatchewan - also far and foreign to Long Islanders. Let's hope that's the last time the Isles play in K.C. - aside from pre-season tune-up contests.

Training camp underway

The Islanders are holding training camp in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, a foreign land to Long Islanders, but a quiet respite to fine tune the dormant game of Islanders players anxious to begin a new season.

John Tavares has seemed comfortable thus far, Rick Dipietro is taking shots in net for the first time in over a year and everyone seems to be having a good time, according to reports from multiple news sources.

On Wednesday night, the rookies will take an hour bus ride to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to play the local university there.

On another note, don't forget about the Lighthouse Zoning hearing Sept. 22 at Hofstra University's Adams Playhouse. It starts at 9 a.m.