Connecticut making a pitch to bring Islanders to Hartford!

Hey, hey fans...hockey may be back in Hartford!

Peter Blackburn - FOXSports - MSN Sports - 3 Feb 17

"It may not be an island, but Hartford wants to be the Islanders' next home.

With reports surfacing this week that the Islanders may be getting kicked out of Brooklyn's Barclays Center in the near future, a couple of Connecticut's leading politicians are stepping up and making their pitch to bring hockey back to the state.

© Frank Franklin II/AP Photo Pedestrians pass the Barclays Center before an NHL hockey game between the New York Islanders and the Washington Capitals, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in New York.

With reports surfacing this week that the Islanders may be getting kicked out of Brooklyn's Barclays Center in the near future, a couple of Connecticut's leading politicians are stepping up and making their pitch to bring hockey back to the state.

As reported by WFSB on Friday, Connecticut governor Daniel Malloy and Hartford mayor Luke Bronin penned a letter to the Islanders' ownership group offering an interim (and possible permanent) home for the team if they ultimately need to leave Brooklyn.

[Hartford], Connecticut has been without a pro hockey team since the [...] relocated to 'North Cackalacky' and became the
in 1997.

However, Malloy and Bronin used their pitch to highlight the strengths of the area -- including the facilities, amenities and surrounding businesses.

The Hartford-New Haven television market is also the largest in the country without a pro sports team".

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Connecticut making a pitch to bring Islanders to Hartford!