Both?

Yes - I was a weird teenager.  I liked to watch both teams play, but at that time, I tended to sway the way of the City team. 

However, I am living proof that you can lose that genetic trait.... (with no disrespect intended on anyone).

However, I digress...

But with the other team out of the running, I was concentrating of the Long Island team's progress in the playoffs.  Even though the team struggled during the regular season, a late season trade seemed to make the team move in a different direction.  The dawning of the career of an Olympic hero, also provided another great story.  There seemed to be a special story that was unfolding; a special team, and organization that was going to be setting a team record that I know that no one would EVER break.  This was the start of a record 19 consecutive playoff round victories. 

And for every great story to be told, there has to be a starting point, and this is where Alan Hahn talks about in his second book, "Birth of a Dynasty - the 1980 New York Islanders".  This book, which should now be in book stores, or on www.amazon.com, is full of great stories and little known facts about this team.

Alan talked about a great deal about some of the stories that are in the book (but I am going to leave it to you to read it for yourself).  There was also a forward by Bobby Nystrom as well.

As of the writing of this piece, I have not yet been able to read the book (which I should be doing very soon), and I hope that you get your copy soon.

Here are a couple of pictures to see of the meeting (note the first one with the Alan's darling little son, Zach.  Click on the picture for a larger version.