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Nassau Coliseum ice dug up one last time; Islanders fans, look away (Gallery)

The New York Islanders’ last game at Nassau Coliseum ended up being their Game 6 win over the Washington Capitals in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Alas, they lost in Game 7, depriving us of another round of games at Nassau Coliseum … and, well, the chance that the hated New York Rangers might have been the ones to close it out.

Brooklyn beckons next season for the Isles. And as the season is over, that means the ice comes up at the old barn one last time.

Bruce Bennett of Getty Images captured these fantastic, depressing and fantastically depressing images of the ice being demolished at Nassau.

The Islanders move to Barclay's Center next season. Captain John Tavares hoped they'd still have a home ice advantage, via the NY Post: 

“Not too many teams enjoyed coming here [to the Coliseum]. We want to bring that same kind of feel to next season. They don’t want to make Brooklyn a quiet building. They’re going to be loud, going to be rambunctious to break in the new digs. When you create an atmosphere like we had this year, and reestablish some great hockey, we want to build on that.’’ 

Be sure to read Sean Leahy's farewell to Nassau.