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Hockey team to leave Long Island.

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It’s about to get chilly in Brooklyn. The New York Islanders will reportedly pack up its pucks and hockey sticks and relocate to the Barclays Center—the home of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team. The move, which is expected to happen by 2015, will take Long Island’s hockey franchise away from its crumbling arena. You may not remember, but the Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983. It remains to be seen whether Jay-Z will try to purchase a small part of the team.

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