A rabid Islander fan — and heckler of the hockey team’s owner — was arrested for allegedly spanking a 21-year-old woman after a game.
Craig Stanley, of West Hempstead, was charged Sunday with forcible touching for bizarrely smacking the woman’s rear outside Nassau Coliseum as a way to “congratulate” her because it was her birthday.
The 54-year-old Stanley “went up to her and slapped her buttocks,’’ a police source said.
Stanley is well known at the Coliseum — he was once berated by Islanders owner Charles Wang to “sit down and shut up’’ during a February 2001 meeting with fans. At the forum, Stanley demanded Wang dump his team manager at the time, Mike Milbury.
“What could you possibly see in him?” Stanley asked Wang three times.
“Hey, it’s a done deal. [Milbury] is coming back,” Wang said at the time. “Sit down, and shut up.”
Stanley defended himself, saying he didn’t even know the woman’s name.
“I didn’t slap her butt. This is all blown up,” he said, insisting he hit the woman’s back.
His arraignment is set for March 19.