The Islanders honoring Larry Brooks for his Hall of Fame induction. Anthony J Causi

The Post’s Larry Brooks was an industry titan, universally respected by the NHL players and executives he covered, journalists he worked with and those he competed against during his Hall of Fame career.

Brooks died Thursday at the age of 75 following a battle with cancer, leaving beyond an incredible legacy both on and off the ice.

Those in the hockey and journalism community alike honored Brooks on social media Thursday morning.

“Larry Brooks was, in my opinion, the greatest hockey writer in New York history,” Howie Rose, the Mets’ radio voice and former Rangers play-by-play man, posted to X on Thursday morning .

“No one in his field knew the game, its players, its people, its heartbeat, its syst

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