Islanders legend Mike Bossy, whose scoring touch helped drive the franchise to four straight championships, died late Thursday after a battle with terminal lung cancer. He was 65. Bossy’s diagnosis…
Islanders legend Mike Bossy, whose scoring touch helped drive the franchise to four straight championships, died late Thursday after a battle with terminal lung cancer. He was 65.
Of his scoring, former teammate Chico Resch told Sports Illustrated in 1981 that Bossy “scores goals as naturally as you and I wake up in the morning and brush our teeth.”He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991, with a list of accolades that includes eight All-Star appearances, three Lady Byng trophies, the 1981-82 Conn Smythe Trophy and the 1977-78 Calder Trophy.
Such occasions were rare: including his junior career and the postseason, the longest Bossy ever went without scoring was seven games, per TSN’s Gord Miler.Bossy was also a loud opponent of fighting in hockey, saying he would never take part in a fight, despite playing in an era when it was accepted as a regular part of the game.
New York Islanders Mike Bossy holds a puck signifying his scoring 50 goals in his first 50 games in 1981.At 15, Bossy began playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for Laval National, and his 532 QMJHL points remain a record.
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