Help keep Mike Bossy and Lucie Creamer profile up to date. [104] When he returned, Bossy, who had scored 17 goals in each of the previous three post-seasons,[105] failed to score, and was held without a shot on goal in two of the games, as the Oilers won their first Stanley Cup. In 2014, he became the QMJHL Most Valuable Player in Michel Brière Memorial Trophy. They were dating for 6 years after getting together in Mar 1971 and were married on 23rd Jul 1977. He went into business with Pierre La Croix, his agent, and joined Titan, a hockey stick manufacturer, as vice-president. [32] On February 19th, 1979, Bossy recorded his 100th goal in his 129th game, becoming the fastest to reach that milestone,[33] and his two-year total of 122 goals was the most by any NHL player over his first two seasons.
[149] During his season off, Bill Torrey had offered to trade Bossy to the Canadiens, so he could be closer to home, but Bossy declined. [65] The Islanders then defeated the Minnesota North Stars in the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals, as Bossy set records for most points (35), and power-play goals (9) and most goals combining regular season and playoffs (85), and the Islanders won their second Stanley Cup. In 2017 he was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history. [13], Bossy replaced Billy Harris on the Islanders' top line with Bryan Trottier and Clark Gillies, creating a new combination that came to be known as The Trio Grande. [61] The Islanders then defeated the Edmonton Oilers in six games, in which Bossy led all scorers with 11 points,[62] and his 21 total points tied him with Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky for the playoff lead. Bossy returned to Laval with his family. [101] Bossy was named a First Team All-Star for the fourth straight year, and again won the Lady Byng Trophy;[26] the Lady Byng Trophy was presented to Bossy at the NHL Awards by Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau. [81] In game 3, an acrobatic backhand goal resulting from a hit by either Williams[82] or Lars Lindgren[70] was the second in a 3-0 Islanders win. [146], Bossy intended to attend training camp in 1987,[147] but with his condition remaining stagnant, and pain preventing him from bending to tie his own skates, Bossy instead underwent a series of tests and x-rays on his back. In 1998, he was ranked number 20 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
[46] It took until their 41st game for the Islanders to get over .500,[47] and after acquiring Butch Goring on March 10, the Islanders went unbeaten for the rest of the season, and finished second in the Patrick Division.
1175 Frère André Place (Near René-Lévesque) H3B 3X9 Montreal, Canada Il est le seul joueur de la LNH à avoir obtenu 9 saisons consécutives de 50 buts et plus. He is the only player to score 17 goals in three consecutive playoff years. Here is a selected list of other official NHL record categories where Bossy was once the record-holder and/or is ranked very highly: Bossy has several significant career achievements that are not official NHL records. [167] His #22 sweater was retired by the Islanders on March 3, 1992. (Joe Malone-61, Newsy Lalonde-69, Cy Denneny-86, Babe Dye-86, Reg Noble-109 & Frank Nighbor-125 had previously scored 100 goals in fewer games.) [129], At the beginning of training camp Bossy experienced back pain, and after playing two uncomfortable games in which he did not score, he was ordered to rest for 10 days. He was also the fastest to various other milestones such as 200 (255 GP), 300 (381 GP), 400 (506 GP) and 500 (647 GP) goals at the time he achieved them, but currently ranks behind Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux in most of these categories. [139] In a March 14 game against New Jersey, Bossy scored his 38th goal of the season,[140] which proved to be his last, as he finished the season tied with Pat LaFontaine for the team lead. [58] Bossy was again named a starter for the 1981 All-Star Game,[59] and was named a First Team All-Star at the end of the season. [41] Bossy and Trottier scored the only Islander goals in a 5-2 season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Flyers,[43] and Bossy had both goals in their second game, another 5-2 loss, this time to Buffalo. [26], In the 1986 NHL All-Star Game, Bossy assisted on Bryan Trottier's overtime game-winning goal in a 4-3 Wales Conference victory. He scored 573 goals and 553 assists in only 752 games. [144] Bossy returned to the ice in the fourth game of the Patrick Division final against Philadelphia, scoring his 85th career playoffs goal in game 6 as the Islanders again were coming back from a three-to-one deficit,[145] but the Islanders were eliminated with a 5-1 loss in game 7. [5], Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, deciding seventh game in quadruple overtime, 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season, List of NHL players with 100-point seasons, list of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise, "Islanders' Glory Days Seem Long, Long Ago", "Laval hockey icon Mike Bossy on the Islanders and TVA Sports", "Tournoi international pee-wee: Mike Bossy attire encore les foules", "Buffalo sports' greatest what-ifs: What if Sabres had drafted Mike Bossy instead of Ric Seiling? [152], The Islanders retired Bossy's #22 on March 3, 1992, the second Islander afforded that honour after longtime teammate Denis Potvin. Mike Bossy cap hit, salary, contracts, contract history, earnings, aav, free agent status [70] Bossy scored seven times in the Finals, tying him with Jean Beliveau for most goals in the final round, and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs MVP. View the profiles of people named Mike Bossie.
[85] On May 17, Bossy scored the winning goal in game 4, becoming the second player to score Stanley Cup-winning goals in consecutive years, joining Jack Darragh in 1920 and 1921. He remains one of only five players who can claim to have accomplished this. Bref, l’ancien des Islanders n’a plus rien à dire là dessus et il maintient qu’il a eu une TRÈS bonne source à ce sujet.