Tag Archives: Mike Bossy

(This is the concluding part of a six-part series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Stanley Cup Champions: here are parts one, two, three, four, and five). The 1981 Stanley Cup Final pitted the New York Islanders against the upstart Minnesota North Stars: the league’s defending champion as well and top regular ...

(This is part five of a six-part series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Stanley Cup Champions: here are parts one, two, three, and four) The 1981 Stanley Cup semifinals featured the rematch that some welcomed and some dreaded, as the Islanders confronted the past as well as the ...

(This is part four of a six-part series on the 1980-81 New York Islanders. You can find part one here, part two here, and part three here) Hindsight often allows us to foreshadow in ways that make us all feel smart. Such is the case with the Islanders’ 1981 quarterfinal ...

(This is part three of a six-part series: part one is here and part two is here). The New York Islanders finished the 1980-81 season as champions of the Patrick Division and the Clarence Campbell Conference, edging out the St. Louis Blues for the latter trophy by a mere three ...

(Second of a six-part series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Stanley Cup Champions: part one is here) The 1980-81 NHL season offered the Islanders a chance to answer the question posed of any champion: could they repeat? Freed from years of whispers about choking and collapsing, and with ...