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...foot slapshot. A Black Hawk reaches the rubber and bangs it off the post; the Rangers and their fans (except for Giacomin, who is still unconscious) gaze in horror as the puck rebounds to Stan Mikita, quintessential all-star, still one of the most accurate shooters in the NHL...
...years older and wiser, I became an Islanders fan. Then the worst team in NHL history, on January 18, 1973 they faced one of the best, the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, who featured a couple of unknowns named Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito. While the capacity Boston Garden crowd (yes, there was a time when Bruins fans did show up for the games) laughed, the "hapless"--as every sportswriter east of the Yukon described them--Isles scored five consecutive goals, then held on for a sloppy, hilarious, transcendental, season-salvaging...
...knew they would, the I's soon developed into one of hockey's classiest, most talented teams. While the rest of the NHL watched awestruck, the Uniondale youngsters serenely survived eight must-win 1975 playoff contests, upsetting the Rangers (J.P. Parise decided the finale after 11 seconds of OT) and Penguins (coming back from a three-game deficit for only the second time in professional sports history) before bowing out to eventual Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers in seven, after winning three...
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