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Part of the reason for Bossy's disappearing act is the skill and support of his teammates. The Islanders, last year's Stanley Cup champions, boast three former Rookies of the Year-Bossy, Trottier and Denis Potvin, who has also been voted the N.H.L.'s top defenseman three times. Opponents who spend too much time looking for Bossy get burned by Line-mates Trottier, the 1980 MVP, and Gillies. "People can say that Mike's success has come because we set him up to score, but it works both ways," says Trottier. "I never...
Just after the New York Islanders won their first Stanley Cup championship in the team's eight years, Captain Denis Potvin hoisted the 31-lb. silver trophy above "his head and as tradition dictates, skated triumphantly around the rink. Other Islanders rolled on the ice in glee, while some 15,000 fans roared out of Nassau Coliseum and turned Hempstead Turnpike into the world's loudest parking lot. Said Rookie Ken Morrow: "I just can't believe...
...record, contriving to swoon at Stanley Cup time despite regular-season records that were the envy of the league. The Islanders' woes were at their worst last year. The club finished with the best record in the N.H.L. Center Bryan Trottier won the M.V.P. and scoring trophy, Denis Potvin was voted the top defenseman and Right Wing Mike Bossy led the league in goals, with 69. Despite such muscular credentials, the Islanders were eliminated in the semifinals by their bitter next-island rivals, the New York Rangers...
...mark to stay until Jan. 15, three months after opening day. Their locker room, once the home of new-boys-on-the-block camaraderie, became a somber scene as players anxiously fretted over last night's mistakes. Injuries decimated the roster, most notably the loss of Potvin for 49 games. As many as 31 players shuttled through the lineup, the largest turnover since the Islanders' maiden season. For the first time in its history, the club was unable to improve on its previous season's record, finally finishing second in the division with 39 wins, 28 losses...
...York Islanders 4, Philadelphia 3 (OT) Denis Potvin (John Tonnelli, Bob Nystrom...