Word: resch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bill "Don't Call Me Billy" Smith and Glenn Resch will alternate in the nets, as they have, very effectively, all season...
...above the rest of the Patrick the New York Islanders finally converted confidence into performance, and obtained the consistency and intensity they lacked in previous seasons. With Resch and Smith keeping the nets safe, Potvin & Co. clearing the zone and Bossy-Trottier-Gillies a scoring machine, the Islanders needed primarily to work on one thing: attitude. Two late season victories against Montreal gave the team a big boost as the playoffs approached...
...scorer this year), and a no-name defense except for likely Noms Trophy winner Denis Potvin, the Islanders pose the first legitimate threat to the Canadiens in several seasons. Al Arbour coaches this position-oriented team, which boasts the best goaltending duo in the NHL (Chico Resch and Billy Smith...
...Boston Bruins' Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman and Ken Hodge (336 points). The Islanders hope their big three will provide enough muscle to pry the Stanley Cup away from the Canadiens. With a goaltender's fine appreciation of the scorer's art, the Islanders' Glenn Resch sums up his teammates: "You couldn't draft a bigger, stronger left wing than Gillies. Trottier always slips through like Earl Campbell. Bossy can put the puck in the net on every good chance. He and Trottier have that psychic thing between them that a great line has to have...
...first period, the Bruins had few problems keeping the Islanders in check. Dwight Foster set up veteran Wayne Cashman, who rifled a wrist shot past Resch to put Boston on the board, and three New York power plays failed miserably...