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 * 1 Playing career
 * 2 Accomplishments
 * 3 Records and Achievements
 * 4 Career statistics

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 * Conn Smythe Trophy winners
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MIKE BOSSY

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Mike Bossy Position Forward Height
Weight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg) Teams New York Islanders Nationality Canadian Born January 22,
1957(1957-01-22),
Montreal, Quebec Died April 15, 2022(2022-04-15) (aged 65),
Rosemère, Quebec NHL Draft Round 1, 15th overall, 1977
New York Islanders Pro Career 1977 – 1987 Hall of Fame, 1991

Michael Dean "Mike" Bossy (January 22, 1957 - April 15, 2022) was a Canadian
player on the New York Islanders for his entire career and was part of their
four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s. Known for his
powerful shot, he was among the league's goal scoring leaders and considered one
of the greatest bona-fide snipers of the game. His career was cut short by
injuries.


CONTENTS

 * 1 Playing career
 * 2 Accomplishments
 * 3 Records and Achievements
 * 4 Career statistics


PLAYING CAREER[]

He started his junior career with Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the age
of 14. Despite scoring 309 goals in four seasons, Bossy was considered a timid
player by NHL scouts. In the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft, he was passed over by
twelve teams, with the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs ignoring him
twice. However, the New York Islanders made him their first choice, 15th
overall.

General manager Bill Torrey was torn at first between taking Bossy and another
forward. Bossy was known as a scorer who couldn't check, while the other forward
could check but wasn't very good offensively. Coach Al Arbour persuaded Torrey
to pick Bossy, figuring it was easier to teach a scorer how to check. Bossy was
placed on a line with Bryan Trottier and Clark Gillies, known as The Trio
Grande.

Bossy boldly predicted that he would score 50 goals in his rookie season. He
made good on his promise, scoring a then-record 53 goals as a rookie in the
1977–78 season, won the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year, and was named a
Second Team All-Star.

In 1980–81, Bossy scored 50 goals in 50 games & 50 goals in the first 50 games
of the season, the first to do so since the great Maurice Richard thirty-six
years earlier. Richard was on hand to congratulate Bossy for achieving that
milestone.

Bossy was known for being able to score goals in remarkable fashion, the most
incredible, perhaps, in the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals against the Vancouver
Canucks when, up-ended by a check from Tiger Williams and flying several feet in
the air, parallel to the ice, Bossy nonetheless managed to hook the puck with
his stick and score. Bossy was also noted for his clean play, never resorting to
fighting (and being one of the first players to speak out against violence on
the ice), and winning the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly play three times:
1983, 1984 and 1986.

Bossy has harbored some animosity towards Gretzky and the Oilers, stating that
the Islanders got little recognition for their dynasty (1980–1983) compared to
the Montreal Canadiens (1976–1979) or Edmonton Oilers (1984–1990). Bossy
complained "I do a lot of promoting for how good [the Islanders] were...We never
got one millionth of the recognition we should. We had a very low-key
organization. They didn't want guys doing too much, because they thought the
hockey might suffer. People don't talk about us in the first mention of great
teams."

The dominant scoring star of the late 1970s was Guy Lafleur but his skills waned
in the 1980s. In 1982, Bossy set a scoring record for right-wingers with 147
points while also winning the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy. However,
far more attention was given to Gretzky who not only won the Hart Trophy and Art
Ross Trophy, but also shattered scoring records with an unheard of 212 points
and 92 goals. Bossy aspired to be the best player of his era but fell short, as
the Hart and Art Ross Trophies were two of the awards that eluded Bossy during
his career, going to Lafleur, Trottier, and Gretzky. Although the Islanders
swept the Oilers in the 1983 final to win a fourth consecutive championship,
Gretzky and his Oilers still received the most attention. During Gretzky's
interview with the New York Post in 1993, he praised Bossy as the best
right-winger ever to play, saying that their scoring totals would have been even
higher if the two had played together. Bossy's response in the Post was not
complimentary, as he pointed out that their playing styles were different, and
also said that Trottier was the best. Gretzky afterwards could not be reached
for comment.


The Islanders made a fifth consecutive Stanley Cup final in 1984 but they were
outmatched by the Oilers who defeated them 4 games to 1. Bossy, who had scored 8
goals after the first three rounds of the playoffs (and 17 goals in the past
three consecutive post-seasons), was silenced completely in the finals series.
Afterwards, the Islanders would slowly decline, while injuries would take their
toll on Bossy's back. He was limited to 63 games in the 1986–87 season but he
still managed to score 38 goals.




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ACCOMPLISHMENTS[]

Bossy holds the current NHL record for most consecutive 50+ goal seasons with
nine.

Bossy and Wayne Gretzky are the only players to have scored 50 or more goals for
nine seasons. Additionally, both are the only players ever to have scored 60 or
more goals in as many as five seasons. Unlike Gretzky, however, who played 20
seasons, Bossy was healthy enough only for 10, of which only the first nine were
full.

As he never played long enough for his skills to diminish, his scoring averages
remain quite high. Bossy averaged .762 goals per game in the regular season,
more than any other player in NHL history, and .659 in the playoffs, second only
to Mario Lemieux at .710.

In 1977–78, his rookie season, he scored 53 goals which established a rookie
record. This was broken in 1992–93 by Teemu Selänne's 76 goals.

In 1980–81, he scored 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season. He also
recorded nine hat tricks that season, establishing an NHL-record (later broken
by Gretzky in 1981–82 with 10. Gretzky tied his own record with 10 hat tricks
again in 1983–84).

In 1982, Bossy set scoring records for right-wingers with 83 assists and 147
points in 80 games. These would stand until the 1995–96 season when Jaromír Jágr
broke both records with 87 assists and 149 points, in what was an 82-game
schedule.

Bossy earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1982, and scored 17 goals
in three straight playoffs -- 1981, 1982, and 1983 -- the only player ever to do
so. In reaching the Stanley Cup Finals five times, between 1980 and 1984, Bossy
scored 69 goals. By contrast, in Gretzky's five Stanley Cup Finals playoffs
during his peak years with the Edmonton Oilers, he scored 59 goals.

Bossy earned 5 First Team All-Star selections, one of only four right wings ever
to do so, again a notable achievement considering that the other three had much
longer careers (Gordie Howe - 26 years; Maurice Richard - 18 years; Guy Lafleur
- 17 years).

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991. His #22 jersey was retired
by the Islanders on March 3, 1992. In 1998, he was ranked number 20 on The
Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players, despite having an
injury-shortened career.

Bossy is the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the amount of games played in
'78 - '79.

In 81'-82' Bossy was the fastest player to reach 300 goals in the amount of
games played, as well as the fastest player to reach 500 goals in the amount of
games played in 85'-86', to only have both goal marks to be surpassed and scored
faster by Wayne Gretzky's 300 goals in 83'-84' and 500 goals in 86'-87'.

Bossy is the third fastest player to reach the 500 goal mark in the amount of
games played (647), only behind Wayne Gretzky's 500 goals in 575 games played
and Mario Lemieux's 500 goals in 605 games played.

Bossy is ranked 19th on the NHL all time goal scoring list with 573 life time
goals.

Bossy has had seven 100 + point seasons in his NHL career.




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RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS[]

 * Highest Career Goals Per Game Average- 0.762 (573 goals in 752 GP)
 * Most 50 Goal Seasons- 9 (1977-86) tied with Wayne Gretzky
 * Most Consecutive 50 Goal Seasons- 9 (1977-86)
 * Most 60 Goal Seasons- 5 (1978-79, 1980-83, 1985-86) tied with Wayne Gretzky
 * Most Goals in a Season by a Rookie- 53 in 1977-78 surpassed and currently
   held by Teemu Selanne (76 in 1992-93)
 * Most Goals in a Season Right Wing- 69 in 1978-79, surpassed by Jari Kurri (71
   in 1984-85) and currently held by Brett Hull (86 in 1990-91)
 * Most Assists in a Season Right Wing- 83 in 1981-82, surpassed and currently
   held by Jaromir Jagr (87 in 1995-96)
 * Most Points in a Season Right Wing- 147 in 1981-82, surpassed and currently
   held by Jaromir Jagr (149 in 1995-96)
 * Fastest player in Modern NHL history to score 100 Goals- 129 GP *(Joe Malone
   (62) Newsy Lalonde (69), Cy Denneny (86), Babe Dye (88), Reg Noble (109) &
   Frank Nighbor (125) had previously reached the mark in fewer games)..
 * Fastest player in Modern NHL history to score 200 Goals- 255 GP surpassed and
   currently held by Wayne Gretzky (242 GP) *(Cy Denneny (181) & Babe Dye (211)
   had previously reached the mark in fewer games).
 * Fastest player in NHL history to score 300 Goals- 381 GP surpassed and
   currently held by Wayne Gretzky (350 GP)
 * Fastest player in NHL history to score 400 Goals- 506 GP surpassed and
   currently held by Wayne Gretzky (436 GP)
 * Fastest player in NHL history to score 500 Goals- 647 GP surpassed and
   currently held by Wayne Gretzky (575 GP)
 * Fastest player in Modern NHL history to score 200 Points- 143 GP surpassed
   and currently held by Wayne Gretzky (117 GP)
 * Fastest player in Modern NHL history to score 300 Points- 221 GP surpassed
   and currently held by Wayne Gretzky (159 GP)
 * Fastest player in NHL history to score 400 Points- 283 GP surpassed and
   currently held by Wayne Gretzky (197 GP) he currently ranks 4th behind
   Gretzky, Mario Lemieux (240) & Peter Stastny (247).
 * Fastest player in NHL history to score 500 Points- 349 GP surpassed and
   currently held by Wayne Gretzky (234 GP) he currently ranks 4th behind
   Gretzky, Mario Lemieux (287) & Peter Stastny (322).
 * Fastest player in NHL history to score 600 Points- 400 GP surpassed and
   currently held by Wayne Gretzky (274 GP) he currently ranks 4th behind
   Gretzky, Mario Lemieux (323) & Peter Stastny (394).
 * 4th Fastest player in NHL history to score 700 Points- 469 GP behind Wayne
   Gretzky (317) & Mario Lemieux (363) & Peter Stastny (457)
 * 3rd Fastest player in NHL history to score 800 Points- 525 GP behind Wayne
   Gretzky (352) & Mario Lemieux (410)
 * 3rd Fastest player in NHL history to score 900 Points- 582 GP behind Wayne
   Gretzky (385) & Mario Lemieux (463)
 * 3rd Fastest player in NHL history to score 1000 Points- 656 GP behind Wayne
   Gretzky (424) & Mario Lemieux (513)
 * 3rd Fastest player in NHL history to score 1100 Points- 725 GP behind Wayne
   Gretzky (464), Mario Lemieux (550)
 * He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 200 goals (23 years, 315
   days) until he was surpassed by Wayne Gretzky (21 years, 256 days).
 * He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 300 goals (25 years, 60
   days) until he was surpassed  by Wayne Gretzky (22 years, 321 days).
 * He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 400 goals (26 years, 357
   days) until he was surpassed by Wayne Gretzky (23 years, 352 days).
 * He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 500 goals (28 years, 345
   days) until he was surpassed by Wayne Gretzky (25 years, 300 days).

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CAREER STATISTICS[]

    Regular season   Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1972–73 Laval National QMJHL 4 1 2 3 0 -- -- -- -- -- 1973–74 Laval National
QMJHL 68 70 48 118 45 11 6 16 22 2 1974–75 Laval National QMJHL 67 84 65 149 42
16 18 20 38 2 1975–76 Laval National QMJHL 64 79 57 136 25 -- -- -- -- --
1976–77 Laval National QMJHL 61 75 51 126 12 7 5 5 10 12 1977–78 New York
Islanders NHL 73 53 38 91 6 7 2 2 4 2 1978–79 New York Islanders NHL 80 69 57
126 25 10 6 2 8 2 1979–80 New York Islanders* NHL 75 51 41 92 12 16 10 13 23 8
1980–81 New York Islanders* NHL 79 68 51 119 32 18 17 18 35 4 1981–82 New York
Islanders* NHL 80 64 83 147 22 19 17 10 27 0 1982–83 New York Islanders* NHL 79
60 58 118 20 19 17 9 26 10 1983–84 New York Islanders NHL 67 51 67 118 8 21 8 10
18 4 1984–85 New York Islanders NHL 76 58 59 117 38 10 5 6 11 4 1985–86 New York
Islanders NHL 80 61 62 123 14 3 1 2 3 4 1986–87 New York Islanders NHL 63 38 37
75 33 6 2 3 5 2 NHL totals 752 573 553 1126 210 129 85 75 160 38

 * *Stanley Cup Champion







Preceded by
Willi Plett Winner of the Calder Trophy
1978 Succeeded by
Bobby Smith Preceded by
Guy Lafleur NHL Goal Leader
1979 Succeeded by
Danny Gare, Charlie Simmer, Blaine Stoughton Preceded by
Danny Gare, Charlie Simmer, Blaine Stoughton NHL Goal Leader
1981 Succeeded by
Wayne Gretzky Preceded by
Butch Goring Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy
1982 Succeeded by
Billy Smith Preceded by
Rick Middleton Winner of the Lady Byng Trophy
1983, 1984 Succeeded by
Jari Kurri Preceded by
Jari Kurri Winner of the Lady Byng Trophy
1986 Succeeded by
Joe Mullen

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