My Favorite Mike Bossy Story

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I don't remember whether I heard this on a YouTube video, 

a TV show, or what--but it's stuck in my noggin forever, so I 

figured it's about high time to share it: 

 

As some of you may already know, Mike Bossy refused to 

fight because he thought it was a net negative for the game. 

One night, when a particular overactive team was ramming him in the back, 

like other scumbags of the time, Bossy still didn't capitulate to 

the temptation to brawl. 

 

But he did make them pay: The Isles were up 3 to 1. And Mike 

said to himself that if his opponents were gonna be so belligerent, 

then he'd go out there, with hockey skills not related to throwing punches  ,

and beat them even worse. He scored two goals in 90 seconds, the game 

finishing 5 to 1 with an Isle victory. 

 

Although I do like legitimate physical hockey in the flow of play, I (mostly like Mike) 

usually don't care for fighting. One rare exception would be in my youth when I 

watched Wendel Clark hold his own against Marty McSorley. 

 

I thought it was cool that Mike Bossy delivered a beatdown through doubling 

a goal-scoring deficit, refraining from giving his opponents what they wanted: a fight; 

and giving them what they definitely didn't desire: an even-worse loss. He's a legend who

continually deserves a thread or two giving him props. 

 

   ----Get 'em, Mike! Thanks for all the legendary memories!     

In Case Ya Don't Know: 

 

Mike Bossy

Position: RW •  Shoots: Right

6-0, 186lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: January 22, 1957 (Age: 60-194d) in Montreal, Quebec ca

Draft: NY Islanders, 1st round (15th overall), 1977 NHL Amateur

 

Hall of Fame 

4x Stanley Cup Champion  

3x Lady Byng Winner [...no real surprise there, yeah?  ]

8x All-Star

1977–78 Calder Winner

1981–82 Conn Smythe Trophy 

 

[go here for more: https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/bossymi01.html ]

 

And dig this goal among goals: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jammer2]

5 hours ago, thenewestlights said:

 

I don't remember whether I heard this on a YouTube video, 

a TV show, or what--but it's stuck in my noggin forever, so I 

figured it's about high time to share it: 

 

As some of you may already know, Mike Bossy refused to 

fight because he thought it was a net negative for the game. 

One night, when a particular overactive team was ramming him in the back, 

like other scumbags of the time, Bossy still didn't capitulate to 

the temptation to brawl. 

 

But he did make them pay: The Isles were up 3 to 1. And Mike 

said to himself that if his opponents were gonna be so belligerent, 

then he'd go out there, with hockey skills not related to throwing punches  ,

and beat them even worse. He scored two goals in 90 seconds, the game 

finishing 5 to 1 with an Isle victory. 

 

Although I do like legitimate physical hockey in the flow of play, I (mostly like Mike) 

usually don't care for fighting. One rare exception would be in my youth when I 

watched Wendel Clark hold his own against Marty McSorley. 

 

I thought it was cool that Mike Bossy delivered a beatdown through doubling 

a goal-scoring deficit, refraining from giving his opponents what they wanted: a fight; 

and giving them what they definitely didn't desire: an even-worse loss. He's a legend who

continually deserves a thread or two giving him props. 

 

   ----Get 'em, Mike! Thanks for all the legendary memories!     

In Case Ya Don't Know: 

 

Mike Bossy

Position: RW •  Shoots: Right

6-0, 186lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: January 22, 1957 (Age: 60-194d) in Montreal, Quebec ca

Draft: NY Islanders, 1st round (15th overall), 1977 NHL Amateur

 

Hall of Fame 

4x Stanley Cup Champion  

3x Lady Byng Winner [...no real surprise there, yeah?  ]

8x All-Star

1977–78 Calder Winner

1981–82 Conn Smythe Trophy 

 

[go here for more: https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/bossymi01.html ]

 

And dig this goal among goals: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 For some reason, that flying bucket of popcorn is ingrained into my memory as much as the famed 50 in 50 goal.   It was a Saturday and the folks at CBC cut away from the Leafs game to show that famous goal.....Ron McLean was as thrilled as I was to see it actually happen. Hockey history, forever locked away in our cherished memories!!