Nov 5, 2024 · In Game 6, with the Leafs trailing the series 3-2, Toronto’s Jerry Butler hit Bossy from behind and sent him to the hospital with a neck sprain. He returned for Game 7 but was …

Bossy, who had averaged 77 goals per season in junior with Laval, was passed over by twelve teams in the 1977 NHL amateur draft, including the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple …

Apr 15, 2022 · The NHL mourns the passing of Mike Bossy, the dynamic winger whose goal-scoring prowess during a remarkable 10-year career ranks, by almost any measure, as one of …

Apr 28, 1978 · TORONTO, April 27—His neck in a brace, his skates tied together to keep him from moving his legs and spinal column, Mike Bossy was wheeled out of Maple Leaf Gardens …

Oct 31, 2023 · While Bossy breaks an NHL record, the Islanders break through as a division winner and the Maple Leafs break the Islanders in the playoffs. Part Two of our look at Mike …

Apr 15, 2022 · Mike Bossy reacts after he scored the winning goal in overtime to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 20, 1978. Ray Stubblebine/The Associated Press

The Islanders also made it to the quarterfinals of the Stanley Cup, where they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs. During his sophomore season, 1978-79, Bossy did not slump. He had thirty-five …

Jan 22, 2023 · On Jan. 24, 1981, New York Islanders’ winger Mike Bossy became the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in the first 50 games of a season. The original feat was …

Apr 19, 2022 · Mike Bossy passed away last Friday from lung cancer. Tuesday night was the first game in Long Island for the Islanders since the death of their legend. They paid tribute to him …

Apr 11, 2024 · Bossy scored 69 goals in his second NHL campaign and went on to have four more 60-plus seasons in the 10 years he played before a debilitating back injury ended his …