Word: trottier
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...they were unable to improve upon their playoff 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...
...team was able to trade away two suddenly surplus players in exchange for Butch Goring, a center for the Los Angeles Kings, whose arrival launched the Islanders on a twelve-game unbeaten streak. Goring's presence meant that teams could no longer focus all their attention on Trottier, who over the years had been hounded on a scale befitting his skill. Goring, 30, blends his skills with those of his wingers, and his versatility enabled Coach Al Arbour to send 28 different line combinations against the Buffalo Sabres in the semifinals. Says Left Wing Bob Bourne: "Butchie came here...
...star of the AT&T message is Bryan Trottier, center for the New York Islanders. His two front teeth were extracted in maturity by a hockey stick. Trottier is to appear in the final frames surrounded by jubilant teammates all of whom are extras, bit players in this mini-form who possess an almost subliminal celebrity. "I been living in sports equipment all week," notes one. Later, after jumping into a shower to simulate perspiration, he complains that "on the Coke job, they gave us little spray things-very first-class...
After the first period, which ended with the Islanders ahead 1-0 on a rebound goal by Bryan Trottier during a momentary lull in hostilities, only three minor penalties were called and the teams "settled down" to play hockey...
Boston's Rick Smith's slapshot 1:28 into period two evened the game at 1-1 before John Tonelli responded with a backhand goal at 10:40. After Dwight Foster and Lorne Henning (short-handed) traded tallies, Brad Park picked off a Trottier clearing attempt and wristed the puck past Smith to make it 3-3, 3:05 before the stanza ended...