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HalifaxDrunk · 01-02-2009, 05:22 PM

With our 2nd selection (17th overall) team Halifax Explosion is please to welcome Hall of Famer and one of the games all time greatest snipers.

Michael Dean "Mike" Bossy

Gotta love a pic with a devastated Canuck in it!

Bossy retired after the ‘86-’87 season because of a chronic back injury that limited him to 63 games that final season, the first time in his career he had missed a substantial period of time.

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, he scored 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season

In 1982, Bossy set a then-scoring record for right-wingers with 147 points while also winning the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Bossy and Wayne Gretzky are the only players to have scored 50 or more goals for nine seasons. Bossy also had nine consecutive 50 goal seasons, a feat unmatched even today. Additionally, both are the only players ever to have scored 60 or more goals in as many as five seasons.

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 1980-81, he scored 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season. He also recorded nine hat tricks that season, establishing a then NHL-record (Gretzky had 10 twice).

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.

01-02-2009, 05:22 PM	#46
HalifaxDrunk #2 960 Prankster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In a Pub Exp:	With our 2nd selection (17th overall) team Halifax Explosion is please to welcome Hall of Famer and one of the games all time greatest snipers. Michael Dean "Mike" Bossy Gotta love a pic with a devastated Canuck in it! Bossy retired after the ‘86-’87 season because of a chronic back injury that limited him to 63 games that final season, the first time in his career he had missed a substantial period of time. 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, he scored 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season In 1982, Bossy set a then-scoring record for right-wingers with 147 points while also winning the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy. Bossy and Wayne Gretzky are the only players to have scored 50 or more goals for nine seasons. Bossy also had nine consecutive 50 goal seasons, a feat unmatched even today. Additionally, both are the only players ever to have scored 60 or more goals in as many as five seasons. 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 1980-81, he scored 50 goals in the first 50 games of the season. He also recorded nine hat tricks that season, establishing a then NHL-record (Gretzky had 10 twice). 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.