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Mike Bossy

#22 · Right wing · New York Islanders · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jan 22, 1957 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'0", 186 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 15th overall in 1977 by NYI (round 1)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80
×3 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 1985-86, 1983-84, 1982-83
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1981-82
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1977-78

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Anderson HFD · 75 P in 76 GP Bobby Smith MTL · 75 P in 80 GP Brent Ashton DET · 75 P in 81 GP Tomas Sandstrom NYR · 74 P in 64 GP Paul MacLean WIN · 74 P in 72 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001977-78: 91 points9177-781978-79: 126 points12678-791979-80: 92 points9279-801980-81: 119 points11980-811981-82: 147 points14781-821982-83: 118 points11882-831983-84: 118 points11883-841984-85: 117 points11784-851985-86: 123 points12385-861986-87: 75 points7586-87

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1977-78 NYI 73 53 38 91 31 6 235 0 1.25
1978-79 NYI 80 69 57 126 63 25 279 0 1.58
1979-80 NYI 75 51 41 92 28 12 244 0 1.23
1980-81 NYI 79 68 51 119 38 32 315 0 1.51
1981-82 NYI 80 64 83 147 69 22 301 0 1.84
1982-83 NYI 79 60 58 118 27 20 274 0 1.49
1983-84 NYI 67 51 67 118 65 8 246 0 1.76
1984-85 NYI 76 58 59 117 37 38 285 0 1.54
1985-86 NYI 80 61 62 123 30 14 302 0 1.54
1986-87 NYI 63 38 37 75 -8 33 226 0 1.19
10 seasons Career 752 573 553 1126 380 210 2707 0 1.50

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1977-78 NYI 7 2 2 4 3 2 29 0 0.57
1978-79 NYI 10 6 2 8 5 2 25 0 0.80
1979-80 NYI 16 10 13 23 -4 8 55 0 1.44
1980-81 NYI 18 17 18 35 14 4 69 0 1.94
1981-82 NYI 19 17 10 27 7 0 62 0 1.42
1982-83 NYI 19 17 9 26 7 10 78 0 1.37
1983-84 NYI 21 8 10 18 5 4 62 0 0.86
1984-85 NYI 10 5 6 11 1 4 32 0 1.10
1985-86 NYI 3 1 2 3 -2 4 14 0 1.00
1986-87 NYI 6 2 3 5 -2 0 10 0 0.83
10 seasons Playoffs 129 85 75 160 34 38 436 0 1.24

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 38 37 75 -8 33 226 0 1.19 16.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 21, 1987 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1987 @ DET W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1987 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1987 vs NJD W 7-6 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1987 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1987 @ PIT W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1987 @ CHI W 6-5 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1987 @ TOR L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1987 @ NYR L 5-7 0 1 1 0 14 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1987 vs BOS T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1987 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1987 vs PIT W 5-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1987 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1987 @ NJD W 7-0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1987 vs MTL W 6-5 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1987 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1987 vs PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 vs BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1987 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1987 @ VAN L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1987 vs HFD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1987 vs PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1987 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1987 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1987 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1987 @ NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1987 vs MNS W 5-3 2 2 4 3 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1987 vs BOS L 4-5 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1986 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1986 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1986 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1986 @ WSH L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1986 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1986 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1986 @ PHI L 4-9 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1986 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1986 vs NJD W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1986 @ NJD W 8-4 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1986 vs LAK L 2-7 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1986 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1986 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1986 @ EDM L 1-7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1986 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 vs PHI L 5-6 3 0 3 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1986 @ PIT W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1986 vs PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1986 vs HFD L 3-6 1 0 1 -3 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1986 vs TOR W 6-4 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 @ QUE W 4-3 (OT) 2 1 3 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1986 @ WIN L 1-3 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 @ MNS W 7-3 2 2 4 1 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1986 @ BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1986 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ HFD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1986 vs WSH W 7-1 2 1 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1986 vs WIN W 7-4 2 1 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1986 @ NJD L 6-7 (OT) 1 2 3 -2 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1986 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1986 vs LAK W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1986 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00