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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Terry O'Reilly BOS · 90 P in 77 GP Bobby Clarke PHI · 89 P in 71 GP Gilbert Perreault BUF · 89 P in 80 GP Lanny McDonald TOR · 87 P in 74 GP Wilf Paiement CLR · 87 P in 80 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

1977-78 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 53 38 91 31 6 235 0 1.25 22.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 1978 @ BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1978 vs NYR W 7-2 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1978 vs PHI T 3-3 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1978 @ DET W 5-2 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1978 vs WSH W 3-2 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1978 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1978 vs MNS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1978 vs CLE T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1978 @ TOR W 6-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1978 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1978 vs AFM L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1978 vs STL T 3-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1978 vs BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1978 @ STL W 6-3 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1978 vs VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1978 @ PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1978 vs PIT W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1978 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1978 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1978 @ MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1978 vs CHI W 7-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1978 @ AFM T 3-3 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1978 @ PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1978 vs AFM T 3-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1978 @ CHI L 4-5 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1978 vs WSH W 6-1 3 0 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1978 @ AFM W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1978 @ NYR W 7-6 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1978 @ BUF L 2-3 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1978 vs NYR W 6-2 2 1 3 1 0 12 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1978 vs TOR W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1978 vs PHI W 6-1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1978 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 2 1 3 3 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ WSH W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1978 @ CLE L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1978 vs CLR W 7-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1978 vs CLE W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1978 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1977 vs MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1977 @ LAK W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1977 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1977 @ MTL L 5-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1977 vs STL W 6-3 0 4 4 3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1977 vs BOS W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1977 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1977 vs CHI T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1977 vs DET W 7-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1977 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1977 @ CLR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1977 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ PIT L 2-5 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1977 @ MNS W 9-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1977 vs CLR W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1977 vs VAN W 9-2 2 2 4 4 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1977 @ PHI T 4-4 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1977 vs CHI T 1-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1977 @ WSH W 6-0 2 0 2 3 0 8 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1977 vs PHI T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1977 vs MTL L 1-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1977 @ BOS L 3-5 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1977 vs PIT W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1977 @ MNS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1977 vs AFM W 9-0 1 4 5 6 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1977 vs BUF W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1977 @ VAN W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1977 @ LAK T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1977 vs NYR W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1977 @ AFM T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1977 vs LAK T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1977 @ NYR L 2-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1977 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1977 @ BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00