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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rick Middleton BOS · 92 P in 80 GP Pierre Larouche MTL · 91 P in 73 GP Al MacAdam MNS · 93 P in 80 GP Kent Nilsson AFM · 93 P in 80 GP Bernie Federko STL · 94 P in 79 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

1979-80 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 51 41 92 28 12 244 0 1.23 20.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1980 vs NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1980 @ AFM W 7-3 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1980 @ MNS T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1980 @ QUE W 9-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1980 @ MTL T 2-2 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1980 vs CHI T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1980 vs AFM W 6-3 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1980 @ CHI W 6-1 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1980 vs STL W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 1 2 3 4 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1980 @ WSH L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1980 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1980 @ PHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1980 vs EDM W 6-4 3 0 3 3 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1980 @ PIT T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1980 vs DET L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1980 @ QUE W 5-3 2 1 3 3 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1980 @ NYR L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1980 @ STL W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1980 vs MNS L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1980 vs TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1980 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1980 @ LAK L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1980 @ CLR W 5-3 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1980 vs WIN T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1980 vs QUE W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1980 vs LAK W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1980 @ HFD L 3-5 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1980 vs BUF W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1980 @ BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1980 vs MNS T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1980 @ WSH L 1-7 1 0 1 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1980 vs HFD W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1980 @ DET W 5-3 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1980 vs MTL W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1980 vs QUE W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1980 vs TOR W 9-6 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1980 vs WIN W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1980 vs WSH W 5-2 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1980 @ BUF L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1980 vs VAN W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1980 vs STL W 3-1 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1980 vs PIT L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1980 @ TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1979 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1979 @ MTL W 7-3 3 0 3 3 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1979 @ CHI L 0-8 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1979 vs WSH W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1979 vs CLR W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1979 vs PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1979 @ TOR W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1979 vs BOS W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1979 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1979 @ WIN W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1979 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1979 @ CLR L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1979 @ LAK T 4-4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1979 @ MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1979 @ STL L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1979 vs DET L 4-5 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1979 vs NYR W 10-5 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1979 vs PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1979 @ AFM L 2-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1979 vs LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1979 @ WIN T 4-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1979 @ EDM L 5-7 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1979 @ VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1979 vs CHI W 6-4 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1979 @ HFD W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1979 vs EDM T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1979 vs HFD W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1979 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1979 vs AFM W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1979 vs BUF L 2-5 2 0 2 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1979 @ PHI L 2-5 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00