[Impala64ssa]

First it was Dr. Dunk aka the Chocolate Thunder Darryl Dawskins, now we just lost another sports legend.

[ken5050]

Fond memories..I went to many games at the Nassau Coliseu during that 4 year run..even back then the place was a dump..it was a schlep out there from Westchester...often didn't get home until 2am

The team was superb...great players...all with different skill sets. Potvin, Morrow, and Mike Bossy was the best stick handler and pure shooter I ever saw.

Talk about having one amazing year... Ken Morrow went from winning the Gold Medal in 1980 to winning the Stanley Cup soon after. That's a career in and of itself.

Back then the Rangers and Islanders had a real death rivalry. The teams detested each other. Rangers hadn't won a Cup in decades, here comes this upstart, pissant team that wins four straight..

I went to one Rangers/Islanders game at the Garden. You have absolutely no idea what it is like to hear 19,000 fans screaming at the top of their lungs;

POTVIN SUCKS!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Left a very sad mark on my childhood when he made the call to pull Billy Smith in favor of Chico Resch and brought his Islanders back from a 3-0 deficit to beat my Penguins back in the ‘75 playoffs. The Pens would go bankrupt that summer and would stink for another 15 years.

RIP.

[bankwalker]

Yes. I remember the front page of the Philly Inquirer.

The night the Islanders turned into the Flyers!!!

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[dfwgator]

Those Islander teams were darned good. RIP to a legend.

[airborne]

Hockey Ping!

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[Captain Jack Aubrey]

I am very sad to hear this news. I helps to make me realize how old I am getting, among other things.

[BeadCounter]

Those affected are in my thoughts and prayers.

I may not know right off, who he was, but I sure do know the name.