New York Islanders legend and four-time Stanley Cup champion Mike Bossy passed ... t the first time Bossy and Ovechkin have been intertwined in the NHL’s history books. With his 575th career ...

But those weren’t just one-way conversations. In an early-season game, Mike (Bossy) missed the net several times in a row. He missed the far post by inches every time, and the puck went sailing ...

This gave me a pretty good excuse to be on the phone, chatting up Mike Bossy. Of course, I was always looking for excuses to speak to Bossy. When Connor McDavid was dragged into a fight while ...

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And then, on Thursday, Mike Bossy died at 65 after a battle with lung cancer. Bossy was arguably the greatest pure goal scorer in the history of the NHL — with apologies to Wayne Gretzky ...