Ask any hockey historian about the greatest all-time teams, and the 1980-1984 New York Islanders are sure to be towards the top of their list. Assembled by general manager Bill Torrey and taught the... More > art of dominance by head coach Al Arbour, the Islanders of this era included such subsequent Hall of Famers as Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies, and Billy Smith, and won four consecutive Stanley Cups. Dynasty: The Oral History of the New York Islanders, 1972-1984 focuses solely on this period of the Islanders. Comprised of nearly 30 all-new, exclusive interviews with players, coaches, trainers, broadcasters, and a celebrity fan, the book is not only a genuine account of the Islanders from this time, but also, of the National Hockey League in general. Set up in the oral history format, Dynasty reads like a documentary, but in book form, as the participants weigh in on the ups and downs of the Islanders, and pull no punches in their recollections and opinions.< Less
Ask any hockey historian about the greatest all-time teams, and the 1980-1984 New York Islanders are sure to be towards the top of their list. Assembled by general manager Bill Torrey and taught the... More > art of dominance by head coach Al Arbour, the Islanders of this era included such subsequent Hall of Famers as Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies, and Billy Smith, and won four consecutive Stanley Cups. Dynasty: The Oral History of the New York Islanders, 1972-1984 focuses solely on this period of the Islanders. Comprised of nearly 30 all-new, exclusive interviews with players, coaches, trainers, broadcasters, and a celebrity fan, the book is not only a genuine account of the Islanders from this time, but also, of the National Hockey League in general. Set up in the oral history format, Dynasty reads like a documentary, but in book form, as the participants weigh in on the ups and downs of the Islanders, and pull no punches in their recollections and opinions.< Less
Going into their third year of existence as an NHL expansion team, not a whole lot was expected of the Buffalo Sabres in the fall of 1972. Despite the presence of two rising young scoring stars in... More > Gilbert Perreault and Rick Martin, each of whom had been named NHL rookie of the year, the Sabres figured to be lagging well behind in the powerful East Division of what was then a 16-team league.
Instead, the Sabres gave their growing legion of passionate fans a season that no one has ever forgotten. The 1972-73 team did what the hockey gods said would be next to impossible when the season began - it qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
This is the story of that overachieving team, complete with a month-by-month synopsis of the season and profiles of the key players who became so beloved that when the final seconds ticked off the clock in Game Six of the first-round playoff series against Montreal, a sellout crowd at Memorial Auditorium stood as one and repeatedly chanted "Thank You Sabres."< Less
A personal and relatable recount of the last decades of Pittsburgh sports including a detailed look at the eighteen months leading up to the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup victories in 2009.
A personal and relatable recount of the last decades of Pittsburgh sports including a detailed look at the eighteen months leading up to the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup victories in 2009.
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