Posts About "Bob Nystrom"
Bill Torrey: How 'The Architect' Constructed a Dynasty
March 8th, 2019 On Saturday, March 9, the New York Islanders will hold Bill Torrey Appreciation Night when the team takes on the Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Coliseum. Torrey, who passed away on May 3, 2018, was known as “The Architect” thanks to his shaping of the league’s newest franchise into one of the all-time great NHL dynasties within a...
The Best of the Islanders Draft Classes
November 14th, 2018 The New York Islanders draft class history has been an interesting one to say the least. Today we look back at their top draft classes in history. 1972 New York Islanders Draft Class The Islanders, along with the Atlanta Flames, became the 13th and 14th teams in the NHL. The expansion draft was held prior to the entry draft. Among...
New York Islanders' Greatest of All-Time
February 4th, 2017 On this date, Feb. 4, 1978, Hockey Hall of Famer and a member of the 100 Greatest NHL Players club, Mike Bossy, recorded the first hat trick of his NHL career as the New York Islanders won 6-1 over Washington. In honour of that first of many accomplishments, we have pulled this nugget from the THW Archives, written by former THW...
Nielsen a Perfect Fit with Wings
November 28th, 2016 Over his 8-year career with the New York Islanders Frans Nielsen was valuable in more ways than one - not only was he a dependable faceoff ace and two-way center, but he was also nearly automatic in the shootout with his lightning-quick rising backhander. Over his career he has had 17 game-deciding shootout goals and scored on 42 of his...
Like Father Like Son: Nashville’s Eric Nystrom
October 17th, 2015 For the younger audience out there not familiar with Bob Nystrom he was a winger on the New York Islanders dynastic teams of the early 1980s and it was his game-winning overtime goal in the 1980 Stanley Cup Final that kicked the dynasty off. He’s not in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but the Islanders retired his no. 23 jersey and...
Jaromir Jagr, the Skater
January 13th, 2014 Back in October we all saw Sidney Crosby do this to fellow Cole Harbour denizen Nathan MacKinnon: Crosby's deke is all footwork. MacKinnon bites hard. It's a crafty, veteran move that only a good skater can pull off. As part of The Hockey Writers draft team, I often hear about skating ability from scouts. It tends to be the...
