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Mike Bossy

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 186 lbs.
Born: January 22, 1957 in Montreal, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1991

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (15th overall) of the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 21 New York Islanders NHL 73 53 38 91 1.25 38 0.52 130 57 42 0 31 6 28 25 0 5 235 3.22 22.6
1978-79 22 New York Islanders NHL 80 69 57 126 1.58 51 0.64 174 70 41 0 63 25 42 27 0 9 279 3.49 24.7
1979-80 23 New York Islanders NHL 75 51 41 92 1.23 38 0.50 126 47 51 0 28 12 35 16 0 8 244 3.25 20.9
1980-81 24 New York Islanders NHL 79 68 51 119 1.51 50 0.63 161 64 65 5 37 32 38 28 2 10 315 3.99 21.6
1981-82 25 New York Islanders NHL 80 64 83 147 1.84 57 0.71 178 58 54 3 69 22 47 17 0 10 301 3.76 21.3
1982-83 26 New York Islanders NHL 79 60 58 118 1.49 47 0.60 141 48 66 0 27 20 41 19 0 8 272 3.44 22.1
1983-84 27 New York Islanders NHL 67 51 67 118 1.76 46 0.69 147 35 46 0 66 8 45 6 0 11 246 3.67 20.7
1984-85 28 New York Islanders NHL 76 58 59 117 1.54 47 0.62 151 49 74 9 37 38 40 14 4 7 285 3.75 20.4
1985-86 29 New York Islanders NHL 80 61 62 123 1.54 49 0.61 155 50 87 12 30 14 39 21 1 9 302 3.78 20.2
1986-87 30 New York Islanders NHL 63 38 37 75 1.19 30 0.48 105 53 62 3 -7 33 29 8 1 5 226 3.59 16.8
Career NHL 752 573 553 1126 1.50 452 0.60 1468 531 588 32 381 210 384 181 8 82 2705 3.60 21.2

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 21 New York Islanders NHL 7 2 2 4 0.57 2 2 0 0 1
1978-79 22 New York Islanders NHL 10 6 2 8 0.80 2 4 2 0 1
1979-80 23 New York Islanders NHL SC 16 10 13 23 1.44 8 4 6 0 1
1980-81 24 New York Islanders NHL SC 18 17 18 35 1.94 4 8 9 0 3
1981-82 25 New York Islanders NHL SC 19 17 10 27 1.42 0 11 6 0 3
1982-83 26 New York Islanders NHL SC 19 17 9 26 1.37 10 11 6 0 5
1983-84 27 New York Islanders NHL 21 8 10 18 0.86 6 4 6 2 0 3 62 2.95 12.9
1984-85 28 New York Islanders NHL 10 5 6 11 1.10 1 4 3 2 0 0 32 3.20 15.6
1985-86 29 New York Islanders NHL 3 1 2 3 1.00 -2 4 1 0 0 0 14 4.67 7.1
1986-87 30 New York Islanders NHL 6 2 3 5 0.83 -2 0 0 2 0 0 10 1.67 20.0
Career NHL 4 129 85 75 160 1.24 3 38 50 35 0 17 118 2.95 13.6

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1972-73 16 Laval Nationale QMJHL 4 1 2 3 0.75 0
1973-74 17 Laval Nationale QMJHL 68 70 48 118 1.74 45
1974-75 18 Laval Nationale QMJHL 67 84 65 149 2.22 42
1975-76 19 Laval Nationale QMJHL 64 79 57 136 2.13 25
1976-77 20 Laval Nationale QMJHL 61 75 51 126 2.07 12
1978-79 22 NHL All-Stars Ch-Cup 3 2 2 4 1.33 0
1981-82 25 Canada Can-Cup 7 8 3 11 1.57 2
1984-85 28 Canada Can-Cup 8 5 4 9 1.13 2
Career Can-Cup 15 13 7 20 1.33 4
Career Ch-Cup 3 2 2 4 1.33 0
Career QMJHL 264 309 223 532 2.02 124

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1973-74 17 Laval Nationale QMJHL 11 6 16 22 2.00 2
1974-75 18 Laval Nationale QMJHL 16 18 20 38 2.38 2
1976-77 20 Laval Nationale QMJHL 7 5 5 10 1.43 12
Career QMJHL 34 29 41 70 2.06 16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1978 NHL
1980 NHL
1981 NHL
1982 NHL
1983 NHL
1985 NHL
1986 NHL

Awards

1977-78 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1981-82 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1982-83 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1983-84 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1985-86 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

1977-78 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1978-79 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1980-81 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1981-82 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1982-83 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1983-84 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1984-85 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1985-86 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1978-79 NHL 80 (1)
 1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1985-86 NHL 80 (3)

Goals

1977-78 NHL 53 (2)
1978-79 NHL 69 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 51 (5)
1980-81 NHL 68 (1)
 1981-82 NHL 64 (2)
1982-83 NHL 60 (3)
1983-84 NHL 51 (7)
1984-85 NHL 58 (3)
1985-86 NHL 61 (2)
Career NHL 573 (18)

Goals Per Game

1977-78 NHL 0.73 (2)
1978-79 NHL 0.86 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 0.68 (5)
1980-81 NHL 0.86 (2)
1981-82 NHL 0.80 (2)
1982-83 NHL 0.76 (3)
1983-84 NHL 0.76 (3)
1984-85 NHL 0.76 (4)
1985-86 NHL 0.76 (3)
1986-87 NHL 0.60 (8)
Career NHL 0.76 (1)

Assists

1978-79 NHL 57 (9)
1981-82 NHL 83 (4)
1983-84 NHL 67 (6)
Career NHL 553 (86)

Assists Per Game

1981-82 NHL 1.04 (4)
1983-84 NHL 1.00 (4)
Career NHL 0.74 (16)

Points

1977-78 NHL 91 (6)
1978-79 NHL 126 (4)
1980-81 NHL 119 (4)
1981-82 NHL 147 (2)
1982-83 NHL 118 (4)
1983-84 NHL 118 (5)
1984-85 NHL 117 (6)
1985-86 NHL 123 (5)
Career NHL 1126 (50)

Points Per Game

1977-78 NHL 1.25 (6)
1978-79 NHL 1.57 (4)
1980-81 NHL 1.51 (7)
1981-82 NHL 1.84 (2)
1982-83 NHL 1.49 (4)
1983-84 NHL 1.76 (3)
1984-85 NHL 1.54 (5)
1985-86 NHL 1.54 (6)
Career NHL 1.50 (3)

Goals Created

1977-78 NHL 37.6 (4)
1978-79 NHL 51.1 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 37.8 (10)
1980-81 NHL 49.8 (3)
1981-82 NHL 56.5 (2)
1982-83 NHL 47.2 (2)
1983-84 NHL 46.3 (3)
1984-85 NHL 47.1 (4)
1985-86 NHL 48.7 (5)
Career NHL 452.4 (42)

Goals Created Per Game

1977-78 NHL 0.52 (4)
1978-79 NHL 0.64 (2)
1980-81 NHL 0.63 (4)
1981-82 NHL 0.71 (2)
1982-83 NHL 0.60 (3)
1983-84 NHL 0.69 (3)
1984-85 NHL 0.62 (4)
1985-86 NHL 0.61 (5)
Career NHL 0.60 (3)

Total Goals For

1978-79 NHL 174 (4)
1980-81 NHL 161 (9)
1981-82 NHL 178 (4)
Career NHL 1468 (89)

Power Play Goals For

1977-78 NHL 57 (4)
1978-79 NHL 70 (3)
1980-81 NHL 64 (9)
Career NHL 531 (79)

Plus/Minus

1978-79 NHL 63 (3)
1981-82 NHL 69 (4)
1983-84 NHL 66 (3)
Career NHL 381 (14)

Even Strength Goals

1978-79 NHL 42 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 35 (9)
1980-81 NHL 38 (2)
1981-82 NHL 47 (2)
1982-83 NHL 41 (5)
1983-84 NHL 45 (2)
1984-85 NHL 40 (4)
1985-86 NHL 39 (2)
Career NHL 384 (15)

Power Play Goals

1977-78 NHL 25 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 27 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 16 (6)
1980-81 NHL 28 (1)
 1981-82 NHL 17 (10)
1982-83 NHL 19 (3)
1984-85 NHL 14 (9)
1985-86 NHL 21 (3)
Career NHL 181 (22)

Short-Handed Goals

1984-85 NHL 4 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1978-79 NHL 9 (2)
1979-80 NHL 8 (4)
1980-81 NHL 10 (1)
 1981-82 NHL 10 (2)
1982-83 NHL 8 (6)
1983-84 NHL 11 (2)
1984-85 NHL 7 (7)
1985-86 NHL 9 (1)
 Career NHL 82 (20)

Shots on Goal

1978-79 NHL 279 (5)
1980-81 NHL 315 (4)
1981-82 NHL 301 (7)
1982-83 NHL 272 (6)
1984-85 NHL 285 (7)
1985-86 NHL 302 (5)

Shooting Percentage

1977-78 NHL 22.6 (4)
1978-79 NHL 24.7 (5)
Career NHL 21.2 (4)