33 years ago
tonight (1981): Clark Gillies scored two goals as the Isles erased an early
Ranger lead and defeated the Blueshirts 5-4 before a sellout crowd at the
Coliseum. The win extended the Isles record to 4-0-1 on the season.
Gillies was
temporarily reunited with Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier following an injury to
Bob Bourne. He explained his second goal,
which came after he had served a major penalty for taking a swing a Ed Hospodar
to Newsday’s Tim Moriarty: “I went into the corner and slipped (Hospodar) an
elbow, then got back in front in time to score.
Yeah, that was very satisfying.”
The Ranger
coach at the time knew a bit about beating Dynastic teams.
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| 15 months after winning gold, Herb Brooks was appointed head coach of the Rangers. His assistant coach in Lake Placid, Craig Patrick, was the Ranger General Manager (and is in the background) |
“When you give up
three goals like we did, two on the power play and one shorthanded, you can’t
expect to beat a great team like the Islanders. But at this stage, just staying
close to them means we are starting to learn.”
Herb Brooks was 20 months removed from leading the USA to the Miracle on
Ice. One of his defensemen in Lake
Placid, Ken Morrow, played against him in this game, on his 25th
birthday.
Also on this
date: (2013): John Tavares broke a 2-2 tie late in the second period, and that
proved to be the winning goal as the Islanders defeated Edmonton 3-2. The win
extended the Isles’ point streak on home-ice to 10 games (going back to the
prior season), which matches the 1989-90 squad for the longest home-ice point
streak in the post-Cup era.
All-time, the Isles have played eleven October
17th games at the Coliseum and finish with a 4-7-0 record on this date at 1255
Hempstead Turnpike in Uniondale.
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