38 years ago
tonight (1977) – The Islanders spotted the Cleveland Barons a 2-0 lead but then
exploded eight consecutive goals, enroute to an 8-3 win.
Jude Drouin
and Clark Gillies each scored twice; it was the 28th and 29th
goal of the season for Gillies. Bryan
Trottier added a goal and three assists.
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| Jude Drouin |
Gillies, who
missed 10 games that season with injuries, would finish the campaign with 33
goals – one shy of his club record that he had set the previous year. Of course that record would be smashed the
following season by a rookie named Mike Bossy.
The win moved
the Isles within three points of the first place Flyers. Philadelphia would hold off the Islanders and
win the Patrick Division that season; the Isles would claim the title for the
first time the following season.
Also on this
date: (1983) Mike Bossy and Clark Gillies each scored twice as the Isles beat
Washington 6-2. After a fairly even
first period in which each team scored twice, the Isles outshot Washington
30-13 and outscored them 4-0 in the final 40 minutes.
Bossy's second goal was his (ho-hum) 50th of the season, marking the 6th straight season he had reached that mark. (He would do so three more times, becoming the only player in NHL history to record 9 straight 50 goal seasons)
All-time, the
Isles have played only five March 12th games at the Coliseum and finish with a 2-3-0
record on this date at 1255 Hempstead Turnpike in Uniondale.
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