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Byron Scott’s Most HATED Boston Celtics
Lakers legends Byron Scott and Michael Cooper take pleasure in naming their most despised Celtics from the 1980s with an ...
Michael Jordan's Top 3 GREATEST DUNKS from the 80s #michaeljordan #slamdunk #top3 #nba
Here are the top 3 best slam dunks by the GOAT, in the 1980s #shortsfeed #shorts #nbayoutube
PSA Submission Reveal: 80s & 90s Grading Special - Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant Rookie Cards (RCs)
psa10 #psagrading #psacards In this video, Sean reveals his 1980s and 90s grading special cards from PSA. In this batch, he ...
AirShow 23 Rarities: Rare Michael Jordan Signed Wheaties Box from the 1980s
AirShow23 - The Definitive Guide to Vintage Michael Jordan Autographs Check out this very rare Michael Jordan Autographed ...
NHL '94 Game of the Night Ilanders vs Pens "1993 Patrick Division Semifinals" Game 7.
Prince of Wales Conference (P1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (P3) New York Islanders The Islanders upset the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. David Volek's overtime goal in game seven was the deciding goal as New York rallied from a 3–2 deficit to defeat the Penguins. Islanders defenceman Darius Kasparaitis played a large role in his team's win neutralizing Pittsburgh stars Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr with big hits. With their upset of Pittsburgh, the Islanders reached the Wales Conference Finals for the first time since 1984. The Islanders did not win a playoff series again until 2016. May 2 New York Islanders 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap May 4 New York Islanders 0–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap May 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap May 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6 New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap May 10 New York Islanders 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap May 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–7 New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Recap May 14 New York Islanders 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap New York won series 4–3 The National Hockey League's latest dynasty was shockingly derailed tonight as the New York Islanders defeated the two-time Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3, in overtime in Game 7 of the Patrick Division finals in front of 16,164 at the Civic Arena.Forgotten for most of the Islanders' season, David Volek scored his second goal of the game with 5:16 gone in overtime to give the Islanders the victory and end Pittsburgh's quest for a third consecutive Stanley Cup. The Islanders' triumph was stunning in its own right, but the method was even more startling. The Penguins scored twice in the last four minutes of the third period on goals by Ron Francis and Rick Tocchet to force vertime. "We weren't sure they had anything left, but they dug deep and unfortunately we couldn't win it," said Penguins Coach Scotty Bowman of the resourceful and resilient Islanders. The Islanders have won their last eight overtime playoff games, including four this season, and are 29-7 in their history.The Islanders were once a dynasty themselves, but that was in the early 1980s, when they won four Cups in a row. But in the previous two seasons, they failed to even make the playoffs. Now, they are just eight victories from another title that most everyone assumed would go to the Penguins. "You get a taste for winning and you want to keep it to yourself," said Penguins defenseman Larry Murphy. "Now we're like everybody else that's out. We start over." The Islanders move on to face the Montreal Canadiens in the Wales Conference finals beginning Sunday afternoon in Montreal. The Canadiens have been off since Saturday, when they completed a 4-0 sweep of the Buffalo Sabres to win the Adams Division playoff crown. The Wales Conference winner will meet the Campbell Conference winner in the Stanley Cup finals. Penguins star Mario Lemieux, who had an assist on his team's first goal, did not speak to the media after the game. The Islanders had plenty to say and one of their most talkative players was, perhaps, their best this series, goalie Glenn Healy. He stopped all 19 Pittsburgh shots in the first period and outplayed his counterpart, Tom Barrasso, who allowed two critical and weak third-period goals -- to Volek and Benoit Hogue. "In a seventh game, anything can happen when you get great goaltending," Islanders Coach Al Arbour said. Volek was used in only 56 regular season games and had just eight goals. Two weeks ago, he looked like someone who might be on the transaction wire in July. Tonight he's a playoff hero. "I feel so happy for my team and all the guys," said Volek. "After the past five years, we really deserved something like this." While the Islanders got Pierre Turgeon into the lineup for the first time in this series, the Penguins lost 55-goal scorer Kevin Stevens to a concussion, broken nose and facial cut after an early first-period collision with Islanders defenseman Rich Pilon. Turgeon had not played since Game 6 of the division semifinal series against Washington. A late check by Dale Hunter sent Turgeon into the boards and he suffered a separated shoulder. Turgeon was the Islanders' leading scorer and had a team-high 58 goals. He played only on the power play in the first period tonight, but later took some even-strength shifts. Early in the first period, Stevens lined up a check with Pilon. Though it was not clear from the replay, Stevens may have lost consciousness with the initial impact because he made no effort to put out his hands to break his fall. He landed on his face, and blood seeped onto the ice. He was taken off on a stretcher and will have surgery on Saturday to repair his nose and a sinus cavity.
December 23 1989 Penguins at Islanders KBL Pitt feed HQ No Watermark
PIT at #isles Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, Long Island, NY #80s #1980s #lgi #nyi #nhl.
NHL '94 Tampa Bay Lightning "Win the Stanley Cup Final" "Reddy Kilowatt is a ThunderBug" Wat the F?
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play their home games at Amalie Arena in Downtown Tampa. The Lightning have won three Stanley Cup championships: 2004, 2020, and 2021. They also reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2015 and in 2022. The team is owned by Jeffrey Vinik, and the general manager is Julien BriseBois. Jon Cooper has served as head coach since March 2013, and is the longest-tenured active head coach in the NHL. In the late 1980s, the NHL announced it would expand. Two rival groups from the Tampa Bay Area decided to bid for a franchise: a St. Petersburg-based group fronted by future Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes owners Peter Karmanos and Jim Rutherford, and a Tampa-based group fronted by Phil Esposito and his brother Tony, both members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. One of the Esposito group's key backers, the Pritzker family, backed out a few months before the bid, to be replaced by a consortium of Japanese businesses headed by Kokusai Green, a golf course and resort operator. Although it appeared on paper that the Karmanos/Rutherford group had more financial resources, it only wanted to pay $29 million of the $50 million expansion fee before starting operations. In contrast, the Esposito/Kokusai Green group was one of the few groups willing to pay the full $50 million fee up front. The Esposito group would win the expansion franchise on December 6, 1990, and name the team the Lightning, after Tampa Bay's status as the "Lightning Capital of North America". Phil Esposito fronted an ownership group that was later awarded an NHL franchise in 1992. Phil Esposito assigned himself president and general manager, while Tony became chief scout. Terry Crisp, who played for the Philadelphia Flyers when they won two Stanley Cups in the mid-1970s and coached the Calgary Flames to a Stanley Cup in 1989, was tapped as the first head coach. Phil Esposito also hired former teammates from the Boston Bruins of the 1970s, including former linemate Wayne Cashman as an assistant coach and former Bruin trainer John "Frosty" Forristal as the team's trainer. The inaugural team photo has him flanked by Cashman and player Ken Hodge, Jr., son of his other Bruins' linemate. In 1991, Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester announced that a company of which he was a director would raise millions of dollars in investments in the Lightning, but his plans were unsuccessful and he was later convicted of wire fraud. The Lightning played their first preseason game in September 1992 against the Minnesota North Stars, and then turned heads later that preseason when Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play in an NHL game, which also made her the first woman to play in any of the major professional North American sports leagues. She played for the Lightning against the St. Louis Blues, and stopped seven of nine shots. The Lightning played their first regular season game on October 7, 1992, in Tampa's tiny 11,000-seat Expo Hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds. They surprised the visiting Chicago Blackhawks, winning 7–3 with four goals by little-known Chris Kontos. The team rose to the top of the Campbell Conference's Norris Division within a month, behind Kontos' initial torrid scoring pace and a breakout season by forward Brian Bradley. However, it buckled under the strain of some of the longest road trips in the NHL—their nearest division rival, the Blues, were over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) away—and finished in last place with a record of 23–54–7 for 53 points. This was, at the time, one of the best-ever showings by an NHL expansion team. Bradley's 42 goals gave Tampa Bay fans optimism for the next season; it would be a team record until the 2006–07 season. The following season saw the Lightning shift to the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division, as well as move into the Florida Suncoast Dome (a building originally designed for baseball) in St. Petersburg, which was reconfigured for hockey and renamed the "ThunderDome." The team acquired goaltender Daren Puppa, left wing goal scorer Petr Klima, and veteran forward Denis Savard. While Puppa's play resulted in a significant improvement in goals allowed (from 332 to 251), Savard was long past his prime and Klima's scoring was offset by his defensive lapses. The Lightning finished last in the Atlantic Division in 1993–94 with a record of 30–43–11 for 71 points. Another disappointing season followed in the lockout-shortened 1994–95 season with a record of 17–28–3 for 37 points. Following their earlier than expected exit from the playoffs, several players left the Lightning. Left winger J. T. Miller was traded to the Vancouver Canucks. Backup goaltender Louis Domingue was dealt to the New Jersey Devils for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2021.
Mike Bossy Natty Hatty 1985 Islanders at North Stars #isles #nyi #lgi #80s #1980s#nhl
Mike Bossy scores 3 in a row to earn the #isles a 4-4 tie with the North Stars in MIN. 1985 NHL WCBS-TV #80s #nyi #1980s ...