Mike Bossy
Speaker,
motivator, motivation conference
When the Hockey News chose the top 50 NHL players of all time in
1998, Bossy finished 20th in the balloting.
Mike Bossy is a articulate and entertaining speaker in both English
and French, Mike Bossy draws on sport and business experiences to
stress the need for commitment, teamwork, and fair play to achieve
superior success in both business and sports. Speaking from a personal
record of high achievement, Mike offers informed and entertaining
presentations on what it takes today to create a winning competitive
strategy.
During is hockey career Mike Bossy was the key offensive player
on the New York Islander teams that won four straight Stanley Cups
from 1980 through 1983. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most
valuable player in the 1982 Stanley Cup series, when he tied a record
by scoring 7 goals in a four-game sweep of the Vancouver Canucks
in the final series.
He joined the Islanders in 1977 and spent his entire 10-year NHL
career with the team. Bossy won the 1978 Calder Trophy as the league's
rookie of the year, scoring 91 points in just 73 games, and he won
the Lady Byng Trophy, for a combination of playing ability and sportsmanship,
in 1983, 1984, and 1986.
Altough
he never led the NHL in any scoring category, he was consistently
among the leaders. He set a record by scoring 50 or more goals in
nine consecutive seasons, and he also had 91 or more points in each
of those seasons, with a high of 147 in 1981-82.
Mike
Bossy: Career Achievements
- Inducted into Hockey's Hall of Fame (1991) W
- Won 4 consecutive Stanley Cup Championships (1980-1983) 5
- 573 goals with 553 assists for 1126 points in only 752 regular
season games
- 85 goals with 75 assists for 160 points in only 129 postseason
contests
- QMJHL First Team All-Star (1975)
- QMJHL West First Team All-Star (1976)
- QMJHL Second Team All-Star (1977)
- Won Calder Memorial Trophy (1978)
- NHL First Team All-Star (1981-1984, 1986)
- NHL Second Team All-Star (1978, 1979, 1985)
- Selected to Canada Cup All-Star Team (1981)
- Won Conn Smythe Trophy (1982)
- Won Lady Byng Trophy (1983, 1984, 1986)
- Participated in 7 NHL All-Star contests
