In Garth's final season as the Islanders' goalie he and I were waiting for a faceoff in his end zone following a commercial timeout. The Islanders were a struggling team at that point and a pretty frustrated bunch of players. Snowy said to me, "You want to know a scary thought Frase? Things are going so bad for us right now that I'm the toughest guy we have on this team and I'm the bloody goalie!"
Great stuff on Snow as masked combatant from Kerry Fraser's mailbag/column at TSN. h/t LHH user Uwe43.
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Actually, Erskine was brought in to add a little toughness that year. Also, it looked like they had a new Steve Webb in Kevin Colley.
He was probably talking about the D. After Milbury shipped Sopel and Lukowich there wasn’t much grit in that backline. It was Erskine and air.
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Yup. Garth may have also been talking about who was heathy and getting real minutes at that particular time.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jun 9, 2011 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd love a candid interview with Snow
It’s too bad he’s buttoned up tighter then a submarine when it comes to an interview.
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Agreed...
I would love to get him all lubed up and ask him how much he’s getting from DP’s contract.
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We will all have to wait for the book
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jun 9, 2011 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Did He Really Say "Bloody" Goalie?
I could see him saying #^%&@# goalie, but bloody I’m not too sure about!
I would never, ever, EVER doubt the word of Kerry Fraser.
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All the talk
about Smitty and goalies, this seems appropriate. My brother sent me this article from SI when the Isles were up 3-0 on the Oilers for the last cup. Some great quotes in it (love Smitty’s regarding Anderson and Torrey’s about Sather).
And make sure to read the last paragraph, it is amazingly (and sadly) dead on.
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The victory justified the faith in coach Al Arbour who guided them from their second season to their first Stanley Cup seven seasons later. The Islanders would not be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, but they would be the only one capable of a dynasty.
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May 21, 1981: This time it was much easier. After falling to "only" 91 points in the 1979-80 season, the Islanders returned to their division title tradition, piling up 110 points -- a whole 13 points over second-place Philadelphia.
Between the quarterfinals (where they beat the upstart Oilers in six games) and the finals, the Islanders reeled off eight consecutive wins -- with a four-game sweep of archrival Rangers in between. As they defeated the Minnesota North Stars in five games for their second Cup, their goal difference in the final was a combined +10.
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May 16, 1982: Another year, another landslide title. The Islanders won the Patrick Division by a whopping 26 points over the second-place Rangers, and were seven points clear of their nearest competition for the President's Trophy, the still-not-quite-ripe Edmonton Oilers.
A first-round scare against the Pittsburgh Penguins turned in the Isles' favor thanks to John Tonelli's heroics, and a true dynasty was on its way: Past the Rangers in six games, then an eight-game sweep of the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks to run away with the Stanley Cup.
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May 17, 1983: Not so fast, whipper-snappers. The Edmonton Oilers' steadily rising challenge for league supremacy took them all the way to the finals for the first time, where the New York Islanders summarily dispatched them in a four-game sweep. For the Islanders, the Dynasty was secured. For the Oilers, it was a powerful lesson in where talent ends and the demands of playoff hockey begin.
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