Bobby Nystrom Award
Bob Nystrom Award In 1991, the Islanders began presenting the Bob Nystrom Award to the player on the team "who best exemplifies leadership, hustle, and dedication." Past winners: 1991 – Brent Sutter 1992 – Ray Ferraro 1993 – Benoit Hogue 1994 – Steve Thomas 1996 – Dan Plante 1997 – Claude Lapointe 1998 – Rich Pilon 1999 – Claude Lapointe 2000 – Claude Lapointe 2001 – Dave Scatchard 2002 – Steve Webb 2003 – Jason Blake, Garth Snow 2004 – Adrian Aucoin 2005 – No winner due to NHL lockout 2006 – Kevin Colley 2007 – Trent Hunter 2008 – Richard Park 2009 – Tim Jackman 2010 - Frans Nielsen Whho is your favorite at the half way point this year? I go with Matt Martin.
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Nobody won in 1995?
If the cup could be given out in a shortened season then why not this?
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 13, 2012 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
Yep Frans won it last year.
Per Wikipedia. Which ya know….is never wrong…..
"The Long Island Electric Company will come full voltage again".
by HeyGoalieGoalieDave on Jan 12, 2012 12:48 PM EST reply actions
Matt Martin
My second choice is Brian Rolston. He’s sacrificed this whole season to show the boys how to win. I mean… he could be home playing with his kids, but no… he is spending that time with OUR KIDS!
Who has made a bigger sacrifice than that?
I've had enough! It's time to call out Garth Snow!
@JPinVA
Matt Martin does make sense
Hamonic will get his turn. Actually, PAP’s credentials are strong here too.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Martin or PAP... its actually a pretty close call so far!
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
I know
this generally goes to guys who aren’t stars, per se, but to me no one has exemplified leadership, hustle, and dedication more than JT this year.
by afrosupreme on Jan 13, 2012 8:07 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
A great point, honestly.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jan 13, 2012 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
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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.
1981-82
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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.
Four years, four Cups, 16 consecutive playoff series wins (a record that would grow to 19 until the rematch with the Oilers the following year). Mike Bossy scored 60 goals yet again, and Wayne Gretzky became acquainted with Billy Smith's crease.
