Birth of a Dynasty (eBook)

The 1980 New York Islanders

Alan Hahn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
180 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-68358-171-0 (ISBN)

Infos

An in-depth look at how one of NHL’s greatest dynasties were built – newly updated!

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The National Hockey League saw the birth of a new dynasty in 1980. The New York Islanders had been an expansion franchise in 1972 in the New York City suburbs of Long Island. For years they played in the long shadow of the big-city New York Rangers and were considered the league's laughingstock during their first season. Miraculously, eight years later, they were champions. Despite their mercurial rise in the 1970swhich included a first-place overall finish in the 1978-79 seasonthe Islanders were still considered chokers because of playoff failures. The most frustrating failure of all came at the hands of the rival Rangers, who beat them in 1979 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. A year later they stumbled through an injury-plagued and inconsistent regular season. When the playoffs arrived again, however, they were ready. Bolstered by the late-season addition of speedy center Butch Goring and the bitterness of the previous year's defeat, the Islanders overcame their past failures and put together an exhausting and dramatic run to their first-ever appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals. In the Finals they met the still-dominant Philadelphia Flyers, two-time champions in the 1970s. The ensuing battle demonstrated not only the promise with which the Islanders had always teased their fans, but also the maddening struggles that seemed to hold them back every year. That is, until Game Six, when Bob Nystrom, an everyman's everyman, scored the clinching goal at 7:11 of overtime to make history in both the NHL and on Long Island. It is a moment that still lives in the hearts of Islanders fans and in the annals of Long Island, as a region and a community. It is a moment that spawned a run of four consecutive championships, the longest by any United States-based professional team and a run that has since gone unmatched. Newly revised, Birth of a Dynasty: The 1980 New York Islanders is the story of how it happened, how it came together, and what it felt like to be there.

Autor

Alan Hahn is a studio analyst for MSG Network and co-hosts the Hahn & Humpty Show on ESPN Radio. Before moving into broadcasting, he spent sixteen years as a reporter for Newsday, where he covered every major professional sport team in New York, including the Islanders beat. He is the author of Fish Sticks: The Fall and Rise of the New York Islanders. He resides in Holbrook, New York.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.11.2017
• Vorwort: Bob Nystrom
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1980 • 1980s • 1980s sports • Barclays Center • best hockey teams • best new york hockey teams • billy smith • bob nystrom • books on denis potvin • books on hockey • books on mike bossy • books on new york islanders • books on sports dynasties • books on stanley cup • clinching goal • consecutive championships • consecutive cups • denis potvin • Dynasty • four consecutive championships • four consecutive cups • game six • Goalie • Hall of Fame • Hockey • hockey player • hockey players • Ice Hockey • islanders • Keeper • Long Island • long island hockey • long island sports • Lord Stanley • mike bossy • nassau coliseum • nassau veterans memorial coliseum • new york hockey • new york hockey rivalry • new york in the 1980s • new york in the 80s • new york islanders • new york islanders 1980s • new york islanders hockey • New York Rangers • New York sports • NHL • nhl hall of fame • nhl playoffs • ny hockey • ny islanders • ny islanders 1980s • ny rangers • philadelphia flyers • pro hockey • sports dynasties • Stanley Cup • Stanley Cup champions
• ISBN-10: 1-68358-171-7 / 1683581717
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68358-171-0 / 9781683581710