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PHOTO JEAN-YVES LÉTOURNEAU, PRESS ARCHIVES
A young Mike Bossy in full interview in 1975. He is already a prolific scorer in the juniors: from 1973 to 1977, he will experience successive seasons of 70, 84, 79 and 75 goals.
PHOTO JEAN-YVES LÉTOURNEAU, PRESS ARCHIVES
Mike Bossy had received the title of rookie of the year at the end of the 1973-1974 campaign in the QMJHL, after scoring 118 points in 68 games.
PHOTO RENÉ PICARD, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Mike Bossy at home in March 1975
PHOTO ROBERT NADON, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
In October 1976, as he began his last year with the National, Mike Bossy (black jersey) tried to outsmart Montreal Junior goaltender Marco Baron.
PHOTO ROBERT NADON, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
In October 1979 in the uniform of the New York Islanders, as he began his third season in the NHL. In his first two seasons, Bossy successively scored 53 and 69 goals.
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Bossy in November 1984
PHOTO PIERRE MCCANN, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
In the maple leaf uniform, in August 1981, during an intra-squad game played at the Montreal Forum, as a prelude to the Canada Cup.
PHOTO JEAN GOUPIL, PRESS ARCHIVES
A few hours before the start of the Canadian team’s training camp for the 1981 Canada Cup, NHL players played a friendly softball game at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. In our photo, Mike Bossy (right) chats with Raymond Bourque of the Boston Bruins and Larry Robinson of the Canadiens.
PHOTO IVANOH DEMERS, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Mike Bossy chats with Guy Lafleur at a pre-release promotional event The boys 4in which the legend of the Islanders appears summarily.
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Mike Bossy waves to the crowd gathered at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island during a ceremony held in his honor in January 2015.