34 years ago tonight (1981) Butch Goring scored 2 first period goals, capping off his Conn Smythe Award-winning season as the Isles scored three times in the first 10:03 and coasted to a 5-1 victory and their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
Goring got the Isles started at 5:12 of the period, and Wayne Merrick scored 25 seconds later. It would turn out to be the Stanley Cup clinching goal.
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Goring has the Conn Smythe Trophy in front of him |
Steve Christoff scored at 16:06 of the first period to give North Stars fans hope of a Miracle on Ice (Christoff won Gold for Team USA in 1980), but the Isles were not about to let a 3-goal lead get away – not with the Stanley Cup in the building.
The Isles became the third consecutive Stanley Cup Champion to repeat at least once (Philadelphia 1974-75, Montreal 1976-79).
Here's the historic box score:
Minnesota North Stars 1 @ New York Islanders 5
First Period
1 - NYI : Goring 9 (Bourne) (PP) 5:12
2 - NYI : Merrick 6 (Tonelli, Nystrom) (EV) 5:37
3 - NYI : Goring 10 (Gillies, Bossy) (EV) 10:03
4 - MINS : Christoff 8 (EV) 16:06
Second Period
5 - NYI : Bourne 4 (Carroll, Kallur) (EV) 19:21
Third Period
6 - NYI : McEwen 6 (Trottier) (EV) 17:06
Here is the link to the (edited) complete game replay, from Hockey Night in Canada:
http://video.islanders.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=3159
Here is the winning celebration, also from Hockey Night. Watch how quickly the fans stormed the ice!
Here are highlights from Hockey Night:
Here are some post-season highlights, narrated by Jiggs McDonald:
Here is the winning celebration, also from Hockey Night. Watch how quickly the fans stormed the ice!
Here are highlights from Hockey Night:
Here are some post-season highlights, narrated by Jiggs McDonald:
Here is the Stanley Cup film:
The Stanley Cup is the perfect trophy -- but its full of imperfections -- such as the spelling "Ilanders" seen here.
All-time, the Isles played one playoff game on May 21st at the Coliseum; they compiled a 1-0 playoff record on this date at 1255 Hempstead Turnpike in Uniondale.
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