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Helping the kids: Retired New York Islanders star Mike Bossy thinks there is too much violence in hockey and is doing something to reduce it
Helping the kids: Retired New York Islanders star Mike Bossy thinks there is too much violence in hockey and is doing something to reduce it

Helping the kids: Retired New York Islanders star Mike Bossy thinks there is too much violence in hockey and is doing something to reduce it

Date10/12/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Helping the kids: Retired New York Islanders star Mike Bossy thinks there is too much violence in hockey and is doing something to reduce it.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0033667F
      Bill Harris, 20-year-old rightwinger for the Marlboro junior hockey club, has signed a two-year contract with New York Islanders of the National Hocke(...)
      Bill Harris, 20-year-old rightwinger for the Marlboro junior hockey club, has signed a two-year contract with New York Islanders of the National Hocke(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/14/1972
      Bowled over: Leaf winger Mike Foligno salls past New York Islanders defenceman Joe Reekle and into goalie Steve Weeks during early action in last night's game at Maple Leaf Gardens
      Bowled over: Leaf winger Mike Foligno salls past New York Islanders defenceman Joe Reekle and into goalie Steve Weeks during early action in last night's game at Maple Leaf Gardens
      Bock, Tony
      12/11/1991
      Experience speaks: Mike Bossy, then an Islander rookie, hurt his neck in a 1978 playoff game against the Leafs
      Experience speaks: Mike Bossy, then an Islander rookie, hurt his neck in a 1978 playoff game against the Leafs
      Bossy, Mike
      4/27/1978
      Goaltender Bill Smith (31) of New York Islanders just got his glove to this Maple Leaf shot during last night's 4-3 Toronto victory over Islanders at (...)
      Goaltender Bill Smith (31) of New York Islanders just got his glove to this Maple Leaf shot during last night's 4-3 Toronto victory over Islanders at (...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      1/12/1975
      He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
      He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
      Goode, Jeff
      3/13/1970
      Lone survivor: Star defenceman Borje Salming is the only member of the Maple Leaf team that defeated New York Islanders in 1977-78 still with the team
      Lone survivor: Star defenceman Borje Salming is the only member of the Maple Leaf team that defeated New York Islanders in 1977-78 still with the team
      Salming, Borje, 1951-
      9/23/1977
      She thinks her cop is tops, It was all too much for little Jennifer Brock, 4, to take
      She thinks her cop is tops, It was all too much for little Jennifer Brock, 4, to take
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/21/1974
      Waiting for the tug to take them to the city and their jobs, these Islanders tell the world that they are citizens of Toronto, too, and need help.
      Waiting for the tug to take them to the city and their jobs, these Islanders tell the world that they are citizens of Toronto, too, and need help.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7 January 1960
      Likes the deal: Forward Daniel Marois, shown at recent Leaf practice, has had a couple of so-so seasons and is happy to be going to New York Islanders
      Likes the deal: Forward Daniel Marois, shown at recent Leaf practice, has had a couple of so-so seasons and is happy to be going to New York Islanders
      Hunter, Paul
      10/31/1990
      28 Brian Curran. He was obtained from New York Islanders late last season to add a physical presentce to a team desperately in need to one with the lo(...)
      28 Brian Curran. He was obtained from New York Islanders late last season to add a physical presentce to a team desperately in need to one with the lo(...)
      Curran, Brian
      9/30/1988
      Gzowski, who wrote a book about the team two years ago, celebrated their weekend victory over the New York Islanders by having Carmen Lombardi of Ivan's shave him during yesterday's program
      Gzowski, who wrote a book about the team two years ago, celebrated their weekend victory over the New York Islanders by having Carmen Lombardi of Ivan's shave him during yesterday's program
      Gzowski, Peter
      5/21/1984
      Agony and Ecstasy: New York Islanders Ken Baumgartner helps Pat LaFontaine celebrate his game-winning goal last night at the Gardens while Leafs goaltender Mark Laforest, right, exhibits slightly less enthusiasm
      Agony and Ecstasy: New York Islanders Ken Baumgartner helps Pat LaFontaine celebrate his game-winning goal last night at the Gardens while Leafs goaltender Mark Laforest, right, exhibits slightly less enthusiasm
      Bock, Tony
      3/29/1990