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Mike Bossy, Canadian Hockey Icon And New York Islanders Legend, Dies At 65

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Mike Bossy, one of hockey’s most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s dynasty, has died after a battle with lung cancer.

He was 65. The Islanders and TVA Sports, the French-language network in Canada where he worked as a hockey analyst, confirmed Bossy died Thursday night.

A team spokesman said Bossy was in his native Montreal. Bossy had revealed his diagnosis in October in a letter to TVA Sports. “It is with a lot of sadness that I need to step away from your screens, for a necessary pause,” Bossy wrote in French. “I intend to fight with all the determination and fire you’ve seen me show on the ice.” Read more: Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Bossy battling lung cancer It’s the third loss from that Islanders era this year after fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Clark Gilles died in January and Jean Potvin died in March. “The New York Islanders organization mourns the loss of Mike Bossy, an icon not only on Long Island but the entire hockey world,” Islanders president and general manager Lou Lamoriello said. “His drive to be the best every time he stepped on the ice was second to none.

Along with his teammates, he helped win four straight Stanley Cup championships, shaping the history of this franchise forever.” Bossy helped the Islanders win the Stanley Cup from 1980-83, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1982.

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