Back In The Day Part 4 - Brawl In Beantown
May 1st, 2007 by Tom
Just because the Islanders have been eliminated from the playoffs doesn’t mean we here at IslandersArmy can’t bring up a pleasant memory. For part four in our Back In The Day series, we go back to April 18, 1980, courtesy of the Toronto Globe And Mail. Check out who got thrown in the box for the Bruins at the end of the first period.
Slugfest ends in overtime Islanders triumph in Battle of Boston
18 April 1980The Globe And MailBob Bourne scored an unassisted goal 1:24 into overtime, lifting New York Islanders to a 5-4 victory over the Bruins that gave them a 2-0 lead in their National Hockey League quarter-finals playoff series last night in a game at Boston marred by on-ice violence.The Bruins tried to clear the puck out of their own zone, but Bourne stopped it at the blueline and put his fourth goal of the playoffs past Boston goalie Gerry Cheevers.
A total of 254 minutes of penalties were handed out, 128 to the Islanders. That figure set records for penalty minutes by both teams and one team in a Stanley Cup game.
Eight fights erupted in the first period. The tone was set when Clarke Gillies, who scored in overtime to win Wednesday’s first game for the Islanders, and Terry O’Reilly squared off at 2:46.
They battled again seven seconds before the end of the period, and at the end of the period four separate fights broke out as both teams milled anxiously on the ice.
That brawl resulted in the ejection of Duane Sutter, Bob Lorimer, Gord Lane and Garry Howatt, all of New York, and Mike Milbury, Wayne Cashman, Al Secord and Stan Jonathan, all of Boston.
In that period, a total of 248 minutes in penalties were called, 124 against each team, surpassing previous Stanley Cup marks for penalty minutes in a single period by both team and by one team.
Bryan Trottier gave New York a 1-0 lead at 16:08 of the first period with his fourth playoff goal. He converted a rebound on a shot by Ken Morrow. Rick Smith tied the game at 1:32 of the second period on a 15-foot shot from the left faceoff circle.
[UPDATE] Thanks to YouTube, you can not only read about it, you can watch it! - murph
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