toneli was a great one.  loved him when he was in calgary, not the most skilled, but worked his ass off every night.

		scorpion01 wrote:
		AAAH MEMORIES - WHAT A TEAM Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier, Bob Bourne, Clark Gillies, Butch Goring, Bob Nystrom, Ken Morrow, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Brent Sutter, Duane Sutter, John Tonelli,Tomas Jonsson, Anders Kallur, Gord Lane, Dave Langevin, Mike McEwen, Rollie Melanson, Wayne Merrick, Stefan Persson,  Billy Carroll, Greg Gilbert, (Head Coach: Al Arbour) WE FORGET HOW GOOD AND HOW IMPARTANT THE GORD LANES AND DAVE LANGEVINS, GREG GILBERTS AND ANDERS KALLUR WERE TO THIS TEAM

I'LL AGREE HE IS NOT THE BEST OF ALL TIME, BUT WHEN THE MONEY WAS ON THE LINE AND YOU WERE GOING TO BATTLE, YOU WANTED BILLY SMITH ON YOUR SIDE.

ISLANDERS GET ABOUT 12 - 13k IN ATTENDANCE PER GAME.  BUT THAT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE DIFFICULTIES OF GETTING TO THE NASSAU COLISEUM AND TO EARLY STARTS.

I WORK IN MANHATTAN AND GO TO MORE RANGER GAMES ALTHOUGH I'M AN ISLANDER FAN. I CAN'T GET HOME FROM WORK AND OUT TO THE COLESIUM BEFORE 7:30-8:00. I'M NOT PAYING $50 DOLLARS FOR AN AVERAGE SEAT TO SHOW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND PERIOD.

I WROTE TO THE ISLANDERS ABOUT THE GAME TIME START AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE TO ACCOMIDATE THE YOUNG FANS WHO HAVE TO GET UP FOR SCHOOL WHO LIVE IN THE AREA. AND WITH SO MANY GAMES GOING TO THE "DREADED" SHOOT OUT, 7:30 WOULD BE TOO LATE OF A START.

LETS GO ISLANDERS!

ALTHOUGH, RON, I WAS A BLACKHAWKS FAN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. THEY ALWAYS HAD THE BEST LOGO IN ALL OF SPORTS.

BEST PLAYOFF GOALIE?? BILLY SMITH! WON 19 CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF ROUNDS.