LaFontaine joins Trottier (2001) and Flatley (2012) as Isles Corridor of Famers. To this present day, their brotherhood transcends a long time.
“Very excited for him, it’s well-deserved and overdue,” Flatley stated. “We’re simply reminiscing over becoming a member of the Islanders collectively and the way precious it was to have somebody of your personal peer group sharing the identical moments. So, we’re very lucky.”
LaFontaine and Flatley had been rookies within the 1983-84 season, leaping proper in with an completed, veteran Islanders workforce contemporary off 4 straight Stanley Cups. They leaned on one another, sharing the expertise as two younger youngsters who had been in it collectively, seeking to make an affect. They made their NHL debuts on the identical day, lacing up on Feb. 29, 1984 in opposition to the Winnipeg Jets.
“We had been roommates, so we had been very nervous earlier than the sport, we had a number of practices,” Flatley recalled. “So, Patty and I had been simply so excited to be within the NHL and looking out ahead to our first recreation, and on the identical time simply having a barrel of snickers the entire means the Winnipeg.”
The tight-knit group of vets confirmed LaFontaine and Flatley some robust love.
“I hit Denis Potvin in apply as soon as, and he surgically put his stick proper into my mouth after that,” Flatley stated with fun. “And Patty’s like, ‘is Denis Potvin imply?’ So, we might snigger about that. And I am going, ‘I suppose you are not speculated to hit Denis Potvin in apply.’ So, we each realized that.”
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