LOL! Oh boy, maybe you’ll need to break out the Genesis again. I have NHL 94 for a Genesis emulator on my PC, so that’s how I can play it. I also thought it to be funny that #17 was listed as Daniel Marois for the Isles, except he played a handful of games for them in 93. He spent the majority of his time that season with Capital District- #17 was and should have been Steve Junker in that game since he was called up to play in the post season when Turgeon went down with the shoulder injury/concussion.

Here I’d normally say “great memories,” but it’s clear that my memory is, in fact, not that great after all. But I am fond of the ’93 Isles, both real and pixelated.

Did you mean someone else instead of Chorske? He wan’t on the Isles in NHL ’94. My lines usually consisted of:

SC 1: Turgeon, Thomas, King, Malakhov, Kurvers/Norton

SC 2: Hogue, Ferraro, Flatley/Mullen, Krupp, Norton/Kurvers

Chk: Ferraro/McInnis/Loiselle, Green/Volek, Fitzgerald/Dalgarno, Kasparaitis, Pilon

Healy

And to Chip Saunders on Post 85: Yes, Stevens was knocked out cold by Pilon b/c his face slammed into Pilon’s face shield.

Great memories of playing NHL94 with the Isles – Turgeon centering Thomas and King on the top line, with Ferraro centering Hogue and Volek on the second “speed” line/PP unit. A combo of Vukota/Chorske/Flatley/McDonough took care of the bad guys, though Chorske’s poor speed rating made it tough to play him regularly.

It was such a crime for Maloney to destroy the real thing, and all because they couldn’t beat St. Patrick and the Canadiens in the playoffs. Way too much of an overreaction. I don’t know if Glenn Healy ever forgave him for that, and I wouldn’t blame him if it’s true, since I can’t forgive him either.

I’ve watched that Pilon-Stevens hit on YouTube. By God, it’s one of the nastiest hits I’ve watched, just as big as Brian Campbell’s wallop on R.J. Umberger a few years back. Did you ever watch Pilon after Dale Hunter’s hit on Turgeon? He comes absolutely flying in and bulldozes Hunter to the ice while you see Stevie Thomas looking around trying to throw a few bombs at Hunter’s face.

Any good stories about “Sneaky Pete” Pierre Turgeon during his debut with the Islanders? How about Heals (Healy) and Flats (Flatley), Mark Fitzpatrick, Ray Ferraro, Steve Thomas, Uwe Krupp to name a few. Maybe (here’s a goodie) Dave Volek?

Hogue was another one of my favorite players. The spirited play of the islanders during that 91-93 stretch will always be one of my favorite childhood moments. That whole 92-93 playoff team was amazing, and rightfully so in my mind considering i was born long after the dynasty years. Just the players on that team alone: Hogue, Thomas,Turgeon (my favorite),Pilon,Volek,Healy and even Vukota made us an exciting team to watch. I hope we can eventually get back to that level again soon

ps…..how about some Diduck stories??

Got sticks from a bunchy of platers — Norton, Healy, Hogue, Baumgartner, Rich Kromm — still have them in my basement.

Always asked Randy Wood for his stick but he would never give it up.

Equipment Manager Terry Murphy once gave me a Pat Flatley stick, which I brought to him to get signed at a card show. He asked me where I got it from!

Stole a David Volek stick from the back of the equipment van once, then saw Volek leave practice and asked him to sign it. He looked at me very strangely (as if to say ‘how did you get my stick’)

Once lost a Pat LaFontaine rookie card crawling around the end boards to the other side of the rink in an effort to get sticks!

Laid out a dozen pictures of LaFontaine on one of the benches — he came over and took the time to sign all of them.

Once felt bad for Pilon, who was sitting alone outside the practice rink, and went over to get his autograph out of pity.