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Bryan Trottier: 'Big brother' Clark Gillies was a strong singer, joke-teller and had 'a caring heart'

Bryan Trottier and the man he considered a "big brother," the late Clark Gillies, were not only linemates and best friends and four-time Stanley Cup winners together with the Islanders and fellow Hall of Famers, but they could be a fairly decent musical duo.

Trottier learned how to play guitar as a child and Gillies, the natural entertainer that he was, had a strong singing voice. So several years back, as Gillies battled prostate cancer and then an infection that kept him off his feet and Trottier was dealing with a hip issue, the two could entertain each other.