Lou Lamoriello has done far more winning than losing in his Hall of Fame career, including three Stanley Cups with the Devils, and now he has the Islanders on a playoff track. But often it is the losses that linger, some more than others.
Even when it is 40 years after the fact, like a college hockey game at Cornell's Lynah Rink in upstate Ithaca on March 6, 1979.
“With memories, unfortunately, some of the things that don’t go right stick out a lot more than the things that did go right,” the Islanders general manager said.