Bossy.
Just the one name evokes immediate flashbacks. To games watched, or to video highlights seen years later, or to stories told by those who were there to witness him in action. There are very few athletes that get the one-name treatment and fewer still in hockey. And of those, how many immediately call to mind a single moment, like Bossy’s 50-in-50 “running man” celebration or his horizontal “Superman” goal in the 1982 Stanley Cup Final against Vancouver?
Bossy’s legacy had been cemented even before his rookie season. His 308 goals in the QMJHL (some reports say 309) were just five shy of Guy LaFleur’s, the man to whom he would be compared to for most of his early career.