When he was 14, the 67's, a new junior franchise that had already signed up Jean Potvin, reached out to Denis. "Putting on a jacket and tie, Denis went to meet with Bill Long, the coach of the 67's.

By the end of Potvin's freshman season -- no, surprise, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie-of-the-year -- Denis and The Maven had bonded. "I like talking to you," he once offhandedly said ...

Jean made it to major Junior hockey first with the Ottawa 67s and Denis followed in big brother's skate steps. It seemed almost inevitable that, at some time, they would be paired together on an ...

Denis Potvin would go on to a Hall of Fame career and captain the Islanders to four Stanley Cups and an astonishing 19 consecutive playoff series victories. "From that point on," Potvin concluded ...

Our all-time, one-team, first-team defense pair consists of Nicklas Lidstrom, who played his 1,564 game NHL career with the Red Wings and Denis Potvin, the four-time winning Cup captain who played ...

The Nassaumen won the game, 3-2, and Potvin's name was headlined in all the New York papers. The Daily News subhead went like this: SPEAKING OF MIRACLES, ISLES 3, RANGERS 2.

May 15, 1973 - The New York Islanders drafted a franchise cornerstone and future Hall of Famer when they selected Denis Potvin first overall in 1973. Potvin's resume is second-to-none: captain of ...