Pat LaFontaine
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It's the best time of the season
You never forget your first, your first game, your first goal, all those things are extremely special ... So when I watch these guys, I remember what it was like. There's no better feeling.
Barzal is a good player. He's a right shot, a centreman, and he reminds me of Pat LaFontaine. Adam Musil is big and kind of like his uncle Bobby Holik. He can handle the puck, he can score, he's good on faceoffs and he's competitive.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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LI Royals win under-16 national championship
was a banner night for the Long Island Royals hockey team.The players and coaches, including Hockey Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine and his assistant, former Islander Steve Webb , gathered with friends and family at Superior Ice Rink in Kings Park for one final Read more »
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Pat LaFontaine coaching a top LI junior club
practice was over, Pat LaFontaine was a little hoarse, which says something about him and about the practice. Sometimes a coach just has to yell.Yes, LaFontaine still is effusively polite, as he was throughout his Hall of Fame hockey career. Sure, he still Read more »
Around the web
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Rangers' Kreider leading rookie playoff splash
Chris Kreider isn't the first NHL rookie to make the big jump from amateur hockey one day, to the playoffs the next. And if the New York Rangers forward - who already counts two game-winning goals - is having difficulty putting into perspective the sudde from NBC Sports Read more »
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Hockey Great Pat LaFontaine Speaks at Holy Trinity
Cloudy. Rain likely...mainly after midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature around 50. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent. NFL Hall of Fame player is Keynote Speaker at school's First Father’s Communion Breakfast. Holy Trinity Di from Plainview Patch Read more »
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Wainman backstops Long Island team to national title
A Peterborough boy played an instrumental part in a team from Long Island, N.Y. winning a national under-16 hockey title. Zack Wainman, 16, was recruited by Peterborough native and former New York Islander Steve Webb to play goal for the Long Island Roya from The Peterborough Examiner Read more »
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Rangers Recognize LaFontaine
By Mike Sielski If the Islanders aren't ready yet to welcome Pat LaFontaine back to Nassau Coliseum, their fiercest rivals apparently are more than willing to embrace him.Four days after a Wall Street Journal article detailed the fractured relationship b from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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LaFontaine won't let Milbury drag him into muck
It was clear Pat LaFontaine wasn't biting, or biting back, when reached last week about comments Mike Milbury made to the Wall Street Journal concerning his departure nearly six years ago from the New York Islanders. Always the diplomat, the former Sabre from Buffalo News Read more »
