Clark Gillies

Clark Gillies was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger, born on April 7, 1954 and died on January 21, 2022, who played for the New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League between 1974 and 1988. An aggressive playmaker, he recorded four straight 30-goal seasons from 1975 to 1979 and served as Islanders captain from 1977 to 1979 before handing the role to Denis Potvin. He played on the Trio Grande line with Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier and was a key piece of the Islander dynasty that won the Stanley Cup four consecutive times from 1980 to 1983. In 958 games over 14 seasons he scored 319 goals and 378 assists, his jersey was retired by the Islanders in 1996, and he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.