克拉克·吉利斯, 一个 Hockey Hall of Fame power forward and four-time Stanley Cup winner with the New York Islanders, 星期五去世, 根据国家冰球联盟. 他是 67. 没有给出死亡原因.
“The National Hockey League mourns the passing of Clark Gillies, a tower of strength on the ice for the dynastic New York Islanders of the early 1980s and a pillar of the Long Island community ever since,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman 说过.
“Gillies helped define the term ‘power forward’ during a 14-season, Hall of Fame career with the Islanders and Buffalo Sabres that was highlighted by winning four straight Stanley Cups with the Islanders.”
The Saskatchewan native was selected fourth overall by the Islanders in the 1974 NHL draft. With the Islanders, he scored 304 goals and had 359 协助 872 游戏结束 12 季节.
在 159 playoff games with the Islanders, Gillies collected 47 goals and 46 助攻. 之一 17 Islanders that won four consecutive Stanley Cups from 1980 至 1983, Gillies was a member of the group that won a league record 19 straight playoff series — a record that still stands.
Clark Gillies was honored in December 2014 before an the Islanders game at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, 纽约.
The left winger was on one of the decade’s most successful forward lines, 昵称 “Trio Grande,” with two fellow future Hockey Hall of Famers, center Bryan Trottier and right winger Mike Bossy. That line also led Team Canada to a second-place finish at the 1981 Canada Cup.
“The entire Islanders community is devastated by the loss of Clark Gillies,” Islanders President and General Manager Lou Lamoriello said. “He epitomized what it means to be a New York Islander. The pride he felt wearing the Islanders sweater on the ice was evident by his willingness to do anything to win. Off the ice, he was just as big of a presence, always taking the time to give back to the local community.
“The New York Islanders have four Stanley Cups because of the sacrifices he and the members of those dynasty teams made for the franchise. On behalf of the entire organization, we send our deepest condolences to the entire Gillies family.”
After the Islanders’ 4-0 home victory against the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, head coach Barry Trotz said that the forward will be missed.
“He was bigger than life,” Trotz said. “When you saw Clark Gillies, you thought Islander. I mean there was no doubt. There was no gray area. Charismatic. He played the right way; he was part of the community.
“Everything that you think about an Islander, being a good teammate, a fantastic person, all those things. My heart dropped when I was told coming off the ice. 他会被错过的, 你懂, he really will.”
New York retired Gillies’ 数字 9 jersey on December 7, 1996.
在 2002, Gillies was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. 他的 bio page there reads: “He was a relentless competitor who was virtually unstoppable when the opposing team raised his ire.”
Gillies would finish his career with 319 goals and 378 助攻 in the regular season, after playing two seasons with the Sabres.
Gillies created The Clark Gillies Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that assists physically, developmentally, and/or financially challenged children. 目标, according to the organization’s website, “is to help children improve the quality of life and be of assistance in a time of crisis.”
The Huntington Hospital pediatric emergency unit on Long Island has been named after Gillies and his foundation.
