Denis Charles Potvin (born October 29, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and team captain for the New York Islanders of the...

into the Hockey Hall of Fame, seven of whom—Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Bryan Trottier, coach Al Arbour, and general manager Bill...

Stars from 1970 to 1981. He was the older brother of Denis Potvin and cousin of Marc Potvin. Potvin was born in Ottawa on March 25, 1949. His father, Armand...

Jean Beliveau, 176 Sergei Fedorov, 176 Denis Savard, 175 Mario Lemieux, 172 Peter Forsberg, 171 Denis Potvin, 165 Mike Bossy, 160 Gordie Howe, 160 Al...

playing career Potvin became a coach in the minor leagues, until his suicide in 2006. He was the cousin of Denis Potvin and Jean Potvin. Born in Ottawa...

the Minnesota North Stars 4–1 to make it to the Final. In game one, Denis Potvin scored the first power-play overtime goal in Stanley Cup Finals history...

Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year: Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin, Bobby Smith, Dale Hawerchuk, Mario Lemieux, Bryan Berard, Alexander...

lack team toughness. During the pre-season of 1979–80 Gillies allowed Denis Potvin to take over as captain. During the 1980 playoffs, Gillies got the best...

Islanders won the Stanley Cup four consecutive years from 1980 to 1983. Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier and Mike Bossy have won at least four awards, with all...

Northern Pikes Denis Potvin (born 1953), former defenceman and team captain for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League Félix Potvin (born 1971)...

three and four. The 1983 Stanley Cup was presented to Islanders captain Denis Potvin by NHL President John Ziegler following the Islanders 4–2 win over the...

team captain. The 1982 Stanley Cup was presented to Islanders captain Denis Potvin by NHL President John Ziegler following the Islanders 3–1 win over the...

Dave Langevin, Wayne Merrick, Ken Morrow, Bob Nystrom, Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Duane Sutter, John Tonelli and Bryan Trottier) have been...

the second rookie defenseman to score a goal in an #NHLAllStar Game. Denis Potvin tallied once for Team All-Stars East in the 27th All-Star Game in 1974...

1975–76 Denis Potvin New York Islanders 1 1 1976–77 Larry Robinson Montreal Canadiens 1 9 1977–78 Denis Potvin New York Islanders 2 2 1978–79 Denis Potvin New...

Philadelphia Flyers in overtime of game six of the final. Defenceman Denis Potvin scored a crucial overtime goal in game one and the Cup was won when Bobby...

Defencemen found Gretzky a most elusive target. The 205-pound (93 kg) Denis Potvin, a fellow Hall of Famer, compared attempting to hit Gretzky to "wrapping...

game. The first (of only eight) defenceman to reach 1,000 points was Denis Potvin, playing in his 987th game during the 70th year of the NHL (1986–87)...

Tonelli 28 Anders Kallur 29 Hector Marini   Defencemen 5 Denis Potvin (Captain) 3 Jean Potvin†† 4 Bob Lorimer 6 Ken Morrow 7 Stefan Persson 16 Mike McEwen...

history of defencemen scoring 100 points or more (Paul Coffey with five, Denis Potvin, Al MacInnis, Brian Leetch, and Erik Karlsson with one each). The 1975–76...

Recap   Clark Gillies (2) – 16:00 First period No scoring Denis Potvin (1) – pp – 08:26 Denis Potvin (2) – sh – 12:51 Second period No scoring No scoring Third...

(2) Denis Potvin (2) – 02:20 Second period 17:08 – pp – Bobby Clarke (5) Stefan Persson (3) – pp – 16:18 Third period 13:10 – Rick MacLeish (7) Denis Potvin...

the second round. After Islanders legends Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies, Brent Sutter, Pat LaFontaine, John Tonelli, Bob Bourne...

to win the award, joining the ranks of Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin as the only players to win the award under age 23. During the 2012–13...

Bossy (11) 19:51 – pp – Denis Potvin (4) Stan Smyl (8) – pp – 05:06 Ivan Boldirev (7) – 09:27 Second period 03:15 – pp – Denis Potvin (5) James Nill (4) –...

the power play and added a shorthanded goal in an 8-2 Islanders win. Denis Potvin's hat trick and five point night in game two led the Islanders to a 6–3...

Denis Potvin Winner of the Norris Trophy 1980 Succeeded by Randy Carlyle Preceded by Denis Potvin Winner of the Norris Trophy 1977 Succeeded by Denis...

Canadiens G 24 1972–73 Steve Vickers New York Rangers LW 21 1973–74 Denis Potvin New York Islanders D 19 1974–75 Eric Vail Atlanta Flames LW 20 1975–76...

defenceman with his 19th of the season. The record was previously shared by Denis Potvin of the New York Islanders (1974–75) and Adrian Aucoin of the Vancouver...

Nikita Okhotiuk Darren Pang Mark Paterson Steve Payne Michael Peca Denis Potvin Jean Potvin Tom Price Shane Prince Jack Quinn Pat Riggin Gary Roberts Jim Roberts...