83. Calabria, telephone interview; Lapointe, “Muller Keeps Islanders Waiting for Now”; Landers, telephone interview.
84. Colin Stephenson, “Muller: Lots of Catching Up,” New York Daily News, April 10, 1995, S54; Peter Botte, “Muller Time Finally Comes for Islanders,” New York Post, April 10, 1995, 61.
85.
“Rinkrats,”
Ottawa Citizen, April 10, 1995, D3.
86. Jeff Williams, “New Look Is No Help,” Newsday, April 12, 1995, A68.
87. McDarby, telephone interview; Calabria, telephone interview; McDarby, telephone interview.
88. McDarby, telephone interview; Shaun Assael et al., “Covering the Bases,” Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2006, http:// www .wsj .com
/articles /sb115813082638561774.
89. Scalera, telephone interview.
90. Jim Baumbach, “Pickett: Islanders Not Affected by Charges Facing Ex- Execs,” Newsday, February 27, 2009; Botte and Hahn, Fish Sticks, 19.
91. Beach, telephone interview; Bob Van Voris, “Walsh Ordered to Prison for $554 Million WG Trading Fraud,” November 19, 2014, http:// www
.bloomberg .com /news /articles /2014 -11 -20 /walsh -ordered -to -prison
-for -554 -million -wg -trading -fraud.
92. Calabria, telephone interview.
93. Pickett, telephone interview.
94. Bob Nystrom, telephone interview with the author, November 25, 2015.
95. Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society, http:// www .fireislandlight house .com /history .html; “Big Shot.”
96. Neil Best, “What a Mess!,” Newsday, April 17, 1995, A44; Jim Smith,
“Isles Blown Away,” Newsday, April 15, 1995, A26; Jeff Williams, “At Last, Lead Is Held,” Newsday, April 19, 1995, A68; Jeff Williams, “Net Improvement,” Newsday, April 13, 1995, A86.
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97. Peter Botte, “Hot Tommy Right Choice for Isles,” New York Post, April 13, 1995, 112; Peter Botte, “Smooth Sailin’ for Isles’ ‘Hobey,’” New York Post, April 14, 1995, 83; Jeff Williams, “Isles Get Rookie Assist,” Newsday, April 14, 1995, A76.
98. Steve Zipay, “Potvin Brings His Views to TV,” Newsday, April 14, 1995, A76, A74.
99.
Campbell,
1995, 52– 78.
100. John T. McQuiston, “Families of the Dead and the Survivors Cheer the Verdict,” New York Times, February 18, 1995, 1, 26; Peter Marks, “L.I.R.R.
Murderer Argues for Reversal,” New York Times, March 21, 1995, B5; John T. McQuiston, “Rail Gunman to Spend Life behind Bars,” New York Times, March 23, 1995, B1, B8.
101. “Uniform Update,” Schenectady Daily Gazette, April 15, 1995, C1; Colin Stephenson, “Isles’ New Logo Would Be Sea Sick: Uniforms Only Portray Tradition Gone Fishin’,” New York Daily News, April 20, 1995, 84.
102. Stephenson, “Isles’ New Logo Would Be Sea Sick.”
103. Mirlis, telephone interview; O’Hara, telephone interview.
104. Jim Smith, “Isles Look to the Future,” Newsday, April 20, 1995, A72; Larry Brooks, “Muller’s No Islander,” New York Post, April 20, 1995, 80, 58; Jeff Williams, “Flyers End Jinx, Clinch Playoff Spot,” Newsday, April 21, 1995, A92; Chris Botta, telephone interview with the author, February 21, 2014.
105. Calabria, telephone interview; Patrick Calabria, email to the author, October 14, 2014; Pember and Calvert, Mass Media Law, 78– 79; Calabria, email to the author.
106. These trademark forms can be found online through the Trademark Electronic Search System of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, http:// www .uspto .gov /trademark. Fletcher submitted separate paperwork to trademark the logo for sales of clothing and for “entertainment services,” the use of the logo on players’ uniforms, and to promote the team. The clothing filing can be found under serial number 74647149 and registration number 2201625, while the entertainment services filing carries serial number 74646848 and registration number 2276216.
107. Anthony Fletcher, telephone interview with the author, March 3, 2015.
Also, see the application for the clothing trademark in the Trademark Electronic Search System.
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108. Bob McKenzie, “Punishment Better Suited to NHL Crimes,” Toronto Star, April 23, 1995, F3.
109. Chris Botta, “The Great Logo Debate of 1995,” Blade, April 24– May 2, 1995, n.p.
110. “Canucks Bunch of Softies in Own Zone, Coach Says,” Toronto Star, April 28, 1995, C2; Islander Insider, April 20, 1995.
111. Jeff Williams, “Isles Out of the Hunt,” Newsday, April 23, 1995, 17.
112. Jeff Williams, “Ferraro’s Play Could Pay Off,” Newsday, May 3, 1995, A65.
113. Jeff Williams, “Quick Exit for Henning,” Newsday, May 4, 1995, A106.
114. Frank Brown, “Forget Lorne, Fire Logo,” New York Daily News, May 4, 1995, 88.
3. THE BAYMEN AND THE BRUIN
1. Jeff Williams, “Quick Exit for Henning”; Steve Zipay, “Roughing Up Maloney,” Newsday, May 5, 1995, A79; Steve Zipay, “Jiggs Out as Isles’
Broadcaster,” Newsday, May 27, 1995, A49.
2. Mark Herrmann, “Team Makes Moves with No Destinations,” Newsday, May 4, 1995, A107.
3. Herrmann, “Team Makes Moves with No Destinations.”
4. Botta, “Great Logo Debate of 1995.”
5. Botta, “Great Logo Debate of 1995”; Islander Insider, April 20, 1995.
6. Botta, “Great Logo Debate of 1995”; Rich Pilon, telephone interview with the author, September 4, 2015.
7. Botta, “Great Logo Debate of 1995”; Nystrom, telephone interview.
8. Éric Fichaud, telephone interview with the author, September 4, 2015; Nystrom, telephone interview.
9. Botta, “Great Logo Debate of 1995.”
10. Colin Stephenson, “Islanders Picture Old Logo,” New York Daily News, May 26, 1995, 77.
11. Russell Drumm, “A Bunt Full of Bass for the Camera Only,” East Hampton Star, April 12, 1990, I20; Linda Sherry, “New Ballad by Billy Joel Voices Baymen’s Plight,” Southampton Press, April 12, 1990, page number unknown.
12. “Baymen and Friends”; Drumm, “A Bunt Full of Bass for the Camera Only”; Dele Olojede, “Piano Man Plays Benefit for Baymen,” Newsday, September 5, 1990, 8; Susan Pollack, “A Fishing Community Struggles to 233
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Survive,” National Fisherman, August 1990, 12– 15; Sherry, “New Ballad by Billy Joel Voices Baymen’s Plight.”
13. Arnold Leo, telephone interview with the author, September 21, 2015; Leo to Calabria, April 20, 22, 24, 1995, box 6, folder 135, East Hampton Town Baymen’s Association Archive.
14. Leo, telephone interview; Leo to Calabria, April 22, 1995; Leo, telephone interview.
15. Dan King, telephone interview with the author, September 25, 2015; Leo, telephone interview; King, telephone interview.
16. Calabria, telephone interview; Brad Loewen, telephone interview with the author, September 25, 2015.
17. Ketcham, “About Long Island”; Bill Bleyer, “Billy Joel’s Romance with the Sea,” Newsday, December 26, 1995, B4– B5; Calabria, telephone interview.
18. Media advisory, June 21, 1995, box 6, folder 135, East Hampton Town Baymen’s Association Archive.
19. “Get Close to the Islanders without Getting Checked,” Newsday, June 21, 1995, A57.
20. Len Hochberg, “From ‘Mickey Mouse’ to the Big Cheese: Devils in Cup Finals after Years of Failure,” Washington Post, June 15, 1995, B4.
21. Mark Herrmann, “Isles’ New Look Ready,” Newsday, June 22, 1995, A67.
22. King, telephone interview; Jason Molinet, “New Design Has Young Fans Excited,” Newsday, June 23, 1995, A89; Zipay, “No Go on New Logo.”
23. Mark Herrmann, “The Logo Is Local,” Newsday, June 23, 1995, A88.
24. Herrmann, “The Logo Is Local.”
25. King, telephone int
erview.
26. Herrmann, “The Logo Is Local.”
27. Herrmann, “The Logo Is Local.”
28. Michael K. Ozanian et al., “Suite Deals,” Financial World (May 9, 1995): 42– 52; Stephenson, “Isles’ New Logo Would Be Sea Sick”; Steve Zipay,
“Switching Styles in Vogue,” Newsday, June 23, 1995, A89.
29. Ozanian et al., “Suite Deals.”
30. Warren Strugatch, “A Potential Barrier to Coliseum Plans,” New York Times, November 7, 2004, LI3.
31. Pickett, telephone interview.
32. Molinet, “New Design Has Young Fans Excited.”
33. Herrmann, “The Logo Is Local”; Molinet, “New Design Has Young Fans Excited”; Leo, telephone interview.
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34. Herrmann, “The Logo Is Local.”
35. Darius Kasparaitis, telephone interview with the author, November 16, 2015.
36. Travis Green, telephone interview with the author, November 13, 2015.
37. Herrmann, “The Logo Is Local”; Pilon, telephone interview.
38. Jason Diamos, “Muller May Not Stay for New Look,” New York Times, June 23, 1995, B15; Peter Botte, “Muller May Wear Islanders’ New Colors for Real,” New York Post, June 23, 1995, 80.
39. Molinet, “New Design Has Young Fans Excited.”
40. “ESPN Shows Off Isles ‘New’ Uniforms,” YouTube, from Game Three of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals, televised by ESPN on June 22, 1995, posted by “McKay4429061,” January 9, 2008, http:// www .youtube .com /watch
?v = W -JL3N9KqDE; Mirlis, telephone interview.
41. Len Berman, email to the author, August 17, 2015.
42. “News at 10,” WPIX, June 22, 1995, WPIX Archives.
43. Eric Fichaud, telephone interview with the author, September 4, 2015.
44. Botte, “Muller May Wear Islanders’ New Colors for Real”; “Fisherman’s Friends,” New York Daily News, June 23, 1995, 80; “What Do You Think?,”
Newsday, June 23, 1995, A88.
45. Steve Zipay, “If Daly Leaves, Will Riley Go to Turner?,” Newsday, June 23, 1995, A72, A68.
46. Mark Herrmann, “Muller Looking to Extend His Stay,” Newsday, June 23, 1995, A89.
47. Jeff Williams, “Islanders in a Strong Bargaining Position,” Newsday, June 1, 1995, A88; Jeff Williams, “Isles Pitch to Hay,” Newsday, June 27, 1995, A50.
48. Adrian Dater, “Islanders Eye Goring for Job,” Denver Post, May 13, 1995, C9; Jim Smith, “Isles, Sutter Talking,” Newsday, May 26, 1995, A84; Jeff Williams, “Isles Eye Milbury, Melrose, Sutter,” Newsday, May 21, 1995, S10.
49. Williams, “Isles Eye Milbury, Melrose, Sutter.”
50. “Milbury Quits Eagles before Starting,” New York Times, June 3, 1994, 10; Jim Smith, “Isles Need Milbury,” Newsday, May 12, 1995, A80.
51. Jim Naughton, “Bruins Win, Then Battle with Fans at Garden,” New York Times, December 24, 1979, A1; Dave Seminara, “Over the Glass and into Lore,” New York Times, December 23, 2009, B11.
52. Dave Luecking, “NHL Might Alter All- Star Process,” St. Louis Post- Dispatch, January 20, 1991, 6F; Jim Proudfoot, “How a Goon Gets to Be an NHL
All- Star,” Toronto Star, January 9, 1991, E3.
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53. Smith, “Isles Need Milbury.”
54. Jason Diamos, “New Coach Emphasizes Break with Isles’ Past,”
New York Times, July 6, 1995, B15; Jim Smith, “Milbury Is Isles’ Guy,”
Newsday, July 2, 1995, 2– 3; Jim Smith, “New Islander Coach,” Newsday, July 2, 1995, A3; Jeff Williams, “Isles Have Their Man,” Newsday, July 5, 1995, A70.
55. Diamos, “New Coach Emphasizes Break with Isles’ Past”; Jeff Williams,
“Milbury Demands Total Effort,” Newsday, July 6, 1995, A79, A57; Jeff Williams, “Taking Charge,” Newsday, July 6, 1995, A78.
56. Diamos, “New Coach Emphasizes Break with Isles’ Past.”
57. Diamos, “New Coach Emphasizes Break with Isles’ Past”; Mark Herrmann, “Isles Know They Need Talent, Too,” Newsday, July 6, 1995, A79.
58.
Never Say Die: The Story of the New York Islanders, produced by Darryl Lepik and Marc Forest (NHL Enterprises, 1996).
59. Mick Vukota, telephone interview with the author, October 25, 2015;
“IT’S MILBURY!!!!,” Islander Insider, July 15, 1995; Mark Herrmann,
“The Windup,” Newsday, April 7, 1996, B16.
60. Frank Brown, “Mike Bails Out Isles’ Ship,” New York Daily News, July 6, 1995, 60; Herrmann, “Isles Know They Need Talent, Too.”
4. NEW TEAM, DASHED DREAM
1. Nicholas Hirshon, “Inside the NHL: Bon Voyage, Captain Gorton,”
Hockey News, November 7, 2006, 10.
2. Diamos, “New Coach Emphasizes Break with Isles’ Past.”
3. Jeff Williams, “Ferraro’s Play Could Pay Off,” Newsday, May 3, 1995, A65.
4. Colin Stephenson, “Rangers Circle Isles’ Ferraro,” New York Daily News, July 19, 1995, 54.
5. Jeff Williams, “Thomas Irked by Isles’ Offer,” Newsday, March 5, 1995, S8.
6. Jim Smith, “A Matter of Pact,” Newsday, September 28, 1995, A96; Jim Smith, “Thomas’ Promises,” Newsday, September 19, 1995, A54; Jeff Williams, “Isles, Kasparaitis Far Apart in Talks,” Newsday, August 3, 1995, A76.
7. Mark Herrmann, “Is Fichaud a Savior?,” Newsday, July 18, 1995, A46.
8. Joe Lapointe, “It’s Sign One, Draft One for the Busy Islanders,” New York Times, July 9, 1995, S2; Smith, “Thomas’ Promises.”
9. Doug McConachie, “Ehman Left His Mark on Hockey,” Regina Leader-Post, March 24, 2006, C6.
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10. “Isles Shuffle the Deck,” Islander Insider, February 1995; Herrmann,
“Isles Know They Need Talent, Too.”
11. Jeff Williams, “Bertuzzi, Isles Still Facing Off,” Newsday, July 7, 1995, A56.
12. “Todd Bertuzzi Has the Goods,” Blade, October 14– 20, 1995, n.p.
13. Jim Smith, “Bertuzzi Issues Isles Deadline,” Newsday, March 29, 1995, A66.
14. Mark Herrmann, “Bertuzzi Deal at 11th- Hour,” Newsday, July 9, 1995, 19.
15. Guy Charron, telephone interview with the author, November 7, 2015.
16. Charron, telephone interview; Bob Froese, telephone interview with the author, September 14, 2015.
17. Mark Herrmann, “Farm- Raised Talent,” Newsday, July 9, 1995, S19.
18. Herrmann, “Farm- Raised Talent”; Mirlis, telephone interview.
19. Chris Luongo, telephone interview with the author, November 24, 2015.
20. Steve Zipay, “Holy Matteau! Rose Joins Isles,” Newsday, August 25, 1995, A98.
21. Zipay, “Holy Matteau!”; “Rating the Talkies,” Islander Insider, February 1995; Rose, telephone interview.
22. Howie Rose, “A Rose by Any Other Name . . . ,” Blade, October 14– 20, 1995, n.p.
23. Fischler, telephone interview; “Islanders Name Killian,” New York Times, October 14, 1992, B14; Feeney, telephone interview.
24. “The Islanders’ Idea of Summer Vacation,” Newsday, August 10, 1995, A66; “Be Part of the Salute to Honor Long Island’s Firefighters and Emergency Volunteers,” Newsday, September 13, 1995, A53.
25. “Order Season Tickets This Week,” Newsday, August 20, 1995, S21; “This Is Our New Coach,” Newsday, September 3, 1995, 20; “This Is Brett Lindros,” Newsday, September 17, 1995, S22; “This Is Matt Schneider,”
Newsday, October 3, 1995, A39; “This Is Our New Uniform,” Newsday, September 4, 1995, A33.
26. Mark Herrmann, “Islanders Facing Tough Road Ahead,” Newsday, September 10, 1995, S16.
27. Chris Botta, “Greener Pastures,” Blade, October 14– 20, 1995, n.p.; Green, telephone interview.
28. Botta, Mirlis, and Serby, New York Islanders; Art Feeney, “Isles Make Play- Offs!,”
Islander Insider, September 15, 1995.
29. Williams, “Isles, Kasparaitis Far Apart in Talks”; Dean Chynoweth, telephone interview with the author, November 27, 2015; Niklas Andersson, 237
NOTES TO PAGES 88–92
telephone interview with the author, September 5, 2015; Dan Plante, telephone interview with the author, November 6, 2015.
30. Danton Cole, telephone interview with the author, September 16, 2015.
31. Herrmann, “Islanders Facing Tough Road Ahead”; Jim Smith, “Islanders Preview,” Newsday, October 1, 1995, S29; Jeff Williams, “Islanders Sign McKenzie,” Newsday, August 1, 1995, A50; Islander Insider, September 15, 1995.
32. Jim Smith, “Don’s Focus: Team, Not Pact,” Newsday, September 27, 1995, A62.
33. Smith, “Don’s Focus: Team, Not Pact”; Jim Smith, “Isles Deal for Semak, Sign Vaske,” Newsday, September 15, 1995, A96.
34. Peter Botte, “Kasparaitis Makes Good on Threat to Bolt Isles,” New York Post, October 14, 1995, 34.
35. Joe Lapointe, “Pucks about to Drop Again,” New York Times, September 10, 1995, B5.
36. Jim Smith, “Bertuzzi Is Impressing,” Newsday, September 30, 1995, A39.
37. Colin Stephenson, “Cole Has Isles Role,” New York Daily News, September 27, 1995, 58.
38. Jim Smith, “Johansson Is Something Special,” Newsday, September 14, 1995, A86.
39. Larry Sicinski, “New Look for Islanders,” Hamilton Spectator, September 13, 1995, D3.
40. Jason Diamos, “Isles Keep Options Open on Redden, Top Prospect,”
New York Times, September 28, 1995, B19.
41. Smith, “Bertuzzi Is Impressing.”
42. Jason Diamos, “Make No Mistake about It, Milbury Is in Charge of Isles,”
New York Times, September 12, 1995, B13.
43. Colin Stephenson, “Islanders Getting Milbury’s Message,” New York Daily News, September 12, 1995, S53.
44.
“Pre-
season
Highlights,”
Toronto Star, September 23, 1995, E3.
45. Vukota, telephone interview.
46. Jim Smith, “Net Gain for Isles’ Fichaud,” Newsday, September 20, 1995, A67.
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