...then-GM John Ferguson came up with the concept when Bossy came into the Garden with 49 goals and was aiming to become the first rookie in NHL history to hit the 50 mark. This was March 25, 1978.

“Fergy told me I was going to cover Bossy and first thing I did was go to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, lit a candle and said, ‘Please don’t make me look like a fool out there tonight,’ ” Staten Island’s favorite son told me.

“I lined up next to Bossy and said, ‘If you touch the puck tonight, I’m going to take this stick and shove it up your ass, you can get your 50th goal somewhere else, you’re not scoring tonight.’

“You know what?” asked the People’s Choice who, back in the day, would scale pucks into the Blue Seats at the conclusion of warmups. “I got a goal and an assist and he got nothing.”

-Nick Fotiu playing for the Rangers at the time. More on this and other topics from Larry Brooks of the New York Post. Topics like this...

Finally, I don’t know why there’s such concern over the fact the Jets have not been able to fill the building in Winnipeg. All they have to do is move to an arena the same size as the Coyotes did and they will pack the barn every night.