Every successful athlete has a "Turning Point" in his or her career. Sometimes it's subtle and on other occasions it makes headlines. What happened to Islanders rookie defenseman Denis Potvin on ...

There is a very good chance that many of the younger fans who attend Rangers games now couldn’t pick Denis Potvin out of a ...

Game-winning goals with .7 seconds left on the clock are quite rare…and from a defenseman. It almost never happens. Well, this Rangers team continues finding new ways to win after that thriller on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jerry Beach covers New York sports and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier, and Mike Bossy, members of the New ...

Denis Potvin is one of the all-time great New York Islanders. The Hall-of-Fame defenseman’s name is still taken in vain by New York Rangers fans at Madison Square Garden, part of his enduring legacy ...

Denis Potvin has heard the "Potvin Sucks" chants for 43 years, but now, the shoe is on the other foot. Well, sock actually. The Islanders' legend is coming out with a line of "Potvin Socks," a custom ...

Joey McMahon isn’t surprised by the amount of support he gets from the Islanders every year for his charity golf outing. McMahon, who started as the team’s equipment manager in 1983 and served in that ...

A few months after Roberto Luongo's heralded return to the Florida Panthers, another big name from the team's past also made his way back to South Florida. After four years in Ottawa, Denis Potvin ...

Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic’s countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We’re ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who’s No. 1 — it’s the 99 spots behind No. 99 ...

Jean Potvin, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 72 after a lengthy, non-COVID-19-related illness, didn’t have the Hall of Fame playing career of his younger brother, Denis. But that did not ...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — When Larry Farmer walked into UCLA's Pauley Pavilion for the first time, his gaze quickly turned toward the rafters. It was impossible to miss all those championship banners. “I ...