Islanders Plaque Series: Pat LaFontaine “Laffer”
[Music] And there’s young Pat Leaf Fontaine who’s got a couple of goals tonight. His first and second and what I’m sure is going to be a long and illustrious career. Like most of the young players that get drafted, we’re kind of eager to see him at training camp. You don’t want to get the wrong impression. It’s up to them to paint their own picture and make their own impression. And it was wonderful. You know, you saw this young kid who could skate like the wind. He was certainly way above our expectations as far as skill and he was just so hungry to learn and I swear to God he could take a step and he could be 10 ft over here and with these skates he just was able to turn so quickly you know it was impressive in the fontine pulls up a victory he scores well I think the comparison I could make with him and Mike Bossi is that this is a guy that wanted to score like this was a big part of his game when you’re that driven to score with the skills, you know, you’re going to have success. Sets up a screen in front. Then a shot is blocked. Goes back to Leontaine. Turns, lets it go. He scores. My oh my. Oh my. He was able to weave and bob and then he would just dish it off. There wasn’t anyone on the team that skated as well as him. Leontaine. That one will count. 50 for Pat Leonte. Pat made himself a part of this community. He still lives here. He’s a Long Islander and that speaks volumes in itself. involved in community and helpful in charities and, you know, making an impact in people’s lives. Anybody that knows him, anybody that’s worked with him, all the charitable work he’s done, all the giving back he’s done and continues to do, he’s a Hall of Fame player on the ice and a Hall of Fame person off the ice.
“He’s a Hall of Fame player on the ice and a Hall of Fame player off the ice.”
The 17th player to be inducted into the #Isles Hall of Fame, #16 Pat LaFontaine.