There was nothing absent-minded about Arbour's original decision to reject GM Bill Torrey's invitation to coach the Islanders. Never having visited either Nassau or nor Suffolk counties ...

Claire Arbour was the foundation who enabled ... reviews to improve the team," Rich Torrey, Bill Torrey's son once told me. "Thanks to Claire, Al was able to be ahead of the game and why the ...

Acquired by rookie general manager Bill Torrey in the Isles original 1972 ... Fon did win was the utmost respect of his head coach, Al Arbour. "What I loved about Gerry," Radar liked to say ...