April 26, 1975 • Goaltender Glenn Resch and the New York Islanders blanked the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 to win Game Seven and capture their 1975 Quarter-final series. The Islanders became just the second team in NHL history to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games, joining the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs. The Islanders nearly repeated the feat in the Semifinal against Philadelphia. The Islanders again lost the first three games of the series only to bounce back and win the next three. Their bid for an unprecedented second straight 0-3 comeback was stopped as they lost Game Seven, 4-1.
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My daughter's high school counsellor was Gary Inness, the Pens goalie of that infamous series.
Weve chatted numerous times about the WHA, and his time in the NHL with the Pens, Flyers, & Capitals, but losing that series to the Isles after being up 3-0 was definately the low point of his career.
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