Product Details

• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 10
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: March 3, 2009
• Run Time: 1200 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001LPWGGO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,382 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

They are among the greatest dynasties in hockey history. Between 1980 and 1983, the New York Islanders won 4 consecutive championships, a feat that has not been repeated since. With a history reaching back only 35 years, the Islanders have built a rich tradition of winning that few franchises in any sport have enjoyed. For the first time, the greatest Islander clashes is compiled in a single DVD box set.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, But Missing Some Games, November 22, 2009

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R. F. Mojica (Staten Island, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NHL: New York Islanders 10 Greatest Games (DVD)

As someone who grew up in New York and has watched the Islanders from almost their first game in 1972, I thought this was a good but not great set with a fair selection of games. Of course disputes are inevitable in any "10 greatest" list, but my objections are:

The Islanders first big playoff push was in 1975, and there should have been at least one game from that year. The preferred games would be game 3 vs. the Rangers or game 7 vs. Pittsburgh. As I have never seen anything but short clips from these game since I saw them (or heard them on the radio) live when they were played, I don't know that they still exist in complete form. They probably don't. I'm pretty sure nothing remains from the Rangers series but a 15 second clip of JP Parise's game 3 OT goal. If they don't, some game from the Philadelphia series should be included. I have seen full game videos from this series and the absence of a 1975 playoff game is the most serious flaw in this set.

The second missing essential game is the winning streak record breaker vs. the Colorado Rockies. I was at that game in person and not only was it historic, it was a thrilling match with a wild finish. It's a crime this game wasn't included. Their winning streak record has since been broken, but when the Islander won their 15th straight, the record they erased went back to 1929 & it was a big deal.

For the more recent selections, I think it was right to include one game from the '02 series vs. Toronto, because that was one of the best, most intense early round playoff series I've ever seen. But they picked the wrong game. Game 6 was the best single playoff game the Islanders have had since their Stanley Cup years. This was the game after Michael Peca was injured on Darcy Tucker's cheap shot & the Isles were out for revenge & got it, at least temporarily. There were no penalty shots, but penalty shots are very overrated to this hockey fan, especially in comparison to a nasty 60 minute contest between two teams that hated each other.

In order to get these three games in, I'd drop the Al Arbour game & the Volek OT game & exchange game 6 in the Toronto series for game 4. The Al Arbour game was fun, but compared to games in the past when this team was winning cups, it falls short. I got the idea they included it because they wanted something recent for a team that has had little success in 20 years. Dropping the Volek game is a hard choice, but it was really a dead end for the Islanders while a '75 playoff game and the game vs. Colorado were of historic significance. There's one last game I'd like to see that goes way back in NYI history. In their first year, 1972-73, they played a wild game vs. the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins which they won I believe 9-7. This game was a fantastic result because the Islander won only 12 games that year and that one of them was vs. the great Bobby Orr Bruins, and that it was a 9-7 game made it one of the most unlikely occurrences in NHL history. I've seen some video of this game & if the entire game exists in video form, that it wasn't included in this set shows the lack of perspective suffered by those who put the set together. I'd like to give this set 3 1/2 stars coz it's better than 3 but not as good as 4, but I'll be generous. If it included at least one 1975 playoff game, I would give it five stars, but completely missing that truly important year is a bad flaw for a set like this.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for any Isles fan., February 11, 2009

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Yankee Mike (Brooklyn,NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NHL: New York Islanders 10 Greatest Games (DVD)

The ten games that will be on this set are:

1-1980 Cup Final, Game 6. (CBC)

2-1981 Cup Final, Game 5. (CBC)

3-Game 5 of 1982 Division Semi Finals vs Pittsburgh (WOR)

4-1982 Cup Final, Game 4. (CBC)

5-1983 Cup Final, Game 4. (CBC)

6-Morrow's OT goal beats Rangers, 1984 Div. Semi Finals, Game 5. (CBC)

7-The Easter Epic vs Washington, 1987 (CBC)

8-Volek's OT goal in Game 7 beats Pittsburgh, 1993 (CBC)

9-Bates penalty shot game vs Toronto, 4/24/2002 (ESPN2)

10-Al Arbour's 1500th win. (MSG)

There are some problems. With just three exceptions all the games use the (Hockey Night In Canada Feed (CBC). You only get to hear Islanders' announcers Jiggs McDonald and Eddie Westfall in one game. (1982 Game 5 vs Pittsburgh) and the picture quality on that game is terrible.

Picture quality on most of the game is just fair to good. Even the Bates game fromm 2002 is sub par.

I actually have better copies of some of these games on VHS tape so I wonder why the quality could not have been upgraded on the DVDs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Islanders from a historical perspective, April 12, 2009

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F. Klein "Voice of 67" (Sarasota, FL) - See all my reviews
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The video on this production is pretty good considering that most of the source material is 25 or so years old. The only criticism is that the feed used for most of the games is NOT the Islanders TV feed. I have my own copies of several of these games with announcing by the Islanders TV crew, including their post-game programming (1983 Islanders Game 4 vs. Oilers and the 1984 Isles vs. Rangers Game 5 among others). If I could have these, surely the producers of this set could have obtained them. Listening to CBC announcers or ESPN announcers is definitely not the same. That aside, it is an enjoyable group of games. Only the Isles vs. Maple Leafs 2002 game is questionable in its inclusion. Enjoy the days of hockey with no on ice, or on the boards advertising and some helmetless players!