Nystrom is a blue-white blur on the videotape, streaking down the left wing seven minutes into overtime of Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals. With the Islanders leading the Flyers three games to two, Nystrom deflects a pass from John Tonelli into the net. "It was the first backhanded goal of my career," says Nystrom.

Today, Nystrom, 47, is an executive vice president for HRH, one of the largest property casualty insurance firms in the country. Whenever he is introduced by a colleague to a client, it's always as Bob Nystrom, the man who won the Islanders' first Stanley Cup. "That helps me in business," he says. "People seem to respect me even before they get to know me. That's nice."