Mike Bossy - Career After Hockey

Career After Hockey

Bossy played his last NHL game in 1987, at the age of 30, and after taking a year off he officially retired in 1988. He worked as a television broadcaster for the Quebec Nordiques until 1990. He afterwards recalled not being able to get a job with an NHL organization since then, saying "I contacted the Canadiens at least two or three times because I thought I could help the organization in some way, not necessarily as a coach but in some role that could be developed. They never called back". Bossy also had hopes when former teammate Bryan Trottier was hired as New York Rangers coach in 2002, saying "I also thought I'd get a call. The reason was, I remember having umpteen conversations with Bryan, having roomed with him for 10 years, that went, 'One of these days, Mike, we're going to take a team and do it our way.' I've found out since from Bryan that he wasn't going to be given that chance."

Bossy then did a three-year stint as part of the morning zoo crew on CKOI, a French-language radio station in Montreal. He started out doing promotional work for Humpty Dumpty in the late 1990s, a snack-food manufacturer based in eastern Canada. He became the Quebec sales director of the company in 2003.

In 2005, Bossy made a cameo appearance on the fourth sequel to the French Canadian classic movie Les Boys, playing himself.

On October 13, 2006, the Islanders held a news conference to announce that Bossy had rejoined the organization, working with the front office in sponsor and fan development.