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Raw is Bossy: Islanders legend left a f#%&ing impression on young Chris Jericho

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Mike Bossy influenced many during his amazing Islanders career, but the mark he made on one famous hockey fan is a little unique.

In a short video tweeted by Sportsnet this afternoon, wrestling champion /musician/actor/podcaster/all-round entertainment machine Chris Jericho talks about a moment in time in which the Hall of Famer inadvertently awakened his young, impressionable mind to a universe of profanity.

I like Chris Jericho and I don’t want to sound like I’m calling him a jabroni (that’s another guy’s job), but his dad was Ted Irvine, a pretty successful NHLer in his own right.