Finally! The People’s Redhead has Come Back to the Weigh-In!
For those who do not know, I am pretty much Canadian. I love
hockey, heavy drinking, and poutine. Our very own Matt Ward asked his father (me)
to write about hockey fights. I had two reactions when he asked me to cover
such an article. The first, I became instantly hard. The second, as a fan, I
owed it to the public to research and truly advocate for this great sport. Plus,
with the NHL Stanley Cup possibility being awarded on Sunday, June 9, 2019,
what better time than to post this piece now.
Hockey is a wonderful sport that continues to evolve. Hockey
players are known for their toughness. I honestly think grit is a better term
for the elite players of the NHL. Hockey players often lose teeth and get cuts
requiring stitches. This may seem like nothing, but even when they require
stitches, or lose chiclets, they return to the game after being patched up.
Hockey’s elite wheel, snipe and celey, doing whatever is
necessary for the boys. It is nothing for a pantene pro to put the biscuit top
shelf and get some digis from a snipe in the audience. All you fight fans
better bone up on your hockey lingo. Hockey, and maybe I am biased, is still one
of the true sports. The players are playing for the boys, and salaries are
modest for professional athletes. It is still aboot the love of the sport.
The current landscape of the NHL has truly killed the old
enforcer and fighting days. There are now rules that the players cannot remove
their helmets, which leads to broken hands and a huge refrain from tossing the
mitts. That being said, hockey has long celebrated a rich history of men who
played to chuck knucks. These warriors even trained in MMA or boxing to further
assist them in their nightly matches. Additionally, after a game concluded,
many players used to go out drinking. Hockey has everything a fan could ever
want.
The little Domi was known for being a ticking time bomb. He
never took any shit and fought as if he were eight feet tall. The 5-foot-10
Domi took on the 6-foot-3 Brashear, as each threw bombs during game two of the
playoff series.
This fight means a lot to me, growing up in Detroit, I ride
or die with my Wings. Also, for those of you who do not know, this is a fight
between two goalies. This fight means two men skated out of their nets with so
much hatred, they met at center ice and attempted to destroy each other.
This fight was due to chaos going on between one of hockey’s most vicious
rivalries, the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche. It is a must watch
as Ozzie takes Roy down.
Probert was one of the most prolific fighters of all time.
Also, he was a Red Wing, so I love him, and I insist you do as well. Probert
highlights are a reason for all of the rules surrounding modern day hockey
fighting. To witness both men throw caution to the wind and their health, look at this
donnybrook.
St. Louis versus Chicago Blackhawks, both teams fighting for
the President’s Cup, and tensions boiled over after a hard Jeremy Roenick
check.
The 2019 NHL playoffs were underway when Alex Ovechkin was
challenged by the Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov. It went exactly how you thought it
would go when a rookie challenges the great eight.
McSorley is unable to get over being dusted by Brashear. As
the game unfolds, they fight and McSorley slashes Brashear in the head with his
stick!
Both
of these career fighters deserve to make this list over and over again.
Somewhere around 70 punches were thrown between these two in this donnybrook.
These two show
mutual respect for one another while throwing bombs. There are some well-landed
punches and clever tactics to pop a helmet and that’s not a euphemism.
Kocur with a brutal KO of Kyte.
With Chara currently playing for a Stanley Cup, we felt it
fitting to add this fight. The big guy bloodies Koci.
These fights were not ranked and are not in any particular
order. I merely tried to provide some footage that I felt was worth seeing. Hockey
can quite often become a combat sport and the boys are tough.
Special Thanks to
You Tube for housing amazing puck fight footage
Matt Ward for his upcoming union to a woman (surprised us
all)
Steve Gruber (introducing me into world of cat yoga)
Pappy van Winkle Bourbon (look that shit up if you don’t
know)
Frank Grillo for his fighter workout routines
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