Classic with Video Behn Wilson vs Tiger Williams Oct 21st, 1978

[Boreal01]

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[MXD]

Was that Wilson's first regular season fight?

 

[DaaaaB's]

Was that Wilson's first regular season fight?

It was his first NHL fight ever, only 19 years old and he still fed Tiger as the fight went on. Williams did well at the start but Wilson is a lot better fighter than him.

 

[Don Nachbaur 26]

Wide open. Just throwing 'em

 

[Chainshot]

Funny seeing Sittler standing there talking shit to Wilson.

 

[Mike C]

It was his first NHL fight ever, only 19 years old and he still fed Tiger as the fight went on. Williams did well at the start but Wilson is a lot better fighter than him.

Good bar trivia---Wilson was the only player that Mike Bossy ever duked it out with in his career

 

[DaaaaB's]

Good bar trivia---Wilson was the only player that Mike Bossy ever duked it out with in his career

I did not know that. Interesting and kind of crazy as a lot of people consider Wilson to be a top 3 fighter all-time. Bossy must've had some big boy pants on that game. I'm going to go watch the video of it now. I'm guessing Gillies and Nystrom weren't on the ice.

Edit - that was entertaining and I do vaguely recall seeing that brawl years ago. Kind of hilarious how Gillies pummels Dave Hoyda for laying a big hit on Bossy and then proceeds to skate off the ice without noticing that Bossy is locked up with Wilson. It's also always enjoyable to see Garry Howatt take a beating and Billy Smith was such a nut, one of the few goalies who would fight legit tough guys. Both those teams were tough as nails back in those days.