NHL Veterans With Zero Career Fights

[Raccoon Jesus]

Would have been better if someone would have clubbed the coward Brown in the face with a stick.

LOL 13 years later

here's an illustration of how Brown broke an entire franchise with a clean hit

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Would have been better if someone would have clubbed the coward Brown in the face with a stick.

It was better when McSorley did that to Brashear.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

Because he sat on the bench and left his team shorthanded in a brawl. Someone got a good 2 on 1 beating because of that and it followed him the rest of his career. Fans don’t like cowards who don’t care about their teammates

IIRC, the Rangers and the Islander had a brawl in a game around 1990. The Rangers had a player named Jeff Bloemberg, who refused to fight based on religious reasons. He did take a beating though. But this just a 35 year old memory, so I could be wrong.

 

[oconnor9sean]

None of Quinn Hughes, Cale Makar or Miro Heiskanen have a recorded fight on HockeyFights.

So, depending on where you have Miro in your DMan rankings, you could say that none of the top-3 DMen in the league have a recorded fight - which would HAVE to be a first in the NHL's history.

 

[flyersdad]

I just ran a filtered search on NHL.com. There are actually a ton of vets with no major penalties (it doesn't seem to distinguish between fighting majors and other types of majors, so there could be players with non-fighting

Here's a link to players since 1970 with more than 500 GP sorted by number of Major Penalties: NHL Stats

Here's the list of players with 1,000 GP with no majors:
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Perron was in a quasi fight with Bobby Ryan in 2010 but didn't get a fighting major:

Kimmo Timonen "fought" Kris Letang in the 2012 playoffs. I am not sure they got fighting majors or just misconducts. Great list.

 

[Bank Shot]

McDavid and Draisaitl haven't been in a fight in their NHL careers.
McDavid was in a couple in junior. Broke his hand in his last junior fight, missed a bunch of hockey, and probably decided it wasn't worth it.

 

[Leafshater67]

IIRC, the Rangers and the Islander had a brawl in a game around 1990. The Rangers had a player named Jeff Bloemberg, who refused to fight based on religious reasons. He did take a beating though. But this just a 35 year old memory, so I could be wrong.

Yes, I remember that. I could never remember his name and I was an fetus when it happened but I remember my father telling me about it.

I also remember some similar story where a dude was in a war of another conscientious objector Desmond Doss who was a war hero. Cool stuff.

Neither of those dudes fought but they didn’t sit back and watch their teammates get hurt either. Respect

 

[JianYang]

I don't recall sakic ever fighting.

 

[Son of Nogatco]

IIRC, the Rangers and the Islander had a brawl in a game around 1990. The Rangers had a player named Jeff Bloemberg, who refused to fight based on religious reasons. He did take a beating though. But this just a 35 year old memory, so I could be wrong.

Had never heard that before, interesting story:

SPORTS OF THE TIMES; Why Jeff Bloemberg Turned the Other Cheek (Published 1990)

www.nytimes.com

 

[EdJovanovski]

Mika Zibanejad

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I don't recall sakic ever fighting.

Had a fight with a snowblower. Did not go well.

Sorry, but I’m always amazed that a cerebral career ended with something so dumb. Intelligence is nuanced, I guess.

 

[Sadekuuro]

“Those” games? There aren’t fights in All Star games. What the f*** are you even talking about?

When Gordie Howe was penalized for fighting - in the All-Star Game

Seeing as he was one of the most penalized players in the NHL during his time, it’s not a surprise that Gordie Howe was involved in his share of fights. Detroit’s #9 was not shy about dropping his gloves and squaring off with an opponent. But fighting in the All-Star Game? That’s unheard of. But […]

www.vintagedetroit.com

 

[acor]

I don't recall sakic ever fighting.

Didn't knew there are people who remember Sakic, and don't remember this:

 

[JJTT]

Patrick Kane.

At least he tried

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Not hockey related. But Michael Jackson once beat up Tupac Shakur.

 

[HairyKneel]

LOL 13 years later

here's an illustration of how Brown broke an entire franchise with a clean hit

He was a filthy coward when he played.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Ivan Demidov and Lane Hutson

Wait... What was the question again? I just always answer those two when someone asks something.

 

[archangel2]

The reason why I remember the Turgeon fight was because when it happened several members the team Canada JR team gave interviews saying "we could have used that a few years ago"

 

[Sheppy]

Jagr comes to mind immediately?

 

[LG18]

I don't think Saku Koivu has had a fighting major in the NHL but I could be wrong

Ah, yes, I probably have the worst memory known to human kind but I tend to remember the most random things. Saku Koivu fighting Patrick Eaves being one of them. I don't know if they gave them majors or minors, though.

 

[eco's bones]

Just punch in names at hockeyfights.com and you'll get your answers to who has and hasn't. Easiest way anyway.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Mika Zibanejad never had a fight and usually skates away from scrums or hugs the opposition. He is a big 6'2 225 wussy

 

[Cats2TheCup]

Going a bit off, but Turgeon is absolutely the most disrespected hockey player in history and I have no idea why.

It’s true. I never respected him and I don’t know why.