NHL's Most Notorious Cheap Shot Artists

[LemonSauceD]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Pronger yet. That Dean McAmmond cheapshot was brutal.

Looking back Dean McAmmond has been on the other side of some real ugly cheap shots.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

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Never quite understood the Reaves argument. He's thrown 3 bad hits that have led to supplementary discipline. Guess how many total hits he's thrown? Over 3000. It's actually impressive that he's been able to stay clean compared to many of the other big hitters around the league for as long as he has. He doesn't belong in the same sentence as Hartman or Wilson.

...to be honest, Wilson (who is DEFINITELY NO ANGEL) doesn't belong in the same sentence as Hartman either...guys like Hartman, Cooke, Kenny "The Rat" Linseman (who is actually a really nice guy - talked with him after a Montreal - Boston Oldtimers game for almost an hour), Claude Lemieux, Ulf, Avery and such were guys that went out there to hurt you, "hockey play" or not...they didn't just get caught up in throwing massive hits, legal or not, they went out there to take you off the ice by any means necessary; it didn't matter to them what they had to do to "get the job done"...

 

[Matty Sundin]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Pronger yet. That Dean McAmmond cheapshot was brutal.

Looking back Dean McAmmond has been on the other side of some real ugly cheap shots.

Pronger was the master of camouflaging his hits where you would think it’s just a hockey hit but really he’s one of the dirtiest players in the league.

 

[HugginThePost]

In my hockey watching, he was probably the most egregious case of "I don't give two shits about the well-being of anyone on the ice" that I can recall.

I'd say Scott Stevens was worse........

.........he wanted to end your career.

He'd go out of his way to hurt you.

Pure trash.

 

[cowboy82nd]

Brad marchand

If I could like this post more than once, I would.

 

[aylib]

Cooke stood out to me

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Vaclav Varada
Darcy Tucker
Patrick Kaleta
Ruslan Salei
Andrei Nazarov
Steve Downie
Tom Wilson

Just a couple names I didn't see yet.

 

[Nona Di Giuseppe]

I'd say Scott Stevens was worse........

.........he wanted to end your career.

He'd go out of his way to hurt you.

Pure trash.

But he did it within the rules of the game. That doesn't align with being "dirty player" or a "cheap shot" artist.

Scott Stevens was a master at what he did. (Today he wouldn't last two games with a suspension)

 

[dirtydanglez]

bertuzzi

 

[Acallabeth]

Shocked there's no mention of "captain" Mark Messier

This guy could feed an entire homeless population if he served them his elbows

Yeah, they should change the 'Messier leadership award' trophy to a golden elbow.

 

[Super Hans]

Carter Verhaeghe is 15th in shots the last 3 seasons on a $4.167m cap hit.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Shocked there's no mention of "captain" Mark Messier

This guy could feed an entire homeless population if he served them his elbows

It’s crazy to me that Messier’s reputation for dirty play has managed to stay so small. The dude was absolutely ruthless (and according to many, he sucks as a person as well).

 

[OversKy]

Cooke should've been ran head first into the boards. Kane one punching that unflushed turd is one of my favorite NHL moments.

 

[rockymtnoyster]

Tom wilson

 

[Voight]

Not enough Raffi Torres in this thread

 

[Number8]

Brad marchand

When I look at all the other names in this thread, this post confirms (if it ever was in doubt) that Boston irreparably broke Vancouver in 2011.