I was going to post Wendel too. Pound for pound the best I've seen. And he beat any of the players who are on that list that he played against. But I guess he technically isn't classified as an "enforcer"
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I was going to post Wendel too. Pound for pound the best I've seen. And he beat any of the players who are on that list that he played against. But I guess he technically isn't classified as an "enforcer"
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Odjick could be a real idiot. He was pretty tough with a bunch of non-fighters or a weak fighter in Creighton. Chasing Glenn Anderson and he can't catch him with Anderson skating backwards. I wonder how tough he would have been with Twist on the ice.
If you want to be tough, be tough. Don't be a punk. You never saw guys like Probert or Kocur or McSorley acting like that.
Odjick never backed down from anyone, and more than aquitted himself against guys like Sandy McCarthy and Dave Brown. He was a top-5 fighter in the game for most of the 1990s. To suggest he was scared of Tony Twist is a joke.
That whole incident vs. St. Louis was touched off by Anderson viciously high-sticking Mark Wotton in the eye and nearly ending his career.
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I remember when Odjick was a Flyer, and thinking, "Wow, that guy's face is just messed up." I also liked reading that his name on the reserve translated to something like "kid in a man's body."
cupcrazyman
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Odjick was good, but let's face it. He was never a top 5 guy.
Here's ten guys that belong higher than him through the 80's
Probert
Brown
Kocur
McSorley
Twist
Grimson
Domi
Hunter
McCarthy
Berube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVOpypN2h2E
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The original poster has a pretty good list there, but....Dave Semenko should be there too, at least in honorable mentions. Especially since the topic is about greatest enforcers, not about technically greatest hockey fighters.
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Larry Robinson and Eric Lindros both have higher scores, though they didn't fight nearly as often.
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A have a friend in St. Lou who is pretty decent friends with Bernie Federko. He said he told him once the only guy he ever truly feared on the ice was the #1 guy on your list. Said Probert was just crazy.
Kelly Chase is another guy that was a terrific technical fighter. Used to take on guys much bigger than him and he always held his own.
Kelly Chase is another guy that was a terrific technical fighter. Used to take on guys much bigger than him and he always held his own.
My cousin married an enforcer. Not going to mention his name, but it's very interesting to hear his take on other enforcers of his time. Some real surprises. He pretty much fought just about everyone during his time. He told me that the toughest guy to beat was Alan May. Said he was very technical, and would tie you up like a pretzel and still land punches while you couldn't move. He said he personally though the most feared guy that nobody wanted to tangle with was Dave Brown. Something that I have heard from other enforcers too.
I did leave Semenko out, and probably judged him wrong by his fightes near the end of his career. He was an excellent enforcer, and did his job well.
I did leave Semenko out, and probably judged him wrong by his fightes near the end of his career. He was an excellent enforcer, and did his job well.
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John Wensink is considered the toughest all-time by Don Cherry. I doubt many people here have ever seen him though.
I loved watching Wensink fight...but that's Cherry'sd boston homerism shining through.
I read that Robinson was the first to really give Schultz a beating in a preseason game. Interestingly the Habs dethroned the Broad Street Bullies the following spring leading up to their 3 peat in the mid seventies. Big Bird didnt fight much but he seldom lost when he did.
I dont think your list can be taken seriously if you neglect Semenko..... i would of loved to see him square off with Probie when he was in his prime. By the time they fought he was past his expiry date. How can Hunter be on the list when Semenko beat him pillar to post on numerious occasions? I do give Hunter full credit for never backing down.
The best, most feared man in the game was Gordie Howe.
I dont think your list can be taken seriously if you neglect Semenko..... i would of loved to see him square off with Probie when he was in his prime. By the time they fought he was past his expiry date. How can Hunter be on the list when Semenko beat him pillar to post on numerious occasions? I do give Hunter full credit for never backing down.
The best, most feared man in the game was Gordie Howe.
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I've seen a couple of attempts to make such a list over the years (on various fight sites) and one of the problem is probably that we did'nt have Youtube at the time! Chase is a nice example, he spent most of his career in St-Louis, so he did'nt play many games against the Habs. In the same way, I saw Grimsom as a Whalers but he was already in his 30's. For me, a game betwwen Habs and Whalers is a fight between Nilan and Robertson.
But honnestly, even as a Habs fan, there is no way that John Kordic belongs to that list. He was'nt a good hockey player ... he was throwing fast but with not much power ... some other posters had better suggestions.
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I think he was...but I like my enforcers to be nuckin futz. Like Wensink, Ewen, etc...these guys got the crazy eyes and just started wailing without regard for technique or their opponent. Those were the fun fights. Not always the most productive but definitely the most fun.
Fighters are not afraid to fight, regardless of reputation and that's why people like Kocur (most dangerous ever?) had 300+ fights. Gillies did not fight more because Gillies didn't look to fight more and was smart enough not to fight more. He had his ass handed to him a couple of times too.
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I watched the Isles all throughout Gillies career and after around 1980 I don't ever recall Gillies losing a fight. I certainly don't remember him ever getting his ass handed to him.
Care to supply any evidence of this?
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