Who is your favorite Enforcer of all-time?

[zar]

How many had hat tricks?

Laraque had one.

Must have been a product of McDavid.

I remember that game... was there in the stands... he was going nuts when he scored that 3rd goal... it was a beauty!

 

[zar]

Oilers have had some great scrappers:

• Dave Semenko
• Dave Brown
• Marty McSorley
• Kevin McLelland
• George Laraque

Some that were all heart:

• Kelly "Punching Bag" Buchberger

Non-Oilers that I thought were awesome fighters:

• Terry O'Reilly
• Dave Schultz
• Tim Hunter
• Tony Twist
• "Missing" Link Gaetz
• Bob Probert
• Joey Kocur
• Derek Boogaard

Non-Oiler good fighters that I really liked:

• Stan Jonathan
• Tiger Williams
• Tie Domi

Other really good players who also used their hands well in combat:

• Gordie Howe
• Ted Lindsay
• Maurice Richard
• Bobby Orr
• Denis Potvin
• Clark Gillies
• Pat Verbeek
• Cam Neely
• Wendel Clark
• Brendan Shanahan
• Bill Guerin
• Mark Messier
• Gary Roberts
• Rick Tocchet
• Jarome Iginla

The bolded above were personal favorites.

 

[BlueDream]

Craig Berube

 

[Crabapple]

Big Georges 100% for me. When I was a kid I emailed him and he sent me a signed picture for my birthday.

 

[Miamipuck]

 

[larmex99]

Can’t believe that John Ferguson isn’t getting more love. The guy was 5’11” and 165# and fought anyone who wanted to dance. He was .61 pts/gm and asst captain while being a 2 time all-star and winning 5 cups. There isn’t very much film available as he played in another era. Maybe not the top enforcer but right up there with the best.

 

[heilongjetsfan]

 

[crazychimp]

Rick Rypien for me, undersized guy fighting guys so much bigger than him and he’d still come out on top, I think he’d only lose once in his career at most a draw (might be my biased) Man I miss that ball of energy. May his soul RIP.

 

[DickSmehlik]

As a Sabre fan, I’d go with Playfair. For non Sabres, I’d go with Domi, Shawn Cronin, Kocur and McSorely.

Probert was a great fighter but I’ve watched him lose his shirt quicker than any stripper I’ve seen.

Semenko loved to cheap shot guys and Twist was too roided up to enjoy watching his fights now.

 

[oilexport]

Larry Robinson was not an enforcer, but he was regarded around the league as a guy not to piss off.

He laid a few beatings in his day. Older fans might know better but I didn't see him lose fights.

Big bird was a force. I remember once, a very young messier wound his stick up like a bat at center ice because Larry was so big and mess was mean!!!. Stare down of the century with those 2 ! I think it was the year that the oilers took out Montreal in the early 80's....geezer, I'm getting up there....

 

[zar]

Can’t believe that John Ferguson isn’t getting more love. The guy was 5’11” and 165# and fought anyone who wanted to dance. He was .61 pts/gm and asst captain while being a 2 time all-star and winning 5 cups. There isn’t very much film available as he played in another era. Maybe not the top enforcer but right up there with the best.

Not many of us are old enough to have seen him play... hell, 75% of the “children” on this site have no idea who Fergy even is.

 

[HallOfGreatness4]

Nilan and Probert. Nilan has a great podcast now

 

[nucks88]

Gino

 

[Ulysses31]

Domi is lovable

Not my fav fighter but must see TV for hardnose hockey fans:

 

[Ulysses31]

Barnaby brings the lulz

 

[blue425]

Has to be Domi. Not really a questoin there.

Dude was a pit pull.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

not sure who my fav was. I loved Domi as a kid but Im going to give Wade Belak some love
Wade Belak

 

[NYRfan85]

Darren Langdon was a great fighter for the Rangers, he'd fight anybody!

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Andrei Svechnikov

 

[RattsSSV]

Not just my favourite enforcer, but favourite Oiler.

The video works.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

 

[Bouboumaster]

Heavyweight Champion Georges Laraque

 

[pigpen65]

Grew up a 90's Sabres fan. Favorite was Rob Ray.

Favorite quartet was Rob Ray, Brad May, Gord Donnelly, and Randy Moller. Second favorite was Ray, May, Barnaby, and Boughner.

Favorite rivalries were Ray vs Domi, Ray vs Vial, May vs Troy Mallette, and May vs Carkner.

Scariest fighter in my time as a fan was
Kocur. Guy just had cinder blocks for hands.

Best fighter, clearly, was Laraque.

Most overrated were Zdeno "grab the sweater and swing em to the ice" Chara and Tony "roid rage" Twist

 

[Toby91ca]

Easily Probert

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Andreas Lilja.