Who is your favorite Enforcer of all-time?

[FaceWash]

i've always liked probert and wilson, definitely couple of my faves. but for my fave, i'd have to go with keith magnuson. the guy wouldn't hesitate to jump in and stick up for a teammate knowing that he's probably going to get pummeled. enforcing isn't about wins or losses, it's about whether the player even shows up. and maggie always did.
oops, that would be behn wilson...

 

[DJN21]

Then Scott should have waited for Devanes next shift and gone out to fight him, he wasn’t man enough to do that so he went after Kessel instead.

leafs had last change and Scott was on the ice. They decided who went out to face Scott. They chicken shitted out just like Kessel did. Revisionist history.

 

[Sharks2020]

John Scott

 

[Zippgunn]

Basil McRae...

 

[Dynamite Time]

Shane Churla

 

[HasbeenHallzy]

Rick Rypien (RIP)
Jeff "The Brabarian" Cowan

 

[BHD]

Mike Rupp was an underrated enforcer

 

[Hrkac Circus]

Kelly Chase was a tough guy who was fun to cheer for. Hard to believe St. Louis had Chase and Tony Twist on the same team for awhile.

 

[SomeDude]

Frankie Leroux

 

[Jumptheshark]

Dave Tiger Williams

 

[pigpen65]

Rob Ray. People considered him losing the jersey as a form of cheating. I considered it a form of validation. His willingnesss to show his soft, semi flabby chest was how he his passed the drug test. Unlike 90% of the roided out gorillas mentioned in this thread who were probably drinking bulls balls cocktails between periods.

 

[newfy]

Forgot to mention McCarty earlier because I dont view him as straight up enforcer. He would go with anyone. He wasnt as big as the top guys but could go with them. A good comparison for him would be like a better at hockey and tougher Chris Neil. like 120% Chris Neil type thing. He has fought all the tough guys from his career like Probert, Kocur, Laraque, Brashear etc and was a good enough player to ride shotgun with Yzerman when he needed to. 4 cups with a sweet come back for the 4th one in 08

 

[goal1228]

Clark Gillies...the guy had 700 pts and 300 goals. Toughest nhl fighter. Cam Neeley a close second.

 

[FanTheFlames]

Brian McGrattan or Chris Neil

 

[barabas21]

I'm surprised no one mention Lindros

Because he wasn’t an enforcer

 

[Dread Clawz]

Worrell, Twist.

Nobody could beat Worrell in his prime.

Twist just had a certain flair about him.

 

[hoglund]

Dave Semenko was a good one, best known as Gretzky's body guard with Edmonton, but Wendel Clark was probably the best because not only was he tough, but he was a great player.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Yevgeni Artyukhin easily

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Alex Semin

 

[byrath]

Gino Odjick or Tiger Williams.

HM to Cam Janssen. Guy had no regard for his own safety whatsoever and just threw em as fast as possible.

 

[MMANumminen]

Robert Probert 4eva!

 

[rinaldo]

Mike Rupp was an underrated enforcer

dude was a human punching bag

 

[rinaldo]

Clark Gillies...the guy had 700 pts and 300 goals. Toughest nhl fighter. Cam Neeley a close second.

tocchet

 

[vandymeer13]

Rick Rypien (RIP)
Jeff "The Brabarian" Cowan

Cowan was atrocious. I remember a game where boogey was running around and Cowan had to stand up to him. I respected him alot for it but you could see the fear in his eyes.

 

[Fidel Astro]

It’s Probert hands-down for me. The fact that he played on a team I disliked and I still loved him gives him top marks in my book.

Number two would be Domi during his short time here in Winnipeg.

Also shoutout to former Jim Kyte, who I met a couple months back, for fighting — in the primo ‘80s era — while wearing hearing aids.