Yeah, Kordic and Miller. Miller was like Basil McRae. You'd think the other guy was destroying him, but they'd always come back late in the fight. Must have had hard heads I guess.
I always remember 2 guys in the 60's who'd get into it during the Hab/Leafs games. Ted Harris and Orland Kurtenbach. Both tall rangy guys, they wouldn't even grab the sweaters, they'd box for as long as they had the wind. I saw them get knocked down, get up and knock down the other guy. There was never a question of fighting when the guy was down, the linesman would wait for their signal to step in. It was actually quite gentlemanly. Terry Harper of Mtl. challenged Kurtenback one night and it became like a Gatti fight. Harper was a mess, Kurt didn't want to keep hitting him, but Harper, who lost most of his many fights, wouldn't quit. It may have been the mist blood I've ver seen in a hockey fight. Of course, I don't condone this sort of barbarian behavior.
Poor Harper, I don't know if he ever won a fight. I remember him with Hull-Ottawa Canadiens playing Kingston Frontenacs in the 60s, when J.P. Parise beat him 3 times in the same game. He was game but not very good.
Another one-sided fight was Gordie Howe on "Leapin" Lou Fontinato. I didn't realize that a nose could completely disappear like that without being surgically removed.
I loved the Kordic-Miller fights, but, another one that comes to mind was Mario Roberge on Darin Kimble. Roberge hit Kimble so many times he must have thought he was surrounded.
I remember that scrap, Kimble was in Boston and after that fight with Roberge his eye was almost swelled shut. Roberge was tossed from the game for having tape on his hand if I remeber right though.