Who is the hardest worker in NHL history?

[Gee Wally]

Terry O'Reiily

Bob Gainey

Butch Goring

Don Marcotte


All suceeded through hard work and determination .

 

[on the boards]

Rod Brind'Amour-- one hell of a work ethic and NEVER mails it in

 

[Guy Caballero]

Gainey gets my vote.

 

[kmad]

Bucky and Smyl were who I was thinking of when I entered but I'll mention someone who nobody suspects:

Markus Naslund. He trains more than he sleeps. When other kids were out with girls growing up, Naslund was staying for hours after practice to skate and shoot pucks. He worked extremely hard to get where he is today, where he's a model of consistency. It just doesn't show because he isn't a grinder. There's more to heart than hitting people!

 

[Archijerej]

There's more to heart than hitting people![/QUOTE]

Amen to that. Same could be said about defensive game.

 

[12# Peter Bondra]

Jiri Fischer comes to mind.

Not hockey related: He, during the summer of 04, instead of going on a holiday, went and finished his high school in the CZE Republic (which he didnt do cause he went to the QMJHL) instead of going on a holiday.

Doesnt drink, smoke and works out every day. Hes a machine.

 

[Gee Wally]

I think it's also appropriate, in my mind anyway, to also put Willie O'Ree in this group.

It had to take unbelieveable hardwork, will power, and determination just to get into and stay in the league.

Consider he couldn't stay in the same hotels. Couldn't even ride with them on the same cab or eat in the same places. He had to be part of a team yet do it alone.

In some places he had to change seperately or go use a "colored" restroom during between periods.

I know it's a different kind of hardwork that was intended here but i feel this is right up there.

I don't know many men that could do it.

 

[XX]

Not all time but currently id have to say Daymond Langkow should get a mention.

 

[JonathanK]

M.Richard and for current day NHLers, R.Smyth.

 

[Pens75]

Joe Mullen

 

[#66]

Five more guy that need to be mentioned:
Gary Roberts
Dirk Graham
Jean Pronovost
Kirk Muller
Brian Propp

 

[HabsBaby18*]

Mike Ribeiro

 

[jb**]

Don't know if he's the greatest, but Lidstrom does play a few games every season....

The beer vendor, hands down, no comparisions

 

[mattihp]

This thread should, and is full of old Whalers and Islanders ^^

 

[Little Wing]

Mark Messier One of the hardest working players of all time
Bobby Clarke And Bill Barber Worked real hard trying to keep up with the islander dynasty
Larry Robinson no-one stood in front of the net or went into the corners with mr. Robinson bearing down on them
Darryl Sittler
all those old islanders they were blue collar

 

[KOVALEV10*]

Mike Richter anyone?

 

[Marcus-74]

Bobby Clarke.

You know, that awful, unskilled player who murdered Valeri Kharlamov... or something

 

[KariyaIsGod*]

Mike Ribeiro

True...

He has a perfect attendance record for his acting classes at the Montreal School of Drama.

Best of all, we're already seeing the brilliant results..

 

[Mojopin]

Rick Tocchet

 

[Slats432]

19 posts and no one has mentioned John Tonelli.

The first name that popped into my head when I saw this thread.

 

[Wetcoaster]

All-time.

I would go with Terrible Ted Lindsay.
http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080...er.jsp?mem=p196607&type=Player&page=bio&list=

 

[c-carp]

Bobby Clarke.

You know, that awful, unskilled player who murdered Valeri Kharlamov... or something

As much as some on this site blow that incedent out of proportion you would think that Clarke murdered him

 

[c-carp]

Some other names

Butch Goring

Bob Bassen

Steve Konowalchuk

Rob DiMaio

Adam Foote

Al MacInnis

Ray Bourque

 

[Wetcoaster]

As much as some on this site blow that incedent out of proportion you would think that Clarke murdered him

No just intentionally injured him and put him out of commission on orders from John Ferguson (Sr.).

 

[reckoning]

As much as some on this site blow that incedent out of proportion you would think that Clarke murdered him

They`d probably respect Clarke if he kicked Kharlamov instead.

On the subject of hard workers, it seems like everybody is choosing checkers, but finesse players can work just as hard, it just looks easier. Jean Ratelle was one of the hardest workers ever. Remember the effort he put out in his late 30s with the Bruins.