Boston Herald Bad Guys: Top villains in Bruins’ history

[Fenway]

Perhaps no sport captures the concept of the villain quite like hockey. The Bruins have had their share of players who opposing fandoms have loved to hate, from Eddie Shore to Derek Sanderson to Brad Marchand.

But there also have been plenty players of whom Bruins’ fans could not stand the sight. Some of these ne’er-do-wells’ transgressions were all in the sometimes filthy game, others bordered on the criminal.

Here’s a list of the worst villains for the Bruins’ over the years — the Hateful Eight if you will:

Top villains in Bruins' history

Ulf Samuelsson
Matt Cooke
Pat Quinn
Alex Burrows
Maurice “Rocket” Richard:
Wayne Maki
Claude Lemieux
Oskar Sundqvist

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[Sheppy]

Samuelsson and Cooke for me.

 

[LSCII]

Chris Nilan not being on the list is puzzling to me.

 

[sarge88]

Chris Nilan not being on the list is puzzling to me.

Listing my all 5 time hated opponents:

Carbonneau
Ulf
Nilan
Claude
Cooke

 

[JAD]

I voted Ulf Samuelson.

But can we put an asterisk and just say: Montreal Canadiens

 

[BlackCrowes]

Samuelsson and Cooke for me.

100% agree with you on those two... although for me Ulf is clearly the #1 for obvious reasons as well as I grew up in West Hartford so for a long time I had his stupid face front and center.

Cooke dropped down a notch to me when Marchy absolutely clowned him in the 2013 ECF with that chirping/bar down wrister....

 

[Fenway]

To this day I do not know how Pat Quinn got out of the Garden alive in 1969.



VIDEO - Orr MIGHT have saved Quinn's life the following day.

 

[DiggityDog]

Ulf for obvious reasons, but one omission I’m surprised about is Alex Kovalev. Before and during the Bruins renaissance he was a big time Bruins killer. Always hated him.

great hands though

 

[Fenway]

 

[Gee Wally]

Ulf.

f*** him!

 

[ON3M4N]

Ulf was before my time as a Bruins fan, so I'll have to go with Matt Cooke

 

[jgatie]

Ulf, with a Toilet Seat Unhonorable Mention of Guy Carbonneau.

 

[Therick67]

Ulf, with a Toilet Seat Unhonorable Mention of Guy Carbonneau.

Always running his mouth as soon as an official was between him and his opponent...Neely would always laugh at him and call him a bad word...

 

[bbfan419]

Lapierre should be in there somewhere as well, hated that guy.

 

[Therick67]

Ulf.

f*** him!

this right hear.

Domi knocking him out is a great YouTube take...

 

[UConn126]

I was between Samuelson and Cooke. Voted Cooke, likely because of recency bias.

 

[CDJ]

Ulf and Cooke. I said Ulf

 

[UConn126]

this right hear.

Domi knocking him out is a great YouTube take...

Up there with that clip is the Evander Kane knock out of Matt Cooke.

 

[jgatie]

Always running his mouth as soon as an official was between him and his opponent...Neely would always laugh at him and call him a bad word...

Dirty, diving, cowardly Hab. The poster boy for that franchise.

 

[Lobster57]

Ulf. always and forever

 

[jgatie]

this right hear.

Domi knocking him out is a great YouTube take...

Even better was when Kenny Belanger smeared him into the Meineke Muffler ad, effectively ending his career.



To this day it is the only time I saw a crowd cheer an unconscious player, and then boo him when he gets up.

 

[BMC]

I voted Ulf Samuelson.

But can we put an asterisk and just say: Montreal Canadiens

This! This x 1,000,000!!!!

 

[BMC]

What about Randy Motherf***ing Jones? He damned near killed Patrice Bergeron....& almost ended Patrice's career.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Ryan Kesler should be on here honestly. I know Burrows is well remembered for biting Patrice Bergeron’s finger, but Kesler is among the best fake tough guys of all time. Kevin Bieksa too.

Speaking of great YT clips, Domi KO’ing Kesler

 

[LSCII]

Ryan Kesler should be on here honestly. I know Burrows is well remembered for biting Patrice Bergeron’s finger, but Kesler is among the best fake tough guys of all time. Kevin Bieksa too.

Speaking of great YT clips, Domi KO’ing Kesler

So much truth about both, but especially Bikesa. What a fake tough guy, spot picker. Just a complete f***ing p***y.