Favorite lesser-known enforcers?

[ps241]

Boulton was a warrior. One of the last old guard.

Agreed he was tough as hell and fought fairly open for his era. He aged really well too.

 

[ps241]

I personally saw Kimble take out about four huge guys in a bar fight in Northern, SK. Modano literally had to pull him out before the cops came and/or he killed someone.

My Best-Carey

I lived in PA back then for a few years and Kimble got in allot of bar fights. The guy loved to fight.

 

[ps241]

I don't know if you can call Mirasty lesser-known, I suppose to general hockey fans maybe

Interesting fact.

Jeremy Yablonski (38)
Jon Mirasty (36)
DJ King (34)

All tough as nails and all were from Meadow Lake Saskatchewan (population 5000)

 

[ps241]

I saw this and just had to contribute.
Bob "Battleship" Kelly
Dennis Polonich
Kim Clackson
Terry Ruskowski
The Roberge brothers
Ronnie Stern
....and many more
Oh, and Doug the Thug Smith!

Great user name and my favorite hockey fighter of all time. Serge Roberge had an insane amount of fights in his career. One of the best technical fighters of all time.

 

[ps241]

Shout out to

Bennett Wolf

Val James

My old high school classmate Mel Hewitt

 

[Zsswimmer]

I always thought Eric Boulton was an underrated enforcer. Obviously I was fan being a Thrashers fan, but he was never the biggest guy at 6 feet but had amazing bouts with guys like PJ stock and Colton Orr, and I dont ever remember him losing handily . If he did it was very rare.

The guy seemed to have a granite chin and went for the kinda style where guys weather the shots, tire em out and comeback strong

 

[FaceWash]

couple more i remember liking...

Stephan Quintal

Greg Smyth

 

[newfy]

A mixed bag, tried to get some of my favorite under-the-radar sluggers from different eras (bit biased to my B's)....
Jeremy Reich
Rob DiMaio
Dean Malkoc
Jim Vandermeer
Wayne Cashman
Jamie Huscroft
Dan Maloney
Brad Brown
Steven Peat
Harold Snepts
Todd Gill
Kurt Fraser
Mike Fisher
Mark Janssens
Jay Rosehill
Lane MacDermid
Aaron Downey
Shane Churla

could go on and on and on !

Downey was the guy for me. Went undefeated in 2008 for the wings and won the cup with some awesome fights.

 

[Dexter Colt]

enrico ciccone , checkout his penalty min! Enrico Ciccone hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

Ciccone was pretty well-known in the mid-90's in his Tampa days. Legit crazy, kicked a guy once IIRC

Thanks for reminding

 

[Howie Hodge]

Clarence "Screaming Buffalo" Swamptown
(Vetern minor league defenseman you did not want to piss off...)

 

[FMichael]

Just recently learned that he earned his M.B.A. from Harvard, and works at a financial management firm in Boston.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-baumgartner-cfa-7103169b

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Washington Caps GM MacLellan was a guy that did not like fighting all that much, but he could sure throw them. He beat Larry Playfair in LA handily, Playfair was the unofficial champ at the time. I could not believe my eyes.

17 sec mark.

 

[AmericanDream]

Dan Kordic for me...dude was a nut!

 

[Nordiques1979]

Stortini was always my favorite.

 

[Johnny Utah]

As a Kings fan, I always had a soft spot for Kip Brennan and Ryan Flinn.

Kings fans always remember McSorley, Baumgartner and Grimson over the years but I liked Brennan and Flinn. They were both willing and just threw toe to toe. Both established themselves more in the AHL but still made an impact with me.

 

[Arcana]

Stortini was always my favorite.

I'm glad to see him mentioned, I liked him too. Kudos to you, sir.

 

[LeapOnOver]

+1 for Steve Webb. Enjoyed watching him throw the body around and chip in some offense on that rare occasion.

 

[Snauen]

Eric Godard will always be one of my favourites.

Seconded. A favourite, always holding up not to beat on his oppnents to much at the end of fights and almost always winning them too.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Bonvie, Kevin Morrison, Battleship Kelly, Kevin Dineen.

 

[mattihp]

+1 for Steve Webb. Enjoyed watching him throw the body around and chip in some offense on that rare occasion.

Rare occasion is an exaggeration..

 

[ScrewParros]

People will laugh, but energy and enforcement wise Tanner Glass brought a lot to the New York Rangers when he was there.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Daniel Lacroix was a surprisingly decent middle weight who could take on heavies.

Rick Rypien (rest his soul) was also an excellent lesser known fighter.

 

[ebergeist]

I’d have to go with Brandon Christian.

 

[Kim Davis]

Shout out to

Bennett Wolf

Val James

My old high school classmate Mel Hewitt

Loved your stories about Mel Hewitt on that other site.

 

[ps241]

Loved your stories about Mel Hewitt on that other site.

Legit wild man on and off the ice.