Favourite Poll #123 - Sergei Gonchar vs. Sami Salo

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Matchups are based on birth year with winners advancing to the next round

1. Cyclone Taylor def Syl Apps 6-5
2. Joe Malone def Milt Schmidt 7-3
3. Marcel Dionne def Howie Morenz 12-7
4. Vladislav Tretiak def Borje Salming 19-16
5. Larry Robinson def Eddie Shore 13-2
6. Stan Mikita def Sid Abel 22-1
7. Maurice Richard def Henri Richard 22-2
8. Doug Harvey def Ted Lindsay 6-3
9. Gordie Howe def Red Kelly 23-2
10. Jacques Plante def Phil Esposito 8-7
11. Jean Beliveau def Terry Sawchuk 16-5
12. Ken Dryden def Glenn Hall 5-2
13. Bobby Hull def Bernie Geoffrion 9-7
14. Guy Lafleur def Frank Mahovlich 15-0
15. Valeri Kharlamov def Bobby Clarke 7-4
16. Bobby Orr def Brad Park 27-2
17. Bernie Parent def Tony Esposito 9-8
18. Gilbert Perreault def Darryl Sittler 12-10
19. Denis Potvin def Rick Middleton 16-7
20. Lanny McDonald def Bob Gainey 8-7
21. Tiger Williams def Clark Gillies 3-2
22. Mark Howe def Dave Taylor 7-4
23. Bryan Trottier def Bernie Federko 25-2
24. Kent Nilsson def Peter Stastny 6-4
25. Rod Langway def Joe Mullen 10-5
26. Mike Bossy def Doug Wilson 14-1
27. Stan Smyl def Craig MacTavish 14-8
28. Vyacheslav Fetisov def Sergei Makarov 13-9
29. Pelle Lindbergh def Brian Propp 5-4
30. Mike Gartner def Kevin Lowe 21-1
31. Guy Carbonneau def Dino Ciccarelli 10-2
32. Igor Larionov def Glenn Anderson 9-3
33. Jari Kurri def Michel Goulet 13-1
34. Ray Bourque def Dale Hunter 11-2
35. Denis Savard def Larry Murphy 6-4
36. Paul Coffey def Steve Larmer 14-1
37. Kelly Hrudey def Mark Messier 9-8
38. Wayne Gretzky def Bernie Nicholls 14-2
39. Adam Oates def Geoff Courtnall 8-6
40. Chris Chelios def Grant Fuhr 9-7
41. Ron Francis def Steve Thomas 17-3
42. Doug Gilmour def Dave Andreychuk 11-2
43. Al MacInnis def Mike Vernon 10-2
44. Dale Hawerchuk def John Vanbiesbrouck 15-0
45. Ron Hextall def Ray Ferraro 10-2
46. Brett Hull def Pat Verbeek 13-3
47. Phil Housley def Ken Daneyko 9-6
48. Scott Stevens def Rick Tocchet 12-6
49. Bob Probert def Tom Barrasso 9-7
50. Pat LaFontaine def Stu Grimson 16-0
51. Cam Neely def Kevin Stevens 18-11
52. Ed Belfour def Russ Courtnall 11-4
53. Dominik Hasek def Uwe Krupp 27-4
54. Patrick Roy def Esa Tikkanen 15-4
55. Mario Lemieux def Cliff Ronning 16-0
56. Steve Yzerman def Claude Lemieux 28-1
57. Gary Roberts def Ed Olczyk 6-1
58. Mike Richter def Bill Ranford 6-5
59. Jyrki Lumme def Kevin Hatcher 8-1
60. Wendel Clark def Kirk Muller 10-5
61. Valeri Kamensky def Scott Mellanby 8-4
62. Kirk McLean def Shayne Corson 8-7
63. Joe Nieuwendyk def Michal Pivonka 13-2
64. Luc Robitaille def Ray Sheppard 14-2
65. Vincent Damphousse def Sean Burke 10-7
66. Arturs Irbe def Guy Hebert 26-4
67. Curtis Joseph def Ron Tugnutt 21-2
68. Vladimir Konstantinov def Mike Keane 17-3
69. Jimmy Carson def Joe Juneau 5-3
70. Adam Graves def Rob Ray 9-3
71. Vladimir Malakhov def Glen Wesley 8-5
72. Teppo Numminen def Lyle Odelein 12-0
73. Peter Bondra def Valeri Zelepukin 14-1
74. Mark Recchi def Jeff Hackett 7-2
75. Theoren Fleury def Tony Twist 19-4
76. Brian Leetch def Zarley Zalapski 21-3
77. Dwayne Roloson def Garth Snow 16-1
78. Eric Desjardins def Mathieu Schneider 8-6
79. Alexander Mogilny def Donald Audette 35-1
80. Rob Blake def Robert Svehla 14-1
81. Pierre Turgeon def John LeClair 16-13
82. Sergei Fedorov def Andrew Cassels 31-0
83. Brendan Shanahan def Tie Domi 15-5
84. Joe Sakic def Dmitri Khristich 34-0
85. Olaf Kolzig def Stephane Fiset 19-1
86. Sergei Zubov def Robert Lang 19-8
87. Gino Odjick def Tony Amonte 8-7
88. Trevor Linden def Alexei Zhamnov 16-8
89. Teemu Selanne def Bill Guerin 38-3
90. Rod Brind'Amour def Jeremy Roenick 36-24
91. Mike Modano def Martin Gelinas 11-2
92. Nicklas Lidstrom def Bret Hedican 23-5
93. Adam Foote def Patrice Brisebois 25-6
94. Mike Ricci def Craig Conroy 7-4
95. Kris Draper def Bobby Holik 10-9
96. Keith Primeau def Bryan Smolinski 9-8
97. Doug Weight def Steve Rucchin 11-2
98. Felix Potvin def Tommy Salo 12-6
99. Mats Sundin def Robert Reichel 29-3
100. Pavel Bure def Petr Nedved 42-2
101. Owen Nolan def Mikael Renberg 14-11
102. Darius Kasparaitis def Derian Hatcher 21-8
103. Sandis Ozolinsh def Vyacheslav Kozlov 6-4
104. Zigmund Palffy def Ray Whitney 14-7
105. Keith Tkachuk def Chris Osgood 19-13
106. Daniel Alfredsson def Martin Straka 12-3
107. Martin Brodeur def Michael Nylander 23-13
108. Jaromir Jagr vs. Donald Brashear 34-2
109. Tomas Holmstrom def Alexei Yashin 14-10
110. Nikolai Khabibulin def Adrian Aucoin 33-8
111. Jere Lehtinen def Brian Rafalski 12-9
112. Markus Naslund def Brian Rolston 35-3
113. Scott Niedermayer def Cory Stillman 17-1
114. Eric Lindros def Andrew Brunette 38-9
115. Peter Forsberg def John Madden 45-4
116. Alexei Kovalev def Sami Kapanen 20-4
117. Steve Sullivan def Tim Thomas 10-8
118. Pavol Demitra def Fredrik Modin 18-1
119. Paul Kariya def Rob Niedermayer 22-2
120. Saku Koivu def Anson Carter 25-12
121. Chris Pronger vs. Jaroslav Spacek
122. Jason Arnott vs. Roman Hamrlik

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[Rowlet]

Gotta go with Salo, balls of steel AND snake bite?

 

[Hammman]

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Balls of Steel!

Salo ripping clappers on the PP will always be burned in my memory, but I voted Gonch.

 

[NyQuil]

Sergei Gonchar will always have a place in my heart for the yeomen's performance as Ottawa's defensive leader in a season where Anderson, Spezza and Karlsson were all injured for vast periods of time.

He took on an important role, logging huge minutes in all situations, and helping the "Pesky Sens" make it into the playoffs and win a playoff round against the Habs.

Meanwhile, Sami Salo was also a Senator, but what I remember about him was his injuries and his rather impressive slapshot.

So Gonchar for me.