I will never, EVER understand why the media decided to selectively crucify Bertuzzi for the Moore incident, but nobody ever made a big deal out of this which is easily worse.
Modano was not the same after that dirty Messier play
Chris Pronger getting whacked in the eye by Mikhail Grabovski
Dark thread. Three not yet mentioned:
1) Calgary’s Jamie Hislop took a stick to the eye from Anders Kallur midway through the 1983-84 season and retired after wobbling through nine more games.
2) Bob Nystrom took a stick to his eye from teammate Gerald Diduck during practice midway through 1985-86. Surgery didn’t help; he was done but for someone noticing he was at 899 career games. Al Arbour convinced him to suit up for puck drop during the home finale three months later; he skated off seconds later with #900 in the books.
3) Late in 1984-85, Pierre Mondou was struck by a flailing stick as he scored a game-deciding goal. Footage exists somewhere; I recall it from an early ‘90s Cherry Coach’s Corner or Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em rant. In trying (unsuccessfully) to find the clip tonight I found this assessment on a tape-trading page:
Pierre Mondou cruises by Hartford defenseman Ulf Samuelsson with the puck. Ulf was like a pylon that Mondou dashed around. Mondou shoots the puck as Ulf vainly tries to stop the Montreal player. Samuelsson tries to stop Mondou by swinging his stick at his head from behind, trying to hook the stick near his face.
All Ulf accomplishes is jabbing the point of his stick in Mondou's eye. Mondou's shot goes by the Hartford goalie, but Pierre is in trouble. He falls to the ice in pain and soon heads to the bench...”
That was Mondou’s last shift in the NHL.
Markus Naslund was never the same player again after getting hit by Steve Moore.
What about Linus Omark's spinorama shootout goal? I remember the hockey world doing a collective facepalm at that moment, nobody even cared that he scored.
Kasparitus you mean.Lindros was never the same after Stevens caught him
My all time favorite goal , and the Clement call.I know he played for many years after that, but I don't think Janne Niinimaa was ever the same player after the conclusion of his rookie year, when Darren McCarty turned him inside out for the Cup-winning goal in 1997.
He had some good years in Edmonton playing 26 minutes a night. I’d say it was the lockout that did him in as an NHL player. No idea if injuries played a part didn’t follow him closely.I know he played for many years after that, but I don't think Janne Niinimaa was ever the same player after the conclusion of his rookie year, when Darren McCarty turned him inside out for the Cup-winning goal in 1997.
Well, if the announcers said he was "dangerous", I do stand corrected. I'm amazed opposing players actually stepped onto the ice knowing the devil incarnate was ready to take their heads off.
My memory (starting from around 1986) is very clearly that Stevens was not regarded as a dirty player.I remember Scott Stevens and he was seen as a dirty player back in the day. You can pretend all you want he wasn’t.