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Tough players who rarely fight

Beerfish

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nORRis Trophy said:
Curios by who? I know he lost one to Jonathon but he certainly wasn't pummeled and I believe he fought less, only because players new they'd get a major thumping.

Danny Gare was a top fighter but was more noted for his goal scoring but he could go toe to toe with anyone.
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Jonathan smoked Pierre Bouchard not Robinson.
 
Big Phil

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I don't know, that Robinson fight was in a preseason game. I guess Dryden felt it had an impact, even though he even seems to think it wasn't "clear cut". There isn't a video on it, and to tell you the truth, it isn't as if Big Bird all of the sudden cooled his jets. It doesnt strike me as a "Thornton in 2003 against Lindros" fight where there was a transformation to his game
 

LeanBeef

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Taylor Pyatt; stood his own and bloodied Ivanans, destroyed Chris Stewart...

Fights a lot like Lucic
 

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I am glad that Mike Fisher plays for the Preds! He is a good all around player.

Joe Thornton is very strong and he can hit the target with his fist.
 
Mr. Canucklehead

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LeanBeef said:
Taylor Pyatt; stood his own and bloodied Ivanans, destroyed Chris Stewart...

Fights a lot like Lucic
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I forgot all about Pyatt - very good choice. He's a big strong guy who knows how to chuck 'em, but he doesn't seem to fight unless he's mad.

He can drop the gloves with some tough folks and not completely embarrass himself.
 
Carbo N8

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nORRis Trophy said:
Curios by who? I know he lost one to Jonathon but he certainly wasn't pummeled and I believe he fought less, only because players new they'd get a major thumping..
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Larry lost one to Dave Hutchinson of the Kings, but, I wouldn't say he got pummeled; it was basically a 1 punch knockdown. Larry stepped into a scrum to make peace & Hutchinson wasn't in the mood for talk. Maybe that;s the fight he referred to.

Are you thinking of Jonathan/Bouchard; I don't recall Robinson/Jonathan. but, I may have forgotten or missed it.

Sorry, didn't read the replies already posted.
 
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De Montreal

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Not sure we can qualify Richard Zednik as tough but he was a very good, technical fighter. For a guy of his size he did really well against tougher fighters like Hartnell and Drury.
 
Your Boy Troy

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I will list a few more:

Bryan Little: He was tough as nails when he was on the Barrie Colts.

Vladimir Malakhov: A big strong defenseman, rarely fought, but usually handled the players he fought.



Ruslan Fedotenko: He dropped Colby Armstrong in a fight. Handled himself well against Andre Deveaux.



Nathan Beaulieu: Very exciting fighter, handled himself well against Brennan Evans.



Brayden McNabb Good light-heavyweight with an impressive fight card.

 
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nORRis Trophy said:
Pierre Bouchard yes that was pretty devasting, but he Robinson also had a couple bouts one of which Jonathon I believe had the upper hand by a slim margin and the rematch turned out to be a draw.
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I can only find documentation on Robinson and Jonathan fighting once, a 1-punch win for Larry in a largely nothing fight that didn't get majors

http://www.dropyourgloves.com/Fights/GameEvents.aspx?Game=38830&Fight=69769#Fight69769

The Dave Hutchison loss is well known. Hutchison was one of the better fighters of his era, with a significant fight card: Snepts, Dennis Hextall, Magnuson, Tiger Williams (x3), Durbano, the Hound and the Wolfman, Plett, Holmgren, Secord, Playfair, Polonich, Nilan, Peplinski, Wensink, Gare, Jack Carlson, Kevin McClelland, Kluzak. Seriously underrated. No disgrace to Robinson for losing to a legitimate heavyweight.
Dryden worrying about his loss is so overblown. Robinson didn't need to fight a lot because Montreal had guys like Chartraw, Tremblay, Risebrough, Lupien, and Connor to do the heavy lifting. Still, Don Cherry always has said the worst thing you could do was get Robinson angry and "wake him up." Though he was more likely to drive a guy through the boards than drop the mitts.
 

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One player no one is talking about in terms of being a tough guy and could fight the odd time is Bob Gainey.I believe he fought around 12 -15 fights and he fought a couple of tough guys along the way
 
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Kevin Bieksa - you will get 2-4 scraps from him a year, but they are usually solid tilts. Always an entertaining fighter.

 
Mr. Canucklehead

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Sheppy said:
Not sure if you're serious or not...
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Mac is obviously a tough fighter, but this brings to mind Eric Godard.



There was a brief span there where Godard was a bit of a giant killer. Derek Boogaard was reeking havoc against the Flames for the Wild, so the Flames went out and got Godard who manhandled the Boogeyman pretty good. Enter MacIntyre who was being touted as the biggest tough guy in hockey, and Godard drops him. What a beauty. That was a good little run he had going there for a bit.

I think this was that first tilt with Boogaard;

 
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