toughest little guy

[Alex Jones]

Haha if having a cement block for a head, tucking your chin and chucking punches is technical than sure, but I wouldnt say he was by far the best technical fighter the NHL has ever seen

Domi had the strongest chin I've ever seen. He would get clobbered and just keep on going. I cant' think of many times he went down or got injured in a fight.

 

[3rdManIn]

I wish I could have seen some of the earlier small guys fight.

 

[cptjeff]

Scott Walker deserves a mention in all of this. His fight against Alberts will always be hilarious:

 

[bozaksniffles*]

Pat Verbeek aka "The Little Ball of Hate" should be mentioned

5'8 according to his daughter

 

[tacogeoff]

Going with Tootoo all the way for current NHL small guy. RR was good, he fought anyone but from the fights I saw did threw a ton of punches but they were never very effective....no offense to him god bless his soul RIP, he went way to early and would of loved to have him on the Jets.

 

[jbeck5]

Define little guy?

Are we basing it on height or weight?

Theres some guys who are 6ft or less but over 200 lbs...just like there's some 6'1,6'2 guys who are like 190 lbs

 

[KingNothing4]

Define little guy?

Are we basing it on height or weight?

Theres some guys who are 6ft or less but over 200 lbs...just like there's some 6'1,6'2 guys who are like 190 lbs

Like Wayne "Twiggly" Simmonds? 6'2" 183 haha miss him though, he's a pretty good fighter.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Haha if having a cement block for a head, tucking your chin and chucking punches is technical than sure, but I wouldnt say he was by far the best technical fighter the NHL has ever seen

We'd have to disagree on this, after the trade from Winnipeg he really improved as a fighter, learning to use angles rather than facing opponents head on, he was so adept at this it was well publicized how he tutored Belak on becoming a better fighter with The Leafs. Watch his fight with bigger men and how he uses his body position and angles to beat taller players, ie. Cairns, Mckenna, and in particular Probert in their last fight.

He was a very smart fighter also, he never punched himself out against guys like Darren Langdon who employed a clutch and tire approach, goading opponents to tire themselves out to win a fight in the later stages.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

At 5'9, it always amazed me that players with a much longer reach had such hard time with Domi, here are a few clips of him taking on 6'5 - 6'6 guys - Grimson, Leroux, and Cairns.

 

[Ranger Angst]

Randy Holt.

 

[surf]

George McPhee...
Toughest little guy ever...No hugging just throws em..

 

[Sthabs]

Francis Bouillon definitely deserve to be mentionned

 

[General Fanager]

Francis Boullion...

Not the best fighter but one tough little guy. He never backed down...

 

[Kylie Sven Opossum]

How can the answer not be Domi?

 

[Nordique]

Tootoo is the toughest little guy active in the league, HM's to Dorsett/Konopka.

 

[Confound]

Not talking about fighting but.

St. Louis, guy is one of the smallest in the league but plays like he's one of the biggest in the league.

 

[fireworks]

Stan Jonathan.

First name that popped in my head! One of my all time favourites

 

[torero]

toughest : Tootoo

best : RIP Ripyen

 

[BillD]

I don't think Konopka is a hugger at all.
His fighting style is to grapple and tie up his man, then try to get a loose arm or some room/leverage to land a punch or series of punches. He is not a "stand back and chuck 'em type fighter.
Good example of his style was last nights scrapple with Scott Thornton.

 

[bruinforstanley]

I'd put Jonathan up against any of these guys.

Easily the toughest little guy I've ever seen.

 

[Hutzler]

Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger

 

[kenrystead]

I miss Domi.

 

[NathanCouture]

I am guessing that Terry O'Reilly at about 6' would be a bit too big to qualify as a little guy...

 

[Terrence]

Rick Rypien and Brandon Prust are my two favourites. They had some great scraps back when Prust was in Calgary.

 

[Bibeen]

Francis Bouillon