Nothing says 90s Hockey Fight like a linesman removing your helmet, & getting it out of the way for you, while your opponent scores kidney shots. 12.15.95
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Terry O'Reilly & the Bruins invade the stands at MSG. I see this get posted throughout the year, but today is the day it occurred. 12.23.79
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#MerryChristmas
"𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙮?" Let's go the 📽️👇
Toronto became the first NHL arena to install separate penalty-box doors for each team. The move came a week after Leafs' Bob Pulford the Canadiens' Terry Harper had a fight in their shared penalty box, after an earlier fight on the ice. 11.08.63
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H/T
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Jim Schoenfeld sends Wayne Cashman through the Zamboni entrance, prompting them to beat the wheels off each other. Also some bench action between Terry O'Reilly & the Sabres. 12.13.72
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#The70s
📼
#StickTap
as we remember the great Bob Probert. The former Red Wing & Blackhawk passed away on this date 10 years ago at the age of 45. 07.05.10
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#RIP
#ToughGuy
Ron Hextall became the second goalie in NHL history to get credit for scoring a goal, & the FIRST to actually shoot and score one, as the Flyers beat the Bruins, 5-2 at the Spectrum. 12.08.87
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is probably the most over-hyped rematch ever; but at least it delivered. You folks know what we're talking about. Bob Probert Vs Tie Domi 12.02.92
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#Round2
Let's roll the 📼👇
Al Iafrate became the 1st player in NHL history to have his shot officially break the 100 mph barrier (101.4) during the Superskills Competition at the Cap Centre. He then had The Maven hold his coke & heater while he showed off his new ink. 12.30.92
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The Calgary Flames set an NHL record with 190 PIM during the final period of a 4-0 loss to the Mighty Ducks. Both teams racked up 309 PIM (for the game), & 19 fighting majors in the final 1:25 of play. 12.08.01
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Probert ran Barrasso, Maguire runs Stefan - This is how it played out thereafter. 12.23.87
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Too bad the Wings don't handle their Captain getting mauled like this nowadays.
Al Iafrate became the first player in NHL history to have his shot officially break the 100 mph barrier. He then celebrated by showing off his tattoo's to Stan Fischler while sharing a lung dart. 12.30.92
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Two years & 8 days later, this time at the Joe Louis Arena, we got the rematch between Bob Probert & Craig Coxe, & it was worth the wait. 11.19.87
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Bob Probert set a Detroit Red Wing franchise record for most penalty minutes in a season, when his scrap Vs Marty McSorley gave him 379 on the year. 03.22.88
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is this wild one during the
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that finds Kevin McClelland & Tim Hunter going at it while laying on the ice, then upright. 11.15.84
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Full brawl is in the
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features the big Bad Bruins doing what the Big Bad Bruins did. Terry O'Reilly gets the drop on Steve Jensen, while John Wensink is getting no takers from the North Stars bench. 12.01.77
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Toronto's Forbes Kennedy set a Stanley Cup playoff record for most penalties in one game, with eight. Kennedy received 4 minors, two majors, a ten-minute misconduct, & a game misconduct, during a 10-0 loss at Boston. 04.02.69
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Happy Birthday Dave Hanson. The former Minnesota Fighting Saint, New England Whaler, Birmingham Bull, Detroit Red Wing, & Minnesota North Star is 66 today. 04.12.20
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@Hanson_Brothers
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to Mario Lemieux fake getting hit by Dave Brown to draw a penalty, then having to watch his protector take a beating for his terrible acting job. 12.21.84
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#ThanksAlot
The L.A. Kings traded Marty McSorley to the Pittsburgh Penguins, in exchange for Shawn McEachern, which would eventually lead to this dandy. 👇 08.27.93
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Happy 89th Birthday Connie Madigan. 10.04.23
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Some of you may know him better as Ross "Mad Dog" Madison, who never travels anywhere without his long time attorney Sam "Small Print" Lyman.
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The Boston Bruins & New York Islanders combined to set an
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record for most penalty minutes in a period, with 248, in the 1st. 04.17.80
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More in today's
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Two rounds the previous game wasn't enough for Terry O'Reilly & Clark Gillies to settle their differences, so they fought twice more. 04.19.80
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Happy Birthday to the late, great Wade Belak. The former Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flame, Toronto Maple Leaf, Florida Panther, & Nashville Predator would have been 44 today. 07.03.20
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#RIP
It doesn't get more
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than this, battle of the fro's tilt, between J. Bob "Battleship" Kelly & John "Wire" Wensink 11.20.77
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Let's fire up the projector 📽️
The Bruins & Islanders combined to set an NHL playoff record for most PIMs in one period, with 248 in the 1st. Each team received 124 minutes. 04.17.80
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A quick synopsis 📽️👇
Calgary Flames defenseman Greg Smyth made NHL history when he became the first player who had previously worn a helmet to take it off due to the league's new rule. 10.17.92
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One of the better verbal exchanges, caught on audio, between two guys who could & would back it up. 03.30.90
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The quality sucks - so we won't H/T the user.
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takes us to Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto for another
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match-up between John Kordic of the Maple Leafs & Basil McRae of the North Stars. 12.16.89
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The Bruins' Chris Nilan set an NHL record with 10 penalties in one game, (six minors, two majors, a misconduct & a game misconduct) in a 7-3 win over the Hartford Whalers, at The Garden. 03.31.91
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of the day is this
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tilt between Stan Jonathan & Pierre Bouchard. Boston won the battle of Game 4, but Montreal won the war in six. 05.21.78
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Butcher, Stevens, Lowry, Cavallini, Sutter, Wilson - none had the sack to fight Bob, so they cheap-shot him the entire series, then cried when Probie hit back. 04.06.91
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"Is this the guy? Yeah, that's him!"
The Bruins invade the MSG crowd, thus proving that life does in fact imitate art. 12.23.79
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