Name a NHL Team Enforcer

[enforcersonly]

From Wikipedia - John Kordic (March 22, 1965 – August 8, 1992) was a hockey player in the National Hockey League. He played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, and Quebec Nordiques. He spent 7 seasons in the league and earned a reputation as being an enforcer, amassing nearly 1000 penalty minutes in 244 games. He won the Calder Cup with Sherbrooke Canadiens in 1985, and a Stanley Cup with Montreal Canadiens in 1986.
While on the Toronto Maple Leafs, he wore #27, formerly worn by Leaf greats Darryl Sittler and Frank Mahovlich. He was of Croatian descent.
On August 8, 1992, several police officers were called in to restrain Kordic, who was trashing a room at the Motel Maxim in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. Following a struggle with police, Kordic was taken to hospital in an ambulance, where he lost consciousness and subsequently died of heart failure and a collapsed lung. A coroner's inquest later determined that Kordic had 0.1 milligrams of cocaine in his system, which according to Dr. Georges Miller, was the most cocaine he had ever seen in a person's blood in his twenty years of practice. At his time of death, Kordic was only 27 years old.

[Marko]

Alexander Semin

unleash the bongos

[Fisk-Factor75]

From my youth I remember when the Bruins played the Sabres around or at playoff time, they would call up Bruce Shoebottom to take on Kevin McGuire and Mike Hartman. Shoebottom played 35 NHL Regular season games for Boston amassing 53 penalty minutes, while in the playoffs he played in 14 games and received 77 penalty minutes...lol

[Dergula]

alexander semin

unleash the bongos

hahahahaahahahahahahahahaahahahaha

that made my day!

[pmc336699]

As a Wild fan, it's my duty to add "The Boogeyman" to this thread.

(Also from Wiki)

Derek Boogaard (born on June 23, 1982, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known primarily as a fighter and enforcer, he is nicknamed the "Boogeyman" and "The Mountie". A 2007 survey of NHL players showed that Boogaard was the second most intimidating player in the NHL.



Boogaard's knockout of fellow enforcer Todd Fedoruk in a fight during a game against the Anaheim Ducks helped spark debate over increasing the punishment for fighting in the NHL. During this fight, Boogaard landed a brutal punch to the cheek sending Fedoruk to the ice. As a result, Fedoruk had to undergo surgery to reconstruct his shattered cheek using titanium plates. Fedoruk and Boogaard would later become teammates in Minnesota during the 2007–08 season. Boogaard is noted for a humorous incident that happened during the Wild's prospects camp prior to the 2001–02 season. When trying to check another player on the ice, Boogaard missed him and crashed into the boards with such force that he went through a pane of glass and over the boards. Boogaard stepped back onto the ice seconds later and a replacement pane was adorned with a drawing of a person. Boogaard and his brother Aaron, who plays hockey for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, run the Derek and Aaron Boogaard Fighting Camp in Regina, Saskatchewan, for children ages 12 to 18. This has sparked some controversy, with some people siding with the Boogaards, saying that they are teaching children how to not get hurt in a fight, and others opposing them, with the position that the Boogaards' camp is merely encouraging children to fight.

[senrab]

from sabresalumni.com:

Larry Playfair — Defenseman
Seasons: 1978-79–1985-86; 1988-89–1989-90 | Number(s) Worn:
Birthdate: June 23rd, 1958 | Birthplace: Fort St. James, BC, CAN Larry Playfair played his junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks of the WCJHL from 1976 to 1978. During that time, he established himself as a surly, bellicose, stay-at-home defender who made a big impression with his knuckles on the toughs of the league.
When the Buffalo Sabres went shopping during the 1978 Amateur Draft, they had a player such as Playfair at the top of their list, selecting him 13th overall. After a stint with the Hershey Bears of the AHL, he then settled into a role as the club's enforcer.
Playfair understood that his ticket to the NHL came via his ability to fight?he was one of the best in the league. But he was also a hard-working consistent player who could pot the odd meaningful goal and play a defensively sound game.
He remained at the antagonistic centre of the Sabres' defense until midway through the 1985-86 season when he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. Playfair put in parts of three campaigns before returning to Buffalo where, because of a ruptured disk in his back, he was forced to retire in 1989.
Since leaving the ice, Playfair has worked as a colour analyst for Sabres broadcasts and he is currently the President of the Buffalo Sabres Alumni Association.

[MasonRaymond0320]

Darcy Hordichuk
Born August 10 1980, plays for Vancouver Canucks, Born in Kamsack Saskatchewan.

[PORTHOS]

We need the stories guys, not just name
:)

TONY TWIST DESERVES A STORY!
Anthony Twist (born May 9, 1968 in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey player. He played left wing in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues and Quebec Nordiques, but was also a feared enforcer.

As been best known in the last few years for his legal battle with comic book creator Todd McFarlane. Tony Twist sued Todd McFarlane because he named a villain/mob leader in the Spawn comic book Anthonio ''Tony Twist'' Twistelli.
Twist won a $15 million verdict in 2004 when a St. Louis, Missouri jury found Todd McFarlane Productions had profited from Twist's likeness. The verdict was upheld after two appeals in June 2006.

[duwal]

have to go with donald brashear!!

I'll second with Brashear 6'3", 239 -2561 minutes in 989 NHL games. Led the league in 97/98 with 372 on the season. Middle of his career he was also good for 15-30 points a year. 1994/95 in AHL before being called up he had 10 goals, 19 points and 182 PIM in 29 games

[icefields]

in reference to tiger williams..
in fact he scored 35 goals one year whilst in Vancouver
AND was selected to represent the c'nux at the allstar game that year
he led the team in goals. not bad for a goon.
another little factoid about his allstar appearance.....
he creamed mike bossy with a check -- knocked him flat on his butt!!