Boxing Day Poll: Who is the best Bruins fighter of the last decade?
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Dec 26, 2009 4:52 PM EST
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PrintWith it being Boxing Day and all and since we are on the verge of closing out the decade, I thought we would take a look at some of the best Black & Gold pugilists of the aughts. Between the lockout and Mike Sullivan handcuffing his players, there is a bit of a gap between the early decade and the late decade, but there were still plenty of guys that could throw hands over the past 10 years. See Below for some clips and stats of the candidates (all stats from regular season 1999-2009) and the poll question.
Ken Belanger 77 Games between 1999-2001, 11 Fighting Majors, 165 PIMs
Andrei Nazarov 110 Games between 2000-2002, 57 Fighting Majors, 364 PIMs
Dennis Bonvie 23 Games between 2001-2002, 12 Fighting Majors, 84 PIMs
P.J. Stock 130 Games between 2001-2004, 32 Fighting Majors, 282 PIMs
Krzysztof Oliwa 33 games between 2002-2003, 12 Fighting Majors, 110 PIMs
Dan LaCouture 55 Games betwen 2005-2006, 9 Fighting Majors, 53 PIMs
Colton Orr 21 Games between 2003-2006, 5 Fighting Majors, 27 PIMs
Jeremy Reich 90 Games between 2006-2008
Milan Lucic 159 Games between 2007-2009, 24 Fighting Majors, 238 PIMs
Shawn Thornton 171 Games between 2007-2009, 38 Fighting Majors, 258 PIMs
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That was Puck Daddy’s #1 fight of the decade.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Dec 27, 2009 2:18 AM EST up reply actions
Lucic is good…really good but fighting isn’t his MO. PJ Stock will forever be remembered for his fighting prowess, especially for a guy his size. He is the prototypical Bruins tough guy, 100% heart all the time and everyone loved him. All the other guys on the list (besides Lucic and Thornton) were good but never on his level of cult hero status. But at least we have two guys who put on an exciting show every time they fight. It was a long revolving door of steady tough guys between Stock and Lucic/Thornton, but it was worth it cause everytime these two drop the mitts it’s a good show just like when Stock was playing. Stock, however, was the golden standard for tough guys of this decade in a bruins uniform. of course based on shear volume Nazarov was a horse almost a fight every other game average lol
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Dec 26, 2009 10:08 PM EST reply actions
This is so strange! I don’t know why, but I had never realized that PJ Stock that played for the Bruins is THE PJ Stock that now works for CBC Hockey Night In Canada! And if anyone has seen him on there you’ll likely know what I mean when I say he is an absolute MORON on there! Can barely string two sentences together without screwing up names, scores, etc. But now that I realize he’s the same guy who was always such a great fighter for his size…well, I’m gonna have to cut him some slack now, out of respect for the amount of punishment his pumpkin took over the years. Guess that might explain a few things. Whatever, while Orr is probably the best fighter of the bunch, and Lucic a close second, Stock definitely has to win this poll since you said POUND FOR POUND.
...and yet, still consistantly choosing a bottle in front of me rather than a frontal lobotomy.
By the way, have you ever had a poll of the best Bruins fighter of all time? That would be interesting. I still laugh when remembering my first heroes of hockey…as little kids, when everyone else would be yelling “I’m Bobby Orr”, or “I’m Gordie Howe” or whoever (talkin’ about the late sixties, early seventies here), I’d be the one saying “I’m Dave Schultz” (sorry, I’ve always been a Bruins fan but The Hammer was my true idol!). But the Bruins had plenty of great tough guys, didn’t they…man, Cashman was one tough dude. O’Reilly…Milbury….Stan Jonathan!!! talk about tough for his size, hey? What about it, any other ones from that period that anyone remembers as being THE Bruins tough guys?
...and yet, still consistantly choosing a bottle in front of me rather than a frontal lobotomy.
Stayed tuned. I’ve got something in the works that I think you will enjoy. I am attending a roundtable discussion with Bruins and Flyers alumni from the Broad Street Bullies era at Fenway Park on Wednesday.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Dec 27, 2009 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
What, no Patrice Bergeron?
Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 28, 2009 5:15 PM EST reply actions
Orr is the best fighter of the group but he wasn’t with the Bruins long enough and he wasn’t as good of a fighter back then as he is now so I didn’t vote for him.
I love Lucic and all but Bonvie, Stock, Orr and Thornton are/were better fighters pound for pound.
Stock gets my vote but its really a toss up between him and Bonvie. If either of them were as big as a guy like Lucic they would have been scary.
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