Sheldon Brookbank vs Rick Rypien

Apr 2, 2009 1pd 14:19

2008-2009 Regular Season

Date / Time	Away / Home Team	Away / Home Player
Apr 2, 2009	Anaheim Ducks	Sheldon Brookbank
1pd 14:19	Vancouver Canucks	Rick Rypien

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Results

Rick Rypien		91.6%
Draw		7.1%
Sheldon Brookbank		1.3%
From 155 votes with an average rating of 6.8

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User Reviews

Posted by Behn Wilson on Apr 3, 2009 at 2:20 AM agree

Rypien could give the ''stached-one'' some pointers on how to actually win a hockey fight.
This guy's fun to watch...where's he been?

Posted by b.t.wilson on Apr 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM agree

My oh my that was a great fight. Switching them up like that, very good energetic fight. Rypien landed some nice shots. Win for Rypien and an 8. Thank you for that fellahs, showing the rest how its done! (Sight, Garrett... as a former BCian I don't really miss you very much.)

Posted by chad420 on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:46 PM agree

The Rippers back!....by far The best middleweight....Rypien beats the much bigger brookbank...a 7....

Posted by tattooedkingpin on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:53 AM agree

Slight edge for Rypien

Posted by BigBadBruins68 on Apr 3, 2009 at 3:11 PM agree

Very good fight. Close one, but Rypien landed a lot more meaningful shots.

Posted by crosscheck52 on Apr 5, 2009 at 3:36 PM agree

It's good to see Rypien back. He's very much like some of the old school fighters like Tiger Williams or Stan Jonathan.

Posted by The DZA on Apr 3, 2009 at 7:36 AM agree

I think you could hear a pin drop in Vancouver, dont they like fights?!

Posted by Tony Esposito on Apr 3, 2009 at 7:08 PM agree

Rypien continues to be impressive in his fights.

Posted by dorobo on Apr 3, 2009 at 3:03 AM agree

Yes. YES! He's back. Now the cup goes to Vancouver.

Posted by tomales2 on Apr 3, 2009 at 2:51 AM agree

I'm not too familiar with Rypien but he appears to be a very good scrapper. He wins despite a rather large size disadvantage

Posted by Rick16 on Apr 4, 2009 at 2:17 AM agree

rypien gets the dominating victory... this guy switches hands and is good at knowing where to take punches (usually off the top of the head or forehead)
it also helps that most guys in the league don't know anything about him
watch his fight with prust!

Posted by JMiller29 on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM agree

Rypien may be the best pound-for-pound fighter I've seen, he's smaller than Mike Keane. Watch some of his fights on youtube, against Commodore and Mike Moore he actually blocks punches with his forearms when he gets into toe-to-toe battles.....who does that??? He whooped Carcillo's ass. He's a student of hockey-fighting and reminds me a little of Dody Wood. If he can stay healthy he's gonna be a force.

Posted by mikebflorida on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:28 AM agree

RR with the quick punches and hand switching gives it to BB pretty good.

Posted by Dave Brown HOF on Apr 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM agree

Got to give it to Rypien in this one, he's a killer. I love how he can throw them equally well with both hands. I should say that I would give Ripper extra credit for going up in weight class but he dosn't have his own weight class. The kid is fearless, let's just hope that he can stay healthy for the rest of the season and the playoffs.

Posted by rugby on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:53 AM agree

Rypien is back and that makes for some entertaining scraps. Go check his history out they are all toe to toe, and he almost always gives up a few inches and 25+ pounds. If only he could stay healthy....

He did leave the team earlier this year after getting hurt yet again. Perhaps depressed, or contemplating his career? The usual substance abuse rumours came up. Not sure what happened or why.