Mario Roberge or Serge Roberge?

[mikebflorida]

Thanks for the post, you did pretty well on your spelling, no worries.

I think Serge was amazing. Watching video of the guy is a real treat because he can FIGHT!

The first time I saw Serge was a fight in the minors(of course, he only had 1 NHL fight) against Wayne Van Dorp and Wayne skated away after getting up and was shaking his head trying to loosen the cob webs, pretty funny stuff and Serge connected with about 20 punches over and under to Wayne's face. I think Serge could have been one of the best in the NHL.

I don't know alot about Mario except to say he was quite skilled and technical and had really, really fast hands.

Both fun to watch and both very good fighters.

[mikebflorida]

Serge vs Darin Kimble- http://youtu.be/H6Q_qIY9blY


Serge vs Jon Mirasty- http://youtu.be/Vw0L5oTuKZM

Serge vs Mel Angelstad x2- http://youtu.be/e4wh4fIz3fY



Mario vs Ray-http://youtu.be/JZfDUGgtZ8Q

Mario vs Kimble- http://youtu.be/xB46DkHXRro

Mario vs Twist- http://youtu.be/ziJHWJBg_Gc


Both of them very underrated and very good fighters.

[BENNETTWOLF]

NHLfightclub.com had an extensive video section on the minors (and in general) and i'd have to say Serge Roberge was one of the best non NHL fighters i've ever seen. There isn't a great deal of video of Val James or my guy, BW, but roberge is in anybody's class. Srehm did a nice thread on minor league tough guys and coined the phrase "the excellence of execution" for him. Well deserved.

There were aq few other guys that were great fun to see like Bialowas, Fleming, Dean Ewen, Mailhot etc, but serge is right up there with anyone. It is too bad that quite a few of these guys never got to show their stuff or are recalled for mixed results in limited time in the big show. I'd have loved to see val james and behn wilson go a few rounds and so forth.

Just greatly impressed with SR. He was rarely beaten and handled some fearsome names. It's worth checking the site out if you ever wondered how mailhot would fare vs serge or ewen vs "stone cold" mclaren etc. Some fantastic fights that you probably haven't seen and a trove of footage on a bunch of AHL and IHL legends.

[fcm]

I always thought that Serge Roberge was more entertaining than his brother.

IHL TKO: Serge Roberge on Kyte 11/08/96 -...

Bruce Ramsay vs Serge Roberge - YouTube

Originally Posted by jihodé

I miss that kind of guy. It took several season to have a better enforcer thant him around here but now we count on Martin Grenier. I do believe he could inspire himself with the Roberge technique besoin he his a very smart fighter with a lot of reach and weight.

I do my best to write an understandable English, but as you may know we speak French by a large margin north Quebec City.

Saguenay will be tough again this season. Most of their fighters are unbeatable. Martin Grenier (20-0-5), Sean McMorrow (18-1-17), Gaby Roch (15-1-3)... what a ridiculously strong 1-2-3-punch is this.

[ChiefJunior]

Originally Posted by mikebflorida

Thanks for the post, you did pretty well on your spelling, no worries.

I think Serge was amazing. Watching video of the guy is a real treat because he can FIGHT!

The first time I saw Serge was a fight in the minors(of course, he only had 1 NHL fight) against Wayne Van Dorp and Wayne skated away after getting up and was shaking his head trying to loosen the cob webs, pretty funny stuff and Serge connected with about 20 punches over and under to Wayne's face. I think Serge could have been one of the best in the NHL.

I don't know alot about Mario except to say he was quite skilled and technical and had really, really fast hands.

Both fun to watch and both very good fighters.

I could swear I remember watching Serge fighting Ken Baumgartner (while he was a NYI) and losing.

Am I dreaming?

[mikebflorida]

Originally Posted by ChiefJunior

I could swear I remember watching Serge fighting Ken Baumgartner (while he was a NYI) and losing.

Am I dreaming?

That was his only NHL fight. Bomber sought him out and they wrestled around for a bit with very few punches thrown. Bomber got a hand free and started to throw when it gets broken up and thus giving Ken the dreaded "edge" in what is probably a crap draw. I think I saw it on youtube but didn't even consider it as his only NHL fight. At least his fight card is solid!

[srehm1]

Yeah, Serge didn't look very "all world" in that fight with Bomber. When I first got into the tape hobby, I came across this fight and didn't think very much of Serge Roberge. It wasn't until years later when I began collecting minor league footage that i realized his greatness.

I had traded for a few Sherbrooke canadiens dvd's and came across this technical wiz. He wasn't a big guy or a monster or anything like that. He was about 6'1 205 and obviously a french canadien in name and look. He impressed me right away. He had fast hands and threw from both sides. He also displayed very good defense and could keep you tied up without any problem. He also added to that with an offensive flare that presented an almost total package to me. Some of his early bouts featured some great toe to toe fights (Kimble, van dorp, dallman, a war with jacques mailhot, marcinyshyn etc) - he could really let the fist fly. he also developed great stamina and learned to economize his punches and had almost pin point accuracy.

A lot of the young gun AHL tough guys were brawlers and Serge was like a man against boys at times with his style and technique. I was really impressed by him. He just could not crack an NHL lineup. He had zero in the way of hockey skill and just like the NHL at that time, minor league teams needed tough guys and Serge fit the bill. From Sherbrooke to halifax to brief stops in utica and cape breton-he had a MONSTER year in Cornwall (94-95). Later did his thing in the IHL and LNAH... his style evolved as he got older and more experienced. he became more of a slow, methodical technician and that handspeed. I still haven't seen a technical great with that combo of handspeed, accuracy and stamina.

Had he been a regular NHLer, he would have been a top-10 style fighter from the late 80's through to the mid 90's. No doubt about it. there would be threads on here discussing his all time status. as it stands, he is easily a top-10 all time minor league great.

He was the kind of fighter that had every tool in the arsenal-even surprisng power which was born from his great handspeed and accurate punching. He could adapt to any style, indeed the excellence of execution and the greatest technical fighter i have ever come across. Yeah, that's right! I said it!

[fcm]

Originally Posted by srehm1

Had he been a regular NHLer, he would have been a top-10 style fighter from the late 80's through to the mid 90's. No doubt about it. there would be threads on here discussing his all time status. as it stands, he is easily a top-10 all time minor league great.

He was the kind of fighter that had every tool in the arsenal-even surprisng power which was born from his great handspeed and accurate punching. He could adapt to any style, indeed the excellence of execution and the greatest technical fighter i have ever come across. Yeah, that's right! I said it!

Really, I don't know much about this era. But I have seen him in the good ole' LNAH as a 39-40 years old player and he still was one of the best and most feared fighters among this gooning league. Even as a 40 years old, he would do just well against modern-times enforcers (like Mirasty)

hockey fight mirasty vs s roberge et stefishen vs...

Serge always looked the 'nuttiest' of both but at the same time, the smartest fighter of both. Mario would fight with a more agressive stance, firing shots each time he could or he had a chance to maybe punch the guy in the face, which made him less successful in my opinion, as a fighter, than his brother.

But we should really ask Darin Kimble what he thinks about it... he has fought them 9 times during the Montreal/Quebec wars, and the usual Montreal/Boston meetings when Kimble was a Bruin (Kimble fought Mario 5 times, and Serge 4 times).

Mario VS Kimble (even if the title says it's Serge, nope, it was Mario)

Darin Kimble vs Serge Roberge - YouTube

Mario VS Kimble

Darin Kimble vs Mario Roberge - ROUND 2 -...

Mario VS Kimble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=0_b3bLD3b2Y#!

Serge VS Kimble

Darin Kimble vs Serge Roberge - YouTube

See the technical difference? Now, because the main point of that topic is about "which one would you chose", you go with your preferences: would you prefer an extremely technical fighter with an outstanding record (51-14-16) in Serge Roberge, or a less-technical, fast-punching fighter with a slightly less good record (38-10-24) in Mario Roberge? The choice is hard you gotta admit. (numbers taken on DYG.com for the record).