Official hockeyfights.com All-Time Top 10

[DogFacedBoy]

1.Probert
2.Wilson
3.Brown
4.Gillies
5.Mcsorley
6.Berube
7.Kocur
8.Kordic
9.Grimson
10.Fotiu

[DogFacedBoy]

1.Probert
2.Wilson
3.Brown
4.Gillies
5.Mcsorley
6.Berube
7.Kocur
8.Kordic
9.Grimson
10.Fotiu

[McMorrow]

Did Playfair ever lose a fight? All I've ever seen of Playfair is of him whipping someone's a$$. My father was a huge 70's fight fan, and he thinks he was as good a fighter as there ever was in hockey.

"We win 'cause I make 'em crazy"- Reg Dunlap #7

Emm7979 is now McMorrow

[Chainsaw Churla]

MCmorrow- My uncle insists that of all the articles and games he saw Playfair in he only lost 3 fights.. He followed the game very closely for many years. Though I tend to beileve he lost more then 3 I also beileve it was a very little amount..

[cobainngc]

I can't hold the jocks of most fight scholars on this board, but I will offer my top ten based on video and readings that I've done.

Behn Wilson
John Ferguson
Dave Brown
Bob Probert
Ivan "The Terrible" Irwin
Clark Gillies
John Kordic
Larry Playfair
John Wensink
Stan Jonathan







"He'd probably get his oppenent down and then poop on them."-5 and a GameMisconduct



Edited by - cobainngc on Aug 10 2002 24201 PM

[kidcollins]

About PLayfair, Dave Semenko says Playfair hit him harder then anyone he's ever fought, and Sammy took on all comers. Hard enough to buckle his knees, but not put him down.

[Bert14]

Playfair was without a doubt one of the top guys in the league during his era. He had some impressive wins including solid beatings of O'Reilly, Semenko, McClelland, Peplinski, and Plett. Beat Plett twice in the same game despite Plett getting the jump on Playfair both times. Owned Chris Nilan. He also had some great slugfests with Nystrom, Kluzak, Holmgren and Mann.

Playfair left caution to the wind and took a few to give a few. His style did lead him to leaving himself open quite a bit and susceptible to the big punch. Took a serious ass kicking at the hand of Brian MacLellan, and also was dropped by Jimmy Mann. Stan Smyl also dropped him, but it was a borderline sucker job, so I exclude that one. Bad losses for Playfair include a loss to Brad Park and Steve Rooney.

[The Reaper]

Great stuff Bert14! BTW, have any idea how many career fights Playfair had? I have alot of respect for Mick32 and his opinion, but Playfair has really impressed me from the footage I have.

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[Dr Hook]

1. Bob Probert
2. Behn Wilson
3. Dave Brown
4. Larry Playfair
5. Nick Fotiu
6. Clark Gillies
7. Marty McSorley
8. Dave Semenko
9. Terry O'Reilly
10. Tony Twist

I haven't seen much of Nystrom Jonathan or Wensink or they might be in my to ten.

[Bubbles]

Who is Ivan Irwin? I have never heard of him.

"You know your son looks like a *** to me. You better get married again or he's gonna end up with someone's cock in his mouth before you can say Jack Robinson."

"I'm caught up in Nazmania." BigGeorges 27

Proud member of the Nazmania fan club.

[Bubbles]

Ivan Irwin Info
http//hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/findplayer.php3

"You know your son looks like a *** to me. You better get married again or he's gonna end up with someone's cock in his mouth before you can say Jack Robinson."

"I'm caught up in Nazmania." BigGeorges 27

Proud member of the Nazmania fan club.

[HordiBrusk29]

I have also been very impressed with the Playfair footage I have seen...

Hø®dïß®ü$k29
Proud Co-Founder of the Nazmania fan club

[Bert14]

Thanks Reaper. While not complete, here is a partial Playfair fight card.

B. Nystrom
D. Hutchison
R. Langway
A. Secord x 4
R. Delorme
J. Zanussi x 2
P. Holmgren
W. Plett x 3
T. O'Reilly x 3
J. Mann x 3
R. Vaive
T. Ruskowski
D. Semenko x 2
J. Wensink x 2
B. Melrose
J. Korn
S. Christoff
G. Smith
J. Peplinski x 2
C. Kotsopoulos x 2
W. Weir
T. Robertson x 4
D. Williams
L. Melnyk x 2
C. Nilan x 6
I. Turnbull x 2
A. Henderson
M. Krushelnyski
P. Higgins
W. Huber
B. Smith
G. Kluzak x 2
G. Rissling x 2
G. Adams
N. Markwart
B. Curran x 3
R. Tocchet
C. Chelios
G. Courtnall
B. MacLellan
J. Gillis
S. Rooney
A. Stewart
J. Otto
E. Johnston
L. Byers
M. McSorley
B. McGill
K. McClelland
T. Ewen
J. Brubaker
E. Kastelic
C. Mokosak

[cobainngc]

quote
Who is Ivan Irwin? I have never heard of him.


He is an old time tough guy.

"He'd probably get his oppenent down and then poop on them."-5 and a GameMisconduct

[McMorrow]

Chainsaw- Yeah, my dad and his brothers followed the Sabres very closely as well. I've heard some great Playfair stories. The guy was just about as tough as they come, and there's no doubt in my mind he belongs on a top 10 list. Thanks guys for the Playfair descriptions and cards.

"We win 'cause I make 'em crazy"- Reg Dunlap #7

Emm7979 is now McMorrow