Who was the biggest coward? - Page 4

bigjack · #46 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Deadman

When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought of Ed Van Impe. Other 1960s choices would be Terry Harper and Bryan Watson. For the all time coward, it would be hard to beat Ken Linseman. I haven't seen Brian Propp mentioned for a while. My one recollection of him is when he took a pounding from Terry Ruskowski.

King Stickman and he taught Moose Dupont well about how to destroy guys in the crease and not drop his stick!

bigjack · #47 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BruiseBroJim

I remember years back, the Wings were at Boston and McKenzie was jostling in front of the Wings net with Larry Johnston and he got his stick up and cut Johnston. Johnston immediately dropped his gloves and went after Pie and Pie was backpedaling all the way to the corner looking for help. Too late, Johnston went to pummeling McKenzie and all he could do is try and cover up. That was one of the happiest days of my hockey life.

That was sweet and McKenzie was probably looking for a bar stool!

Remember when McKenzie went after poor Jim Shires(sp) who was as much a fighter as Jean Ratelle and because there was no room in the box, McKenzie was sitting behind the box in the crowd with the fans and smoozing it up! I think he had a guy order him a beer and a dog to go!

McKenzie was really brutal but he at least was sort of involved. Guys like Linseman, Acton, Trottier were total scumbags and so gutless!

Here is McKenzie's card! Some good clips also and typical Pie Face nonsense and get aload of his last incident as a 40 year old. He speared 155 lb Robbie Ftorek!
Need we say more!

http://www.dropyourgloves.com/Fights...px?Player=3021

flyersvikes · #48 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by bigjack

Old time hockey. Even the officials had the fix in. They are holding Turk and letting Clarke be free. The officials had the Flyer Flu!

and how telling a statement that two guys (Flyers) are holding Sanderson!
The gutless officials, the over the top goonery by teams like the Flyers, and the whining bullsh*t media is why we have a sh*t product today and no fighting in the playoffs!
All we needed was Bettman to put the cherry on top!

What two guys? When the play starts #14 Joe Watson has his back turned to Sanderson when Clarke comes in, if anything Clarke was helping out Watson. What the Whistle says and what the clip shows are two different things, at least the beginning of it. As far as the refs goes, that happens sometimes, I know I've seen a Flyer on the short end of the refs inability to contain more than once., big deal.

hockey doc · #49 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 08:13 AM

The biggest coward in the NHL? How about the 1974 New York Rangers team, the biggest bunch of gutless pukes ever assembled in the history of the NHL.

bigjack · #50 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by hockey doc

The biggest coward in the NHL? How about the 1974 New York Rangers team, the biggest bunch of gutless pukes ever assembled in the history of the NHL.

We lost by one goal 4-3 in game 7 in 1974!
In 1979, the Flyers were outscored 28-8 and destroyed and put up no fight and lost in 5 games. Talk about cowards!

Imagine being outscored 28-8 over 5 games with 3 games in your own building and yet nothing!
WOW!

hockey doc · #51 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bigjack

We lost by one goal 4-3 in game 7 in 1974!

You still lost, to an expansion team that was a 5-1 underdog.

Lars24 · #52 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 11:16 AM

Aside from the Linseman's and Acton's of the world besides guys like Claude Lemieux (that at times would atleast try to fight). The one guy that comes to mind is Glenn Anderson - now I am not trying to pick on Glenn too bad here as I understand he was really for the most part a skilled player but really he played cheap sometimes. He high sticked his fair share, and never, even once that I saw backed it up.

The only really fights I saw him in was when he was jumped after starting something. I enjoyed seeing Rooney bloody him in the playoffs during that line brawl against the Jet's - no one was coming to help him that time. To me Anderson played for the most part cowardly but I think he put up good enough numbers and was overlooked sometimes for that part of his game.

Also I don't think Jim Kyte should be mentioned on this thread.

mattyp · #53 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 11:29 AM

I am quite surprised that no one has said Darius Kasperitis, I know I just butchered his last name but oh well, He is def right up there with Ulfie and Lemieux. Speaking of Lemieux I remember when I was a kid and Lemieux played for Montreal and the french newpaper Le Journal De Montreal had a cartoon of Lemieux bent over with blood in his hand and on his face, with his right hand behind his back holding a ketchup bottle, even they thought he was a faker.

bilton50 · #54 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 01:55 PM

Beat me to the punch about anderson. What a punk and coward

spiderarms · #55 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 05:51 AM

GARY BETTMAN.

He is a man who doesn't understand the sport that he is governing and is pandering to all these "goody two shoes" who want to purify the sport of hockey by making it "violence free". If he had guts, he would have a feel and passion for the game, know that it has a tremendous history and loyal following and BUILD ON IT! Instead, he cowardly appeases the NON FANS of the game!

bigjack · #56 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by spiderarms

GARY BETTMAN.

He is a man who doesn't understand the sport that he is governing and is pandering to all these "goody two shoes" who want to purify the sport of hockey by making it "violence free". If he had guts, he would have a feel and passion for the game, know that it has a tremendous history and loyal following and BUILD ON IT! Instead, he cowardly appeases the NON FANS of the game!

He also ruined the product with greed via excessive ridiculous expansion to sh*t non hockey areas!
30 teams is nuts!

YO-EL · #57 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 09:03 AM

I vote for Claude Lemieux...

All of the other guys mentioned at least dropped the gloves once in a while behind their tactics..

Lemieux, constantly TURTLED, and rarely dropped the gloves..
Lemieux also stayed DOWN on the ice FREQUENTLY, like he was shot dead, after someone laid a hit on him..

His acting & actions were dispicible..

To me, he is hands down the biggest coward..

hockeybooks · #58 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 03:12 PM

2 of the most frequently mentioned , slam dunks for everyone's Top 5 list

this is just after draper was slammed face first into the boards

Shoryuken · #59 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 03:15 PM

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Also I don't think Jim Kyte should be mentioned on this thread.

Well said..

hockeybooks · #60 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lars24

The one guy that comes to mind is Glenn Anderson

vancouver got to see anderson's yellow streak highlighted the night a jersey-less Gino chased him all over the Pacific Coliseum ice , with anderson disgracing the Blues colours

the chase is on at the 01:00 mark

YouTube - Gino Odjick vs St.Louis Blues

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