{"id":16337,"date":"2014-02-14T02:38:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T02:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=16337"},"modified":"2014-02-18T21:33:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T21:33:54","slug":"best-hockey-fights-of-all-time-nhl-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/best-hockey-fights-of-all-time-nhl-and-beyond.html","title":{"rendered":"Best Hockey Fights of All Time &#8211; NHL and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first recorded modern ice hockey game finished in a fight, and despite calls to stamp fighting out of the sport, fighting remains a part of the game. A part with a long, long history.<\/p>\n<p>[sc:NHL240 ]Over the decades of professional hockey there have been thousands upon thousands of scuffles, brawls, and dust ups that have led to hours and hours of penalty minutes. Of those thousands, here&#8217;s a nice compilation of some of the most memorable ones.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Infographics-Hockey-final.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16645\" alt=\"Infographics-Hockey-final\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Infographics-Hockey-final-553x1024.jpg\" width=\"553\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>The Best Hockey Fights of All-Time<\/h2>\n<h3>Best One-on-One Fight \u2013 Bob Probert vs. Tie Domi (1992)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r3RKyfSM6kk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tie Domi is an inspiration to all the little goon wannabes out there. Domi \u2013 all of 5&#8217;10&#8221; \u2013 is a smaller man, but that didn\u2019t stop him from being an all-time great goon. It also didn\u2019t stop him from claiming the \u201cchampionship belt\u201d from the much taller Bob Probert. But Probert wasn\u2019t considered an all-time great fighter for nothing. He <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qiMJdl7k9sU\">pummeled Domi in their rematch<\/a> to reclaim his title.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Goalie Fight \u2013 Ron Hextall vs. Felix Potvin (1996)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMTjuspJlkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Everyone loves a good goalie fight, and they don&#8217;t get much better than Ron Hextall and Felix Potvin. As the horn sounded to end the game, the Leafs and Flyers couldn&#8217;t wait to get their hands on one another, especially the two goalies. Their teammates just watched in awe as the two fought their way to utter, bloody exhaustion.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Player vs. Fan Brawl \u2013 Bruins vs. Madison Square Garden (1979)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fpbD6W7YT5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Throwing a cup of beer at Ron Artest is stupid, but smacking a hockey player, especially a member of the Big Bad Bruins, in the face and grabbing his stick (starting at about 1:43) is just plain suicidal. Sure, the Bruins\u2019 reaction \u2013 to charge the stands of Madison Square Garden to beat up the offender \u2013 was unwise, but then again, wisdom is rarely a hockey player&#8217;s best attribute.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Line Brawl (Female Edition) \u2013 USA vs. Canada (2013)<\/h3>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3B0kOcp_tCQ<\/p>\n<p>The American and Canadian women\u2019s hockey teams have proven not once, but twice, that the men aren\u2019t the only ones who know how to throw down. Their two fights in 2013 in the space of three months have also proven rather emphatically that these women just plain don\u2019t like one another. As <a href=\"http:\/\/grantland.com\/the-triangle\/the-glorious-rivalry-blood-feud-of-usa-canada-womens-hockey\/\">Grantland\u2019s Katie Baker<\/a> put it, it\u2019s not a rivalry, it\u2019s a blood feud.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Line Brawl (Amateur Edition) \u2013 Unknown Russian Kids (2012)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ItmUQEgr9as?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Russians take hockey fighting to the extreme. That should really come as no surprise, given how the little comrades play (and fight) at such a young age.<\/p>\n<p>We have no way to determine if the featured video is the exception rather than the rule, but based on what we know about Russia, having a penalty box containing almost the entire team is probably closer to the rule.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Line Brawl (Movie Edition) \u2013<em> Slap Shot<\/em> (1977)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5i_D6oQO6b8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This wouldn&#8217;t be a self-respecting fight compilation if\u00a0<em>Slap Shot<\/em> didn&#8217;t make an appearance. Aside from being just a hilarious sports movie, it also casts a critical look toward hockey fans and their thirst for such outrageous acts of violence.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Line Brawl (NHL Edition) \u2013 Flyers vs. Canadiens (1987)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NNIdtnUQ3qI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens have been involved in a lot of bruising fights throughout their storied history. Who can forget their epic wars against the Big Bad Bruins in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UBkvn4SsR5A\">1970<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AhqUl13ltJ4\">1986<\/a>? But their brawl against the Philadelphia Flyers has to take the cake.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams wanted to fight one another so badly that a) just like in <em>Slap Shot<\/em>, they didn\u2019t wait for the game to start; and b) some weren\u2019t even fully dressed yet. Oh, and did we mention that a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals was at stake? Nothing like some high-stakes fisticuffs.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Line Brawl (International Edition) \u2013 Vityaz Chekhov vs. Avangard Omsk (2010)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nV02rBaqDDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The biggest, wildest, most penalized fight in modern history comes courtesy of those very friendly Russians. Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk went at it less than four minutes into their KHL game, and the brawl basically ended the game. The players were handed an astronomical 691 penalty minutes, which was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.russianhockeyfans.com\/khl\/avangard-and-vityaz-get-840-pims-set-new-world-record-103.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">later increased to 840 minutes<\/a>, by far a world record.<\/p>\n<p>Should hockey fights be a part of the game? Is there a way we can encourage goalies to fight more often? Catch us on Facebook or Twitter and share your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget Top Bet has all your sportsbook needs covered with NHL odds, lines, and futures available every day of the season.<\/p>\n[sc:NHL490 ]\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"16337\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;11,284&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;3&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first recorded modern ice hockey game finished in a fight, and despite calls to stamp fighting out of the sport, fighting remains a part of the game. 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