01-16-13 10:40 PM - Post#1499526    

At the request of Fiasco, let's talk some Doug Halward. Looking at a picture of him, he literally looked like he had no chin. Had a decent career and even potted 19 goals one year as a D man on Vancouver (I believe he also registered a hat trick in the playoffs).

For someone who wasn't really a figher, he seemed to have answered the bell on more than a few occassions. He unloaded on the immortal Thomas Steen once too.

His fight card includes the likes of:

Marl Messier
Lyndon Byers
Al Secord
Nick Fotiu
Dan Maloney
Mel Bridgman
Ed Beers
Ulf Samuelsson
Chris Nilan
Tim Hunter
Steve Smith
Herb Raglan
Lindsay Carson
Jay Miller
Richard Zemlak
Dave Taylor
Todd Ewen.....

Not too shabby a card.......

01-17-13 02:16 PM - Post#1499722    

    In response to Agnew

I have the Beers fight, a clip of the Nilan fight (broken nose for Hawk) & the Steen fight. Not sure about the others.

01-17-13 02:43 PM - Post#1499738    

    In response to Topper77

The fight with Messier was an ugly beating. Felt bad for Halward after that.

01-17-13 05:07 PM - Post#1499777    

    In response to fiasco001

A poor man's Doug Zmolek! Always a 6th/7th tier guy on any given team it seems. Horrible build, no strength, most known for pounding a fan in Quebec during a clash between Canucks trainer Larry Ashley and the fan behind the Canucks bench.

"I never participate in the game anymore. It doesn't work. I am too bad. I only fight". - Link Gaetz

01-17-13 06:42 PM - Post#1499804    

    In response to Huard28

A poor man's Doug Zmolek, I love it.

"To be honest, even though he lost, Hendricks did a better job of enforcing than most heavyweight enforcers do." - Peatycap Not only is the NHL totally fucked it's fans are out to lunch now as well

01-18-13 06:57 AM - Post#1499887    

    In response to Drunk_24-7

Zmolek was heads above Halward IMO. Zmolek was horrible his first few years, but he improved. Look at his wins over Grimson and McSorley. Halward sucked from day 1 until he left the NHL. Still feel bad for him fighting guys like Byers, Miller, Nilan. He was way out of his league. I also saw he had a fight with Fotiu, surprised he still was in the league after that.

01-18-13 01:20 PM - Post#1499953    

    In response to Matt Dillon

I guess he was from an era where even the non fighters per se had a handful of majors each year. I have some dort of recollection of hearing how in Boston there was an argument between Harry Sinden and Don Cherry, in which Grapes was high on bringing along Milburry, but Sinden wanted to use the more finese oriented Halward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTXVjLlWyrU

01-18-13 01:25 PM - Post#1499954    

    In response to Agnew

You have to give Halward credit. Yeah, he couldn't fight worth a $#!^, but he was a team guy that would stand up for his linemates regardless of who he would have to fight. It takes a lot of balls to drop the mits, when you know that you are going to get your @$$ handed to you. So regardless of him being a punching bag, he still gets my respect.

01-18-13 02:03 PM - Post#1499963    

    In response to fiasco001

What fiasco said. If only half of today's players had a fraction of past players, pride, I'd be more interested in watching a full game. As it is now, I'll basically wait on FC fight threads.

“The universe isn’t out to get you. It doesn’t know or care about your existence.”. Richard Dawkins

01-18-13 02:05 PM - Post#1499965    

    In response to Huard28

• Huard28 Said:

Here's the clip, BTW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn5L8rvUqwc

“The universe isn’t out to get you. It doesn’t know or care about your existence.”. Richard Dawkins