Most Hated NHL Players of All Time
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- Arguably the top Ten Most Hated NHL Players of all time. One of the greatest NHL agitators of all time was Claude Lemieux, who played for several teams and won four Stanley Cups. He was notorious for his dirty hits, trash talk, and ability to get under the skin of his opponents. He also scored some clutch goals in the playoffs, earning him the nickname "Pepe."
- Another legendary agitator was Esa Tikkanen, who played for the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and other teams. He was known for his relentless forechecking, physical play, and annoying chatter in a mix of Finnish and English. He was a key part of five Stanley Cup championships and often shadowed the best players on the opposing team.
- A more recent example of a great NHL agitator is Brad Marchand, who plays for the Boston Bruins. He is one of the most skilled and productive players in the league but also the most hated. He has a reputation for diving, slew-footing, licking, punching his rivals, and trash-talking on and off the ice. He has won one Stanley Cup and two World Championships with Team Canada.@tedtalkshockey1966
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Ted Lindsey once got into a fight during an NHL All Star game. Most players don't even check during all star games!
I'm not surprised. Lindsay was like that every game.
All star games back in those days featured the Stanley Cup Champions against the league all stars.
Teddy was unreal. Teddy teddy teddy
Ted was REALLY hated by the OWNERS more than anyone. He was instrumental in starting the NHLPA.
Lindsay tried to organize a player’s trade union in 1957 and was promptly traded himself for it. Back when NHL superstars worked secondary jobs to make ends meet!!
I don't care what anyone says, Domi wiping out Samuelsson was a massive public service.
Samuelsson had it coming. You reap what you sow.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 Inasmuch that Ulfie was deserving of that knockout punch. give the guy credit for hot whining to the League or going Lawsuit on him.
How could Matt Cooke not be on this list?!?!
No Todd Bertuzzi either
Oh absolutely!!!!
AAgreeeeeeeed
Cookie was never that bad.
@@newsnowbc1934 lol you're out of your mind or just trolling
You tube the Matt Cooke compilation video
Cleay number 1
"Domi received an 8 game suspension from the league and fine. As well as a handshake from every player in the league"
I heard 5 GMs called up and offered to pay his fine for that punch. It was a glorious punch too. Samuelsson was a first ballot hall of fame piece of shit who specialized in cheap shotting, so it's only fitting that Domi did him dirty like that.
@@richardmiddleton4634 Damn straight to that one. Lol
Pat Verbeek? Dino ciceriely
@@jasonbeck6104 ''Dino ciceriely''
Hahahaha!
That's priceless!
@@richardmiddleton4634 Domi was quite the cheap shot artist himself though
Scott Stevens with his dirty elbows-to-head tackles and head aiming tackles.
He was part of ruining both Paul Karyia and Eric Lindros's careers.
Stevens was a punk who only went after smaller players.
@@barageom Agree!
He pretty much ended Eric Lindross career
@@markd8469 Agree!
#NewJerseyDevils of 1995, 2000 does NOT deserve to be engraved on #TheStanleyCup
Pronger missing the cheap shot on izermam and then hurting himself was sweet justice
"izermam"?
That's Yzerman
''izermam''
Haha!
I can not believe it! Classic!
1. Bobby Clarke - " he would throw his mother down two flights of stairs to win a hockey game" 2. Dave Schultz - The all time bully who turtled when pounded by Larry Robinson in 1974 . 3. The Rat - Ken Linseman - enjoys fine dining. Runner up - Billy Smith with the Big Chop.
In retrospect Clarke is more than worthy of being on a top ten hated list. For his attack on Kharlamov and for the way he treated Roger Nielson.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 Feel free to include the entire Broad Street Bullies roster. What did Bobby Orr say at the Heritage Classic ? Something akin to " ... this is the first game he hasn't seen Clarke spear someone." ??
the Kharlamov hack just seems really awful to me; I don't know how people felt about it at the time. Maybe winning meant more. It just seems disgusting in hindsight.
@@crbrearley agreed - Here they are up to the same Flyers tricks vs Red Army in 76
@@crbrearley Lets not forget Boris Mikhailov intentionally kicking and cutting Gary Bergman's leg with his skate in that series. There was plenty of chippy play from both sides in that series.
Schultz only fought guys that he could beat. Then he got shitkicked by Larry Robinson.. and I loved it...
You missed Bobby Clarke, the biggest cheap shot coward that ever played in the league.
Totally agree, Clarke should make the top three on any list. If I do a part two he will definitely be their. How can Canada take pride in winning the 72 summit series when he had to purposely injure the best player on the ice to win.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 110% agree, Valeri Kharlamov may not be a name familiar to many now, but he was absolutely brilliant on the old Soviet teams back in the day and what Clarke did, breaking his ankle, should have been a capital offense.
Hextall jumped Chelios because of the Brian Propp incident.
and he jumped Rob Brown because....
@@nasirrizvi550 I believe it was for his goal celebration
Sorry bro, didn’t see that you posted the same before I did. The Propp hit was indeed the reason. But these style videos won’t share that tidbit.
Chelios was a detestable scumbag. His style was to pull every dirty trick in the book like butt-ending guys in the corners and then turtling whenever he got called for it. I once heard an interview with the guy who ran the penalty poxes at the old Winnipeg arena back in the 90s. The interviewer asked him "who's the nicest guy in the NHL?" His response: "Gino Odjick", then the interview asked "Who's the worst?" No hesitation "Chris Chelios".
Avery is and was a clown. Its shocking that he was paid to play for 12 years.
Reminds me of ex-prez Chump. A real a hole
@@rainfallenonmyshoes8471 You idiots hated Trump so much that you’ve left us without a President
Until I saw this video, I did not realize how big of an AssHat Avery actually was. He was not really that great a hockey player, nothing more than a role player, someone a team could rent for a playoff run and then drop at the end of a season.
Dale Hunter, Scott Stevens, and Tom Wilson. This list is incomplete and disappointing without mentioning these guys.
I guess we'd be having to pick more than 10. Another tough guy nobody has mentioned, Orland Kurtenbach.
Dale Hunter absolutely.
What did Scott Stevens do?
@@MrNWA4Life He's probably referring to the vicious hit by Stevens on Paul Kariya in the 2003 Playoffs.
@@MrNWA4Life Stevens was a devastating checker,but clean.
The hate I had for Schultz wasn't half as intense as the hate I had for his teammate Bobby....
Schultz condemned Clark later in life for starting problems that others had to take care of
J Bob Kelley? Who was once described as an incarnation of Count Dracula.
The Broad Street Bullies were a sick joke....like a pack of hyenas. A total bunch of slugs.Clarke was a sniveling coward who was never accountable for his actions because he was surrounded by
lead footed cement headed thugs.Shero was absolutely the most overrated coach ever in the history of the league.
The thing about Shore that is the most interesting is his stories as Owner-GM-Coach of the Springfield Indians. Later he bought a figure skating team, and "tortured ice dancers" according to Don Cherry
LOL, Shore was one of a kind.
It is also said that, 1948, when he was gm for the Omaha team and the coach was Joe Mcgrath, he sent him a guy who was a terrible masturbator. Couldn't control himself. He would get deliberate penalties so he could get into the penalty box all by himself, and damned if he wouldn't, you know...
Eagles on compared the Shore owned Indians to a concentration camp
THOSE ICE DANCERS ARE COWERING BEHIND THEIR VISORS. SHORE'S JUST TRYING TO TOUGHEN EM UP!! THEY MUST BE SWEDISH OR FRENCH!! THEY'RE NOT GOOD CANADIAN KIDS!!! ROCK EM SOCK EM HOCKEY IN FIGURE SKATING YOU PEOPLE!!! GOOD CANADIAN KIDS!!!!
Don Cherry, drunk off his ass as usual.
I guess you don't remember what Larry Robinson did to Schultz on a Saturday afternoon game, i believe it was in1976, he brought him down to earth, Schultz was never the same after that beating.
Never got to see that one, but I would have loved too. I know about it. Nobody with any sense ever bothered Larry Robinson. He commanded respect and got it.
It was a Sunday afternoon game, Feb. 17/74. Schultz sucker punched John Van Boxmeer, knocking him out and to the ice. Robinson avenged that by giving Schultz a thrashing.
In the ‘75 playoffs Clark Gillies wrecked Shultz in a fight. That night, “The Hammer” was “The Nail”
Can’t be a top list without the original Rat….. KEN LINESMAN
So many to choose from , Bill Ezinicki, Billy Coutu, Maurice Richard several lists could be made.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 Ummm, where does Maurice Richard fit into this category?
His sister was my high school principal. She had a few stories
Tenderloin Linesman
As a Flames fan I remember that little bastard. Linesman was a level 10 pest. Miss those old Flames Oilers rivalries of the 80's they both had great players and great teams
Rafi Torres?? Bertuzzi??
You could have added the first Great star of the Habs, Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde, a man who was hated as much by his team mates as he was opposing players... He was always willing to fight anyone, on any team, including his own. Once, while coaching (Which was his after hockey career), he had so alienated his team that they began to mouth off to him in the dressing room, he warned the players that he wasn't going to allow that sort of thing and when one of the players "Got in his face" (As we would say today), the aging Lalonde took the young man down with one mighty punch, turned to his players and asked "Anyone else?" Needless to say, that ended that!
Great story. I should write about him. Thanks for sharing.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 Newsy, while the greatest scorer of the early NHA/NHL era, was also said to be one of the meanest players ever to wear a pair of skates.
If ever there was a Habs player to hate on that was Pierre Larouche
@@garyblanchard1084 My vote would go to Claude Lemieux or Chris Nilan. Pierre Larouche wouldn't even crack the top 10 list. Ask Nordiques / Bruins fans.
I had no idea, and yes this is my name!
I think cowardly is a good word to describe some of these players.
I really enjoyed seeing the "Original Rat" referenced. I thought of him immediately the first time I saw Marchand play. I'm sure Kenny thanked God every day for Paul Holmgren.
Yeah, Bryan Marchment was a real piece of work. He started out doing some pretty spectacular open ice hits that resulted in fights but you couldn't call them dirty. But then he started doing that knee-on-knee shit and I dismissed him as a human being.
Marchment was vicious. Always making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Missed Todd Bertuzzi and Matt Cooke
When I'm having a bad day, I YT "Matt Cooke gets destroyed." Always cheers me up.
Bertuzzi wasn’t known as a dirty player
@@MetalDetroit ask Steve Moore
@@markd8469 Steve Moore was a dirty player. One incident by Bertuzzi doesn’t make him a dirty player.
@@MetalDetroit The severity of that single attack from behind that fractured 3 of Steve Moore’s vertebrae puts Tod Bertuzzi squarely on that list.
I worked in East Hampton Long island for a while, and it was reported that Mr Avery threw a rock at a passing car for no reason at all? The world doesnt need this guy
Avery is a complete waste of skin.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 slimeball
This is very well done. Your information is good.
Thank you!
It's good that you at least mentioned Battlin' Billy Smith in passing; until Hextall came along, he was the most hated goalie in the game.
Completely agree with you. Billy was a great net minder but he didn’t hesitate to hack and wack. I remember he used to wear a rabbit foot chain around his neck for good luck. During the 1982 Final against the Canucks Tiger Williams ripped it off and threw it in the stands. I think I should make a part two to this list as their are so many players that have earned it.I don’t think some were dirty but reacted violently to the way they were treated on the ice and lashed out in frustration and rage, Maurice Richard comes to mind. You have to be tough to play pro hockey. There’s an awful lot of players that have have done dirty things on the ice to gain a competitive edge. Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Eddie Shack, Bobby Clarke.
During the Oilers Dynasty of the '80's, we saw both Billy Smith & Ron Hextall, both in a pair of back-to-back Stanley Cup finals against Edmonton. Having a season ticket, I was at the game when Edmonton dethroned the Islanders, on May 19, 1984. Glenn "Kamikaze" Anderson charging the net with no regard for himself or the goalie, was not for the faint of heart. This was before the magnetic moorings, of the early '90's. Plenty of turbulence at the Woodchoppers Ball‼️
@@tedtalkshockey1966 Bobby Clarke would top a "Should have been more hated" list.
How is Matt Cooke not on this list? Samuelsson should have been retired by the league after the Neely incident
Until that Luongo fella came along
Avery, C. Lemmieux and Marchand should be on the list in all ways.
Dave Shultz had his career ended by Clark Giles of the Islanders, when Giles cleaned his clock in a classic hockey fight. He tried to fight Giles a second time, and got beat up even worse than the first fight. Those fights ended his effectiveness as an enforcer for the Flyers and the Islanders would go on to win a string of Stanley cups.
Nice, new sub
Thank you for the kind comment.
Chris Simon ? 15 years in NHL, 8 suspensions totaling 65 games.
He is very worthy.
Chris Simon was a tough and mean SOB,but could score as well.He was averaging 20 goals a year while playing 10 minutes a night.When he talked,it sounded like his voice was coming from a cavern he was so big bodied.I seen him on “Inside Hockey” with Geno Redda and when he played for the Avs,he couldn’t of been anymore accommodating to the film crew,lol.Goes to show that some may be beasts on the ice yet nice guys off the ice.
No, not at all. He was as tough as nails and generally played fairly clean. Dirty players? How about Claude lemieux? How about Bobby clarke? How about Ken linsman? How about Dale Hunter? How about esa tekenen? I'm talking about players who stick and run.
@@dalebrooks304 Claude Lemieux 100%!!!
Dale Hunter outgoons anyone mentioned. He is #2 on the all time PIM list behind Tiger Williams, but #1 all time for *playoff* PIM when everyone else is supposed to be well behaved. Exhibit A: his completely unjustified attack on Pierre Turgeon in 1993.
Dale Hunter easily should've rated on the top ten for the hit on Pierre Turgeon during the '93 playoffs.
Yes he is more than deserving. He is also Hall of Fame worthy just on his coaching record, but because of his nasty reputation he will probably never be admitted.
Totally agree
For that hit and the whole of this chicken sh**''s career.
I would put people who are consistently over the line and do so intentionally (Pronger) over players who are infamous for a particular incident, but don’t stand out otherwise.
And Don Cherry backed Hunter up one hundred percent for it
Howe, Shack, Clarke, Linseman, Bob Kelly, Gary Suter, Billy Smith, Hextall, McSorley, Marchant
Good list. So many to choose from.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 you can easily get bias towards a player because he did something to your favorite team and forget that other players are hated by almost everyone. I think the list I put together are players who were despised throughout the league.
People can say John Ferguson but he was only really hated in Toronto whereas people all over the league wanted to get Shack
Howe?
@@Bruins-vq5ey yeah, Mr Elbows
@@johnfeeley5716 feared ? Respected? Yes .
Hated? Nah
The thing about Samuelson was he never fought anybody either, he always started the roughing but never dropped the gloves......
Hextall did that to chelios because of what chelios did to Brian propp in game. 1
Yup, Chelios had it coming.
Todd Bertuzzi as an honorable mention.
McSorley: Good skill guy, but the most dirty one I have ever seen and this includes Shultz, Randy Holt, and McSorley couldn'n take Brashear in a fight, and that's why he dirtied Brashear
His ego was bruised when Brashear washed his hands of him for a rematch.
Um...... Bobby Clarke, tiger Williams, kasperitas, Tom Wilson, Darcy tucker, Steve durbano, tie Domi, Bob probert, Matt barnerby, dale Hunter, so many more
The reason Hextall attacked Chelios was for Chelios elbowing Brian Propp in the head & sending him to the hospital & ending his season. Yes Hextall was dirty at times but there was usually a reason when he went bananas. Also Hextaĺl learned his "stick craft" from Billy Smith who always kept his crease clear.
This is true.
And I wouldn’t say Hextall was hated. He was intense but not hated
@@humankirk9196 I'd say he was hated. He was known to attempt to injure players. That was common in the day, but not as much for goalies. Also, Hextall had his entire fighting roster to protect him, not that he really needed it, but no team would take any liberties on him. He could do what he wanted to almost any player on the other team.
I can not stress enough what kind of a two handed chop a goalie needed to do back in the day to get anything more than a two minute minor.
@@incumbentvinyl9291
That was the era then
I remember Glen Hanlon with a single handed swing of the stick to get the guy skating around the net lol
@@paulbartels6585 Fair play, haha!
While I agree w/ Avery being no.1, I'm surprised that you didn't have either Matthew Barnaby or Rob Ray on this list. Or Dale Hunter for that matter
You can find some of them on the part two list here. th-cam.com/video/lH26KsDC-uI/w-d-xo.html
I called three of them: Marchand, Lemieux and Avery. I can’t believe Avery ever got a job as a sportscaster and I’m not a Red Wings fan, but I still enjoy watching that 1997 season finale game where Lemieux got his ass handed to him by McCarty and all the fights that followed in their OT win against Colorado.
Others you can have are Nolan, Roenick, and Bertuzzi.
You do a really nice job on these videos. You back up You stories with facts not BS.
It takes a long time to make a video, even if I think I remember all the facts I still research to make sure I cover everything and that it’s all factual.
Part two th-cam.com/video/lH26KsDC-uI/w-d-xo.html
There was a VERY good reason for Hextall to jump Chelios. Reason being, the charging style elbow to the side of Brian Propp’s head. An elbow so cheap, that a bolt from Propp’s helmet went through his skull and touched his brain. Hexy didn’t even get his money’s worth.
I was at that game in Montreal when Propp went down. Dirty play but that was the style in those days.
@@rulinghabs
I remember Ranger/Flyers games with the penalty box packed lol
Before even watching, I knew Sean Avery would be at the top of the list. Surprised Matthew Baranaby wasn’t on there, though.
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Barnaby was ok. At least he would drop the gloves and fight. Avery was a twisted pr'v
That was my secret weapon. The ability to skate faster backwards then most players skated forward.
Most of these guys were hated by the opposition but loved by their teammates.Avery was hated by both 😂
Good one. 😎
I don't think Tiger Williams or Tie Domi should get mentioned. They never picked on players who were not fighters, they were not that big so only fought guys who were bigger and were tough themselves and I don't think they ever tried to intentionally injure. Matt Cooke should get mentioned and Matthew Barnaby
I agree with you. Matt Cooke was a nasty dirty player.
Dude, look at Domis elbow on Scott niedermayer in the playoffs. One of the cheapest shots I’ve ever seen.
@@billjones3497 Yeah I agree, he cheap shotted Niedermayer because he had to attacked a star player beyond his skill level.
Bullshit on Tiger Williams. He ran Stan Mikita in to the boards from behind when Stan was old, hurt Stan's back to the point where he had to retire. Fuck Tiger!
@@jim7297 , there is another one. Before Mikita's moment when he concluded that he could not win games in the penalty box, he was quite the instigator.
Esa Tikkanen started more fights by other players than anyone in league history. He was by far the most hated by other teams. I remember multiple times when other players would chase him around the ice because of his treatment of their stars.
No argument there.
He was always my favourite Oiler. Hell my favourite Finnish player to be honest, and he was integral to the Rangers winning in 94
Loved Esa when he was on my team anyway 😂
honorable mention/ Tomas Sandstrom
He also shot 24% and could play the game. Every team needs a super pest
Reminds me of the old joke, "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out."
Another person that was widely disliked during his tenure in the league was Larry Zeidel played from 1951-1969. Had multiple suspension for violence with the stick and had one of the most notorious stick fights in nhl history.
The stick duel with Eddie Shack March 1968?
Larry Zeidal was a maniac, he could be in the top three spots on any Top Ten list.
How in the hell did Dale Hunter not make this list? Brad "the aardvark" Marchand must have taken lessons from Hunter on how to be a dirty ass player!
Brad Marchand was on a ferry boat to Newfoundland before the start of this past season when he met my nieces neighbours.They told them about my nieces daughter who was a huge Bruins fan and whose birthday was coming up.He called her and wished her the best birthday ever.On the ice he may be a prick,but off the ice he seems like a great guy to me.
"leaping" lou fontinato was another one that went under your radar. like samualson he got his come uppance from gordie howe. when fontinato went after howe, mr. hockey put his nose "under his ear" with one punch. a news guy got a picture of them taking lou off the ice, his face really looked funny.
Lou was asking for it.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 lou was doing what the rangers had hired him for and gordie showed him the error of his ways. the old six team league couldn't hold a candle to these new teams because of the way they work out but the tough guys would beat these guys to a pulp. they were tough
@@denisjl100 I agree. I covered Fontinato in Part Two th-cam.com/video/lH26KsDC-uI/w-d-xo.html
Really good video, alot of characters in the NHL. I would say the most hated player this season so far would be Evander Kane.
Can't argue, he's in a lot of trouble on and off the ice.
This is a solid list. Although there could be some arguments around the edges, all mentioned were "worthy". Just one gray area IMHO. ''Hated' for dirty play and/or disgusting demeaner, or just because other teams hated playing a tough guy who might also outplay them (like Messier)? Expected to see Kaspar the Unfriendly Ghost in the honorable mentions.
Nice video! Avery tops my list too. Tom Wilson would be a close second.
Tom WIlson belongs on there, just on principle. So does Chara, but that’s my own gripe. I’ve got a few players that I would have added to this list, but it would have extended the list from a “top 10” to a “top 20”, very easily.
@@sereneprincess4940 part two as requested th-cam.com/video/lH26KsDC-uI/w-d-xo.html
I played for 20 years, great sport, when I wasn't on the ice we'd play street hockey, in my day we didn't wear masks or shields, I think it's kinda funny when they fight wearing face shields. It's one of the most exciting games to play, constant action while your on the ice. Cheap shots are just part of the game, but some are a little too cheap.
Agreed
I don't remember you John. There was a goalie on SJ Sharks named Steve Shields for a few years.
I've been playing on a beer league too 😂
NIce bro been playin for around the same time. Up for some shinny? lol
NHL should trash the instigator rule. What fan ever whined about a good fight? NHL should also pass a rule that if you drop the mitts, you toss the helmets.. or make a good effort to. Other wise a fine maybe a G note
It was a beautiful thing when Lemieux paid for his cheap shot on Draper, courtesy of Darren McCarty.
Cory Perry. Total cheap shot artist. Will often spear a player in the nuts, and what makes me mad is NOBODY EVER makes him PAY. Thank you Gil Stein for that instigator rule. It really changed the game. Cory is also one stud of a player
Excellent comments I agree fully.
Where’s Tom Wilson???
In the penalty box.
I guess he's not really as hated as you think. Basically only three teams' fans hate Wilson. I'm guessing you're...... Shitsburgh?
30 more guesses left.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 I guess the Rangers would be the next logical choice. But seriously, Wilson is behaving himself pretty well this year, and has almost as many points as PIMs.
@@monroemullinix5974 29 guesses left and yes I agree with you about Wilson, but the season is young.
No Steve Ott or Matthew Barnaby?
A few names I see missing from the top ten... Sidney Crosby, Scott Stevens, Mathew Barnaby, Matt Cooke.
Ahole Pronger stole the puck after Patrick Kane’s goal to win Stanley Cup, what a class act.
Pronger spent the entire 2010 finals hiding from Dustin Byfuglien!
McSorley wasn’t hated he made a big mistake that changed both his life and Brashear’s too but he wasn’t a dirty player or hated.
Seemed liked by everyone.
He was a role player
He protected Gretzky too
I met Marty 2 years ago - one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet !
Stayed and chatted w me for 30 mins
What are you talking about mcsorley was a dirty player
Yes, he made a huge rage mistake there. He was well liked and respected and now is mostly remembered for going psycho.
Oh he was hated all right. McSorley is forever hated by Maple Leaf fans for his cheap shot on Doug Gilmour. McSorley is hated in Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg and many other spots.
No Bobby Clarke? The list is incomplete.
SMH
Hit very body with his stick and never fought my favorite moment with boobie yes boobie was when he whacked Phil Esposito with his stick and Esposito turned around and whacked the sissy
Agreed. I still, remember Clarke whacking Valeri Kharlamov's ankle, breaking it, in a Flyers vs. Soviet Union game many years past. Kharlamov was one hell of a talented player, the pity was he was dropped from the Soviet Olympic team after the 1980 "Miracle." He's gone but not forgotten.
tortelinni was involved in the gretskys betting against their teams
If I were a GM, I'd hire the guys who everyone hated and who'd kill their mama to win a game.
The Hanson brothers would be a great start.
PLEASE buy the Vancouver Canucks. Richie Sutter TRADED, Big Gino TRADED. Brad May, TRADED, Luke Schenn, TRADED, Shane O'Brian TRADED, Kassian TRADED, Luca Sbisa TRADED, Jim Agnew, never got a sniff, Neither did Jim RevernbergRaffi Torres TRADED. I want Don cherry as coach. This city will never own the Stanley Cup. because we forget what country spawned the greatest player in history
Players today are so SOFT.
"Don't talk trash, it's not nice... don't check me, it hurts...hey ref, he shoved me."
Excuses excuses, excuses...if they're not tough enough to be a competitor, they have no place in the NHL.
Hockey is not a sport for wimps.
Hockey remains a man’s game
Dale Hunter , Scott Stevens and Ken Linsemen have to be there
Those guys are a so bad they are in a league of their own, especially Hunter.
Imagine being the greatest player in the game, but you have to give credit to guys like McSorley and Messier.
This is a good list, except Bobby Clarke should be there instead of Dave Schultz. Dave Schultz was more feared than hated. EVERYONE outside Philadelphia HATED Bobby Clarke's guts! In your honorable list, you could include Mathew Barnaby (most hated player in the late 90s), Steve Ott, Chris Chelios.
Yeah I agree about Clarke. Their is an awful lot of players that could make a top ten list but I can only pick ten.
Oh yeah. Clarke was notorious for shoving his stick into opponents...and then one of the goons would fight for Clarke.
Robinson certainly didn't fear Shultz ... it was vice versa.
I agree that Clarke could have easily made the list - he was among the dirtiest players of his era. The only reason one had to fear Schultz was he would jump someone in a split-second if their back was turned.
Still the 1974 Bruins lost fair and square to the Flyers. Clarke included diabetic and all. NEVER spit on a team for winning.
For you old timers, how about John Ferguson. Montreal's enforcer in the 60s.
Good one. After Maurice Richard retired, for several seasons, the Canadiens forwards were pushed around quite a bit. When Ferguson came along, things changed. And the results came immediately. The Habs won the Stanley Cup four out of five seasons in the mid-and-late 1960s. Only Toronto's 1967 Cup win interrupted the streak.
@@dustylover100 Yup, I was a super Canadiens fan at the time...good memories. BTW I'm still young, only 69.
Ya and Bobby Baun of the Leafs
@@rickszabo4312 Eddie Shack also.
Once in the playoffs Ferguson beat up Bobby Hull. After the game was over he was in the parking lot ready to drive away. A woman came up to him with a smile and thanked him for putting her husband in his place. He said to a teammate "Who was that".. The teammate said "That was Joanne Hull". Ferguson wondered what kind of a marriage they had when he beats up a hockey player and his wife thanked him for it.
Future nhl goalie Michel Plasse was credited with a goal while playing in the minors. That was before Billy Smith’s goal
good catch i remember that trivia from over 40 years ago but forgot it ~ plasse also played on my Habs for a short time
And Plasse was just trying to clear out the puck
I still despise Claude Lemieux. And the "little ball of hate" is Pat Verbeck. And your top most hated players is the correct one. There is no excuse for Sean Avery's style (if you can call it that) of play. He was a coward, a bully, a pest, and a rude human being-to put it nicely.
Excellent assessment, I strongly agree on all counts. Especially Avery.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 I don't know of any true hockey fan that likes Avery. I am only ashamed that my Detroit Red Wings let him into the NHL.
No Steve "Mental Case" Durbano? He averaged 5.1 PIM per game. Would have been even higher without all the suspensions.
I was in prison with "Bad Boy" after he got pinched for blow in his shoe,and caught an importing beef!
@@jimbo1959 What was he like in prison? Did he mainly keep to himself or did he have a group of people he hung around with? Since he was known for being a fighter & lunatic as a player, I always wondered if he had a tougher time in prison or if the other inmates &/or guards treated him more like a novelty. Hope you don't mind the questions, since I've never run across anyone who might be able to answer I had to ask.
@@sigep145 He had an attitude,but nothing major.He had a "clique" he hung with( as most do in prison),but was pretty much low profile( not loud or obnoxious).If you're loud and obnoxious in prison,you'll get that nipped in the bud very quickly.He was treated just like any other inmate,by the screws,and the inmates.The fact is that not many of them had ever heard of Durbano! Hope this covered a bit of what you were curious about Dick.
He was without question the dirtiest player I've seen, even going back to his junior days with the Toronto Marlies. He was never afraid to use the stick to spear, hack or cut your face; or run you from behind and injure you.. He had psychological problems that likely stemmed from an incident when he was 12 years old, according to one of his aunts.
@@jamesanthony5681 There was a story from one of his Birmingham teammates. Before a game against the Whalers, Durbano was sharpening the blade of his stick. The teammate asked what he was doing & he said that he was going "after the old man." The team had to beg him not to cut Gordie Howe because they were sure the whole team would be murdered before they could get out of town. To quote Rick James, "Cocaine is a helluva drug." His brother mentioned an incident when they were little that probably didn't help. I imagine it's the same one his aunt referenced. Plus his dad was a hot head. He was arrested after a junior game for waiting to run over refs with his car after a game. The guy definitely had some demons.
And NOT 1 RANGER CAME TO ROLFE'S AID...
I know, pretty disgraceful.
DRAPER: Gus Adams suffered a similar injury when Craig Berube ran him face first into the boards. Gus was out for quite a while. I rank Samuelsson as even dirtier than Marty Mack
Then, about a year later, Darren McCarty beat the snot out of Lemieux, in response to the Draper hit.
@@user-mr3ct1dm9p I remember watching that. I was NOT cheering for Claude
To bad Avery couldn't play as good as he talked, now it just makes him an AH
Agree. He invents way’s of getting into trouble.
Your list is spot on in my opinion, but if you could add a plus one it would have to be Darcy Tucker who played mostly with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Thank You for your comment. I agree.
The list could be endless really. But Barnaby would be a solid choice for the list too.
@@kimhammarborg7552 I think I should make a part two.
Even Leaf’s fans nicknamed him Darcy Fucker
Matt Cooke has to be on this list.
Esa Tikanen
Sidney Crosby
Darius Kasparaitis
Raffi Torres is conspicuous in his absence.
Best body banger in the league, and of course susp for the Bruins series
The ‘Little Ball of Hate’ is Pat Verbeek, not Brad Marchand….how does Esa Tikanen and Dino Cicarelli not included?
I forgot about Dino. I know I hated him. I'm surprised that Darius Kasparaitis isn't on the list or even Crosby. Crosby is a real dirty player. Always hacking players behind the play and is always bitching about being touched. I never knew how bad it really was until I went to a game. He's so bad
No Dale hunter or Paul Gillis
The guy I hated most was Rick Vaive. The best ever at standing in front of the net but was padded up like a mummy
Verbeek was a tough s.o.b.and score 46 goals in his best season (I think it was 46)
Balls of hate scored 46 goals in his best season. I am in Vancouver, dear Lord, please help us find a couple like him
Surprised Washington Tom Wilson didn't make the cut. Not even in the honorable, or maybe, dishonorable mentions.
Wilson is the Poster Boy for nastiest in today's game ! WORD !!!!
Shore immediately got his when Leaf tough guy Red Horner removed one glove and promptly knocked him out. I still remember when Schultz was taken apart by Clark Gillies and eventually Larry Robinson,two guys only stupid players bothered.
I agree wholeheartedly, crazy to take on Gillies or the big bird.
Claude Lemieux was always know for the turtle 🐢. When an enforcer came to deal deserved justice he would collapse in a ball time and time again. His play caused the pre-game brawl in the form with the Flyers during the 1987 playoffs that changed the rules in hockey and gave the sport a black eye.
I will also always remember Hunter for his hit on Turgeon. At that time the longest suspension ever in the league.
tired of unions shielding their people from real consiquences, if you injure a player that is determined to be on purpose or extreamley dangerous play then you miss as many games as them.
Make them sit as long as the player they injured. If the player is out of the league then you are out too. todd bertuzzi comes to mind.
How about Daniel carcillo and especially Matt Cooke for what he did to Marc savard alone
Can't disagree. I think I should make a part two.
Carcillogin lol
Cooke is on part two th-cam.com/video/lH26KsDC-uI/w-d-xo.html
I would add Mark Messier.
I was at a gamein Edmonton, when the OIL torched the Nords like ELEVEN to three. Messier got into a fight, and turned the guy into a used punching bag. I am pretty sure that other guy was Dale Hunter. Love to have them both in Vancouver, but make messier 25 instead of 36. lol
Billy Smith was A FAR MORE HATED GOALIE than Ron Hextall ever was. Smith was the original hack'n slash goalie and was universally hated everywhere in the NHL, except New York. You got that one wrong. Hextall was respected as a great goalie by many in the NHL and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, even though he lost the finals to the Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers. He was one of the geatest and respected goalie's of his era.
Hi Bart. I appreciate your passion. I do agree with you about Billy Smith.
For me Dave Schultz's most memorable fight was the one in Montreal when he pissed himself just before Larry Robinson dropped him.
Schultz's most memorable fight, without question, was during a nationally televised Sunday afternoon game vs. Montreal. He KO'd the Canadiens John van Boxmeer with a single punch, van Boxmeer lay unconscious on the ice for several minutes before being carted off.
Number 1# thru 10... Brad Marchand... he's just got that kinda face you just can't help want to punch
yep i know i hate him too cause he doesn't play for my team and The Canadiens suck big time this year ...
But damn.....He can score...
Anyone who wants to punch someone that bad best expect a punch back with equal or greater force
Rat Linesman, Ed Shack, Billy Smith, Barnaby
What about Milan Lucic? That man could be utterly psychotic! He is a great player but his playing style also represents his aggressive physical nature. He makes no reservations or apologies for harming or punishing opposing players
Good yet not great player
@Gary Blanchard Fair point. Perhaps I should have said WAS great. Not quite the caliber of Bergeron or Marchand were (and still are) but his playing style alone, regardless of his aggressive nature, was a complement to the entire Bruins championship team dynamic. At this stage, he still has plenty fuel in the tank (which Calgary is in no position to dismiss) but really: Is anyone ever what they used to be?
Yeah ATER the game was over he tells Dale Weise that he was going to kill him. I hate the legal stuff, but he should have been charged with uttering threats
Chicago Blackhawks Chris Chelios
any version of Chris Chelios
@@johnfeeley5716 I couldn't believe that he didn't make The List.
@@mariovaccarella6854 but i love all of these players because of what they did...and hated them with a passion when my team's turn came!
Montreal more than any other team he played for
@@garyblanchard1084 I'll defer to you. I remember Him more as A Chicago Black Hawk, because Their One Of My Favorite Teams.
Where are the Hanson Brothers when you need them......Good list though.
Man I loved the Hanson Brothers. They were awesome! 😆
@@kkttss1928 I own 3 hockey jerseys, 2 from a team that no longer (1980 Soviet Olympic Team, Kharlamov and Maltsev) and 1 from a team that really never existed (Charlestown Chiefs, # 17, Jack Hanson.) The strange thing here in Florida is that nobody seems to remember that CCCP stood for USSR in Cyrillic, nobody seems to remember that the old Soviet Union had, probably, the best hockey team ever, once upon a time but anyone who's seen Slap Shot knows the Hansons.
You missed guys like Lou Fontinato and John Ferguson. They were as dirty as they come. Sean Avery was a flat out nutcase.
Funny you mention this. I’m working on a part two list, Fontinato is on it. Agree about Avery.
@@tedtalkshockey1966 Ok Todd Ewen. not hated but scary tough.. So was Larry Playfair.Dirty? Mcsorley and Holt.
Never forget Esa Tikkanen. The most hated Fin of all time.
Yappy trouble maker.
would Avery have done that to Billy Smith or Ron Extall ??? :)))))
Excellent point. He would have paid a heavy price if he did.
Only once
As a Boston Bruins fan, I'm not sure Eddie Shore was hated. He was one of the early greats of the game. The Hanson Brothers loved his brand of "old time hockey".
One guy we really hated was Matt Cooke. His intentional headshot basically ended Marc Savard's career.
And we love Marchand... most of the time.
Those same haters should hate on Gordie Howe to be consistent for similar reasons.
@@garyblanchard1084 I think you mean Terrible Ted Lindsay. Their game was very similar. Rocket Richard famously never forgave Lindsay.
@@humankirk9196 Richard probably never forgave Hal Laycoe before Laycoe passed on in 1998. Rocket joined him two years later.
Scotty are you a member of WIS?? Sim hockey
You need to make it "The 11 Most Hated..." and slide Bryan Marchment in at the #1 spot
There really is no end to the amount of players that could be on a list like this. However I do agree with you about Marchment he was a player that was notorious for injuring others. Booby Clarke, Matt Cooke, Ted Lindsay and others.
The thing is they are usually loved by their teammates for their hard nosed play
And fanbases
Especially when being hard nosed means that they refuse to lose
@@garyblanchard1084 That's why I wish Vancouver would keep their tough guys. We traded Luke Schenn. One of the toughest in the league and our best D man after Hughes. We are STUPID out here. Team pixie will never get past round one
Wow you picked the one instance where Corey Perry was innocent as your first picture of him. That picture makes it look like he intentionally kneed Tavares in the face. When it was a legitimate incident. I hate Perry as much as the next guy, but that was the one time he was innocent
I picked that picture because it was recent. Yes he was innocent in that incident.
Not innocent: he could have avoided him
@@roscoemichel2103 Tavares is a leaf and leafs fall in spring in toronto