Tough Guys Part II

 Thought today I would do another post for the Tough Guys and throughout the year I will be doing others on this very same topic. There are some hockey fans that believe fighting should not be a part of the game. I do not agree with that concept, fighting is part of the game because it is a natural instinct to react to a dirty hit as in defending yourself and your teammates. 

This is the 2004-05 Upper Deck Legends Classic card of Wayne Cashman. Cash was not only a fighter, but he could also score. During the 1973-74 season with Boston, he scored 30 goals and had 59 assists for 89 points his highest output during his 17-year career all with Boston. He had a total of 1,039 PIM's.

This is the 2009-10 Be a Player card of Shawn Thornton. Shawn had some very good seasons with Boston and his best was the 2010-11 season where he had 10 goals and 10 assists in 79 games. He also had 111 PIM's and he got the nickname "Sugar Shawn". Shawn was a enforcer who always was there to defend his teammates.

This is the 1991-92 Upper Deck card of Chris Nilan. Nilan came to Boston in the 1990-91 season from Montreal. Chris played 10 seasons with the Canadiens and he only spent 2 seasons in Boston as he went back to Montreal during the 1991-92 season playing 56 games that season 39 with Boston and 17 with Montreal and Chris retired that same season. He ended his career with 3,043 PIM's.

This is the 2003-04 Topps Traded Rookie card of Colton Orr. Colton played only 21 games with Boston before moving to three other teams. He left Boston during the 2005-06 Season going to the Rangers that year and played 4 years with the Rangers before going to the Leafs during the 2009-10 season and he would spend 6 years with the Leafs. His season with the most PIM's was the 2009-10 season ending up with 239. His points for 11 seasons was 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 total points.

This is the 2009-10 O-Pee-Chee card of Steve Montador. Montador played a total of 571 NHL games scoring 33 goals and 98 assists for 131 total points. He came to Boston for one season, the 2008-09 season playing in 13 games adding one assist and having 18 PIM's. Steve had a total of 807 PIM's. Sadly Steve passed away February 15, 2015. He was great to the fans and to his teammates. He will be missed and another one gone way to soon.

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