I used to think that "It's Raining Men" was a tough guy hockey song because of this video when I was a kid. I was very shocked to find out that was not necessarily the case as I got older!

One of Nilan’s very last fights

Huggie bear did the exact thing to Marty.

I think people should be free to make their own decisions. The ever increasing need to be saved from ourselves is concerning..

I was at the 1983 all star game. Unbelievable night.

Little Chris Nilan, out smarted every big fighter of his generation. Never really got dusted by anyone bad

You can choose to fight. That's the whole point. None of these dudes are forced.

The good news is the Oilers won the stanley cup the year they printed this video, knocking Gretz out on his ass in the 2nd round. He never touched another stanley cup again after bailing on the Oilers. oh well...

CAPTAIN GOALSUCK, SLEPT IN FRONT of the NET ! GEE, I WONDER HOW I SCORED and ASSISTED ON SO MANY GOALS ! EVEN a SPECIAL ENFORCER GROUP, TO WATCH MY ASS. F/K U GRETSKY !!!

Yeah Bryan Campbell the youngest King mom was a native north american indian! Therefore Chief Campbell!

Fighters in hockey are necessary… it will make the sport extremely dangerous without enforcers and it’s obvious

Nice documentary

I have never seen this before... I just found it in my dresser drawer ... I think my dad mabe got it off a moving job or something mabe idk ...

8 years later and fighting hasnt been taken out. It will never be taken out

Donald Brashear was the toughest in his prime!!!! Screw all those rangers enforcers. Garbage!!

one trick pony Kocur

Heres a video of my 4 year old grandson nicholas

According to these simpletons, Nobody has ever been hurt in a fight. Morons

Play stupid games and win stupid prizes.

Don Cherry … You are an idiot and you have encouraged and contributed to this death.

You ban fighting to protect players brains. 🧠

I am a male and I stopped watching because of the fights and concussions caused by fighting when I was in my 20’s. I refuse to support a sport that looks the other way on CTE.

23:30 bro is delusional: "he never had a concussion", yeah sure, just brain damage by the time they are 25, and drooling at 40.

Philadelphia flyers were tired of being beat up. That's why they became the broadstreet bullies

Canada the land of no guns. No free speech Excuse me.. sorry banned hate speech. (Free speech)

BOB McCallen is a rich guy looking down his nose at fighting. Ok Bob u pay these guys if u dont like it.

Leave hockey alone. ITS tragic what happened. U gonna ban boxing & MMA??? THEY CAN DIE TOO. WHAT ABOUT DRIVING CARS?? BAN THAT?? U CAN DIE DRIVING

I don't believe I have ever seen Nilan win a fight.

honestly id say that its on the players, if you decide to fight you face the consequences these are grown men were talking about.

One fight where I saw some of McSorely's punches land.

You can get killed walking your dog across the street.

It’s the constant hits while playing the game. I’ve never understood the dirty hits. They can be career or life enders. You don’t have to get knocked out for it to be a concussion.

Fighting is a fundamental part of being human beings. Every country in 2024 was built on the COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF ANOTHER PEOPLE BEFORE THEM. HAS IT NOT??

You're not going to take fighting out of hockey just like you're not going to take punching out of boxing. It's just too much a part of the game.

I don't think Don Cherry knows what " CTE " is?

I can’t believe that man is still defending hitting another player full on in the head with his stick. And that’s from a Boston resident too! Wrong is wrong.

People not involved in playing are definitely the loudest proponent of ending fighting. Those who play and don't like the fighting either don't fight or quit playing. That being said, fighting in hockey for the sake of fighting or to generate ticket sales is awful, and marketing it that way is wrong. Fighting in hockey ideally is done with mutual respect among the combatants, and not done with an intent to cause permanent harm. Feel for anyone that has suffered permanently from playing, but I don't see fighting leaving anytime soon.

I remember a Flyers game when ken linebsman flyers center was brutally crosschecked across the back of the neck into the ice by Ed Hospadar the enforcer for the other team Linesman had the nickname the rat and didn't shy away from poking someone in the side with his stick. My guess was That Linesman had broken one of the unwritten rules so Hospadar did his job as enforcer. This was met by the Flyers who put 5 tough guys on the ice to pic a fight with Hospadar. Mel Bridgeman took the challenge and proceeded to pound the heck out of Hospadar. Bridgeman not known as a fighter was actually a tough guy who was no slouch when it came to fighting but the Flyers had many players just like him, that was probably one of the reasons they were called the Broad street Bullies. Later in New York the Rangers picked up an enforcer from the North Stars who was a very good fighter. He got injured perhaps in a fight but i really don't remember how but that player started using drugs for pain and while out on iR died back in Minnesota while trying to heal from his injuries. The Boogy man Derek Boogard died from the drugs he was using to control the pain and an autopsy showed that his brain was suffering from the blows that he had taken from the many fights that he had fought while earning his living.

Had major fight with one of my best friends we played on different teams.. Didn't change us ws just played on different team's, you jack one my players we need to GO

Neanderthals Anonymous. Not just the hockey players but the idiotic comments below that are so illogical.

So if they decide to take things to the parking lot after the game, without helmets, or anything else, how will their heads bouncing off the concrete help?

boxing but thats whay do

I know Nick, I played on a few teams with him growing up. My hear sank the night he was knocked out. One of the nicest guys you will ever meet. One thing anti fighting people should know. Most fights aren't the heavyweights in the NHL. They are usually on the bench when a fight starts. They need to bring hitting back to every level of hockey. Teach kids right from the start on how to hit properly. I played for 35 years, I was a goalie. Tryouts for junior teams, they told me to fake getting hurt if someone bumped me so a fight would start in a scrimmage to see if a guy was tough enough. I had 1 fight in 35 years, a guy grabbed me, pinned me to the ice. I never fought again. A waste of energy, I had guys to protect me, without fighting more injuries would happen.

goons keep your good players safe. otherwise they get banged up on ice. Don't let the gays ruin hockey too.

Nilan is the man! Habs forever!!❤

Wasnt Mc Sorley basically Gretzky's bodyguard???

Fighting has to be in the Game......the Refs miss too much, and theres too many poorly skilled guys, that cant skate or control their stick. When youre catching elbows, getting run into the boards, or getting hacked in the back of the legs.......and the ref misses it because hes off following the puck. You warn the other guy once.....after that .... Start puttin' on the Foil and start Swinging.

“Gretz” by David Foster

Does anyone know the name of the song at the end of this video!?

Gretzky used snitch and tell like Lebron does now.