Word: goon
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While the rest of the ECAC breathes a collective sign of relief at the loss of resident goon Benoit Morin, the Tigers will sorely miss his offensive production and his physical presence, to put it nicely. Captain Kirk Lamb (8,20) is anticipated to take the helm, after leading the team in scoring last season. And without the experience of Darren Yopyk and Chris Barber on the blueline, the weight of the season will be resting on a large number of very young and inexperienced shoulders...
Just when it seems it couldn't get any worse for Marty McSorley, it does. After delivering a two-handed slash to Donald Brashear of the Vancouver Canucks on Feb. 21, the Boston Bruins enforcer, goon, strong-man--call him what you will--was slapped with the harshest penalty ever given by the National Hockey League (NHL), and was suspended for the rest of the season. Since then, he has been demonized, vilified and chastised by the horrified public and has become for some the embodiment of everything wrong with hockey. Even his fellow players have lashed out against...
McSorley's role as an NHL "goon" or "enforcer" is well-documented. He has been suspended from the league 6 times for actions involving his stick, cross-checking and other "unsportsmanlike" performances. Every team has a player like this: one who attempts to instigate conflict with a star on the opposing squad and put him in the penalty box for five minutes. Even Vancouver has one: Donald Brashear. In fact Brashear has logged 132 penalty minutes this season and averages about five minutes played per minute in "the box." This wasn't little orphan Annie being smackedup side the head...
Senior defenseman Matt Scorsune took Princeton goon Benoit Morin's best shots and pushed right back. Sophomore defenseman Leif Ericson responded to Yale player Paul Lawson's extra shoving by dropping the gloves with him in an almost-fight...