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Agreed on both counts.

One of my favourite Canuck fights was Ryp and Janssen.

Cam was sure he was going to rock his ass going in....

donlever wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:05 pm Agreed on both counts.

One of my favourite Canuck fights was Ryp and Janssen.

Cam was sure he was going to rock his ass going in....

Have you seen this? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEJFcY2RxHU

Speaking of Ryp, think there was video of him fighting a Thrasher(?), who was much taller than him, who was laughing at him before the fight started. Can't remember the player's name though.

Boris Valabik.

theman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:23 pm Speaking of Ryp, think there was video of him fighting a Thrasher(?), who was much taller than him, who was laughing at him before the fight started. Can't remember the player's name though.

Ths one? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzM1txgXJ4 (started by an Evander Kane cheap shot)

Edit - any excuse to look up old Rypien fights

Was Ryp bigger than I recall or is Janssen not really that big for an enforcer? Because in this tilt they look similar except Janssen had a huge noggin.

Was it his equipment?

In the May fight, you can still see Brad is slightly larger and we know Mayday was small when fighting up classes.

Rick Rypien (with perhaps some guidance from his father, Wes) figured out some technical elements of hockey fighting that still do not seem to have been widely adopted. It's why he was able to be so effective against much larger opponents, and an important part of my argument of why it would be possible to coach much more of the fighting element of hockey toughness into a given lineup, irrespective of past pugilistic proclivities, if a management or coaching group believed it would help.

Cornuck wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:28 pm

theman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:23 pm Speaking of Ryp, think there was video of him fighting a Thrasher(?), who was much taller than him, who was laughing at him before the fight started. Can't remember the player's name though.

Ths one? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzM1txgXJ4 (started by an Evander Kane cheap shot)

Edit - any excuse to look up old Rypien fights

Yeah, that's the one.

Cheers for finding it.

Here's another good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLdMZf9LuFI

No size mismatch here. Beats the "rust" off Brandon P, then gets Horny in the box.

Bures first as a Canuck.

34 years ago today....

A kid back then who just loved scoring goals.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-WkuuC ... FrZTk0N2E4

donlever wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:27 pm Boris Valabik.

He was so punching up in that one!

Troy Stecher is on waivers https://puckpedia.com/waiver-wire?utm_s ... nt=primary

Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Thu Nov 13, 2025 3:35 pm

donlever wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:27 pm Boris Valabik.

He was so punching up in that one!

His tilt against Hal Gill was a hilarious size mis-match. Gill wasn't really a tough guy, and ate a few uppercuts in that one.

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2025 11:11 am Troy Stecher is on waivers https://puckpedia.com/waiver-wire?utm_s ... nt=primary

Somewhere up north, deep in the bowels of the earth, an haggard old miner just twitched at the thought of Stencher coming back...

Ronning's Ghost wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:52 pm Rick Rypien (with perhaps some guidance from his father, Wes) figured out some technical elements of hockey fighting that still do not seem to have been widely adopted. It's why he was able to be so effective against much larger opponents, and an important part of my argument of why it would be possible to coach much more of the fighting element of hockey toughness into a given lineup, irrespective of past pugilistic proclivities, if a management or coaching group believed it would help.

I do agree you can teach the aspects of hockey fighting - I still remember it used to be the tough guy's job on the team to show the basics to rookies coming in, George Laraque comes to mind with the Habs.

Rypien's blocking technique wasn't widely seen, and the ability to throw a quick jab with that blocking arm caught a lot of opponents off guard.

I think what made him so successful, was his ambidextrousness - hard to teach that, and being able to throw with both equally was a game changer for Rick.