The Legend Of Former Canuck Craig Coxe

by Sean Zandberg on Jun 21, 2010 3:00 PM PDT in Canucks History

Anyone that knows the name Craig Coxe often mentions another NHL player's name soon after: Bob Probert. The 2 fights the 2 enforcers had are often labeled the best tilts in NHL history. Here they are:

November 11, 1985

Impressive! That, according to Wikipedia, was the first time Bob Probert fought in the NHL. He would soon become the Undisputed NHL Champ.

Pretty tough to top that one, right? Well...

November 19, 1987

Classic stuff. Straight out brawling. But there are a couple of facts about Coxe that maybe you didn't know about.

-He was drafted by the Red Wings in the 4th round in 1982. He never played for them and was signed as a free agent by the Canucks in June of 1984.

-In the 1991 expansion draft, Coxe was claimed by the San Jose Sharks. He scored the first goal in Sharks franchise history against who? The Vancouver Canucks.

-Coxe only played 235 regular season games in the NHL but amassed 713 penalty minutes.

For more on Coxe, check out his Wiki page, his career stats at Hockey Database.com, and his career NHL fight cards at Hockeyfights.com.

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Shocking!

I mean, look at all those empty seats. Amazing how winning begets sellouts, eh?

by Thursday on Jun 21, 2010 5:58 PM PDT reply actions

Nice tilts…

Poutine & Meatballs

by cyxj on Jun 21, 2010 7:55 PM PDT reply actions

at first glance, that looks like it says something else…..

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by missy on Jun 21, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

Poutine & Meatballs

by cyxj on Jun 22, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions

lol Missy

with her mind in the gutter

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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jun 22, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Fuck me

Probert could take a punch.

Everybody knows
That the world is full of stupid people
Well I got the pistols so I'll keep the Pesos
Yeah that seems fair

by yoata on Jun 21, 2010 10:21 PM PDT reply actions

And giv’em right back!

by Beantown Canuck on Jun 21, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh yes

that he could do no doubt, I’d just never really realized he had such a chin, probably part of what made him such a dominant fighter.

Everybody knows
That the world is full of stupid people
Well I got the pistols so I'll keep the Pesos
Yeah that seems fair

by yoata on Jun 22, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought you folks over here at NM might enjoy this

http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2010/6/21/1525501/the-salary-cap-shuffle-cup

I enjoy sarcastically ripping on certain memes about the Hawks and its fans – I know you guys do too. Really enjoyed shooting the shit with you folks during the playoffs. NM has become my 2nd favorite blog to read. Enjoy your summer!

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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jun 22, 2010 7:23 AM PDT reply actions

Thanks dude, you enjoy yours too with that big shiny silver thing you get to keep. You guys are a deserving cup winner, but please forgive me if I’m excited/hopeful about the possibility of your cap-enforced dismantling over the off-season :)

by Beantown Canuck on Jun 22, 2010 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Ha! I'd be hopefully too if the situation was reversed

Actually, I had just noticed your fanpost yesterday and that was the reason I thought of posting the link here.

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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jun 22, 2010 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Man Coxe and Probert could throw ‘em. I don’t remember Coxe, but I do remember that that second fight between him and Probert was featured prominently in the first ever Rock ’Em Sock ’Em video, which my siblings and I probably watched about 100 times!

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by nucksandpucks on Jun 22, 2010 8:10 AM PDT reply actions

me too! Cherry drooled over that fight!

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by Sean Zandberg on Jun 22, 2010 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah he did! Remember the Gretzky “fight” he included as well? He played circus music over it, and it was basically a bunch of non-fighters (Gretzky, Kurri, etc.) running around trying to hug people. Man, I miss that video – no idea what happened to my brother’s copy of it, but I imagine it’s long gone.

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by nucksandpucks on Jun 22, 2010 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions

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