Unlike many fighters over the years, Bob Probert was a decent hockey player who was good with his fists. Afterall he scored 162 goals in the NHL and in 1987-88, scored 29 for the Red Wings. The only NHL players with higher career goal totals and over 3,000 penalty minutes were Dale Hunter and Tiger Williams.
He was the last player to score a goal in Maple Leaf Gardens in the 3rd period on February 13, 19999. I happened to have been at the game.
Still he will always be best known for his fights and this Tie Domi fight was a classic battle. Domi was with the Rangers at the time.
Probably the bravest thing he did on ice was figure skate with Kristina Lenko in the Battle of the Blades reality TV show. He wasn't very good at it but he gave it his best. I think the show revealed to hockey fans the real Bob Probert.
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