Monday, April 16, 2012

Emile "Butch" Bouchard, Hall...

...of Fame defenseman, longtime captain of the Montreal Canadiens, enforcer (before that term existed) and all-around Bad Ass, died at age 92. 

According to teammate Jean Beliveau, Bouchard once intimidated the entire Detroit Red Wings team: 

“One night, a fracas started in Detroit, and he went right to the Red Wings’ bench, opened the door and chased a player behind the boards,” Beliveau wrote in “Jean Beliveau: My Life in Hockey" (1994). “Nobody on the Detroit team dared to retaliate, and they certainly had their share of tough customers.”

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