The Playing Career of Rick Tocchet
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- He stands at #10 all time in NHL history when it comes to penalty minutes. He was a decent scorer as well.
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Honestly had no idea he was that good when he played. The vast majority of his career is from before my time. Only knew he was a player from his tough side being mentioned by the Arizona commentators roughly every 3 seconds. So this was really enlightening.
Me: Tocchet prob has a lot Gordie Howe hat tricks
Google: He has the most Gordie Howe Hat tricks with 18
And Howe has 0.
@@SverigeiSverige Howe had 2
@@jessiegandhi4340 really? Read that he didn't have it. 🤔
@@SverigeiSverige i googled it and it says he did it twice
@@jessiegandhi4340 maybe he didn't do it in the NHL but did in the other league he played in
My favorite player growing up. My dad had a poster of him in our basement, and when I asked who was that (I was 5) he said "that is Rick Tocchet, you don't mess with Rick Tocchet" then he pulled out vhs tapes of some of his fights and that was my introduction to hockey. I've been a flyers fan ever since and wore the number 22 on every jersey in every sport I played.
I wasn't a Flyers fan but I liked Tocchet. I also had tapes of NHL fights and Tocchet was in a lot of those highlights. He wasn't a true heavyweight like Probert, but he was one of the fastest punchers I ever saw. Heard Tocchet beat up Lindros over some alleged shenanigans involving Brind'Amour's wife.
Rick grew up just around the corner from me in Scarborough.
His brand of hockey was the way we all played back then.
Al Arbour lived on his street briefly in the early 60's
And Tim Horton lived a few blocks away
They were the ( O6 ) days.
Coolstorybro,,,some scrappy kids in your hood. Thanks for sharing.
Dude was tough as nails. I was at the Pens-Hawks game in Chicago on 3/15/92 when he got hit in the face with a puck, left the game with a broken jaw, only to return to score two goals to a Penguins win.
He should be in the Hall of Fame. Tocchet for the Hall!
And now here we are in 2024 and he's doing SUPER AWESOME as Head coach of the Vancouver Canucks.
Yup🎉
80s and 90s hockey were a different beast.
Should be in the H.O.F.... so few players have ever had this unique make-up!
My favorite Flyer!!! The Tocchet/Zezel/Kerr mid to late 80s era was awesome.
As a nine year old Pens fan I really remember Tim Kerr driving me crazy back then
Murray Craven too!
Guys like Rick Tocchet, Dale Hunter, Pat Verbeek, Gary Roberts etc, make you kinda wish there was a "tough but skilled guy" wing in the HOF.
Verbeek was a pansy.
@@SIoyvenheaven1T800m101 verbeek was a great player and definitely not a pansy especially for his size
@@jalama334 Good player but a huge weasel.
As much as I hate all those guys I wouldn't put Verbeek in that group when it comes to toughness
Cam Neely and Shane Corson. Not Verbeek, lol.
It is so funny how penalty minutes were seen as added value to the player in those days.
it makes sense though, it was a tough league back then
That top line of Tocchet-Stevens-Lemieux is terrifying. And then there's Jagr, Francis, and Mullen, and a blue line with both Ulf and Kjell , and Murphy.
guys like Mitch Marner, W Nylander and such wouldn´t fare well back in the day.
Facts
@@chrisv384
Beast with the Flyaaahhhhhsss and Penguins.
Soft mittens to score goals, and then punch through your face before or after scoring said goals.
87 Stanley Cup line:
Rick Tocchet
Per-Erik Eklund
Brian Propp
👍
Stevens/lemieux/Tocchet line in nhl 1992-93 season. All three scored over 100 points
Who didn't score 100 pts in that 92 93 season
@@shawnsantanna2345 im talking about one line were each member scored over hundred
@@shawnsantanna2345 a lot! Most didn't!
I miss power forwards.
This guy was a warrior on ice.
Like propp yesterday, a borderline HOFer. Prolly just falls short.. Really good player with a nasty streak.
@@matthewdaley746 Tocchet pleaded guilty, more than just allegations.
@@matthewdaley746 i forgot about that. Yet they still let him coach in the NHL so..
@@victorsforza5578 HHOF and the NHL are two separate organizations.
@@deansmith6593 i get that but the NHL let him coach after he took a guilty plea for betting.
Best power forward ever.
I don't recall any Kings fan that at the time of the trade were in favor of it. But Tocchet had "courage" and "passion" and those were always two of Barry Melrose's favorite words.
A very good power forward.
My favorite player ever! 3000 PIM almost 1000 points , 1 cup and tough as nails!
yes! thank you Rick Tocchet i think iactually suggested his name for career review vid..though i am sure there were many others that did too..LOVED this guy during his Flyers days ...to me Tocchet and Hextall defined the the mid to late 80s Flyers ...also loved him on Team Canada in the 87 Canada Cup and alot ways reminded me of John Tonelli on the 84 Canada Cup team
the 2nd 'rocket'-fearless power forward-great mullet for the day...
Your next career video should be scott mellanby, keep up the great work, glad your channel has grown so much.
Rick Tocchet was a fighter.
Six teams? Mike Sillinger says, "Please, hold my beer." But what a career by Tocchet!
I always found it amazing that Rick ended up playing in Philly, Pittsburgh and Washington (not for long, of course). Those three teams being division rivals for so long, that's the triangle of hate right there.
Patrick Division, yo
He's my favorite player. I wear #22 because of him.
Could you do a career video on bob probert?
Rick Tocchet was my first favorite NHLer when he played for the flyers back when I was a kid
Rick has been my favorite player. Was super stoked he became our coach. Was not sure how good of a coach he was, but thought he was a bit under rated...Did well in Arizona. As a player liked him as soon as he touched the ice. I wanted to play like him if I had played more. Liked him more than Cam. If Lindros had stayed with Quebec he would have been up there..He was the most dominant player I had ever seen. Rick took on everyone back in the day. Even head butted Probert a couple times. Was a great power forward. One of the bestever. In my opinion.
Tocc’s a beast
I love you hockey history lessons. I only knew Tocchet as a player on a game that I play. Nice to hear a bit about his playing career. Thanks for doing that.
One of my favourite Coyotes, though sadly the decent Pheonix roster that couldn't win a round. Only had to wait another decade for that event!
That's a draft steal if anything! 121st pick played 1144 games and scored 952 points! I remember Tocchet quite well from the 90s.
How do you get that many points when you’re getting that many fighting majors? Scoring or setting up one nearly every 2nd shift? Even in the 80s, wow. That’s one busy guy. I guess taking shifts off wasn’t in his game.
Ask Al Seacord and Stan Smyl. They did it before him. Seacord with 44 goals and 303 PIMs.
No player today expends that much energy It was a harder game to play back then
I like Tocchet and when he came to the Caps, I was disappointed he didn't stay longer.
Can you do a career video for Mike Gartner please. Unless you have already done one.
big fan of Toc - was blessed to see him play many times. Floored me when the Flyers traded him.
Few things. #1, the only hockey jersey I(still) own is my Tocchet #22 Flyers jersey, the same one you're wearing in this video except I have the "A" on mine. #2, he is a vastly underrated player probably because it's easy to overlook his accomplishments because of the players around him. In Philly with the likes of Propp, Kerr, Howe, Zezel not to mention he was an enforcer of sorts. IMO one of the best fighters in NHL history. Then in Pittsburgh being overshadowed by Lemieux and Jagr. #3, I think the gambling scandal is what's keeping him out of the hall of fame. Even though he wasn't betting hockey(it was football) gambling is frowned upon in pro sports, at least it used to be. Now betting services are being advertised but I digress. IMO he has the numbers to be a hall of famer. He's certainly one of my favorite Flyers of all time. And Fun Fact: He had 72 penalty minutes during the 1987 NHL playoffs. Not one penalty minute came as a result of the pre-game brawl in game 6 against Montreal.
Flyers just announced that Tocchet will be inducted into the Flyers hall of fame this year.
I recall Tocchet's time in L.A. That was during the whole Gretzky-the-de facto-GM era. Robitaille had some choice words about Gretzky and lots of fans felt the Kings got short-changed, that Tocchet wasn't enough for a scorer like Robitaille. A year later, they went through the whole thing again when Gretzky insisted that the Kings had to acquire better players to "win now" or else he'd go to free agency, hence the trade of Tocchet for Kevin Stevens.
People outside of Philly forgot qhat a beast Toch was. They only saw everyone getting beat up by Philly and that's what the media focused on lol
I think Rick Tocchet’s biggest adversary was George McPhee. They had some great battles in the mid 80ies.
Tocchet had a very interesting career as a player. He probably deserves a video on his coaching career, given the colorful nature of it and the gambling scandal.
You have to do a Keith Tkachuk career video before the season starts.
Great player, loved the way he played. Do we have a career video on Dale Hunter?
Sim hockey with various games is a hobby aside from following actual hockey. I once had a game between the '85 Flyers and '93 Pens in which Tocchet fought...Tocchet. Credit to the sim for being conceivable. I could see Tocchet not getting along well with someone much like himself.
That white Philly jersey is the best ever.
Love the vids could you do Marian Hossa?
quiet news day??? Are we not talking about Eichel losing the C?
Great video can you do a video on glen wesley
Not surprised his head coaching stint was not mentioned.
First time when going through your list that I'm shocked (I already knew about some of the obvious one like Mogilny and a few others) aren't in the HOF, definitely should be, he's the only one anywhere close to Dale Hunter's kind of game! A guy I liked a whole lot as a kid when watching more games than I do now and also in the card collecting area.
back in the late 80s or early 90s while he was on the fliers. I watched him do a hat trick. could you find that game and post that hat trick?
Still waiting for Dave Andreychuk's career video :(
Great player just has almost like a Dale Hunter issue, theres one thing that IMO stops him ever going in. The gambling he was caught in I may be wrong but thats what I see Tocchets HHOF issue being (like Dales issue is the hit on Turgeon)
92-93 was the 84 game season
the 93 Islanders upset of the Pens is so comparable to the the 86 Flames upsetting the Oilers ...though i think the 86 Flames were better talent wise then the 93 Islanders ...the fact the Pens did not bounce back to win even one Cup ( Mario's health problems non with standing ) is still kind of head shaker to me
I have/had one never fail bar bet. Name the 3 members of the 30/300 club. Which players scored at least 30 goals in the same season of accumulating at least 300 PMs. Al Seacord, Stan Smyl, no one ever says Tocchet. You're welcome, Shannon. Seacord potted 44 goals the same season of his 303 PIMs.
Also, please name the 3 players who lead their team in both points and PIMs in the same season. Hint, 2 were Canucks.
My second favorite penguin of all time!
can you please do a video on theo fleury
You have been traded….dayum! Traded to play on Mario’s line……oh ok!
Tock Rocket!
Know Tocchet from his time with the Kings and it was obvious that Gretzky wanted to play with his friends and the Kings were going to do everything possible to keep Gretzky happy. Forgettable.
Have you done a Jagr career video, and if not, why?
Bobby orr
There is a rumor Tocchet maybe the reason Lindros lwanted out of Philadelphia. I don't normally believe rumors but this one may have some truth to it . The story goes Tocchet & Lindros had a disagreement in the locker Room and Recchi got banged up trying to break it up he was a Surprise scratch for a game . Jim Jackon & Gary Dornhoefer where calling the game and Jim Jackson said something about Recchi being a late Scratch . Gary Dornhoefer says something about boys being boys and started to say something else a Commercial dropped before he was finish talking . Years later the rumor that turned up was Tocchet & Lindros got in a so called figth Recchi got hurt trying to break brake the fight up
Mr. Almost 3000 PIMS
Pesky and in many cases in a good way. His scoring upside is underrated and, I believe, mostly forgotten by todays younger fans. I kinda have ambivalent feelings towards Tocchet but he was a big part of the teams he played for and great at what he did. You can argue he should be in the HoF even though I think the case for it is rather weak.
have you done ciccarelli yet?
Oh!
Absolutely a HOFer. Damn shame he isn't...When Mario, Wayne and StevieY lobby for you to be enshrined...good chance they know a thing or 2 about good versus great.
Funny he could score so many goals but any team he coaches for has a problem scoring goals lol
Tocchet spent about 2 full days of his life being penalized. lol
But not much spent in the penalty box. 😉
@@SverigeiSverige lol true 😂
The Alice In Chains song "Man in the box" fits him well
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its not intensity , its stupidity .. he was NOT helping his teams ..