When Sammy died I was lucky to hear an interview with Tim Hunter. He made the point that Dave didn’t have too many fights ,but he was a real team guy who would do anything to win. Including sucker punching,gouging,tripping, slashing,hair pulling,charging,elbowing,high sticking biting etc
Say what you want but back in the day don't you think you would feel a little more confident with a guy like that on your team. That goes for anyone who has played any competitive type of hockey back in the 80's.
what i really remember about 83 finals besides smith stopping everything oilers threw at him was guys like messier and semenko going after the smallest guys on isles like anders kallur and thomas johnson but avoiding gillies and nystrom like the plague 14:05 look at fear in semenkos eyes scared to look nystrom in the eyes 🤣
This was when Dave was at the height of his powers , big , scary and unpredictable. The ultimate in an early 80's enforcer. Would he jump people? Absolutely but who didn't back then?
If you like hockey & watching super talented highly skilled players + fighting then hockey is for you & you can have the best of both worlds lol 😂 The fight(s) for the most part don’t last long (3-5mins) & then you can get back to watching skilled hockey 🏒
Dirty Dave Semenko. Too bad he couldn't play real hockey... just a major dirty goon who was one of five or six bodyguards for "The Overrated One". He was so much larger than most players. He should win most fights. Clueless commentators.
Boy do you have that right. The announcers on some of those fights must have been blind. He didn't win any of those fights unless he jumped the guy. Tim Hunter hammered in one of the fights. Semenko had no talent at all. Just a very dirty so called player. If he paired off with anyone his size he got his ass kicked.
Al McGuire once put a guy on the court vs DePaul who barely played for the sole purpose of goading DePaul's top center to fight. It worked and Marquette won a game they shouldn't have.
no not a knockout by a long shot he knocked him down. no knockout. even fight until semenko got turned around. Semenko was way past his prime . would of been interesting to see him in his prime against probert.
It’s unbelievable how people can’t wrap their brains around how Bob Probert was not the best fighter or even the toughest player in NHL history🤣 it’s ok guys, I liked probert also, however, Nick Fotiu would have slapped him around in his prime. Probert was good at throwing the right haymakers over the top and sloppy with his left. Most of these guys are not skilled fighters, just brawlers. Fotiu was a real fighter, with power in both hands and when upset, he could and did hurt people. He was a real boxer and reported to be a pretty good one, and sparred regularly with Gerry Cooney and other ranked Pro heavyweight boxers. So yeah, I seen Fotiu lose a couple of fights if you want to call them that, mostly rabbit punches and clutch and grab bouts with Patterson and Randy Holt and Nystrom and the 2 Mcilhargey fights were no big deal. Nobody ever did any real damage to Nicky. He never got TKO’d like probert did against Todd Ewen and bloodied by Troy Crowder and pounded toe to toe by Coxe. He even got tired and badly outpointed and gave up against Jay Miller. Nicky only busted Up that same Coxe and broke his orbital bone and slapped Behn Wilson around sending him tap dancing like Gregory Hines. Nobody ever stood against him in a boxing stance and threw with him and did well. Fotiu was never bloodied or TKO’d or even had his knees buckled by anyone’s punch. Best fighter and hardest hitter with the best chin ever in the NHL and I’m a Flyers fan, and you know I hate the Rangers. Gillies avoided him, So did O’reilly and Plett and Schultz and Tiger Williams. Behn Wilson was throwing beatings around the league against guys like O’reilly and Gillies and Jonathan and Plett among others, and after Nick smacked him good, he never bothered Fotiu again. Just because he didn’t have resume with every enforcer on it, doesn’t mean much, it goes both ways, ask yourself why Fotiu wasn’t on their resume?🤨
When Sammy died I was lucky to hear an interview with Tim Hunter. He made the point that Dave didn’t have too many fights ,but he was a real team guy who would do anything to win. Including sucker punching,gouging,tripping, slashing,hair pulling,charging,elbowing,high sticking biting etc
70 fights. I think some people think that all he did was fight.
As a young teenager playing and watching hockey, me and my friends would call him “Cement Head” Semanko.
That elbow LOL 7:25
That sucker punch 9:42 lol
That high stick LOL 14:33
Big man loved to sucker punch , in almost every fight .
and KO
Those were the days of *great* NHL hockey. How I miss those days.
Cement Head just appeared in my recommendations. And I'm ok with that.
Say what you want but back in the day don't you think you would feel a little more confident with a guy like that on your team. That goes for anyone who has played any competitive type of hockey back in the 80's.
Great One's Protector, he & McSorely!
what i really remember about 83 finals besides smith stopping everything oilers threw at him was guys like messier and semenko going after the smallest guys on isles like anders kallur and thomas johnson but avoiding gillies and nystrom like the plague 14:05 look at fear in semenkos eyes scared to look nystrom in the eyes 🤣
Al McGuire interviewing a hockey player about goon shenanigans? He coached some famous goon squads at Marquette - start there.
One less pixel, this would be radio.
That's funny!!
Not an honest tough guy but entertaining
Semenko super entertaining entire league was scared shitless of him
@@MrVictoria69 Did Cement head ever win a fight ?
Probert was scared shitless of him why'd you think the jersey came off so fast
@@MrVictoria69...lol
Tim hunter loved tuning semenko....
Sling blade
The dummies fighting probert pulled his sweater off....
Yellow hammer
I can watch 100 year old footage of events in refurbished 4 k, what happened in 1982? Gross footage!
The league's only 6th-liner.
Nice fight with Hunter.......P.O.S.
Cement head Semenko!
6:50 - pretty much!
Need more Semenkos, Wilson wouldn’t be doin what he’s doin...
This was when Dave was at the height of his powers , big , scary and unpredictable. The ultimate in an early 80's enforcer. Would he jump people? Absolutely but who didn't back then?
If you like hockey, watch hockey, if you like mayhem, watch cage fighting.
If you like hockey & watching super talented highly skilled players + fighting then hockey is for you & you can have the best of both worlds lol 😂 The fight(s) for the most part don’t last long (3-5mins) & then you can get back to watching skilled hockey 🏒
One of the dirtiest and cheapest enforcers ever. Just look at the elbow to Jamie Macoun's head at 7:28. Scary stuff.
Kicking, kneeing, elbowing, biting. I guess if he didn't do that he'd have been in a beer league somewhere.
He would usually win his fights by sucker punching the other guys.
Dirty Dave Semenko. Too bad he couldn't play real hockey... just a major dirty goon who was one of five or six bodyguards for "The Overrated One". He was so much larger than most players. He should win most fights. Clueless commentators.
Boy do you have that right. The announcers on some of those fights must have been blind. He didn't win any of those fights unless he jumped the guy. Tim Hunter hammered in one of the fights. Semenko had no talent at all. Just a very dirty so called player. If he paired off with anyone his size he got his ass kicked.
Aww, poor little guy is obviously jealous of Gretzky for some weird reason. Must be a shiity Flames or Jets fan......🤷
gretzky's bodyguard
Andy van Horrible....the best? ROFLMFAO
Al McGuire once put a guy on the court vs DePaul who barely played for the sole purpose of goading DePaul's top center to fight. It worked and Marquette won a game they shouldn't have.
Good old Cement Head. Hated that guy.
Saw the nite Probert knocked Semenko out.
no not a knockout by a long shot he knocked him down. no knockout. even fight until semenko got turned around. Semenko was way past his prime . would of been interesting to see him in his prime against probert.
I agree. Semenko was a tough fucker for sure. So was Probert though. Two of the best without a doubt.
Prime on coke probert against the burnt out out of shape semenko.
Pretty sure that one caused brain damage. Knocked him silly.
Probert wasnt doing shit until his jersey came off, watch it again.
He was a thug..seldom won a fight that didn't do a cheap shot on them
Semenko was a clown.
It’s unbelievable how people can’t wrap their brains around how Bob Probert was not the best fighter or even the toughest player in NHL history🤣 it’s ok guys, I liked probert also, however, Nick Fotiu would have slapped him around in his prime. Probert was good at throwing the right haymakers over the top and sloppy with his left. Most of these guys are not skilled fighters, just brawlers. Fotiu was a real fighter, with power in both hands and when upset, he could and did hurt people. He was a real boxer and reported to be a pretty good one, and sparred regularly with Gerry Cooney and other ranked Pro heavyweight boxers. So yeah, I seen Fotiu lose a couple of fights if you want to call them that, mostly rabbit punches and clutch and grab bouts with Patterson and Randy Holt and Nystrom and the 2 Mcilhargey fights were no big deal. Nobody ever did any real damage to Nicky. He never got TKO’d like probert did against Todd Ewen and bloodied by Troy Crowder and pounded toe to toe by Coxe. He even got tired and badly outpointed and gave up against Jay Miller. Nicky only busted Up that same Coxe and broke his orbital bone and slapped Behn Wilson around sending him tap dancing like Gregory Hines. Nobody ever stood against him in a boxing stance and threw with him and did well. Fotiu was never bloodied or TKO’d or even had his knees buckled by anyone’s punch. Best fighter and hardest hitter with the best chin ever in the NHL and I’m a Flyers fan, and you know I hate the Rangers. Gillies avoided him, So did O’reilly and Plett and Schultz and Tiger Williams. Behn Wilson was throwing beatings around the league against guys like O’reilly and Gillies and Jonathan and Plett among others, and after Nick smacked him good, he never bothered Fotiu again. Just because he didn’t have resume with every enforcer on it, doesn’t mean much, it goes both ways, ask yourself why Fotiu wasn’t on their resume?🤨
Excuse me fellas, but Schofield got the better of Cementhead here, especially in the early going. So who are you warning?
sammy landed more shots,,,,,,, he rocked dwight late in the fight too.
Glad he's out of reality
Dave "Cementhead" Semenko, hired bodyguard goon for Gretzky - Period.
And the horse you rode in on.
PUSSY GRETZKY
He'd have been carrying out bags at safeway if not for wayne.
@@brianfantana8510 - No, he wouldn't know what end was up.
Sather traded a first round pick to the Minnesota North stars for him
Overrated