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The Bruise Brothers - Hockey's Heavyweight Champions Hardcover – January 1, 2008

by Bob Duff (Author)

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Two of the most prominent heavyweights in the NHL history, Kocur led the NHL with a Detroit club record 377 penalty minutes as a rookie in 1985-86, becoming the first Detroit rookie to ever lead the league in this department. Two years later, Probert earned 398 minutes of penalty minutes, leading the NHL. During the 1987-88 season, Probert scored 29 goals and was selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game. During his career he was a two-time 20 goal scorer. Kocur left the Red Wings in 1991, won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1993-4, then returned to Detroit for the 1996-7 season, helping to win a pair of Stanley Cups for Detroit.

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Professional Hockey was a vast wastelan in Detroit through much of the 1970s and into the 1980s. Between the 1966-67 season and the 1985-86 campaign, the Red Wings played in a grand total of four playoff series, winning one of them. Things were in the process of changing, though. Steve Yzerman was taken in the first round of teh 1983 NHL entry draft, the sme year that the Wings also tabbed two other prominent figures for the team over the next decade, Bob Probert and Joe Kocus. The Bruise Brothers

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Currently the sports columnist for the Windsor Star, Bob Duff has covered the NHL since 1988 and is a contributor to The Hockey News and MSNBC.com. Duff's book credits include: The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower, Hockey Dynasties, Without Fear, Nine: Salute to Mr. Hockey, On the Wing: A History of the Windsor Spitfires, and The Hockey Hall of Fame MVP Trophies and Winners. Duff lives in LaSalle, Ontario, with his wife Shira and daughter Cecilia.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Immortal Investments Publishin (January 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0978977033
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0978977030
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 0.85 x 9.28 inches

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As sports columnist at The Windsor Star, I cover a variety of sports at both the local and professional level. I have covered the Stanley Cup final, World Cup of Hockey, Super Bowl, World Series, Summer Olympic Games, Ryder Cup, World Cup of Soccer and the Memorial Cup. I am also an NHL columnist for MSNBC.com and Hockey Weekly and freelance for such publications as The Hockey News, Beckett Hockey, Faceoff and Prospects Magazines. I am also a contributor to The NHL Guide And Record Book and Total Hockey and am listed as an honorary member of the Elias Sports Bureau. As well, I am a published author. My books include The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower; The Bruise Brothers: Hockey's Heavyweight Champions; Nine: A Tribute To Gordie Howe; Nineteen: A Tribute To Steve Yzerman; Seven: A Tribute to Ted Lindsay; and The History of Hockeytown.

Specialties: I serve as vice-president of the Society For International Hockey Research. I write a daily blog for The Windsor Star, do live blogging and film video from major sporting events and contribute to the production of the SIHR web site.