[1990C4S]

If you can't remember Bobby Clark and Fred Shero then you have no idea what goon hockey is. None.

And if you can recall those teams but think the current format of the game permits 'goon hockey' then you have fallen victim to the pansification of the game. There are tough and rough teams, there are teams that hit more, that play the man at every opportunity, there are very very few goons in the game. Goons simply can not keep up with the play, they are a liability on the ice.

In the 70's there was (by todays definition) a goon on the ice at all times. Now there are teams that don't even dress a guy that fights.

For the purists that would decry this 'violence' and yearn for a less violent game: It doesn't exist and never really did in any sustainable and ongoing format or league.