The Rangers were rolling along in first place but were in need of added toughness as the trade deadline approached for GM Neil Smith’s team. This was not 1994. It was 1991, three seasons earlier, with ...

Joey Kocur is one of those names that still strikes fear in opponents, even though he retired years ago. During his 15 seasons in the NHL, Kocur fought all of the toughest players of that era—often ...

DETROIT- Many of us have heard the story of how the Red Wings signed Joe Kocur out of a Detroit area beer league to play for the Wings back in the 1996-97 season. It made for terrific newspaper copy ...

Drafted by the Wings with the 88th overall pick in 1983, the Saskatchewan farm boy formed the “Bruise Brothers” with Bob Probert, perhaps the roughest, toughest duo in NHL history. In his first full ...