51-year-old Donald Brashear turns back the clock & drops the mitts
51-year-old Donald Brashear doesn't appear ready to hang up the skates anytime soon and for a fourth straight season, is playing in a senior hockey league in Quebec for the Wendake Black Jack.
During a game on Saturday night, the former NHL enforcer turned back the clock and dropped the mitts with longtime semi-professional tough guy Derek Parker, who had over 500 penalty minutes in a single LNAH game during the 2005-06 season.
There wasn't a whole lot of punches thrown between Brashear and Parker, with the pair mainly holding onto each other for over a minute. Eventually, Brashear got a hand free and was able to throw a couple punches, before Parker got his head stuck inside his jersey, falling to the ice, where they were separated by the officials.
For those who remember Brashear from his playing days at the professional level, he was no stranger to dropping the mitts. According to dropyourgloves.com, Brashear had 390 fights throughout his hockey career, including 277 in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and New York Rangers between 1993-94 and 2009-10.
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