Top 10 Dirty players of all-time?

I don't know Bob................only one Black Hawk on the list.

It's nice to see somebody separate dirty 'players' from the goons

Additional honourable mentions to those mentioned

Maurice Richard - when he retired, he was the NHL's career leader in goals, points AND Penalty minutes

Paul Holmgren

Terry O'Reilly

Brian Sutter

Chris Simon would have made my list over Wayne Cashman.

Bob

Cashman wasn't as dirty as Simon. The reason I say Simon is that he has the skills to play the game

Jacob

I saw Toe Blake play over 100 games, and he was anything by dirty. He had a very clean reputation (aside from winning the Lady Byng).

The rest of your list is good

I agree with most of the list no goons only dirty players. I'd take Howe off the list though. His elbows were not like Marchmant's or Prongers. He used them to fend off defenders and make his space. If you left him alone he left you alone. A couple of others though

Dave (Tiger) Williams,

the early Stan Mikita (lots of stick work),

reach into the farm in Viking Alberta and take your pick.

Dale Hunter had a couple of brothers that could hold their own as well.

Good question some of these guys were goons as well but most went out of their way to inflict pain.

Clarke

Lindsey

Hunter

Howe

Lemieux

Add:

Eddie Shore

Toe Blake

Marty McSorley

Dino Ciccarelli

Chris Simon

All those guys were also dirty players but messiers too high. I'd also throw Scott Stevens and Bertuzzi down the list

I like your list but I would take Dave Schultz off and add Bryan Marchmant instead of giving him honorable mention. I would probably include him at or about where you included Schultz. I would probably move Samuelsson to the top of the list as well.

A player should not get onto a list of dirtiest players if they were willing to defend themselves. I like Clarke on there, not because he wasn't willing to defend himself, but because more often than not someone else did it for him.

I agree with most but Messier. Messier was mean, but nowhere near Probert, Domi, Scott Stevens, McSorley, or even Pronger.

If Carcillo and Avery continuem they will have a valid spot in the books.

1-5 Pronger

6-10 Claude "The Turtle" Lemieux

Anyone mentioning Pronger and Bertuzzi simply hasn't been watching the game.

Nice list Bob.

You could also add an 11 to that list... TIE DOMI

a love to hate relationship you loved him on your team Hate him on the other team.

(year is foggy but) put Scott Neirdermyer out I think of the playoffs not sure if it was 2003 or not. but there was hell to pay during the next regular season game after that (I think I was at the game...all the posters calling for his head on a flaming platter!!!

Where's Bertuzzi or Mcsourley?

Bertuzzi should be kicked out of the NHL for that unnessessary hit from behind on the Avs player in 2004.

Remember a North Star named Willie Plett? Tomahawked a Goalie in the back of the neck once. Slapshot into the back of a ref that called a penalty on him once. Mean, mean, mean. Glad he was on my team.