Chicago Blackhawks Greatest 100- #87 Dave Manson

If you grew up in the 70 or 80’s one of the reasons you watched hockey games was for the fighting, and Dave Manson was one of those guys that never disappointed.

I don’t care what anyone says about today’s game, but 1980’s and early 1990’s hockey was the best because it had tons of scoring and enforcers were part of the game, sure goalies weren’t very good back then but that’s a different story for a different post.

Enforcers are now gone from the game with the likes of John Scott and Raffi Torres no longer in the game. Sure there are still Ryan Reaves and Brandon Bollig‘s on 4th lines, but there impact on the game isn’t like it was back in the day.

The enforcer was out there to protect the…