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In the annals of Penguins history, perhaps no player cultivated a more fearsome reputation, or earned a more colorful nickname, than left wing Bob “Battleship” Kelly.
“Kelly was the guy who took care of everybody,” former Pens teammate Rick Kehoe recalled. “He was our enforcer.”
Fighting was his stock in trade. Few players of his era did it better. During a long, grinding six-season apprenticeship in the minors his teammates dubbed him “The Smiling Killer.” I always thought of him as Clint Eastwood on skates.