The Biggest Psychopath In Hockey....

Intense, unhinged, mean, and talented. He revolutionized puck handling for goaltenders while simultaneously striking fear into the hearts of his opponents with his aggressive stick play. Off the ice, he was just as unpredictable, known for his willingness to defend his teammates fiercely. Despite his remarkable skills, this goalies NHL journey wasn't a smooth one; it took until his debut season for him to find his stride. Once he did, he became a force to be reckoned with, delivering one of the most impressive rookie seasons in hockey history. Today, we delve into the story of this mad goalie, tracing his wild journey from junior hockey to NHL stardom. Hextall not only set a standard for goaltending excellence in the '80s but also left a mark with his unpredictable nature. While we won't delve into his later career as a GM, one thing remains clear: Hextall's legacy is one of both brilliance and unpredictability, a rare combination that defined his career and made him a beloved figure in Philadelphia. Join us as we explore the thrilling, unpredictable life and career of Ron Hextall. #hockey #nhl #ronhextall #philadelphiaflyers #newyorkislanders

[@RonanDahlman-ci1ql]

12:06 “Chevier is just getting murdered by Philadelphia’s Hextall.” Being said like it was another Tuesday is so funny.

[@86daytonaz]

Who didn’t wanna watch this guy play?…. A LEGEND!!!!!

[@roopan1968]

1994 😂😂😂😂😂

[@robjohnson3454]

How many cups does this guy have? You can’t be a legend when you didn’t do anything more worthy

[@smiffyOG]

​@@robjohnson3454lol what a dumb comment

[@MrJabez89]

Did you just say a legend didn't want to watch him play?

[@strongestnattyever-videos2247]

*All Philly fans are bandwagon fans… quickest to boo their own team*

[@TheFlamingPike]

I'm pretty sure that the Japanese people at Konami, when they decided to make a ice hockey video game, tuned in to the NHL to see what they could put in their game to make it appealing and fun. It was during that time that Ron Hextall had arrived in the NHL. I would bet that they saw footage of Ron Hextall going crazy. This could explain why the goalie seems so damn angry in that game and that he is pretty much the most dangerous player on the ice, destroying any player that touched him.

[@choppergunner8650]

Blades of Steel! Great game. The goaltender is always beating the ice and flailing his arms upward after a goal 😂

[@jockejocke1]

After his first 3 seasons in the NHL (including playoffs), his stats were: Was the only goalie to play in 60 or more games in all 3 seasons 122 wins 19 ties 3 shutouts 2 goals scored 23 assists 407 penalty minutes 6,260 saves Just crazy how he combined goalie stats with defensive d-man scoring stats and enforcer/goon penalty stats. He couldn't keep that up though, and after those first 3 seasons the magic was gone due to several different things. For starters, approaching his 4th season he chose not to attend training camp, and he held out due to contract disputes, and when he finally returned, with the season already under way (due to being suspended from the season before) he did not have a good year at all. He was constantly battling with groin and hamstring injuries which kept him out of the lineup.

[@Radwar99]

93 losses (you somehow forgot to include that)

[@askittsutube]

Thank you ​@@Radwar99

[@antti3779]

because someone sat his penalties ;)

[@faunbudweis]

Not to mention he was a great mole for Philly when he worked as a GM in Pittsburgh, the guy was on a mission to sink that team and he did! :)

[@richhickman6863]

He did the same to Philly before he moved on to ruin Pittsburgh. Flyers are still digging out of that hole.

[@PonderingPyramids]

@@richhickman6863I disagree. flyers are digging out of the Chuck Fletcher hole. Hextall draft picks haven’t worked out, but the cap problems weren’t Hextall’s doing.

[@jakedasnake7703]

I wouldn’t say sinked we were bound to drop off at some point anyways hextall just sped it up a bit now Dubas is fixing some of the problems and slowing it down 🤗 @faunbudweis

[@timtheenchanter6855]

Thanks for proving that only j@goffs come out of Philthadelphia...

[@chrisdaddy4637]

Wins a cup and this goof thinks he sank the team. What does sank the team even mean? Never heard that before

[@dfoleyusa]

Hextall was a unique guy at a unique time in the sport. Well deserved legend.

[@jayanxiety]

Hack-stall as we used to call him, underestimated Potvin. He assumed the small, unassuming goalie would get demolished. Boy was he wrong! Potvin held his own against the more aggressive Hextall. Still, I have to give credit where it's due. He was a great goalie who got the job done.

[@daryldarichuk2149]

I'll never forget that game. Potvin left him leaking 😅

[@BDuffProductions]

Will always be my favorite Flyer. When those posts clanked, you knew it was on.

[@cdubs9918]

Over 400 pim for a goalie is absolutely wild.

[@Jay9999]

Hextall, what a legend. I miss those days. Billy Smith was a battler too

[@loilt5091]

I was there…’80’s Oiler Season ticket holder. You can’t script this stuff; The Oilers faced the Islanders back-to-back…in both the ‘83, (we were swept) & ‘84, (we won, 4-1) finals. This was facing Billy Smith. For our 2nd & 3rd Stanley Cup victories, we battled Ron Hextall & the Flyers, in ‘85 & ‘87. Our fearless kamikaze, Glenn Anderson going full tilt at the then, non-magnetic moored goalie nets & those 2 legends, was not for the faint hearted!! 🇨🇦

[@QueensNewYorkguy]

@@loilt5091i hear ya buddy boy but you just showed how you can script this stuff 😂 and they did! Islanders and Oilers, new teams! Just like Vegas and Seattle Kraken, how do you get seats in those new teams arenas? Fix it for them to win!

[@dicksonfranssen]

Born in Edmonton I naturally hated both guys until I started playing goal. Then I understood.

[@dicksonfranssen]

@@QueensNewYorkguy Vegas! Worst team name ever, ugliest uniforms and helmets with gold paint?

[@Jay9999]

@@dicksonfranssen Goalies sure took a lot of abuse in those days

[@1980DEVILSREJECTS]

The Potvin fight was unreal. Potvin filled him in

[@smorgdonkey]

- never won a Cup - sucked in Quebec vs the Habs in 1993 - got destroyed by Felix Potvin in that fight - was a crap GM

[@brettpatterson404]

Still infinitely more accomplished than you will be even if you live to be 1000.

[@chawk678]

I met Hextall after his fighting suspension against Chris Chelios. I told him Chelios deserved it. He paused and with the slightest smirk said, "oh no, you can't do stuff like that". I replied, "you mean just not caught". He gave a FULL smile and said, "Nah, just can't do that."

[@zjsz4954]

Hextall was a madman

[@jonathanfeldheim6554]

Great video. I love Hextall, we all did. At the '96 Hockey World Cup semi0finals in Philly, USA v. Canada, the only USA player we booed was Chris Chelios. . . but getting to boo our star Eric Lindros because he was playing for the other team that one time, awesome.

[@daryldarichuk2149]

Felix potvin whooped his a$$

[@robtimothyfletcher5957]

I had every poster of Hextall on my walls growing up. I love this guy!

[@dylangriffin5778]

Im absolutely loving this hockey documentaries. Really good work man keep it up!!

[@dannycarlow8204]

The occasional soft goal is like saying he occasionally got a little angry. An absolute legend.

[@86daytonaz]

GOD I MISS THIS STYLE OF HOCKEY!… BEST YEARS EVER!

[@brettrossi034]

80s-early 2000s hockey ❤️

[@benkenobi_]

The 80s and early 90s were the greatest. The late 90s and early 2000s were the worst. Slow play, hardly any goals, they call it the dead puck era for a reason. ​@@brettrossi034

[@Vladdy89]

What style? Cheap dirt? Go watch some hobos fight under the bridge.

[@user-cj4df7vs7w]

Such a shame we don't see goaltenders like Hextall anymore.

[@dicksonfranssen]

I hated the guy but you're right, goalies all play the same style now and it's boring. One thing that drives me nuts is almost always being down on your pads. For years I tried the 'butterfly' style like Esposito, my knees are both shot.

[@suburbanindie]

We did--Rick DiPietro thought he was Ron Hextall

[@WarioSaysSo]

27# Ron Hextall Drafted: 119th overall by Philadelphia Flyers, 1982. # 13 NHL seasons - Representing 3 NHL teams: 2x Philadelphia Flyers (1986-92 & 1994-99), Quebec Nordiques (1992-93) & New York Islanders (1993-94). # 2 AHL seasons - Representing: Hershey Bears (1984-86) + 1 AHL game in 1989. # 1 IHL season - Representing: Kalamazoo Wings (1984-85) # 2x Stanley Cup finals: 1987 & 1997 (Flyers). # 1992 IIHF World Championship: 5th place (Canada). # Conn Smythe Trophy (play-off MVP): 1987. # Vezina Trophy (Best goaltender): 1987. # NHL first All-Star team: 1987. # NHL All-Star Game player: 1987. # 3x Bobby Clarke Trophy (Flyers MVP): 1987, 1988 & 1989. # Inducted into Flyers Hall of Fame: 2008. # Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award (AHL rookie of the year): 1986. # AHL First All-Star Team: 1986. # NHL RECORD: - Most penalty minutes by a goaltender in a single season - 113 (1988-89 season). # FLYERS RECORDS: - Most career games played by a goaltender - 489 - Most career wins - 240 - Most career playoff wins - 45 - Most career points by a goaltender - 28 - Most career penalty minutes by a goaltender - 476

[@robertkirchner8857]

I love his road to the NHL. Drafted very low. All over the place in youth hockey. His persistence goes to show young players hard work, gives you a chance to play at the NHL, or possibly even college hockey if you don't make it to the NHL.

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@robertkirchner8857 Yes indeed! You don't make the NHL but still is tallented or a great worker on the ice the college leagues and professional market over the Atlantic still is great solid! The money and leagues are great (after NHL that is) and good enougn, you can play for your national team in IIHF WC tournaments etc. Heck I would have easily taken that road if I did not cut in NHL but was better then generic in AHL.

[@craigharrison5406]

Felix Potvin laid a beating on Hextall. I guarantee he didn't expect that.

[@168charger]

There is no doubt about it. Hexi was a little Coo Coo for Cocopuffs!

[@hoskins666]

Miss when goalies had personality

[@iambiglucas]

Binnington has a bit of flair to his game. And has actually won the cup.

[@thomasbrown3127]

Canadian from Ontario, was a Make believe fan..Ballard and his crap jumped to Philly. It was Hextall that kept and made us true fans. Love you man! Thanks

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

Felix Potvin kicked his ass! lmao

[@Robert-fy2oh]

No one expected it, but Felix pummeled him big time.

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

@@Robert-fy2oh He was smart tho too, he let Hex gas himself out skating the entire length of the ice at full-speed lol

[@jayanxiety]

He completely underestimated the small, unassuming Potvìn. Felix truly fought like an alley cat!

[@davidhill-fe5qq]

I loved watching Felix Potvin eating his lunch... priceless.

[@paulbeggs3964]

Far from psychopath.you have not not watched enough hockey.passionate is a better word.i could name ten players that might fit that description better.

[@Thesongstaysthesame]

He think he’s bad all he wants but Felix Potvin tuned him in

[@BobbyGass5]

Yeah I was watching the game on TV and little Felix really surprised me at how tuff the kid was. He beat the shit out of Hextall. LOL

[@dannycarlow8204]

He knows he's bad. He didn't fight for the win when he fought, he fought for the fight. Anything to cause chaos.

[@chumwuka]

Great video essay!

[@gkarenko9593]

I remember Hackstall. Some huge battles against Edmonton.

[@marklaronde6614]

Potvin went toe to toe with nutcase and easily stood his ground.....

[@Beep-Boop101]

It explains his failed GM positions too many blows to his empty head

[@richardtwaddle759]

my favorite Flyers goalie

[@Kreege]

There arent any lunatic characters like hextall left in the league these days that give it the personality and intensity it used to have. Today's players are robots and the game just feels so sterile compared to the 80s and 90s hockey I grew up with.

[@dicksonfranssen]

This is why I don't watch any more. Besides that who has $2,000 to bring your wife & 2 kids to a playoff game just to eat an $8 hot dog.

[@Ontariosound]

Interesting that you didn’t show the complete fight with Felix Potvin….. a solid W for Felix ✅

[@MSZFilms]

Wish I could bro! The whole original intro was the fight, but the nhl didn’t seem to like that and kept claiming it!!

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

The flyers wrecked hockey for a decade. Hockey was always a rough sport but they turned it into thuggery. It lost its beauty for awhile. Now, it’s back and even better. Speed, passing, shooting.

[@berntjansson1157]

A true legend even in sweden

[@TimSempreForzaToroFVCG]

Great video was before my time but knew him as a GM What a character what a goalie

[@RayBecker]

If you're not from the Philly area, you can't appreciate Hexy. Hexy was and is Philly. We will battle and as long as you respect us, we'll just compete. If you disrespect us, we're going to take you to fist city. I was at the Spectrum for a game and during TV time, Hextall lightly wristed the puck down the ice. The other goalie gets the puck and wrists it back down the ice. Now the crowd is getting louder. Hexy fires the puck a little harder right at the other goal. Now it's getting really loud. Goalie shoots the puck back at Hextall. Still in TV time where the players are at their benches. Bldg is now at the loudest I've ever heard. Hexy winds up and drives the puck with everything he had. We went frigging nuts. Loved Hextall.

[@markkrull556]

Hextal was a great goalie and he does represent Philly. I miss those days.

[@MrOctober44]

He never came close to matching his rookie year

[@klummpskards5652]

Millhouse tied to the pipes I am Dead 🤣

[@WhtAbtBob10]

One of my all time favorite players.

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

Definitely not the biggest psychopath in hockey. Not even the biggest psychopathic Flyer.

[@MVProfits]

I loved his crazy style. Being bad tempered a bit myself, it was great to see guys like him succeed ha ha. I still rooted against him, not being a Flyers fan, but I liked his style and intensity. I recall the Chelios incident, but not the hit Chelios did earlier. He wasn't suspended for that???

[@roopan1968]

Pelle Lindbergh....may he continue to rest in peace . If he didn't pass prematurely, Hextall would never had played for the Flyers

[@krazyhorse-jr]

.. Hextall is an iconic goaltender , my friends would share some really crazy stuff about what they did to each other in the juniors , hehehe .. all in fun in the game we all love .. . 😂

[@gregpellegrin8713]

This guy said "goaltending excellence in the 80s" lmao lololol.......

[@franflanagan7300]

He won the Stanley cup mvp despite losing. That’s excellence.

[@djphlange]

I was born on the day he scored that goal in 89!

[@classic.cameras]

Hate the flyers but as a kid I loved Ron Hextall. He was a strange fella and fun to watch.

[@TheSoundOutside]

On what planet is a 6.57 GAA "just O.K.?"

[@MrOctober44]

Hextall completely choked in the playoffs when he was with the Isles. I've never seen a worse goaltending performance

[@KASeltzer]

In 94? He wasn't at his best but if they play that series 10 times the Rangers win 11.

[@teddymills1]

Goalies throwing haymakers. Lol

[@bb-gc2tx]

billy smith was a bigger psychopath and a better goalie

[@dicksonfranssen]

A *MUCH* better goalie!

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@dicksonfranssen battlin billy a legend not to mention first goalie wear colored goalie pads 🤣

[@gavin.clayton]

philly always got wild goaltenders🤣🤣 i always think of ray emery

[@MSZFilms]

Long Live Razor 💯💯🙏

[@cowetascore8476]

Billy Smith 2.0 when it came to goalie insanity

[@learnthesystem6622]

My dad played against Ron Hextall when he was 14 in Manitoba and said he was nothing special except that he was bat shit crazy. That all he remembers him for.

[@brettpatterson404]

And yet no one remembers your dad.

[@darrentoffan4216]

Hextall was my fave goalie, and fave player second only to Bobby Clarke..and I'm not from Philly, I'm in Winnipeg..

[@dbddecosta]

Entire organization wanted Cal Makar and instead he drafts Nolan Patrick.... so.... there's that..

[@toddm9501]

Billy smith was an ok goalie. He had hall of famers all around him. And a hall of fame coach.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

11:00 Is it just me, or is that mask very similar to the one Bob Froess wore, whe he was league leader in GAA (but I'm just remembering a hockey card that Froess had in the 85-86 OPC SET. it was the final card of the set, I beleive.

[@SurviveTheDay]

Man I miss those real goal pads. Big, heavy when wet and so cool looking. So much better than the sponge cushions goalies use today. Oh yeah, and Hextall was a menace on the ice. His goalie record for penalty minutes will likely never be beat.

[@xipingpooh5783]

Hextall takes it in the crease!!!

[@Kinger1625]

Hextall was a great goalie, and I love the fierceness he showed! I wanted Patty Wah Wah wah’s head on his platter! He was tough as nails, unless against Potvin. Roy was too scared to fight him hahaha!

[@leost152]

8:27 What number does this player wear 30 0 33, I don't know?

[@richardpatrick7701]

2 BEST goalie, no mess with me, Billy Smith and Hextall!!! My opinion.

[@snow_cap]

I 100% agree! So glad this wierdo has nothing to do with the pens organization anymore!

[@justinioanitescu6738]

Let’s mention his ‘94 playoffs .800 6GA

[@daveblock4061]

Hack-stall. He and Billy Smith

[@scooter29]

Felix killed Hextalls ass

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

28:50 I now have that photo erched into my Brain. How many times did you use it? Feels like 10. lol Should have asked me. I could have sent you 50 different hocky cards and 22 issues of the hockey news, from some of the best moments in these stories. I was a Hige fan of the man and cheered him, unless he was playing the Canadians!! I think we battled 3 times Montreal Vs, Ron Hextall 87 Flyers Won in 6 89 Mnt Won in 6 93 Mnt vs Qc. /Mnt in 6 Tough Goalie, tough man, Surprised he's done well, in a suit and tie. Good for Him

[@anthonydangelo3980]

Before he tore his hamstring he was a monster..winning conn smythe on a losing team..unheard of. After the injury he was never the same. Im sorry flyers fan here i couldn't stand him. Couldn't trust him. If those flyers teams from 95,96,97 had a legit number 1 they could have easily won a cup. It was the only weakness they had. Despite Colorado and Detroit being really good the games were all close except 1..he was giving up slap shots from blue line with no screens, off rush, was terrible on breakaways and one timer's, wouldn't put his stick down to cover five hole. So frustrating watching those great teams lose bc of their goaltending. Then he goes to la after botching Pittsburgh too only to win 2 cups in 3 years and going to conference finals 3 straight years 2012-14. Im also shocked he didn't hurt someone while playing but it was a different game and era. You could get away with murder in his playing days almost literally

[@ericfett9218]

Hextall did not play in game 7 at Pittsburgh in round two of the 1989 playoffs - Ken Wregget won that game and game one in the conference final in Montreal.

[@Ontariosound]

In the immortal words of the late Bob Cole “Wreeeeeeeeeegggggeeeeeettt”

[@pzajk]

what a story

[@frankharris1649]

Kalamazoo Wing!

[@user-oc8sr3ml9m]

Hackstall.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

13:30 NO. Hextall, not winning the calder, was not the biggest upset, in any time. Just my opinion but dont you think talking about end of season awards, before speaking of playoffs number to be confusing! For people who don't know. TROPHIES ARE VOTED FOR, BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS. So people deciding who was rookie of the was. That's why 'Manson' on skates' did not win it.

[@nateballou3321]

Goalies r just built different and r all maybe a lil crazy/whacky but Ron Hextall is different even for a goalie!!?? Hextall 2 hand chopping guys with his stick is crazy!? He could end guys careers doing that!!?? Those old wood goalie sticks r freaking heavy and solid and u can do serious damage to someone, and he hit that one guy right behind the knee with his stick!? That guy mustve been hurt pretty good!?

[@dannycarlow8204]

You read the title right? There's no joking when it comes to Hextall. He wasn't bluffing like Binnington does.

[@BobbyGass5]

Yeah he was a whacko for sure.... The Hextall's were like that. His Uncle Dennis Hextall I met in a Bar when he was scouting for the Red Wings. He was a dirty player during his career. Even Ted Lindsay didn't like him. Where I met him was at Dan Maloney's brother's bar The Ben La Mond on Main street here in Toronto and the Leafs used to frequent it occasionally and bring along their buds. It was my local bar before Maloney bought it. Anyhow Dennis was a real asshole to the waiter at the bar the one time I seen him there. Rude, belligerent and confrontational seems to be a family tradition. His Grandad Bryan Hextall wouldn't have liked the shenanigans his kids and grandkid got into on the ice. Gordie Howe said Bryan had class....

[@jtoedrag]

Penguins legend

[@dieselmaytwayashing9659]

Who would win hextal or chara?

[@fritzthecatdz7dv]

He was just a goon.

[@jirivodicka8965]

Nastat na celou NHL. Kurví to jen hokej...

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

2:34 Nice 71-72 OPC card. Trivia time: which longtime NHLer ,only teceived a Retirement card, in thr OPC/Canadian But he dod receive a normal card (with no special retirement on the front of thr card) . Made by the American, 'Topps Chewing gum release. Final clue. This player kept on playing, until the end of the decade.

[@deanb4799]

Billy Smith

[@dede13295]

What about Billy Smith...🏑🏒

[@smittyinwootown5640]

How many Stanley Cups did He Win ? Go ahead, You can say it. NONE. He couldn’t have been that good.

[@dannycarlow8204]

He won the Conn Smythe from the losing team when he lost to the Oilers in the finals. That doesn't happen often at all.

[@dicksonfranssen]

*ZERO* Feels good just to say it.

[@smittyinwootown5640]

@@dannycarlow8204 He was a Jerk from day one. Karma is a funny thing. No Cup for Him. Ever. 🤔

[@richardzink6026]

Loved his passion but did some stupid things

[@suburbanindie]

Hextall sucked! He had a good rookie season but couldn't win a Cup with the Legion of Doom, gimme a break. That's really what you want out of a goalie: PIMs. Guy is overrated AF

[@cindyrussell1581]

That's when fighting was awesome, in today's hockey you hit them and their crying like a bunch of babies.

[@cliffcaverley2377]

Why do hockey players have to fight, behave like this and act like children in the first place? Some mature conservative adults find this behaviour disgusting, immoral and childish. These players certainly can get away with fighting without being arrested.

[@dannycarlow8204]

@@cliffcaverley2377 Sounds like the women's game is more your speed.

[@YzerWings]

Haha. Yuup

[@lodestarsprayer5660]

Best LumberJack every to play goal! His Slash on Nilson was would have cut down a small Maple tree...Total Savage...

[@kennethpayne7874]

Billy Smith wanna be

[@G.....69.....]

Hex was awsome to watch