Tiger Williams defends fighting in hockey, 1979: CBC Archives | CBC

In this clip from 1979, NHL tough guy Dave "Tiger" Williams of the Toronto Maple Leafs defends fighting in hockey and talks about a 1977 incident which saw him charged with assault with a deadly weapon: a hockey stick. For more classic clips, go to www.cbc.ca/archives
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[@whiskyboi312]

"If I have to beat somebody off...it's instinct" Man language in the 70s really changes in context applied 50 years later.

[@danski6694]

😂 😂 💦

[@billyrock8305]

The heart of a Tiger.

[@eddobrzeniecki6568]

Scary thing is that Williams was actually a decent player

[@molengat1]

Not really. His real legacy was the penalty records. But he was entertaining as hell! I saw him climb into the stands once to attack a heckling fan! He also delayed a game by 30 min because he slammed the penalty box door so hard that it broke the glass.

[@DeluxeSlayer]

True he even managed to get 35 goals in a season with Vancouver

[@stephenmiller2337]

He sometimes played on lines with great players like Darryl Sittler to help protect them. I'm not taking away from Tiger Williams skills, but if you play on a line with great players, you're gonna get some points. Tie Domi occasionally played on the same line as Mats Sundin and managed to get some good opportunities. Same as Probert when he played on a line with Yzerman.

[@alexkid2437]

Classic clip thanks for posting

[@eugenehayden1368]

Legend.

[@dirk8755]

he is so right about tv and how that is worse with all the bs etc....very well said!

[@lightningsmokerXx]

You Can see the Yuppy Era-Uber-Left-Wing was starting already back then getting is tentacles rooted in for the beginning of what we see today.

[@ThisWholeWorld100]

Great video!!

[@lostvlog6857]

Surprisingly articulate...

[@stevethompson6059]

What a great teammate Tiger Williams was

[@24BIGDYL]

The legends

[@SuperStrik9]

Tiger's a beauty.

[@leafyutube]

The NHL needs new rules to increase fighting.

[@leafyutube]

@Nightstalker_55_420 You must be born after year 2000. There was a world before 2000 you know.

[@leafyutube]

@Nightstalker_55_420 I was close. No surprise really.

[@leafyutube]

@Nightstalker_55_420 You're part of the pu$ sified generation so that opinion is expected.

[@gihun8346]

Fr hockey needs more old school stuff back

[@klunny998]

Tiger a real character

[@michaeljoseph8674]

Man this dude is just awesome..Old school and hes right ban starsky and hutch not fighting ahahahah..Todays nhl yeah talent is way better but it is so sterile..bring back old school

[@newyorkvulgarian8865]

1:58 couldn’t be truer today!

[@Dab980]

yeah 1:19 is awesome

[@joeyjusta-foul-o3305]

Once after a game the reporter asked what he's going to do next. At that time the NFL players were on strike but Tiger replied "I'm not sure, maybe I'll go down to California and take in a couple scab football games" Lol

[@joeyjusta-foul-o3305]

Oct 15 1987 he was traded to Hartford. There was a NFL stole that season

[@Al-cx5bp]

there it is,in a nutshell.

[@Jaydeyay]

@1:18......Come again?

[@mattstein70]

Startchkey and Hutch huh?

[@holaatyaboy6765]

Wait people had to defend fighting back then?

[@maggieandjim1934]

I get a kick out of williams talking about hitting howe and having some young guy of the bench going after him.....Howe did not need any help and would have made short work of williams.....end of story

[@user-cf1se1kk5x]

Doubt that, Tiger was an animal in his prime, Howe, ( as awesome as he was), was in the twilight of his career.

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

Howe rarely fought after his rookie and sophomore season. It was a waste of time for him for the most part. He'd get you back later with an elbow or some crafty stick work, when you least suspected it.

[@georgep2581]

When Tiger and Gordie Howe were team mates in Hartford ,they lived in the same neighborhood and Tiger would pick up Gordie and they would drive in together to work.

[@joeyjusta-foul-o3305]

Howe's elbows were notorious and he had to fight now and then but not like Tiger.

[@jockejocke1]

@@georgep2581 "When Tiger and Gordie Howe were team mates" ?? Are you thinking of Nick Fotiu perhaps? Because Tiger and Howe were never teammates.

[@ScottBeadle23]

1:19

[@mckessa17]

Hey Tiger I liked Starsky and Hutch, be nice.

[@Jaydeyay]

Hey it's Charlie Chaplin

[@lakeeriesailor2852]

one of the dirtiest players of all time, along with Bobby Clarke, Chris Chelios, Bryan Marchment, Dale Hunter, Mark Messier, Chris Nilan, Marty McSorley, Ulf Samuelson.

[@jooakorkiakoski5741]

Messier also

[@chrissiebawn9357]

😀❤🙏🌍👊

[@chrissiebawn9357]

😀😀😀🇨🇦💥💥💥

[@chrissiebawn9357]

👍😀🇨🇦

[@JimA-pp2nu]

Tiger gave Paul Holmgren a hand job in 1979

[@user-cf1se1kk5x]

Does anyone else see the resemblance to Justin Trudeau?

[@DeluxeSlayer]

Yes lol I thought it was Trudeau in the thumbnail before reading the title 😂