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| - Clark "Jethro" Gillies (born April 7, 1954, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional player and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He provided both physical presence and offensive punch for the NHL's New York Islanders during their four-year run as Stanley Cup champions. In a career that spanned 958 games, Gillies notched 319 goals, 378 assists, and 1023 penalty minutes.
- Gillie was only involved in 71 fights during his NHL career, but was much regarded as the most feared fighter of his era. His reputation was established after his destruction of Dave Schultz on live TV during the 1975 Playoffs. Over the next few years, Gillies fought few opponents but beat them all with the exception of Danny Gare. Some of the other opponents he faced during that time included Tiger Williams, Terry O'Reilly, and Dave Hoyda. During the 1980 Playoffs, against the Boston Bruins, Gillies fought Terry O'Reilly four times and Al Secord once en route to the Islanders first of four Stanley Cups. The next year, Gillies was first embarrassed by Behn Wilson in a one sided loss and then beat Stan Jonathan easily. Over the next few years, Gillies was fairly quiet except for the KO of E
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| - Clark "Jethro" Gillies (born April 7, 1954, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional player and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He provided both physical presence and offensive punch for the NHL's New York Islanders during their four-year run as Stanley Cup champions. In a career that spanned 958 games, Gillies notched 319 goals, 378 assists, and 1023 penalty minutes.
- Gillie was only involved in 71 fights during his NHL career, but was much regarded as the most feared fighter of his era. His reputation was established after his destruction of Dave Schultz on live TV during the 1975 Playoffs. Over the next few years, Gillies fought few opponents but beat them all with the exception of Danny Gare. Some of the other opponents he faced during that time included Tiger Williams, Terry O'Reilly, and Dave Hoyda. During the 1980 Playoffs, against the Boston Bruins, Gillies fought Terry O'Reilly four times and Al Secord once en route to the Islanders first of four Stanley Cups. The next year, Gillies was first embarrassed by Behn Wilson in a one sided loss and then beat Stan Jonathan easily. Over the next few years, Gillies was fairly quiet except for the KO of Ed Hospodar. During that time, he also won three more Stanley Cups. During the 198384 season, Gillies fought the fierce rookie Marty McSorley and avenged his loss to Wilson in a very debated fight as to who really one. There have been various viewpoints and interviews conducted and most signs point to Gillies, and even Wilson himself declared Gillies the winner according to Gillies. In 1985, on New Year's Eve, Gillies almost fought a young Bob Probert, but the linesman stepped in before anything could happen. In 1986 signed with the Buffalo Sabres where he finished his career. During his last two years, he fought Shane Churla, Lyndon Byers, and Terry Carkner.
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