Robert Alan Probert (June 5, 1965 - July 5, 2010) is Canada's front professional ice hockey. Probert plays for Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks at the National Hockey League. While the players are successful with several steps, including those selected for the all-star Campbell Conference team from 1987-88, Probert is renowned for his activities as a fighter and enforcer, as well as being half of "Bruise Brothers" with it -Red Wing timmate Joey Kocur, 1980s and early 1990s. Probert is also known for his ice-cold antics and legal issues.
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Play career
Before playing with the Detroit Red Wings, Probert with Brantford Alexanders from the Ontario Hockey League. After being recruited, he spent another season with Alexanders before spending the 1984-85 season with Hamilton Steelhawks and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds from OHL.
Probert was designed as the fourth pick in the third round (overall 46) in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, where Red Wings also chose Kocur and Steve Yzerman.
During the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons, Probert spent most of his time with Red Wings while occasionally playing for the Adirondack Red Wings minor league affiliate of the American Hockey League. In the 1985-86 season, he finished third in the team in the penalty spot behind Kocur and Randy Ladouceur, both playing more in the regular season than Probert. In the 1986-87 season, Probert collected just 24 points, but collected a 221-minute penalty.
The 1987-88 season was the pinnacle of Probert's career. He solidified his reputation as an enforcer with 398 minutes of league-leading penalty, the highest total single season sixth in NHL history. He also tied for third on the team with 62 points, and played in his only NHL All-Star Game. In addition he contributed the most points during Red Wings playoff play, in which Yzerman lost all but his last three games with a knee injury.
Probert's career reached an obstacle in 1989 when he was arrested for possession of cocaine while crossing the Detroit-Windsor border. US Customs agents in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel found 14 grams of cocaine hidden inside Probert's pants. He spent three months in a federal prison in Minnesota, three months away at a halfway house, and indefinitely suspended from the NHL. NHL lifted the suspension at the end of its term. Probert was initially ordered to be deported to Canada after his conviction, but he immediately appealed. The appeals process allows him to continue his career with Red Wings, but forbids him traveling with the team to Canada, as he will not be allowed to return to the United States. The issue was resolved on December 7, 1992, when the Immigration and Naturalization Service filed its appeal, restoring its travel rights between the United States and Canada.
When Probert returns to Red Wings, he temporarily becomes one of the alternative team captains alongside Gerard Gallant. While his penalty minutes remain high, he also averages 40 points per season. During his last season with Red Wings, he collected just 17 points for the team.
By this time, Probert was once again in trouble with the law. On July 15, 1994, he suffered minor injuries when he crashed his motorcycle into a car in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. The police decided that the alcohol content in his blood was about three times that of the legal limit, and that there were also traces of the amount of cocaine in his system. At the time of the accident, Probert had been governed as an unlimited free agent. On July 19, Red Wings announced that they would not offer him a contract. "This is the end," said senior vice president Jim Devellano. "In my 12 years with the organization... we never spent more time on one player and his problems than we had at Probert."
Fight
Probert often sees it as his job to protect his comrades, especially the Detroit captain, Steve Yzerman. In a 2007 news story, he recalled a time when he smoked Kevin Maguire offenders from Buffalo Sabers (December 23, 1987) after Maguire attacked Yzerman. Maguire then fails to try to avoid Probert.
Some significant slopes in Probert's career include:
- Old competition with Toronto Maple Leafs' Wendel Clark.
- Two long quarrels with Craig Coxe from Vancouver Canucks in the mid-1980s.
- A series of battles that include Tie Domi's joint career from New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, and Toronto Maple Leafs. One of Probert's impressive confrontations is also the origin of Domi's now famous movement belt, in which he gestures to the crowd as if he has a title belt at his waist.
- An exhausting series of strife with longtime defender Stu Grimson, including a fight in December 1993 when the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim made their first visit to Detroit.
- The unforgettable fight on December 17, 1993, with former team mate Joey Kocur of Rangers, during a fight involving several players from both teams. Probert and Kocur have snatched the nearest opponent without knowing who it is, and continue trading blows even after they identify with each other. Later in Probert's career, he will face Kocur several more times when he was with the Chicago Blackhawks.
- The fight on February 4, 1994, against Marty McSorley, then the Pittsburgh Penguin, lasted nearly 100 seconds.
- Some fights against Montreal and Vancouver enforcer Donald Brashear.
- In a match against Colorado Landslide on 12 January 1999, Scott Parker, a potential enforcer, drove to Probert and snapped his fist; challenge him fighting. Parker is currently heavier, taller and more than ten years younger than Probert. After spinning around each other for a few seconds, the two men took their respective T-shirts. But the fight was canceled after just 11 seconds when Parker almost fainted from four right-handed hands from Probert without throwing one of his own.
- Fight Jody Shelley in each of the three periods in a 2-1 Blackhawks victory over Columbus Blue Jackets at United Center on 10 January 2002. Three fights by two equal enemies in a single NHL match will be achieved fourteen years later when Evander Kane and Alex Petrovic did so on February 9, 2016.
Community engagement
He actively supports young hockey players in the community, and often buys tickets for children who are unable to go to the Red Wings game. He encouraged young fans in 1989 to pursue calm and challenge him to a contest where he predicted he would surpass him. On August 18, 2011, the man had 23 years of serenity.
Retirement
After the 2001-02 season, Probert was placed on lightening by the Blackhawks. Since he was not picked up by other teams, he was told that his role with Blackhawks would be limited, or even lowered to play in the minor leagues again. On November 16, 2002, Probert chose to "unofficially" retire so that he could join the Blackhawks radio broadcasting team. He finished fourth in the NHL list all the time with 3,300 minutes of penalty.
His job with the Blackhawks radio team did not last long. In February 2003, it was reported that Probert returned to rehab. During the 2003 offseason, Probert officially announced his resignation.
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In media
Probert, along with former teammate Joe Kocur, is featured in a book called Bruise Brothers by Bob Duff.
Literary works
Prior to his death, Probert had worked on a memoir with Kirstie McLellan Day, the best-selling autobiography co-author Theo Fleury Playing with Fire . Probert's widow Dani decided to respect his desire to tell his story and continue with completing the book. "Tough Guy: My Life on the Edge" was published October 26, 2010 by HarperCollins Canada.
Probert regularly appears in a charity game, speaks at the service, and holds a youth clinic. His activities as a Red Wings alumni were somewhat limited by the fact that, due to his criminal history, he requested the release of immigration whenever he wanted to cross the border.
On 2 January 2007, Probert appeared along with many other former Red Wings teammates in honor of retiring from Steve Yzerman's number 19 at Joe Louis Arena. He wore a Red Wings shirt number 24, and helped his former teammate Vladimir Konstantinov to ice for the ceremony. The Detroit crowd gave him a very warm welcome, which he later said he appreciated. He still watch the game with Joey Kocur behind the penalty box.
This was recorded as a possible reconciliation with the Red Wings organization. Apparently it worked, because Probert became a late addition to January 27, 2007, Red Wings alumni of the game against Boston Bruins alumni at Joe Louis Arena. He scored and two assists, although the Red Wings alumni lost the game 8-6.
Probert recently worked on the film Mike Myers 2008 The Love Guru , making a cameo as a hockey player. He commented on the irony given the number 28 jersey to wear in the film - the same number worn by old rival Tie Domi.
In 2009, Probert participated in the Canadian skating reality television series Battle of the Blades featuring paired skating figures from male hockey players and female figure skaters competing with other couples. Probert partnered with Kristina Lenko.
Legal issues
On June 4, 2004, Probert was arrested for allegedly parking his sport SUV on the wrong side of the road and into a drug argument with observers. Some police intervened and had to subdue Probert with taser and stun gun. He was later released on all charges related to this incident.
On July 1, 2005, Probert was arrested at his home in Windsor (Lakeshore) for a breach of peace, refused arrest, and attacked a police officer. Probert's lawyer, Patrick Ducharme, advised the media, "I anticipate he will plead not guilty and go to court." Probert was arrested again on August 23, 2005, at a bar in Tecumseh, Ontario, for violating two conditions under his guarantee that he is not consuming alcohol or being in a company serving liquor. He was released after paying $ 200 CAD guarantee. All allegations arising from the arrest on July 1 were eventually canceled.
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Death
Bob Probert died of a heart attack on July 5, 2010. During a severe heat wave, while boating on Lake St. Clair with her children, father-in-law, and mother-in-law when she developed what she described as "severe chest pain" and collapsed around 2:00 pm local time. His father-in-law Dan Parkinson, Cornwall, Ontario, the police chief, tried CPR to save his life. He was rushed to the Metropolitan Campus at Windsor Regional Hospital without vital signs. His attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was declared dead in the afternoon.
The funeral service was held July 9, 2010, in Windsor, Ontario, and was attended by several former teammates and opponents, including Dino Ciccarelli, Tie Domi, Chris Nilan, Gerard Gallant, Doug Gilmour, Stu Grimson, Joey Kocur, Brad McCrimmon, Darren McCarty and Steve Yzerman, as well as general manager of Red Wings Ken Holland and owner Mike and Marian Ilitch. Yzerman delivered the speech. In recognition of Probert's love of riding a motorcycle, his funeral procession was led by a group of motorcyclists, and his coffin was transported on a special motorcycle. Probert survived by his wife, Dani, and four children.
The Probert family announced, on September 25, 2010, that his brain will be donated to the Sports Legacy Institute to help researchers studying the effects of concussions and other sports-related head injuries. In February 2011, it was announced by researchers at Boston University that they have found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Probert's brain. But the findings were not officially revealed in the press until the end of Wednesday, March 2, 2011, by The New York Times and The Globe and Mail in Toronto.
On Sunday 9 April 2017, the Probert family spread his ashes in the Red Wings penalty box in Joe Louis Arena's last game.
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Career statistics
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Recordings
- Detroit Red Wings franchise record for career penalty minutes (2.090).
- The Detroit Red Wings franchise record for a penalty in one season (398 in 1987-1988).
- 5 all the time in the penalty minutes (3,300).
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See also
- List of NHL players with 2000 career penalty minutes
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Further reading
- Probert, Bob (April 2007). "What a Journey It's Been". On Play! Magazines . Retrieved July 6, 2010 . Ã,
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References
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Legends of Hockey, or Internet Hockey Database
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