Donald Brashear made his name in the National Hockey League through his fists.
He is considered one of the greatest strongmen in history.
He had to face several tough guys, including Bob Probert and Georges Laraque.
The latter was the biggest challenge from Brashear, who was slowly aging when Laraque arrived in the NHL.
This is what he mentioned during his appearance on Radio X earlier today.
On the other hand, that’s not what stood out the most in this twenty-minute interview, with Dany Houle, Jordan Boivin and Josey Arseneault.
At the end of the interview, Jordan Boivin asked a very specific question to Brashear, who is now assistant coach of the Quebec National in the LNAH.
Boivin wanted to know who was the worst coach Brashear had in his NHL career.
After a few attempts by the hosts, including John Tortorella, Brashear replied that it was Mario Tremblay, when he played for the Habs.
However, he wanted to clarify that he has absolutely nothing against the person, but simply that he was not made to be coacheven less in Montreal.
He also added that he thought Tremblay would have made a better assistant coach.
He loved to laugh with the players, but when a serious decision had to be made, he wasn’t the best.
The hosts then spoke about the famous incident between Patrick Roy and Mario Tremblay.
The two didn’t like each other at all at that time and things got heated (a lot) in the locker room.
Let us remember, however, that Roy and Tremblay reconciled over time and that they even did an advertisement together, a little less than three years ago.
Coming back to the incident, Brashear briefly discussed what it was like in the room when he played for the CH.
“I was reminded of the minors. I get there and at one point he (Patrick Roy) and another guy got into a fist fight in the bedroom. And when Mario arrived, he was fighting with… What impressed me was that they were roommates avant. » – Donald Brashear
“The other” in question hasn’t been named, but the fact remains that Brashear has seen some stuff in his career.
The 52-year-old did not elaborate more than that on the reasons behind his choice of the worst coach he had.
Other very interesting topics were discussed during this interview.
One comment Brashear made that surprised me a little was that he openly said he was never one for fighting.
I guess he did it because it allowed him to reach his dream of playing in the NHL and he really wasn’t bad, either.
But he mentioned this following a question on the abolition of fighting in the QMJHL.
Let’s just say I didn’t expect him to have always been against fighting in hockey.
In short, good luck to Brashear as assistant to the new club in the LNAH, the Quebec National, which is playing its first game ever this evening.
In burst
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– To read.
