'I Could Have Died!' | Marty McSorley's HORRIFIC Attack On Donald Brashear 

WHY ARE WE YELLING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VIDEO

The Bruins only made the 2nd round in 1998-1999, not the conference finals. Lost to the Sabres in 6.

Marty and probert were why i watched alot of hockey in the 90s

I hated it so much when the B's picked up McSorley, but even I was surprised how bad it ended. Brashear was a piece of crap too, though.

Trouba did this same thing earlier this season and the NHL made an excuse for it. Had Brashear worn his helmet correctly he’s probably not out 20 games and McSorley probably doesn’t get suspended for as long as he was.

2:00 Ha! Burger King jersey. Terrible terrible jersey

Why does Brashear's helmet keep coming off? Half the footage his helmet is off. Been playing hockey for 20 years never lost my helmet once.

Why is nobody talking about Brashears helmet? When he landed on ice, the helmet was off. If he had used the helmet strap as it is created for, he wouldn´t been injured. Helmet is used to protect the head, but players, even today don´t tighten the strap.

People often forget that many of these enforcers were also skilled players. Goonery was just part of the game. Despite the NHL’s overall softening, nothing gets the crowd on its feet faster than a good old hockey fight…

I’m more pissed about his curved stick in ‘93 Final. Brashesr was a pos

I remember this game well as a fan in Vancouver. I didn’t think it then and I don’t think now that the slash was the dirtiest thing I ever saw. It’s not even close. Dirty? Sure. Suspendible? Naturally. It was pretty surprising to me that Brashear would be seriously injured from the slash. I imagine it had more to do with him falling and hitting the back of his head on the ice, with his loose helmet flying off. The suspension was extreme mostly because the optics were so bad, and the video got so much attention - and it embarrassed the NHL enough that they chose an extreme response to protect their brand. The attention in Vancouver also led police to lay charges. Let’s be clear. If injuring a player was to be prosecuted as a rule, the docket would be full hockey players at all levels. This case has very strong parallels to the Bertuzzi incident. In that case, a player who was expected to fight due to giving a concussion to the Canucks captain in a previous game refused to do so repeatedly - and exposed himself to the sort of action that fighting is supposed to replace . Moore was put on the ice by his coach just before the end of game specifically to face the music lest the Canucks take their anger out on the teams star players. It was expected of Moore to fight and he wouldn’t. In both cases, if you asked NHL players of the day off the record , they would not condemn either player for their actions. The reason being that they or their teammates could have also found themselves in this predicament. A player will be held accountable one way or another, and bad things happen when you refuse to be accountable. That’s a reality that many casual fans and the wider public doesn’t understand. These unofficial codes about fighting are about the players self regulating fighting on their own terms and for their protection. Marty was part of the old school tough guy that followed the code about being an enforcer and fighting. In Brashear’s position, it was absolutely expected that you would answer the bell if you are taunting your opponent. The players know it and generally accepted it. Right or wrong, Brashear opted to do the very things he knew would infuriate McSorely and his refusal to answer the bell - just as Steve Moore did in his incident. Had they stuck to the accepted players norms, each would have been far better off. That fact is often lost on fans. That’s certainly how the NHL players would see it and the outside observers opinions don’t matter much if we are being honest. They don’t have to suffer the consequences of what happens when unofficial codes on fighting are ignored and things devolve into widespread mercenary actions of loose cannons. That’s what the codes are designed to prevent. People outside of hockey will say their is just no place for such violence in sports and will condemn anything that is violent. They are re entitled to their opinion but they don’t have to live with the unintended consequences of “fixing” the problem. As such, the players will simply ignore them.

Marty wasn't protecting Gretz that night in Toronto '91 when he tried to take Gilmore's head off. This guy was an ass clown.

Mcsorley was the coolest player, loved watching him. In Los Angeles he was great

It's pretty wild how such reprehensible and unforgivable behavior was essentially tolerated, or at least punished very differently compared to today. I got into hockey in the 90-91 season in my tween years and saw more of the tail end of it but the 90s were still pretty brutal. Essentially anytime Scott Stevens was still playing was still the brutal, intent to injure era.

*Eastern Conference Finals in 99 was Buffalo and Toronto.

Wayne Gretzky couldn't have a better man for a Bodyguard than Marty McSoreley!

Lets just be honest here Brashear was no saint

Teddy Green and Wayne Mackie was the worst hockey assault I ever saw. Worse than this!

Brashear was a thug too to say the least. McSorley actually had SOME skills while Brashear had none at all. Hockey has not become "better" or "safer". It's pretty boring now, with no intensity at all.

Don’t pick on the other team’s stars and expect to get away Scott free. Motto from the good ‘ol’ days.

At least Marty didn't assault an innocent civilian in his apartment building. That was Brashear. The goon.

That was the first grade 3 for anything brashear

This was a great video but i felt like i was being yelled at the whole time

Bertuzzi on Moore was still worse

People fail to mention the reason McSorley was losing his mind was because Brashear ran the goalie. Thanks for including that part! Brashear would rather taunt the bench after he sent the goalie off on a strecher then fight Marty again. But the coaches are just as much to blame. Canucks send the goon out with 30 seconds left , So of course Boston has to send out McSorley . Had Brashear just fought him again it never would have happened. And besides all that, he didnt even slash him that hard, I been double handed tomahawked right over the head and I didnt go down. Dave Browns shots to the head of Tomas Sandstrum were way worse .....And he did it twice!!!

That was a clean hit! Good hockey play.

He was Mack the co-pilot in Con Air

This incident and Todd Bertuzzi’s hit on Steve Moore defined the post Gretzky NHL era before the 04-05 lockout

When he was on the Kings, he was Dave Coulier to Gretzky's Bob Saget.

Nothing compared to what almost happened with that neanderthol Chara and Pac in 2011

Brashear: “mama, I finally passed my grade tree!”😂

All I know is that I’ve met quite a few professional hockey players in situations where it was the time and the place to make conversation. Marty McSorley was the most affable of any of them. Made time to talk hockey with me and my friends, bought us a round of drinks and even talked about the Brashear incident and was very candid about it. I have a very good bullshit detector and none of it was an act. Very nice man and I’ll never say a bad word about him.

The voice over guy's high pitched voice is a bigger crime than whatever mcsorley did

Brashear received karma all at once

If you watch it in slow motion, Marty did go for Donald's shoulder pad. But at the end of the day if you bring your stick up that high you run the risk of something bad happening. In which case it did.

I remember watching the game on tv i'll never forgive mcsorley for that

The Bruins Dave Forbes attack on Henry Boucha was way worse. He never regained much vision in his right eye and his career ended because of the attack.

Brashear was a great Flyer for four years

Worst thing I ever saw in any hockey game...

I remember Brasher playing for the Fredricton Canadians and getting his ass beat by the animal frank billows of the st.johns maple leafs. Toughest guy I ever seen fight and I remember the banner saying welcome to the animals house!!!

Thinking?

Some Elite Athletes, Who Mostly Only Experience Winning In Their Sporting Life, Have Little Emotional Practice Or Opportunity To Properly Deal With Losing...Since It Seldom Occurred To Them. I Myself...Have Lost Many More Times Than I Have Won...For Me, It Is Simple To Be Gracious In Defeat. The Majority Of Sports *Stars Know Where The STUPID LINE IS. Emotions Can Run Wild...The Speed Of Hockey Is Explosive💥 Do You Remember "Tie Domi's" Mental Slip ...When He "Lost It" And Elbowed "Scott Niedermayer"? I Love "Tie" But, He Did Pull Off A Bonehead Move. Emotions Run High. Thank You

Why are you even still talking about this? This one incident does not define Marty McSorley. Have you ever played hockey?

The good ole days of hockey

How would folks rate what Marty did with other acts of anger management like that of Rodman,George Brett,Woody Hayes or Bob Knight????

Marty Mcsorley was in bad boys with Will Smith 🤣

His illegal curved stick is his legacy.

Mcsorley took it too far, but Brashear injuring the Bruins goalie and then mocking the bemch earned him some serious payback. Never go after a goalie! When Marty wanted to fight and Brashear chickened out, it showed who the true coward was... Then Marty should have just kept getting in Donalds face until the cowards dropped his gloves.

It was always humorous to hear McSorely name drop whenever he'd get himself in trouble. Then you'd hear Gretzky, Coffey, Messier repeat the same defenses of him word for word.

1988: Dino Ciccarelli hits Luke Richardson pretty hard with his stick. Richardson still standing 2000: McSorley BARELY tapped Brashear and Brashear is a little bitch about it

believe me Mcsore was the real deal & he was loved here in LA even after the fat stick incident & I AIN'T TALK'N THE HEAD SHOT FOLKS! In any case what I loved about Big Mac was he never ever backed down & Bra had his number, Mac still was willing after 9 rounds of which he lost more then to anyone else, that's a player! & he scored some big big goals for us always when we needed it so badly every now & then he would come through. Had a beer & a hot dog with him at the Staples Center VIP Stogie with Rogie night he spoke to everyone came by to speak with each & every person that night then he'd go back to a quite far corner & wolf 3 more hotdogs, great guy.

Friend of mine got stuck in the middle of a high school fight between Probert and Corson. He shit his pants ducked out and got the hell outta the house.

McSorley is a psychopath. he has zero remorse and still tries to blame Brashear for his own actions.

It appears this only applies to players on U.S. visiting teams. McSorely, Cicerelli, Chara, but when Gallagher throws out his chicken wing that seems to be ok! Maybe this is why a Canadian team hasn't won a Cup since '93? KARMA.

The NBA took this to a new level of Flopper.

Too hard to take Marty acting like he was the victim of this.

They should’ve thrown brash out of the game for running the goalie and this wouldn’t happen same with Steve Moore if he was kicked out and suspended for that vicious hit on naslund things would have been different it’s boils down to the refs and the league not doing enough to de escalate situations

I love hockey you are a protector I spent 15 years with my son in New York City on the ice he was a little Gretzky Crosby 8 goals in one game my son and the Vengeance on the ice tired of fighting with referees of stupidity hockey is life the rest is just details my mom bought me that shirt but you what you did with your sick is unreasonable I'm not the referee they are stupid the NHL is fixed I'm done I'm done

Marty is a fuckin joke for that hit, probably shouldve seen jail time

Safer game?? Show me the stats that add up to it being "safer". The slew foots and chicken wing hits to the head etc etc.. There are still targeted injuries. Lots...

What goes around comes around. Karma at its best.

I think you're wrong about grotesque violence within NHL because Tony Granato had the MOST flagrant foul of anyone. Cover THAT!

Worse than the Bertuzzi incident, in my opinion!!!

I always called him Marty McSorehead!

Nothing will match Matt Petgrave

I'm not saying what Mcsorley did wasn't bad but nobody ever mentions The Rocket who broke his stick over a player's back and than punched a linesman. No we name a trophy after him??

The bruins only made round 2 in '99 not the conference finals.

This will be unpopular, but Brashear had it coming. He had to know that with that behaviour and refusing to fight something was going to happen.

It should have not involved the police. A 10 game suspension would probably been fine. McSorley lost his mind for a moment and went over the line as has happened many times in the game. Still, Brashear, no choir boy, was taunting and showing no class at all. And he knew better. He knew the culture and unwritten rules. Hockey, going way back before my day in the 70s, was a violent game. Everyone knew the danger. It was part of the attraction. That feeling before starting was palpable. A total rush, unknown and unwanted by the current generation. Oh, it was good. Competition was fierce. The game policed itself. Skilled players were balanced out by guys less skilled but willing to look past their fear and take on whatever came at them. I was always a small guy (140-145) but never turned down a fight. It always felt good to know that you "showed up". Today, in our risk averse society, the focus on everything is on safety. That's what the people want and I'm an anachronism. I get that. But they took a great game that was almost primal in its attraction and turned it into figure skating with a puck. Yes, the skill level today is better than ever, and no one ever has to worry about defending themselves or their mates. Not saying that it is better or worse; it's just 2 separate sports now. I miss the hockey that was played for the first 80 years or so and am bored by the game of today. Others, dare I say most, do not. Masculinity is being slowly drilled out of boys...it's toxic, violent, scary, or whatever. Or so they say. Today's men believe it's honorable to hide behind an authority figure, even a woman, when facing danger. Old time hockey and its attendant moral structure are no longer valued, not in the sport or in life. And that is a shame.

The last straw was Brashear flexing his muscles in front of the Bruins bench lol what so McSorley then goes to takes his head off & kills Brash with an Ax chop but thats not what he was trying to do!?!?

2:47 Don't you mean the Bruins were "struggling"? I thought "scuffle" means to fight. (The video is about fighting but you're describing the Bruins' recent losing streak. They were struggling.)

I remember Gretzky talking about this in an interview afterward. He said Marty, "Wasn't that guy." Except we caught it on video, so he was that guy.

If Mcsorely wasn't a hockey player in that era, guy would have been a criminal thug...just a joke of a human

Just wait Mattias 😂

I am surprised that he wasn't even banned from Hockey, or any other Hockey leagues, seriously

If that happened today he would be charged for a hate crime

Jonah is so annoying. Makes the videos unwatchable.

Brashear brought this on himself. You can't act the tough guy and try to intimidate the Bruins bench then decline the fight. People swing sticks on occasion he just happened to catch Brashear in the noggin.

Brashier broke the code and wouldn't fight him.

Brashear was a goon and played that up. Stop making Brashear as experiencing a near death moment

He spent *FIFTY SIX AND ONE HALF HOURS* in the penalty box. (At least, that's presuming none of those penalties were cut short by giving up a goal.) When you've already spent two entire days in prison for assault, you have to expect something like this happening.

First time coming across the Score on youtube. Yall need aa new narrator. Loo

Bretuzzi was worse

The best hit ever!!! 😅 Hahaha now that's hockey 🏒 Thank you McSorley for great memories ! Hahaha 😂 que Viva los turcasos.

Brashear woke up expecting free throws.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu hasnt suffered nearly enough for what he did to those kids, the driver, and the coaches and how much the families have suffered since

Bro, calm down.

A dirty play and a dirty player.That stuff ruins the game .

The “code of violence” is not senseless. It evolved out of an extremely fast and dangerous and physical game. The Americanization of hockey has not benefited the game. It is far less physical now and - as a result - less passionate. It’s basically soccer-on-ice.

But when baske and football players tieup, they're referred to as "thugs". Foh.

You look like his son!!!

This video is horseshit. Brashear playing a victim is next level comedy.

in 94 playoffs Messier 2 handed a stick shot tp Bure's head in game 6 of the finals no suspension no fine no nuttin....... oh yeah Rangers won the fixed cup that year which in the big picture is really sad in sports.

Brashear was a clown and no heavyweight looked for brashear!'s respect and as remember brashear was acting like an idiot and coward that night, thus lead to the blow up. Totally not excusing Marty's actions but brashear shouldn't cry is a river.

7:18 lol knock it off Don. You weren’t ever going to score 20 goals in the NHL. You would’ve finished the season with 12 goals, y’bum

Brash didn’t deserve that even if he was a steroid user average fighter before cheating

This is NOT a good part of hockey.

I think violence is ruining the NHL. The attacks on key players continues to this day, as with Tkachuk's attack on Eichel last season, and the retribution against him later in the series. These brutal attempts to damage the opposing team must be stopped. More severe penalties, such as season-long suspensions, or suspensions from the Stanley Cup playoffs, are called for.

He sucked st playing defense. What a goon. Lindros tore him a new one. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dirtiest hit in NHL history 🤷‍♀️