The Bruise Brothers - Hockey's Heavyweight Champions

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Two of the most prominent heavyweights in the NHL history Kocur led the NHL with a Detroit club record 377 penalty minutes as a rookie in 1985-86 becoming the first Detroit rookie to ever lead the league in this department. Two years later Probert earned 398 minutes of penalty minutes leading the NHL. During the 1987-88 season Probert scored 29 goals and was selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game. During his career he was a two-time 20 goal scorer. Kocur left the Red Wings in 1991 won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1993-4 then returned to Detroit for the 1996-7 season helping to win a pair of Stanley Cups for Detroit.