The legend of Forbes Kennedy
Forbes Kennedy played for about half a dozen National Hockey League teams and at least that many minor league teams in his storied if not especially productive career.
He spent the 1960-61 season with the Spokane Comets. He registered a team-high 165 penalty minutes that season.
He wasn't big, but he was fearless. And slightly unhinged.
Once when I was first watching "Hockey Night in Canada" as a kid, I saw him head-butt a guy during a fight and then do that "Who, me?" look when everyone went ape. Cracked me up.
Hockey apologists called him "gritty" or a "feisty sparkplug."
According to something I read before posting this, his last NHL game was highlighted by him punching a linesman.
