Physical stay-at-home defenseman don’t get a lot of love outside of their home but home fans know the value they bring.  This is why there was never any issue in regards to limited offence that Terry Harper brought to the table.

Petr Sykora enjoyed a very nice career in the National Hockey League where the gifted two way player where he played 1,017 Games and more importantly won two Stanley Cups.  Sykora won the first with the New Jersey Devils, the team where he had three consecutive 65 Point Seasons (1988-89 to 2000-01).  It was in that last season where he won the Cup with the Devils.  He was actually in the Finals the year after with New Jersey where he had 22 Points and finished with a Plus 15, which was the highest in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, though his team would go down to defeat to the Colorado Avalanche.   Sykora would win his second Stanley Cup in a more reserve role with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009.

Considered one of the early tough guys in North American hockey, Ken Randall would lead the NHL in Penalty Minutes in the inaugural season of the National Hockey League.  Randall would play both Right Wing and Defense and he was a two time Stanley Cup Champion with Toronto (1918 & 1922), the first when they were named the Arenas, the second when they were the St. Patricks.  Randall scored 121 Points over his tenure in the NHL.

Ron Ellis spent his entire professional career with the Toronto Maple Leafs where as one of the teams young guns he helped the Buds win the 1967 Stanley Cup.  Prior to that, Ellis established himself as the runner-up to the Calder Trophy in the 1964-65 season and he was known in Toronto and throughout the NHL for his back-checking and excellent two way play and he could score when needed as shown by his nine 20 Goal seasons and 640 Points.  The Right Winger would also represent Canada in their iconic 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.