Dennis Bonvie - Notable Fights

Notable Fights

September 27, 1995 Chicago Blackhawks vs. Edmonton Oilers* against Bob Probert. Bonvie took on Bob Probert for the second time. Bonvie had already fought Probert ten days earlier, but fared much better in this fight. Probert retired in 2002 and died in 2010. After his first fight with Probert, Bonvie asked Bobby for, and got, an autographed picture a photographer had taken of that fight. Probert was all to happy to oblige, and signed it "To Dennis - thanks for making me look soo good ! Your friend - (signed) Bob Probert." Dennis had the picture hung in the entrance to a popular restaurant in Antigonish, where it resided for ages.

November 4, 1995 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Edmonton Oilers* against Tie Domi. Bonvie was still trying to make a name for himself when he asked Heavyweight, Tie Domi, to have a little dance with him. Domi had accepted and they had a very entertaining fight. Bonvie felt that the fight was very close even though Domi did a lot of showboating after the fight.

March 22, 1998 Hamilton Bulldogs* vs. Rochester Americans (AHL) against Peter Vandermeer. Bonvie had set the AHL record for PIMS this year and one fight that helped him get there was the war against "Pistol" Pete Vandermeer. The fight lasted over a minute of nonstop toe-to-toe action. Later in the same game, two brawls occurred and there was a total of 359 PIMS handed out to both teams.

November 14, 1998 Chicago Blackhawks* vs. Buffalo Sabres against Rob Ray. This fight was the first of three between the two. They had dropped the mitts at center ice and before long, Bonvie was knocked out with a huge bomb from Ray. This was probably not one of Bonvie's favorite battles, but it was memorable. Bonvie would later ask Ray to fight two more times in the same period, but Ray did not want to.

December 26, 1999 Pittsburgh Penguins* vs. Chicago Blackhawks against Ryan VandenBussche. Bonvie was appearing in his first game in a Penguins uniform, when VandenBussche challenged him right off an in-zone faceoff only a couple minutes into the first period. The two undersized heavyweights went toe-to-toe in a great fight.

November 5, 2004 Hershey Bears* vs. Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) against Josh Gratton. This was the second of many battle against Gratton. The fight lasted 40 seconds but in those seconds were 47 punches thrown between the two fighters. Gratton currently plays in the KHL.

March 30, 2005 Hershey Bears* vs. Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (AHL) against Ryan VandenBussche. The fight lasted 2:12 and set the Pens record for longest fight. This was the final fight of their rivalry with it being definitely the best. Tom Grace calls the fight:

January 20, 2007 Norfolk Admirals vs. Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins* (AHL) against David Koci. The rivalry between Bonvie and Koci took itself to a new level. This was their seventh fight out of a total of eight.

December 26, 2007 Syracuse Crunch vs. Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins* (AHL) against Jon Mirasty. Ten minutes into the first period, these two decided to drop the mitts for the first time. The fight lasted 1:30 and constant punches thrown in this amazing toe-to-toe marathon. There were about 95 punches thrown and many of them connected. They fought two more times.

March 8, 2008 Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins* vs. Syracuse Crunch (AHL) against Jon "Nasty" Mirasty. The final fight between the two undersized heavyweights occurred five minutes into the second period. This time the fight lasted just under a minute, but there was still real quick action in the fight.

* indicates what team Bonvie was playing for during the fights.